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From: Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of HAVING an sd slot?
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:25:23 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:29:31 -0000 (UTC), AJL wrote :


> Am currently posting with a Lenovo Chrome Tablet 10e. I got this, my latest
>  toy, as a renewed (used-refurbed) purchase ($48US) recently, but the model
>  itself is a few years old. 
> 
> Anyway, it has no SD slot and only 32GB of internal storage. 

Hi AJL, (this is a newer, nicer me, but the same me nonetheless)

Thanks for your experience with the Chromebook which underlies that the
entire strategy of Google/Apple (and high-end Samsungs) of removing the
portable functionality is to funnel users into more expensive workarounds.

And thank you for that specific information that you only have 32GB!

On Android, I have determined that 64GB is enough for at least a thousand
apps (if an sd slot is available for media & maps) but 32GB is pushing it.

So it's good to know you're doing OK with that 32GB of internal storage.

I have a 32GB HP Stream 11 (which was shipped to me during a trip when I
needed computer access for a day and they let me keep the damn thing).

With the OS taking up almost all that 32GB, I have to store all the apps
and data on the 512GB sd card portable storage slot.

> I think the reason may be different from what's been said so far. 

Ah. It's good to learn new stuff about the topic... 

> Chromebooks were
>  originally designed to be used online and I think this one's no different
>  in that it works seamlessly with my 100GB ($2/mo) online Google storage.

Yes. Google's strategy is the Chromebook is the same as the iPad.
I've often said on the iOS newsgroups that there's really no difference.

   iPad === Chromebook === They're both designed as dumb terminals.

Google simply copied Apple's highly successful dumb-terminal design.

>  Music, photos, etc, work great using the online storage although a few of
>  my Android apps do still insist on local storage.

This is good to know, as the dumb-terminal design has its merits.

> BTW, surprisingly, the tablet does have an earphone hole and has great
>  fidelity. So my music comes from the cloud to me through that obsolete
>  round audio opening, no USB adapter required. A very nice old fashioned
>  feature IMO...

Thanks for that observation, which is interesting because they designed a
Chromebook to have almost no internal memory *and* no sdslot (forcing you
into the cloud) and yet they're allowing you to use standard headphones.

Good to know because there is nothing a device without the jack can do that
a device with it can't do which instantly belies the lies that Apple spews.

The argument for the aux jack is the same as that for the sd card.

1. A device without it is *always* inferior (assuming all else equal)
2. They removed it for one reason only - which is for their profits
3. The user *always* loses because it's *impossible* to replace
4. But the user has to buy some of the functionality back (at a price)

Thanks for your experience with the Chromebook which underlies that the
entire strategy of Google/Apple (and high-end Samsungs) of removing the
portable functionality is to funnel users into more expensive workarounds.