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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:09:21 +0200
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On 2025-06-27 08:57, Arno Welzel wrote:
> Marion, 2025-06-26 17:51:
> 
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:51:46 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
>>
>>
>>> Writing again the quoting you removed:
>>>
>>> ]
>>> ]> So a phone w/o an aux jack is *always* an inferior phone to one with it.
>>> ]>                       (all else being equal)
>>
>> Carlos,
>>
>> I am trying to be nice when I say you can't say logic is wrong.
>>
>> There are X number of things a phone with the aux jack can do.
>> There are fewer than X number of things a phone without it can do.
> 
> Correct.
> 
> But that's mostly irrelevant, since there are many people out there who
> just don't need these things.
> 
> If *all* people would *need* an aux jack in a smartphone, they would
> never buy devices without it. But this is not the case - iPhones are
> still sold in big numbers as well as many Android phones without an aux
> jack.
> 
> It seems, people are fine with inferior phones. Since the don't need the
> superior functions. Similar to the fact, that not everybody needs a big
> station wagon even if that is superior to the small car and can do
> things, you can't do with the small car.

Because it is a matter of choice, people choose whatever is best for 
their use case.

For example, a small car is useful in European busy cities, can be 
parked in small spaces, while a big car is impossible. May be impossible 
to maneuver inside some old parking lots! :-D

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.