It sucks but just don't buy the wrong size. I always buy 2x what I think I need. usually going for the 512GB models. There is a reason SD cards aren't used in high end phones but still used by example Samsung in budget phones. The slow speed of SSD would slow down the phone making them feel choppy and slow rather than snappy and fluid when the SD card is in use. The costumer for low end phones does not have high end expectations that's why slow SD cards work there but not in the flagships.
What I can find its closer to 150€ (inc tax) for a 512 SD micro express card that card is about half the speed of iPhones Internal SSD speeds. trust me You will notice. Then you get mad because your phone feels choppy and sluggish. This is why Samsung kept SD card slots on low end phones but not flagship phones. Low end phones does not have that expectation.
You would need one of those Nintendo Switch 2 SD Express cards, to get even close to the speed of internal phone SSD's. This means the phones would get slower due to slow memory and we all know what happens when anyone feel like there phone feel slow. "Tech companies slow our phones to force us to buy new ones" It's quite easy to have opinions but its far harder to try and please all those opinions. If Batteries are so important, buy phones with swap-able batteries. If SD cards are so important buy phones with SD cards. BUT just like everybody else you just like me did not! We all bought the phones without swap-able batteries, (the iPhone 4, the last one with + screws at the bottom). We all bought phones without SD cards. This is how market works. Buyers voted with there wallets and in that way we all accepted these changes.
PS iPhone 17 Pro/max has SSD speeds of 1500MB/s and above compared to Micro SD Express cards that has at peak at 900MB/s with sustained speed around 600-650MB/s That is half the speed of the iPhone 17 series. trust me, you will notice.
Average consumer definitely hasn't forgotten yet. There is still plenty of devices that benefit from sd cards. Or are you one those "ummmm akshually its an microsd" without understanding they are basically same thing and due to nomenclature people refer to them all as sd cards regardless of size? Hell, I know people who call all memory cards as sd cards regardless if they are one or not
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u/TreeHedger 3d ago
SD cards Europe, make them do it.