No MicroSD Slot on The Samsung Galaxy S21. WHY?

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Series no longer has a MicroSD Card Slot. Does this matter anymore?
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[@bonymac23]

I don't care what anybody say...the micro SD card feature is a huge plus!

[@Nikky10000]

Exactly and that's why I still have my s20

[@imanassole9421]

Too bad they're becoming extinct with or without our input on the matter. Like the headphone jack and included chargers.

[@Jbrimbelibap]

@@imanassole9421 If only sony could sell phone at a realistic price, and Sharp bring their phones to the global market

[@mpirokajosephmgcokoca2355]

Hahahahaha 😁 SD card has reached its expiry date 😊

[@Jbrimbelibap]

@@mpirokajosephmgcokoca2355 Though it wasn't a subscription unlike the cloud, in my eyes the good features are being replaced with worse ones

[@EJ0107]

I dont use cloud storage. All my files, photos, music, videos and some documents are saved on my SD card. I like to keep my internal storage just for apps

[@South1000ga]

Yes!!!!! Like I had to respond the same message to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets then you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@Moloc2230]

Me too.. I'm the same way

[@South1000ga]

@@Moloc2230 and no charger and no headphone jack still. Epic fail!!!!!!!

[@oskardeoz6823]

same

[@South1000ga]

@Why You Want Me To Suffer cause some of us people don't like to use Bluetooth all the time cause it also kills the battery faster so using the headphones jack with a corded headphones saves battery life. I see you know nothing and can't do your homework

[@grandparamsayy5068]

Just because not everyone is using expandable storage, Samsung shouldn't remove micro sd card support

[@siddharthcs4827]

They only removed it in flagship They will not remove in every phone.

[@RocketmanRockyMatrix]

It was a mistake for the Galaxy S6.

[@azurekite3870]

And they should cuz some people have too lil storage on the phone it's self

[@Michael18751]

Well, not everyone is using Bixby, so why not kick that service to the curb? Lmao

[@MrCrocoxxx]

Exactly ! What a idiotic ideea to remove it . We buy samsung because of that and also the headphone jack.. anyone else buy iphone.

[@eminglewood4593]

They messed up not including the SD slot. Just lost a lot of sales. They'll see.

[@MrMaks18]

Xiomi just released a budget phone and it includes a micro sd slot what other android phones have no sd card the users that need high end tech and pay more money for it don't use phone just for browsing on chrome?

[@siddharthcs4827]

Samsung budget phones have headphone jack and SD card Xiaomi is not worth it

[@azurekite3870]

And turning into fucking apple now

[@CarnisChampion]

@@MrMaks18 if Xiaomi makes one with a pen I will be switching brands. sure I hardly use the pen or the SD card slot but if I want to show a picture I tock 5 years ago or sketch something I want that capability.

[@conceptdesigns4100]

I just bought one. I didn't realize they didn't have a card slot or headphone jack. DAMNIT! Guess I'll be taking this shot back. What a waste

[@mittyahmed7362]

Without sd card what's the point, might as well switch to apple or oneplus

[@anthonynathan67]

Don't switch, get the Note 20 ultra

[@Jaystonishing]

Seriously

[@mittyahmed7362]

@@Jaystonishing only if huawei had google support = best phone

[@woilah794]

Just but the a ones or the j ones

[@Olivia.teacher]

My thought exactly

[@danishroshaidie3215]

I keep a micro SD card to keep important files as such cases if my phone dies. Even if it's a flagship, it still has the tendency to break down. Plus, SD card is a cheaper storage expansion option and a more reliable one.

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

@Why You Want Me To Suffer you're stupid micro SD card is important

[@kashisman]

@Why You Want Me To Suffer and I hope your brain function recover

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

@@kashisman Stupid people like that guy makes companies like Samsung take away standard features from us

[@desdicadodog8452]

@@ChemicalCorpse91 Exactly. Paid by Samsung to tow the party line?

[@testingtesting5560]

Same. Micro SD + Dex. PC in a phone. Old phone dies, SD card goes to new phone. Home use Dex, travelling us phone. Everything in SD card

[@chipperxavier1510]

When I upgrade, change phones, recycle phones, or change the backup order in which I place my phones for emergency use, the removable SD card is what makes my choices possible. When facing the alien landscape of a newly purchased phone, the solid rock of familiarity that my removable SD card provides is priceless. My files are right where I need them to be - instantly. I don't have to wait to import them. I will never own a phone that does not incorporate SD card functionality. - Chipper.

[@syr72]

Well said, Chipper

[@iamthe1234567890]

Did you say the same about headphone jack and removable batteries?

[@indinsh5075]

@@iamthe1234567890 no but a micro sd card slot is different better

[@mhtweeter]

I use the sd card all the time. I put all of my files on there, downloads, photos, videos, etc and leave the apps on my main storage. Now if i could have a server at my house that i can access anywhere then maybe i wouldnt mind as much, but having the sd card right in the phone is nice

[@cjxgraphics]

That’s what phone manufacturers want, except they want you to use THEIR servers. 🙄

[@danielsouza1824]

@@cjxgraphics And also require you to pay for more available space, when needed.

[@ThecrosseyedTexan]

They also keep talking about slow SD cards I don't know what kind of piece of crap cards they're buying it does slow down but it isn't that bad

[@mhtweeter]

@@ThecrosseyedTexan yeah i have zero clue. i usually buy sandisk cards and they run for a good while

[@desdicadodog8452]

@@ThecrosseyedTexan I agree totally.

[@eddienyagah]

What people may not understand is that the main reason why sd card users like having it around is the convenience of just having it there. I honestly don't care about the storage speeds. Having my music or photos on the go is something I always appreciate. Cloud storage is great and all but it sucks that you may not be able to access some of your stuff just because your internet is acting up. The other reason I like having an sd card is that I want to conserve my internal storage. I reserve it for apps.

[@South1000ga]

Plus don't forget if your phone crashes and factory resets you lose everything!!!!!!!! AT least with the Micro SD Card everything is backed up and you won't lose it if your phone crashes and factory resets cause it will all still be on the card. This sucks!!!!!! And no charger???!!!! How stupid can Samsung be????!!!! Oh and don't forget on the clouds they can crash or be hacked and you lose everything!!!!! SD CARD IS THE WAY TO GO AND IS STILL STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY, NOT OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!

[@eddienyagah]

@@South1000ga those are my exact sentiments! I'm always paranoid that my phone may one day crash and I'll need a factory reset. That is what leads me to my sd card. And about the charger, it's really annoying when these companies imitate everything from each other. But, it is what it is 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@alexwhitton1]

That's the exact same reason for me. Like I've already got 64 gigabytes of photos and videos on my 64GB SD card in my current phone (S9+). Now imagine if that phone didn't have an SD card slot, the 64GB of internal storage would be full to the max! Now If I were to buy the S21U and put all my photos and videos on there, 64GB of the 256GB internal storage would be taken up straight away. And if I were to keep that phone for 4 years, there would be no way in hell to fit all my photos and videos that I would've taken over the years on that phone. Especially if the phone records high quality videos and takes photos with large file sizes. It's just gob shite that they expect that 128GB or even 256GB of internal storage is enough. Just ridiculous.

[@South1000ga]

@@eddienyagah Yes and you know what I forgot to mention is the cloud storage can crash too and delete everything if their servers crash or are hacked so cause people like you and me and others know what we want as consumers and so are the others commenting these videos cause we are doing the right thing bashing Samsung for doing everybody everything wrong now cause before they used to do everything right. I don't get how we put Samsung on this high pedestal just to be brought down to sheer and utter disappointment

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

@@South1000ga very unlikely if use google drive or one drive

[@treywayx6]

I am not buying that phone! I always use a Micro SD card as it is. Without the compatibility, I can't possibly get that phone! What happened to expanding storage?!

[@injustice4566]

i need to find s10 1024 + 1024 micro sd

[@axelfoley1406]

Phone manufactures are such bastards. They want everyone to switch to their cloud based storage instead. Personally, I like to have the option for both. 128GB can fill up quickly.

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

@@injustice4566 I found one a few months this phone is amazing I got 2tbs on my s10 Plus lol amazing

[@RocketmanRockyMatrix]

I know how you feel.

[@Camera.Car_]

It is retarded , but at least they brought out the s20 ultra with 8k camera and that has SD card reader so you can go toward that phone

[@lapirk]

The entire reason Ive trusted sd cards is I've had an LG phone that bricked and a Samsung phone which shattered and since my photos were saved on the card all I had to do was remove the card to recover. I'm keeping my note 9 too for the same reason.

[@mahammad]

Then they’ll say ‘we listen to our customers feedback’ marketing bs 😂

[@South1000ga]

Yes!!!!! Like I had to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets them you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@lapirk]

@Why You Want Me To Suffer yeah but not when the phone is bricked. Micro sd saved the day and it still can.

[@Mitrashi]

Oh no, my files might load a bit slower from an SD card. So? We're used to that. What I want to load faster, internal, all other, expandable storage.

[@microvizart]

"Used to it" is not a good excuse for a slower read/write speed.

[@Mitrashi]

@@microvizart I was talking about people who care about sd cards know that it can be slower than internal storage. Just like gamers know external hdd/ssd is slower than internal storage usually. It's a sacrifice until technology catches up

[@chumps7974]

They should stop loading all that bloatware and then the devices will load faster

[@napa5235]

It's still 1000x faster than cloud (also you don't need to be connected to the internet to access it).

[@kevinmcmullen6527]

@@microvizart they make faster sd cards write speeds, so no they are not that slow

[@alexwhitton1]

Why would they do that when they sell their own Sd cards

[@Mitrashi]

Lol, do they or don't they like money?

[@woilah794]

Lmfao

[@Powerlevelspy]

@@Mitrashi I know what their gonna do. They’re going to piss of their customers by removing sd cards (even the ones they sell) and make a cloud based subscription people will make fun of and hate through memes. Finally charging people a monthly fee. Fuck the cloud.

[@zimnium1]

They're partnership with Microsoft. Trying to get everyone to move to cloud storage

[@jf4595]

No SD slot mean bye S21 Ultra lol

[@casualvanilla]

It shouldn't be difficult to find a high-powered phone that retains a MicroSD card slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack; they're such basic and small features we've had on devices since the mid-late 2000s. I understand that not everyone is going to need or use an SD card. But that's no reason to ignore those who will. In my case, I prefer to have a card with an additional 256-512GB of space. Primarily because I store and rip videos to my devices, buy music files and keep many of my images on the card. Internal storage is reserved for apps and maybe documents. Apps not being allowed to be moved to the SD card is something that I can get behind, due to the difference in performance speed. But photos, videos, music and documents don't have those limitations. Maybe when you start going 4K@60 FPS, but the vast majority of people record their videos at smaller resolutions or at 30 FPS. And an expandable memory cannot be costly to implement. Most of the lower-range and mid-range phones support them. While I think every non-Apple device has no reason to launch without an SD card, I agree with the point brought up in the video. If a company is going to release a phone without expandable storage, it should be 256GB minimum.

[@DxCKnew]

I'm using SanDisk 1TB Extreme microSDXC card, as a heavy 4K camera user, I need A LOT of space. Guess samsung is out of the list for me right now.

[@kashisman]

For me too is out of list

[@zimnium1]

There is still a way to use the SD Card with the S21 series or any phone with USB c

[@DxCKnew]

Yes indeed, but it's not as convenient as a dedicated port. You can't just take your device and film into the USB-C right away, you first have to connect the USB-C device and set it as the destination for the camera app each time, because the path will go on and off as you connect and disconnect via USB-C, means you can't just set the USB-C path as a permanent path because sometimes it doesn't connected and doesn't exist which introduce a whole new level of a (unnecessary) complication. Additionally you can't film and charge at the same time, unless you buy some sort of All-in-1 docking station which is big an not convenient to use with a mobile phone.

[@Gibson5Rock]

I was literally about to buy a new phone, was looking at the S21 but I am definitely not getting it because of this reason. Why would they do this?

[@oceanstaiga5928]

Same here. I’m glad I realised in time so I didn’t waste effort looking into Samsung phones any more.

[@Slydime917]

@@oceanstaiga5928 that and they're putting an Exynos chip which is a huge downgrade.

[@Quebec2Arizona]

I won't be buying any Samsung Phone without an SD card support!!!! I will hold on to the phone I have now until I can decide in which directions I should go after years and years buying Samsung TVs, Appliances, Tablets, Phones, PC...... maybe time to go to Apple given they are doing everything Apple is doing now. I am shock they removed one of my favorite features and I was just about the buy the S21 Ultra 500gb when I notice this missing part. I take all my photos in Raw, I download tons of shows/movies from KZbin, Amazon Prime, Nexflix, HBO/Crave, KZbin Music, Bell Fibe, Disney, CBS All Access....... and so on so storage is very important to me because I am a media buff.

[@Moloc2230]

Me too bruh

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

Same here man. Samsung totally fucked it

[@TechThusiast]

Sure UFS 3.1 is fast but why not still leave it there? People can choose if they want to use it or not.

[@South1000ga]

Yes!!!!! Like I had to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets them you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@Ardkun00]

Yeah, sdcard slot is very useful.

[@South1000ga]

@@Ardkun00 I agree, it is very useful plus basically it is like a following in a way. Half the population is gonna want the SD card and the other half doesn't want it and a very little couple of people don't care of the storage is expandable or built in

[@ralphmilleriii9957]

I have a 512gb micro SD card installed in my Note 10+ 512gb. I have 90gb of music loaded on the micro SD card, and I know I won't ever use all of that space, but I'm glad I have that option. Samsung tried this before with the S6 series and Note 5, but reverted back to removable storage the following year.

[@Moloc2230]

Its the option that we have..

[@anthomore4269]

I'm with you bro, I have a 256gb sd card and I use around 2/3 of it with music, pictures I downloaded and pics I take, audiobook and videos.

[@crimsonitacilunarnebula]

aduh i only have 32 gb data 90% already used and sd card not working since day 1 now already 1 year+ even if transfer photos now cant seem to view it like its corrupted or something tried everything still not working so inconvenient also few motnhs ago i realized theyr weerent even the same phone from the vid god i miss the apps i havent used at all from the old phone

[@HUYI1]

They were testing the waters with the s6 imo

[@mahammad]

Micro SD card Would be useful for power hungry users especially people who use Samsung DeX. Also memory recoverability is easier because if the phone dies, the internal storage dies with it too whereas microSD card can just be pulled and swapped to another phone. Samsung just wants to increase their profit margins and cash in on higher tier fixed storage 😂

[@South1000ga]

Yes!!!!! Like I how I responded to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets then you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@Ardkun00]

I don't like samsung copying Apple bad practices.

[@alexwhitton1]

yep that's exactly the reason. And I think they forgot they sell their own SD cards. No use for them now. Idiots they are.

[@Jbrimbelibap]

Having a micro sd card also is a security benefit for rooted devices when you tinker a bit too much, and risk to brick it. You can reinstall android from it, and not lose your photos and stuff either

[@Jbrimbelibap]

@@robinskeenrobbins7969 You can put it outside phone, using usb adapter

[@bill_clinton697]

@@robinskeenrobbins7969 The S21 does not have a SD card slot. The only way you'll get expandable storage on a S21 is plugging in a USB-C to SD card adapter or a USB C to USB A adapter with a flash drive.

[@Mitchems]

To be fair its also a security risk, someone takes your your phone and pops in your SD card there go all your files

[@Jbrimbelibap]

@@Mitchems Don't care, i refuse to be scared besides manufacturers removing is not "increased security" in their eyes, it's just a way of getting more of your money for storage

[@Mitchems]

@@Jbrimbelibap i completely agree but my point still stands

[@javiergiribaldi3579]

"slow transfer speed" when you can get a faster sd thats all as a samsung follower for years i have to say you mess it up this time

[@dallysinghson5569]

No real legit reason to not include it from the customer's viewpoint unless you're in the pockets of the manfucturer promoting the new product. Considering from the manufacturing viewpoint- they will save a few pennies to not including the feature/chipsets to enable expandable storage, the expandable storage is cheaper than buying more internal storage (slower who cares because for videos it's sufficient and if you want more speed buy a faster card) but also less expandability pushes customer to buy new phone rather than just plonking in additional storage. Another little strategy to making mobile phones "throwaway" devices.

[@superduperboyx]

MicroSD card has been a standard feature for ANDROID devices.. wtf! Definitely not upgrading to an S21.. I'll buy other brands instead for flagship devices.

[@scoobtube5746]

The S20 line (Ultra, Note, etc...), which still has a microSD slot, just got a lot more desirable. I suspect we'll see them sell faster than past generations of eclipsed Samsung phones did.

[@angelh1743]

I totally agree. I LOVE my S20 Ultra.

[@nishitmina9983]

Joke of the 2021 "Save the Environment"

[@scoobtube5746]

I've learned that people who talk most about saving the environment are the ones who least care about it. Sort of like the people who are always talking about racism are usually the most racist.

[@nishitmina9983]

@@scoobtube5746 very true 👌👌

[@JLOVE12]

I like having extra storage for my device And I like using the SD card slot for extra storage That way I am not putting everything on the memory

[@South1000ga]

Yes!!!!! Like I had to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets them you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@Michael18751]

Hopefully the S21 continues to not sell well and they add the Micro SD slot along with the headphone jack on the S22 again. I'll buy the flagship if they do.

[@shoKchavdA]

They did nothing without 3.5mm and sd card slot and brick in the box #samsungsucks They r trying to copy #apple and both sucks nowadays

[@jimdeangelo9744]

I think it's a mistake for Samsung to drop the SD card. It's useful beyond the slower access speed.

[@darkglass3011]

Why MicroSD cards are important: 1. If my phone breaks and the data becomes inaccessible, then I'm f*cked. MicroSDs can be removed and read on other devices, so the data can be preserved and recovered. 2. F*ck companies that force you to use their paid cloud subscriptions. If I want it, then it has to be MY CHOICE. I'm not going into it if they're making it so that I don't have a choice. 3. Waiting microseconds for data to be read on a MicroSD Vs. onboard storage doesn't matter when it doesn't involve gaming. If you care about your input lag, that's what the internal storage is for. The MicroSD is for everything else. 4. Micro SD cards can be carried over to your new phone (in the past), so if you're on a budget, you can buy the lowest memory storage phone and carry over your Micro SD card from your previous one. 5. MicroSD cards are universal (in a practical sense) you're not limited to just your phone. You can use it on other devices too. 6. F*ck planned obsolescence and corporate greed.

[@SuperAgentAB]

This is true because I still use memory cards for the cheapest ways to expand your phone's storage.

[@mentlinc]

External storage via USB with OTG cable kind of eliminated the NEED for an SD card. But they know the real reason is without SD cards more people will buy the 512gb version of these phones which costs a lot of money!

[@aiden3373]

But WHY? Does it really cost that much having it in?

[@huatlim4679]

How about I using a High-end SD card ?

[@cinthiasanabia2382]

I just got this phone & i didn't know it didn't have sd card slot.. i do alot of photography so external storage is awesome! I fill up memory fast!!!! I'm dying. I hate it.

[@bobbybrandnew3277]

So did you stick with the phone? Did you find that it didn't affect your photography? Kind of on same boat here. Liking the 21Ultra but I do miss note series. Thanks for any replies.

[@robertanvilrm]

I used my micro SD all the time for shows when I'm away from my computer for weeks and out of service. I also like the ability to bring more than just the one

[@tenzackyogi1742]

Without micro SD card slot, whats point of 8k video pixel. Keep in mind, while recording 8k pixel video consume 120 gigabytes for each minute. For Cloud storage, you need to pay monthly subscription.

[@black.bird.]

Exactly, they promote it as creative film making device so SD makes difference. Btw in old phone OS + gimmicky factory apps + unmovable data = full internal storage, the only option.. deleting

[@dreamscometrue246]

Professional film cameras have slots for cards because data takes too much space so idk why a "film" phone would disinclude one.

[@EduPagani]

The issue is that Samsung removes features and we continue to buy their phones. The minute we stop buying, they will hear us.

[@pascualmatera3079]

I bought the S21 thinking that as in the previous phones it had a microSD slot which is so usefull; if had known I would have stayed with the S20 or bought another phone. When you travel you just carry your phone and take photos and videos as much as you want without the need of having another device to download. Its lack is unforgettable.

[@adonisguerra6399]

Right! Especially now, 2 yrs later, the main thing they advertise when introducing a new phone is the camera! You go on a cruise, all you do is take pictures and videos . That space is eaten up within a couple hrs... im going to rock my note 10 plus till the wheels fall off, then I'll get a note 20 if I can find them. I have a 512gb micro sd card in this phone with a lot of data on it. This thing was expensive. I'm not letting this go cause sammy wants to be stupid!

[@donniethesportsguy893]

To sell you on cloud storage. Screw u Samsung... only reason I'm upgrading is cuz I got a tab S7 and csn wireless transfer files to my tablet sd card. Next after that I will not be a samsung unless they bring it back.

[@cookedit]

And if your cloud gets hacked or phone breaks, what then? I only use my internal storage for my apps, all my pictures and other files stored on my SD card. Stop copying Apple please Samsung! Otherwise you lose your appeal. They started with removing the 3 5mm jack. Now all the S21 models do not include a charger and have limited the standard S21 and S21 Plus to 1080p, reserving the higher resolution screen to the Ultra, which is also a Apple esque dickish move.

[@natitoalvarez234]

No SD card why to stay with Samsung.... Sony have it💪🏽, If no SD card go with iOS

[@6iCKWiDiTsince1993]

They just sold me a 512GB microSD 2 years ago. Should have known something was up when they never released a 1TB, leaving Sandisk as the main pick. Who cares if it's slower. It's fast enough for 4K recording and every reason to put less speed reliant app resources on it. I have 44GB of, mostly lossless, music (over 5000 songs). Not counting spotify, audio books in audible (which top 20GB), video streaming app downloads, and apps themselves.

[@romariogrant4424]

Samsung took it away with the S6 and learnt the lessen and bring it back on S7. Its just a phase with the S21. They will bring it back next year. 😭😭😭😭

[@South1000ga]

Yes!!!!! Like I had to reply to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets then you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@scoobtube5746]

But what if they don't bring it back?

[@stnkyfootcheese]

I really hope you're right. If not I'm out after owning nothing but since original S. Even though I believe Galaxy S are the best.

[@chevy876ix]

Man I hope so. Funny how JUST last year they were advertising easy expandable storage and now look at them removing support for it

[@MavenCree]

I hope to see it on the S22. My 10+ should be fine for another year.

[@gabrielwembi808]

Samsung S6 series didn't have SD card slot too. So there was a break in 2015 (2010-2014, 2016-2020) Maybe they do break each 4 years 🤔, let's see if S22 will bring back SD cards

[@neoguy2809]

Hopefully because if the S22 doesn't have it either I might switch to Apple *sigh*

[@DR-mp4gv]

same here. held out with an S5 and jumped directly to the S7

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

@@neoguy2809s22 doesn't have it. -- from the future

[@johanjoe3012]

Oh do we from the future have some disappointing news to say

[@ibraheem128]

Its really annoying for those of us with two sims (international + home) too

[@knuftobor]

I'm taking mine back. No micro SD card bites!!! Micro SD cards can record 4K so data transfer is not an issue, if it's slow its because you use cheap SD cards.

[@cjxgraphics]

People saying SD cards are slower than internal storage. No kidding, and cloud storage is faster?

[@SuperAgentAB]

Cloud storage depends on your internet connection.

[@j2times2006]

I got a bunch of 4k movies, plenty of pics and music on my SD card. Haven't noticed a lag whatsoever.

[@stnkyfootcheese]

Removing the MicroSD. WHY WHY WHY SAMSUNG!!! 🤬🤬🤬 It's the reason I got original S & not Iphone. Have only owned S phones. S6 no MicroSD didn't buy. Slower speed vs extra storage and cost there is no contest... Winner MicroSD every time. Looking at other phones now even if Galaxy S are the best.

[@CMK-BigFoot-1420]

Someone should just make a phone case, that allows you to add storage, I think it would be kind of neat, would put your phone into it's phone case and be able to put in up to I don't know eight MicroSD cards, so you could possibly have 8 terabytes of space I guess the case would also have to have on board raid capabilities or something I don't know I'm not too knowledgeable on that stuff

[@genoesposito3526]

Expandable storage is the main reason I have always had a Samsung phone, this and the headphone jack gone is a killer.

[@TheWorld4all]

SD card's reading speed is slow? I think that the poor excuse of justifying a phone without a SD card.

[@kellmarktv]

Samsung is clearly making phones to Please themselves/pockets and to make us buy more photos every 6 months. I currently have a s9+ since 2018 and everything that was released after is backward and dictating! (No good OPTIONS for the average user) no more jack plugs, less screen resolution ..ect, now no more SD memory slots and to make it worse every newer phone is 128g internal memory and the higher memory is not available to the (AVERAGE USER) (@Samsung give the average users OPTIONS and stop making a upgrade a actual downgrade) omg no charger for a phone are you kidding me!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@user-ui7tk4sg6t]

It's not about if you use sd card or not , it's about Samsung saying that sd card it's important and they advertise to 512 gb sd card now it's dead

[@S2XCREW]

SD Card Slot is super super important and i have used it all my life i have had any phone. Memories on phones with 128gb to 512gb is not enough at all specially for people like my self that do a lot of photos editing, videography and just a lot of work on my phone. I Currently have a GalaxyS10 with biggest sd card on it and even that gets sometimes full and i have to erase things on my phone. SD Card Slot are 100% a Must. also why take something away that is so beneficial to a lot of people and then still keep the prices so damn expensive when they removed headphone jacks, phones don't come with chargers and also no sd card slot and they are still asking over $1k for a stupid phone, screw that, they are not getting my money for sure. i rather stick to a s10 or s20.

[@MADSLAYER47]

The slippery slope started with the jack being removed. Wonder what they'll remove next...

[@Mitrashi]

Like how they care so much about camera quality, memory should not be cut back. How hard is it to add a tiny chip to read a tiny ass sd card. I have millions of chargers, but I can't bring my videos? Think it's time for me to leave samsung. 10+ years.

[@scsc9311]

No sd card is a deal breaker. I put emulators and games that just don't fit on the phone. Also, I have tons of music. You can also store additional maps on the sd card. What are they thinking?

[@DDRxTooNice]

Since switching Android all the way back from the Galaxy S3, I've stuck with Samsung's S-series (I skipped the S6), and this is a deal breaker. I sometime need to be in countries where the internet infrastructure does not make cloud, or subscription services viable. I like having my music collection on me, and that alone is about 100GB but doesn't need to be stored in fast but expensive UFS 3.1 storage. As for photos / videos, I also prefer being able to store them on a microSD too, simply because again, they can quite easily go into many 10s of GB before I am able to offload it and to be honest, I do need absolute performance when scrolling through them. And rather than getting rid of microSD, I think it would actually be better if they make their reader faster. (MicroSD card readers are often slower than what you can find on a PC. While they still max at a fraction of UFS 3.1, they can be faster than what we often get)

[@smartgadgetlife]

Saf is targeting poor Samsung....and Apple and everyone else.... Great video Bro.

[@Th33Vultur3]

Like Flossy Carter said, he shows no brand loyalty to anyone. He will call a company out on their bullshit when they screw up.

[@smartgadgetlife]

@@Th33Vultur3 Flossy knows the truth.

[@Eddy1983]

I don't really trust save photo music file on phone. My experience LGG4 suddenly decide to brick itself on a Monday morning and lucky i still have my SD card. Cloud is not good idea it need data to download and i travel always happen end up a place with no reception or super slow wifi.

[@daviddavidson2357]

I've always used expandable storage. As for the people who never used it on their Samsung Galaxy flagship phones, that empty space could hold a second sim card, allowing you to have a dual sim phone. The storage on a phone degrades over time. The more you use it the faster it degrades. Good luck replacing those storage chips which are ball grid array chips soldered directly to the phone's motherboard. Even if you manage that good luck getting new storage chips that will work. It's engineered to fail. Whereas if you use a 256gb uSD card as your main storage, or secondary storage for important files and it goes bad all you need to do is swap the card out and it's fixed. Also, my S10 USB-C port failed, two pins seem to have shorted internally causing it to burn (the pins on the jack are literally vaporised) any USB cable I plug into it because the USB-C cable is shorted and goes into power delivery mode. If I had an S21 I would either have to upload everything to cloud storage (which ruins privacy) and download it (because 'muh private company' can ban you whenever they want and revoke data access) with my S10 I just transferred to a uSD card. I won't be buying a new Samsung phone until they bring back basic features, like removable storage. There is *no* good reason for Samsung to remove it. You can argue that a headphone jack takes up a lot of space and is also an extra opening that needs ingress protection. The uSD card in galaxy phones always went in with the sim card. Same hole, very little space taken. There's almost certainly enough space inside the phone to fit one.

[@vncube1]

Samsung didn't even have the spine to add a UFS card slot >:( is that not possible?

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

@@South1000ga why do you keep repeating yourself ?

[@South1000ga]

Yes!!!!! Like I had to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets them you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@---nv4fz]

Hey Saf i think its unfair how they put the best cameras amd features on the largest phone. What about people who want best features but prefer the size of the regular s21. This is why i prefer iphone

[@rayyanabdur-rehman5263]

Apple did the same with the 12 series. Best features are on the max. Definitely to a less extent, but it’s still a difference. Do agree with you, I miss how they used to have a smaller sized and equally good phone.

[@---nv4fz]

@@rayyanabdur-rehman5263 true but i heard this years 13 pro will be exactly the same as 13 pro max just screen size and battery will be different

[@rayyanabdur-rehman5263]

@@---nv4fzthat would be great, super excited to see that. Hopefully it happens

[@South1000ga]

I'm starting to learn my lesson on Samsung, that is why I might go to LG or Motorola or Nokia. Samsung has become an epic fail!!!!

[@bradwjensen]

I won't buy a phone without a Micro SD slot. That's a HUGE move in the WRONG direction for users.

[@mayorchapstick288]

For me, having the microSD card meant that I could save a bit of money and keep monthly payments lower by not having to upgrade to a phone with more storage. I have a buttload of photos and videos and no laptop so it was easier for me to put everything on the microSD card, knowing it was so there's if I needed it. That being said, it was recently brought to my attention that if I lost my phone, those pictures were also gone if they aren't uploaded to a cloud storage of sorts anyways. My little dog passed away so I became a lot more protective over photo/video storage and realized I wasn't right in thinking everything was safer on an SD card. I care less than I thought I would about Samsung removing the microSD slot

[@South1000ga]

Like I had to another person's comment if the phone crashes and factory resets them you lose everything and if the company's cloud crashes but with the memory card everything is backed up so you can't lose photos, videos, music, and documents. Samsung just became an epic fail!! How stupid can they be to do this???!!!!

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

@@South1000ga very unlikely if you use cloud storage with Microsoft or Google

[@deejayjimenez18]

sucks, they did lose some sales such as mine I was going to trade in my s10plus but due to this samsung lost my sale 🤣

[@napa5235]

me 2

[@doudouwan130]

same here

[@ehrld28]

S10 and note10 still expensive with sdcard slot. I never use cloud storage because its permanent once u send it to them even u delete it from your phone or cloud storage, the company keeps all the records even ur naked photos for life haha. Never trust them.

[@jrod8574]

If you have more than one phone and you're on a GSM network and you're used to swapping phones every now and then, it's nice to have a MicroSD card slot. Because you instantly move everything over to the next phone. Not to mention if your phone never gets obliterated like my friends did when it flew off of his motorcycle while he was riding. It was a Galaxy S8 plus and had he not had that phone and made it a point to always send everything to the MicroSD card slot he would have been screwed. Because that was the only thing that was salvageable when he went back for his phone in the road.

[@rupturefarms21]

SD cards has been the only thing keeping from switching to an IPhone. I didn't even think to ask if takes and SD card before I upgraded and now I'm heavily disappointed and regretful. This is the last phome Samsung will get out of me unless the switch back.

[@letsgetto1millwithoutvids]

Micro SD cards are usually for storing photos music and video your not going to really notice a difference if you have a v30 speed card who is accessing there videos and photos all the time no one so it's not a problem

[@lukekuykendall6366]

They're forcing everyone's hand to subscribing for a music streaming service or put their music catalog in the cloud. Either way, you're paying more money, AND you're now 100% reliant on internet to access that media. No unlimited plan with your provider? Well now you'll likely need one. Out camping with friends or on a trip where there's spotty cell service? Sorry, intermittent connectivity is to be expected. You're literally paying more to get less. In 10 years of owning smart phones, I've never once had an issue with Micro SD.

[@Arnold-Ari]

I still haven't switched from my S20 just because of the SD card. Samsung should please reconsider and bring back the SD card. The speed issue is actually a non-issue.

[@bradwjensen]

Micro SD cards DON'T USE CELL DATA! It's just there. It's extra storage beyond what a phone offers, and it's easily transferable to another device.

[@MavenCree]

Slowing down is a relative term. I have an S10+. I have a microsd card. I have EVERYTHING on my microsd card. All my music. Movies to watch. Photos. I' have over 370GB of info on my card. I have no problem with speed. I hated when they got rid of the headphone jack, but now they're making usb c earphones now. This... This is a deal breaker for me. I'm already looking at other phones for my next. I don't use cloud. Internet is expensive here in Canada.

[@charlesw322]

I agree with the fact that they should have started with more internal storage if they're not going to give you an SD card, one of my phones pooped out and now I have to go to a store and instead of upgrading right there in the store I have to have it shipped to my house in three business days like we're back in the damn 70s

[@MavenCree]

Smartphone cost so damn much now, why can't we customize? We can go online and build a car, stating which features we do and do not want. Why can't we do that for phones yet? I don't give a damn about a fingerprint reader or how much .000256 more pixels the newest model phone's camera has. Give me a MicroSD card holder and an earphone jack instead.

[@bentenison4194]

I was thinking about buying S21 Ultra and use it as my main desktop pc aswell with Samsung Dex, but without external storage (microsd card), I am pretty hesitant now... I want instant access to my files what I dont wanna store in internal storage due to any type of data loss. Removing microSD was the dumbest move i've ever seen. Shaming on the Android community, acting like an apple phone with android running on it. Why flagship phones have less versatility and functionality compared to budget models??? Dissapointed.

[@yassin123441]

I always use a Micro SD

[@wbev_thai1666]

Watching on my note 20 ultra 256gig with a 512gig sd card , literally bought a fold 3 today, set it up and found out it has no sd card slot, so what is best place to back up and store everything safely???, thanks

[@Thelivelyone]

Use type c to c cable and use the phone as a sd card ,one problem I found is you can only use Google to download movies to a access files if you use a other browser then you can't find the download in file manger.

[@Michael18751]

Am I the only one that misses having the navigation buttons as part of the phone and not the screen? It's so much easier to just have the ability to press the buttons to exit menus in games without using the 1 pixel exit boxes or swiping up to then press the on-screen button, which always hides after a few seconds, even while pressing it! Galaxy S7 FOREVER!!!

[@kintsorbentcsakcsont]

I need the micro SD card when I go back to Europe to use it with their phone company. It's not only for storage people!!!

[@pinkfreud62]

I thought sim cards were for phone companies and micro SD were storage only. I dunno. My 7s edge has both: nano sim from ATT and my SD card.

[@savigg174]

One reason, if your phone dies, you forgot your password, forgot password, phone screen dies, how are you going to get your data? simple. Unless someone is like the above who dumps everything immediately no other way the data is safe. Also many people cannot even tell if your Phone is using the internal or SD card. Also 128 GB is not enough.

[@satoshiuchiha931]

Now I'll tell you why 256GB of storage is not enough and why sd card is needed: 1) camera resolution. Phones have 8K cameras nowadays. Even making some couple of 10minute videos...they will take about 1/3 of your storage. That's why apple had problems with their 64gb phones. That was a problem back in the 2k resolution. Imagine now. Also Imagine the people who actually take lots of pictures and videos on the go. The camera lovers. That's a huge blow. Because most of the people already have photos music videos from the previous device. Add also the 8k photos and videos....yeah 2) gaming. Many gamers can't be satisfied with 256GB of storage. For example for emulator gamers a game iso could be a 4-15 GB file. Imagine now that these people want to play multiple games. Let's say 20 (they're more than 20 actually) but for 20 games of 4GB the least = 80GB. I am an emulator gamer. My games take 192 GB of storage. And I want to add more. 3)As you said sd Is much more convenient for pc usage or file transferring from your previous to the next phone. 4) Not anyone uses cloud storage. I prefer having everything in my phone. Especially my music. 5) imagine if you are in the category of....all of the above....

[@napa5235]

that's the reason I won't get another samsung.

[@draimanlee]

I've been a loyal fan to samsung since the Galaxy S6, even after the incidents of the famous exploding S7. I'm still loyal to Samsung. But if Samsung going to follow Apple's footstep, separate S pen, no SD card slot, expensive options for the internal storage. I'm sorry but S20 might be the last phone I buy from Samsung.

[@MrMartellSincere]

Cosign

[@tricko321]

I want the Sd slot don't want a phone without it. I want the security of having my pictures in my personal sd card Period.

[@Yuurrr]

BS. Buying a phone with 256GB instead of 128GB costs way more than buying a seperate 128GB SD card. Don't say this isn't a bad thing....

[@daniyahbrock8158]

In this case, what do we do for storage

[@StevenLNew]

They talk about how much faster the built-in storage is... that fine and you would still have that with a TB SD card. I have never noticed any slower speeds using my SD card anyhow so have no idea what they are talking about. Love having my expandable SD card. Something you could never get from IPhone. I will stop using Samsung with no options for this. I will find one that does. So these guys can continue to get their 256gb or 512gb. I want my 1.5 TB phone.

[@N3LW4N]

This one really annoys me. The external storage slot don't even add more space that's already there. The internal storage they offers now just at 256gb on some devices. Most only have 128gb. With photo & video files that getting larger and larger, the amount of storage now won't suffice

[@BBT609]

They will see the sales drop again when they tried this with the S6.

[@ninitndo13]

Was going to buy the s21 plus but this killed it. I'll be sticking with the s20 plus.

[@vera_nika2]

If your phone breaks you cant put the photos on a computer though....

[@oneputzer]

I put an sd card in my sg20fe to store photo's and music. I had no problems untill a few days ago, when I got a notification that that the card is not supported. The phone no longer displays any of the content on the card. It says the card needs to be re formatted, but doing so will wipe everything on the card. Any suggestions?

[@ChemicalCorpse91]

That's bullshit because i have a 1tb micro sd card in my Galaxy S10 Plus and its jet fast when going threw samsung gallery. This is an excuse

[@DerkmanX]

Somehow I forgot the s21 ultra doesn't have expandable storage. So irritating because I like to have my music and photos on removable storage instead of cluttering up my internal storage

[@michellemoyers1092]

One reason iphone never interested me is no expandable storage. With last carrier, they offered free Google one storage...except a year later said we had to pay to keep it. I have tons of photos and videos of dog classes and competitions and pets that are no longer with us and I dont want to pay to store those for life. But an sd card holds them all and easy to pop into tablet or other phone when we want to access them. Got new base s21 for Christmas and frankly I want to give it back. My older s20 fe has twice the storage and upgradable. Whats the point of the newer phone when I will lose access to most of my data? Hope to return it and keep my s20 fe until I upgrade to one with all the specs I want.