I think you are underestimating just how much that sucks.
I can’t even have a full offline wikipedia on my phone and whip it out to “school” someone when on a subway in a tunnel. Like imagine not winning an argument because you can’t access the internet. I want my wikipedia always ready to back me up in an argument. (Its not a “real source” but the other person wouldn’t have the internet too, so I’d win the argument.
Also I can record like an entire terabyte of potential police brutality incidents, so the SD card slot is one of my favorite things about the smartphone. Its like an entire desktop in your pocket. Its fucking awesome.
Like, a $400 Samsung A series can have a 1TB sd card for like $130-ish more. How much does a 1TB phone cost? Like maybe a thousand USD or more. Fuck that. I can get another 1TB SD card for another $130 and swap when needed to access different content (of course those content is also copied into real hard drives, in case of SD card failure). And, although I have not tried this yet, I think a 1.5TB or a future release of 2TB microsd card would also work, phone manufacturers don’t advertise it because they probably didn’t bother to test bigger SD card sizes.
There no fucking way I’m gonna get a $1000+ smarphone that could get stolen on public transit, or just dropped. Not spending that much just for 1TB storage. So if I were to go Graphene OS, I’m probably gonna end up with 128 GB base model, and that’s fucking infuriating. Like I’m probably not gonna have a 1TB storage medium everywhere I go.
Welp, I was just thinking about Graphene OS… maybe this is the final push…
Edit: But pixels have no SD card slot… Noooo 😭
(I love my A-Series Samsung Phome’s SD card slot. RIP 1TB Expandable storage. 😓)
Edit 2: I just checked, I don’t see it yet…, but its still concerning nonetheless
Not having removable storage stinks, but Graphine has overall been good, not perfect, but better than google spyware.
If you do make the switch (or not) I highly recommend setting a up a backup for your contacts, photos and whatever else is important.
I started backing up apps “export settings” files too. Makes switching phones so much easier.
(I use syncthing to pick the folders I want)
I think you are underestimating just how much that sucks.
I can’t even have a full offline wikipedia on my phone and whip it out to “school” someone when on a subway in a tunnel. Like imagine not winning an argument because you can’t access the internet. I want my wikipedia always ready to back me up in an argument. (Its not a “real source” but the other person wouldn’t have the internet too, so I’d win the argument.
Also I can record like an entire terabyte of potential police brutality incidents, so the SD card slot is one of my favorite things about the smartphone. Its like an entire desktop in your pocket. Its fucking awesome.
Like, a $400 Samsung A series can have a 1TB sd card for like $130-ish more. How much does a 1TB phone cost? Like maybe a thousand USD or more. Fuck that. I can get another 1TB SD card for another $130 and swap when needed to access different content (of course those content is also copied into real hard drives, in case of SD card failure). And, although I have not tried this yet, I think a 1.5TB or a future release of 2TB microsd card would also work, phone manufacturers don’t advertise it because they probably didn’t bother to test bigger SD card sizes.
There no fucking way I’m gonna get a $1000+ smarphone that could get stolen on public transit, or just dropped. Not spending that much just for 1TB storage. So if I were to go Graphene OS, I’m probably gonna end up with 128 GB base model, and that’s fucking infuriating. Like I’m probably not gonna have a 1TB storage medium everywhere I go.
Yup, just got it on my P8 and uninstalled. I think this is the cliff for me.