Google Unveils Nexus 4 Smartphone, Nexus 10 Tablet > so memory card slot

reply to amarryat

Re: so memory card slot

That would likely be a deal breaker for me and many others.

reply to mromero

reply to mromero
»www.androidcentral.com/why-nexus···-sd-card

reply to toro
I don't see the point in using a memory card with all the crazy amounts of cloud storage that I have access to.

It would still be nice to have that option...

That said, the phone is inexpensive and high-powered, and is compatible with a network that offers unlimited data. Could be a heck of a lot worse.

Me? I'll stick with my 32GB Galaxy SIII with a 64GB microSDXC card. But that's just me.

reply to FBGuy

Sync to local machine using Dropbox, Google Drive, or Jungledisk.

reply to Thaler
I don't "need" access to those files when I am out of 4g-land

reply to amarryat
With Google Music cloud service it wouldn't be so bad, but I like to carry lots of TV and Movies in case I get stuck bored somewhere. I don't understand why they wouldn't put an micro SD slot on there.

reply to Thaler
Not just that, but what if it is stored videos you want to watch...without unlimited data you are pretty screwed. Ya really need the media on the device.

reply to skeechan

Not just that...if you are on the plane, you don't have connectivity or if you do it's the dog slow variety. I know from my iPad and iPhone, both 64GB models being full all the time, if I were to get a different device I would definitely be looking for one with expandable storage. This is especially true in a 10" tablet. Some of my 1080P concert videos are 15+GB because I don't bother to reencode for portable devices (I just use the same files as I do for my HTPC).

16-32GB definitely wouldn't cut it for a long haul flight from LAX to NRT.

reply to mromero
Kinda sucks but my last Nexus phone had one and I never filled it anyway. Of course come to think of it, I upgraded because the SD card was not full but the OS couldn't use it for apps. So I had all this extra unusable space. I have less space on the new phone, but actually more usable space.

damn shame really but this is just lazy engineering.
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reply to mromero
why Google's new Nexus 4 doesn't have LTE

»www.theverge.com/2012/10/29/3569···e-4g-lte

reply to FBGuy

what % of your life do you spend on transoceanic flights? I'm guessing a very small percentage of the market does that. and most subway tunnels where I live have cellular service in them.

How about syncing...I'd rather not be spending every day picking and choosing which content to sync because some dummy thought it was a good idea to build a 16-32GB device with no expandable storage and no option for a 64-128GB model. It's the same problem that plagues the iPad. SD is one of many features (and I rank the most important feature) that serve to differentiate the platform from other platforms.

I guess I am in the minority here, I only store pictures that I have taken with my camera on my phones storage. I can see why people might think they need 800 hours of music on it or 10 movies, but I really don't see how that is practical.

reply to skeechan