Does this phone have a sd slot for expandable storage? - Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers

There are a lot of conflicting views that this has an sd slot or not.
I've seen about half saying yes and half saying no and don't know what is true? I'm in the UK so not sure if there are different versions?

No, The P20 pro only has 128gb built in storage.
It does support USB storage via a USB-C adapter

It definitely doesn’t. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of retailers and websites are reporting it does. That’s a mistake. 100% mistake.

To back up what ricjuh and gavinfabl have said above, here's a copy of my chat transcript on this issue with Huawei online support:
3:21:25 PM - deebo007 said : Hi Thea, I have a question about the new P20 pro
3:21:44 PM - deebo007 said : Does it have a microSD card slot to expand the memory?
3:22:12 PM - deebo007 said : Many websites say that it does, but your website does not mention it.
3:22:47 PM - Thea said : One moment to check!
3:22:51 PM - deebo007 said : Thanks
3:24:10 PM - Thea said : Thank you for waiting, the P20 Pro does not support a microSD to expand the memory.
3:24:50 PM - deebo007 said : OK, thanks very much. that's a real shame as I was looking to get one. This has unfortunately ruled this option out for me.
3:25:12 PM - Thea said : Ah, very sorry to hear. I can understand why a microSD would be important.
3:27:46 PM - deebo007 said : OK, thanks Thea, please pass on my comment to your design team, this is a major issue when your new P20 Pro does not support it but your Honor View 10 does, seems to be a very strange decision.
3:29:07 PM - Thea said : I agree with you! I will pass this on to my design team in regards to this.
3:29:28 PM - deebo007 said : Thanks. Have a good day.

As stated, 100% it does not. The SIM tray is equal to that of the Mate 10 Pro (they're essentially the same hardware platform - I'm sure the SIM slot lines up perfectly) and has two nano slots in it - nothing more.

jonmorris said:
As stated, 100% it does not. The SIM tray is equal to that of the Mate 10 Pro (they're essentially the same hardware platform - I'm sure the SIM slot lines up perfectly) and has two nano slots in it - nothing more.
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Good to see you on here Jon, what happened to mobile&gadget?
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jonmorris said:
As stated, 100% it does not. The SIM tray is equal to that of the Mate 10 Pro (they're essentially the same hardware platform - I'm sure the SIM slot lines up perfectly) and has two nano slots in it - nothing more.
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this is a very bad news, it pushes to heavy users to search another options, like S9+ plus, with some versions with 256GB internal memory + microsdxc slot up 400GB.
very wrong move of huawei, especially with a 3- camera lens, RAW and HDR format, 4K video and Slow-Mo option

I can not Inderstand... 40 Megapixel Pictures With a karge size per Picture but No way for SD....
Offline navigation. Some Games and a few Photos and storage is empty....i do Not understand IT :/

Ricardo_G said:
this is a very bad news, it pushes to heavy users to search another options, like S9+ plus, with some versions with 256GB internal memory + microsdxc slot up 400GB.
very wrong move of huawei, especially with a 3- camera lens, RAW and HDR format, 4K video and Slow-Mo option
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I guess it depends if you feel like you have to keep everything stored on your phone forever. I backup and remove things as I think phones perform better without bloat and 128GB of storage feels huge to me! Last phone I had with 128GB storage (Nokia 8) I didn't even bother putting an SD in. You can easily plug USB C card readers into modern phones for backup purposes if you don't want to use Google Photos (or the cloud generally).

leoni1980 said:
I guess it depends if you feel like you have to keep everything stored on your phone forever. I backup and remove things as I think phones perform better without bloat and 128GB of storage feels huge to me! Last phone I had with 128GB storage (Nokia 8) I didn't even bother putting a SIM in. You can easily plug USB C card readers into modern phones for backup purposes if you don't want to use Google Photos (or the cloud generally).
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Pretty pointless having a phone then unless just used the camera!

Very witty

ok ok ok... I have a question... what the hell are they referring to when they say that the Huawei P20 Pro has two nano slots that could be used for expansion?? are they saying that these nano slots are accessable for expansion?? this is so confusing for me and quite possibly for others as well.. I am pretty sure that this is where people are getting confused and saying that the P20 Pro is SD expandable. Someone really needs to do some rewording of the Huawei P20 Pro Description and indicate that its got no Expansion slots.. only reason why I got it was to have the 4 camera feature which the pro camera feature on it has a very high pixel quality to it and is rated highest over all other Cell Phones.

lorbat said:
There are a lot of conflicting views that this has an sd slot or not.
I've seen about half saying yes and half saying no and don't know what is true? I'm in the UK so not sure if there are different versions?
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no have sd card slot in p20 pro... only internal storage 128 or 256GB... 6GB RAM/128GB ROM or 8GB RAM/256GB ROM

Hey guys,
I just had to clean up a few posts in this thread. Let's keep things civil and on-topic.
Thanks!
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SanDisk SDSDQUA-128G-U46A 128GB microSDXC card

Looks like SanDisk is keeping it under wraps - spoke to SanDisk support rep - he denied existance, but the info is getting spread all over the internet and some Taiwanese sites already list it in their inventory, like this one: http://www.sbit.com.tw/en/productsearch.aspx?_searchtext=SDSDQUA-128G-U46A
Making a placeholder thread for this card - please post any news here and of course links, if you see it available. I expect formal announcement from SanDisk in the next couple of months or so
I wonder how much those will go for?
a year ago, when 64GB one, the one in my signature, came out it was $229.99 on SanDisk site...Don't expect this to be any less...after all - it's double in size
Apo11on said:
a year ago, when 64GB one, the one in my signature, came out it was $229.99 on SanDisk site...Don't expect this to be any less...after all - it's double in size
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Has the 64gig one only been out a year? Seems longer.
128gig would be welcome.
Apo11on said:
Looks like SanDisk is keeping it under wraps - spoke to SanDisk support rep - he denied existance, but the info is getting spread all over the internet and some Taiwanese sites already list it in their inventory, like this one: http://www.sbit.com.tw/en/productsearch.aspx?_searchtext=SDSDQUA-128G-U46A
Making a placeholder thread for this card - please post any news here and of course links, if you see it available. I expect formal announcement from SanDisk in the next couple of months or so
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It would be much cheaper and even as effective to simply get a Ribbon adapter (microSD to SD) and buy a standard 128GB SD card with a good write speed.
BigBison420 said:
It would be much cheaper and even as effective to simply get a Ribbon adapter (microSD to SD) and buy a standard 128GB SD card with a good write speed.
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That is true and you should theoretically even get better performance and data integrity from the card with the larger surface area. However there is the convenience to the micro sd of have not having to worry about possible mods to make it fit inside your case etc
baileyjr said:
That is true and you should theoretically even get better performance and data integrity from the card with the larger surface area. However there is the convenience to the micro sd of have not having to worry about possible mods to make it fit inside your case etc
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Bingo- I have a ribbon adapter soldered to a Kingston sdcard. Believe me its a pain if I want to remove it to put it in an adapter to go in the PC for whatever reason. It was difficult to solder, it's difficult to fit, and just plain a nuisance overall (but I do love having my 70gb music library and tons of leftover room for videos or whatever). Even I would strongly consider getting a $200 ish 128gb microsdxc.
I don't understand what Sandisk is waiting for. There is obviously a demand for 128GB microsdxc cards. is it possible that Sandisk couldn't manage to fit 128GB on the tiny microsdxc card?(not yet anyway?)
the 128GB SDXC cards are selling quite well... I bought the Sandisk one for only $120 recently.(for use in my camera)
Its a combination of time it takes to develop the technology and making a production pipeline for it. Once its ready they're not gonna make 100 of those cards - they're gonna make 100 million of them.
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If anyone gets one and can test it I'd love to know if it works with a Nokia 808?
I'm desperate to upgrade the 64gb card nside my Symbian mobile to 128g
GlynG said:
If anyone gets one and can test it I'd love to know if it works with a Nokia 808?
I'm desperate to upgrade the 64gb card nside my Symbian mobile to 128g
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Ah. Good ole symbian. Kind of miss it. Wish Nokia had spruced it up.
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centerwaters said:
I don't understand what Sandisk is waiting for. There is obviously a demand for 128GB microsdxc cards. is it possible that Sandisk couldn't manage to fit 128GB on the tiny microsdxc card?(not yet anyway?)
the 128GB SDXC cards are selling quite well... I bought the Sandisk one for only $120 recently.(for use in my camera)
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It's probably pressure from the network carriers. The service providers want people using smaller built-in memory so they use the cloud more. If users rely on the cloud over local storage, there is a much higher likelihood they'll go over their monthly data cap and get charged for overage. It's likely part of the reason Apple is the only major smartphone manufacturer (that I can think of) that hasn't adopted expandable memory via a MicroSD card slot. A 128GB MicroSD card would allow the majority of people to carry their entire collection of music, videos and pics around. Bandwidth demand would drop and carriers would lose overage revenues.
DimeDrl said:
It's probably pressure from the network carriers. The service providers want people using smaller built-in memory so they use the cloud more. If users rely on the cloud over local storage, there is a much higher likelihood they'll go over their monthly data cap and get charged for overage. It's likely part of the reason Apple is the only major smartphone manufacturer (that I can think of) that hasn't adopted expandable memory via a MicroSD card slot. A 128GB MicroSD card would allow the majority of people to carry their entire collection of music, videos and pics around. Bandwidth demand would drop and carriers would lose overage revenues.
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Yeah but their is a shi* ton of people qho take thousands of pics and videos. Music etc. Unless they go 64GB internal or 128GB internal there is still a need.
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DimeDrl said:
It's probably pressure from the network carriers. The service providers want people using smaller built-in memory so they use the cloud more. If users rely on the cloud over local storage, there is a much higher likelihood they'll go over their monthly data cap and get charged for overage. It's likely part of the reason Apple is the only major smartphone manufacturer (that I can think of) that hasn't adopted expandable memory via a MicroSD card slot. A 128GB MicroSD card would allow the majority of people to carry their entire collection of music, videos and pics around. Bandwidth demand would drop and carriers would lose overage revenues.
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Disagree.
Carriers aren't making the phones. Carriers do want people to rely on added data usage but don't want to over-burden data plans which is exactly what streaming 128 gigs of media would do if it weren't onboard.
My media collection is just over a terabyte still and I have no desire to try to stream that even on my unlimited data plan.
BTW, HTC is also on this 'no expandable storage' kick for some reason. I think they're just being cheap on components to maximize profit.
the delay is most likely they're still testing the card to make sure it works as expected on various devices. These cards are used in other devices besides phones.
I highly double carriers have much input into this. The memory makers are always looking for ways to add more storage and a reasonable price for profit. And more and more, mobile devices are not including ways to expand memory; then the phone can be charge for stupid amount for a tiny bit of extra memory.
Like many, I look forward to having the extra memory. I seem to blow through memory on my phone; yet, not on the tablet.
Cant wait till these are out!
I have way too much music, and to be honest, this would be great for carrying roms and kernels with me, as well as other stuff in case I have to do an emergency reflash. 128GB would be dandy to have.
inb42TBCardsby2018.
I'm not super familiar with microSDXC technology, but I have a question -- how do we know a Note II will support a card of this capacity? I thought that the largest card a Note II could support is a 64GB one.
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I'm not super familiar with microSDXC technology, but I have a question -- how do we know a Note II will support a card of this capacity? I thought that the largest card a Note II could support is a 64GB one.
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At the time that the phone was released, the largest capacity sdcx micro card available was 64gb. I suppose that theoretically, the phone might be able to see higher cards when they are released.
8 months ago I bought a SanDisk 64GB micro SD for $56. I think it has been out for almost 2 years. When the 128GB comes out it will drop in price quick. Why? Because they need to get them sold before the 256GB comes out. Then the 512GB. Then the 1TB and so on...
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Asquared said:
I'm not super familiar with microSDXC technology, but I have a question -- how do we know a Note II will support a card of this capacity? I thought that the largest card a Note II could support is a 64GB one.
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What really matters is that this phone supports microSDXC, so it should support any size microSDXC. All of my android phones worked with the 64gb microSDXC even though this is the first one that officially supported it.

What is best SD card to use with M8

I want to use it to store apps/music+pictures/nandroid backups, so what SD is best for me to use? preferably 32gb+ and under 25€
Sharp852 said:
I want to use it to store apps/music+pictures/nandroid backups, so what SD is best for me to use? preferably 32gb+ and under 25€
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I would buy the Samsung Evo plus UHS-I. Seems to be the best value:
Samsung EVO+ https://www.amazon.es/dp/B00WIMC5IS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_DDWoybBKQVG6F
Samsung SD works fine for me, as well. And I've also been happy with Sandisk in the past as well (Samsung just happened to be cheaper).
Are you talking adoptable storage or removable? The speed requirement is higher with adoptable. You'll want to get the fastest SD card you can for adoptable storage, possibly even the Samsung PRO+.
If you're talking removable storage, for the things you mentioned (photos, nandroid backups), speed rating are probably not too relevant. That is, as long as its Class 10 or UHS1 or faster - and there are many affordable options these days, that its probably not even worth looking at SD lower than Class 10 (and in fact you won't find many options in lower speed classes). The UHS1 rating on the Samsung EVO+ as well as the EVO should be fine. Taking video would probably be the most intensive thing you can do with SD, and the Samsung EVO works fine for me doing that. Not sure about putting apps on the SD. But if its designed to be on removable storage, I don't think its too terribly speed dependent.
redpoint73 said:
Samsung SD works fine for me, as well. And I've also been happy with Sandisk in the past as well (Samsung just happened to be cheaper).
Are you talking adoptable storage or removable? The speed requirement is higher with adoptable. You'll want to get the fastest SD card you can for adoptable storage, possibly even the Samsung PRO+.
If you're talking removable storage, for the things you mentioned (photos, nandroid backups), speed rating are probably not too relevant. That is, as long as its Class 10 or UHS1 or faster - and there are many affordable options these days, that its probably not even worth looking at SD lower than Class 10 (and in fact you won't find many options in lower speed classes). The UHS1 rating on the Samsung EVO+ as well as the EVO should be fine. Taking video would probably be the most intensive thing you can do with SD, and the Samsung EVO works fine for me doing that. Not sure about putting apps on the SD. But if its designed to be on removable storage, I don't think its too terribly speed dependent.
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Well,what would you recommend to me? I will more likely also store apps there,so?
So what is minimal req for adoptable storage? What are best budget SDs for that one? PRO+
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Well,what would you recommend to me? I will more likely also store apps there,so?
So what is minimal req for adoptable storage? What are best budget SDs for that one? PRO+
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I don't use adoptable storage, so all I can tell you, is what I've read from searching.
Class 10 or UHS-1 seems to be the recommended minimum rating. But I've read to buy the fastest you can afford, to minimize performance slowdowns. One website specifically mentioned possibly using PRO+ (can't find it right now). But the info doesn't seem definitive.
I see Samsung also has PRO Select, and I'm not sure if there is a difference between that and PRO+. They both have 95 MB/s read, 90 MB/s write. I'm seeing the Amazon US site doesn't have a lot of PRO+ in stock, but they have PRO Select in 32GB for $25 US. So possibly the PRO Select is just a new branding of the PRO+?
The branding is confusing, to say the least: EVO, EVO+, EVO Select, PRO, PRO+, PRO Select.
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I don't use adoptable storage, so all I can tell you, is what I've read from searching.
Class 10 or UHS-1 seems to be the recommended minimum rating. But I've read to buy the fastest you can afford, to minimize performance slowdowns. One website specifically mentioned possibly using PRO+ (can't find it right now). But the info doesn't seem definitive.
I see Samsung also has PRO Select, and I'm not sure if there is a difference between that and PRO+. They both have 95 MB/s read, 90 MB/s write. I'm seeing the Amazon US site doesn't have a lot of PRO+ in stock, but they have PRO Select in 32GB for $25 US. So possibly the PRO Select is just a new branding of the PRO+?
The branding is confusing, to say the least: EVO, EVO+, EVO Select, PRO, PRO+, PRO Select.
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The Select is the newest. But I believe they are equal in terms of performance http://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/reviews/sd-cards/samsung-pro-select-64gb-micro-sdxc-memory-card/
i am using strontium nitro 64gb , its superb sd card..
excellent read/write speed, maybe you can go for it,
and contrary i can suggest you 128gb sandisk sdcard too. waiting for its price cut
I am hoping to pump some new life into this thread. I am curious if anyone has used or tested a 200+ gig sd card for our phone as this guy is suggesting will work. Wouldn't mind upgrading but dont want to drop the loot before someone has confirmed maybe with a screen shot that it works.
http://www.ilovememorycards.com/htc-one-m8-memory-card.html
I have Samsung Evo+ 128GB in my M8 No problem with it in M8
panki_86 said:
I have Samsung Evo+ 128GB in my M8 No problem with it in M8
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Can you please do a speed test?
Cheers
Badelhas said:
Can you please do a speed test?
Cheers
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Here is a test
Thanks!
63MB/s read and 18MB/s write? Seems low, dosent it?
Cheers
It's ok for me. I paid for it 29 euros
panki_86 said:
It's ok for me. I paid for it 29 euros
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Your right. And the limitation must be with the M8. If you do that test on the HTC 10 the results should be much better.
Here's a screenshot of my benchmark. I use an old Samsung 32gb class 10 card.
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Feedback for Oneplus 5... And will they listen?

Hello, my Oneplus friends.
I'm an owner of the LG V10 and an Axon 7 Enhanced (6gb RAM model) and yet I'm still lurking around your boards, appreciating the blazing fast software and hardware features you have and the price it's all available at! Congratulations!
Forgive my noobness, my first time on a Oneplus board, but my question for you guys is... Where can we actually give feedback to Oneplus for including micro SD card support for the Oneplus 5, and will they even listen? ?
No, this is not a thread to seek advice on whether or not an SD card is needed on the phone and how the performance improves without it. Heck, even Samsung backtracked on this stance ?... What are your thoughts of micro SD support available on the Oneplus 5?
Thanks for all your responses!
I would argue more for on board 256gb and making more devices available to actually buy without the far too long waiting for stock.
I love SD cards, but the 128gb on board is very fast, and it's encrypted.
But you can try the one plus community forum
Yep. Open a new subjet on the forum of oneplus. I think it is the best to do. or there is probably somewhere to give feedback on oneplus's website
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I would argue more for on board 256gb and making more devices available to actually buy without the far too long waiting for stock.
I love SD cards, but the 128gb on board is very fast, and it's encrypted.
But you can try the one plus community forum
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Thanks bud... No question Flash onboard storage is a good move on performance use cases, however, for someone like me that changes their phone every 6 months and likes continuity with my media and backups, it's not ideal. Cloud storage and even Google Photos are not quite there yet to moves thousands of files or extremely large files.
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Yep. Open a new subjet on the forum of oneplus. I think it is the best to do. or there is probably somewhere to give feedback on oneplus's website
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Thank you, yes did just that... Although I'm sure it's already too late for that feedback, but hey, worth asking . Only reason why I don't own a Oneplus phone ?.
P. S. What do you guys speculate in the 1+ community, chance of SD card coming?
P. S. What do you guys speculate in the 1+ community, chance of SD card coming?
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I have a oneplus 3t (I juste get it this week) It work very well. I wanted the version with 128go, but it is still out of stock So I finished by buying the 64Go..But Like you i want a lot of space. I want a space for a sd card And I hope there is one in the next.
The best thing to do is, like other phone, put a sd card on the second sim card. so iwe have the choice of 2 sims card at the same time or 1 sd and 1 sim
honestly, I don't think a lot of people need 2 sims card...
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I have a oneplus 3t (I juste get it this week) It work very well. I wanted the version with 128go, but it is still out of stock So I finished by buying the 64Go..But Like you i want a lot of space. I want a space for a sd card And I hope there is one in the next.
The best thing to do is, like other phone, put a sd card on the second sim card. so iwe have the choice of 2 sims card at the same time or 1 sd and 1 sim
honestly, I don't think a lot of people need 2 sims card...
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Exactly! Can't believe they don't take advantage of the dual SIM slot to at least give the option to people ?...
I bought one of these for storage backup, one end is usbC the other end is stand USB
SanDisk Ultra 128GB Dual Drive USB Type-C (SDDDC2-128G-G46)
:laugh:32G is enough for me:laugh::laugh::laugh:
While i do believe an SD card is nice especially for flashaholics they really aren't needed anymore. I myself don't understand the need for an amazing camera on a cell phone. But really if you need more than 64gb or even 32gb on a smartphone just buy a PC. But on the serious note.... What happened to the OnePlus 4?
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While i do believe an SD card is nice especially for flashaholics they really aren't needed anymore. I myself don't understand the need for an amazing camera on a cell phone. But really if you need more than 64gb or even 32gb on a smartphone just buy a PC. But on the serious note.... What happened to the OnePlus 4?
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It's like you said, bud... It's not an issue of having enough storage on the phone for your use, it's more of a case for portability of large data from device to device and asking for continuity with it. As you said... Flashoholics or Phonoholics, changing their device every 6 months ?.
Better question is, why not do it? Every major OEM does it now, Samsung went back to it. They even have a dual SIM slot to use for this ?.
Oneplus 4 is rumored to be named Oneplus 5, because 4 is considered bad luck in China. Oneplus's parent company have done this in the past for their other phones and brands... That's my understanding.
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It's like you said, bud... It's not an issue of having enough storage on the phone for your use, it's more of a case for portability of large data from device to device and asking for continuity with it. As you said... Flashoholics or Phonoholics, changing their device every 6 months .
Better question is, why not do it? Every major OEM does it now, Samsung went back to it. They even have a dual SIM slot to use for this .
Oneplus 4 is rumored to be named Oneplus 5, because 4 is considered bad luck in China. Oneplus's parent company have done this in the past for their other phones and brands... That's my understanding.
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Can't agree more. Just got my 1+ 3T today - my old Xperia ZU reached the end of its life and won't turn on anymore. If I didn't have proper backup in my SD card, there will be lots of data loss (yes some of important things are in cloud, but there are also stuff that are too big to store in my limited cloud). I'm not even a flashaholics/phoneholics, and really benefit from it. I can only hope if in several years my 3T I'm getting a new phone, my 3T can still be turned on/at least the recovery is accessible. Else, all is lost.
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Can't agree more. Just got my 1+ 3T today - my old Xperia ZU reached the end of its life and won't turn on anymore. If I didn't have proper backup in my SD card, there will be lots of data loss (yes some of important things are in cloud, but there are also stuff that are too big to store in my limited cloud). I'm not even a flashaholics/phoneholics, and really benefit from it. I can only hope if in several years my 3T I'm getting a new phone, my 3T can still be turned on/at least the recovery is accessible. Else, all is lost.
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You said it brother! I think there are many people that feel this way about the option to have an SD card slot... ??!
OcazPrime said:
While i do believe an SD card is nice especially for flashaholics they really aren't needed anymore. I myself don't understand the need for an amazing camera on a cell phone. But really if you need more than 64gb or even 32gb on a smartphone just buy a PC. But on the serious note.... What happened to the OnePlus 4?
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having an SD is important for me. I don't have an Ipod or MP3 reader. So I put all my music on my phone. So SD card is welcome space for me (like right now I have 32Go of music and I can put more if i had more space, and yes a listen to all my music )
And like the ProFragger said. Oneplus 4 will not exist but oneplus5 yes. 4 is not only bad luck. In there language it is the same pronunciation as the word Death or something like that.
They don't want misunderstanding as a death phone or something like that. Plus it is a badluck to put something like that on the name of a product.
The storage on the OnePlus 3T is blazing fast and massively faster than any SD card which is also one of the reasons this phone is so snappy, putting files on a SD card would end up slowing some things down (e.g. loading photos, music library and the such). I admit I was a big advocate of SD cards back when we had phones with 16GB or even 32GB of storage, but in all honesty nowadays with 128GB of storage I don't really miss the SD card slot anymore (and I have just filled 45GB, still plenty of space). As for backups, I just plug my USB-OTG cable and there you go.

512GB vs 128 GB real life comparison

As the title states does anyone have both versions and can say it's justifiable to pay the extra 300? I don't car for the space but the extra 2 gigs of RAM could be nice. Please advise.
nique0201 said:
As the title states does anyone have both versions and can say it's justifiable to pay the extra 300? I don't car for the space but the extra 2 gigs of RAM could be nice. Please advise.
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Are you going to be using more than 24 apps simultaneously? Because the Note8 could hold about that many in memory with 6GB of RAM.
Are you going to keep it for 2 years or more? If so, I suggest the 8GB for future-proofing. If not, 6GB makes more sense.
Just my two cents.
Since I heard this could be the last Note, I went with the 512/8. I may keep it a long time if they stop making the Note line. I use the stylus everyday at my job and I don't want to give that up anytime soon.
i got 512/8 gb model just in case this is the last note ever
I went with the 512gb because I can... No other reason. I will ditch it when the Note 10 comes out or the F.
The best use of the RAM would be for Dex, which I don't use. 128GB plus my 256GB SD card = more storage than I will ever come close to using. I could have easily afforded the 512, but I don't need a terabyte phone and I never came close to filling my Note 8 so it was a no brainer to me.
It depend on your need: heavy multitasking is your priority, for working and 300$ not too much with you then go 512GB
got the 512 blue version, just because i wanted to treat myself, and some futureproofing too
I think one important point people are missing is that the 512GB version allows you to use dual SIMs without worrying about running out of storage. My big problem with the Note 8 was that I could either put in two SIMs and live with the 64GB internal storage limitation, or give up on using two SIM cards and plug in a memory card instead. I ended up doing the latter. But with the 512GB Note 9, you don't have to compromise.
Maybe in the US, consumers are used to the idea of using only one SIM, but here in India dual SIMs are a common sight. And some phone brands offer two SIM slots PLUS a memory slot. Samsung, however, has opted for that rather limiting "hybrid SIM slot".
Got the 512/8 for future proofing and in the event that it is the last Note.
krumbs said:
I think one important point people are missing is that the 512GB version allows you to use dual SIMs without worrying about running out of storage. My big problem with the Note 8 was that I could either put in two SIMs and live with the 64GB internal storage limitation, or give up on using two SIM cards and plug in a memory card instead. I ended up doing the latter. But with the 512GB Note 9, you don't have to compromise.
Maybe in the US, consumers are used to the idea of using only one SIM, but here in India dual SIMs are a common sight. And some phone brands offer two SIM slots PLUS a memory slot. Samsung, however, has opted for that rather limiting "hybrid SIM slot".
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There is a simple workaround for your problem just check YouTube or xda....
calinormy said:
There is a simple workaround for your problem just check YouTube or xda....
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If you're speaking of modding you SD Card to work around the hybrid/SIM dilemma,Samsung recently pushed an update to the S9/S9+ that prevents that from working.
My guess this is in effect for the Note 9 out of the box.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/help/dual-sim-card-sd-card-problem-t3809073
I didn't know that, my apologies
calinormy said:
I didn't know that, my apologies
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No apologies necessary.
It wasn't exactly common knowledge, unless one followed the subject on a regular basis, especially if one didn't own an S9.
I myself just found out days ago, assuming it'd work, since I used one of those slim SIM adapters on my dual SIM Honor View 10.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 5 using XDA Labs
Does anyone know how much storage is left over on the 128GB version? You know, out of the box.
roaduardo said:
Does anyone know how much storage is left over on the 128GB version? You know, out of the box.
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I'm willing to bet the same apps come preinstalled on the 512 so either could answer the question and you could just apply the math to the other one.
I got the 128 because wife wouldn't let me.
I got my Note 9 on pre-order.
The promotion Samsung ran here in Oz was if you pre-ordered the Note 9 you got the 512gb for the price of the 128gb...
Pretty much a no-brainer for me...
ultramag69 said:
I got my Note 9 on pre-order.
The promotion Samsung ran here in Oz was if you pre-ordered the Note 9 you got the 512gb for the price of the 128gb...
Pretty much a no-brainer for me...
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No wonder there's a shortage!
PsiPhiDan said:
No wonder there's a shortage!
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Oz has the Exynos processor, in the US its the Snadragon...
Shouldn't affect stock over there..
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Oz has the Exynos processor, in the US its the Snadragon...
Shouldn't affect stock over there..
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Oh, so only the Snapdragon is backordered? I wasn't aware. Interesting!

Nano memory card to be compatible with P20 Pro in future?

The launch of Mate 20 has lead me thinking. If they are rolling out memory card of a nano sim size, will it be compatible for us?
Do you have a dedicated, just launched, brand new, nano SD card slot (HARDWARE) on your P20 Pro ?
If you do, you should go and buy a new card.
If the P20 pro doesnt have a memory card slot, how does one use one?
or1onz said:
The launch of Mate 20 has lead me thinking. If they are rolling out memory card of a nano sim size, will it be compatible for us?
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Seems some members have forgotten how to communicate - so let me try.
OP: Unfortunately, whilst the form factor of the new cards is the same as the nano sims, the underlying hardware that allows new memory card type to work is not present in any existing models. A crude analogy is to consider a DVD disk and a blu-ray disk. They may share physical characteristics, but an older DVD player will not read a blu-ray disk, even though it physically fits, because it lacks the necessary hardware.
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