Why Tech Companies Killed The SD Card (The Truth)

Eleven millimeters wide. Ten bucks bought you 64 gigabytes. Then your phone quietly lost the slot, and you started paying $2.99 a month for the privilege. This is how the most beautiful business model in tech ate your storage. CHAPTERS 0:00 - The vanished slot 0:16 - 1999: A format war 0:42 - The golden age 1:11 - The S6 backlash 1:38 - Reason 1: Tech outgrew it 2:07 - Reason 2: The cloud arrived 2:53 - The $200 trick TOPICS COVERED why don't phones have sd card slots anymore when did samsung remove microsd from galaxy phones samsung galaxy s6 no microsd card backlash samsung galaxy s7 expandable storage return is ufs 4.0 faster than microsd sony memory stick vs sd card format war 1999 what happened to expandable storage on phones why is icloud storage so expensive how much does apple charge for iphone storage upgrade how phone companies make money from cloud subscriptions when did the sd card become obsolete in smartphones microsd card dimensions 11mm by 15mm SOURCES & FURTHER READING SD Association microSD specification - sdcard.org Samsung Newsroom - UFS 4.0 development announcement (August 2022) The Verge - "Why I'm not buying the Galaxy S6" (March 2015) - theverge.com/2015/3/1/8129987 Android Authority - "Why Samsung dropped microSD card support from the Galaxy S6" - androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-no-microsd-590379 The Verge - "Samsung Galaxy S7 has expandable storage again" (February 2016) - theverge.com/2016/2/21/11069156 Ars Technica - Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge review (April 2015) Apple iPhone storage configurator - apple.com/shop/buy-iphone #smartphones #microsd #techhistory #cloudstorage #technology #android #iphone #sdcard #memorycard #zeusdecodes #curious #why #simplethings #ordinarythings #simpleexplanations