We often see people complaining that a newly announced phone doesn’t have a microSD slot. This week we wanted to find out how many of you will only buy a phone with a microSD slot and how much storage you use overall.
Smartphone storage seems to have hit a wall at 1TB. Some phones released this year have versions with 512GB of built-in memory. Most of them are flagships, but there are also some mid-range ones. There are exactly two new phones that can give you both 512GB of storage and a microSD slot: the Sony Xperia 1 IV and the Huawei Mate Xs 2. Very few have 1TB and there aren’t any that offer more (at least not integrated).
So let’s turn our attention to the other end of the scale. What is the minimum built-in memory phones have in 2022? Looking at the phones released so far this year, the proportion of phones with 32GB or less has nearly halved from last year. The proportion of phones with 64GB is roughly the same, while phones with 128GB are more common.
A similar survey last year showed that 128GB is the sweet spot for built-in storage, and that most people still prefer phones with microSD slots.
Today we’re wondering something a little different: how much phone storage (internal plus microSD if you have it) is actually in use? You can check the settings.
If the poll widget embedded above doesn’t work for you, you can cast your vote here.
Capacity isn’t everything, of course. First, microSDs, even those rated A2, aren’t as fast as internal memory. And most of the Android phones make it difficult to move apps and related data to the memory card. Secondly, a memory card is a simple and easy way to transfer content, for example between your old phone and the new one – just move the card and you will have all your music, videos and so on available, no solutions needed. cloud.
So how important is it for a phone to have a microSD slot?
Here’s a direct link to the survey, just in case.
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