topic Re: SD Card Issue in Galaxy S25

SD Card Issue

aurelius55 — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:29:18 GMT

i want sd cards slots to be back in in the next series

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Mujibar — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:35:33 GMT

SD cards have been gone from flagships for many years. It's highly doubtful you'll ever see them again.

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ShaydeAngel — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:45:44 GMT

I know that it's super not likely. It would be great if they did.

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user_ams007 — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:50:15 GMT

It's possible that the new SD cards, which are technically NVMe SSD drives, could be added back to some devices. Older SD cards don't have speeds like the new cards; old card speeds are around 130MB/s, while new ones are 800MB/s.

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SirDarwin — Sat, 09 May 2026 01:19:34 GMT

Make some noise, and keep fighting even for the long shots! They want us to forget our favorite features ever existed, and that goes for every smartphone company

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user_ams007 — Sat, 09 May 2026 01:31:11 GMT

Tablets have an SD card slot. It's possible that a change to eSIM only could allow for the use of the latest SD cards that run faster. It wouldn't be that hard to modify the lower PCB board that contains the USB-C 3.1 port. This would also allow you to use the APV storage recording feature.

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Robin621k — Sat, 09 May 2026 01:46:52 GMT

The reason it is not necessary anymore, phones come with adequate storage now, thumb drives are cheap to off load too.

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userGlj7fTStta — Sun, 10 May 2026 20:07:29 GMT

Yes for sure I miss having more memory

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AAbbott — Sat, 09 May 2026 02:29:57 GMT

Isn't that nice. It's not going to happen.

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kimberleigh — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:37:05 GMT

If you want an SD slot, get the A series. They still offer it.

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AAbbott — Sat, 09 May 2026 10:55:43 GMT

They still do, but I think they are phasing it out there, too, since they are offering more storage on the newer ones. I think people need to face the reality that they do not need to keep anything and everything on their phones at all times and they can offload personal data and photos to a flash drive or other external device or cloud on a regular basis if they are running low on storage. The SD card is approaching floppy disk status as far as phones go.

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kimberleigh — Sat, 09 May 2026 11:15:24 GMT

And that's why they don't offer the SD options much 😊

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ShaydeAngel — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:26:34 GMT

Yes that is all very true. Unfortunately tech is changing all the time. As much as I would like certain things back I also accept that it won't happen.

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supernatural1xx — Sat, 09 May 2026 19:42:55 GMT

The Samsung galaxy a16 have sd cards slots

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supernatural1xx — Sat, 09 May 2026 19:44:28 GMT

New phones doesn't have SD card slot unless. But Samsung galaxy a16 have the SD cards slot and Sim cards slot

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kimberleigh — Sat, 09 May 2026 19:45:49 GMT

The flagship phones don't offer the SD card but the A series does

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Volkswagen7 — Sun, 10 May 2026 06:04:43 GMT

This could be true at this very moment but things could change due to the other factors. Example, we all took for granted that removable batteries are gone forever. Well European Union wants removable batteries back or no business in Europe. There are other demands in the works. This applies to all manufacturers, not only Samsung . Same as Apple was forced to implement USB C or else.
And why Samsung offers only 1TB when Apple offers 2TB?
Flagship phones have super specs for recording videos that consume ton of space. My current phone, after two weeks accumulated 300 GB just for apps and needed librairies/data.
Two weeks! What about when I am on a weekend escapede doing videos where connections are lousy and cloud sync ain't working.

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AAbbott — Sun, 10 May 2026 12:19:12 GMT

We are not in the EU. The EU wants removable batteries because they want people to be able to replace their own batteries without having to pay for repair service to change the battery for them. SD cards are not necessary with today's larger phone storage. NO ONE needs to keep every picture they ever took or every document they ever downloaded on their phones at all times; and no one needs 2,000 apps sitting on their phones at all times, when they probably used maybe 20 regularly.

As was said, flash drives are cheap and cloud services exist. Who in tarnation needs even one TB of storage, let alone two? If you have a terabyte or two of storage, why would anyone need an SD card? And, if either one of those options is not enough space for someone, they they have too much stuff. SD cards can still be used with a USB card reader acting as a de facto flash drive. They make flash drives with such a small footprint now, that one can keep it attached at all times.