Each day we hear a completely new rumor about some awesome, cutting-edge feature Apple might pack into the approaching iPhone 14, however, have not yet found out about the one that matters in my opinion: expanding storage.

This happened in my opinion after studying the specs in the new OnePlus Nord N20 5G, an enjoyable, mid-range 6.43-inch Android 11 handset that promises decent performance. Having a 48MP primary camera, it must have solid photography chops. It ships with 128GB of storage, which is not bad, considering budget and entry-level smartphones (searching for you, Apple) sometimes ship with simply 64.

But here’s the kicker: the $282 Nord N20 5G includes a micro-SD storage slot that enables you to definitely upgrade the onboard storage up to 512GB. Presuming I don’t get scammed on Amazon . com . com, I am in a position to buy a 256GB SanDisk card for $35.

For Android phones, this really is not new. They have lengthy incorporated slots for storage upgrades. Actually, the BlackBerry Torch I lately fiddled with to salvage decade-old photos put its storage slot right on the top of the SIM slot.

Recently, though, Android manufacturers – even Samsung – have moved from the personal upgradeability paradigm, sealing phones as well as their batteries while removing open, exterior slots.

The thing about this is sensible since many modern smartphones are actually ip67- or ip68-rated for submersion in as much as 3 ft water for half an hour. That may be difficult to do when the back is not fused to the phone’s body.

Yet I can not consider a smartphone that does not possess a sim slot, which is conceivable that a part of that space could be employed to house space for that sd card, too.

Should there be any organization that may and really should determine this, it’s Apple.

I have never understood the Cupertino tech giant’s storage stinginess. Sure, you can purchase an Apple iPhone 13 Pro with 1TB of storage packed in it, but you’ll cough up $1,499. There’s no way to purchase the $999 iPhone 13 Pro and include a 512GB sd card for $63.

If you are on a tight budget and select an iPhone 4g SE, you might start using the paltry 64GB model (and also to be obvious, nobody ought to be buying smartphones with this little space for storage) for $429 or upgrade towards the 256GB model for $579. This means you pay $150 more for 192GB. However that 256GB sd card still costs just $35.

At the minimum, Apple might take its next iPhone SE and iPhone 14 base model and can include an SD-Card slot somewhere on our bodies, giving budget-conscious buyers a choice of more storage without lounging out a lot of money upfront.

Android devices that incorporated sd card slots frequently let you decide to store photos along with other files around the removable storage. Imagine that with an iPhone where, rather than constantly filling that free 5GB of iCloud storage and making the brutal decision of which photos to delete, you can keep buying new, cheap micro-SD cards and your photos stored in your area.

This is why to visit, though I still suggest that everybody run Google Photos (or Amazon Photos) on their own iPhone and allow it to instantly back up all of their photos.

If Apple desires to slowly move the needle around the iPhone 14 and, possibly, surprise a couple of competitors, it’ll give a removable storage option. It might be the very first time shortly Apple would truly recognize your budget-conscious. It might also open the glory that’s the iPhone to individuals who thought they could not pay for the apex of handset design.

It’ll also provide them with enough room to keep all of the pics and vids they capture using what we predict is going to be an incredible new camera system.