I’m currently using a Samsung Galaxy phone that’s old enough to still have an SD card slot. I’m dreading the day that it dies and I have to pay 10x the amount for 1/2 the storage capacity.
It’s not really anything that I need to keep, it’s more principal than anything. I could probably delete a couple hundred gigs of photos, music & memes and never notice it was gone. The fact that I can have a couple hundred gigs of frivolous data that I carry everywhere is just a flex, lol.
My wife gets the “your iPhone storage is full” message about every 3 months and has to go on a deleting spree; I have photos saved from a decade ago just because I can.
I have a USB C flash drive that I bought to put SteamOS on my steam deck when I upgraded the drive, so I have the ability to move stuff off my phone, I just don’t have to, so I don’t.
I see my PC (or home network as a whole?) as my primary device, phone just happens to be one I can easily carry away from the LAN to use offline for a while. Or with minimal 5G data for memes. 3GB/£5 a month.
honestly just get whatever phone and buy a proper digital camera, you’ll save money. i did this with music, cancelled spotify, got an mp3 player, now i dont really care whether my phone has a headphone jack for my iems.
My reason would be: I don’t want to carry multiple devices around. Sure, there are also upsides; if I drop my camera while hiking I still have a phone. But so far I am happier with everything on this single point of failure. Often I don’t need anything besides my phone at all. I can communicate, navigate, film, photograph, listen to music, pay, and soon even identify myself (once my ID and drivers license are in a digital wallet).
I already have a full frame DSLR but the phone camera is usually up there for any purpose I take pictures for, not to mention the massive zoom range. Unlike the big, bulky camera I actually have the phone with me all the time.
I suggest the opposite: spend the money on one device instead of 2. I was also at the exact position of the other person with the S20 being the last galaxy with SD. Sucks that they squeeze users so much and they just take it.
If you keep it long enough till it wont work on newer networks, your carrier might offer you one for free. I got my Pixel 6 pro for free because my old Galaxy didn’t support the 5g networks. I was forced to upgrade so they gave me the phone.
I’m currently using a Samsung Galaxy phone that’s old enough to still have an SD card slot. I’m dreading the day that it dies and I have to pay 10x the amount for 1/2 the storage capacity.
How much do you need permanently on the phone? Could get a NAS or what ever you feel like really to keep it on. Obviously backed up if its important.
It’s not really anything that I need to keep, it’s more principal than anything. I could probably delete a couple hundred gigs of photos, music & memes and never notice it was gone. The fact that I can have a couple hundred gigs of frivolous data that I carry everywhere is just a flex, lol.
My wife gets the “your iPhone storage is full” message about every 3 months and has to go on a deleting spree; I have photos saved from a decade ago just because I can.
I have a USB C flash drive that I bought to put SteamOS on my steam deck when I upgraded the drive, so I have the ability to move stuff off my phone, I just don’t have to, so I don’t.
I see my PC (or home network as a whole?) as my primary device, phone just happens to be one I can easily carry away from the LAN to use offline for a while. Or with minimal 5G data for memes. 3GB/£5 a month.
honestly just get whatever phone and buy a proper digital camera, you’ll save money. i did this with music, cancelled spotify, got an mp3 player, now i dont really care whether my phone has a headphone jack for my iems.
My reason would be: I don’t want to carry multiple devices around. Sure, there are also upsides; if I drop my camera while hiking I still have a phone. But so far I am happier with everything on this single point of failure. Often I don’t need anything besides my phone at all. I can communicate, navigate, film, photograph, listen to music, pay, and soon even identify myself (once my ID and drivers license are in a digital wallet).
i hate having everything on one device. makes it one point of failure.
Same here. Add car key and house key as well.
I still carry my wallet around, but just as a backup, I don’t take it out of my pocket all day long.
I already have a full frame DSLR but the phone camera is usually up there for any purpose I take pictures for, not to mention the massive zoom range. Unlike the big, bulky camera I actually have the phone with me all the time.
I suggest the opposite: spend the money on one device instead of 2. I was also at the exact position of the other person with the S20 being the last galaxy with SD. Sucks that they squeeze users so much and they just take it.
i prefer many cheap devices to one expensive device
Cheap cameras are garbage. That was true even before smartphones destroyed that market, now it is not even the same ballpark.
it’s easy enough to find affordable vintage digital cameras
https://sesko.store/
what’s an example of a good digital camera these days?
If you keep it long enough till it wont work on newer networks, your carrier might offer you one for free. I got my Pixel 6 pro for free because my old Galaxy didn’t support the 5g networks. I was forced to upgrade so they gave me the phone.
Sprint made me buy a new phone to ditch my pixel 2a, then never turned off the 4g network where I live.
They tried to get me to buy a new one. I just kept ignoring them. Eventually they sent me a letter saying to come get a free one.