Is it really for everyone's benefit that mobile phones remove memory cards? 3 reasons explain everything

Since ZTE, Apple, Samsung, Huawei and other mainstream manufacturers have successively expanded the storage of mobile phones to 1T, users who were once dissatisfied with the cancellation of memory cards by major mobile phone manufacturers have become more speechless. Many users even went to the official blog of mobile phone manufacturers and loudly called for the restoration of the "memory card expansion" design. For these users, the factory thinks "it's okay, but it's not necessary."

Before explaining why it is not necessary to restore the "memory card expansion" design, let me first explain what a "mobile phone memory card" is to those who do not know the situation. It is an external removable storage device that is set up when the mobile phone storage space is insufficient. It can largely solve the problem of insufficient mobile phone memory.

It can not only be used to store songs, movies, e-books, game software and other data information without external power supply, but also can play a role in data backup and can be used repeatedly. Common memory cards on the market are divided into MMC, SD, MiniSD, Memory Stick, SM and other types.

In the era of feature phones, almost everyone who had a mobile phone had a mobile phone memory card. After all, whether it was Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, or Huawei phones, almost all mobile phones had very small inherent memory, and 64GB was considered a large memory phone. But this amount of memory is far from enough. In order to download more songs and movies, many people would choose to buy a mobile phone memory card to expand the phone's storage.

However, after the appearance of Apple iPhone, mobile phone memory cards began to fade out of people's sight. Everyone knows that Apple has become the leader in the mobile phone industry with a number of subversive mobile phone products. But what is not known is that iPhone is the first brand to cancel mobile phone memory cards. Although the reason given by Apple is "for the security of user data", it is undeniable that mobile phone manufacturers are gradually learning from Apple and abandoning mobile phone memory cards. The fundamental reason is "profit".

At that time, a high-end micro SD card with a speed of up to 95MB/s and a 16GB storage capacity was only 199 yuan; while a high-end Apple mobile phone with a 16GB storage capacity would often bring a price difference of at least 400 yuan. Because of this, many people complained about the mobile phone manufacturers' cancellation of memory cards.

In fact, canceling the memory card has more advantages than disadvantages for users, and three reasons explain it all.

The first reason: Apart from profits, we cannot ignore the impact of the memory card itself on the mobile phone. Just like DIY computer hardware, mobile phone memory cards also have compatibility issues. After all, memory cards are external, and the quality of the cards sold by different merchants is also different. This leads to some problems after using memory cards, such as long card reading time, access speed, or freezing of the phone.