As the release of Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ rocks the Internet, many arguments are made about the phones’ specs and features. The most interesting and hot topics are always centered above the non-removable battery and no micro SD card slot on Note 5, a flagship. One side argues that lacking a microSD card will lead them to choose Note 4 instead, while the other side supports the lack of micro SD card since it will be the trend, then the norm. However, as Price Pony survey the Internet, we find that microSd cards are still super important. Therefore, in this article, we list out 5 big reasons why we need a microSD card.

5 big reasons why we still need a microSD card

1. Storage expansion

Yes, all the data we have in store (music, photos, videos, documents, etc..) can be expanded from just a 16GB or 32GB to a much larger space. If your 16GB iPhone runs out of storage, where will you store your extra data? With all the apps size growing and higher definition on camera and videos, we has to opt for something to break the limit.

2. Safety

Yes, many people when look at the #1 above will probably counter with lines such as “But we have the Cloud storage!”. However, if you look behind, is Cloud storage really safe? The Internet is full of viruses. There are many other dangerous ways for hackers to acquire your information. Moreover, even the Cloud storage is limited. Another problem to Cloud storage is that it requires Internet connection, which does not always be available in many places.

3. Reasonable cost

Of course, a microSD card does not cost much, comparing to the higher internal storage variants of your Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Will you pay $100 more just to have doubled the storage, while you only have to pay a few dollars more to have triple that amount? Or even, a more enormous size like 2TB? A micro sd price in Philippines is always reasonable, which adds more to this point.

4. Mobility

Yes, we mentioned data expansion and safety. Now move on to mobility. You can easily remove your microSD from Note 4 and insert it into another device, for example Sony Xperia Z3. The data is still there and can easily be accessed. Moreover, transfer is easier this way. Nobody would want to wait hours to download hundreds of gigabytes from Cloud on to their device, with not so good Internet connection, do they?

5. Availability

Another thing to point out is that when you carry a microSD card with you, entertainment is always there. Without Internet or Wifi, there would be no streaming with Cloud data, but your files on microSD would always be available.

So why would we ditch a microSd card for a 128GB phone? Even if it means faster and smoother performance, people would always choose storage. If there is no space for data, power and performance would mean nothing.