According to foreign media reports, today's data storage is getting bigger today (a WeChat can eat more than a dozen GB storage space), smartphones are also advancing with the times, just take the iPhone, their highest support has been used The 256GB of storage capacity is larger than the laptop of many people. So, do we really need an external memory card?
External memory card problem
First, the external memory card will break the design of the mobile phone. Today, in one body and ultra-thin becoming an essential element of the flagship machine, open a hole on the border is indeed, and the new design makes it difficult to install it. The ability to control the internal space of the designer is also a huge challenge.
In addition, the speed is also a major disadvantage of external storage. If you spend money, if you just use ordinary memory cards, you will find this "pig team friend" will definitely drag your hand's hind legs, silky smooth experience into empty talk.
Test data shows that the external memory card will slowly sell 100% -300% of the phone as a whole, and even slow 2000% in extreme cases.
However, with the demand for products such as GOPRO, the external memory card is speeding, and some are even more faster than the built-in. However, I want to use a high speed card to have a price, that is, spend more, and the cost is not lower than the built-in storage.
Available storage
Since the iPhone does not support external storage, it is not discussed here. On the latest Android 6.0, Google introduced the concept of available storage, which will be together with the inside and exterior storage of the original.
This new feature automatically formats your MicroSD card, allowing it to be the same as the built-in storage architecture of the phone, so that it can significantly improve its performance performance when built-in storage. In addition, some large applications can be installed on an external memory card stably, which is not imagined before.
It will be able to get close to the built-in storage of low prices. This is a good thing.
In addition, the available storage concept will also make the mobile phone more secure. Since it has been formatted after the phone is put into the phone, this card has been exclusive, even if the memory card is lost or stolen, your privacy is not Will leak.
However, manufacturers are also more cautious when adding this feature, as it is high for MicroSD cards, and ordinary low speed card is difficult to complete the task. Even if strong as Samsung, its flagship machine Galaxy S7 and S7 EDGE have not been used.
The cloud is the future
If you want to finally solve the debate that doesn't have to store cards, I am afraid I have to rely on "cloud." With the development of technology, the future cloud is our true storage warehouse, while the mobile phone's local storage is just a small center transfer station.
However, the cloud storage is still very difficult, because our network speed is too slow, imagine how to upload or download 4K video, I am afraid you don't want to touch them.
However, the big trend in the future is that the built-in storage and clouds will help each other to meet the user's storage needs. The user will complete the editing and modification of the content on the built-in storage, and then upload to the cloud for backup or sharing.
The demise of microSD is the general trend
Although MicroSD is the most mature cheap storage scheme, the new development trend is compressed in their living space. For example, live broadcast has become the hottest industry in the moment, while video and music are also developing to stream, and future people's storage dependence will be less and smaller, because the network can provide us in real time. Content.
At the same time, the continuous jump of the mobile phone capacity of mobile phone has also been able to meet the needs of most users. To know, even the apples who connect the door will mention the iPhone's entry capacity to 32GB.
However, in addition to the role of "warehouse" in the user's eyes, it is still a guarantee of people's confidence. If the phone is suddenly broken, the key data can be saved on at least the memory card.
Discussing the problem that you want to store cards is actually meaningless to iPhone users (of course, many iPhone users also want to add this feature), but the current product is still the key configuration of the Android phone, which can even be an additional item. After a year of exploration, Samsung was brought back to the card slot that disappeared on S6, it was enough to prove its importance.
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