S23 Series - No microSD support?

[Crashs]

Samsung WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[Glenntech]

I think you will find the omission of SD cards is permanent now. Been this way for a while.
Also other manufacturers are following this trend as well.

Personally I do miss them, but have adapted to use cloud based services.
I do plug in an SD card reader into my phone at times for certain things.

But it's all going cloud based these days, and with Apple now starting a trend in some parts of ESIM only phones. Soon the sim tray will be disappearing once network providers get upto speed with ESIM

[GusB]

I'm not clued up with the latest SD card speeds, but is it also possible that they can't keep up with the latest internal storage read/write speeds?

[JAMES4578]

SD cards are not the fastest technology (thought there may be better ones available now) but personally have not used them for a while. The slots not a priority for manufacturers for reasons already mentioned. There can also be a problem with overeating though that should only really be in lower end devices. Issues though can arise if using lower quality cards. Some information here https://www.atulhost.com/the-real-reason-why-microsd-card-slots-are-disappearing-from-smartphones

[HootleTootle]

So, same as the S22 then? SAMSUNG WHY ARE YOU NOT SUPPORTING AN OLD SLOW AND UNRELIABLE STORAGE DEVICE!!!111!!ONEoneOMGWTFBBQ?!?one

[TheRealDarren]

Because Joe public would but a £10 sd card and then complain about their premium phone lagging so badly they could not record a 8k video without phone crashing. You want a phone with an sd card but one with an sd card. What's the definition of insanity? Moaning the next Galaxy S phone doesn't have an SD card 🤣

[danjuls]

Can't record high resolution video to the cloud...

[danjuls]

Cant record high resolution video to the cloud...

[danjuls]

I agree, they add better cameras, and ability for high resolution recording, but then take away the micro SD slot. You can't record video to the cloud.

This is one reason I still have my S20+. And if Samsung doesn't bring it back I will go to another brand that does have SD. It honestly makes no sense to remove it, even with the "cloud" option (which most are for a fee...)

Sounds like they are copying apple, you're out of storage just pay us this monthly fee and we will store your data. 

[GoanGeek]

Sd are on their way out. Now ssd and stuff yes.

Majority people just wanna share videos via social media. Maybe 5% want high res and stuff. There are ways to do it.

[Jay369]

One of the main reasons I have stuck with Samsung mobiles is for the option of an SD card. Now that they have removed that feature I will be looking at alternative suppliers of mobiles phones. Not all of us are happy with putting all of their personal data on cloud services.