Note 20 Ultra 5g upgrade to S24 Ultra

[Members_JkT6xxS]

Hi all,

I thought I should post a few notes on my experience with my recent upgrade.

I have approx 30 Samsung devices in the household, TV's, Fridge, washing machine, dryer, phones tablets and so on and only used Samsung for many years.

I decided to go for an upgrade from Note 20 Ultra 5G and from Watch 4 to S24 Ultra and Watch 7.

With regret (my fault for not checking the specs, I am guessing I trust Samsung too much) I realized that the new phone does not have SD card. Come on Samsung. This is one of the main reason for not buying an iPhone!

I am lucky enough that I ordered the 512 GB model. If I know I would have gone for the 1TB and if it would have been lower than this I would have been in trouble.

The phone to phone transfer via cable was interrupted and had to resume 7 times.

I just realized that all SD card data / pictures was not transferred so doing this manually.

Lots of issues in re-setting up apps, logins and Google services authentication. Not-straight-forward.

Registering the new watch was problematic as I could not log into Google so skipping this step was the only option.

The overall transfer / upgrade process was not great and I hope Samsung will see this and improve on any potential bugs.
I am still going trough re-setting up the new device and I will update if I find any more issues.

[keith30]

You'll be very lucky to find a new device that has an SD card as they were did a way a long time ago so A models may have them but none in the S series or Z series will.

[Glenntech]

SD cards were removed a while ago. They are on most phones now.
With online cloud storage now. Most wouldn't use the SD card. Probably why they were removed.
Personally I'd rather keep it. Was handy to store movies and music etc. Especially when travelling.
But we are where we are now and it's something that won't be brought back anymore.

Cloud storage has its benefits. Can access things like photos and videos on any device that can access it.
Plus like me I have multiple cloud storage options. So if some goes wrong with one I have stuff backed up elsewhere

[JAMES4578]

@Members_JkT6xxS  That is a lot of samsung Devices.   SD card started being removed from the flagships in 2021 , some customers may like them but they are not the fastest technology and can be prone to errors.  There is an option to use a USB-C SD card Reader  but may not be the most convenient.  Nowadays many prefer cloud storage (there are a variety of services)  other than syncing with Drive or using Google https://www.techradar.com/best/best-cloud-storage-for-photos.

can also back up to local storage.