The iPhone looks good, but I can carry more memory on my keychain

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Apple recently had the great presentation of the new iPhone. The excitement these new releases have generated is unbelievable, but completely expected, I mean, we’re talking about Apple. The company that has people lining up outside flagship stores 2 weeks before a new product launch. With all the fuss, of course I called my carrier and found out when I was due to upgrade, and my mouth watered at the prospect of a shiny new iPhone. I hung up the phone satisfied with my upgrade potential, and already googling the latest cases to protect my potential new phone, I found an article advertising the largest SD card to date, a whopping 512GB! Granted, it’s not a Micro SD card, but it’s the start of something. If SanDisk is making SD cards with such a powerful punch, it won’t be long before the smaller version is making a splash. There’s already a 128GB version kicking around. Apple is practically the only smartphone that does not have a MicroSD slot.

I don’t know about you, but this really makes the choice to buy my new phone that much more difficult. As a current iPhone user, I know all the benefits of iPhones, the way they “just work”, the sleek design, the smart user interface, the programs that work in harmony with my Macbook, iPad, Apple TV, etc. I am also fully aware that the most annoying thing about my iPhone is its lame excuse for only having 16GB of memory. This is fine for the first month or so while you’re using your new phone to its full capacity, but after a while you get the dreaded notification (no, not that your ex is in a relationship) “Insufficient memory, unable to take the Photo”. You then end up going through your photo library in some kind of frenzied deletion slaughter, only to end up missing the moment you wanted to capture. It is a problem that we all encounter with Apple. They are stingy with the stock memory on their devices. They have us in the palm of their hands, if you want more memory you have to pay for the bigger version of the phone, sometimes they even release a bigger version a couple of months after the initial launch. It is not useful at all.

So when I read that the iPhone 6 will have the largest memory yet (128GB), I saw a possible light on the horizon when it came to enough storage in an Apple product. 128GB is a lot right? Well, I thought so until I read about the 512 GB SD card. Look, that’s 4 times the memory of the iPhone 6 with 128GB. With one of those on my SD card keychain, I’ll literally have four times the space of the iPhone 6, in the palm of my hand. The beauty of SD cards is that they’re removable and interchangeable, so you can carry several on a keychain—one for your music, one for your photos, and one for your movies.

This means that if I can suck it up and avoid the Apple fan hype about the latest gear at the earliest point, then there should be hope for me. It seems that Android could be a viable alternative for me. Having spent some time researching and researching the latest android stash and devices. I have to admit I’m pretty impressed. If you were to buy an HTC, Nexus, or LG or any other Android phone, which not only has an open operating system, but has the versatility of having MicroSD memory cards, then it seems like you could start enjoying a whole new kind of mobile phone.

So Apple, in all its glory, has some flaws, as we know, but I think one of its biggest flaws is that it’s locked into iOS. The operating system is elegant, its UX is lovely and smooth as we all already know, but you’re locked into it. You have to use the Apple Store to get apps, you have to use Apple approved products, I didn’t care until I saw someone had their Android phone running Super Mario Smash Bros, with two controllers (here) they convinced me, that open functionality, along with MicroSD cards that you can increase when and when. It is very appetizing.

The appeal of Android is greater, as you can create some of the most useful recipes with If This Then That, which are not possible on iOS. It is an open operating system, to the extent that you will not void your warranty by loading a certain program on it. All of those things are good, but the fact that I can have a very large memory in my phone, for a relatively low price, is what turns me on personally, and when that time comes, when the larger MicroSD card is released. I’ll be there cash in hand ready to get it. Large, swappable memory that you can carry on a keychain, for a decent price.

I’m sold… your move Apple.

Do you have a MicroSD card? Here are some of the best keychains to carry them.

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