Tablets Are Kept Longer Than Smartphones and Adding a microSD Card Slot Would Have Eaten Into Samsung’s Margins
Open up the specs sheet of the Galaxy Tab S8 lineup and compare it to the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus and the Galaxy S22 Ultra; you will find Samsung giving preference to its tablet family when it comes to storage expansion. For the consumer, it means paying more for a higher storage variant in case they need the extra onboard memory to carry around a multitude of files. It usually costs Samsung between $10-$15 to add twice the storage, and right now, it sells the higher onboard memory variants for a $50 premium ($100 when upgrading from the 128GB of the Galaxy S22 Ultra to 256GB). Considering that the Galaxy S22 series will sell in the millions, Samsung will generate a nice chunk of change at the end of the year. Also, tablets are kept longer than smartphones, so the Galaxy Tab S8 getting a microSD card slot will give incentive to customers to keep their Samsung-branded slate for a longer period, increasing its user base as a result. We need to remind ourselves from time to time that while Samsung does cater to its customers occasionally, making a profit will always be its priority. The microSD card slot has been missing from Apple’s iPhones since the very first model, so people have gotten used to the company’s practices. Maybe it is time customers accept what Samsung is doing too. You might also like to check out.
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