That Ain't Right...

I suppose I am something of an outlier when it comes to cell phones.  

Having consumed the Apple Koolaid for a few years and leaving that environment screaming, I am not, nor will I ever be, an IPhone Adopter.  I know they make good products, I find, however, that my mind is not suited for Apple in very many ways.  Back in the (dark?) Pre-OS 10 days, I was quite happy to work on/with Apple products.  I do remember migrating many users to new computers by simply insuring all of their current applications were installed on the new machines, then moving the contents (most of it, anyway) of the Preferences folder from the old machine to the new one.  Then open up each application to insure it opened, recognized the "new" old preferences - then move on.

I've never used, or considered using, an iPhone.  I prefer my androids.  But this, too, is becoming a less ... usable environment.

One of my favorite phones of the pre-smart phone age was one designed by - yes, that's right, folks - Microsoft.  It was a slider, with a beautiful screen, a removable battery, AND removable memory.  It couldn't use much in the way of removable memory - I do think, back in the day, I was able to make it out at 32 megabytes of storage.  But I had a low capacity and high capacity battery for it, and it did well.  I brought it to Scout Camp (I could do that as an adult leader, to stay in contact with parents if/as needed), and I could charge one battery while living off the other.  It did well.  

Then I upgraded to the Fablet.  It had a large, squarish screen, and did well.  No removable battery (trend spotted), but memory was there.  It ran well. I did often remove it from my pocket and leave it behind if/when I was doing things that required, well, a bit more care.  It was a wide phone, about four by five and a half inches, in my pocket.  That was big - but it was also very thin.  And worked well until one day when it came out of my pocket when I was pulling something else out.  It slammed onto the ground flat, and never powered up again.

That was the end of phones I loved.  My next phone was a phone my son no longer needed, he had a new one, but it was still ours, so all we needed to do was put my number on it.  Then I moved through a Samsung Galaxy 6, which died without much warning, and now I've got a Motorola One 5G UW Ace it tells me.  And it has removable memory.  

This morning I was considering what might be possible, as it currently has only a 64Gb MicroSD card in it.  I did find a 1Tb microSD card for $88 on Amazon, but my phone will only accept a 128Gb card.

So here I am whining about how I can only store 128Gb of material on my little chip the size of a pinky fingernail - but I've got videos and pictures I do not wish to lose.  So there ya go.

Today's hunt turned up that most currently available cell phones do not support removable memory, either.  

Ain't that a kick in the squishy bits?  It is for me, anyway...