NoshowJones Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Please pardon my ignorance here. I have bought a new Samsung phone recently and just noticed it did not have an SD card. That sounds familiar to me. Do I need an SD Card? If so how do I get one? What does it do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 It extends your memory - so if you don't have a lot of video/photos and phone has good amount of storage probably not needed. Only you can decide that - but they do not cost that much so most people will opt to have in any case. Then you have to set up phone to actually use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 If your unfamiliar with an SD card then it's highly likely you don't need it. As Lopburi3 mentioned, it's a memory card that stores hundreds of photos, some videos and any other data you might store, but I suspect your phone has sufficient memory storage for what you need or will ever use. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 If the OP can provide details of the model of Samsung he just bought, a quick Google will reveal if, like many new phones, the SD card requirement is redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Best to not use SD card anyway, if you lose or phone is stolen they can remove your SD card and have files and photos etc, most people don't encrypt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 1 hour ago, lopburi3 said: It extends your memory - so if you don't have a lot of video/photos and phone has good amount of storage probably not needed. Only you can decide that - but they do not cost that much so most people will opt to have in any case. Then you have to set up phone to actually use it. No I won't need it then, I have loads of storage. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 1 hour ago, NanLaew said: If the OP can provide details of the model of Samsung he just bought, a quick Google will reveal if, like many new phones, the SD card requirement is redundant. Their is a space for one which is empty, my phone has over 100 odd giga's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, NoshowJones said: No I won't need it then, I have loads of storage. Thanks. Go into settings > phone > will tell you how many GB of storage your model has, cheap versions usually start at 16GB and go up to 512GB on the top versions......???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 1 hour ago, NoshowJones said: No I won't need it then, I have loads of storage. Thanks. The benefit is you can remove the card and using a card reader play music, vids, photos on other devises like a lap top, car sound system or smart tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 you don't really need one at all. use a cloud service and all your info can be accessed safely anywhere you connect to the internet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeMachine Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: Best to not use SD card anyway, if you lose or phone is stolen they can remove your SD card and have files and photos etc, most people don't encrypt True, but on the flip side, if my phone breaks, i can pull out the sd card and still have my photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 6 hours ago, NoshowJones said: No I won't need it then, I have loads of storage. Thanks. And you've got the option to expand it if you need to. Newer high end Samsung phones aren't coming with the option of an expandable SD storage slot. Unfortunate if you like to take 4K/8k videos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 6 hours ago, TimeMachine said: True, but on the flip side, if my phone breaks, i can pull out the sd card and still have my photos Yep, i back up every month so I'm not worried about it breaking or losing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 18 hours ago, transam said: Go into settings > phone > will tell you how many GB of storage your model has, cheap versions usually start at 16GB and go up to 512GB on the top versions......???? It's fine Trans, I knew when I bought the phone that there was over 100 GBs on it as I had about 600 songs to transfer from my last phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 20 hours ago, NoshowJones said: Please pardon my ignorance here. I have bought a new Samsung phone recently and just noticed it did not have an SD card. That sounds familiar to me. Do I need an SD Card? If so how do I get one? What does it do? Not needed unless you take 2000+ photos 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 23 minutes ago, bignok said: Not needed unless you take 2000+ photos If you do backups online probably correct, if you don’t then at least if you backup on to the SD card you have a better chance to keep your data. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Another option besides backing up data online is backing up the data on an external storage device that plugs into your android phone and keeping the external storage at home. Lazada link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 minute ago, bbko said: Another option besides backing up data online is backing up the data on an external storage device that plugs into your android phone and keeping the external storage at home. Lazada link Or just connect to your computer at no extra cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, bbko said: Another option besides backing up data online is backing up the data on an external storage device that plugs into your android phone AS i already said that is an SD card. It is an external (not built in) storage device that plugs into your Phone, you just have to remember to take it out!!! There are many other less convent solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeMachine Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 And what are we all doing about the fake sd card sellers. Shall we march them to the town square and torture them? For those who dont know, yes, there are cards that say and report as 1 million gigabyte or whatever but in actual fact data is not stored on them after a small amount of use. Be careful. You can always test your sd cards for real capacity and speed with h2testw software. Google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 5 hours ago, bbko said: Another option besides backing up data online is backing up the data on an external storage device that plugs into your android phone and keeping the external storage at home. Lazada link I would be wary of that Lazada external storage device: Samsung with a Lightning connector and compatible with iPhone/iPod/iPad ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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