Why does the latest phones not have an option Micro SD slot?

[Samsung_SXvQ4yh]

I'm looking to upgrade and every latest phone I see doesn't have a SD card slot!!! Why is that? It makes me not want to give up my galaxy Note. Does anyone know any Samsung phones that supports external memory?

[MarkChang]

Because they want you to buy the higher storage for your needs instead of just buying the lowest and popping in a MicroSD card. Personally. I think the best way to make everyone happy, would be to have the highest storage capacity devices be the only ones that have MicroSD card slot.

[Samsung_SXvQ4yh]

With the type of things I do on my phone even the highest may not suffice that's why I like the option to increase my memory, and if they did indeed make only the devices with highest storage to have a slot that would also be great

[TipsyTrex]

People bought bad MicroSD cards and blamed them failing on the phone manufacturer due to a lack of understanding, as well as generally being slower. This was the original logic behind most oems ditching it, even before cloud storage took off. Additionally, Google has been making microSD support worse in android for years, because if its not a pixel feature they actively seek to make it worse. When phones started having 128gb as standard, Samsung decided it was time to follow the industry and ditch it. You can still use USB OTG to connect external storage via a USB c adapter, and if you watch for sales you can often get a storage upgrade for free when you buy the phone.

[LongHiker]

@Samsung_SXvQ4yh "Does anyone know any Samsung phones that supports external memory?"

External memory? Yes. Pretty much every Samsung phone supports external memory in the form of USB drives or cloud storage. 

[TheCatMom]

Cost me almost nothing off Temu. Plugs into C port. Reads microSD cards.