When did smartphone brands stop using SD cards?

There was no single moment when smartphone brands ditched microSD card slots, but the feature has been fading from phones for ...

Don't toss that old MicroSD card – these 5 devices still rely on them

Once upon a time, just about every mobile phone used MicroSD cards, but somewhere along the line, phone manufacturers decided ...
Ars Technica

Explaining MicroSD Express cards and why you should care about them

Among the changes mentioned in yesterday’s Nintendo Switch 2 presentation was a note that the new console doesn’t just support MicroSD Express cards for augmenting the device’s 256GB of internal ...
Android Authority

What's it like using a microSD card on Android in 2024?

It’s not easy to find a high-end Android phone with expandable storage in 2024. As companies scramble to raise their bottom line, the simplicity and lucrativeness of the no-microSD-slot strategy made ...
Business Wire

microSD Express Doubles Speeds, New SD Express Speed Classes Introduced

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SD Association (SDA) today announced the latest evolution of SD Express memory cards doubling microSD Express memory card speed up to 2GB/s, plus four new SD ...
TweakTown

Switch 2 only supports microSD Express memory cards, you'll likely need to upgrade

TL;DR: The Nintendo Switch 2 exclusively supports microSD Express cards, offering SSD-like speeds up to 985MB/sec, unlike the 104MB/sec of regular microSD cards. Regular microSD cards can only store ...