Upgrade and if the card goes bad it is nice to be able to go down to any store and buy another one. Much easier than having to send in a phone to get it fixed. It is about convenience.

 

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Considering I've filled up the internal storage on both my iPad and Galaxy S phone, I do find micro SD to be important for me. I'm sure I put more videos, content, and apps on my phone that most. And so that is why I really like having micro SD.

Micro SD gives me unlimited storage. And economical storage. Going from 16GB to 32GB on a phone or tablet usually increases the cost by $100. That is $100 for +16GB of storage. I can basically buy three 32GB micro SD cards (96GB) for less than $100. So I tend to look for cheaper lower storage models and just bring my own storage (I already have lots of micro SD cards laying around anyway).

With absolutely no fanfare or advertising, Verizon is finally releasing the Galaxy Nexus tomorrow. $300 on a 2 year contract.

http://www.androidcentral.com/official-verizon-galaxy-nexus-availability-announcment

Android 4.0
4.65 inch 1280x720 Super AMOLED
1.2GHz Dual Core TI OMAP 4460 with SGX540
1GB RAM
32GB storage
LTE 4G
Bluetooth 3.0
5MP camera
1850mAh battery
(no micro SD)

Verizon fiddling, regional firmwares, and no micro SD aside, still looks like a nice phone.

So remember I said I had no complaints with my Rezound? Oddly enough, I got up this morning and the phone was so hot I couldn't handle it. I couldn't pick it up. Once it finally cooled off, after the LED stopped blinking, the temp was still over 62C.

It went back. I'm not about to dick around with another phone that gives me problems like the X2 did. Got a Nexus, immediately rooted it and debloated it. I'll report on any issues as they arise, but so far? 'Beam' doesn't seem to work very well.