What's more important? Removable battery or sdcard?

[OBLAMA2009]

i long lasting battery or a removable one is essential. its nice to have a phone that lasts a full day under any usage circumstances

 

[poofyhairguy]

Assuming you have that spare battery charged anyway. The big problem is that you can't change both removable batteries at once since removable batteries do not have microUSB ports.

Not a problem, the spare battery is easily charged if you purchase an external charger like this one I had for my SGS2:

Most of the time these chargers cost just barely more than what it costs for an official battery anyway (and the kit comes with a battery) so its a good deal.

In fact this whole thread I have been assuming an external charger. Seems the only sane way to do it.

 

[ponyo]

All I know is removable batteries saved my butt when my phone stopped charging via microUSB port last year. It took me like a week for find the cause and fix the problem. I was still able to use my phone and function normally due to my external battery charger and extended battery. I charged the battery and the spare with the external charger and swapped it each day til I found a fix. I would've been screwed if I had a phone with sealed battery.

 

[Zaap]

The big problem is that you can't change both removable batteries at once since removable batteries do not have microUSB ports.

Not only do I not get the problem here, I'm really not even sure what this means. Why would I want a removable battery to have a microUSB port of its own?

When you buy extra batteries, the charger is generally free. I just checked on Amazon- for a set of 2 extra batteries for my Note 2, someone would actually have to pay $2 extra to get the same 2 batteries minus the charger.

 

[podspi]

I'm going to say removable battery. I don't really store much on my phone, though I'd prefer both if possible.

I know people claim thee features need to be removed to get a thin phone, but I have one of those insane Zerolemon batteries so you know how much thickness means to me...

 

[cronos]

It is interesting to see that the poll is a 50-50 split.

I voted for removable battery.

 

[ChronoReverse]

Both and neither.

I don't need removeable storage and batteries (although it's undeniably superior to have it) BUT I do need adequate storage and battery life.

64GB phones carry a large price premium so I want my microSD slot. There are only two phones with adequate battery life (Note 2 and MAXX) so I want my removable battery.


Which is more important? Depends on the phone I'm using. If the battery life is short enough, I'd rather have a removable battery than microSD. If the storage is small enough then I'd rather have microSD.

For example, in my 16GB One X, I'd rather have microSD storage. If I had the Developer Edition Htc One, I'd want a non-sealed battery.

 

[thecapsaicinkid]

As long as I have ~16Gb internal and all day battery, I don't care about either.

 

[Bateluer]

I'm conflicted on this, because it can be both or neither. My previous two phones were the Thunderbolt and Vzw Gnex, two devices with notoriously bad battery life. But they each had 32GB of storage onboard. Compare that to phones like the Droid DNA or Nexus 4, which have small internal batteries to go with a pittance of internal storage.

There are plenty of places in public to charge phones and tablets now as well, airports, coffee shops, etc. A car charger is a couple bucks, and modern vehicles have USB ports built into the console. Honestly, how far away from a charge are you?

In the 2011 Ren Fair, I think I still have my Galaxy Nexus, and I'd about drained it taking pictures, videos, tweeting, etc. But, I also needed it for Nav back home. Car charger. At the 2013 Ren Fair, I did the same thing with my current Razr HD Maxx, but didn't need the charger until almost the following day.

Having enough of either is important, doesn't matter of its nonremovable or non-expandable.

 

[Trader05]

As long as I have ~16Gb internal and all day battery, I don't care about either.

Agreed. I currently have a Nexus 4 and had to go 16GB, there is no way i'd do the 8GB. This battery lasts me all day, so i'm good without a removable.

 

[Zaap]

Exactly.

The spare battery is not for the average day. It is for that one day a year when you go on vacation and you separated from your family to go shopping and you need to meet back with them later but after a full day of calls and photos your phone wants to die. On that day the spare battery might as well be gold plated it becomes worth so much to you.

So true, but that day happens a lot more often than one day a year. I can't tell you how many times my wife gets home after a long work day and her iPhone 5 is near dead (happend all the time with her ip4 as well) yet she still has calls to make. There's been times where she simply can't do what she needs to. If we're going out at that point, her phone is often times useless because it's tethered to a charger.

Like I said, imagine how useless something like a DSLR would be if it operated like that. "Oh well, photo shoot is over, even though we still have shots to take... gotta go tether the camera to a wall for a few hours!")

The dirty little secret is, those of us with removable battery phones can use them a lot more with no sense of worry that we'll have to spend any downtime tethered to something. There is no such thing as downtime.

 

[lothar]

All I want is 32GB storage. I don't give a damn whether you achieve that by having 32GB built-in NAND like HTC/Apple or 16GB NAND + MicroSD expansion like Samsung does.

Unless the phone is a Droid Razr MAXX, removable battery is absolutely important in 3rd world countries where you may not have electricity for days.
Not to mention if your USB port ever gets corroded or non-functional(I've never had this happen to me but I've heard many stories) in anyway, the phone can still be used.

 

[poofyhairguy]

There are plenty of places in public to charge phones and tablets now as well, airports, coffee shops, etc.

I don't know about you, but those scary charging stations are maybe the single best argument for removable batteries. Every one might as well have a big sign that says "Phone thieves, look here!"

Honestly, how far away from a charge are you?

Maybe not far, but the problem is how LONG charging takes. If you could hook your phone to a charger for ten minutes and be halfway charged then it would be fine. But in reality that ten minutes is like 10% at most. This leads to situations like where my wife is having to sit on the ground next to the wall on long phone calls.

 

[bigrash]

I don't care for an SD card slot. Replacable battery would be nice.

 

[Eruditass]

Battery, or at least user serviceable battery. I like to keep my phones a while, and after a couple years, the capacity gets significantly worse.

Removable is pretty nice though for being able to go from 0 to 100% instantly, instead of having to wait for it to charge, even if you have access to power for a bit.

And of course those long hikes and backpacking when you might need GPS.