Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Nokia Claims a Memory Card Slot Would Have "Defiled" New Phone

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-in-the-face dept.

nk497 writes "Nokia unveiled its flagship Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 handset today, but it doesn't feature an SD card slot. There's a reason why: Nokia's designers didn't want to 'defile' the design. 'We started with the premise that we wanted an uncompromised physical form,' executive vice president Kevin Shields, said. 'To put an SD card slot in it would have defiled it.' He said most people don't use the storage in their phone, although the Nokia Lumia 820, which has only 8GB of storage, does include a micro-SD card slot behind its removable cover, which Shields claims doesn't compromise the design."

4 of 371 comments (clear)

  1. So what about the SIM card slot? by baka_toroi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How come a SIM card is blended perfectly with the case but a Micro SD card -which is smaller- "defiles" the design?

    1. Re:So what about the SIM card slot? by sexconker · · Score: 5, Insightful

      How come a SIM card is blended perfectly with the case but a Micro SD card -which is smaller- "defiles" the design?

      Because the "design" is to sell 8, 16, and 32 GB variations for $499, $599, and $699, respectively.

  2. Re:Ha! by smash · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yup, that lack of SD slot sure killed the iPhone. And the iPod.

    --
    I run: Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD. Just because you have a hammer, doesn't mean everything is a nail.
  3. Buyers don't care! by dell623 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry, this is yet another example of why the tastes of slashdot readers are basically irrelevant for any manufacturer today. Users don't care about MicroSD slots, the lack of one does not hurt sales and most people who have MicroSD slots in their phones have no idea what to do with them. Yes you can get cheap 64GB SDXC cards for $60 or so, and it's criminally stupid to not have MicroSD slots (or just offer large storage at a reasonable cost). But users don't care. Google realized that, so did Nokia.