{"id":15225568,"date":"2026-07-25T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/storage-upgrades-cost-too-much-and-we-need-microsd-cards-back\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:33:51","slug":"storage-upgrades-cost-too-much-and-we-need-microsd-cards-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/storage-upgrades-cost-too-much-and-we-need-microsd-cards-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage upgrades cost too much, and we need microSD cards back"},"content":{"rendered":"

The impact of AI was much further-reaching than first imagined \u2014 and in the opposite direction. AI data centers are devouring memory chips, leading to a shortage across the industry, including consumer devices. We have seen products run out of stock (in the case of the Mac Mini) and even serious price hikes on top of already expensive OEM storage options. Having ample onboard storage is actually becoming a luxury feature that not everyone can easily afford.<\/p>\n

This is a problem that we had solved long ago but are pretending to ignore the solution that sits right in front of our eyes. A teeny-tiny piece of tech from the forgotten era of the mid-2010s can easily fix all our woes \u2014 yes, I\u2019m talking about microSD cards.<\/p>\n

Source: Tech – Android Authority<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The economics of phone storage have changed, and microSD cards deserve another look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15225570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15225568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel.jpg",1920,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-620x349.jpg",620,349,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-940x529.jpg",940,529,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel.jpg",1920,1080,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-998x665.jpg",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-1340x894.jpg",1340,894,true],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15225568-microsd-card-google-pixel-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"Android<\/a>","tag_info":"Android","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15225568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15225569,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225568\/revisions\/15225569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15225570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15225568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15225568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15225568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}