Samsung Galaxy S21 will kill microSD card — but there's hope for charger

Samsung Galaxy S21 will kill microSD carte du jour — but at that place's hope for charger

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We know a lot about what we're getting with the Galaxy S21, which is widely believed to be making its debut afterwards this calendar month. Simply lately, information technology seems we're hearing more nigh what'due south non coming with Samsung's side by side flagship.

Last calendar week, reports seemed to ostend the rumor that the Galaxy S21 will ship without a charger in some parts of the world, post-obit the lead set by Apple with its iPhone 12 launch. Now information technology appears the Galaxy S21 volition have something else in common with Apple's phones — there's no microSD slot for expanding storage on Samsung'southward upcoming phone, evidently.

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That tidbit comes from phone leaker Roland Quandt, who has a solid runway tape for details on Samsung's phones. Quandt took to Twitter with a simple message: a "memory card reader" isn't included on the Galaxy S21 spec sheet. A subsequent tweet suggested that would be true for all iii Galaxy S21 models, even the pricey Galaxy S21 Ultra.

S21 spec sheets say:memory menu reader: "No"Some markets might nevertheless get a charger in the box though, while others don't.Dec 31, 2020

If the microSD slot is truly a goner, it looks like the upcoming phone will be jettisoning one of the final bastions of archetype smartphone design, up at that place with headphone jacks. Still, it'southward hardly a surprise. In that location was no such slot on all the manufacturer's flagships in 2015, and some Galaxy Annotation models similar the Milky way Note 10 and Milky way Note 20 have missed the characteristic, too.

There'south some potential good news from Quandt, who also notes that some markets may receive chargers in the Galaxy S21 box. That won't include the UK, though, according to other leakers. Zip's official until Samsung unveils the phone.

And that could happen very before long. Rumors point to a January. fourteen launch effect for the Galaxy S21, with the phone shipping before the end of Jan. Nosotros're expecting three models — a standard Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra. Samsung has begun letting prospective buyers reserve a place in line to pre-social club the "next Galaxy" device.

Brittany Vincent has been roofing video games and tech for over thirteen years for publications including Tom's Guide, MTV, Rolling Stone, CNN, Popular Science, Playboy, IGN, GamesRadar, Polygon, Kotaku, Maxim, and more. She'southward too appeared equally a panelist at video game conventions like PAX Due east and PAX West and has coordinated social media for companies similar CNET. When she'south not writing or gaming, she'southward looking for the next nifty visual novel in the vein of Saya no Uta. You can follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake.