• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    9 days ago

    Phones are like the worst place to back everything up. When shit goes tits up, you have to read data straight off the chip rather than a removable drive.

    The Fairphone, however, has a MicroSDXC slot, so even if you get a 5 with less storage than the 6, you can just buy a microsd card, it supports up to 2TB I believe. As a bonus if your phone dies, you’ll still have access to your data unless it somehow manages to take the microsd card with it.

    • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      i do have a microSD card, it’s broken and I’ve needed to retransfer over the data 4 times, whilst my internal storage has never failed (on my current Motorola g73 phone)

      My phone isn’t my only backup, but I can’t carry my server and laptop with me everywhere, and multiple times it’s been useful to have a local backup of various kinds of data

      I do still store some data on my microSD card, but it is really annoying having to transfer it back again every time it breaks and it means I can’t store anything I always need to have on it