From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   The only reason Google or Samsung doesn't add a fifty-cent sd slot in any   
   phone is they make a *lot* of money,which is something we all know.   
      
   Unfortunately for me, I broke my Galaxy A32-5G and T-Mobile will give me   
   lesser phones for free (Revvl, Moto's, A16/A17, etc.) but only the A35/36 &   
   Pixel9A make any sense in terms of an upgrade but the A36 has no sd slot   
   and costs more than the Pixel 9A which also has no sd slot & is free.   
      
   The A35 would be fine, as it has the fifty-cent sd slot, but it's out of   
   stock & T-Mobile hasn't carried it since Samsung deprecated it to the A36.   
      
   The 128GB Pixel 9A is free ($40 tax + $35 Activation Fee) but without the   
   fifty-cent sd slot, I have to pay an extra 100 for the 256GB model (when a   
   $20 sdcard would have done better because of portable storage power).   
      
   Yet, I need a phone, so I ordered the Pixel 256GB for the extra 100 (which   
   cost Google about $4.50 for the extra 128GB so that transaction hands over   
   to Google a $95 profit for NOT putting a fifty-cent sd slot in the phone.   
      
   With $95 in profit for NOT spending fifty cents in design costs, I can't   
   really blame Google for screwing the customer by not giving us the sd slot.   
      
   Yet, I need a phone, and I can get the $256GB Pixel9A for   
    $ MSRP = 500 = but free from T-Mobile   
    $ tax = $50   
    $ activation fee = $35   
    No contract but two year lock for as long as T-Mobile owns the phone   
      
   Right now I'm hung up in the "electronic signature" garbage (which destroys   
   your privacy because it's 15 pages long with zillions of privacy-robbing   
   agreements), but I'm likely to end up with an Android 15 Pixel 9A once I   
   sort that out with the T-Mobile store that whom signed the paperwork from.   
      
   What do you think of the Pixel 9A?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)