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recycledelectron · 03-26-2014, 09:22 PM

It seems the mobile device manufacturers have stagnated on SD card storage. This confuses me. Given the easy availability of 1TB and larger mSATA SSDs, why haven't they adopted mSATA SSDs in at least a few of their products?

I'd love to see a 5" Android tablet/phone with a mSATA SSD.

Some will argue that this would raise the price. I think not, given that most uProcessors already have SATA on board, or the manufacturers make reference designs easily available that access SATA. The socket is not that expensive, and a 16GB mSATA SSD would be a decent starting point for most people. The added cost would be minimal.

03-26-2014, 09:22 PM	#1
recycledelectron Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 854 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Lifebook T5010	Media Player / eBook Reader with mSATA SSD? It seems the mobile device manufacturers have stagnated on SD card storage. This confuses me. Given the easy availability of 1TB and larger mSATA SSDs, why haven't they adopted mSATA SSDs in at least a few of their products? I'd love to see a 5" Android tablet/phone with a mSATA SSD. Some will argue that this would raise the price. I think not, given that most uProcessors already have SATA on board, or the manufacturers make reference designs easily available that access SATA. The socket is not that expensive, and a 16GB mSATA SSD would be a decent starting point for most people. The added cost would be minimal.