Does The Galaxy S22 Have An SD Card Slot? Expandable Storage Explained

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Expandable storage used to be a standout feature for any new Samsung phone, but in the case of the Galaxy S22, does the company's most recent flagship lineup still retain the feature? At the beginning of every year, Samsung uses its Galaxy S series to showcase the best of what it has to offer. For 2022, that takes the shape of the Galaxy S22 family. Samsung crammed in a lotwith this latest entry. It's touting a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, 120Hz AMOLED display technology, upgraded cameras, refined designs, and more.

While Galaxy S handsets get better and more powerful every year, Samsung's also dropped certain features with its last couple of releases. The Galaxy S20, for example, was the first time Samsung shipped a major Galaxy S device without a 3.5mm headphone jack. More recently, last year's Galaxy S21 marked the end of MST support for Samsung Pay. Smartphone trends come and go at a rapid pace, and because of this, it's only natural for certain features to eventually phase-out.

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This is also true of expandable storage. It used to be that any Samsung phone you bought had a microSD slot for increasing its storage. These days? The feature is all but extinct. If someone buys the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, or Galaxy S22 Ultra, they'll get a phone that does not have expandable storage. This follows the trend Samsung started in 2021 when it also omitted microSD support from its Galaxy S21 devices. Considering this ongoing pattern with Samsung and the industry at large, it's unlikely expandable storage will return to the Galaxy S lineup any time soon.

Although expandable storage isn't present for the Galaxy S22 series, Samsung has made sure to offer robust internal