LG G5 joins Samsung Galaxy S7 in shirking microSD card app installs

The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge were the first ones to get updated to Marshmallow officially, but that happened earlier this month.

Surprisingly, the two newest Android smartphone champions were discovered not to have that feature enabled. International Business Times reported that the notable similarities between the S7 and the LG G5 are their Always-on Display features, microSD card slots for expanding memory storage, and high-resolution displays (2560 x 1440).

Samsung introduced Personalized automatic brightness with the Galaxy S7, a new feature which remembers the brightness settings you’ve chosen through ambient light levels. Now, both LG and Samsung offer expandable storage options and both have made a decision to ditch this option. It is not the first time such a trend is being followed – a trend where the company rolls out OS updates to its most recent devices first before going to the slightly older ones. In the new Galaxy S7, all of the image pixels could do the job according to Samsung. That might be the case for some but doubtedly all. But until now, only a handful of users have received the it while most are still waiting for the OTA update. This behavior may be unexpected by many users and we don’t want our users to lose their files.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge unlocked versions in the USA are now getting the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update, while it will soon be available for Galaxy Note 5 users around the world.

Unfortunately, Samsung is not supporting Adoptable Storage with its latest smartphones. It says that Adoptable Storage is really just meant for lower tier devices with 4 or 8 GB of storage, which would definitely be in need of memory expansion. A lot of apps also resisted having their apk files moved to the microSD card, preferring to sit in the internal storage instead.

To be fair, it’s not hard to see Samsung’s justifications, though it’s also not hard to disagree with them. The new handsets steal that title from the Galaxy Note 5, thanks to their greater pixel density and increased brightness.