That's basically what you get with the Note 20 Ultra since it hews closely to Samsung's boxy-body-curved-display design language employed since the Note 8 three years prior. If it looks like a Note and smells like a Note, it must be a Note. A new technology that’s based on an unproven standard tends to be on the pricier side, so I’ll suggest you wait before getting on board with NM cards. I personally think it is too early to consider Nano Memory cards as the future of external storage.Īnyway, what are your thoughts on Huawei’s new Nano Memory standard? Do you see this technology taking off in the future? Let us know your thoughts by dropping a comment down below.Source: Daniel Bader / Android Central (Image credit: Source: Daniel Bader / Android Central) It is also worth pointing out that these cards are going to be more expensive and hard to find, since these are early days.Īlthough Huawei decided to remain tight-lipped about the pricing, it is safe to assume that these cards won’t be as cheap as a microSD card. Since Huawei failed to elaborate a bit more about their new technology and where it intends to take it, I am forced to believe that shaving off a little space from SIM slot is the only benefit of using an NM card for now.

Is This the Future for Phone External Storage? So, I am not going to sugar-coat the fact that you may get confused between a Nano SIM card and a Nano memory card in the initial days. But now that the NM cards have an identical shape and size, there’s a growing concern about the design choice among enthusiasts.Īs is the case with any new technology, it will take some time getting used to the change. The way I see it, other smartphone OEMs will adopt the standard only when card makers will start mass-producing them.Īs you may or may not know, the microSD cards are deliberately designed to be different than SIM cards to prevent users from getting confused. But whether we see it in other phones solely entirely depends on the availability of these cards. In fact, it’s already in talks with other manufacturers to expand its patented technology. Huawei hopes to make NM card a new industry standard.

Huawei’s new Mate series smartphones i.e the new Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, and the Porsche Design Mate 20 RS are the only phones that currently support NM cards. While the NM cards technically occupy the same slot as a Nano SIM card, it won’t work on all phones with a Dual-SIM slot unless the OEMs adopt the new patented standard. It is the only company manufacturing both the phones that support the standard as well as the cards themselves.

The NM cards seem to be exclusive to Huawei for now. Will It Work on Any Phone with Dual-SIM Slots?

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