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Re:Fairphone is now officially available in the United States by dataflow on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @12:40PM (#49348367)
Can someone explain why in 2026 we have artificial limits like this?

> expandable upto 2TB with microSD

I get that 2TB ought to be enough for everybody, but why the heck shouldn't a 4TB microSD Just Work?

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Re:Fairphone is now officially available in the United States by Velocifyer on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:18PM (#49351141)
The SDXC spec does not allow for cards bigger than 2TiB, because of address sizes. You need SDUC for above 4TB.
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Re:Fairphone is now officially available in the United States by Telaneo on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @02:42PM (#49350546)
They just haven't tested anything larger.
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Re:Fairphone is now officially available in the United States by Pfhortune on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @12:50PM (#49348564)
Every time I've seen a card capacity limit like this, someone tries a bigger card and it just... works.
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