The 'norm' should have already been 4GB, but it isn't.
Memory costs are not what it used to be, back in the day of the DRAM wars of old.
Micron, Samsung, Hitachi, TI,, as well as Hyundai have come to bat with new memory cores, better die designs, and far lower silicon waste, there is no reason to price these chips above their actual value, based on market share and sales pricing.
Bulk orders via tape and reel packaging should also reduce processing costs for the manufacturers and end users.
I remember the days of the 16K DRAM chips in ceramic packages, and I still have some of these!
Piggy back them onto others to add memory capacity, and DOS would recognize it, but only to that mythical 64K limit (which was broken by software).
Gone are the days of this procedure, the packaging is ball grid, and you can no longer piggy back devices. Now you need board real estate, and I doubt they will design devices with pins so you can add your own Z.I.F socket and add your own memory(heaven forbid you did not buy their memory!).
Base memory is okay, but handsets should also come standard with at least 32GB of user-accessible storage, since they appear to despise SD cards.
If I can buy a device with a micro-SD slot, I will bypass devices that do not support this, and this is my singular method of making sure the device makers understand our needs should be considered above theirs, if the wish to sell their products to us.
I vote with my wallet. And if I can call them, or Email them directly, I will indicate my desire for them to retain a micro-SD card slot.
I prefer to NOT go the way of the iPhone, I prefer we have choices, as it should be.
Gee, even the $70.00 Nextbook has HDMI and an SD card slot!
