Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
i cant think of one advantage of not being able to remove the memory, the only one is i suppose if you do take it out you could lose it

how about if you sell the phone you could take the sd card out, or if you drop it, smash the screen etc and send it off to be repaired you would take it out, or even to upgrade it.
Why do you want to remove it in an ipad? Or any other tablet? Why would you want to upgrade it? Do you still have a 3.5" floppy disc drive in your computer, Joe?

No need to remove to send back for repair. No need to remove if you sell it. Why the need? There are easy alternatives. What do you need one for? What do you use the SD card for? There are modern alternatives.