I don’t want to buy a phone without a memory card.

Manufacturers stating that internal memory is faster sounds like gaslighting. It implies that speed of internal memory could be impaired by sd cards, which of course is not. It implies they care about my experience with the phone, but they only care about their cost savings.

Manufacture a phone with the fastest possible 512gb internal memory, but add TWO sdcard slots and I will buy. Otherwise, I’m voting with my wallet.