Backup & Charge Your Phone without the Cloud (and those monthly fees)

This is sponsored by SanDisk. All opinions are my own.

I am not the most technically gifted person.

OK, I am pretty bad at tech stuff.

I hate to admit it, but I don’t understand the cloud. As in, how and what happens when my phone asks me to use it.

At first it was simply an annoyance that I avoided.

My phone would ask if I wanted to use it and I would say NO.

And then at some point in the history of my phone backups, it just happened…without my knowledge.

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It was then I went to the store. I figured I needed more information. I mean, if I am USING the cloud, I should at least have a little understanding of what that entails.

I stepped through the big glass doors.

I waited to be greeted. I explained that I needed some information and was told to go stand near a table on the left side of the store about 3 tables in.

For 30 minutes?

Do they know I am here?

Is this really a line?

IS THIS THE CLOUD?

And then someone came up to me and told me the time was getting closer and I could go stand next to another table.

For 10 more minutes?

Do they know I am here?

Is this really a line?

IS THIS THE CLOUD?

And then someone came to talk with me. They were probably 12. And although they were very sweet, it was obvious that I WAS SUPPOSED TO ALREADY KNOW HOW TO USE THE CLOUD. It made me feel 85. Like I had rolled my Selectric Typewriter into the store for help.

I know that many of you don’t even know what a Selectric Typewriter is which makes me feel 85 again.

I chatted with this source of information for a few minutes and left with a bit more information, but what I really want is a backup solution that is easy and LOCAL….not floating around in the atmosphere.

Not hackable.

Just easy.

{Enter SanDisk iXpand Base}

The iXpand Base automatically backs up my photos, videos and contacts every time I charge my phone. The cool thing is that my photos and videos are right on the iXpand Base at original quality with NO RECURRING MONTHLY FEES from the Cloud.