There was an in-between time when both were available, and the market spoke.
There are a lot of very vocal niches. I got real excited when Apple put out the iPhone 12 mini, I even bought one. But the rest of the market said no, and now there is no more Mini-sized iPhone. We may be noisy, but our niche is not large enough to sustain the devices we want.
As a side note, there are still good Android phones with expandable storage, they just aren't made by Google or Samsung. Sony still makes them.
There are a lot of very vocal niches. I got real excited when Apple put out the iPhone 12 mini, I even bought one. But the rest of the market said no, and now there is no more Mini-sized iPhone. We may be noisy, but our niche is not large enough to sustain the devices we want.
As a side note, there are still good Android phones with expandable storage, they just aren't made by Google or Samsung. Sony still makes them.