Couldn't agree more. Every phone I've ever bought has had a memory card slot, save for the pre smart phones from the late 90's and early 2000's.

LG fusic, microSD slot (not even really a smart phone)
Galaxy i7500 microSD slot
Motorola Atrix 4G microSD slot
Motorola Razr V GT885
Wife's phones
Samsung reclaim microSD slot
Galaxy 510 microSD slot

It's pretty much ludicrous to make a phone these days without one. The only reason ends up being blatant marketing/pricing BS like apple and their ridiculous price increases for the different amounts of memory in their Iphones.

Smarten up Google, your phone meets the bill on all other hardware specs.