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May 5, 2015May 5, 2015

Samsung Announces New Faster MicroSD Memory Cards Which Galaxy S6 Users Can’t Use

Samsung is releasing newer, faster SD and MicroSD cards.

The EVO+ line of cards will feature 80MB/s Read and 20MB/s write speeds. There’s definitely more of a focus on listening to music and watching high resolution video from these cards. EVO+ will arrive in 64GB and 128GB flavors.

Their new Pro line will step up to 95MB/s read and write speeds for the full sized SD card and 90MB/s read and write speeds for the MicroSD card in 32GB and 64GB flavors. These are cards focused on content creation, especially for folks shooting UHD video like that found on the NX1 or Galaxy Note 4.

Samsung is a premier manufacturer of flash memory products, we’ve reviewed their EVO Solid State computer drives, so it’s just a bit of a shame that Galaxy S6 owners wont be able to utilize these faster cards. No pricing or availability yet on these new EVO cards, but they are expected later this month.

If you’re curious how much of a speed advantage you might find moving to a faster memory card, we did perform a test of a 90MB/s Transcend card, which you can watch below.

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March 1, 2015

SanDisk Reveals 200GB MicroSD Card, But Can Any Phone Use It?

We continue to see a battle between hardware and cloud solutions for how our data should be consumed. It’s great if you’ve got all your data backed up online, but if you don’t have an internet connection, having locally stored files is tremendously helpful.

As multimedia and gaming gets more storage intensive, popping in a larger memory card is becoming an attractive solution for those phone owners that have the capability to upgrade their storage. Now SanDisk is showing off the largest memory card on the market with their 200GB Ultra MicroSD.

Of course having HUGE storage isn’t particularly helpful if you have slow transfer speeds. SanDisk claims their card will be good for up to 90MB per second data transfer, which means you should be able to fill the whole card up in under 40 minutes on a solid USB 3 card reader. That speed is really helpful for app and camera performance, and is one of the reasons why Google does not provide memory card slots on the Nexus, to guarantee system performance. Sorry prospective Samsung Galaxy S6 shoppers… No memory card slot for you either…

While this is exciting, we’re still not entirely sure how well this card might work with phones that only outright support card capacities up to 64GB or 128GB. Also, having the biggest storage on such a tiny card means stepping up to a really big price tag. This Ultra Card will sell for $399, or four times the price of Sandisk’s $128GB Ultra card.

Being on the bleeding edge doesn’t come cheap. You can read SanDisk’s full press release below.

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April 2, 2014April 2, 2014

Review: Leef Access – MicroSD Memory Card Reader for Android!

I love little gadgets like this.

I’m a stickler for file management. I like controlling everything about what files and media are on my various devices, where they live, and who I can share those files with. Leef has a handy little MicroUSB adapter which allows you to swap memory cards even easier! Even if your phone doesn’t have an SD card slot…