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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