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I am confused about which Micro SDcard is best. Please help!

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rcyphermd

Android Expert
 
I've never really heard of SDXC tbh mate. I've always used UHS and they've been fine for a phone (anything class 10 is imo).
Which is most expensive and what will you be using it for?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#SDIO.2C_SDHC_and_SDXC

SDXC is capacity and formatting rating.

Any microSD over 32 GB (and some at 32 GB) cross the boundary from SDHC (high capacity) to SDXC (extended capacity, if memory serves right) .

The sd cards were originally rated by class numbers indicating speed - class 10 being the highest at a 10 MBps xfer rate.

It was equivalent, generally, to UHS-1 when the UHS rating first hit.

Now UHS-1 is just the beginning.

https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/speed/

Many Androids seem to perform best with a class and UHS rating - and despite UHS being faster, class 10 is the biggest number for class ratings.

Fwiw, here's the same class 10/UHS-1 card in an older phone and my current phone (not sorta same - same card), followed by the speed of my internal storage.

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Offt 250mb/s
Sammy knocking it out the park.
Will we really notice that in real world use though?
 
dontpanicbobby said:
Nope you need a meter to notice the speed difference with MicroSD cards.. In the real world they're all good. Just watch out for counterfeits. I had a bad experience once on ebay.with a 64GB Samsung card
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So long as in class 10 and not trying to record HD or UHD with a class 2 card, yeah lol.
funkylogik said:
Offt 250mb/s
Sammy knocking it out the park.
Will we really notice that in real world use though?
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Sammy's case is faster transfer between phone and pc, along with not having storage in a phone with two different rates, as well as just faster storage.

The non-Sammy phone could stay plugged in to the pc 3 times longer to do a data transfer, according to supporters.

The counter-argument is that the non-Sammy phone would spend zero time plugged in to a pc - you swap cards and walk away while a card reader and the pc sort it out.

It's really the forum argument du jour.

Let's get back to the OP.

I agree with @dontpanicbobby where the cards you're looking at are concerned with a smartphone.

Here's the SanDisk guide to help you -

http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/

Be really sure that you're looking at a microSD card for your phone. A lot of vendors, including Amazon, get the listings wrong.
 
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