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Micro SD Card for my S3

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neil154

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I am looking to replace the 2GB micro SD Card in my S3 with a 16GB or 32 GB card. I see that there are many cards available with different specs.

Please tell me if any of the cards are acceptable or what minimum specs do I need to make sure that I have satisfactory performance
 
If you are just storing music, documents, apps, you can use a class 4 or higher. I have a 16gb class 6 and a 32gb class 10 and I don't notice much of a difference other than size.
 
Thanks for the information. I will be using it only for basic storage and backups of PC data so I guess class 4 would be okay
 
The class is for the speed the data is write in the card. 2 is the slowest 10 is the fastest. If the card is more of 4GB is a HC(Hi Capacity) Class 10 is recommended for video recording and high quality pictures.
There other classifications for other applications like XC used in some camcorders.

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I intend using the card for basic data storage and taking some pictures but the pictures would not behigh quality picture but only used propbably for postint etc. so I am guessing that class 4 would be adequate. Also, I saw another posting that some one suggested that S3's have a history of destroying SD cadrs particularly class 10 cards.
 
Like they say the only dumb questions are the ones you don't ask.

If you take the back cover off and just below the battery on the left side is a place where the card slides into
 
The sim card is not dependent on the location it is dependent on the cell phone provider and I believe all crriers of the S3 have sim cards. The sim card is located to the right of the sd card and is larger.
 
neil154 said:
I am looking to replace the 2GB micro SD Card in my S3 with a 16GB or 32 GB card. I see that there are many cards available with different specs.

Please tell me if any of the cards are acceptable or what minimum specs do I need to make sure that I have satisfactory performance
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This one works for me. Do not format it, and take the battery out when installing it.
Amazon.com: SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card with Adapter (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A): Electronics

EDIT: There are a lot of complaints about the SDHC cards going bad in the GS3. I had one go south on me, and SanDisk replaced it.
 
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