SD for S5

[Rgarner]

How much should I expect to pay for a good 256 gb SD card? I'll probably have to save up for it. Just because it's a Samsung S5 doesnt' mean it has to be a Samsung card, right? Isn't Sandisk the best?

 

[Davdi]

In the UK: from about £70 (95MB/sec) up to about £135 (170mb/sec) https://www.mymemory.co.uk/memory/memory-cards/micro-sdxc.html?capacity=62
In the US: same numbers but $ instead of £ https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...fix=256gb+micro+sd,aps,883&crid=1VUD8U27VAZ8K
Still cheap using MB per £/$

 

[Hadron]

No, it doesn't have to be a Samsung card in a Samsung device. I've used several big brands, and ironically the only one I've had problems with was a Samsung card used in a Samsung device! But any manufacturer can produce a dud, so a single data point like that doesn't mean anything (and I really mean that it is of no significance). In fact very few people will use enough cards that their experience by itself will be statistically significant.

I don't know what price to expect because I don't know where you are. But usually if you look at prices on Amazon (for cards sold by themselves, not by a marketplace seller) or a big name vendor you'll get a fair idea of the going rate. Be very wary of anyone who seems to be dramatically cheaper than that, and under no circumstances buy from eBay or some random Chinese online market: there are a lot of "fake" cards out there, and the old rule "if it seems too good to be true it probably is" applies very strongly when buying SD cards.

 

[Rgarner]

Well, I checked Best Buy and found they have Samsung and Sandisk for about $100. Is that a good price or should I keep looking? I suppose the quality is about equal between those brands.

 

[Xavier Black]

Even in best buy at that price I've would be wery if you consider the price started at about $300 when it first came out..and today's date..after about 10 months later , I saw recently the price at about $200..so, just so you know