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What brand Class 6 SD card?

What brand of Class 6 SD card should I buy? I see TOPRAM, Transcend, and Nokia but not popular ones like Kingston and Sandisk..
According to this it says Class 2 SD cards might as well be as good as Class 6.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1468705.html

Class 2's performance-price ratio might be higher than Class 6. But only considering performance, I prefer Class 6.

I have a transcend Class 6, 8gb I got for $20 online and it works perfect.

Class 6...meh...you need 16gb Kingston Class 10. That is if your device can handle it.
~Jasecloud4

lol i have a mytouch 3g right now..don't think my device can handle it

I am also looking for a 16 gb class 6 sd card but don't wanna pay an arm and leg for. Any recommendations?

krazyflipj said:
I am also looking for a 16 gb class 6 sd card but don't wanna pay an arm and leg for. Any recommendations?
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I got one for a foot and a hand I'll show you the way but you'll be limping back though.

hssnd tam said:
I got one for a foot and a hand I'll show you the way but you'll be limping back though.
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That was unnecessary especially for a first post.
http://www.buy.com/prod/topram-16gb...d/q/listingid/54504509/loc/101/212691587.html
That's not that bad of a price.

nikmash232 said:
That was unnecessary especially for a first post.
http://www.buy.com/prod/topram-16gb...d/q/listingid/54504509/loc/101/212691587.html
That's not that bad of a price.
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Thanks for the link. Is this the sd card you decided to get? If so, how is it so far?

Nah I haven't gotten one yet. I think Im going to buy a mytouch slide before I decide to buy an SD card. My Mytouch isn't too powerful to begin with.

Consider that the Sandisk cards may have a longer lifespan and be more reliable, which is a major plus point if you're going to be using the camera to take pictures of sentimental value.

Thinggynoly said:
Consider that the Sandisk cards may have a longer lifespan and be more reliable, which is a major plus point if you're going to be using the camera to take pictures of sentimental value.
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Hmm I guess its worth putting the extra money down for that then.

nikmash232 said:
That was unnecessary especially for a first post.
http://www.buy.com/prod/topram-16gb...d/q/listingid/54504509/loc/101/212691587.html
That's not that bad of a price.
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I thought it was hilarious. You need to relax.
Anyways, I haven't read all that great of reviews on the kingston class 10's. And for 100.00, I can get 2 of the adata class 6 16gb. I think I will pick 1 of those up next time newegg has them instock.
The 16gb sandisk class 2 that comes in the hd2 can drag the phone down if you don't format it once in a while.

Thinggynoly said:
Consider that the Sandisk cards may have a longer lifespan and be more reliable, which is a major plus point if you're going to be using the camera to take pictures of sentimental value.
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That's why you transfer the pics to your computer and then upload them to the cloud backup services of your choice. (I use Sugarsync)

nrfitchett4 said:
That's why you transfer the pics to your computer and then upload them to the cloud backup services of your choice. (I use Sugarsync)
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prolly a bad idea tho if the pics in question have ur gf/wife posing on it

nikmash232 said:
That was unnecessary especially for a first post.
http://www.buy.com/prod/topram-16gb...d/q/listingid/54504509/loc/101/212691587.html
That's not that bad of a price.
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Is this really worth the extra ~10$ ish than the sandisk 16gb? From reviews I have read the, average read/write speed on the sandisk CL2 is about 6.5MB/s which is what the CL6 is "rated for"

papabear said:
Is this really worth the extra ~10$ ish than the sandisk 16gb? From reviews I have read the, average read/write speed on the sandisk CL2 is about 6.5MB/s which is what the CL6 is "rated for"
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yes you are right!!!

[Q] MicroSD card...is this a good deal?

Hello people,
I just came across this microsd card deal:
http://mobile.dailysteals.com/Default.aspx
this is samsung 16 gb class 2 micro sd card. But I am not sure if this is a good deal or not? can anyone tell me ?
Thank you,

Class 2 cards are SLOOOOW! I'd much rather spend a few bucks and get a faster one. I wouldn't get anything less than class 6, and usually go for the class 10 cards. Basically, the speed for a class 2 card is 2 MB/s, a class 6 is 6 MB/s, and so on.

bknust said:
Class 2 cards are SLOOOOW! I'd much rather spend a few bucks and get a faster one. I wouldn't get anything less than class 6, and usually go for the class 10 cards. Basically, the speed for a class 2 card is 2 MB/s, a class 6 is 6 MB/s, and so on.
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Yes that is what I read somewhere. Just wanted to confirm. Thanks for helping me out.
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Classes only apply to minimum write speed, not read speed, which is far more important.

JPS81 said:
Classes only apply to minimum write speed, not read speed, which is far more important.
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Right: a Class 2's and a Class 6's speed-differences will only be apparent when copying files to the SD card from the PC.
Samsung 16GB C2 MicroSD
Subtotal : $14.99
Shipping Charges : $4.99
Total Charges : USD$19.98
Yes, that is a good deal. I paid USD$28 for my Sandisk just yesterday, and that was the best deal I could find (on eBay). Mine did come with a USB-reader, though.

waghoba said:
Yes that is what I read somewhere. Just wanted to confirm. Thanks for helping me out.
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Don't be fooled into buying a card on class speed alone - 16gb and 32gb class 6 are very pricey. If you mostly store movies and music on your SD card a class 2 is fine. Even for recording video on the phone, class 2 works fine.
If you are wiping your SD card or filling it with new data all the time, then maybe you want faster write speed - but I would rather save my $$$ for now. The same class 6 cards will be half price in a few months.

alphadog00 said:
Don't be fooled into buying a card on class speed alone - 16gb and 32gb class 6 are very pricey. If you mostly store movies and music on your SD card a class 2 is fine. Even for recording video on the phone, class 2 works fine.
If you are wiping your SD card or filling it with new data all the time, then maybe you want faster write speed - but I would rather save my $$$ for now. The same class 6 cards will be half price in a few months.
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PhrProfess said:
Right: a Class 2's and a Class 6's speed-differences will only be apparent when copying files to the SD card from the PC.
Samsung 16GB C2 MicroSD
Subtotal : $14.99
Shipping Charges : $4.99
Total Charges : USD$19.98
Yes, that is a good deal. I paid USD$28 for my Sandisk just yesterday, and that was the best deal I could find (on eBay). Mine did come with a USB-reader, though.
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Classes only apply to minimum write speed, not read speed, which is far more important.
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Thank you for all of you for your replies...but unfortunately the deal was gone by the time I decided to buy
Now waiting for next best deal, at least now I know that just for storing music and vids class 2 is fine !

Go over to G1 forum and search this. Not sure what our phone's max read/write speed is but I am sure its similar to HTC devices- Class 6. You can spend the money on the class 10 but its useless for mobile devices.
Also, some say its only for pc -read/write- not 100% true. however, maybe for our particular phone....
For example- on the dream you can use your SDcard as a swap file placing an EXT2/3/4 partition on it. The class 6 has better performance and longer life than a class 2- i dont recall why exactly but you can easily google it. It was something about after so many read/writes it will burn out the SD but there is more technical factors to it. It has to do with bit allocation and spreading the writes over the card as to continual writing to the same spot- IIRC(dont quote me on that I havent thought about this in a looong time). Now, as this pertains to our devices- well it doesnt really since we dont utilize SDCard swap files and such for our devices. So talking in a circle, I guess for our situation it does only relate to PC writes..

^o hai thx

malfuncion said:
Go over to G1 forum and search this. Not sure what our phone's max read/write speed is but I am sure its similar to HTC devices- Class 6. You can spend the money on the class 10 but its useless for mobile devices.
Also, some say its only for pc -read/write- not 100% true. however, maybe for our particular phone....
For example- on the dream you can use your SDcard as a swap file placing an EXT2/3/4 partition on it. The class 6 has better performance and longer life than a class 2- i dont recall why exactly but you can easily google it. It was something about after so many read/writes it will burn out the SD but there is more technical factors to it. It has to do with bit allocation and spreading the writes over the card as to continual writing to the same spot- IIRC(dont quote me on that I havent thought about this in a looong time). Now, as this pertains to our devices- well it doesnt really since we dont utilize SDCard swap files and such for our devices. So talking in a circle, I guess for our situation it does only relate to PC writes..
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Hey that's a lot of technical information, but thanks. Now I understood that the class doesnt really matter. So next time if any good deal is out I will just jump on it.
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micro SD card

I can't wait to chuck my iPhone for my first Android!
Maybe I'm being too anal here but which micro SD cards will you be using?
Will a Class 10 be significantly faster than lower classes?
How are lesser name brands like Memorette? I'm looking through eBay and these are much cheaper than SanDisk and Lexar.

I prefer sandisk over other brands as had bad experienxe with lexar but its just me.
And yes class 10 would be faster.

...although Class 2 will likely be fine for every purpose in the phone, I'll be testing my Class 2 Sandisk 32GB with mine in my review for Clove's blog.

Got a Joyflash Class 10 16GB got it for less than £18 and speeds exceed over Class 10 on read and write very good for the price.

How does it benchmark? Would be interested to see some crystal disk numbers for it...
I'd tend to advise sticking with Sandisk myself...

NZtechfreak said:
How does it benchmark? Would be interested to see some crystal disk numbers for it...
I'd tend to advise sticking with Sandisk myself...
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This is the one I have: Big thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000894

Pretty nice benchmarks, although for smaller and random writes the speeds drop off a bit (these are closer to actual in-phone use, with the exception of large sequential read/write things like video recording). The 512k write test is slower than my Sandisk Class 2 card, so its not all peachy, but for the price that looks like a steal - I suppose they don't make 32GB cards?

NZtechfreak said:
Pretty nice benchmarks, although for smaller and random writes the speeds drop off a bit (these are closer to actual in-phone use, with the exception of large sequential read/write things like video recording). The 512k write test is slower than my Sandisk Class 2 card, so its not all peachy, but for the price that looks like a steal - I suppose they don't make 32GB cards?
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Not yet! Would love a bigger card but cost too much ££!

Looks like there is opening for bloggers to test and review microsd cards
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nikzDHD said:
Got a Joyflash Class 10 16GB got it for less than £18 and speeds exceed over Class 10 on read and write very good for the price.
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That looks sweet but I have no idea how to purchase that as I'm in the U.S. The only ones I see are the 8GB version on Amazon.co.uk and the one from eBay but they don't seem to ship here.
Where else can I purchase one?
Do they even have a 32GB?

I picked up one of these, havent tested it yet but thought it looked a good buy.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/218439

So does anyone know what class speed is optimal for this phone?
For original galaxy s users, was there a plateau in speed reading/writing after a certain class/

Bought a "ADATA Turbo microSDHC 32GB" (http://geizhals.at/deutschland/a610468.html) and it seems pretty fast. Testet with a kingston usb reader (http://geizhals.at/deutschland/a432624.html).
Don't know if it work with SGSII yet.
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NZtechfreak said:
...although Class 2 will likely be fine for every purpose in the phone, I'll be testing my Class 2 Sandisk 32GB with mine in my review for Clove's blog.
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Surely Class 2 would be too slow for HD video recording?

AaronUK said:
Surely Class 2 would be too slow for HD video recording?
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Thats the question I want to answer. Its fine for 720p video recording, since I use it in my SGSI right now, whether its still good enough for 1080p is the question. The Class 2 Sandisk writes at 5.5MB/s for sequential writes, which may still be enough for 1080p. Will know soon enough one way or the other.

I'm considering a 32gb Class 4 Sandisk from eBay, but don't really want to buy it until we've worked out if it's going to be suitable. I imagine it'll be fine, but still...

From Ebay? You're sure its genuine? I don't see Class 4 Sandisk cards listed at Sandisk's own website, or at any of the retailers they link to...

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From Ebay? You're sure its genuine? I don't see Class 4 Sandisk cards listed at Sandisk's own website, or at any of the retailers they link to...
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Fairly sure, but as always not 100%. The seller in question sells masses of SD cards and they're quite well known for being legit. Plus a few people on other forums have bought them and vouched for them.
Still, can't be certain though
Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SanDisk-32GB..._Electronics_Memory_Cards&hash=item2c59008a55
EDIT: Although the picture shows Class 2, but it mentions Class 4 in the description...

what about this one? £12.45 32gb sandisk
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100-32GB-Micr...1?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_205&hash=item3cb75af7b5

How about this?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexar-32GB-...2ZTM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304244962&sr=8-1

Which micro sd card do you suggest to buy?

hey
Which card should i buy?
Which class is the internal memory?
Do i need class 10 card?
thnks.

I have a 16 gig class ten and it made no difference on my N1 compared to the stock class 4 card as far as performance goes with apps2sd and the like during operation. It also made no difference transferring files to or from the sd while in the phone. It is much faster if you take it out and plug it into the laptop though. I'm not sure if that limitation applied to the N1 alone or is common with this one. I was thinking of getting a 32 gig because then I could carry all my music and wouldnt have to hassle with it as the internal storage is enough for all my other uses. Knowing what I know now I will likely go with a name brand class 4 card. Too many horror stories with fake cards and my own experience is that the extra speed from class 10s doesnt do much of anything in my usage.
If you do a search you will find several recent threads on SD cards....

You don't need class 10! because this is not a super professional camera. Class 4 is enough (in some case even class 2 is enough 'cause some people say that class 2 speed of some manufacturers is faster then class 4 of other ones).
I have ordered SanDisk class 4 32gb and still wating for delivery...
Choose only good manufacturers, such as: SanDisk/Trancerd/Kingston/A-Data (and before doing an order, check on their official website (and google a lil' bit) if the particular class exist - for example if you will see class 2, 6 or 8 of Kingston on ebay, know that it's a fake since kingston has only 4 and 10 classes according to their website)

I don't know if this is only in the Netherlands but here its possible to get a 8GB micro sd for FREE from Samsung when you registrate your purchase on the samsung site. (only condition is that you buy your device before the end of may)

On my camera I've had issues when recording hd quality movies in anything less than a class 6.
So I'm going for class 6 or above on phone
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I use a Sandisk 32 gb class 2 and it works perfectly Cannot feel the different if I use that or a Kingston class 6 card...
/CK

I bought This

Café King said:
I use a Sandisk 32 gb class 2 and it works perfectly Cannot feel the different if I use that or a Kingston class 6 card...
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Which card did you get? Im looking for the cheapest sandsik 32 gb right now, sandisk's are underrated. a class 2 can be faster than a other brand class 4 or 6.

if you google "SD class speeds " the second link down (this is applicable to micro sd as well gents)
it will show you what class you will need for what application eg recording 1080p on your phone will require a class 4 minimum however class 6 is "moar" recommended
however as stated above class 10 isnt needed and if you read a few reviews some class 6 in the case of sandisk e.g. the sandisk extreme class 6 III is faster than some cheapo class 10.

Stitch! said:
Which card did you get? Im looking for the cheapest sandsik 32 gb right now, sandisk's are underrated. a class 2 can be faster than a other brand class 4 or 6.
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If you mean where I bought it? I bought in a danish web shop So don't think that's relevant for you
Allez L'OM
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Café King said:
If you mean where I bought it? I bought in a danish web shop So don't think that's relevant for you
Allez L'OM
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Hahaha, im not French, just on an internship here. And it is not relevant indeed. Thanks anyway!
And you probably paid a lot for it, Denmark is so expansive. I actually was in Viborg(nice little city) last year, did a little road trip when I came back from Sweden. (lived there for a while) Anyway, ill browse some french sites and ebay.

If i buy class 4 card, do the FHD video capture would work without aproblem or lags?
The GS2 know how to use class 10 sd card??
thnks

Stitch! said:
Hahaha, im not French, just on an internship here. And it is not relevant indeed. Thanks anyway!
And you probably paid a lot for it, Denmark is so expansive. I actually was in Viborg(nice little city) last year, did a little road trip when I came back from Sweden. (lived there for a while) Anyway, ill browse some french sites and ebay.
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Wow, crazy you actually have been in my city Lovely city!
And yes, I paid about £110 for the sd card. Bought it the say day it got out. But totally worth the money.
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micro SDHC class
so, can somebody please confirm that class 4 micro SDHC card (good brand) is enough for taking videos on GS2? I am looking at 32GB and it seems there is a shortage of class 10 cards in my country, should I buy class 4?

I believe the semi official numbers for 1080P recording on the SGSII is 17Mbps? That means a bit more than 2MB per second. 'Class' refers to how many MB's the card can write each second, so class 4 should be fine for 1080P, as well as many class 2 cards. But of course faster is always better

I bought a class 2 32 gb from amazon.it...
Can you suggest me a program / tool to test its speed?
Anyway, I used it to record a full hd video for 15 mins. I watched it entirely and I didn't notice any skipped frame or stucks etc.. It runs fine

Just plug in to a pc and copy a large file. That will show you the speed.

TheCoolBoy said:
If i buy class 4 card, do the FHD video capture would work without aproblem or lags?
The GS2 know how to use class 10 sd card??
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it will work w/o any prob

TMaLuST said:
I bought a class 2 32 gb from amazon.it...
Can you suggest me a program / tool to test its speed?
Anyway, I used it to record a full hd video for 15 mins. I watched it entirely and I didn't notice any skipped frame or stucks etc.. It runs fine
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Have a look for h2testw Version 1.4. It's a free utility that will test capacity and speed. As you may know, the problem with lots of card on sale is that they have been hacked to make it appear that they have a greater capacity than they actually have. It can be sometimes hard to spot but h2testw (and, no doubt, others like it) will do proper checks.

im after a good 32gb card anyone has any trusted sellers (internationally shipping) would like to share
or ship to Australia.

32GB SanDisk Micro SD card on sale for $19.99 plus $4.99 S&H

Here you go people! DailySteals.com has 32GB SanDisk Micro SD Class 4 cards on sale for $19.99 plus 4.99 S&H until midnight tonight!
I haven't got enough posts to post outside links so I hope you can decipher it.
mobile . dailysteals . com

thanks but not really worth the money for class 4..

Now it's the common price for 32GB and especially for SanDisk.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-32GB-...JYCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332742830&sr=8-1

mx499 said:
thanks but not really worth the money for class 4..
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It's not all about the class rating.
Nothing can beat the Sandisk cards on random read and write speeds.

I just bought 2 for 18.48 each..thanks for the tip!
As fast as this phone is, it doesnt matter what class card you use; also, just tweak the read ahead speed with rom toolbox or one of the other programs that tweaks that, and you will never know the difference between a class 4 and anything else...

wase4711 said:
I just bought 2 for 18.48 each..thanks for the tip!
As fast as this phone is, it doesnt matter what class card you use; also, just tweak the read ahead speed with rom toolbox or one of the other programs that tweaks that, and you will never know the difference between a class 4 and anything else...
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Not know the difference? There is a Huge one...especially when your copying things over to it. Class 10 all the way.
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Seems like a good deal. Might have to jump on a 32gb card in the next couple weeks. Don't think I will ever use that much space but I guess I could use it to put some movies and tv shows on my phone.