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Difference between Sandisk Ultra microsd card and normal card?

I'm going to buy a 16GB microsd card from sandisk. I've been finding on Amazon and found these two products:
Sandisk 16GB Mobile Ultra MicroSD Card : £36.00
SanDisk 16GB microSDHC Memory Card : £15.99
I've also noticed they're all class 2 (can't find a class 4 or class 6 sandisk). So what is the difference between them? I'm using the card for Windows Phone 7, so which one should I buy?

Ha, i'm looking to buy a 16Gb card for my htc desire and I was looking at exactly the same cards.
As far as I found so far the ultra version seems to be class 4.
If you have any new info it will me much appreciated.

well in some pages you can find comparative boxes about those micro sd, i remember that microsd 16 gb sandisk (class4) is more faster than 16 gb kingtons class4 , so i supousse that this ultra micro sd is like class 6 real XD, i will find some information about it, oh plz don't forget that some devices don't support those kind of micro sd (an example htc hd2 has little bugs with microsd class 4, i have one...)
Sorry if i don't write well but i'm peruavian =)

Hey guys,
Can any of you confirm if Android is booting from Sandisk 16GB Mobile Ultra MicroSD Card ?
I want to buy one but i saw in forums that some cards doesn't work for this..

the ultra one has the better speed and more stable than the normal one. And, it has the same compatitablity.
So, if you are not concern about the price, the ultra one is the better choice.
Also, that should have the extreme III type, that is the best~

Go for the Ultra microSD, it's faster!! been using a 8Gig on my phone and damn its fast!!

16GB Sandisk Micro SDHC
I'm currently using 16GB Sandisk Micro SDHC (class 4) for my LG P500. It is fast & I have not encountered any issues so far.
I've been using Sandisk memory cards for other gadgets & I think it is one of the most reliable brands that is available in my location.

With sandisk/kingston, class 2 should be fine too. CLASS 4 might help recording high def video

Stick with the name brands and forget the Chinese non name brand off off of Flea-bay, they are crap and do not work imho!!

The more expensive cards are usually just higher speed.
I use fast cards in my DSLR to help when shooting bursts. Slower cards fill up, and drop the fps.

I'm currently using 16GB Sandisk Micro SDHC
Go for the Ultra microSD, it's faster!!

You should choose your memory card depending on what you're going to use it for. Either way, you should go with Sandisk cards, as they are the highest quality and produce their own chips. Kingstons should be avoided even though for some reason they are known as a quality brand... kingston just buys chips from other manufacturers and puts their name on them.... you will find many different kinds of chips inside kingston, so you will find more variation and defects from batch to batch.
As far as class, that is only referring to the sequential write speed. If you are getting the card for a digital camera, then a high class card is good, because you will be writing a lot of files sequentially.
But if you plan on using the card for WP7 or to run android of off, generally a class 2 or 4 card is better, because they have better random access speeds. The tweaks card makers do to make cards have higher sequential write speeds many times will lower the random access speed, so you will have more issues running WP7 or Android off of a class 6 or 10 card.

for 8gb ultra i got with usb2.0 card reader : 13mb/s write , 20.5mb/s read

I know the thread is old, but still.
zarathustrax said:
You should choose your memory card depending on what you're going to use it for. Either way, you should go with Sandisk cards, as they are the highest quality and produce their own chips. Kingstons should be avoided even though for some reason they are known as a quality brand... kingston just buys chips from other manufacturers and puts their name on them.... you will find many different kinds of chips inside kingston, so you will find more variation and defects from batch to batch.
As far as class, that is only referring to the sequential write speed. If you are getting the card for a digital camera, then a high class card is good, because you will be writing a lot of files sequentially.
But if you plan on using the card for WP7 or to run android of off, generally a class 2 or 4 card is better, because they have better random access speeds. The tweaks card makers do to make cards have higher sequential write speeds many times will lower the random access speed, so you will have more issues running WP7 or Android off of a class 6 or 10 card.
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I know thread is too old to write anything. But still (since google pointed me here)...
I've used both types of cards and have found that Sandisc ultra (Red & Black) is far better in speeds and reliability than the Sandisc simple/normal black colour chips. Also know that there are further/more better than ultra, called by Sandisc as extreme and Extreme Pro.
Also warranty for all is same: Lifetime. And Sandisc provided me a new chip within 25 days after my old 32 normal chip went faulty.

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I would always buy a class 10 card, because when you copy your photos it doesn't take so much time...

I discovered - the hard way - that "normal" class 2 or 4 MicroSD cards won't stay alive very long on Samsung Note 4 or similar phones... One day they stop working and all pictures and info is lost forever. The only MicroSD that can get the job done is a Class 10 UHC Sandisk card. I have used Kingston and all died only after a few months, specially if you install apps on them. They can´t handle the workload and you will end up losing everything you have on them. I have one of the red and gray Sandisk cards and it's awesome. It's fast and it's still working after 2 and a half years of use in a Sony Xperia Z2. Gotta love this little tough card.

Question about SD Cards???

I have recently purchased an EVO 4G. I am waiting for it to come in the mail. Now I have a 4GB Class6 microSD card from my G1. Would it be better to use than the regular 8GB that comes stock with the EVO?

Well that obviously depends on whether you want 4gb of space or 8gb. The class speed really isnt that big of a deal. It isn't going to speed up anything on the phone, the only thing it will speed up is transferring files to and from the phone with usb.

Thanks man. Appreciate the helpful info.

Even class 4 has acceptable copy speed. I have to copy my music back after formatting since I have found a clean card really makes new roms install without glitches. I picked up a 32GB class 4 for $45 on ebay and it was ALOT faster to copy to than the 16GB class 2 I had previously.

Depends, if you plan to use app2sd, the faster sd is preferable. Remember, the class is the speed, higher the number, faster the read/write.
The EVO should come with an 8gig class 4 sd. I recently changed to a 16gig class 6 sd. I see no difference in speed but the extra space is nice. The difference would be really appreciated if you where changing from a class 2 or 4 to a class 8 or 10. Class 10 is the fastest I know of atm.
In your situation, keep the stock sd in the EVO unless ofc you plan to load it up with apps & media.

Micro SD card question

Although not a question dedicated solely to the OGP, i figured others with this phone might also want to know....
I'm looking to get a 64gb card for the phone to store music and whatever else can be put there (I realize apps can't go on the SD). I've seen class 10 cards and other slower classes for sale online. Does the speed of the card make that much of a difference for the uses that we need? I'm assuming that any class of card would be sufficient for music, but then again maybe I'm wrong. Someone please educate me!!!
I realize that with a digital camera, you want a faster card to quickly store the image you just took, so you can get on to snapping the next picture, but with our phones do we need the faster storage that class 10 provides? How much does it matter?
Also, I understand there are apps that swap the built in memory location for the Micro SD location (sorry, I'm an Android newbie and I'm just learning), so that I could have 64gb of "built-in" storage for apps (minus the OS), and 23gb for "external storage", then would the speed class of the card then come into play much? How fast is the built in memory compared to a class 10 SD card?

the thing i can say is class 10 helps a lot for "scanning media" process which comes :
every time you boot the phone
every time you move some media or add some new
before i had a cheap one and it was long....

Built in memory will typically be faster than even a Class 10 card. The other day I picked up a 64GB MicroSD card from Best Buy (half price at $50) and put a ton of ripped movies into it so I can show of that 5.5" screen. It scanned the 50GB of files in a few seconds and I haven't noticed any stuttering, even as I scroll through the videos.
All of the 64GB MicroSD cards I have seen have been Class 10 anyway, so don't worry if you pick up a 64GB. This is the one I purchased (same price as Best Buy):
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Micro...e=UTF8&qid=1371505587&sr=1-1&keywords=microsd
And I do see a few non-branded cards on Amazon, but I would stick with a name brand. There is a reason they are selling for $16.

And, to make it more confusing, I've seen Micro SD and Micro SDHC cards. Can the OGP use both types, and is one better than the other?

andygold said:
And, to make it more confusing, I've seen Micro SD and Micro SDHC cards. Can the OGP use both types, and is one better than the other?
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MicroSD is anything under 4gb, 4-32= SDHC above 32gb = SDXC. The OGP can accept any of them (up to 64gb).

Micro SD Card Questions

I recently pre-ordered the Sony Xperia Z2 which only comes in 16gb so I am forced to get extra storage, but I have a few question regarding micro SD cards. While reading my post please keep in mind I am still a noob. :angel:
1) Is 32gb enough or is it recommended to get 64gb? I will probably watch movies and TV shows but will not be putting music on the phone since I am not a fan for personal reasons. I have also heard that bigger SD cards can slow your phone down and some people tend to have problems with them, is this true?
2) What brand shall I get? SanDisk or Samsung? I have read that even though two micro SD cards are the same size and same class there is still a difference due to the brands.
3) Apart from the storage size and the class of the card is there anything else I should be looking out for?
Thanks

Fadeless said:
I recently pre-ordered the Sony Xperia Z2 which only comes in 16gb so I am forced to get extra storage, but I have a few question regarding micro SD cards. While reading my post please keep in mind I am still a noob. :angel:
1) Is 32gb enough or is it recommended to get 64gb? I will probably watch movies and TV shows but will not be putting music on the phone since I am not a fan for personal reasons. I have also heard that bigger SD cards can slow your phone down and some people tend to have problems with them, is this true?
2) What brand shall I get? SanDisk or Samsung? I have read that even though two micro SD cards are the same size and same class there is still a difference due to the brands.
3) Apart from the storage size and the class of the card is there anything else I should be looking out for?
Thanks
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Hm....the xperia z2......it has up to 128 gb memory expansion according to gsm arena. If you want to save movies and tv shows to your phone, I suggest you buy a 64 gb memory stick, so you can save more stuff. As for the brand, there's no actual difference to me, and as for the bigger size that makes the phone slower, that's not true, unless you have your memory stick full of stuff like music, videos/movies/tv shows, images and such stuff (note that I have mine with such stuff loaded and I have no problems). Apart from the storage size and the card class, no, I think you're going to be alright. Hope I helped...

if you are a Movie TV fans,i suggest you add a 64gb extra storage,then u could smoothly enjoy the show and u can save more tv show you like

I agree, i fill up a 32 gb like its nothing. and thats just pictures and videos. if you use instagram it fills up allot faster.

Alright, I'll go for the 64gb one and Samsung seems like the reasonable choice to make.

suggest you to get a 64GB extra storage.
and maybe kingston is ok.

Fadeless said:
Is 32gb enough or is it recommended to get 64gb? I will probably watch movies and TV shows but will not be putting music on the phone since I am not a fan for personal reasons.
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We can't really answer that. If you don't re-encode movies you'll likely quickly fill up 32GB. On the other hand, bigger cards get cheaper, faster and more reliable (ok, not always) over time. I'd decide by price, you can always easily replace it later.

go for sandisk ....class 10 ultra ...64 gb . actually you have video recording @ [email protected] will going to take more speed as well as memory than expected .

i have got Samsung micro SD class 10 48mb/s 32 gb huhuhuh! it's cool and works fine!

128 gb micro sd card
Tryn to figure out where to sell my new unopened 128gb micro sd card.
I just sold my vzw note 2 and 2 days ago had Ordered the sd card at best buy will sell for $105 shipped it is new unopened in pack
Here is link to best buy,..
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/de...cf0-a561-6149-a31a-00002dd127e5&pid=121909834

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64 GB is the way to go, bigger the better !!
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internal storage from Sd card issues + recommended new SDcard

Hello guys since owning my new HTC 10 I have used SanDisk Ultra 128gb class 10 has internal storage been fine for while but past couple weeks since I have filled it up with apps etc I been getting SDcard missing error and the SDcard would unmount and remount itself.
But today I went to load a game and my phone rebooted itself and would keep doing so each time I inserted the SDcard in the end I had to forget SDcard and format to get the phone to see it again. Lucky enough I had nothing worth keeping but I did loose everything.
So my thinking is the SDcard is just too slow for internal storage, anyone here recommend me a high end super fast SDcard?
Also be nice to hear feedback from you that use internal storage + what type SDcard you own.
Thanks

Guess no one using SDcard with this phone.

The card apparently died..
Sent from quite brutal hTc 10 ..

The Samsung Pro and Pro+ micro sd cards are much faster than the Sandisk Ultra, around 90/95 write/read but it`s also far more expensive. A nice budget option is the Toshiba U3 128gb card, it writes 30mb/s flat and reads 80mb/s (personally benchmarked the card and use it as my daily), it cost my around $40 AUD from mymemory in the UK. 30mb/s should meet the recommended write speed for adoptable storage, hope that helps.

jauhien said:
The card apparently died..
Sent from quite brutal hTc 10 ..
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Its working fine now without being used for Internal storage. Having Googled this seems quite a few having same issue with the same SDCard. Looking like its just not fast enough for the job.

ryanjsoo said:
The Samsung Pro and Pro+ micro sd cards are much faster than the Sandisk Ultra, around 90/95 write/read but it`s also far more expensive. A nice budget option is the Toshiba U3 128gb card, it writes 30mb/s flat and reads 80mb/s (personally benchmarked the card and use it as my daily), it cost my around $40 AUD from mymemory in the UK. 30mb/s should meet the recommended write speed for adoptable storage, hope that helps.
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Thanks will give this a look. Do you have a guide for recommend adoptable storage speeds? I tried looking around the internet but didn't find anything.