Hope this hasn't already been posted, figured it was a pretty good deal.
64GB Sandisk
Thank you so much for posting this deal! I surfed through my wallet and through all of the left over best buy gift cards I had I ended up with a free 64gb microsdxc! This was an amazing deal to begin with, but you just cant beat that!
Nice, not to bad at all. Glad you got one!
Don't forget to reformat the card in your phone - or else it won't work.
I've had mine for 4 months I think? It's great - I love it. I won't be able to live with less memory ever again - which will be a problem with most of the next gen phones seemingly going away from memory cards.
P0ll0L0c0 said:
I won't be able to live with less memory ever again - which will be a problem with most of the next gen phones seemingly going away from memory cards.
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If we refuse to buy said items they won't head that direction!! I will not be lead by a company to have less choices..
ifly4vamerica said:
Hope this hasn't already been posted, figured it was a pretty good deal.
64GB Sandisk
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Thanks for the link, I went to my local Frys and got them to price match....hate waiting for shipping
does sandisk make any higher than class 6?
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does sandisk make any higher than class 6?
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I'm not sure, but I don't think so yet (64gb).
This link shows benchmark pics of a class 10 16gb vs. SanDisk class 6 64gb, and the SanDisk is actually faster than the class 10 card.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...c-card-huge-capacity-meets-impressive-speeds/
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I'm not sure, but I don't think so yet (64gb).
This link shows benchmark pics of a class 10 16gb vs. SanDisk class 6 64gb, and the SanDisk is actually faster than the class 10 card.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...c-card-huge-capacity-meets-impressive-speeds/
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I wish I knew what brand that class 10 card was. It's garbage. I just ran that tool thrice and my average read/write was 10.9/4.9MB/s respectively with a Class 4 SanDisk 32MB. That said, I'm also pretty pissed I paid 65 dollars for this card when I could have gotten better speed and more powahhhh for not much more if I waited. FML.
In case anyone doesn't know, the class rating on these cards is the minimum write speed the card will achieve, provided you're not copying a movie from a USB 1.0 PC or something else that would bottleneck it.
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To be fair you can't go with the read/write on a card unless you test empty. My 32GB card surpasses the Class 10 it is if empty but get near full and it' just below a Class 6. So the tests mean absolutely nothing unless you are testing with an almost full card. It's time I moved to a 64GB card my 32GB is too full with the games on it.. LOL
Wrong.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
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To be fair you can't go with the read/write on a card unless you test empty. My 32GB card surpasses the Class 10 it is if empty but get near full and it' just below a Class 6. So the tests mean absolutely nothing unless you are testing with an almost full card. It's time I moved to a 64GB card my 32GB is too full with the games on it.. LOL
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I ran my tests without removing any files and it still exceeded the write speed for it's class. My card has 20GB free of the 30GB available.
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I currently have a stock 8GB class 2 in the phone and i'm thinking of getting a class 6. I'm pretty much using 7 out of 8GB so i can manage it but it's getting rather close.
The 16GB one would cost me almost 60€ and that's a lot! The 8GB one would be only about 19€.
I didn't try ebay, maybe i could find something there. But given the price difference i think i'll stick with 8GB, what do you think?
The main reason i post here is to ask if there's going to be a NOTICEABLE difference in opening a gallery full of pictures, and picture saving time after taking a shot with the camera?
The HD recording is just a plus here, i just want the galery/shots taking to be faster. Anyone with experience?
thanks
EDIT: ok i've found this one on ebay and it has a USB reader so that i can still use my class 2 8gb as a usb stick so that's a money saver.
I've never had any experience with this company "Team", are their cards any good?
I bought a Kingston 16GB class 10
Not a big deal, almost the same performance!
reptile64 said:
I bought a Kingston 16GB class 10
Not a big deal, almost the same performance!
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Where did you get yours from?
reptile64 said:
I bought a Kingston 16GB class 10
Not a big deal, almost the same performance!
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wow, that sucks...
anyone with a different experience?
Well I bought it from eshop.gr and paid it 99 euros, it's 100% original but the phone itself can't handle faster chips, the difference is not that much, you might consider buying a 4 class which is by far cheaper!
i think i'll just get a class 6 8gb for 20$ and stick with that, that way i'll just use my old class 2 8gb in an adapter as a memory stick
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I bought a Kingston 16GB class 10
Not a big deal, almost the same performance!
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Configure "app to SD" then you will notice the difference. For normal use, class 2 is more than enough.
XperiaX10iUser said:
Where did you get yours from?
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You can get from ebay.
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Configure "app to SD" then you will notice the difference. For normal use, class 2 is more than enough.
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for normal use, it sucks! i need to wait at least one minute for the gallery to open because of all my photos, isn't that because of a slow SD card? correct me if i'm wrong...
Be carefull when buying SD cards from Ebay. I bought an 8GB class 6 card once (no brand, from Hong Kong) and it turned out it's not really class 6 at all, more like class 2 or 4 (low transfer speeds). The class 6 card that came with my X10 is a true class 6 card (transfer speed of 6 MB/s).
I'm not saying all SD cards on Ebay are fake, but alot probably are (fake as in not the class they advertise).
heh, i already ordered one
it's from a top rated seller so i hope it'll be ok
thanks for the heads up
I have a class 6 16 gig, i did have a class 4 8 gig and i could not play need for speed as the game would freeze. now the game plays no problem with the class 6 card.
what does an SD card have anything to do with it?
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Configure "app to SD" then you will notice the difference. For normal use, class 2 is more than enough.
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Isn't app to sd only for Froyo?
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Isn't app to sd only for Froyo?
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no, there is app2sd for 2.1.
i'm using it on class4 mSD 8gb. seems that working fine , but i have no photo inside right now!!!
i'm looking for 16gb class 6, but i can't find !!! some suggestion?
thanks in advance
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I'm using a 16Gb class 2 with apps and cache on SD. No noticeable hit between using app2sd and internal memory.
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Is useful only if u are using swap, c6 is as fast as ram c10 is faster than ram, u need it for froyo.
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I just wanted to say i got an 8gb class 6 and i can really see the difference, especially in camera (the time to save a picture is much much faster) and in opening the gallery, so i'm pleased with it. I'm using the old card in a card reader as a stick...
Ps. I don't use apps2ssd so i don't know the diff there first hand, anyhu i reccommens class 6
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any leads to buy microsd 8 or 16gb class6 or 10 ?
i'm looking maybe elsewhere but always high price or/and not available!
no hongkong ebayer!
any suggestion is appreciated, thanks!
i recommend you get this
http://cgi.ebay.com/8GB-8G-microSD-...gital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item483c3ff09a
it took about a month to come but it was worth the wait...very good quality and you can re-use youre current 8gb class 2 as a usb stick
I have rooted my nc and its running android 2.3.7 on a sd card. There are times that it works great, but there are times when I click on an app it freezes and I have to do a hard reset. What could be the problem.
What brand is your SD card?
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I'm using Transcend
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I'm using Transcend
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That is your problem they only SD card with good performance is a Sandisk class 2 or 4 8GB or above. There isn't really anything you can do other than get a new card.
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koopakid08 said:
That is your problem they only SD card with good performance is a Sandisk class 2 or 4 8GB or above. There isn't really anything you can do other than get a new card.
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+1 on his advice. Was getting random force closes on Transcend class 6, have had no problems with 16gb sandisk class 4 I was using for as install or the sandisk 8gb class 4 test card for new builds.
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angomy said:
+1 on his advice. Was getting random force closes on Transcend class 6, have had no problems with 16gb sandisk class 4 I was using for as install or the sandisk 8gb class 4 test card for new builds.
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Gotta go with Sandisk as well.
Tried Transcend, PNY and Kingston cards of 4-16G capacities and c6-8 speeds and they're all handily beaten by my Sandisk cards so far as stability.
Dan
i get alot with my transcend too. where would be the cheapest place to buy the 16 GB?
danvee said:
Gotta go with Sandisk as well.
Tried Transcend, PNY and Kingston cards of 4-16G capacities and c6-8 speeds and they're all handily beaten by my Sandisk cards so far as stability.
Dan
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what about speed wise?
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what about speed wise?
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It is speed. Sandisk has the fastest random write speed which is what seems to cause those lock ups. SD card class is just measures one (relatively unimportant) indicator of SD card "speed" (sustained read).
Sustained read and write are great if you're using your card to backup large media or picture files but more or less worthless for running an operating system. Same principle is in place for SSD. Manufactures advertise sustained transfer rates but the important stat for a OS drive is access time (which determines the speed of random read/writes).
Here's a link to a 32gb sandisk for $30 http://slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/p46847290/k4569/u125110/r4
These work just as well as the 16gb ones.
Got this 32gb class 4 few weeks ago - runs great...
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It is speed. Sandisk has the fastest random write speed which is what seems to cause those lock ups. SD card class is just measures one (relatively unimportant) indicator of SD card "speed" (sustained read).
Sustained read and write are great if you're using your card to backup large media or picture files but more or less worthless for running an operating system. Same principle is in place for SSD. Manufactures advertise sustained transfer rates but the important stat for a OS drive is access time (which determines the speed of random read/writes).
Here's a link to a 32gb sandisk for $30 http://slickdeals.net/da/mem-i/p46847290/k4569/u125110/r4
These work just as well as the 16gb ones.
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thx, i actually went got the 8GB one for 20 bucks locally bc i didnt want to wait for an online order. seeing it works so well ill prob get the 32 GB one..
so the 32GB works in there? i didnt think they could read them over 16GB....
thx
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thx, i actually went got the 8GB one for 20 bucks locally bc i didnt want to wait for an online order. seeing it works so well ill prob get the 32 GB one..
so the 32GB works in there? i didnt think they could read them over 16GB....
thx
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32gb is theoretically the maximum, since 64gb cards will all be part of the new SDXD standard. Then again, several people have found that the 64gb SDXC cards work in their SDHC devices so we'll just have to wait until someone tests one in the nook color to know for sure if it'll support it (I wouldn't hold your breath, our hardware is fairly old).
I can certify that the 32gb works fine, as can numerous others who I've seen post.
Although 99.999999999999999% of the MicroSD Cards which are 32GB are Class 2, I noted that the 16GB which Verizon stocked in the Rezound is a Class 4. I suspect that means we should go no lower than Class 4.
Anyone know of a good and legitimate 32GB SD card which is Class 4 or even better? I note that Class 6 and Class 10 all tend to be brands I have never heard of (other than 1 by PNY).
Recommendations are appreciated.
Sandisk has a class 4 32gb micro on Amazon for $37. I just ordered mine, and it should be here in a few days. I'll let you know what I think of it when it gets here.
Anything faster?
Anyone successfully use a Class 6 or 10 that was NOT a fake and actually worked close to speed?
This is a Class 10 but I don't want to guinea pig it
http://www.amazon.com/PNY-microSDHC-Flash-Memory-P-SDU32G10-EFS2/dp/B005BOMU3K
Someone put in a 64gb, don't know what class, and the RZD formatted it and it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353148
I asked about class in there and someone said unless you are going to move large amounts of stuff regularly then class 2 or 4 is fine.
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I asked about class in there and someone said unless you are going to move large amounts of stuff regularly then class 2 or 4 is fine.
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Yeah, the only real difference is the transfer time. If you're swapping a lot of data on a daily basis (like copies of your BluRay movies), then a higher class rating makes it go faster, but doesn't have any other effect on the performance of the phone, to my knowledge.
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Yeah, the only real difference is the transfer time. If you're swapping a lot of data on a daily basis (like copies of your BluRay movies), then a higher class rating makes it go faster, but doesn't have any other effect on the performance of the phone, to my knowledge.
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JD, there's a thread elsewhere on xda that talks about card speeds and basically recommends that the sweet spot is a 32g class 4 card. I have 3 of 'em (all bought at various sales just under $40). One is in my Rezound; one is in my tablet, and one is kept synced to the one in my phone via Microsoft Synctoy....because all cards ultimately fail.
i was reading somehwere that this may affect the speed of how videos write to the card if you save to card..is that true?
i'm gonna get a 32 gig as well, but should i go for class 4 or 6?
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JD, there's a thread elsewhere on xda that talks about card speeds and basically recommends that the sweet spot is a 32g class 4 card. I have 3 of 'em (all bought at various sales just under $40). One is in my Rezound; one is in my tablet, and one is kept synced to the one in my phone via Microsoft Synctoy....because all cards ultimately fail.
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Do you have an amazon link to the one you found to be the best?
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Someone put in a 64gb, don't know what class, and the RZD formatted it and it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353148
I asked about class in there and someone said unless you are going to move large amounts of stuff regularly then class 2 or 4 is fine.
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Yeah that 64 GB is a class 6. It's part of Sandisk's new mobile ultra cards. They make em in all sizes I believe.
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i was reading somehwere that this may affect the speed of how videos write to the card if you save to card..is that true?
i'm gonna get a 32 gig as well, but should i go for class 4 or 6?
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That's a valid concern. I don't know the bitrate at which the camera records the various formats that it is capable of, but I'd say that a Class 4 is a safe bet in any case.
For a smartphone doing HD recording you want "atleast" a 4. Anything slower might get stuck in swapping. Personally I think it's one of those things with go with what you can afford/feel comfortable with. Though I'm also using a class 10 16GB since I can't stand being bogged down on transfers. I mean honestly, it's an LTE phone, not an HD camera. I don't need a 32gb, I stream everything.
Play back is a different story, a class 2 32gb works fine as long as the app does proper buffering. Though it will always load faster with a faster SD card.
"Sandisk has a 64GB micro SDHC card out, although its $219."
Ouch. Not cheap.
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"Sandisk has a 64GB micro SDHC card out, although its $219."
Ouch. Not cheap.
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This one works and is a much better price, especially when mom gives it to you for xmas.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobil...510U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326679568&sr=8-2
Thread about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353148
I have the Pro versions and backup weekly. I just noticed, it was taking 3.5Gb of internal storage so I offloaded to desktop, then deleted. phone seems a little faster? not to mention I would only really need it if I lost phone, so being on card would be no help. what do you all do?
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I have a 32gb ext-sd so i just leave it on there. I backup all of my nandroids to my pc though.
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I have a 32gb ext-sd so i just leave it on there. I backup all of my nandroids to my pc though.
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Odd that you mention it, I have Lexar 32Gb Class 10, nothing on it. I keep everything on my desktop (naturally) but I use ZumoCast.
Anything above a class 6 doesn't really benefit on a mobile phone (especially android) Supposedly its actually bad for the SD card. I had 2 different brands of class 10 including lexar and it will only read at about 6mb. I paid extra money for nothing because my 16gb class 4 sandisk out performed them both lol.
The lexar fried by the way because it couldn't handle the constant flashing and whatnot probably. He rage quit on me!
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Anything above a class 6 doesn't really benefit on a mobile phone (especially android) Supposedly its actually bad for the SD card. I had 2 different brands of class 10 including lexar and it will only read at about 6mb. I paid extra money for nothing because my 16gb class 4 sandisk out performed them both lol.
The lexar fried by the way because it couldn't handle the constant flashing and whatnot probably. He rage quit on me!
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I agree, and I disagree. I originally had a SanDisk 32Gb Class 2, I found a cheap KomputerBay 32Gb class 6 I got. The SanDisk was 3 times (seriously over 3 times) faster so I returned it the next day. When I lost my phone last month and I saw the Lexar Class 10 for $60.00 I got it? I have not done any benchmark test, but I'm happy with it.
I have heard that for most, its an overkill. But I have also heard it all depends on what your doing? I would assume games like GTAIII and MW3 would benefit from the faster reads as would HD Video?
Not my field of expertise, but Im happy.
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I wanna buy SD card to my SGSII. Will my phone operate 32 GB SD card ? Does 32 GB SD card make my phone slower ? Which class of SD card should I buy ?
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I wanna buy SD card to my SGSII. Will my phone operate 32 GB SD card ? Does 32 GB SD card make my phone slower ? Which class of SD card should I buy ?
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I have a SanDisk 32GB Class 4 MicroSDHC, works perfectly and doesnt slow down the phone.
I have watched 1080 video via MHL from the SD card.
Yes, 32GB is max. Open case so you can see what sdcard goes inside. No it doesnt make your phone slower, I think. But 32+16 GB is too much, so it might lagg a bit.
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Yes, 32GB is max. Open case so you can see what sdcard goes inside. No it doesnt make your phone slower, I think. But 32+16 GB is too much, so it might lagg a bit.
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As long as the SD card has good enough random reads/writes it wont slow the system down at all (aka as long as its a good card its fine, aka the Scandisk ones are a safe bet, and actually the lower classes have better random read/writes).
The only thing is that if you have a lot of media the media scanner will take longer to finish (derr).
Thanks everybody, was also gonna ask the same question.
Nope. Sandisk 64GB micro SDXC works just fine with SGS2. However, I digress...
I concur with Veyka, my Sandisk 32GB/Class 4 works more than admirably for pretty much any/everything I've thrown at it so far. And they're fairly cheap too (<$50 AUD for me).
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Yes, 32GB is max.
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It's better to take some class 6 or class 10 card (but class10 is abit expensive and its almost no difference in most cases on SGS2).
The card will not slow your phone by itself, but a lot of files or media can slowdown mediascaner abit and increase battery consumption by mediascaner.
Just wanted to jump in with a reminder. The class rating of the card refers to the write speeds. So the class is irrelevant when you're talking about the performance of opening/reading files. The class is only relevant when writing to it.
That said, get a brandnamed card. I recommend Sandisk. I have a Class 2 32GB Sandisk that actually performs (from my testing) faster than a Class 4 rating.
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So the class is irrelevant when you're talking about the performance of opening/reading files. The class is only relevant when writing to it.
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Yes SD card classes shows minimum write speed (because before classes some manufacturers was "cheating" using "×" as read speed)
But read speed usualy almost equal to write speed. So reading from class10 card is for sure faster than reading from class 4 card. Just check this article on wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#.C3.97_rating
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Yes SD card classes shows minimum write speed (because before classes some manufacturers was "cheating" using "×" as read speed)
But read speed usualy almost equal to write speed. So reading from class10 card is for sure faster than reading from class 4 card. Just check this article on wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#.C3.97_rating
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That appears to be on a case-by-case basis depending on the card manufacturer.
From my own testing, my Class 2 32GB card can write at about 4MB/s (which is on par with a Class 4 card).
I also have a Class 10 8GB card which obviously can write faster than the Class 2.
But both of them are neck-and-neck when it comes to read speeds.
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Nope. Sandisk 64GB micro SDXC works just fine with SGS2. However, I digress...
I concur with Veyka, my Sandisk 32GB/Class 4 works more than admirably for pretty much any/everything I've thrown at it so far. And they're fairly cheap too (<$50 AUD for me).
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Cheers MB. I've been looking at them on eBay but thought class 4 may be a bit slow. Think I may get one now. For about $40 aud they are a bargain.
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NP ;-) I paid a bit more than that for mine ($48 @ MSY from memory), so you're doing well if you can get one for 40 bucks.
I don't see the point of paying a lot more (double and more) for a card with a higher class rating for pretty much negligible improvement in "performance". We are talking about a phone after all, and this card handles 1080 video (recording it/writing it to the card) just fine which is probably the most "intensive" activity the phone is capable of.
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Cheers MB. I've been looking at them on eBay but thought class 4 may be a bit slow. Think I may get one now. For about $40 aud they are a bargain.
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Thanks for help guys
I have a Samsung 16gb class 10........ its the best card i've had... All i will say, pay a little more for a good brand, or your next thread you will be complaining about errors and sd card problems
For normal day to day usage in the phone there'd be very little difference in a class 4 or 10 card. However copying 32gb onto a class 4 card is a slow progress !! Spend the little extra and go class 10.
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NP ;-) I paid a bit more than that for mine ($48 @ MSY from memory), so you're doing well if you can get one for 40 bucks.
I don't see the point of paying a lot more (double and more) for a card with a higher class rating for pretty much negligible improvement in "performance". We are talking about a phone after all, and this card handles 1080 video (recording it/writing it to the card) just fine which is probably the most "intensive" activity the phone is capable of.
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Didn't want to wait for one to arrive off eBay so a mate told me to go to Centrecom (Australia, Melbourne). Bought a class 10 for $50. Tests show write at between 10-11mb/s and read at between 18-20mb/s. Pretty happy.
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