Hi guys,
So I recently got an Acer a500 and was wondering what the best MicroSD card I can get for it is. I was thinking about a Sandisk class 4 32Gb SD Card. Is that good? I'm looking for a card that will be fast for supporting apps to SD Card. I also heard Sandisk is the best SD cards for Android. Would a class 10, 16Gb be better? I seen one but not Sandisk. Thanks for the help.
Papaniz said:
Hi guys,
So I recently got an Acer a500 and was wondering what the best MicroSD card I can get for it is. I was thinking about a Sandisk class 4 32Gb SD Card. Is that good? I'm looking for a card that will be fast for supporting apps to SD Card. I also heard Sandisk is the best SD cards for Android. Would a class 10, 16Gb be better? I seen one but not Sandisk. Thanks for the help.
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There is no such thing as "best" as there are several dozen manufacturers selling cards, and still almost all the flash chips on them come from the same factories. If you want speed then obviously class 10 is better than class 4. Just make sure you don't buy one from eBay or such as those places sell fakes for suckers who do not know how to check if they are fakes or not.
My adata one I got off new egg a class 4 32GB had been good performs at class four speed and can load to full cap. Without error
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I'm thinking of getting a 16Gb, Class 10 flash card Kingston. Don't know if links are allowed otherwise would've linked it. It's $43.
SanDisk Mobile Ultra Class 6 32GB
I'm going for the SanDisk Mobile Ultra 32GB it's a Class 6 30MB/s depending where you are checking you can find it from 43 euros (amazon.de) to 100e, I think it's the fastest, I use SanDisks in all my devices, DSLR, mobile etc, most reliable so far. Not sure why Samsung for example calls its card a Class 10 if it's 24MB/s
Class is the write speed, like class 10 is 10 MB/s. The class bits can't go higher than 10, so it's a limitation of the SDHC specs. The read speed can vary though, so a 30MB/s read means it could probably write that fast, but it can't report over 10. It's set to whatever the mfg thinks is reliable for write speeds.
New interfaces are using UHS (50 MB/s r/w), DDR UHS (95 MB/s) while still calling it class 10 for older compatibility. Then there's UHS-2 which is 4x that.
Sorry to hijackthe thread, but we can go up to 64GB on the iconias, right?
Nope. 32GB is the limit for SDHC. SDXC goes to 2TB, but the Iconia is only compatible with SDHC.
my Asus transformer prime takes sdxc just waiting for some larger spec and cheaper ones to come out currently limited to 128 gb
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CuriousTech said:
Class is the write speed, like class 10 is 10 MB/s. The class bits can't go higher than 10, so it's a limitation of the SDHC specs. The read speed can vary though, so a 30MB/s read means it could probably write that fast, but it can't report over 10. It's set to whatever the mfg thinks is reliable for write speeds.
New interfaces are using UHS (50 MB/s r/w), DDR UHS (95 MB/s) while still calling it class 10 for older compatibility. Then there's UHS-2 which is 4x that.
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Oh yeah! My mistake.
Update: It is actually a UHS-I class, just read the description more carefully!
I'm using the Sandisk 64GB SDXC in my A501 and it works fine. I only had to format it in the PC to NTFS.
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Interesting! What does it show for total space after NTFS format? If it's SDXC compatible, it should be able to handle anything up to 2TB.
It says total memory ("Gesamtspeicher" in German) is 59.46 GB.
I have copied many movies on the card (now only about 14GB empty space is available) and all files can be accessed fine.
It would really be nice to know if this means that we even could use cards above 64GB once these will be available...
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It would really be nice to know if this means that we even could use cards above 64GB once these will be available...
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SDHC-standard supports only up to 32GB cards, SDXC-standard supports much more than than but A500 does not support SDXC. So no.
Murpsel said:
It says total memory ("Gesamtspeicher" in German) is 59.46 GB.
I have copied many movies on the card (now only about 14GB empty space is available) and all files can be accessed fine.
It would really be nice to know if this means that we even could use cards above 64GB once these will be available...
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There's no reason that it should have any trouble if it can handle 64GB as SDXC and NTFS have an addressable range of 32 bits x 512 (2TB). It's similar to switching from a 16-bit CPU to a 32-bit CPU. There's no 17-bit CPU.
It's hard to believe this has an SDXC interface though, but then the difference isn't as much hardware related as SD to SDHC.
I know that the A500/A501 should not be able to handle SDXC cards.
But at least my A501 does it very well with the Sandisk 64GB card. For everybody with doubts I have attached some proof.
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I know that the A500/A501 should not be able to handle SDXC cards.
But at least my A501 does it very well with the Sandisk 64GB card. For everybody with doubts I have attached some proof.
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i to have put a 64 gb card in my tablet. It does work . I Have the card formatted NTFS. In 3 partitions.. i actually bought it to use in a windows tablet that i no longer own.
In my iconia i now keep a class 10 16 gb card that is PNY BRAND....I see No reason for anything larger.. With what i use my tablet for no reason to be bigger. the 64 gb card was over 100.00. but got on amazon with a gift card from another site...I also have a 1.8 micro drive. that is 128 gb .. that works awesome thru usb port.. I forget the brand as its in a generic case. i think its a Toshiba drive..Not looking while writing this as its in my purse downstairs...
every chic should have a hard drive in her purse right.. Giggles..
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every chic should have a hard drive in her purse right.. Giggles..
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I actually have a very neat portable hard drive in my phone: it has 32GB internal storage plus it also can be expanded with an SDHC card. And the phone can act as a regular USB drive, so it can be plugged to A500 or whatever. Terribly handy.
Yeah, I don't think I'd buy one right now at $3 per GB or even $100, but that's great news for the future when 32 is considered too small to be useful
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This thread is produced for people who may have interest in purchasing the 4GB micro SDHC memory Card, with info and a simple test that I have conducted with the latest 4 GB, 6GB and 8GB micro SDHC memory cards.
So far there are only four brands available on the market, but may be more, these are the Toshiba, kingston, Adata and Sandisk. So before you go out and buy yourself one of these, you must take into consideration of the following points.
-Micro SDHC is not compatible with all device that supports Micro SD,
-Micro SDHC/Full size SDHC are only in there early stage of the market,
And 4 GB is the smallest size available going up to 32 GB, Although larger sizes may not even make their way onto the market.
-Some people have issues with these cards, saying they are thicker than normal Micro SD, and having problems removing them from their devices, although none of the problems has arisen yet for me.
-The prices of these cards are quite expensive, anything from USD 47 to USD 140, depending where you buy them from.
-Due to high prices not many places stock these cards when they were first released, but now they are more popular and are much easier to find. The Adata, Sandisk and kingstons are much easier to find, but the Toshiba brands are mainly sold in Asian, and harder to find in US and the UK.
-Unlike normal Micro SD/SD cards, where manufacturer label individual card for their speed as 25X, 45X, 60X, 66X, 150X, high speed, ultra high speed, turbo and super etc.
This is very confusing for people in search for a fast memory card and can be very misleading, for SDHC the speed is divided into three classes.
Class 2 = 2MB/s
Class 4 = 4MB/s
Class 6 = 6MB/s
The Classes are referred to the minimum write speed, as for the read speed, this will depend on the manufacture.
-The only devices that I know which supports the 4 GB SDHC is:-
Nokia N95 mobile phone
Nokia 6110 Navigator mobile phone
Nokia 6500 classic slider mobile phone
Motorola Z8 mobile phone
HTC Touch window mobile 6 PDA
HTC Touch Enhanced version
HTC Touch Dual
HTC P3600I
HTC Tytn II and all the variations
Cyclops Cyclos DS Evolution Flash Carts
M3 DS Real
M3 DS one SDHC
There are others, these are the only one I know.
Here is a simple test using the program HD Tach to test the speed of these cards.
To conduct this test, the following were used:-
PC using p4 3.00GHZ CPU, 80GB HD with 512MB Ram, with only five programs installed.
6GB and 8GB tested on my Pentium III Dual 1.266GHZ cpu, 120GB HD with 768MB Ram.
HD Tach windows program
Micro reader (memory card reader made by Adata, one of the fastest readers on the market for Micro SD)
Kingston/Toshiba 4 GB class 4 SDHC micro SD made in Japan
Sandisk 4 GB class 2 SDHC micro SD made in China/Taiwan
Adata 4GB class 6 SDHC micro SD made in taiwan
*Updated 6-12-2007
*Added
Adata 4GB class 6 made in Taiwan Version 2 (Second released batch has different layout of the PCB)
Sandisk 6GB class 4 made in china (test has been done on a lower spec PC, so if a better spec PC is used, results may be better)
*Updated 7-12-2007
*Added
Sandisk 8GB class 4 made in china (test has been done on a lower spec PC, so if a better spec PC is used, results may be better)
*Updated 2-1-2008
*Added
Kingmax 4GB class 4
Test Results
Sequential Read Speed
Toshiba 20MB/s
Sandisk 10.8MB/s
Adata 20MB/s
Adata V2 20.1MB/s
Sandisk 6GB 19.4MB/s
Sandisk 8GB 19.5MB/s
Kingmax 4GB 16MB/s
Burst Speed
Toshiba 20.6MB/s
Sandisk 10.8MB/s
Adata 20.4MB/s
Adata V2 20.4MB/s
Sandisk 6GB 19.9MB/s
Sandisk 8GB 20.1MB/s
Kingmax 4GB 15.9MB/s
Random Access
Toshiba 0.9ms
Sandisk 1.1ms
Adata 0.7ms
Adata V2 0.7ms
Sandisk 6GB 1.6ms
Sandisk 8GB 1.7ms
Kingmax 4GB 0.8ms
Average Read Speed
Toshiba 19.8MB/s
Sandisk 10.7MB/s
Adata 19.8MB/s
Adata V2 19.7MB/s
Sandisk 6GB 19.3MB/s
Sandisk 8GB 19.5MB/s
Kingmax 4GB 15.5MB/s
Write Speed in Seconds with 129MB (131MB for 6GB and 8GB Micro SDHC) of Data transfer from PC to Card using Cut and Paste.
Toshiba 26-27s
Sandisk 28-29s
Adata 15-16s
Adata V2 16-17s
Sandisk 6GB 13s
Sandisk 8GB 12-13s
Kingmax 4GB 16-17s
Actual write speed in MB/s
Toshiba Approximate 5MB/s (32X)
Sandisk Approximate 4.3MB/s (28X)
Adata Approximate 8.6MB/s (56X)
Adata V2 Approximate 8.2MB/s (52X)
Sandisk 6GB Approximate 10.1MB/s (70X)
Sandisk 8GB Approximate 10.2MB/s (70X)
Kingmax 4GB Approximate 8.2MB/s (52X)
Actual usable memory size of cards before format in GB.
Toshiba 3.74GB
Sandisk 3.79GB
Adata 3.81GB
Adata V2 3.74GB
Sandisk 6GB 5.68GB
Sandisk 8GB 7.60GB
Kingmax 4GB 3.74GB
All info and data from this test was collected and produced by me, so if anyone has questions regarding the accuracy of the contents, I will not be held responsible for any errors that you may encounter from it.
Due to differences of the card reader and PC specs used, other ppl will get different results whether it's better or worse, but figures will be very similar.
FYI: The Red and Black micro SDHC reader in the photo is called the mobile mate micro reader by sandisk, it can reader and write both micro sd and sony M2, and is supplied as a package with the 8GB Micro SDHC, and read/write at full speed, although the test did not use it.
kms
Awesome info! So, no difference in reading between Class 4 and 6 with your set up. But the advantages were seen in writes.
So, from your writeup, no phone was used in this test. Any chance a similar test could be run using the phones? I dont know if any such tools exist for WM...
if you buy a card with a class 6, you definate get at least 6MB/s transfer speed, as for class 2 and class 4, it doesn't mean it's slower, even these can reach a data transfer rate higher than the class 6, but is not guaranteed, looking at my results, you can see that class 2 and 4 has only a minor differances.
as for testing them out on the phone, i have'nt come across any programs that you can test out, but a fast card like the toshiba, kingston or the adata allows the phone to display thumbnail photos much quicker, as it does have a read rate of about 20MB/s compared to the sandisk at around 11MB/s.
kms
Does anyone know the speed of the microSDHC interface in the Kaiser? Maybe Class 6 would show no improvement at all over Class 2 ??
Chris
According to your tests, I bought the slowest card available! The Sandisk.... Thanks for the info!
Don't know if these figures are of any help (I really don't know what they mean in terms of speed etc) but I used Pocket Mechanic Professional to give me the info on my 4GB Sandisk in Orange TyTn II
Here's what it said . . . . .
File system read test (unbuffered) - 7.32 MB/sec (buffered) - 9.32MB/sec
File system write test (unbuffered) - 394.16 kb/sec (buffered) - 3.21 MB/sec
Does that help anyone??
tiptoekirk said:
According to your tests, I bought the slowest card available! The Sandisk.... Thanks for the info!
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if you look carefully....
Sandisk is class 2
Toshiba is class 4
Adata is class 6
all with 4GB of space.
so infact, it shows how slow the Toshiba is in terms of writting....
all else, are quite well proportioned.
actually the toshiba is'nt the slowest, it does meet the industial standard, class 4, which offers at least 4MB write spped, by offering 5MB/s.
kms
kms108 said:
actually the toshiba is'nt the slowest, it does meet the industial standard, class 4, which offers at least 4MB write spped, by offering 5MB/s.
kms
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well, all the cards did meet its specifications... just that when comparing in this test, and considering the classification at the same time, it just slightly faster than a class4 card, so that is relatively slow.... thats what I meant anyway.
Any Idea where i can by the Adata microsdhc card?
Prefered in Germany.
I can't find it.
What is the currently fastest 4GB Card for my Kaiser?
Seppl82 said:
Any Idea where i can by the Adata microsdhc card?
Prefered in Germany.
I can't find it.
What is the currently fastest 4GB Card for my Kaiser?
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it's only available in hong kong so far, to what I know, may be is afew weeks you'll start seeing them in online stores.
kms
updated with adata second version and sandisk 6GB
updated with 8GB micro sdhc.
kms
kms108 said:
updated with 8GB micro sdhc.
kms
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Any problems with the 8gb card and Kaiser? i'm looking to get an 8gb card you have any recomendations
Regards
Pilgrim
using the 8gb as i speak, you only get about 7771.30mb of usable memory.
kms
When is a larger one than 8GB coming out?
Supposedly the TYTN II & AT&T Tilt can support Micro SDHC up to 32GB... I am holding out until I run out of space on my old 4GB card... I want to buy a 32GB! But seriously...
when are the larger sizes coming out? Anybody read anything about what is appearing on the market and when?
Updated with kingmax 4GB Class 4
kms
KruseLudsMobile said:
Supposedly the TYTN II & AT&T Tilt can support Micro SDHC up to 32GB... I am holding out until I run out of space on my old 4GB card... I want to buy a 32GB! But seriously...
when are the larger sizes coming out? Anybody read anything about what is appearing on the market and when?
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This is just technology business as usual. Why release the latest thing when you can milk the people out of there money by releasing the new technology in stages. Don't be fooled it will be awhile before the bigger sizes come out. But anyway HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, THIS SITE ROCKS.
hi everybody
i'm looking for a SHDC microSD card and many thanks to who had open this topic.
i've listen all but i don't understand which is the better microSD for my Tilt: which is the most important parameter that i've to check to find it?
is it possible that the Adata are very good?i've right undestand?
help me
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if you can afford the 6GB or 8Gb, they are the best choice, with high read and write speed, but if your budget is low, consider the adata 4GB.
but in any case, the transfer rate for any of these cards when transfering direct from the phone, the speed are very similar, it's when you use a fast micro sd card reader, that it takes full advantages of the speed.
just a word to note, more is better, it's always better to have more memory available, than finding out you may need to buy another memory card later on.
kms
What is the fastest compatible 64GB Micro SD card for the Note 3. By compatible, I mean I don't want to get a blazing fast card that the note can't take advantage of. The reason I ask is I want to minimize processing time when taking full resolution shots with the camera and I want to minimize any potential sd card write lag that would occur when shooting video in 4k. More important than opinions to me are people's experiences with fast micro sd cards on this phone. I'd like to know what you have and how it works in relation to video choppiness and picture taking on the highest resolutions.
Thanks.
Update: I've purchased a Sandisk extreme plus 64gb card and after over a month now, am very pleased with its performance. I made this decision based on reading many reviews about the success of this model versus the ultra series. I'd suggest staying away from the ultra series for 64gb micro sd cards, as I've read lots of failures for this model. The extreme plus is apparently more durable somehow and holds up with much more success. Previously, I used a regular Sandisk 32gb microsd that came with my HTC Thunderbolt, I now have it as a backup in the event that this new card does fail. Stay tuned...
papaavi said:
What is the fastest compatible 64GB Micro SD card for the Note 3. By compatible, I mean I don't want to get a blazing fast card that the note can't take advantage of. The reason I ask is I want to minimize processing time when taking full resolution shots with the camera and I want to minimize any potential sd card write lag that would occur when shooting video in 4k. More important than opinions to me are people's experiences with fast micro sd cards on this phone. I'd like to know what you have and how it works in relation to video choppiness and picture taking on the highest resolutions.
Thanks.
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I use a 64 gb san disk class 10 micro sd i got from amazon.com iv had it since the note two cam out and now use it on my note three its the fastest one i have use and ive tried a few the write and read time is unnoticeable its by far the best card ive ever used the only other one i have used that can compare is the new sony 64 gb card i use that one if i fill up my san disk
Here is a link to one of the best microSD cards you can get that is compatible with the phone.
EDIT: you could record the video and then transfer it to the SD card after, and having a faster card would definitely help with that.
EDIT 2: OK I lied, it will record to the card. I could have sworn I saw a pop up one time that said it would only save to device.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDSDQ...H6JS/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1382059399&sr=8-8
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My SanDisk class 10 is pretty damn fast!
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Im using a PNY 64Gb card that does 40Mb/s supposedly at Best buy for $99
I also have this same one:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDSDQ...H6JS/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1382059399&sr=8-8
It was a daily deal on Amazon last Nov 2012 for $38. Right now it's $49, but it changes up/down a few times a week.
Cool thanks guys
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I would avoid using high capacity SanDisk usd cards. They are prone to random corruption, which is what happened to me with GS3. Since then, I found XDA threads on the subject and had been using a Samsung usd card in my phone as it had a much better reliability record.
The above is based on my own personal experience and research. There will be plenty of others that will swear by their SanDisk high capacity usd cards, but I personally will not use one in my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427110
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I would avoid using high capacity SanDisk usd cards. They are prone to random corruption,
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I agree, sandisk are junk.
I still have a sandisk 64 gig in my phone from back when they where the only one available, but I have THREE defective sandisk 64 gig cards sitting here also.........
I've never had a problem with any San disk cards of any type been using them since psp came out never had even one corrupt on me yet so I wouldn't exactly say they are prone to fail on you I have at least 30 San disk cards all still work flawless
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What about the extreme versions?
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Sandisk has an extreme version out of the 64gb. 80mb/s read, 50mb/s write. And for the record I have never had a Sandisk card fail ever.
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jbeitel said:
Sandisk has an extreme version out of the 64gb. 80mb/s read, 50mb/s write. And for the record I have never had a Sandisk card fail ever.
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Nice. I've used a regular 32gb san disk micro sd that came with my Thunderbolt. Still works great today, but it's time for a faster card. Do you or anyone else notice the write speed difference on the note 3 between extreme version and sdxc?
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How much are the Samsung cards and where are you getting them?
jmorton10 said:
I agree, sandisk are junk.
I still have a sandisk 64 gig in my phone from back when they where the only one available, but I have THREE defective sandisk 64 gig cards sitting here also.........
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Some people get bad batches is some people don't. For example I have a 64 gig SanDisk Ultra. And I have been able to run apps to SD, as in running a script to swap the memory units between the onboard an SD card and I've been doing this since the card came out without an issue.
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Sandisk Extreme 64GB
I have the Extreme and it's noticeably faster. I noticed it when browsing pictures using QuickPic. If you delete the cache, it recreates the cache faster than any other MicroSD card that I've tried. I replaced a 64GB Ultra with this Extreme and it's absolutely faster.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D6XTMFC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
I went with the 64gb sandisk extreme plus and a month into it and it's working beautifully.
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Im using a PNY 64Gb card that does 40Mb/s supposedly at Best buy for $99
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I bought the same card at Frys for $29 on black friday, actually has better stats after testing then my SanDisk ultra, so I use it as my daily driver
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Well I've had 2 SanDisk 64gb ultras go bad on me ?
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Well I've had 2 SanDisk 64gb ultras go bad on me ?
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yup.
like I said, sandisk are junk.
Since only having 16gb the need for an SD card is high, been using a 64gb Sandisk Ultra which I thought was a good card.
Since trying to play Half Life 2 from the SD it takes ages to load and stutters not a massive deal but annoying none the less.
Did a full test of the nand memory with reboot and that came back at 89 read and 36 write.
The Sandisk came back with 35 read & 7 write.
Gone for a 32gb 633 Lexar card. Roughly 90mb/s read 40mb/s write.* Paid £21 inc cash back.
The only other card I could find faster was the Sandisk Extreme PRO which is only available in 16gb flavour and clocks in at an impressive 90 read and 90 write. Expensive though. £26 for 16gb
The Sandisk Extreme Plus looks good as well with 80read & 50 write, bit more expensive than the Lexar. £30 for 32gb
Should be here in a couple of days, I'll do a few tests and report back.
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Great! I look forward to those results.
I've noticed stuttering in HL2 when installed on the internal memory as well - one point got as bad as having 5 second bouts with the sound repeating on a single frame. When you chuck explosive barrels, everything often stops right before impact. I wonder what, if anything, can be done to help this. Luckily, spots this bad are rare.
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Am I mistaken that the usb 3.0 adapter it comes with is what gives it the huge speeds? Pretty sure it will still bounce around 30-50MB/s in an actual sd slot.
Here are speeds benched on a Galaxy S5
A1 SD Bench Results
Quick -
R: 30.23 MB/s
W: 25.45 MB/s
Long -
R: 33.78 MB/s
W: 23.84 MB/s
Random -
R: 8.22 MB/s
W: 1.0 MB/s
Accurate -
R: 33.96 MB/s
W: 25.46 MB/s
Not slow but not 80MB/s+ either.
Riku98523 said:
Am I mistaken that the usb 3.0 adapter it comes with is what gives it the huge speeds? Pretty sure it will still bounce around 30-50MB/s in an actual sd slot.
Here are speeds benched on a Galaxy S5
A1 SD Bench Results
Quick -
R: 30.23 MB/s
W: 25.45 MB/s
Long -
R: 33.78 MB/s
W: 23.84 MB/s
Random -
R: 8.22 MB/s
W: 1.0 MB/s
Accurate -
R: 33.96 MB/s
W: 25.46 MB/s
Not slow but not 80MB/s+ either.
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Hmm strange my old ultra Sandisk gets better reads than those results but the writes seem good.
I doubt one would see 80+ reads in a device but should be better than the ultra, one would expect, a bit of testing will be done.
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Dumb question, but do you have the tablet not set to optimized?
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Why would it be a dumb question, yes set to optimise!
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Why would it be a dumb question, yes set to optimise!
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Would being on optimized be one of the issues with slow game loading? I'd be interested to see if someone could measure the read/ write speed while playing from the internal memory. I'm torn between the 128GB Sandisk Ultra 48MB/s read and the 64GB Sandisk Extreme Plus 80 MB/s.
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Why would it be a dumb question, yes set to optimise!
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I imagine that the game would perform better when your tablet is set to max performance and also plugged in. On optimized without receiving any extra power it might have occasional stuttering but still be relatively playable. I've noticed a general smoothness while playing on my couch in console mode that I didn't always have otherwise but it was still common.
OK got the new Lexar card today.
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It's made a massive difference?
Half Life loads as quick as nand and the stuttering has gone Yay. (Maybe the tiniest micro pauses but almost imperceptible)
Using foldermount for all the stubborn apps like Trine, Gta etc. I still have 9+GB of nand free.
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OK got the new Lexar card today.
It's made a massive difference��
Half Life loads as quick as nand and the stuttering has gone Yay. (Maybe the tiniest micro pauses but almost imperceptible)
Using foldermount for all the stubborn apps like Trine, Gta etc. I still have 9+GB of nand free.
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those are some good speeds! I'm surprised. might have to order one of those. tho not so sure on the brand.. never really heard of them lol
Edit: - I wonder what the performance is like on the 64gb Lexar micro sd card, I just ordered one, as I can return it back to amazon if the performance isn't any good,
are you able to do an Accurate test in that benchmark program? see what your results are like..
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OK got the new Lexar card today.
It's made a massive difference?
Half Life loads as quick as nand and the stuttering has gone Yay. (Maybe the tiniest micro pauses but almost imperceptible)
Using foldermount for all the stubborn apps like Trine, Gta etc. I still have 9+GB of nand free.
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I wanna test my Samsung class 10 card. Which testvapp did you use?
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I wanna test my Samsung class 10 card. Which testvapp did you use?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a1dev.sdbench&hl=en_GB
also I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkeydonate.lagfix&hl=en_GB to keep the internal memory fast. (needs root)
Sandisk extreme plus 64gb
Samsung Pro 64gb
I should be getting the Lexar 633 64gb, on Friday, and ill put some more benchmarks up to compare.
Lexar has been in the flash memory game as long as I can remember (and that includes when CF was common and SmartMedia was the main contender). I've have multiple lexar cards and never had any issues. I suppose they're not as well known as sandisk but they are darn good.
Did a more complex text on the lexar which came back at 73/24ish.
The performance with HL2 is pretty stellar.
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Did a more complex text on the lexar which came back at 73/24ish.
The performance with HL2 is pretty stellar.
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Nice so I guess Lexar is the way to go.
Do they make a 128GB micro SD card? Not sure which one to get.
Or can you recommend a 128GB micro SD card that would perform just as good ?
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Nice so I guess Lexar is the way to go.
Do they make a 128GB micro SD card? Not sure which one to get.
Or can you recommend a 128GB micro SD card that would perform just as good ?
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The choice in 128 cards is fairly small AFAIK 1 the Sandisk with pretty so so performance with only a max of 30mb/s reads and the Plus 40mb/s reads, which would I think struggle with demanding games like HL2.
I would say that if you had the 32gb Shield and kept demanding stuff on the that it would be less of an issue and the 128 would be fine for normal less demanding tasks.
32/64Gb cards are the performance cards at the moment, something like the:
Sandisk Extreme PLUS 80/50(not to be confused with just the regular extreme 45/30) or the Lexar 633 are considerably faster cards.
Be careful when buying as there are a heck of a lot of copies that don't perform, don't be tempted to buy from an unreputable place based on cost.
I personally have the 32gb Lexar 633 which I found perfect for my needs and fairly cost effective at £21 after cashback :victory:
Nd. I was using a 64gb Sandisk Ultra which was toilet.
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The choice in 128 cards is fairly small AFAIK 1 the Sandisk with pretty so so performance with only a max of 30mb/s reads and the Plus 40mb/s reads, which would I think struggle with demanding games like HL2.
I would say that if you had the 32gb Shield and kept demanding stuff on the that it would be less of an issue and the 128 would be fine for normal less demanding tasks.
32/64Gb cards are the performance cards at the moment, something like the:
Sandisk Extreme PLUS 80/50(not to be confused with just the regular extreme 45/30) or the Lexar 633 are considerably faster cards.
Be careful when buying as there are a heck of a lot of copies that don't perform, don't be tempted to buy from an unreputable place based on cost.
I personally have the 32gb Lexar 633 which I found perfect for my needs and fairly cost effective at £21 after cashback :victory:
Nd. I was using a 64gb Sandisk Ultra which was toilet.
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Thanks, really wanted a 128GB but maybe just getting a 64GB will do.
Anyone else know of a good 128GB micro SD card?
Has anyone had any experience with the Samsung evo?
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Thanks, really wanted a 128GB but maybe just getting a 64GB will do.
Anyone else know of a good 128GB micro SD card?
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im only aware of the SanDisk models. iv used 3 of them, one died on me, and the other 2, running fine.
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Has anyone had any experience with the Samsung evo?
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The Pro looks like a good bet.
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It's a 8GB/1GB version.
The pictures speak for themselves. The Sdcard is PNY Turbo Perf 32GB. The left picture was taken when the PNY was formatted as internal. The internal card performance result in the 1st picture seems misleading, it's actually my sdcard, not the real internal flash memory of the phone.
I believe the sdcard encryption (don't be confused with device encryption) in Android 6.0 deliberately takes away ~50% both read and write performance of my reasonably fast Sd Card.
I am thinking about going back to 5.1.1 where I can move my apps to external storage without any performance compromise.
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I put a Samsung Evo 45mbps card in my fathers third gen G and it took a long time to format as internal memory. I also received a message when it was done saying the memory card may be too slow to act as internal memory.
Would love to find a list of cards that don't give that message.
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I put a Samsung Evo 45mbps card in my fathers third gen G and it took a long time to format as internal memory. I also received a message when it was done saying the memory card may be too slow to act as internal memory.
Would love to find a list of cards that don't give that message.
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I got the same message with the same card.
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I put a Samsung Evo 45mbps card in my fathers third gen G and it took a long time to format as internal memory. I also received a message when it was done saying the memory card may be too slow to act as internal memory.
Would love to find a list of cards that don't give that message.
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I've put Sandisk cards in 3 G3 phones and they all work exceptionally well. There is a reason that many phone and tablet manufacturers use Sandisk as their internal memory cards.
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I've put Sandisk cards in 3 G3 phones and they all work exceptionally well. There is a reason that many phone and tablet manufacturers use Sandisk as their internal memory cards.
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Thanks for this info. Since I'm planning on doing this myself I guess it'd be best to go with a Sandisk. I didn't think the brand would matter since the sd card and internal phone memory are different types of chips, but there you go.
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Thanks for this info. Since I'm planning on doing this myself I guess it'd be best to go with a Sandisk. I didn't think the brand would matter since the sd card and internal phone memory are different types of chips, but there you go.
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Buy it from a reputable source if you buy it online, it's also the most counterfeited card. Do a search and you'll find that they even make the packages to resemble a Sandisk package. I purchased a counterfeit card from Amazon once, but they made good on it.
i have 31 MB/s read and 36 MB/s write on internal memory with a SanDisk Extreme PRO 32GB U3
I was really surprised when I got the slow SD card message with a brand new Sandisk Extreme card formatted as internal memory.
I thought pretty much everyone got the slow SD card message, especially since other Marshmallow devices with SD card support had reported that quite a bit as well, and it was just a bogus warning message...
On the 3 G3's I have using Sandisk cards, I've never seen that message. I didn't know that message existed until this thread.
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On the 3 G3's I have using Sandisk cards, I've never seen that message. I didn't know that message existed until this thread.
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To be clear, we are talking about using Marshmallows "adaptive storage" feature, in particular selecting "internal storage", that is resulting in the slow sd card message. Are you using this same exact feature as well?
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To be clear, we are talking about using Marshmallows "adaptive storage" feature, in particular selecting "internal storage", that is resulting in the slow sd card message. Are you using this same exact feature as well?
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I think this might be a problem related to the microsd card interface that Motorola uses on it's low to mid-range phones rather than anything to do with the microsd cards themselves. All of the SOCs that they use (Snapdragon 200, 400, 410) support SD 3.0 (UHS-I) speeds, but I read somewhere that Motorola cheaped out to save costs and used a slower physical interface that severely limits read and write speeds. I can't find a link at the moment; I thought it was on Anandtech, but I'll update the post if I find it. I get this same message on Condor and Surnia.
yeah
performance of SD card is affected
Moto G 3rd Gen Stock w/ Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-1 U3 = 34.25MBps Read & 49.49MBps Write
Moto E 1st Gen CM13 w/ Samsung Evo UHS-1 U1 = 15.72MBps Read & 9.23MBps Write
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On the 3 G3's I have using Sandisk cards, I've never seen that message. I didn't know that message existed until this thread.
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Oh it exists... Trust me... I have seen it mentioned so many times I just thought it was a generic warning everyone got. I didn't know different until I read this thread. [emoji3]
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Even set up as Portable storage (So no encrytption) the SD card (Well my SD Card Anyway - Sandisk Extreme 32GB) is already 1/2 the speed of the phones internal memory. I wonder if encryption knocks it down another 1/2 - that would suck:
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Even set up as Portable storage (So no encrytption) the SD card (Well my SD Card Anyway - Sandisk Extreme 32GB) is already 1/2 the speed of the phones internal memory. I wonder if encryption knocks it down another 1/2 - that would suck:
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You guys do realise there are different classes of SD cards right? There's generally a little number in a circle on the card, most commonly a 4 which is relatively low performance in comparison to speed class 10. Then you have the UHS variants of speed class 1 and 3 which are ultra high speed and the number is inside a little U on the card.
SanDisk Extreme should be a UHS 3 card.
EDIT: Results with a SanDisk Ultra Class 10 Card (5.1.1 16/2 GB)
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10 stands for min 10 MB/s
UHS 3 is min 30 MB/s so your card is almost meeting that.
Then there is also UHS-I and UHS-II which might be not supported (specially UHS-II which requires extra pins).
EDIT2: The SanDisk Extreme card should also be a UHS-I card so it seems that the Moto G3 doesn't support UHS-I or/and UHS-II.
I biyed sandisk extreme 32gb sd card for marshmallow update,only 20 euro in germany,class u3,and working perfectly by me.With my old card class 10 phone lags alot.
Still confuse which SDCard to go for for my s8+, little searching on Google shows me that Sandisk Extreme 128GB U3 MicroSD Card is the fastest, any suggestions?
As far as I can tell (since we have to guess due to samsung failing to provide proper details as usual), it doesnt support UHS-II or UHS-III (275mb speeds). So you may as well get a standard UHS-I card that does around 90mb. Saw a guy test a 275mb UHS-II card and it only got 60-70mb speeds in A1 SD bench, the same as my 90mb UHS-I card does. I have yet to see anyone do any better than about 80-90mb speeds.
Considering UHS-III came out only recently it makes sense the phone doesn't support that.
I went out and bought a UHS-II card though and I'm only getting UHS-I speeds, so I can confirm that the bus in the phone is ONLY UHS-I.
What are decent UHS-I speeds? I'm getting just 40mb/sec on read and 20mb/sec on write
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Considering UHS-III came out only recently it makes sense the phone doesn't support that.
I went out and bought a UHS-II card though and I'm only getting UHS-I speeds, so I can confirm that the bus in the phone is ONLY UHS-I.
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UHS-III was releasedin Feb yes.....UHS-II was release as part of SD spec 4.0, and considering 4.10 came out back in 2013 I see no excuse for not supporting that at least, it allows speeds up to 312mb full or 156mb half duplex, MUCH higher than anything a UHS-I card will ever do.
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UHS-III was releasedin Feb yes.....UHS-II was release as part of SD spec 4.0, and considering 4.10 came out back in 2013 I see no excuse for not supporting that at least, it allows speeds up to 312mb full or 156mb half duplex, MUCH higher than anything a UHS-I card will ever do.
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I agree with you there. I really wish it was a UHS-II bus at the least.
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Still confuse which SDCard to go for for my s8+, little searching on Google shows me that Sandisk Extreme 128GB U3 MicroSD Card is the fastest, any suggestions?
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Not even close.
This is the fastest and what Im using...nothing else i know of can touch it.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...800r_128gb_professional_uhs_ii_microsdxc.html
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Not even close.
This is the fastest and what Im using...nothing else i know of can touch it.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...800r_128gb_professional_uhs_ii_microsdxc.html
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If it's giving you the speed which is mentioned in the specs then it means S8 supports U3!
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If it's giving you the speed which is mentioned in the specs then it means S8 supports U3!
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I didn't check in ny S8...crap.
My note 7 was close to as advertised though 240ish read and around 90 write if memort serves me. When i get my new S8 ill check.
But besides the speed tests i have 55gv of pictures on that card and when i browse my gallery they all load immediately when i scroll. No other card ive ever used would do that Id see lots of white black squares lol
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I didn't check in ny S8...crap.
My note 7 was close to as advertised though 240ish read and around 90 write if memort serves me. When i get my new S8 ill check.
But besides the speed tests i have 55gv of pictures on that card and when i browse my gallery they all load immediately when i scroll. No other card ive ever used would do that Id see lots of white black squares lol
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That would mean the note 7 supported UHS-II. UHS-I maximum bus speed is 104mb regardless of read or write, the same speed the S8 supports, and that means something like a theoretical maximum 95mb or so which is why you won't find a UHS-I card quoting a higher speed than that. I don't know if the note 7 had UHS-II or not (I don't think it does and I can't find any info on it either way), it's possible given it's larger size I suppose but if the note 7 was only UHS-I then there is no way it could do anything remotely close to 240.
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How are you guys testing the speeds on the cards? I have the one that Samsung sent me with my Gear VR and all that... Just wondering, I really don't think I use it enough for anything anyhow.
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That would mean the note 7 supported UHS-II. UHS-I maximum bus speed is 104mb regardless of read or write, the same speed the S8 supports, and that means something like a theoretical maximum 95mb or so which is why you won't find a UHS-I card quoting a higher speed than that. I don't know if the note 7 had UHS-II or not (I don't think it does and I can't find any info on it either way), it's possible given it's larger size I suppose but if the note 7 was only UHS-I then there is no way it could do anything remotely close to 240.
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Its been awhile i cant remember exactly but it was damn fast..i know i saw over 200 read speeds though
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Its been awhile i cant remember exactly but it was damn fast..i know i saw over 200 read speeds though
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I'm using the samsung 128gb pro select UHS-I U3 and this is what I got for a benchmark on my s8+
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Its not touching 80 or 90 in any case I think may be Sandisk one is faster as compared to Samsung's card!
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I get 60-65 read and write on my 95/90mb r/w sandisk. The very firts time I put it in and tested it I got about 80. It's a 128mb card and only has about 4gb used on it but I can't get anything aboe about 65mb ever since.
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I get 60-65 read and write on my 95/90mb r/w sandisk. The very firts time I put it in and tested it I got about 80. It's a 128mb card and only has about 4gb used on it but I can't get anything aboe about 65mb ever since.
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That's irritating and frustrating to not get the actual speed from these new high-speed cards!
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That's irritating and frustrating to not get the actual speed from these new high-speed cards!
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You will in a lap top not with the correct reader but not in a phone.....yet
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So I got this yesterday and I am really disappointed in its performance although it isn't too bad at all...
SanDisk Extreme 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card + SD Adapter up to 90 MB/s, Class 10, U3, V30, FFP https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HXR51DI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_lyWczbBDHYGXN
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So I got this yesterday and I am really disappointed in its performance although it isn't too bad at all...
SanDisk Extreme 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card + SD Adapter up to 90 MB/s, Class 10, U3, V30, FFP https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HXR51DI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_lyWczbBDHYGXN
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Same card as mine but I have the 128gb. Similar speeds too. I think that is about the best we will get on these phones, topping out around 65mb. Although the sd card speed ratings are based on perfect scenarios and we probably shouldn't expect them to hit 90mb, I don't think the phone is capable of going any faster than about 65 anyway, that is the fastest I have had on it and am yet to see anyone with higher.