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Hi,
This may be a silly question for some but i've searched around and i still cannot find a definitive answer anywhere with regards to micro sdhc cards being used in the samsung galaxy s. If i was to purchase a micro sdhc card am i going to need some form of adapter? I only ask because most places i shop around only sell micro sdhc cards.
It was my understanding that the galaxy s only had a micro sd slot which is what is currently confusing me.
Thanks.
it supports up to 32 GB of microSD
anything larger than 4 GB = SDHC support
Galaxy S supports Micro SDHC.
(Allgamer basically said that, just in a slightly roundabout manner).
I'd like to know (please), whether the device can perform all functionality such as record hd and playback 720p movies over dlna from a class 2 card? I want to order a sandisk 16gb card, but would save the pennies on a class 4, if a class 2 performs well.
you could still get a class 6 16GB cheaper than getting a Class 2 16GB Sandisk, if you buy from other brands like Transcend (excellent), Adata, OCZ, Kingston, etc....
If it helps, I'm using an old class 6 Transcend 8GB. Bought for a micro DVcam (hence the need for class 6) last year and think it was around £10 then - possibly cheaper now?
You can get a 8 GB SDHC from DealExtreme.com for < $20 any day of the week.
Lexar Secure Digital 16GB class 10, 133X
How about this one?
Lexar Secure Digital 16GB class 10, 133X
Tip: SDHC
Size (MB): 16384
Rate (MB/s): 20MB/s
Class 10
Is Lexar a good name for memories?
I am currently using 4 GB Micro SDHC card with SGS.It is my old phones (HTC HD Mini) Micro SDHC card and it is working great.
I just bought this Wintec 16GB class 10 from Newegg.com... now whether it's an actual class 10 that's to be determined cause it's in the mail. But for $30 you at least get 16GB.
anyone try a-data 32gb class 10?
I'm curious if anyone try a-data 32gb class 10?
half the price of other 32gb cards.
the reason I ask is many folks report issues with hd cams.
Neil
neil85ae86 said:
I'm curious if anyone try a-data 32gb class 10?
half the price of other 32gb cards.
the reason I ask is many folks report issues with hd cams.
Neil
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you sure that is a class 10 micro SD 32GB? (i think it's a normal size SD)
if so, i'm soooooooo buying one
please post link, i want to buy
Talking about the classes.. ya think the GalaxyS can really max out the speed? I doubt so..
Sandisk 32GB SD card is a class10? What is the max read/write transfer rate can anyone can confirm? Please
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Talking about the classes.. ya think the GalaxyS can really max out the speed? I doubt so..
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Class 6 write is quite easily archiveable, but i do doubt about Class 10
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Sandisk 32GB SD card is a class10? What is the max read/write transfer rate can anyone can confirm? Please
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not that i know of, so far all the confirmed legit SanDisk 32Gb has been Class 2
some places advertise they have Class 4 SanDisk 32Gb microSD but.... the picture and the price listed are those of a Class 2
some people have confirmed the Class 2 SanDisk 32Gb microSD can write 4Mb/s but that was on a new empty disk test
i would like to see some test done on 60% full 32Gb Class 2 SanDisk microSD to see if it can sustain a Class 4 write after half full, being a Class 2
check this review link http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/review-of-kingston-class-4-32gb-microsdhc-card/
should buy Kingston or Sandisk 32GB MicroSD for my Samsung GT-i9000 Galaxy S
or any other brand?
AllGamer said:
Class 6 write is quite easily archiveable, but i do doubt about Class 10
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How ?? A 720p video at maximum quality usually takes around 1.5 ~ 1.8MBps, so a Class 2 (2MBps guaranteed write speed) in theory should be quite sufficient, at least with my Class 2 cards I haven’t had any trouble recording 720p video.The Sandisk 16GB Class 2 I have can be written to at a minimum constant speed of 8MBps (has around 4Gigs of Data on it already). And the Nokia branded (not sure about the actual brand) 8GB Class 2 which I got with my previous Nokia phone can be written to at 4MBps + (has 7Gigs of Data already). So IMO as long as you go with a name brand you should be able to get more than 2MBps writing speed which should be enough for 720p video.
You might get better speeds when transferring large files to your phone, but how often do you do that ?? And if you do that over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth like I mostly do, it won't matter at all. Spending on anything above class 6 (e.g Class 10) IMO is a total waste of money. I use a class 6 on my DSLR to record 1080p video, haven't had any issues with it so far. So I hardly think Galaxy S can exhaust a Class 6 card, or even a branded Class 2.
video is a secondary use
i use it mainly for applications and data transfer (portable hard drive), the faster the better, the less noticeable lag, and speeds up Titanium Backup quite considerably
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not that i know of, so far all the confirmed legit SanDisk 32Gb has been Class 2
some places advertise they have Class 4 SanDisk 32Gb microSD but.... the picture and the price listed are those of a Class 2
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The recent batch of SanDisk microSDHC cards (seen here in Brussels in Media Markt and Fnac) has Class 2 marking changed to Class 4 (8, 16 and 32GB). They have exactly the same packaging down to part numbers. That's mine for example: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/ping_ling/android/microsdhc.jpg
And here's something on it http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Mobile...ught-new-card-is-this-fake/td-p/189102/page/2
Im planning on buying a 16 gb microsd card but all i can find is cards class 2 is that enough for recording 720p and loading applications installed to the SD card ? keep in mind that i also plan un buying a optimus 2x which has 1080p recording
Which brand do you like better? sandisk? kigston? trascend?
I read that sandisk class 4 cards are REALLY good but they dont show up in their website or amazon :/ , it seems they only sell class 2 cards, and kingston offers cards class 10 and 4 , class 10 seems a little excessive
Class 4 but really class 6 is what u need class 2 will die
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yeah minimum a class 4
class 2 is just a pain, it will make you want to throw the phone away, and explode it into a million tiny bits
class 6 is the normal speed for a fluid experience
Im using a Sandisk 32GB class 2 card, it writes at 5~7Mb/s depending if its a large file or several smaller ones and read as higher than 15Mb/s
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Class 4 but really class 6 is what u need class 2 will die
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class 2 will die? u mean its on its way out?
Ive been reading good comments about the sandisk cards, but they only sell class 2 cards :/ , what brands are u guys using?
If you are getting a 16gb card, or less sandisk, kingston or toshiba, class 2 or class 4 offers similar read/write speed, although the toshiba and kingston is a little faster, the sandisk is much stable.
Read is about 11-14mb
write is about 8mb
I had a toshiba 16gb class 2 in my i9000, it plays 720p videos without any problems, now i am using a lexar 32gb class 10, results aren't any different.
Hope this helps.
lexar 32gb class 10? jezus christ you must have payen an arm and a leg for that ****.
kms108 said:
If you are getting a 16gb card, or less sandisk, kingston or toshiba, class 2 or class 4 offers similar read/write speed, although the toshiba and kingston is a little faster, the sandisk is much stable.
Read is about 11-14mb
write is about 8mb
I had a toshiba 16gb class 2 in my i9000, it plays 720p videos without any problems, now i am using a lexar 32gb class 10, results aren't any different.
Hope this helps.
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so basically you're saying i can buy any card i like and itll be fine?
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lexar 32gb class 10? jezus christ you must have payen an arm and a leg for that ****.
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Approximate usd 85.
The class designation of SD Cards ONLY represents the sustained WRITE speed to the card in MB/s. So, class 2 means it can be written to at 2MB/s, while class 10 means it can be written to at 10MB/s.
The designation has no reference whatsoever to the read speed of the card. So, basically every response stating otherwise in this thread is wrong. You should be able to get suitable sustained read speeds out of any class 2 or higher SD Card for the purposes you will be using it for. It will just take you longer to transfer the data to it in the first place. As for video recording from your phone, class should should be plenty as I'm pretty sure 720P comes in under 2MB/s.
Wow, yea. Just that i seen some online shops which class 2 32gb cost 100$
But on amazon the lexar class10 32gb is really cheap...
http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-MicroSD...610M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296152464&sr=8-1
Anyway, i got a 16gb class2 card (a-data) and i can play 720p and record just fine...
Electroz is right. Its only about transferring and stuff.
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so basically you're saying i can buy any card i like and itll be fine?
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The speed of the card used in the phone does not make much of a difference, its onlt when you transfer data to and from Pc, but its always best to get the fastest available, if the budget is the main problem, consider getting a kingston or toshiba, but make sure you get one that is made in japan, as the taiwan version is a litttle slower, japan version are becoming harder to get now, since the japan factor has transferred their production to the taiwan site.
The classes stated on each card is only the minimum it will reach.
Class 2 at least 2 mb read/write
class 4 at least 4 mb read/write. etc.
So it can be anything above the actual figures.
For more info on microsd, see my link in the sig, although its a little out dated.
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Wow, yea. Just that i seen some online shops which class 2 32gb cost 100$
But on amazon the lexar class10 32gb is really cheap...
http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-MicroSD...610M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296152464&sr=8-1
Anyway, i got a 16gb class2 card (a-data) and i can play 720p and record just fine...
Electroz is right. Its only about transferring and stuff.
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The actual retail price for the lexar 32gb class 10 is 149 usd.
No problems with 32GB Class 2 here, it can record and decode 720p just fine, and there is nothing else as intensive as those tasks that you'll be doing with this handset (may not be enough to support 1080p in future handsets, but that remains to be seen).
Don't buy into this rubbish about needing Class 4 or 6 cards, unless you regularly load very large numbers of small files to your card, in which case you may want the higher write speeds.
when you run apps and/or games off the SD (App2SD) the slower the card the more time it takes to have a fluid experience, specially heavy stuff from gamesoft, or simply opening the application manager and waiting for the icons to load
repeat the same tasks with a slower card vs a faster card and you'll see the difference
of course you'll not really see much of a difference, unless you card is more than 50% full, and have over 300+ apps installed
You can buy a Kingmax 16GB Class 6 at Amazon for £43. I didn't had any problem to find it. Class 6 is much better. See you - Frank
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You can buy a Kingmax 16GB Class 6 at Amazon for £43. I didn't had any problem to find it. Class 6 is much better. See you - Frank
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for that price I can get 2 class 10 Kingmax 16gb.
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You can buy a Kingmax 16GB Class 6 at Amazon for £43. I didn't had any problem to find it. Class 6 is much better. See you - Frank
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amazon is always over priced, i rather buy them locally at the computer stores
Adata microSDHC 16GB, class 6 $35
Wintec microSDHC 16GB, Class 10 $36.49
Patriot microSDHC 16GB, class 4 $40
Kingston microSDHC 16GB, class 10 $102
i can also get authentic
Kingston 32GB microSDHC Class 4 Flash Card W/ Full Size SDHC Secure Digital Adapter $116.15
so at £43 pounds i easily get 2x Adata 16 GB class 6
which i already have many (each of my 5 phones has one, plus another one on the video camera CountourHD 1080p), and they work really good
LOL i always run out of battery before i run out of space in my video camera
AllGamer said:
when you run apps and/or games off the SD (App2SD) the slower the card the more time it takes to have a fluid experience, specially heavy stuff from gamesoft, or simply opening the application manager and waiting for the icons to load repeat the same tasks with a slower card vs a faster card and you'll see the difference
of course you'll not really see much of a difference, unless you card is more than 50% full, and have over 300+ apps installed
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If your getting cards from a non generic name brand, the read speeds should be around 15-25Mb/s , My class 6 card actually had a slower read speed of 15Mb/s compared to my Class2 ( 28Mb/s )
At the end of the day the difference between loading something was barely noticeable even skipping to different portions of a 3.7GB movie, Im guessing the phone it self is the bottleneck and not the card.
1% or 99% full should have ZERO effect on the read/write speed this is not some mechanical drive nor having 1 or all the apps in the market.
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Again the class rating is only a rate on what is the minimum write speed the card can handle, sandisk rates their 32GB at class 2 when it writes at 6-7Mb/s ( making it class 6 ) on the phone and about 10Mb/s using a card reader ( making it class 10 )
AllGamer said:
amazon is always over priced, i rather buy them locally at the computer stores
Adata microSDHC 16GB, class 6 $35
Wintec microSDHC 16GB, Class 10 $36.49
Patriot microSDHC 16GB, class 4 $40
Kingston microSDHC 16GB, class 10 $102
i can also get authentic
Kingston 32GB microSDHC Class 4 Flash Card W/ Full Size SDHC Secure Digital Adapter $116.15
so at £43 pounds i easily get 2x Adata 16 GB class 6
which i already have many (each of my 5 phones has one, plus another one on the video camera CountourHD 1080p), and they work really good
LOL i always run out of battery before i run out of space in my video camera
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yeh, buying from a local store is cheaper, from the same price of a kingston 16gb class 10, you can get a 32gb class 4, but the fastest microsd on the market is the kingston 32gb class 10, but stock is very limited due to high prices, and you probable need to place an order and pay in advanced, i'm still searching for one, since the last time i heard about it about 9 months ago.
adata are the cheapest cards now, but the speed are rather slow, compared when they only released the 8gb about a year ago.
What size memory card are you using? Do you wish you got a bigger card?
4GB Sandisk class 6 transplant from my old G1.
I wish I had gotten the 8GB. Card back then but I think the G1 did not support that size or did not have the money for a bigger card.
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Using my 8GB from my MyTouch Slide. Uhhh so far, it's been good. With the internal phone storage, I've barely used any of my SD card.
Just upgraded to adata 32gb class4, $47 from newegg about a month ago.
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I got 4Gb but class 10. Its fast.
I have a full 32GB... so I need a bigger one.
32GB Patriot
You should have made this into a poll.
8 gig class 4, i think that with the internal memory is just fine
32 gb class 6
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16GB class 10
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I have an 8GB class 6 and its too small. I also have a 16GB class 2 (from HD2) and it is too slow. I am looking to get a 32GB class 4 or 6 which should be just right.
16 GB. Mine is only a class 2 but I haven't had any issues that i can tell even when recording HD video.
16 GB Class 10 and for now don't need more space
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Lexar Class 10 32GB, I don't need that space but I wanted to keep the option for a lot of music or pictures/video there
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I have a spare 16gb card from the HD2. Using that.
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I have an 8GB class 6 and its too small. I also have a 16GB class 2 (from HD2) and it is too slow. I am looking to get a 32GB class 4 or 6 which should be just right.
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That's what I was waiting to see if someone said that. 32GB will be plenty for me.
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The 8G would be fine other than I use the phone to transfer ~5GB of CAD files to and from work pretty often. Add in a GB of music and I have very little space left. I was going to pick up a 16GB card with a decent class but I looked at what I COULD put on it and I would run into the same wall. 32GB should allow for work files, music, PS ROMs, A couple movies (got transformers 1&2 with my HD2) and have room to even grow from there.
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I have an 8GB class 6 and its too small. I also have a 16GB class 2 (from HD2) and it is too slow. I am looking to get a 32GB class 4 or 6 which should be just right.
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Just curious with your class 2 16GB card, where do you notice it being slow? Or maybe a better way to ask it is, with the faster card, when do you notice the speed gains?
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Just curious with your class 2 16GB card, where do you notice it being slow? Or maybe a better way to ask it is, with the faster card, when do you notice the speed gains?
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the 16GB class 2 card I have is out of my HD2 and is a very low grade card to begin with. Theoretically it should have transfer rates of around 2 MB/s or better. A class 6 card should have around 6 MB/s or better. When I tested between the cards I copied a folder of 200mb worth of mp3s onto the card and looked at what windows was reporting for the transfer rate. I got 1-3 MB/s with the 16GB class 2 and 4-8 MB/s with the 8GB class 6 when doing this. Considering I sync 5GB of files, most of which change on a regular basis, that makes a huge difference. I didn't test read speeds at the time.
From a more touchy feely place, indexing after a reboot took longer. Syncing my work files took a lot longer. It also took larger games (GOF2) longer to start with the 16GB card (when on the SD) and GOF2 was more prone to FC at startup.
The scenario I have with my work is really what is holding me back from using the 16GB class 2 right now.
If you would like me to run some tests with both cards I can do that tonight. I was planning on playing with different SD-Booster settings tonight anyway. Let me know what you would want to see.
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the 16GB class 2 card I have is out of my HD2 and is a very low grade card to begin with. Theoretically it should have transfer rates of around 2 MB/s or better. A class 6 card should have around 6 MB/s or better. When I tested between the cards I copied a folder of 200mb worth of mp3s onto the card and looked at what windows was reporting for the transfer rate. I got 1-3 MB/s with the 16GB class 2 and 4-8 MB/s with the 8GB class 6 when doing this. Considering I sync 5GB of files, most of which change on a regular basis, that makes a huge difference. I didn't test read speeds at the time.
From a more touchy feely place, indexing after a reboot took longer. Syncing my work files took a lot longer. It also took larger games (GOF2) longer to start with the 16GB card (when on the SD) and GOF2 was more prone to FC at startup.
The scenario I have with my work is really what is holding me back from using the 16GB class 2 right now.
If you would like me to run some tests with both cards I can do that tonight. I was planning on playing with different SD-Booster settings tonight anyway. Let me know what you would want to see.
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Great info. Thanks! I asked because I have a 16GB class 2 in mine right now. Haven't really noticed any reason to upgrade to a faster card yet but just wondering how noticeable the difference would be. I always like getting real world experience from someone using the product. It usually means more than the theoretical numbers.
Thanks again. Very helpful.
I'm using an 8gb class 4, works good but I'm looking go bigger and faster.
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I am about to buy this 32gb micro sd class 4 card
Just double checking with the pros here hehe
http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Cla...dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Would this work?
I don't see why not. On Virgin Mobile's web site it says that it will support up to a 32 GB card. I had no problems upgrading mine to a 16GB.
I don't care about recording video or copy from computer speed. Class 4 is enough?
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I don't care about recording video or copy from computer speed. Class 4 is enough?
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I think the class of the sd card will have an effect on overall performance - not just r/w from a computer or video recording.
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sandisk or trancend?
i upgraded from a class 4 16gb to a class 10. i don't do video recording, but the music app is definitely faster, especially when skipping songs rapidly. stupid album art.
my class 4 card was able to do ~8MB/s read and write. my class 10 does 20MB/s read and 14MB/s write. no sd card tweaks applied.
that said, class 4 was pretty much fine. the stock 2gb card that comes with the triumph is class 4 from what i've read. i've had two triumphs and they've come with different cards though, neither of which i've used.
im going to get the class 4, but should i get sandisk or transend?
http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/SanDis...&ic=10_0&ref=125875.g125875&r_sort=PRICE_LOHI
Class 2 I would assume? :0
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Class 2 I would assume? :0
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Assume? How can you tell?
It's class 6.
Its class 2 because it has a 2 at the top right in a circle
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I have a class 4 32gb sd card I'd sell you for sell than what Walmart wants for that 16 gb class 2.
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It's class 2
you can knew the class by looking at the number inside "C" letter on SD
max class sd card
what's the max class my dhd can handle? i've read that when you use a class 10 sd card in a phone that can only handle class 6, your speed will be brought back to class2, because the phone can't handle it??
Is that true? i don't know whether it's worth spending a couple more euro's for a class 10 16gb, instead of class 6 16gb. I don't mind spending some extra euro's (especially when it improves) but i do mind when it slows down the phone...
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i think the DHD is compatible with a class 10 sd but im not certain. i have a class 6 16gb sandisk sd and it is really quick.
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http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/SanDis...&ic=10_0&ref=125875.g125875&r_sort=PRICE_LOHI
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Its a Class 2. Class of card is always mentioned on the card in the circle .
tril said:
what's the max class my dhd can handle? i've read that when you use a class 10 sd card in a phone that can only handle class 6, your speed will be brought back to class2, because the phone can't handle it??
Is that true? i don't know whether it's worth spending a couple more euro's for a class 10 16gb, instead of class 6 16gb. I don't mind spending some extra euro's (especially when it improves) but i do mind when it slows down the phone...
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DHD supports class 10 cards. I personally have a 16gig class 10.
From what I have seen there's only a marginal difference between 6 and 10.
If you already have a class 6 there's no need to go for a 10.
Otherwise go for the class 10. You'll be amazed at the speed.
i wouldn't recommend buying a class 2, they may be cheap but the performance sucks
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Its a Class 2. Class of card is always mentioned on the card in the circle .
DHD supports class 10 cards. I personally have a 16gig class 10.
From what I have seen there's only a marginal difference between 6 and 10.
If you already have a class 6 there's no need to go for a 10.
Otherwise go for the class 10. You'll be amazed at the speed.
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Me too - I also have 16gb class 10.
I'd say a class 6 is maximum you need though for a bit better results via HD video recording etc....I just got a class 10 just because it was going cheap on play.com and has awesome reviews.
Matt
I also have a class 10 32gb limitation card in mine, it tops out around 12mb p/s when writing to and can read around 25mbps, i get much better speeds though when using a card reader, but those speeds are fine for my use...
i confirm, this is class 2 because he have a 2 in a circle
nice
This is very much informational... Thnx...
I use 16Gb class 10 and fixed my problem with lagging videos, when shooting 720p! And it was quite cheap :good:
It's class 6
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That card is class2. I'll recomend you class 10. Very good for HD recording, and quick accessing files from SD Card.
Buy a 32G Class 10. It's not expensive now. It is the half the price compared to 1 year ago.