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Is a microsd class 2 enough for recording hd videos and running apps?

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

iammodo said:
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.
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so basically you're saying i can buy any card i like and itll be fine?

soulzero said:
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.

Chad_Petree said:
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.

soulzero said:
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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francomur99 said:
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.

francomur99 said:
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 class is this sd card?

http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/SanDis...&ic=10_0&ref=125875.g125875&r_sort=PRICE_LOHI

Class 2 I would assume? :0

dwitten said:
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...
cheers

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.

muneebrocks said:
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

HellRa1SeR said:
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

muneebrocks said:
http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/SanDis...&ic=10_0&ref=125875.g125875&r_sort=PRICE_LOHI
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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.

[Q] Micro SD suggestion

hello evryone , i would like to hear your suggestions on class 10 micro sd cards avalible atm. mostly to suggest manufacturer

well in India, i only know of Transcend.

hehe, i got many choices here, and as far i saw, Samsung ones are cheapest, will propably get one of 16gb class 10, should be fine, need class 10 becouse i want expand internal memory

btw, is there big diference in speed between 8gb/16gb/32gb class 10 cards?

try use SDcard 16GB class 10..

hey, i am confused a bit, on seller website, says
Samsung MICRO SD Plus 16 GB, HC Class10
Read (MB/s) 24
Write (MB/s) 21
while more expensive card
Transcend micro SD 16GB HC Class 10
Read (MB/s) 16,95
Write (MB/s) 11,61
are those numbers correct

Transcend stats seem more real
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The difference is noticeable. I have a Kingston 4Gb class 10 aprox 8 euro.

Q: transcend sdhc 32gb class 10?

hello. i am wondering if transcend sdhc 32gb class 10 card is compatibile with desire s because of desire's SD 2.0 standard, and transcend sd card is 3.0 standard.
have anyone tried this card on desire s? what are your expiriences with this micro sd card?
tnx in advance
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Have the same card
I get 8mb write and 18 mb read speed
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If it works then great but I can't imagine class 10 will be cheap, I picked up a 32gb class 4 for £20 or so from play.com, speed is about 1-3mbps write speed class 10 is much faster but lower classes don't take that long, just a thought
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Bought a Samsung 16gb Class 10... It's Samsung's fastest microsd (as of Feb 2012). I emailed HTC before buying it and they said it was compatible. So, I ordered it.. Worked like a charm.
Original Samsung supplied (8gb, Class 2):
Writing: 3.11 MB/s
Reading: 6.05 MB/s
New Samsung (16gb, Class 10):
Writing: 9.64 MB/s
Reading: 11.16 MB/s

It works quite well on my DS.
Speed is Ok.
Cost me 1700 INR...
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sd card
i have sandisk ultra 32gb class 10 micro sd and it is very fast. can really recommend this one cause it was only 30 euro's then, maybe even cheaper now.

Patriot 32gb micro sdhc class 10 works nice with my DS, no problems...

GGLDN said:
If it works then great but I can't imagine class 10 will be cheap, I picked up a 32gb class 4 for £20 or so from play.com, speed is about 1-3mbps write speed class 10 is much faster but lower classes don't take that long, just a thought
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Was there any noticeable difference in speed during regular use of the phone other than transfer times like apps taking longer to load or the phone being sluggish in general? Im getting a 32gb class 4 for the equivalent of about $17 here. Only class 10 card available was 16 gig.

nikhilmulay said:
Was there any noticeable difference in speed during regular use of the phone other than transfer times like apps taking longer to load or the phone being sluggish in general? Im getting a 32gb class 4 for the equivalent of about $17 here. Only class 10 card available was 16 gig.
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Yes, it 's much faster when format the card with allocation unit 64k..

i use sandisk 16gb with class 10
EhabYoussrey said:
Yes, it 's much faster when format the card with allocation unit 64k..
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i use class 10 write speed is 13mb/s ..

I use Sandisk 32Gb 10th class! It works perfect and really fast on my DS! Before I had the same but 4th class ... big difference in speed! So I recommend 10th class!:good:

Which SD card?

Can someone tell me which is the highest class of SD card,which will b fully used by Desire S
And is there noticeable drop in performance of the phone between full 16gb and 32gb?
Thanks

Imo class 10 is the fastest SD-Class.
I'm using a 16Gb class 10 card and it's really fast.
32Gb card was (for me) too expensive...
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gobczak said:
Can someone tell me which is the highest class of SD card,which will b fully used by Desire S
And is there noticeable drop in performance of the phone between full 16gb and 32gb?
Thanks
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Class 10 is the fastest micro SD card for now, but the htc engineer does not suggest that we use it because it could lead to some unknown error.
Class6 is enough.
32GB is supported by Desire S.
The purchase of the brand, Samsung is not a good choice because their indicators are virtual.
That's my personal opinion,just for reference.

I moved from a 16g class 4 to a 32g class 6 card, everything runs smoothly and didn't really notice any drop in performance.
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i am using Kingston 8GB MicroSDHC Class 4...its working awesome

Toshiba 16gb class 6. No problem so far.

Got a 32 Go samsung class 10, works perfectly for me
tested via SD card tester,
average write speed 9.2 Mo/s
average read speed 11.4 Mo/s
Maybe I was lucky - but I'm happy with it

8 Gb SanDisk Class 4, works well enough but USB transfer speeds could be better

Class 4 sandisk 8gb, 5.8 write, 11 read. Thanks for the other info, I'm upgrading.

Scandisk class 10 16GB works like a charm with no problems.
Read 19.5
Write 8.6
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Sandisk 32GB class 10 or Kingston
When you test a lot of roms (as beta tester), different tools or apk skinned, you need some space and faster w /rw
You could find this class of sdcard not really expensive, you must search a little.

i think people are exaggerating with these SD card classess.. my advice is that class4 and a quality brand should be enough for everyone. in fact you can have a class10 card from a noname manufacturer and the actual speed is same as class4 and a good brand. good brands are all that actually manufacture the chips. they are toshiba and sandisk/samsung. if you buy a sony, nokia or similar, you also buy those mentioned before, only rebranded. there is much written about this on the web, but in general: if you can't afford a 16gb class10 sandisk and they are trying to sell you same spec kingston for half of this price, it does mean something!