Does anyone know what class micro sdhc card to get for the Skyrocket? I don't want to waste money on a class 10 if it only needs a class 4 or 6.
It supports all those classes. I recommend getting a class 4 sandisk, that's good for both read / write speeds and reliability.
I'm on a kingston class 4 16GB microsd and although the read speed is quick, writing several small files is incredibly slow.
So would a class 10 card be good or bad? I'm going to keep my eye out for Black Friday deals. Maybe I can get a good price on a 16 or 32 GB card, but I was just unsure of what class would be the best bang for the buck. Thanks for the info.
earlthepearl said:
So would a class 10 card be good or bad? I'm going to keep my eye out for Black Friday deals. Maybe I can get a good price on a 16 or 32 GB card, but I was just unsure of what class would be the best bang for the buck. Thanks for the info.
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I m using Class 10 32GB PNY and its d best! I had class 4 32GB PNY which took more than 2 hour to copy 6GB of music, but class 10 it copied 17GB of Music and 6GB of pics within hour. SO i would suggest getting 10 class.
I have a class 10 16gb and a class 4 32 gb. Would 1 be better than the other or does it really access that much data that it would make a difference.
It's been said that for 1080P video recording you should get at least a Class 6 micro SD card. One with real class 6 speeds, not just insinuated speeds.
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Keep in mind that I'm not a photographer. I'm just repeating what I've read on the net. This isn't one of my areas of "expertise".
Zibri said:
1920x1080P = 330 MB/min.
Those are Mega BYTES / minute
That translates to 45 Mega BITS per second.
According to wikipedia:
Class 4: 32 Mbit/s (4 MB/s)
Class 6: 48 Mbit/s (6 MB/s)
Class 10: 80 Mbit/s (10 MB/s)
But there's a catch:
since video is compressed, you will reach 45 Mb/s only when shooting at non compressable stuff like water, fire, a football game etc etc
That's why many people have success with Class 4 cards.
But as they shoot at something really fast moving or blurred, they will have a lockup.
I strongly suggest, as the manual says, CLASS 6 or higher.
SanDisk Secure Digital video HD (SDHC) seems to be the cheapest class 6.
To make a serious test, set the camera in full 1920x1080 @ 30 fps and shoot while moving around yourself... that will be a reliable test.
If you shoot a still subject I think even a class 4 will always work
Thanks for reading,
Zibri
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Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital for a comprehensive explanation.
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I'm trying to post any micro card deals I find in this thread, through Thanksgiving & CyberMonday.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354596
+1 for the Class 10 32GB PNY !!!
Im using a 32gb and my wife has a 16 gb on her S2. No lag on either phones. Super Fast. Highly recommend.
ANY class card WILL work, it will just read at a slower speed if it needs to. i.e if you put a class 10 card but it only supports class 4, the card will work, at class 4 (even though its a class 10 card)
samsung hasn't released the information on speeds for this phone for some reason =(
however, i'd be VERY surprised if it can in fact support class 10 cards.
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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.
I'm from the perspective of purchasing a memory card, 16 or 32 GB
I await your advice to not buy anything.
thank you
Just for the record, I'm more tempted by a 32 GB...
depends what you are going to be using it for?
music apps photos etc?
i have a 16Gb class 10 Joytech card in mine and it performs very well
Well, regardless of what you're going to use it for, extra free space is always welcome, and who knows, maybe you'll find yourself in need for more space than a 8 gb or 16, so, if the price difference ain't that big, go for 32.
The biggest and fastest you can get . Recently I bought 16GB class 10, because a/ I wanted to see if a faster card would make the shutter in video recording go away and b/ I needed a bigger card (one that would be enough to store a full season of TV shows - roughly 8GB and have space for my photos/music/apps). Because for me faster was more important than bigger I searched for class 10 cards and settled for 16GB (at a bargain price too - 30 EUR). I have to say that I'm very happy with it - it's really class 10, no shutter at all and I have enough space to copy a full season of a TV show to have with me to watch while I have nothing else to do.
whatever size you do get make sure its minimum class 6 or above otherwise as stated the speed (or lack of) may start to annoy you
SanDisk 16GB, best price-performance ratio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm from the perspective of purchasing a memory card, 16 or 32 GB
I await your advice to not buy anything.
thank you
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Go for 32 Gigs.
even tho if youre low on money go for it! then you`l never go out of space
and the DHD dont slow down either so its a win win win!
Would recomend you to get atleast a 8gb class 6, you can get them for under 9GBP on amazon. In my opinion those are the bare minimums. You need class 6 to record 720p video without stutter and 8 gb holds decent ammount of music/videos.
It all depends on how much you willing to spend in reality.
Personally i just bought Patriot 16GB class 10.
I don't think anything above class 6 is very useful seeing as the memory card reader on the DHD may not be fast enough to read/write anything faster than that, but I could be wrong. I have a 16GB Class 4 Duracell myself which works at very high speeds, way above the classification. For it's price a very good card, in my opinion. But I'd go for 32GB if I had the money for it.
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I don't think anything above class 6 is very useful seeing as the memory card reader on the DHD may not be fast enough to read/write anything faster than that, but I could be wrong. I have a 16GB Class 4 Duracell myself which works at very high speeds, way above the classification. For it's price a very good card, in my opinion. But I'd go for 32GB if I had the money for it.
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The DHD can read/write at speeds way higher than 6MB/s. My class 10 card has transfers of 19/11 MB/s (in the phone, not via a SD adapter) and there are reports of beter (and more expensive) class 10 cards working at even higher speeds.
Transcend 32 gb class 2 ( 4 mbyte/s write, 10 mbyte/s read)
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I have a class 4 and I never noticed any video shutter
Thank you for all your replies.
I have almost 10GB of music and movies to put on.
I bought a SanDisk 16GB class 6.
Thanks
Recommeded Sd Card 16gig
well i use kingston 16gig class 2 and it seem to be fine nat had any problems with it have used other sdcard found kingston and scan disk to be about the best
Hi,
currently I'm having an 8 GB microSDHC Class 4 in my Sensation, would there be any noticable performance improvement if I'd get myself a new class 10 (or anything else better than 4) card? I don't really know if my 4 MB/s writing speed and ~20 MB/s reading speed (some sd-tools said) are slowing down my system or not? Where exactly would the "positive" effects be?
Thanks for your help.
If you are rooted, get a higher capacity card like 32GB class 4 or 6 and install sd booster from the market. If you want to get class 10 32GB card, then try PNY 32GB class 10 from newegg. Some people say that PNY is not good but if you look at the reviews it is pretty good. Using sd tools from the market, it has about the same write/read speed as lexar class 10 but cost much less.
Well see title
Adata's first Ultra High Speed I (UHC I)
Damn, my class 10 32GB is feeling old.
Yup just like mine...
Transfer rates will be up to 300% faster, and it won’t just be SDHC and SDXC cards enjoying the boost — microSDHC and microSDXC will benefit as well. The end result? A maximum transfer rate of about 312MB per second, easily fast enough for shooting full HD video on your fancy new camera or booting Chromium OS from your card reader.
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cant wait for the day there are 2TB micro sdxc uhs-I cards
does nobody know?
It would probably work, however it would I don't think (don't take my word either!) that the sensation can handle the speed!
+ 1
It is called evolution....or not.
But what is the real speed difference?
I didn't see any. The speed is the same as in 32 class 10 (20 mb/s).
What is the catch?
http://www.adata.com.tw/index.php?action=product_specification&cid=7&piid=147
comparing with
http://patriotmemory.com/products/specs/microSDHC10.pdf
that adata is a oem from sandisk, i have the sandisk and these are the results.
with UHS
write 7.7-8 mb/s
read 38mb/s
without UHS (normal SD/SDHC/SDXC spec)
write 7.7-8mb/s
read 18mb/s
this card will work on any android phone that support upto 32GB, but you wont get the uhs 1 speed.
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IannEefje said:
Yup just like mine...
Transfer rates will be up to 300% faster, and it won’t just be SDHC and SDXC cards enjoying the boost — microSDHC and microSDXC will benefit as well. The end result? A maximum transfer rate of about 312MB per second, easily fast enough for shooting full HD video on your fancy new camera or booting Chromium OS from your card reader.
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you gonna have to wait for the UHS 2, UHS 1 supports upto 104mb/s
kevinliu2336 said:
cant wait for the day there are 2TB micro sdxc uhs-I cards
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consider the cost, and you will need to wait many years for the release, also they may not make it into the market.
So I'm in the market for a new SD card, I'm currently using the 8GB C4 that came with the phone, but it currently has less then 100MB of space on it. (Filled with music, photos, etc).
I'm interested in getting a 32 GB Micro SD card, as I can almost easily fill that up too . But I'm stuck between the cheaper C4, and the slightly more expensive C10 version.
I know that the C10 would allow me to transfer data from my PC 6MB's faster then a C4, but is that the only difference? I've seen some people mention video recording would be smoother, and others have said that's wrong. Would it be better to save myself $10-$12 and just get the slower C4 instead? And is there certain cards that are known NOT to work with the Inspire?
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
As long as you stay away from the junk that is often on ebay, you should be good to go. It's not just the write speed that's faster, the read also increases. And the price often isn't that much different between the C4,C6, and the C10. Just watch for sales. Example: local Fry's will have the 32g Samsung C10 on sale for $36.
I bought a sandisk 32gb micro sd card from Amazon 3 weeks ago for about $34. It works great for me and being on a buget to price wasn't to shabby either.
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Thunder350 said:
So I'm in the market for a new SD card, I'm currently using the 8GB C4 that came with the phone, but it currently has less then 100MB of space on it. (Filled with music, photos, etc).
I'm interested in getting a 32 GB Micro SD card, as I can almost easily fill that up too . But I'm stuck between the cheaper C4, and the slightly more expensive C10 version.
I know that the C10 would allow me to transfer data from my PC 6MB's faster then a C4, but is that the only difference? I've seen some people mention video recording would be smoother, and others have said that's wrong. Would it be better to save myself $10-$12 and just get the slower C4 instead? And is there certain cards that are known NOT to work with the Inspire?
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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A few threads about this in the correct section already. Thread should be moved to the Inspire 4G Accessories section.
Agoattamer said:
A few threads about this in the correct section already. Thread should be moved to the Inspire 4G Accessories section.
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This thread has been dead for over 3 months. Why revive it just for that?
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This thread has been dead for over 3 months. Why revive it just for that?
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Pay attention. I didn't revive it. The poster above me did. And it is a month in a half and not 3 months old.
Sandisk 16 gb SDHC
My micro sd card
strontium 8gb
PNY 32gb Class 10 - 39.99 on newegg.com
PNY 32GB Class 10 micro SDHC card, but I've been using a Sandisk 64GB micro SDXC card for the past month or so with great results. I still need to run more tests on it but it's been so damn hectic at work these past months lol Damn bakery X_X
Sandisk 32GB Class 4
Sandisk 32gb Class 2.
Sandisk 32gb Class 4
samsung 8g class 2
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mrpaulharris said:
samsung 8g class 2
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but, it's close to full so I'm wishing for something bigger
Off brand 16 gig class 10. getting good read and write speeds
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Sandisk 32gb
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003OA8T92/ref=oh_o02_s02_i00_details
What is the difference between the classes like class 4 or class 10. writing and reading speed?
EK2 said:
What is the difference between the classes like class 4 or class 10. writing and reading speed?
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yes, higher the class the higher the speed. there is no 'official' standard for what each class is supposed to be, because it varies based on manufacturers. Anything class 2 and above can do 720p video recording.
Lexar class 10 from Amazon, 55. Bucks.
so far so good, the speed difference is noticeably faster than the SanDisk c4 I took out
Sandisk 32GB Class 4