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16GB microSDHC suggestions?

I want a Class 6 one. But I think over $50 on newegg is too expensive.
8GB for $15-20 on newegg... and the 16GB is double in space but more than double in price.
Where'd you get your 16GB Class 6 and how much?

Newegg ... $55-$60.

irishrally said:
Newegg ... $55-$60.
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$60 A-Data from newegg

PhantomRampage said:
$60 A-Data from newegg
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Yeah, Adata is the one I got, just couldn't remember the price exactly.

in one of these SD card threads, someone posted their result that a class 2 was just as fast as a class 6 for USB transfers. Do we really need class 6? can our phones even utilize the faster speed?

i'm with minty on this. you won't rly notice the difference. i've been using a class 2 sandisk 16gb since the day it was released about a year and a half ago. I don't regret spending that money at all, it's been with me with the g1, and now the nexus. File transfers are plenty fast and it hasn't skipped a heartbeat. I've had some dud flash memory cards in the past and they have all been cheaper cards. all of my transcend and sandisk cards are still going strong after years of use, so just go for one of those imho.

jamezracer said:
i'm with minty on this. you won't rly notice the difference. i've been using a class 2 sandisk 16gb since the day it was released about a year and a half ago. I don't regret spending that money at all, it's been with me with the g1, and now the nexus. File transfers are plenty fast and it hasn't skipped a heartbeat. I've had some dud flash memory cards in the past and they have all been cheaper cards. all of my transcend and sandisk cards are still going strong after years of use, so just go for one of those imho.
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do you happen to be running the latest CM mod with 720p video recording? I'm holding back on buying a sandisk 16g class 2 because i'm worried about write speeds/some crazy error.

sandisk 16gb class2
heres one for about 30bucks. a lot of good reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microSDHC-Memory-SDSDQ-016G-Packaging/dp/B001L1H0SC

MintyFloss said:
in one of these SD card threads, someone posted their result that a class 2 was just as fast as a class 6 for USB transfers. Do we really need class 6? can our phones even utilize the faster speed?
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The throughput of USB transfer might only be <2mb/sec max, but that's not necessarily the same for the internal bus transfer speeds.
I imagine, internally, it's faster. Even if it isn't, (IMO) a Class6 is more "future proof".

dabido said:
heres one for about 30bucks. a lot of good reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microSDHC-Memory-SDSDQ-016G-Packaging/dp/B001L1H0SC
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That link doesn't work...in fact,none of Amazon's links for products do! :| I'm going to side with Namuna,and say it may not be faster,but it may work with newer devices.

Holy crap, the 16gb AData card I got from Newegg I've had for awhile just filled up. It said it was 15.9gb out of 16gb but when I counted up all the files on the sd card they totalled just below 4gb.
I'm surprised Newegg would be selling fakes.

MintyFloss said:
do you happen to be running the latest CM mod with 720p video recording? I'm holding back on buying a sandisk 16g class 2 because i'm worried about write speeds/some crazy error.
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nope, but if that feature is in the first beta release of cm-6 then I will try it and let you know since i'll get overly excited as usual and install it right away.

I bought a Kingston 16gb Class10 two months ago.
It's about USD 90-95 in eBay.
I have no problem with 720p video recording.

which 16gb memory card

hi i'm after a 16gb memory card but don't know what class to get, as cheap as possible but it must be from a well known manufacturer

Probably doesn't matter what anyone says - whichever brand person X stands behind, somenoe else will say it failed on them and to go for brand Y.
Having said that, I have a 16gb Kingston class 2 which has been perfect, cost about £25 or so when I got it. Recently picked up the same but a class 10. That one was about £80 including shipping as I wanted to see the speed difference, etc.
Not sure what others people will swear by. I don't swear by Kingston, but I have yet to have one go bad on me...

isaw said:
Probably doesn't matter what anyone says - whichever brand person X stands behind, somenoe else will say it failed on them and to go for brand Y.
Having said that, I have a 16gb Kingston class 2 which has been perfect, cost about £25 or so when I got it. Recently picked up the same but a class 10. That one was about £80 including shipping as I wanted to see the speed difference, etc.
Not sure what others people will swear by. I don't swear by Kingston, but I have yet to have one go bad on me...
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And was the Class 10 worth it for speed?
I've used both Kingston and Sandisk in the past - and currently have a 8GB Class 6 Sandisk in my desire. It's been just fine.
I'd like to make the leap to a 32GB card, but I'm slightly concerned the Class 2 one available might have issues. (Although I've read many contradicting posts on that subject too!)

@TractorMatty
Between an older 16gig class 2 and the 16gig class 10 yes - galleries rendered much quicker, seemed more responsive, etc.
But between a class 6 and a class 10... meh. Not worth it at the moment.

Does it matter what class you get? Because so far I can only find a 16bg class for over just £20.

Using Team Group 16GB microSDHC Class 6.
Got it from ebay

Go for Classe 6 it's almost like a C10, but cheaper (and you won't really notice any difference).

KameoRE said:
Go for Classe 6 it's almost like a C10, but cheaper (and you won't really notice any difference).
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And you won't with a decent Class 2 either!
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Well, i can tell the diff between my shipped in Desire's Samsung 4G Classe 2 and my previous Sandisk 8G Classe 4... My Classe 4 is faster.

I got a 8gb class 4 Kingston.. its fast enough for me...
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I took the risk and tried the 32gb, online for $40au... failed miserably and still scarred by the copious time spent trying to copy, format, reformat, copy... with most ending up in the lost.dir (except for 1.2gb that ended up working).
Since then, have got a 16gb SanDisk. It's only a Class 2, but haven't had any issues with speed whether it be reading or writing. Avi's play in sync... Good bang for the buck.
Mind you, I only went for SanDisk because they were always good to me in the standard SD days, but have heard plenty of good word on Kingston and Lexar.

32gb on ebay are 75% fakes.

I just got my Kingston 16gb Class 10 card. Do you guys think my card reader's speed is maxed out and it might be able to go faster than this?

I'll be getting THIS ONE when they get it back in stock.

Well, just got a Kingston 16Gb class 10 and can't use it, because it's defective .
But I'm not blaming Kingston, it can happen with any brand and I'm gonna exchange it... Hopefully I have a Sandisk 16Gb class 2, a not-very-fast-but-working-SD-card....

Teppic24 said:
I'll be getting THIS ONE when they get it back in stock.
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Is this website reliable for the quality of the card? it will be 100% original?

dorittos said:
Is this website reliable for the quality of the card? it will be 100% original?
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i've ordered that card so will let you know what its like when it arrives

i got mine from ebay (team class6 16gb)
no issues so far

Just to share with you I gotten myself the Toshiba 16GB Class 4 MicroSD in HK about 44USD
A bit on the high side, but the card is made in Japan
Working fine (using A2SD+) till now

dorittos said:
Is this website reliable for the quality of the card? it will be 100% original?
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very respectable web site. selling genuine items

Kingston SD cards

Has anyone here had any experience with kingston sd cards? Just bought a class 4 16g card from newegg for 35 including shipping.. The reviews were pretty good and I know theyre a pretty big company so I think i'll be ok but wanted to see if anyone here could confirm or deny this
*I'm just sayin...

ive got a pny 16 gig, and it works great. i know kingston makes good ram, so id imagine that a kingston sd card would be worth its money, and i cant see a big brand memory product being garbage, especially in 2011. that price is a win no matter what though.

How much was the card? I would love a bigger card. And what did y'all do to transfer memory from one card to the next?
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If you have the moola, get this from Newegg, it's Class 10 so faster speed
WINTEC 32GB Micro SDHC FileMate Mobile Professional SDHC Model 3FMUSD32GBC10-R
It's around $82.49 with free shipping.

I've read a few reviews on Wintec cards, and not a lot of them are good. They work fine at first, then start to degrade quickly. To top it off, people say that when they try to get it replaced through Wintec, Wintec claims that its user error or abuse.

PatrickHuey said:
How much was the card? I would love a bigger card. And what did y'all do to transfer memory from one card to the next?
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He said in the OP that its $35 and free shipping.

I have 16GB for two years already and now i bought 32 gb ... both are working well so far.

16gb are going from $22-$35 shipped right now - class 10 speeds. Pick one up if you are using the stock 8gb. I just ordered one myself.

I've used two different Kingston SD Cards. They worked well for me without any issues. My previous was an 8gb Kingston class 4 and I currently have a Kingston 16gb Class 4 card.
The 8GB is nearly 2 years old and is working just fine. Have used it in multiple cell phones and currently serves as a flash drive for work using an adapter. The 16gb works just as well with some added space.

icce007 said:
If you have the moola, get this from Newegg, it's Class 10 so faster speed
WINTEC 32GB Micro SDHC FileMate Mobile Professional SDHC Model 3FMUSD32GBC10-R
It's around $82.49 with free shipping.
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I heard to many horror stories about wintecs... I wanted somethin reliable
*I'm just sayin...

gbarayah said:
I've used two different Kingston SD Cards. They worked well for me without any issues. My previous was an 8gb Kingston class 4 and I currently have a Kingston 16gb Class 4 card.
The 8GB is nearly 2 years old and is working just fine. Have used it in multiple cell phones and currently serves as a flash drive for work using an adapter. The 16gb works just as well with some added space.
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Yea I went with the class 4 as from whhat I've heard anything higher doesn't yield much results (at least in a cell phone) but its working nice so far
*I'm just sayin...

I've also heard bad reviews about the wintec cards too. Let us know what you think about the Kingston.
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I bought a Kingston 8GB Class 4 MicroSDHC for my previous phone, the Nexus One, a year ago and I was very satisfied with it. It's way cheaper than the Sandisks and it works great so yeah, highly recommended!

ctraywick1 said:
Yea I went with the class 4 as from whhat I've heard anything higher doesn't yield much results (at least in a cell phone) but its working nice so far
*I'm just sayin...
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From my experience I would have to agree on the class. To be honest, I think even a quality class 2 card would do just fine on a mobile device.
The class is an indication of the minimum Write Speed (class 4 = 4mb/s class 6 = 6mb/s, etc) The Read speed is generally much higher than that, so even if you are running applications from the SD card, performance shouldn't be hindered by a lower class card.
The only instance I can think of that performance would be affected is if you record a lot of 720P video with your phone. In that case, a faster write speed *Should* help with stuttering issues.
Now if we were talking about a high end SLR camera, then hell yes, speed makes a huge difference. I run a Kingston Class 6 in my SLR and it handles everything just fine, including HD video.
Just my 2 cents...

Well,
What it really comes down to is how fast the SD card adapter is in our phones, which I haven't figured out yet. If it'll fully utilize a class 10 card in terms of max write speed, then I would totally go for a class 10 card.
Can anyone verify the max speed our phones could support? (No guesses, please)
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I like Samsung cards personally. The performance has always been well above it's rated speed, and I've never had one corrupt/fail on me.
When you have a spare 10mins then give this a read:
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918

Newegg says shipping is $9.99

convolution said:
Newegg says shipping is $9.99
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Must have been a promotion. My shipping was free. ANd to update everyone else it works like a charm. Dont really notice anything as far as normal phone function because I dont store apps on SD but My Titanium, Nandroid, and Just general SD backups to the PC are noticably faster.

Kingston is dead to me...
So, used to be a big proponent of Kingston, but they've seriously slipped over the last couple years (and not just flash, I've had major problems with their desktop memory, too, but that's a story for another forum). I bought the SDC4/32GB from Newegg. Supposed to be 32GB class 4 card. Wow. First one they sent wrote at 2MBps, read at 3MBps. Sent it in for a replacement, and I got one that wrote at 3MBps and read at 3.5MBps. Tried formatting it with my phone, with the official sdformatter utility, with Windows, with Linux, nothing helped. Third replacement was back down to 2/3MBps. Hardly class 4. And no, it wasn't my device or anything like that. I've got an actual class 4 8GB Sandisk card that came stock with my phone, and it does 5/7MBps on the same devices on which I tested the Kingston. And the Sandisk can record 720p without stuttering. Recordings from the Kingston were like watching a slideshow.
Very much done with that. Sent it back (again), got a refund, and now I've ordered that class 10 Wintec 32GB. Curious to see how it performs, and I'll stress it right away to see how it handles in the long run (do a bunch of writes and reads the first week to make sure it won't crap out right away). I'll report back here with my results, but they can't be worse than the Kingston. And from what I've read, it may be hit or miss, but when I get a hit, it'll be a class 10!

sandisk ultra 64gb micro sd

Best buy Is sell SanDisk - Ultra 64GB microSDXC Class 10 Memory Card For $49.99 or you can tell them it's on sale at amazon and they will price match it for $45.99. Or you pick up a SanDisk - Ultra 32GB microSDHC Class 10 Memory Card for $24.99. They both are great prices.

cbetso said:
Best buy Is sell SanDisk - Ultra 64GB microSDXC Class 10 Memory Card[/URL] For $49.99 or you can tell them it's on sale at amazon and they will price match it for $45.99. Or you pick up a [SanDisk - Ultra 32GB microSDHC Class 10 Memory Card for $24.99. They both are great prices.
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i'll pass...I'm returning the one I bought as it died on day 3. Going to try the Samsung card. Should be here tomorrow.

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Great first post...
thanks OP, I'm heading down to my local Bestbuy to pick one up today!

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I have the SanDisk Ultra 64 and its been nothing but problems. It will randomly corrupt files on my card, deletes all pics and videos and randomly unmounts. Have no idea what the issue is. The only way to get it to work again is copy what I can to my external hdd. Then reformat the card. it works for a couple weeks, then it does it again.
Unfortunately Amazon had no return policy on this card. I've been thinking of just ordering another or trying a Samsung card. But I thought SanDisk was the company to go with the memory card game. Who knew.
Anybody have issues with the Samsung card??

shaun0207 said:
I have the SanDisk Ultra 64 and its been nothing but problems. It will randomly corrupt files on my card, deletes all pics and videos and randomly unmounts. Have no idea what the issue is. The only way to get it to work again is copy what I can to my external hdd. Then reformat the card. it works for a couple weeks, then it does it again.
Unfortunately Amazon had no return policy on this card. I've been thinking of just ordering another or trying a Samsung card. But I thought SanDisk was the company to go with the memory card game. Who knew.
Anybody have issues with the Samsung card??
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I have the Samsung MicroSD Pro 64GB card and it has worked flawless. Superfast transfers, no random unmounts or corruptions. It well worth the price.

shaun0207 said:
I have the SanDisk Ultra 64 and its been nothing but problems. It will randomly corrupt files on my card, deletes all pics and videos and randomly unmounts. Have no idea what the issue is. The only way to get it to work again is copy what I can to my external hdd. Then reformat the card. it works for a couple weeks, then it does it again.
Unfortunately Amazon had no return policy on this card. I've been thinking of just ordering another or trying a Samsung card. But I thought SanDisk was the company to go with the memory card game. Who knew.
Anybody have issues with the Samsung card??
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I had a 32gb with the same problems. ill never got with SanDisk again.

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ive had a 64gb sandisk since they came out and BB did the first 79.99$ sale. No issue's at all. Maybe you guys got a bad batch?

Yeah seems you guys got a bad batch got mine when amazon had "new - open box" for 18 bucks.

I have 3 sandisk 64gb card. One in my phone,galaxy tab 2, and in my galaxy player. I haven't had no problem.

I was one of the lucky folks who grabbed the 64gb from verizon when they had a typo (24.99) / I was fixed in less than 2 hours / I just happened to be snooping around XDA and found the tip (posted about 2 minutes before I got there). / No issues / However, I moved the card to my Nook HD for movies and stuff and have a 32GB in the S3. I will probably take the advice I see here and go with Sammy. Most likely, it's gonna be more compatible. Damn! This phone is getting more expensive every day, and I don't even have it yet [650 phone, 40 case, 60 memory, ugggh]

Ordered the Samsung 64gb microsdxc from amazon after reading about sandisk troubles!
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I got my 64GB SanDisk micro SD card on Monday, and it's been fine so far, granted it's only been a few days. The 16GB card I had in my SII worked flawlessly for nearly 18 months. Bad cards do happen, though...

I have used the 32 and 64 GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC cards on my S2, Note, S3, S4 with no issues.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986
Looks like they released some bad ones

I was just about to post this as I bought a couple ... awesome deal. I'd recommend everyone take advantage of it.
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Best buy Is sell SanDisk - Ultra 64GB microSDXC Class 10 Memory Card For $49.99 or you can tell them it's on sale at amazon and they will price match it for $45.99. Or you pick up a SanDisk - Ultra 32GB microSDHC Class 10 Memory Card for $24.99. They both are great prices.
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datrumole said:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/SanDisk-says-it-produced-some-bad-32GB-and-64GB-microSD-cards_id40986
Looks like they released some bad ones
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I've gotten bad cards from a few companies. They replaced them for free. Just email customer service first.
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justreboot said:
I was one of the lucky folks who grabbed the 64gb from verizon when they had a typo (24.99) / I was fixed in less than 2 hours / I just happened to be snooping around XDA and found the tip (posted about 2 minutes before I got there). / No issues / However, I moved the card to my Nook HD for movies and stuff and have a 32GB in the S3. I will probably take the advice I see here and go with Sammy. Most likely, it's gonna be more compatible. Damn! This phone is getting more expensive every day, and I don't even have it yet [650 phone, 40 case, 60 memory, ugggh]
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I've gotten bad cards from a few companies. They replaced them for free. Just email customer service first.
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yeah;
i know for a fact the sandisk ultras have a *lifetime* warranty.

Had my sandisk 64gb class 10 for a year now and never had an issue with my s3 to note2 and now s4. Just exchange if they were bad. If Samsung is same price then I would go with sammy so they all match
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Which 64 GB SD Card do you recommend?

SanDisk
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Samsung
I ask because I see that people have had some trouble with SanDisk and the card would corrupt the data and/or get fried. So if anyone has had any experience with either, it would be greatly appreciated if you could give me some info, thanks!

I've always used SanDisk without an issue.

I am currently using SanDisk 64GB Ultra...
Joe0113 said:
SanDisk
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Samsung
I ask because I see that people have had some trouble with SanDisk and the card would corrupt the data and/or get fried. So if anyone has had any experience with either, it would be greatly appreciated if you could give me some info, thanks!
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Without any issues (used only SanDisk)

I have a lexar card works a treat and is very very fast. 64GB High-Performance microSDXC UHS-I card (633x). Let me tell you it is fast as hell lol..

Joe0113 said:
SanDisk
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Samsung
I ask because I see that people have had some trouble with SanDisk and the card would corrupt the data and/or get fried. So if anyone has had any experience with either, it would be greatly appreciated if you could give me some info, thanks!
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I started out with a Sandisk 64gb ultra and it kept unmounting randomly every so often. I got sick of it (and tried all of the tricks, formatting as FAT etc,etc.etc.still issue)- especially after losing some pics and vids of my son's school awards.
I ended up going with a samsung 64.
I think sandisk is generally good, I've not had any other issues with their cards/flashdrives -so, it could have just been a bad one.
I did get it from Amazon and ended up returning it and got the samsung 64gb instead.
I've have had no issues whatsoever with the Samsung.

Samsung all the way. Using 64gb here, no problems. Just format it in your phone before use and all should be well.
No disrespect to sandisk. But i feel a sammy product would work on point with a sammy device. Good luck
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Samsung. Got my 64gb ultra for $60 on black friday. Really happy with it. Its exfat format. So I just reformatted it to fat32 so its compatible with any kernal. Might not be as fast as it could be but as long as it stores my files I'm happy.
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From now on I am only going to use genuine SanDisk cards. I've bought a couple of cheap 32gb ones from eBay and you really do get what you pay for. It may be cheap but not worth the loss of data if you load on too much at once etc. Anyone know anywhere I can get a genuine SanDisk a bit cheaper or like I said, is it a case of if you want quality you have to pay top dollar? Thanks in advance.

Joe0113 said:
SanDisk
OR
Samsung
I ask because I see that people have had some trouble with SanDisk and the card would corrupt the data and/or get fried. So if anyone has had any experience with either, it would be greatly appreciated if you could give me some info, thanks!
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I had a Sandisk (32GB) and it got fried. Returned it under warranty as I had it under a year and they replaced it for free (just had to pay postage). There were reports of previous models of cards that were faulty and mine may very well have been one of them. I had used it in my HTC sensation prior to my S4 and hadn't formatted before using with my S4. Perhaps a coincidence but I had an issue when creating a nandroid backup and it corrupted shortly after this, so not sure if this was a contributing factor or not. But been using my replacement for the past 4 months without any issues so happy with it.

I had one issue with one 64gb SanDisk. There were known issues early on and SanDisk owned up to it, and they readily replaced cards. My replacement has zero issues. Most of my cards in general are SanDisk with a couple Samsungs.
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Kingston is nice,i think

Never had a problem with SanDisk ever

I am using Sandisk 64Gb 10 Class. It works perfect

Used Samsung 64gb class 10

i also want one
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I had one issue with one 64gb SanDisk. There were known issues early on and SanDisk owned up to it, and they readily replaced cards. My replacement has zero issues. Most of my cards in general are SanDisk with a couple Samsungs.
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i am also looking for a great one.
suggestions are welcome:laugh:

My S3 killed two SanDisk cards rather quickly so when I got the S4, got a Samsung one instead. Been in use nearly a year and no problems
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I'm using the Samsung one and I haven't had any issues at all, I didn't even format it to my phone just inserted and butter. Out of 64 only 58.84 was usable, that normal?
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/dotd-20140404
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-microSDHC-Adapter-SDSDQX-064G-AFFP-A/dp/B00DM1BDPK/
That's a really good sale; kind of overkill for the S4 but probably one of the best cards there is.
16/32/64GB $18/$25/$50

I recommend to skip getting a samsung 64 GB card and stick with the SanDisk Ultra 128 GB Class 10 Micro SDXC. This is the latest, fastest and highest capacity Micro SDXC Class 10 card I've found yet and SanDisk is the only brand to make this capacity compatible with the S4. There are many reports on Amazon that this card DOES work on the S3 and S4. I have the 64 GB version of that SanDisk card and I've never had any problems. I also have about 5 GB's left so I'm happy for now... until I have the 128 GB one! Just so everyone knows... I found it one day on Amazon about 3 weeks ago and they had the 128 GB card for $120. The next day I checked, it had jumped up drastically to $190. Get it while it's hot but watch the item for price drops!!
Oh, there's no such thing as overkill in my opinion. If the rumors are true about the S5 having Dual Micro SD Card slots being capable of reading up to 128 GB's per slot... I'd be more than happy to welcome around 256 GB's for total SD Card memory in my phone. Can you imagine all the porn, dvd movies, android games, old school video game system (NES, Super NES, N64, Sega Genesis, etc) emulated games, PDF files, .ePub/.mobi android books, full series TV shows like Game of Thrones, hundreds of thousands of pics, & as much space for music you could possibly handle?! I can and I want one!
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