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[Small Review] SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC (Class 2)

Hey guys,
got my new SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC (Class 2) Card yesterday and it is performing great so far.
But before that, I'd like to warn you that there are tons of fake cards floating around.
I bought a 32GB Card one week ago and it turned out to be fake:
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I've tested to write the full capacity to the card but apparently this card only holds up to 1,9GB.
DON'T BUY FROM EBAY OR OTHER "SMALL BUSINESS SHOPS" You'll most likely get a fake card.
Really pissed after this experience I decided to buy from a reliable computer shop and spend more money and received my 32GB Card yesterday, and what can I say? It's better than I expected for a Class 2 card.
Check out the results here:
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As you can see, this card is genuine and you can write up to ~30GB to it.
The write speed with 5,21mb/s is pretty good for a Class 2 Card. Also the read speed is quite decent with 14 mb/s
This is more than sufficient for HD video recording and all the other things you'd wanna do with your Galaxy S.
I didn't expierence any lags with my phone using this card. Switching between photos, music etc.... all goes very smoothly.
Here's also a HDTune (3.50) shot for you guys interested in the read iops:
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Verdict: All things considered, I think this card performs fairly well without slowing down my Galaxy S. Watching tons videos/photos, listening to a huge music library and not having to worry about storage is really great.
The only downside of this card is the price (I've paid 108€) but considering the fact that the iPhone with 32GB is bloody expensive and with this card you would have up to 40GB of storage on your Galaxy S, this card is really a bargain and I fully recommend it.

That's great! I'm also considering to buy one the 16gb class4 version, but it seems difficult to find in Europe.

Where did you get your 32GB card?

30424 Mbye = 29.7109375 gb
What happened to the rest of the 2gb?

accinfo said:
30424 Mbye = 29.7109375 gb
What happened to the rest of the 2gb?
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some space will be taken by the file allocation table when the card is formatted as with all drives from harddrive to memory cards.
also the 32gb is somewhat less than 32gb in true storage size

bigbuffalo said:
Where did you get your 32GB card?
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I've bought it in Germany (ARLT Computer).

talking about memory and disk stuff,
32GB=32.000.000.000 bytes
wich is, 30517,58 MB or 29,80 GB
this is for the simple fact
a 8GB hard disk contains 8.000.000.000 bytes
a 8GB ram stick contains 8*1024*1024*1024=8589934592 bytes

That's a lot of cash considering a non-fake Toshiba Class 2 16gb is currently selling for £17.99 delivered in the UK?
€108 equates to about £90!

32GB cards are currently considerably more expensive than 2 x 16GB cards.
Where's the deal on that 16GB in the UK btw...?

So you can use micro SD HC cards with the galaxy s? I was told that you had to use an adapter because the device only has a micro SD slot? Sorry if this is a silly question, i haven't really dealt with external flash storage that much apart from my old sony ericsson walkman phone which used stick pro duo or something like that.

newsgroupmonkey said:
That's a lot of cash considering a non-fake Toshiba Class 2 16gb is currently selling for £17.99 delivered in the UK?
€108 equates to about £90!
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well I bought my 32GB sandisk at vodafone inkl an usb card reader for I believe 80pounds but couldnt find them anywhere else neither carphonewarehouse and other stores ... was worth the money ...

kempas said:
32GB cards are currently considerably more expensive than 2 x 16GB cards.
Where's the deal on that 16GB in the UK btw...?
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Can be found here
They also have a Sandisk one for only 2 pounds more.

that is right, currently it is not worth buying the 32GB
is cheaper to have 2 x 16 GB of Class 6

AllGamer said:
that is right, currently it is not worth buying the 32GB
is cheaper to have 2 x 16 GB of Class 6
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Er, that depends. To me having a 32GB card is well worth the extra expense, may not be to others, but its not a black and white issue as you suggest.

@GalaxyFan88 how's your Sandisk 32Gb? It doesn't lag your SGS?
I'm also considering on buying one. I'll check out the price here at Singapore's COMEX event tomorrow. Last time I checked it is still SGD168

Volcacius said:
That's great! I'm also considering to buy one the 16gb class4 version, but it seems difficult to find in Europe.
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No they're not: http://www.memoryc.com/products/des...microSDHC_Memory_Card_w_SD_adapter/index.html
Bought from them previously, reliable. This card should be good enough to use in my HD sanyo.
I don't know about class 2 cards... whats the HD bitrate on i9000?

DaRkMyk said:
@GalaxyFan88 how's your Sandisk 32Gb? It doesn't lag your SGS?
I'm also considering on buying one. I'll check out the price here at Singapore's COMEX event tomorrow. Last time I checked it is still SGD168
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Yea, it doesn't lag; at least there is nothing what I would describe as "laggy".
It does take some time to load 100s of photos on the gallery app, but I think this is quite normal.
At least if I view a hires picture, it opens up near instantly. Switching between pics and focusing also happens very quickly.
I'm happy with it so far. Having used this card for more than two months I don't have any complaints at all and I fully recommend it.

How is 720p hd recording with the card? Try it and see if the recorded video is stuttering. Ty.
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it records to the internal SD

GalaxyFan88 said:
Yea, it doesn't lag; at least there is nothing what I would describe as "laggy".
It does take some time to load 100s of photos on the gallery app, but I think this is quite normal.
At least if I view a hires picture, it opens up near instantly. Switching between pics and focusing also happens very quickly.
I'm happy with it so far. Having used this card for more than two months I don't have any complaints at all and I fully recommend it.
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Great!!! Gonna buy today! wee.. I hope my Media Scanner service won't choke up when I load all my media...!
Have you tried to play 720p MKVs from the memory card, how was it?

SD card recommendation?

I never bought one before.... so, please recommend me a solid performer.... and price does not really matter but I always like the price/performance ratio..... 16-32 is fine.
Thx.
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i just picked up this 32GB one, works great, says its a class 4, but im getting class 6 speeds.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WGJYCY

cool, thanks.

it really is down to the class speeds, if it's too slow then it will be a pain to use (ie the stock one)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DURACELL-MICRO-SD-16GB-16GB-SHDC-SD-MICRO-/260776121035?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3cb777d2cb
quite reasonable

I always recommend anything class 6 or 10 if size bigger than 4 gb or you will suffer when transferring files
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Scandisk 16gb class 6
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What about this one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16GB-16-GB-Mi...emoryCards&hash=item19c3e991e2#ht_2095wt_1139
or:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16GB-CLASS-10...emoryCards&hash=item1c18d64419#ht_2693wt_1139

kevinm2k said:
What about this one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16GB-16-GB-Mi...emoryCards&hash=item19c3e991e2#ht_2095wt_1139
or:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16GB-CLASS-10...emoryCards&hash=item1c18d64419#ht_2693wt_1139
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I would completely avoid using ebay for SD cards! They are alot cheaper but you will be lucky to get a genuine card, Ive heard that over 90% are fake. Often you will be lucky to get 2GB on a card and it will probably break within a week.
"This is a brand 16GB Class 10 Micro-SD memry card and comes supplied with a full sized SDHC adaptor and comes in a memory card case with no other retail packaging. All of our memory is 1000% genuine. This 16GB memory cards use Intel memory chips.
Please note: printing on the memory card may differ slightly from our image."
wow 1000% genuine. that's a whole 10x more genuine than an actual genuine one!
I might be cynical but if the seller uses bad English and grammar in his advert I would be careful! Also if they are genuine cards why would the printing differ?
Best spending a little extra and buying from a trustworthy website.

I am using a patriot class 10 16gb off amazon for £26 which I'd recommend without hesitation

The joyflash one looks more legitimate as they are a known company.
However that patriot one just posted is cheaper.
What difference do the brands make I know sandisk and kingston are the best known, but what differences is there between them 2 and the joyflash and patriots?

I've used Sandisk, Kingston and a couple of other ones in my desire HD and best one I have found so far is Lexor 16gb class 4 , quite fast for copying files, HD video records without stuttering and for £14.99 off play it was a bargain

Remember that class speeds are a minimum, known brands are more likely, in my experience, to understate the class thus you know a sandisk class 6 card is going to be a fair bit faster than a no make class 6

I've got a 16 GB SanDisk microSD Card in my DHD.
It's reliable, cheap and the speeds are descent.
I would post you a link to amazon.com, but it looks like I am not allowed to do this right now with my few posts^^

Adata 16Gb Class 10

Just spotted this one:
http://www.lowpricememory.co.uk/inov8-16gb-micro-sd-card-class-10-c-29-p-868
Looks quite cheap, anyone had any experience with that brand?

ghostofcain said:
I am using a patriot class 10 16gb off amazon for £26 which I'd recommend without hesitation
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Sounds interesting. I was thinking about 64GB but can't find patriot nor any other at a reasonable price. Top capacity is 32GB at least for patriot class 10. Is there any known limit for class 10?

wander_jarra said:
Adata 16Gb Class 10
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+1
I'm using one of these and for 30 Euro you will hardly get anything better. Don't expect any super performance though, it performs exactly as advertised: ~11MB/s write speed.

Why do you need such fast sd cards? How oftern do you plan on transfering large files in a hurry? Personally when I transfer something from my phone I just leave it charging while it does it. What's the hurry? You can still use your phone while it's doing it.

8igdave said:
Why do you need such fast sd cards? How oftern do you plan on transfering large files in a hurry? Personally when I transfer something from my phone I just leave it charging while it does it. What's the hurry? You can still use your phone while it's doing it.
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I would hazard a guess it's more about apps2sd and dalvik2sd. Whilst I personally think that on this phone apps2sd is something that isn't worth bothering with, if you are then you want the fastest card you can get to avoid lag.
I forget who said it but I saw recently the comment "you all moaned when you had no internal storage so we got 1GB now no one wants to use it".
I agree though Dave, when I'm doing SD backups to PC I use it as an excuse to grab yet another brew.

Which 64 GB SD Card do you recommend?

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!

I've always used SanDisk without an issue.

I am currently using SanDisk 64GB Ultra...
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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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
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 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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Sandisk or sony 32gb class 10 micro SD card?

Hi there I want to buy a micro SD card but I want to which one of these 2 are better, thanks!

tel033 said:
Hi there I want to buy a micro SD card but I want to which one of these 2 are better, thanks!
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SanDisk is the one that basically sets standards...
From my experience SanDisk, Samsung, Kingston are very reliable. I have not used Sony cards and they are not sold in many places I have been to so I can't comment on their quality. SanDisk/Samsung make their own NAND, Kingston I think does and I believe Sony rebrands.

I've got the 64GB version of the Samsung Evo.
Samsung and Sandisk, and Toshiba are some of the few companies that actually produce the memory inside the chips. Almost everyone else buys the flash chips from them and uses it in their products.

I personally have no experience with Sony cards but have always used SanDisk with no problems and to be honest their cards are cheap just avoid the fakes on ebay
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avoid class 10, and go for the highter, u1 or whatever it is

qais9 said:
avoid class 10, and go for the highter, u1 or whatever it is
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Why, US there any noticeable difference?

I use the SanDisk extreme plus 64 gig. I compares it to my old 16 mobile SanDisk and there is a big difference in read and write speed. I highly recommend SanDisk

tel033 said:
Why, US there any noticeable difference?
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There will be no noticeable difference.
A good quality class 10 will perform fine.. No need to waste your money on something you won't know is there.

128gb micro sd card for Edge

Hi guys,
Could someone please suggest a decent 128gb micro sd card for me to buy?
There seems to be a lot of fakes on EBAY.
I brought recently one but as soon as I save around 11gb of data, it starts going funny as in not displaying videos or photos. I get black icons instead of images and nothing loads.
Thanks.

The one you bought it's a fake. I bought one off Amazon when they first came out. It's a SanDisk. Buy it from someone you can trust. And if the price seems be too good to be true, then it probably is.
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invisiblesense said:
Hi guys,
Could someone please suggest a decent 128gb micro sd card for me to buy?
There seems to be a lot of fakes on EBAY.
I brought recently one but as soon as I save around 11gb of data, it starts going funny as in not displaying videos or photos. I get black icons instead of images and nothing loads.
Thanks.
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At Amazon UK the real 128GB cards are about £80-90.

When I bought mine I got it for $119. That was last year. But I tested it and it is a real 128GB card. Here is where I got it.
SanDisk Ultra 128GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS Memory Card Speed With Adapter (SDSDQUA-128G-G46A) [Old Version]
But they have updated it to a newer version for less $$
SanDisk Ultra 128GB UHS-I/Class 10 Micro SDXC Memory Card Up To 48MB/s With Adapter- SDSDQUAN-128G-G4A [Newest Version]
by SanDisk

That one is pretty slow for a big card. I would consider a different card or a sandisk exptreme pro

When I bought mine, it was the only 128GB card on the market

They also sell the Samsung Evo 128Gb micro sd's on amazon. This is the one im buying for Christmas. This is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-128GB...419061745&sr=1-3&keywords=128gb+micro+sd+card

Either or!!! Can't justify spending $100+ to gain a little speed over my Old Version 128GB SanDIsk. Not sure if I can benefit from the speed upgrade. Probably could go to a smaller faster card, I am only using 30GB of this one.

Appreciate all your replies guys! Thank you.
I will order one of the SanDisk cards from Amazon.

Hey guys,
I was thinking of buying a micro SD for my Edge, but I don't know which one to buy.
I have narrowed it down to two:
Samsung Pro 64GB
Samsung Evo 128GB
Unfortunately, I could not find a Samsung Pro 128GB. I guess they don't make it.
Since I'm using a Samsung phone, I'll like to strictly stick with Samsung.
Is the extra speed on the Pro 64GB worth it, or is it better in the long run to have double the capacity but less speed?
What are you opinions about this?
How do you all feel about more memory less speed, or less memory more speed.
Thank you.

Personally, I would go with speed over size. If I could, I'd trade my SanDisk 128 in for a pair of fast 64gb disk.

Oditius said:
Personally, I would go with speed over size. If I could, I'd trade my SanDisk 128 in for a pair of fast 64gb disk.
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Thanks, I was thinking the same thing. If there ever comes a day that I need more memory, I'll just go buy the 128GB Evo, but not for a few years.
Thanks
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Grabbing a couple of these PNY Turbo Performance 64GB. A fraction of the price of a Samsung Pro Class with these same advertised speed

Oditius said:
When I bought mine I got it for $119. That was last year. But I tested it and it is a real 128GB card. Here is where I got it.
SanDisk Ultra 128GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS Memory Card Speed With Adapter (SDSDQUA-128G-G46A) [Old Version]
But they have updated it to a newer version for less $$
SanDisk Ultra 128GB UHS-I/Class 10 Micro SDXC Memory Card Up To 48MB/s With Adapter- SDSDQUAN-128G-G4A [Newest Version]
by SanDisk
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How much difference in speed is there?

MSK1 said:
How much difference in speed is there?
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Don't know didn't check it out.
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I was just at my local Best Buy and they had them in stock. I picked one up for $100.00 bucks. I had a really nice 64 gb card that I bought when they had them mislabeled, i got it for $50 bucks but they are retailing them for $199.00 I needed more memory. I also looked on SanDisk site and they now have a 200 gb micro sd card.

Yea theres 256GBs now...I got one already and it works great. I had the 128GB and the 64GB before...Samsung is now taking this option away as well as removablw battery. And they put a smaller battery in the Note 5 as well as didnt put out a 128GB model as promised..
Just 32 and 64 with no SD slot...they screwed up bad...Im heartbroken

The largest card ive seen on the Sandisk site is a 200GB.

After doing some research, I stumbled upon this card - which, as far as I can tell, is the fastest card on the market. I can't find anything else that claims to have read speeds of 150MB/sec, and it isn't that much more expensive than other 64GB cards out there.
I'll be receiving it on Monday. If there's interest, I'd be happy to run some tests and post the results here. A 128GB version will eventually be available, but it took months to get this card in stock - hard to say if BHP's September 10th estimate is going to be accurate or not.

Yeah please run the test
I might buy the 128gb if it is good