I'm getting conflicting details about this.
samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-a8/specs/ - says 256GB
samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-a8/ - says 400GB
samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/what-size-memory-card-does-my-smartphone-accept/ - says 512GB
Can you guys definitively tell me what is the largest microSD capacity you have tried (without errors and stuff)? My variant is the SM-A530F/DS (64GB internal). Maybe this varies by country?
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Never tried more than 64 but I'd say 256 gb would be the max for the regular A8. As far as the other numbers... your first link mentions a 32 and 64 gb internal capacity. My money is on the 64 gb version for the 512 sd card. But I cannot see evidence of that... anywhere. GSM arena says 256. for the A8 and A8+ I'd trust that info more than Samsung's. Samsung has for years told Canadians that their phones are not able to use an FM tuner. "Oh it has to be activated." Activated? Like, you mean if you DON'T take out one .xml file? That activation? My A5 and A8 both are capable. S8, same bloody thing. Go poke around here:
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8790&idPhone2=8886
Haven't seen any variants other than software differences for the base model. In the first link you've provided, there is plenty written about differences. This should have answered your question easily. Things like...
*May differ by country and carrier.
*User memory is less than the total memory due to storage of the operating system and software used to operate the device features. Actual user memory will vary depending on the operator and may change after software upgrades are performed.
*May differ by markets and mobile operators.
*Actual components may vary by country or region.
Lastly, they've included this handy little comment that seems to say nothing you see or read has anything to do with... anything:
*All specifications and descriptions provided herein may be different from the actual specifications and descriptions for the product. Samsung reserves the right to make changes to this web page and the product described herein, at anytime, without obligation on Samsung to provide notification of such change. All functionality, features, specifications, GUI and other product information provided in this web page including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation. The contents within the screen are simulated images and are for demonstration purposes only.
SanDisk 200GB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I works fine
Samsung A8 2018, bought in Germany
After some digging, it seems to me that as long as SDXC is supported, the phone will read it. Theoretically, 2TB card is possible as well. https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/capacity/index.html
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I am not sure if this has been posted before but here goes:
I found this posting on a South African website this evening:
"SanDisk has begun sampling 6 and 8GB microSD High Capacity (microSDHC) flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers and mobile network operators (MNOs) for testing and evaluation.
The cards are said to be suitable for the growing number of feature-rich multimedia handsets that bring together phones, music players, hand-held computers, digital cameras and more. An 8GB microSDHC card can store more than 2000 digital songs, or more than 5000 high-resolution pictures, or up to five hours of high-quality MPEG 4 video, SanDisk says.
Retail release of the cards and availability to phone manufacturers and network operators are planned for later this year. Pricing has not yet been determined.
“With these cards, any mobile phone with a compatible microSDHC slot will have just as much storage as the largest capacity iPhone,” says Jeff Kost, vice-president and GM of the Mobile Consumer Solutions division at SanDisk. “What is more, removable cards make it easy to share the content you create with friends, 'sideload’ files from a computer, and add more storage simply by purchasing more cards.”
SDHC is the designation for any SD or SD-based card that is larger than 2GB and adheres to the SD 2.00 specification required for cards and hosts to support 4GB to 32GB capacities. The specification was developed by the SD Association, an industry standards board, which has also created three classes to define minimum sustained data transfer speed. These cards adhere to the SD Speed Class 4 Rating"
The future looks rosy!
Thanks for that. I want 8GB now!
I want 32GB now...
This is good news especially with the fact that the iPhone can go up to 8GB and you know it will get higher and higher with time. I want SD to release these ASAP but I also want them to get it right.
Hopefully my phone will have no problems reading a 32GB card!
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So do I, I'm just being realistic: if they released 32GB now I'd have to sell my TV!
Really, I want 1TB, in fact, I want it to be synced with an online secure unlimited free storage with a super-fast wireless connection anywhere in the world, and a holographic screen, and...uh never mind.
I didn't know quite where to put this as the upcoming Samsung F480 doesn't really qualify as a smartphone yet it stands apart from basic phones. (See pic below)
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_f480-review-236p2.php
It is due to be released in the UK from the 19th of May 9 (7 days time) yet I can't yet find a precise figure on the maximum memory card it'll accept. Some sites cite 4GB memory cards as the maximum, whereas the Samsung manual quotes 8GB (Page 18):
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...1450515_SGH-F480_UG_EU_Eng_Rev.1.3_080428.pdf
So does anyone know the maximum storage card this phone will take with certainty?
I'm hunting for a six-inch phablet at an affordable price, and I came across the THL T200/T200C (I think the only difference between them is the internal storage). It's an octacore with 2 gigs of RAM running Android 4.2 on a MTK6592W chip. DX have it for $270 shipped, approximately the equivalent of 200 euro, when the cheapest branded phablet I can find that's actually worth buying is the Huawei Mate, and that costs sixty euro more and has significantly lower-specced hardware.
I'm aware of the risks of buying off-brand phones, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't try to reduce them however possible, so I'm looking for anyone with experience with the T200whatever or in general other octacore phones (which all seem off-brand so far; I can't see any branded ones on sale).
Are octacore processors actually faster? By which I mean, do the OS and apps know what to do with the additional four cores, or is it one of those features added just to increase a number?
If you have one or have used such a phone, can you share your general opinion?
Well, the thing with chinese Androids...
I'd say go for it, just root it and make a full backup as soon as you get it. The reason is because a lot of chinese phones/tablets have a nasty habit of falling into a bootloop for no reason. I've had it happen for several times. This way if you get into a bootloop you can boot into recovery, and restore your recovery. I recommend this for all Androids anyway, but especially for Chinese stuff.
I'd also recommend getting a SanDisk class 10 (or better, like UHS-1) micro SD card and following some generic android guides to swap the internal memory with your SanDisk SD card. So you can buy San Disk's 64GB UHS-1 Micro SD card for 60 bucks from BestBuy (Or even better, their 128GB UHS-1 Micro sd card from Amazon for 119 dollars, and yeah that's SanDisk selling it not a third-party.) This way you have ridiculous internal storage for a ridiculous price (in a different sense of the word "ridiculous").
I don't have any experience with octacore phones/tablets, but as far as I understand the architecture is like this.
2.4ghz dual core = 2.4ghz x 2
so I imagine it would be the same with eight cores.
2.4ghz octacore = 2.4ghz x 8
whether or not Android knows what to do with all that power is beyond me.
Please us the stickies at the top of the forum for this type of discussion
Hello,
I apologize if this question has already been made but I have a little concerns regarding this matter.
I recently bought the Honor 6 online and I'll receive it soon. I'd like some advice for buying a microSD card that meets my needs.
I'd like to buy a 64gb card that is fast enough (mainly for music and also apps), so I'd avoid cheap cards (unless you assure they're more than ok).
I've made some researches and I'm a bit confused about few points.
What do I really need to check in a card? Is it true that for mobiles the most important thing to see in a sd card are the random Read/Write (512K) speeds? Or else I need to check its sequential speed?
According to a lot of speed tests, SanDisk Extreme Pro is one of the fastest sd cards out there but I also read that SanDisk cards have a quite high failure rate after few months of use (true or not?). Being expensive I've no idea if it would be worth or not.
There are also Samsung Pro+, Transcend 633x, Lexar 1033x etc.. They are quite expensive in Europe and I've totally no idea if my future Honor 6 will be able to benefit to all their fast speed.
I've read this review http://www.anandtech.com/show/8425/huawei-honor-6-review/9 and I'm a bit concerned what the reviewer wrote about the Honor 6, I quote the exact text:
"The Honor 6 offers also a microSD card slot in case you want to expand your storage. The OS offers full exFat compatibility and I had no issues with my Samsung Pro 64GB card. I was however disappointed to see that the HiSilicon chip suffers from the same limitation that plagues other SoCs for no good reason: the DWMMC controller in charge of the SD-card is limited to SDR50 speeds, meaning that you won't be able to exceed ~35mB/s transfer speeds on your microSD, no matter how fast it actually is. It still baffles me that OEMs refuse to address this even almost 2 years after the first UHS-1 cards have been made widely available. "
Is this actually true?
Which microSD you recommend me?
ziovelvet said:
Hello,
IWhich microSD you recommend me?
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Clearly UHS-1 card is the best balance between performance and cost. According to your research.
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For the S8+:
is there a way to find out if this phone has a MicroSD card slot that uses UHS-I or UHS-II "bus"? I can't seem to find this information anywhere.
UHS-I = single row of contacts (slower max speed); UHS-II = two rows of contacts (faster max speed)
Kindly please note that this is NOT the UHS3 (the number 3 inside a letter U). this UHS-I or UHS-II has to do with the "bus" that is reading the micro sd card and also the micro sd card itself: the UHS-I cards have only one row of contacts, while the UHS-II cards have two rows for much higher read/write speeds.
No where was i able to find this information!
I even contacted @SamsungSupportUSA and their answer was that they don't know and don't have that info and told me to keep checking on their website! Such lazy folks over there - no effort at all in even trying to find out this info.
Thanks in advance.
Samsung support is pathetic they cant even tell me what bands the different phones support.
I tried one more time to try to contact @SamsungSupportUSA and see if I might get a 2nd person who's a bit more proactive.
No go. Just the same lazy answer: keep your eyes on our website and when we have new information, we'll put it up on samsung.com.
oh yeah? really?
pathetic.
This is what their 2nd reply was:
"It is a valid point, and we understand why that information would be helpful. Unfortunately, at this time I have to reiterate that we do not have that information currently available. Please keep an eye on the s8 and s8+ on http://samsung.com , or check back with us on this channel.Let us know if there's anything else you'd like us to help you with, as we are available 24/7."
Well, too bad:
it has the UHS-I "bus" merely, despite the fact that UHS-II are out and UHS-II cards are widely available.
oh well!
UHS-II card speeds / bus speeds are SO much faster!
S8/S8+ only supports UHS-I, Exynos 8895 and Snapdragon 835 only supports SD 3.0 which is UHS-I.
You can check the individual links for Exynos 8895 and Snapdragon 835 for the actual specs.