Word of advice on Micro SD card - GET CLASS 10

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WinterSilence

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When I first got the SGS I went straight out and got the biggest Micro SDHC card I could find in Japan, 32gb. Little did I know to check the speed rating which was class 2. I was wondering why my media scan took so long, gallery took so long and camera took so long. I've just installed a 16gb Class 10 card and boy oh boy, it's like a different phone. Anything that accesses the SD card now screams along.

The biggest card I could find which was class 10 was made by Kingston.

Got it on Amazon: B0036V9AGU (just search for this ASIN number)

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Originally posted this in the SGS forum but realized it applies to most Android phones.
 
Keep in mind that this all depends on the HW you put it in. If a phone can only handle speeds up to class 6, anything above it is just expensive wasted speed. If it will be used in laptop/desktops that can handle class 10 speeds, then by all means it's a great purchase.
 
It should be able to handle it... I'm guessing...

A Class 10 card is rated at a minimum of 80 Mbit/s (10 MB/s). On cheaper Android phones the SD card reader is basically attached to a USB2 bus. They supports 480 Mbit/s (57 MB/s), so it's well within the bandwidth limitations.

Of course, those are write speeds... they can read a lot faster.

So... the fastest SD card for read speeds right now is the San Disk Extreme Class 10. These benchmark at around 26.9MB/s read speed. Still only half the bandwidth available. But maybe the readers are slow?
 
A 16GB is around ?72 here. That's about $114. Tokyogtr is right - it's not a micro SD. But, my point was more about the fastest speed you can get on an SD card still being slower than what an Android phone can read.
 
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