SanDisk launches 128GB microSD at MWC
by Joshua Ho on February 26, 2014 2:48 AM EST- Posted in
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Today, SanDisk is the first to launch the long-awaited (by some) 128GB microSD card, and it seems to be a class 10, UHS-1 card. While there are no benchmarks that I have seen, it's likely that this won't be as fast as the Extreme and Extreme Ultra/Pro microSD brands, which would mean that this is likely only for bulk media storage that only requires sequential reads. Amazon is already selling them for 120USD, for those that don't want to wait.
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krazyfrog - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
I had a 256MB MMC in 2006.jo-82 - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
Does it work inside Galaxy S3 / Android 4 devices? I'm eager to have my complete Musiccollection with me.bd1212 - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
No. The only devices that currently support this are the Sony Xperia Z2 and the Galaxy S5.markiz - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
Do the newish windows tablets? Like T100?invinciblegod - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
I still don't get why these cards need driver updates to work. I never needed drivers upgrading from hard drive to larger hard drive.fokka - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
they don't. manufacturers just go with the biggest size available regarding supported size and that's it. my 2010 nexus one with official support up to 32gb had no problems with a 64gb micro sdxc and a 128gb sdxc i hacked into the case with an adapter.just insert card, android prompts you to format it an you're good to go. only downside is that it gets formatted fat32 so files >4gb are a no go.
teiglin - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
Is there any reason to believe that they actually won't work in older devices? I remember lots of people complaining about the fact that 64GB cards were "unsupported" by older devices, which didn't license exFAT, but if you formatted them to FAT32 then they would work fine.Dentons - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
What's your source of that information?It's an SDXC card. It should be supported by SDXC devices, including any Samsung phones or tablet released in the past 2 years. S3, S4, Note 2, Note 3. It should work with any and all of those.
av911 - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
Pretty sure it'll work, it's based on SDXC format. And people have modded their Note phablets with 128GB SD cards.shabby - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
Almost pointless now, google screwed up microsd cards with android 4.4 unless you have root.