Sunday, March 1st 2015
SanDisk Unveils the World's Highest Capacity microSD Card
SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash storage solutions, today introduced the 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, Premium Edition, the world's highest capacity microSD card for use in mobile devices. In just one year after introducing its record-breaking 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card, SanDisk has increased storage capacity by 56% within the same fingernail-sized form factor. Keeping up with the demands of today's mobile users, the new card provides the freedom to capture, save and share photos, videos and other files without worrying about storage limitations.
"Mobile devices are completely changing the game. Seven out of 10 images captured by consumers are now from smartphones and tablets. Consumers view mobile-first devices as their primary means for image capture and sharing, and by 2019 smartphones and tablets will account for nine out of 10 images captured," said Christopher Chute, Vice President, Worldwide Digital Imaging Practice, IDC. "As the needs of mobile users continue to change, SanDisk is on the forefront of delivering solutions for these demands as is clearly illustrated through their growing portfolio of innovative products, including the new 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card."
SanDisk achieved this capacity breakthrough by leveraging the proprietary technology developed last year for the 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card, and creating a new design and production process that allows for more bits per die.
"We continue to push technology boundaries to deliver record-breaking solutions that transform the way consumers use their mobile devices," said Dinesh Bahal, vice president, product marketing, SanDisk. "By focusing on achieving new capacity and speed milestones, we are able to deliver trusted mobile memory solutions that give consumers the freedom to never stop capturing, saving, or sharing - with the benefit of fast speeds to transfer it all quickly."
Ideal for Android smartphone and tablet users, this Premium Edition microSD card combines the world's highest capacity and blazingly fast transfer speed of up to 90MB/s to deliver premium performance. At this transfer speed, consumers can expect to move up to 1,200 photos per minute2.
Through SanDisk's updated Memory Zone app users will have even greater control over their mobile device's memory storage. In the Memory Zone app, users can engage the OptiMem app feature which monitors the phone's memory levels to inform users whenever the internal memory falls below a user-defined threshold. Once this threshold is reached, the OptiMem app feature will automatically transfer some of their old photos and videos to their microSD card, leaving them with more internal memory to continue making memories. The app, available for free download from the Google Play store, is compatible with most Android-powered devices and allows users to easily locate, organize, transfer and back up data.
Pricing and Availability
The 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, Premium Edition, features a ten-year limited warranty and will be available worldwide in Q2 at an MSRP of $399.99.
"Mobile devices are completely changing the game. Seven out of 10 images captured by consumers are now from smartphones and tablets. Consumers view mobile-first devices as their primary means for image capture and sharing, and by 2019 smartphones and tablets will account for nine out of 10 images captured," said Christopher Chute, Vice President, Worldwide Digital Imaging Practice, IDC. "As the needs of mobile users continue to change, SanDisk is on the forefront of delivering solutions for these demands as is clearly illustrated through their growing portfolio of innovative products, including the new 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card."
"We continue to push technology boundaries to deliver record-breaking solutions that transform the way consumers use their mobile devices," said Dinesh Bahal, vice president, product marketing, SanDisk. "By focusing on achieving new capacity and speed milestones, we are able to deliver trusted mobile memory solutions that give consumers the freedom to never stop capturing, saving, or sharing - with the benefit of fast speeds to transfer it all quickly."
Ideal for Android smartphone and tablet users, this Premium Edition microSD card combines the world's highest capacity and blazingly fast transfer speed of up to 90MB/s to deliver premium performance. At this transfer speed, consumers can expect to move up to 1,200 photos per minute2.
Through SanDisk's updated Memory Zone app users will have even greater control over their mobile device's memory storage. In the Memory Zone app, users can engage the OptiMem app feature which monitors the phone's memory levels to inform users whenever the internal memory falls below a user-defined threshold. Once this threshold is reached, the OptiMem app feature will automatically transfer some of their old photos and videos to their microSD card, leaving them with more internal memory to continue making memories. The app, available for free download from the Google Play store, is compatible with most Android-powered devices and allows users to easily locate, organize, transfer and back up data.
Pricing and Availability
The 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, Premium Edition, features a ten-year limited warranty and will be available worldwide in Q2 at an MSRP of $399.99.
24 Comments on SanDisk Unveils the World's Highest Capacity microSD Card
That would be about ~450Euros in Europe, Japan or Australia.
Most I'm aware of are limited to 16 or 32Gb cards.
The literature that came with mine only says it supports up to 32Gb
if the software/firmware on your devices supports exFAT, it supports all of these sizes. As an example in samsung-land, exFAT support was added in custom ROM's and kernels for the devices, so even those that dont officially support it are often modded to do so.
DSLR users are much better served with a 8/16GB card + some sort of HDD backup devices than this astronomically priced super capacity SD card.
I think customers will understand that external storage is slower than internal.
I myself have a 128GB SanDisk MicroSD which stores all my music for my phone (33GB left!!) which i bought in an amazon lightning deal, I honestly dont think this 200GB card will sell well at all till the price drops significantly.
I think my 128GB cost about $77-93. I wouldnt of bought it otherwise. For that Extra $307 you could just buy another 128GB memory card, or get one of these hard drive caddies with personal wifi hotspot or memory card reader built in and space for a 2.5" hard drive (if not a USB socket to plug one in) and just dump files on there when youre done snapping away like a crazed paparazzo.
Probably 15nm process combined with their X4 techology (4 bits per cell).
The devices you mentioned are all slowly moving towards built-in storage instead of flash memory cards.
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Because no phone supports NTFS file format where we can transfer more than 3.7Gb of file.
Has anybody played 8GB of blueray ripped movie on any phone with that 32GB MicroSD card ?
I dig it because it means others will follow (like Samsung), and prices on 128GB will fall to more reasonable levels...which I'll then probably pair with a 32GB phone (music/media doesn't need to be fast, it just needs space).
I, like Human Smoke, use an S3/64GB card currently. I haven't decided on what I'm upgrading to yet (M9 or G4) but it certainly *will* be something that supports this format, as it's practical, cost-efficient, and has room to improve (especially per dollar) before the device is obsolete. I am one of the many that wrote off the S6 for just this reason (as well as needing to charge, even if quickly, during the course of an avg day...F' that)...Samsung sure did lose what made them special. The phone looks pretty sweet, but I bought an S3 because it not only looked decent, it was practical, and also a fair price. I will never spend an absorbent amount for something that is thinner or has a shiny body to sacrifice practicality. For people like me, Samsung needs to realize a phone is a not only a commodity, but utility.
I don't think sd support will completely die in phones, but I do think for companies like Samsung (that make internal storage) it makes sense. On one hand they make a killing on margin with things like the S6 (for those that care purely about aesthetics). When someone buys something with a slot, they make often will make it on volume through sd sales...win win for them.