Kingston Digital Releases New microSD for Action Cameras

[btarunr]

Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced its microSD Action Camera UHS-I U3 (Speed Class 3) card. Its rugged performance and form factor make this microSD ideal for most action cameras including GoPro* and drones.

Featuring speeds of up to 90 MB/s read and 45 MB/s write, the new microSD Action Camera card captures life's every day adventures. The sustained performance allows outdoor enthusiasts to shoot in 4K or even 240 frames per second. It is available now in 16 GB and 32 GB capacities (64 GB ships next month) and can perform in any environment as it is waterproof, shock proof, X-ray proof and temperature proof. An optional SD card adapter lets users quickly and easily view footage on a PC, notebook or media reader.



microSD Action Camera UHS-I U3 is backed by a lifetime warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability.

Kingston microSD Action Camera UHS-I U3 Features and Specifications:

• Designed for action cameras and drones: shoot video at up to 30 frames per second in 4K or capture HD footage at 240 frames per second on your GoPro, action camera or drone to preserve every second of your latest adventure.
• Rugged for every adventure: waterproof2, shock proof3, X-ray proof4 and temperature proof5 to perform even in harsh environments.
• Enough space for your trip: whether shooting in 4K or at 240 frames per second, the card has room to keep you going.
• Guaranteed: Lifetime warranty6, legendary reliability, free technical support.
• Capacities1: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB (shipping later)
• Performance7: 90MB/s read and 45MB/s write, UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3)
• microSD Dimensions: 11mm x 15mm x 1mm
• SD Adapter Dimensions: 24mm x 32mm x 2.1mm
• Format: FAT32 (microSDHC 16GB-32GB); exFAT (microSDXC 64GB)
• Operating Temperature: -25°C to 85°C
• Storage Temperature: -40°C to 85°C
• Voltage: 3.3V
• Warranty: Lifetime

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[john_]

Right now I am considering Kingston only for memory.

As an SSD company died when it decided to mislead consumers with their V300 SSD.

As an SD/microSD company for me they are non existent also. The only SD that died in my hands was a 16GB Kingston. Their cards, all that I have used in the past, have good speeds in sequential read/write but they are completely dead in 4K. I mean 10-30KB/sec speeds in writing? That's floppy drive speeds. And their most expensive cards they are also slow in 4K compared to others, Samsung for example. And low speeds at 4K is not only bad for usage in smartphones, it is probably also an indication that those cards can not sustain many writes, which means, failure.

I might be wrong, but I really stopped trusting them those last years. It doesn't matter if they give 5 years or lifetime warranties. I just don't trust them any more.

 

[Baum]

@john_ 1+ you're not the only one.... well put and exacly what i saw... i hope that sandisk doesn't take the same route, last black friday amazon usb sticks from sandisk where fake/slower in ne design/trashy usb 3.0 32GB getting smacked by USB 2.0 16GB from 10 years ago :-(

kingston is just fail