Samsung Announces New EVO Select and EVO Plus microSD Cards with Improved Speeds

[TheLostSwede]

Samsung Electronics America, the leader in advanced memory technology, today introduced the latest iteration of its EVO Select and EVO Plus microSD cards, designed for mobile devices and handheld gaming consoles. The Samsung EVO Select and EVO Plus microSD cards boast increased transfer speeds of up to 160 MB/s, a 23% increase over their predecessors. They offer a turnkey way for everyday users and gamers to add storage space to their devices for content like games, files, photos, and videos.

"With the mobile and handheld gaming market on the rise, we sought to make data transfers on those devices even faster with these updated EVO Select and EVO Plus lines," said Jose Hernandez, Senior Director of Memory Product Marketing at Samsung. "We also heard the need for more space options like a 1 TB memory card for digital files like games, video footage from phones, cameras and drones, photos, and creative designs. With this addition to the lineup, you can be confident you'll have plenty of space, fast speeds and the durability needed to last for years to come."




The updated microSD cards offer fast, reliable, and durable storage in a variety of capacities to fit your needs. With speeds up to 160 MB/s, you can instantly transfer, store, and share everything from vacation photos to portable game libraries. The cards are extremely versatile, with universal compatibility for Android smartphones, tablets, laptops, and portable gaming consoles, ensuring one card can fit multiple household devices. Additionally, the Grade 3 (U3) Speed Grade ensures compatibility with most high-resolution and 4K video recording devices.

Samsung microSD cards with capacities of 128 GB and higher support an application performance class of A2, which is important if you plan to install and use applications (apps) with a microSD card and your mobile device like a tablet or smartphone. The cards also support a video speed class rating of V30, enabling you to quickly move large video files. Backed by Samsung six-proof protection, the microSD line can withstand water, extreme temperatures, x-ray, wear-out, drops, and magnetic impact. You can feel confident that your data is safe from the elements whether you are at home, at work or on vacation.

For the first time, Samsung will also offer memory cards in 1 TB capacities for the EVO Select microSD and PRO Plus microSD lines. The PRO Plus microSD line is designed for photographers, videographers, and content creators with action cameras and drones. It boasts transfer speeds of up to 160 MB/S, so users can seamlessly capture 4K ultra-high definition (UHD) and Full HD (FHD) videos and photos. The 1 TB EVO Select and 1 TB PRO Plus microSD card options will be available later this year.

The EVO Select and EVO Plus 64-512 GB microSD cards will be available starting today on Samsung.com and select retailers. All lines and capacities offer a ten-year limited warranty.

EVO Select microSD card with faster speeds

• 64 GB ($14.99 MSRP)
• 128 GB ($18.99 MSRP)
• 256 GB ($29.99 MSRP)
• 512 GB ($55.99 MSRP)
• 1 TB (Coming later this year)

EVO Plus microSD card with faster speeds

• 64 GB ($15.99 MSRP)
• 128 GB ($20.99 MSRP)
• 256 GB ($31.99 MSRP)
• 512 GB ($60.99 MSRP)

PRO Plus microSD card available in 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB capacities

• 1 TB (Coming later this year)

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[Sunlight91]

What's the difference between EVO Select and EVO Plus?

 

[persondb]

Why keep announcing UHS-I uSD cards? The market is already saturated.
If it was a SDExpress one, then yeah, makes sense.

 

[Philaphlous]

What's the difference between EVO Select and EVO Plus?

Price...

lol

UHS1 what a joke.

 

[Minus Infinity]

Haven't used a microSD card for at least 12 years. Who uses them, most phones don't have slots anymore.

 

[persondb]

Haven't used a microSD card for at least 12 years. Who uses them, most phones don't have slots anymore.

Cameras, some phones, handheld game consoles, some notebooks, Single Board Computers.

The main issue with microSD is that the majority of devices are stuck in 2009, which is SD version 3 with UHS-I. Some cameras use UHS-II which would then be stuck at 2011.

I don't think UHS-III got any mainstream adoption. While Compact Fast managed to go ahead. There is really a need for a shakeup in the memory card market.

 

[Chaitanya]

Haven't used a microSD card for at least 12 years. Who uses them, most phones don't have slots anymore.

Action, dash, and surveillance cameras, drones, routers and whole host of industrial devices, audio recorders, cell phones(more 90% still come with a microSD and ones that majority of people tend to buy), game consoles, etc... Micro SD is quite ubiquitous across wide range of applications and people are buying them hence why we see so many releases.

Why keep announcing UHS-I uSD cards? The market is already saturated.
If it was a SDExpress one, then yeah, makes sense.

Both Samsung and Sandisk are stuck in past, they keep releasing UHS-I SD and microSD while ignoring faster standards(though in case of microSD no one is supporting UHS-II or anything faster so they can be forgiven for rehashing old products with new labels in that format).

 

[Minus Infinity]

Cameras, some phones, handheld game consoles, some notebooks, Single Board Computers.

The main issue with microSD is that the majority of devices are stuck in 2009, which is SD version 3 with UHS-I. Some cameras use UHS-II which would then be stuck at 2011.

I don't think UHS-III got any mainstream adoption. While Compact Fast managed to go ahead. There is really a need for a shakeup in the memory card market.

What new cameras use microSD. Most consumer cameras are high end APS-C or FF, point and shoot is dead. Do GoPro use them? I get old devices use them, but they can't make any use of newer faster standards, so they can continue to buy old microSD cards.

 

[alienisme]

What new cameras use microSD. Most consumer cameras are high end APS-C or FF, point and shoot is dead. Do GoPro use them? I get old devices use them, but they can't make any use of newer faster standards, so they can continue to buy old microSD cards.

I think what they meant is Surveillance Cameras

 

[PLAfiller]

Haven't used a microSD card for at least 12 years. Who uses them, most phones don't have slots anymore.

That's one of those statements that opens my eyes to the reality other people live in. I mean I have a fair use of SD-cards. Got a POE video surveillance with each single camera having an SD-card regardless of an NVR. All my phones have one, 3D printers, CNC router, my dash cam in the car...definitely still circulating in my household. I don't see them going extinct anytime soon.

 

[Chaitanya]

What new cameras use microSD. Most consumer cameras are high end APS-C or FF, point and shoot is dead. Do GoPro use them? I get old devices use them, but they can't make any use of newer faster standards, so they can continue to buy old microSD cards.

Nikon Zf(FF MILC), Canon Powershot V10, Powershot PTZ, many of Fujifilm Instax and Leica Sofort 2(basically a Instax rebrand), Ricoh Theta, also multiple Insta360, DJI and GoPro products all use micro SD slots. All of these released in last year or so, there is a steady stream of releases that use microSD slots in both video and stills cameras.