[PPCG Review] SanDisk 16Gb microSDHC Card
I had the opportunity to review the SanDisk 16Gb microSDHC Class 2 memory card. In case you're not aware, the class of a card refers to the read/write speed. The higher the number, the faster the card should perform. So, a class 2 is the slowest while a class 4, 6, or even 10 should be faster than a class 2. With that said, there are different things to consider when buying a new memory card.
While you're paying for size, you're also paying for the class and the brand. SanDisk is one of the most well-known brands for memory cards, so their's will usually be priced higher, but they also have a better reputation than some other brands. This card performed well for me. I transfered music, movies, and GPS maps onto it, all at acceptable speeds. So far I haven't had any type of corruption or issues with the card. Music and movie playback was smooth with no skipping. GPS performance was also good, there was no delays during map refreshes.
For the price, you're getting a highly rated brand of card but you're giving up some speed. For a class 6 card, you can easily spend $20-$50 more, depending on the brand. You can also find some class 6 cards for around the same price, but they're from less-known brands.
I give this card a 7 out of 10 and the only points it lost was the fact that it was a class 2. I highly recommend this card if you have sensitive data that you can't afford to lose (so you're getting a well-known brand), you want a large capacity card (16Gb being the largest you can find right now), but are willing to sacrifice some speed.
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my A-DATA class 2 i think skips quite a bit when playing music.
I didn’t have any problems with this card. In the past, I’ve had skipping issues when doing A2DP over bluetooth, but if I plugged in headphones it never skipped. So that wasn’t related to a card, but probably my bluetooth config.
I actually have this card (I’ve had it for at least a year now probably longer), and the write speeds are actually well over the class 2 rating. In fact if you put it in any decent card reader you will pull at least 6mb a second in read time I’ve seen pull as high as 19mb a second. as for write it usually starts out at a minimum around 5.5 (depends if you are copying one large file or a bunch of little files) if it’s one large file it has gone as high as 9-10MB a second for me, but with many little files it take a performance hit. Hope this helps, overall very satisfied.
the card is good for the price!
i Just got the card on Ebay for 30 bucks, I have yet to see any performance issues.
but can you flash a rom from the root of the SD card? some cards won’t while others do
Would like to add to the mix: tried the Duracell 16GB microSD and lost a LOT of data to corruption. Pulled my hair out – now Im patchy and balding. Could not repair the card or make work reliably with disk sector scan. In short: Duracell 16GB micro = TOTAL JUNK! Go for the card above.
Do phones have a maximum read and write speed? Where getting a higher class card would be futile since the phone cant read or write at that cards speed class?
eyepopper – I was thinking the same thing, i believe when it comes to phones even a class2 would do a job well done… The speed only matters when transferring files from PC via a card reader or other high speed device.. But not too sure if some one can verify this it would help me on deciding what class card to get…