The folks from SanDisk have been leading the charge on removable storage and USB storage for a long, long time. Their Mobile Ultra and Extreme SD cards have always been among the quickest on the market, but this morning they just launched a new era in Micro-SD cards. Currently the Mobile ULTRA micro-SDXC is the fastest they offer, but their new Extreme will nearly double the performance.
Announced today is the new line of SanDisk Extreme Micro-SDXC cards. Ranging from 16GB to 64GB in size. Extreme models are available for lower storage, but not XC (extended capacity) cards. Their Mobile Ultra cards have been popular in smartphones and tablets, especially Android users, for the fast read/write speeds. Helping users capture burst-shot photos, 1080p video, and more.
Their new cards however, offer much more in terms of speed, while also keeping durability a top priority. The ULTRA line offers read and write speeds reaching 30 MB/s and are considered Class 10. Today’s newly announced Extreme Micro-SD option will bring read speeds to nearly 80 MB/s (great for streaming 1080p video from our quad-core smartphones) and write speeds topping 50 MB/s while snapping loads of photos.
More than doubling the read speeds and offering a huge increase in write speeds, SanDisk claims their new Extreme Micro-SDXC cards are the best fit for our mobile devices. Data transfer, fast-action photography, burst-mode, and even 1080p video recording and playback should all benefit from these increased speeds.
The Ultra cards can be found for under $60 these days, but expect these blazing fast new Extreme options to run anywhere from $59.99 to $199 for the 64GB model. Are these speeds worth it to you? Let us know below in the comments.
I run an old 32gb class 4 micro sd card on my S3 and it works just fine. For all those people who need speed I guess this is for them but realistically I personally have no need for this
i have 64GB class 10 and it serves me well
If you dont want to wait for 1 second more in your life, you need this. I need this! haha
CORRECTION: SDXC stands for SD eXtended Capacity, not “extreme capacity” as mention in this article 🙂
“Announced today is the new line of SanDisk Extreme Micro-SDXC cards. Ranging from 16GB to 64GB in size. Extreme models are available for lower storage, but not XC (extended capacity) cards.”
This is confusing. They’ve announced Micro-SDXC, but then you say they’re not XC?
It’s most useful for cameras, can’t see phones being a major issue unless you are loading/saving large datafiles.