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Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?

Started Dec 6, 2021 | Discussions
CAcreeks
CAcreeks Forum Pro • Posts: 18,924
Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?

Apparently microSD cards make the cheapest removable storage now. This price is unbelievable considering Apple charges $200 for 512GB, and I've seen worse in the PC space.

link to Amazon page for Sandisk 400GB microSD

Robert Zanatta Senior Member • Posts: 2,630
Re: Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?
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There's a big difference between these storage cards and SSDs used in computers.  Both in terms of performance and reliability.

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CAcreeks
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Re: Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?

Robert Zanatta wrote:

There's a big difference between these storage cards and SSDs used in computers. Both in terms of performance and reliability.

OTOH you could buy an equally unreliable and non-durable mini CF card, 256GB for "only" $265, which works out to $1.03 per gigabyte.

I did not notice the Samsung 512GB microSD card for $55, 10.7¢ per gigabyte.

I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?

My Lenovo tablet supports "adoptable storage ", Google's Android 6+ return to microSD functionality after trying to murder it with Android 4.x (KitKat). Because the tablet is low powered and performance limitations of microSD cards, it would do poorly for gaming or serious media editing, but functionally combining internal with microSD storage is a good way to economize on badly overpriced increments of internal storage for less demanding apps and media.

CAcreeks
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Re: Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?

I2K4 wrote:

My Lenovo tablet supports "adoptable storage ", Google's Android 6+ return to microSD functionality after trying to murder it with Android 4.x (KitKat). Because the tablet is low powered and performance limitations of microSD cards, it would do poorly for gaming or serious media editing, but functionally combining internal with microSD storage is a good way to economize on badly overpriced increments of internal storage for less demanding apps and media.

I did not know about the attempted murder in KitKat.

I'm happy with removable storage on my Android phone. I send photos and videos to it, so the internal storage doesn't fill up. Then when I get a new phone, all my stuff is still there! Don't need adoptable storage.

We ordered a Sandisk Extreme 512GB (U3, V430, A2) for under 15¢ a gigabyte. It's for a laptop PC, the LG Gram 17, which oddly takes microSD instead of regular SD cards.

As far as I can tell, if you want UHS-II it has to be regular SD.

I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?

CAcreeks wrote:

I2K4 wrote:

My Lenovo tablet supports "adoptable storage ", Google's Android 6+ return to microSD functionality after trying to murder it with Android 4.x (KitKat). Because the tablet is low powered and performance limitations of microSD cards, it would do poorly for gaming or serious media editing, but functionally combining internal with microSD storage is a good way to economize on badly overpriced increments of internal storage for less demanding apps and media.

I did not know about the attempted murder in KitKat.

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In the Play Store you still find developer notations in the write-ups for various storage-seeking apps, especially third-party camera apps, that inability to use external storage on KitKat is Android's doing and not their own. Neither Google nor the OEMs are fond of microSD functionality when the incremental sale price of a few more GB of internal is many times the same amount for microSD: First with Jellybean and more extremely in KitKat Google tried to kill off phones like my first Andrid Gingerbread LG, with less than 1 GB of internal storage but full functionality for installing and running apps from microSD - I still use it without a SIM as an audiobook reader, and offline exercise MP3, map and timer.

CAcreeks
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Re: Is this a dream? 400GB for $48?

I2K4 wrote:

CAcreeks wrote:

I did not know about the attempted murder in KitKat.

In the Play Store you still find developer notations in the write-ups for various storage-seeking apps, especially third-party camera apps, that inability to use external storage on KitKat is Android's doing and not their own. Neither Google nor the OEMs are fond of microSD functionality when the incremental sale price of a few more GB of internal is many times the same amount for microSD: First with Jellybean and more extremely in KitKat Google tried to kill off phones like my first Andrid Gingerbread LG, with less than 1 GB of internal storage but full functionality for installing and running apps from microSD - I still use it without a SIM as an audiobook reader, and offline exercise MP3, map and timer.

Yes, I noticed that the Google Pixel 6 does not have a microSD card slot.

Samsung still puts one in many of their phones, which perhaps explains why they sell so well.

MicroSD seems to be the least expensive form of storage, though not as durable as SSD.

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