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I tend to do a very large amount of research before I buy anything tech/electronic wise since I not only find it fun but of course helps me end up with the best product for the money, future proofing to the best I can and also not over spending on features that go used(which in the case of SD and memory cards is a big issue)
I now have it in my Samsung Galaxy Note 4, and primarily got it because I stream via ChromeCast/Samsung TV 1080p movies frequently approx 2GB each. I want to free as much space on my internal memory as possible so as to not slow the device down with large movie files like I was doing with the old class 2 16GB card I had.
Now as this card totes a Class 10 transfer speed rating that is also UHS-1 compatible....the kicker, if your device supports UHS-1 and by the way no smartphones at the moment do...and unless your using your phone as a professional video camera, recording large HD clips it makes no difference really and this is why UHS-1 support if found mainly on high end video recorders. So the advertising for this card boasts a 48m/s transfer speed that sounds pretty good right? (dont forget this says "with UHS-1")....Yes you see where now one can be confused about the real speeds people will see on their smartphones/tablets, which by the way is probably the majority use now of these cards as one can now add double their 32GB internal memory in one fast SD card for about $30...kind of makes you think how much of a rip off Apple is for charging 100 bucks for each additional 16Gbs or 32Gbs, I mean the physical memory isnt costing them that so what is, memory started becoming dirt cheap about 6 years ago but drones still cling onto their iphones like something called Micro SD cards havent been invented. Oh I forgot they have "the clould" because that is like exactly the same thing as having the data on a memory card in your phone, not dependent on Apples servers or data/internet being used or even present . Anyways enough icrap, this is the EVO version, the mid range model, the PRO being the best but also exponentially more expensive...the EVO was only about 10 or 15 bucks more than the baseline card and is about double the speeds. The PRO version had about double the EVO speeds but I was almost sure those added speeds wouldnt get utilized on my phone...I couldn't find anywhere detailing exactly how fast the Note 4s SD hardware/software was capable of transferring but since the Note 4 is essentially the top of the line phone toting the most up to date processor and other specs I figured that it had to at least transfer Class 10 speeds.
So far I am extremely happy with the performance of this card. Besides the plethora of great reviews about this card which makes pulling the trigger way easier on the order. I like the Samsung Samsung paring haha as hey it can't only help right?...BUT now let's get down to real stuff...
HOW DID THE CARD ACTUALLY PREFORM WHEN TESTED? (Using the A1 SD Bench app which is a great app to test your phones SD card but also see how other phones on the market, tablets, and their specs stack up against each other) This is an awesome app because the data is all sourced from the very large amount of tests that people who run the app submit for all to see, so the numbers are real world sourced, have a large sample size to null any outliers, and doesn't have a bias towards hyping certain features like advertising does.
The card averaged over over 10 tests of the long test mode (recommend standard):
40.95MB/s Read ------ 20.92 MB/s Write
So it seems that although the toted 48 mb/s they advertised, with UHS 1 compatible device if you pay attention though...which my Note 4 is not compatible with...still hit consistently at 40/20 read write with the card about 3/4 full of content during testing as to test real life conditions. The Note 4 does appear to support Class 10 transfer speeds on SD cards and this card works great because you are not over spending on anymore than you need, yet your utilizing the cards EVO speeds practically fully when tested in real world conditions.
| Color | White, Yellow |
|---|---|
| Special Feature | water_proof, magnetic_proof, x_ray_proof, temperature_proof |
| Read Speed | 48 |
| Item Weight | 8.98 g |
| Write Speed | megabytes_per_second |
| Hardware Interface | MicroSD, microSDHC, microSDXC, SDXC, SDHC |
| Secure Digital Association Speed Class | Class 10 |
| RAM | 64 GB |
| Wireless Type | 802.11g |
