Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Samsung launches EVO and PRO memory cards

Samsung has launched a new lineup of SD and microSD cards with capacities up to 64GB. No 128GB models in the pipeline.

The Korean electronics giant has three ranges available: Standard, PRO, and EVO. The latter two support Ultra High Speed Class 1 (UHS-1), touting read speeds of up to 90MB/s and 48MB/s respectively.

The standard range (the cards are blue) includes SD and microSD cards 4 cards, 8, 16 and 32GB Maximum throughput announced is 24 MB / s, which indicates a conventional SD interface. The cards are Class 6 (6 MB / s minimum write) and are guaranteed for 5 years.

They are waterproof, even able to survive a full day in seawater. They are also temperature proof, withstanding lows of -25 degrees Celsius and highs of 85 degrees Celsius. When switched off they are unphased by the chill of -40 degrees.

Prices are not known, but the maps Pro range should be expensive. For public use, maps EVO range, coupled with a USB 3.0 cards should be sufficient to quickly recover photos made by a digital camera, while the followers of reflex will turn to Pro. For an Android smartphone, the classic card will be sufficient in many of the cases, UHS compatible devices is quite rare.

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