Help choosing a micro SDcard.

[MustacheBerry]

Hey guys, the micro SD card I've been using in my Galaxy S7 died a while ago(and turned out to be a chinese fake while at it...) and I'm about to buy a new one, but since I don't really keep up with the market I don't know wich one to pick so I'm looking for some help.

I've rounded it down to these 3 models, I'm looking at 32gb either Samsung Evo+(10£), SanDisc Ultra(13£) or SanDisc Extreme(20£) and I can't figure out if there are any meaningful differences here worth paying extra for. Extreme has a 30 year guarantee, I guess that'd be a good sign for its endurance? I'd really appreciate any advice you can spare, thanks in advance.

 

[MustacheBerry]

If you plan on shooting movies in UHD then you'll want a U3 rated card, otherwise U1 will be fine.
My last SD Card purchase, for my wife's new tablet, was a 128GB Samsung Evo U3 - £20 to the door.

I don't think I recorder a single video in the 3 or so years I had this phone, but thanks I'll keep that in mind. Also would you mind sharing where you got your card from? Tho that price seems too good to be true, wouldn't want to end up with another fake.

The EVO are decent as well but which ever one you get do a benchmark on them using something like CrystalDiskMark to check the write speeds against the advertised amounts. There are so many great fakes around that this is often the only way to tell.

Absolutely will do. I bought the last one from a big and, seemingly, legitimate chain store here in the UK and the price was pretty standard, it didn't even cross my mind it could be a fake but I'll definitelly be more vigilant now.

Been using Integrals A1 U3 256GB from memory that is mine Usually go down to £23-25.

Thanks but while it may be stupid of me, I'd rather stick with the mainstream brands, plus from what I see the read speeds on those is half whant they are on Samsungs and SanDiscs while the prices here are about the same, 2-3 pounds diference. Also thats a really good price for 256, at Curry's 64Gb costs 22 pounds allready and that's the biggest one they have and I would really rather not dip into Ebay for this one.

with such prices and such usecase, Samsung.
buy 64GB min though.

I just don't think I'll need that much space, in the last 3 or so years I've filled up >7 GB and 64s for the most part cost(shockingly) twice as much . I should've mentioned that earlier, but I really only use the phone for listening to music, audiobooks, some videos and internet. No games or full movies or anything demanding like that.

And of course, thanks everyone for your input.

 

[MustacheBerry]

Hey guys, one more question. I don't have a micro sd card slot/reader for my pc, is it possible to speed test a card by connecting a phone with the card in it to the pc and then running software on in that way?

 

[MustacheBerry]

Yeah I'll probably settle on Samsung because it seems like its easier to discern fakes.

On the subject my dad happened to buy a card yesterday and I've been testing his to see whether is legitemate. Its a Samsung EVO+ 32Gb and from the outset everything looked spot on but then I ran the test speeds and they are weird, it this a good card? Sorry for those being photos but I ran the test on an old laptop and moving screenshots from there would've taken an hour, wich I guess could be one of the reasons for the results, also I used the included adapter, not sure if that can affect it?

https://i.imgur.com/hshHMk7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YuxbMnG.jpg

 

[MustacheBerry]

Yeah I settled down on the Samsung for it being easier to figure out a fake, I don't really need top of the line performance and the price was a steal at under 6 pounds. Went through the tests, plooped over 7 GB of data onto it and it seems works fine. Thanks a lot for your help.