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Tuesday, 3 March 2015

New Tech (must read) SanDisk introduces a 200GB microSD

Remember when having just 4 or 6 gigabytes of space on a clunky iPod hard drive seemed revolutionary? It sounds so long ago, and I’m not even that old. Well prepare to become even more painfully aware of the unstoppable passage of time thanks to SanDisk’s record-setting 200GB microSD card.

SanDisk previously pushed their memory format to the limit with last year’s 128GB microSDXC card, and using similar technology they’ve now raised that cap to 200GB. Why would someone want to store so much data on a device you could accidentally swallow? It’s easy: for smartphones. People view and store tons of data on their phones, from photos to apps to videos to music, and with these new cards storage space will most likely never be a concern. SanDisk claims that 20 hours of HD video can fit on the card with transfer speeds of 90MB/s.

Of course, to use one of these cards in your smartphone you need to own a handset with a microSD slot. That’s not going to happen if you select an iPhone, and Samsung has decided not to support memory expansion on its forthcoming Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge. If this trend continues, SanDisk will be looking to other forms of gadget to keep the sales flowing.

The 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card hits shelves in the next few months for $399. But if that’s still not enough space, you could also check the card’s big brother the $800 512GB SD card. Or you could just get a hard drive.

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