Choosing the ideal microSD card for your Android – CNET in Spanish

There are many microSD cards to choose from, but not all work with a phone or Android tablet. If you are choosing between SDHC and SDXC, or between a Class 10 and UHS-I Class 1 will give you some of advice to help you make sure you’re doing the best choice for your device and needs.

Capacity

most likely you find yourself with two types of microSD cards: SDHC and SDXC. The difference between the two is the range of capabilities they offer.

SDHC cards have a capacity of between 2 GB and 32 GB. Alternatively, the SDXC cards can vary between 32 GB and 2 TB. To put this in perspective, a photo taken with a 16MP camera occupies about 7MB of data. If you buy a 32GB card, you could store 4,500 photos or more in it. (This name may vary if you use a Galaxy S7, you can take photos in RAW format, which creates pictures whose documents are much larger.)

You may be tempted to choose the one with the greatest capacity but you need to check that it is compatible with your device. Check out this list of CNET in Spanish of the best Android phones with entry for microSD card, and the storage capacity are:

Speed ​​

Once you choose the capacity of the card, it’s time to choose the speed. The type of speed of your card determines how quickly can write data. . When you’re working with video, or photo series, the faster, the better

Most of the newer devices support three basic speeds: Class 10, UHS-1 Class 1 and UHS- 1 Class 3. UHS Ultra High speed means (ultra high speed) and currently has two types of connection between the card and the phone hardware, which in English is known as bus , labeled I and II , which helps determine the maximum speed of the card. UHS-2 cards cards – which have an extra row of pins – are in production, but a limited number of mobile devices supported by the far

cards. MicroSDHC and microSDXC can be any of these three classes, since the capacity and speed are not directly related. Since some companies only offer the maximum speed in the package, here we are the minimum speeds and the purpose it is intended each class:

• Class 10: 10MB / s; fast photo sequences shot video files up to 1080p
• UHS-1 Class 1:. 10MB / s; Live video and 1080p video files
• UHS-1 Class 3: 30MB / s;. live video and video files to 4K.

How this information is presented on the card?

the type of MicroSD card (SDHC or SDXC) and capacity (GB or TB) are labeled directly on the card. The three types of class mentioned above have logos that represent its maximum speed. Class 10 is the letter C number 10 inside. UHS-1 Class 1 and Class 3 are the letter U with a 1 or 3 in respectively. Finally, you may see a legend I or II on the card, which refers to the type of UHS bus speed.