haha yeah right. Nintendo will have a 64GB limit most likely. Hell half the consumer electronics i buy only take 32GB as max.. why do they do this? is it cheaper on the memory controller or something?
More like a licensing issue. A lot of phones are said to support only 32 GB cards but they have no problem taking 64 or 128 GB cards, as long as those cards are formatted as FAT32 and not exFat.
A lot of times, the marketing spec sheet will simply state compatibility with whatever happens to be the largest memory card on the market at the time, and that's because that's all they could get their hands on to test. A phone or tablet or camera or whatever may advertise its max capacity as being 64GB, but that's just the largest size they tested, when in reality, it's SDXC-compatible and will easily work with any SDXC card of any capacity.
None, but its sounds more marketing-magical to toss in a few sales points to attract people who probably won't think much about it. If things like that didn't work, companies wouldn't do it.
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Ninhalem - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
Oooh! This card will be good for the upcoming Nintendo Switch.fanofanand - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
Totally! Assuming you want to spend $250 for storage on your $300 tablet :)BrokenCrayons - Thursday, January 19, 2017 - link
I'm slightly ashamed to admit it, but I've spent more on a single outfit plus shoes than a Switch plus the probable price of that SD card.Morawka - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
haha yeah right. Nintendo will have a 64GB limit most likely. Hell half the consumer electronics i buy only take 32GB as max.. why do they do this? is it cheaper on the memory controller or something?SGTPan - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
Nintendo officially announced it will support at least up to 2TB microSDXC cards as is, so no paltry 64GB limit.SquarePeg - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
Supposedly the Switch will accept up to 2 TB microSDXC cards. I doubt we'll see cards that size in the Switch's life cycle.wavetrex - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
With 3D Nand advancing rapidly... don't bet on it.drumist - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
The SDHC specification supports up to 32GB. The SDXC specification supports up to 2TB.serendip - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - link
More like a licensing issue. A lot of phones are said to support only 32 GB cards but they have no problem taking 64 or 128 GB cards, as long as those cards are formatted as FAT32 and not exFat.dstarr3 - Thursday, January 19, 2017 - link
A lot of times, the marketing spec sheet will simply state compatibility with whatever happens to be the largest memory card on the market at the time, and that's because that's all they could get their hands on to test. A phone or tablet or camera or whatever may advertise its max capacity as being 64GB, but that's just the largest size they tested, when in reality, it's SDXC-compatible and will easily work with any SDXC card of any capacity.MrSpadge - Thursday, January 19, 2017 - link
"The card is qualified for up to 275 MB/s transfer speed and can be used to record UHD and 360° videos."What requirements does a 360° videos create which differ from a regular video stream of the same resolution?
BrokenCrayons - Thursday, January 19, 2017 - link
None, but its sounds more marketing-magical to toss in a few sales points to attract people who probably won't think much about it. If things like that didn't work, companies wouldn't do it.ajp_anton - Thursday, January 19, 2017 - link
"2Kp120, 4Kp120 and 8Kp120"How is this different from only mentioning the 8Kp120?
HomeworldFound - Friday, January 20, 2017 - link
I'll take six.Linuxhippy - Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - link
I wonder - did ADATA specify they are using MLC or is the author implying that based on his assumptions?