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SanDisk Ultra MicroSDXC UHS-I 400GB with Adapter ~ $265.07 (EUR 164.40) @ Amazon Spain

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This is definately overkill for a lot of people but it's a great price for this card for those that are looking for the high capacity, JB Hifi have these retailing at $449, cheapest on eBay is about $400. If buying through Amazon US, it's currently around $350 AUD.

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Item ID SDSQUAR-400G-GN6MA
The SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I 400GB card gives you the freedom to shoot, save and share more than ever. Our higher capacity microSD card is perfect for recording and watching Full HD videos, with storage space for even more hours of video. Transfer speeds of up to 100 MB / s guarantee that you can move all your content surprisingly fast: up to 1200 photographs in just one minute. Ideal for smartphones and tablets with Android operating system, the A1 class of this card means you can also load your applications faster.

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  • +15

    Wow.

    • +2

      Wow indeed, that's around 3.3 Trillion transistors in an area the size of a baby's fingernail.

      • That's amazing… Are we close to the limit yet?

        • babies have plenty of fingernails to cover.

  • Lol. Nothing is ever an overkill when it comes to storage.. :)
    Think of all that video you can store on it..

    BTW.. shows as 174.50 Euros to me.

    • +1

      Haha yeh I'm contemplating getting one but won't be able to justify it at the moment!
      Once you go through to the checkout, VAT will be removed, the prices I have in my checkout are:

      Product - EUR 144.22
      Shipping - EUR 20.18

    • Well the price is overkill for me. Not the best value memory capacity for now, the sweet spot is 64GB.

    • +5

      Heh. "Video".

      Bought.

  • +1

    I wonder if such huge SD cards are worthwhile, considering they die at some point (you wouldn't want to store anything important, that you didn't have backed up to a more secure location).

    • +1

      I haven't ever had one Sandisk die on me in my ten years+ of using them with MicroSD cards. (And I am a heavy user, touch wood).
      I've had many Kingstons die (stopped buying that brand), couple of Lexars but none Sandisk.

      • The storage medium is by nature more volatile than hard drives and SSDs. It would be needlessly risky for you to store, say, your child's baby photos in one without having them backed up elsewhere

        • +3

          Thats why Google Photos exists. I always copy the full photos off my phone manually anyway to my NAS - accompanied with an offsite BDR backup once in a while.

        • -1

          The storage medium is by nature more volatile than hard drives and SSDs

          You don't have any idea and just started making shit up right?

        • +3

          @Diji1:

          "How long does flash memory last?

          Flash memory eventually wears out because its floating gates take longer to work after they've been used a certain number of times. It's very widely quoted that flash memory degrades after it's been written and rewritten about "10,000 times," but that's misleading. According to a 1990s flash patent by Steven Wells of Intel, "although switching begins to take longer after approximately ten thousand switching operations, approximately one hundred thousand switching operations are required before the extended switching time has any affect on system operation." Whether it's 10,000 or 100,000, it's usually fine for a USB stick or the SD memory card in a digital camera you use once a week, but less satisfactory for the main storage in a computer, cellphone, or other gadget that's in daily use for years on end. One practical way around the limit is for the operating system to ensure that different bits of flash memory are used each time information is erased and stored (technically, this is called wear-leveling), so no bit is erased too often. In practice, modern computers might simply ignore and "tiptoe round" the bad parts of a flash memory chip, just like they can ignore bad sectors on a hard drive, so the real practical lifetime limit of flash drives is much higher: somewhere between 10,000 and 1 million cycles. Cutting-edge flash devices have been demonstrated that survive for 100 million cycles or more."

          http://www.explainthatstuff.com/flashmemory.html
          http://www.electronicdesign.com/memory/fundamentals-flash-me…

          "A hard drive stores its data magnetically, and as long as you keep it away from another strong magnetic source, it is fairly stable.

          The magnetism can diminish over time, putting the data at risk, but this can be restored by powering on and reading or writing the data. You should do this every few years if you’re using a hard drive for long-term storage."

          http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hard-drives-ssds-flash-drives-h…

        • +1

          @Quantumcat: The only real guarantee of data lasting more than 10 years is probably still from (high quality) Optical medium and stored properly (away from light and in good conditions). I've still got my CDRs from my first batch of Kodak Golds and still works today as it did then (20 years!). Thats why I always suggest everyone still backup photos and their most important information to Optical to this day. It's just a shame that Optical has pretty much died compared to the lazier ways of constantly buying more hard drives or sticking them to the Cloud.

          Funny enough, my 8G Sandisk on my Nokia N95 still works. lol…

        • +1

          @Quantumcat:

          That article really needs to be updated as the information is out of date and highly inaccurate.

          The 10,000 and 100,000 figures would have been for MLC and SLC flash cells respectively and with the emergence of TLC and 3D NAND the durability levels change - TLC cells are rated for between 500 to 1000 re-writes.

          Wear leveling is also not done at the O/S level but at the flash controller level as the operating system is not aware of the physical layout of the flash memory. The reference about tiptoe around is also wrong and reads like a bad sci fi script - flash memory uses error correction to mask errors as best as possible and in the case of SSD's over provisioning is implemented and bad blocks transparently remapped.

        • @bchliu:

          Optical storage simply doens't have the capacity required. When you need a few TBs of storage, you can't use optical.

        • @thord: Yeah.. It's unfortunate that they havent progressed Optical in the same capacities as Flash or Spindles. However, I am using it for photos and videos - which my 100GB per disc BDR will be good enough for. Really Archival purposes and just mark out the calendar, burn and store. I think my 60000 family photos only takes around 200GB or about 2 BDRs. At least I know they should be retrievable in 20-30 years time if the technology still allows it.

        • @bchliu:

          At least I know they should be retrievable in 20-30 years time if the technology still allows it.

          Isn't that why cloud storage (in addition to cheap hard drives that you replace every few years) would be better? It'd probably be rather difficult to find a Bluray drive in the year 2050, but that hard drive you've been replacing would be fine. Google will likely still be around, so your photos should still be accessible there too.

        • @eug: Well.. arguably, my CDRs from 1997 still work. 20 years have gone by since (and standards have changed from IDE/Parallel Port to SATA/USB). Considering the humble floppy has been around for half a century in it's many guises. I suppose Optical media will still be around in at least another 20 years unless something else comes out better for it (I do have an idea myself, but that requires a patent and someone like IBM to realise it…)

          I did read a rather interesting article in a science mag about how media just doesn't last anymore unlike Books or other hard copy stuff that does last hundreds (thousands) of years if stored under the right conditions. We've created more data in the last few years than we did for the last 5000 years of humanity!

          As for Google being around? Who knows. They appeared from nowhere 20 years ago when the landscape was very different. In another 20 years, the landscape would have changed again.

        • @bchliu:

          Well.. arguably, my CDRs from 1997 still work.

          At work we have a large number of DVD-R discs from about 2003 onwards. A lot of them don't work any more, even the Taiyo Yuden discs. Some are stored in the spindles they came with, some in large DVD folders, and they're stored in an office environment so no extremes and no UV either, since there's no window in that room.

          Considering the humble floppy has been around for half a century in it's many guises.

          I reckon it'll be quite difficult to get a working 5.25" or 8" drive and computer with the right interface nowadays. Or at least not cheap!

          I suppose Optical media will still be around in at least another 20 years unless something else comes out better for it

          Aren't they pretty much EOL now? Nice new laptops don't come with optical drives any more.

          (I do have an idea myself, but that requires a patent and someone like IBM to realise it…)

          Maybe one day that DNA storage method will become a reality.

          I did read a rather interesting article in a science mag about how media just doesn't last anymore unlike Books or other hard copy stuff that does last hundreds (thousands) of years if stored under the right conditions.

          True, digital media requires more TLC, but you get to maintain fidelity. Analog storage like negatives and paintings can last a lot longer without active maintenance, but they gradually degrade… unless maybe it's an analog record made of gold! At least it doesn't fall off a cliff like digital media I guess.

      • I have.

        Anything on a phone should be backed up elsewhere though.

    • Who buys micro sd cards for backing up files?

      • -1

        Professional photographers

        • I don't think photographers backup on cards but they need the cards not to fail before they get back home to backup.

          I've had 3 SanDisk micro cards fail so far but lucky it was all write fail so I could still backup.

        • +3

          Definitely won't visit those photographers for any work if they insist on using SDCards to store their photos. Anyone with half a brain would store it elsewhere for backups - cloud, NAS/SAN, Optical Media, Tape whatever.

        • +2

          @voter1: Pro photographers use SD or compact flash cards for shooting. Never heard of any that use micro sd cards.

        • @Orpheus:

          micro sd + adapter = SD

        • @voter1: I read somewhere a wedding photographer who bought a new SD card for every project, and archived his SD cards by putting them into a drawer. I couldn’t think of a more simpler archive solution. The rest of the world will go on to claim he’s a fool for not investing in expensive HDDs and cloud storage. I will sit humbly on the fence and tip my hat.

        • @muncan:

          archived his SD cards by putting them into a drawer

          Hmm not sure if that's a great idea for archival purposes. SD cards store data by storing a charge in a cell. Over time the charge will leak out, corrupting the data.

        • @eug: yep I'm aware of this, I would totally power cycle mine before the 10 year null sets in… but I'm the storyteller, not the pro photographer (though I once impressed a waitress with my D3300 with kit lens)

      • I have a 128GB in my Surface for extra storage

  • This would be great addition to my Macbook Air. I need more storage.

  • +8

    Sweet 400GB of apps, take that iPhones.

    • +5

      and don't forget Google Nexus.

    • +1

      Without taking the bait too much, isn't adopted storage still limited when it comes to apps? Hope it's changed for the better since I last read up on it.

      • +3

        No? I have a Windows phone though

      • +1

        I was surprised when I shoved an SD card into my new Nokia 5, it asked whether to expand device storage or use as removable media. Went with the latter, haven't tried the former, probably an Android N thing but a great idea nevertheless as long as it works and you keep backups.

      • I'm wondering too.

        I read there's issues with apps due to low card read speeds. That was a long time ago.

  • +1

    wonder if the Switch would recognize this? i already have a 200gb one though

    • +1

      It's supposed to handle 2tb I believe.

  • +1

    "The seller you have chosen for this product does not ship to Australia"

    • +2

      Lots of items on Amazon US, UK and other countries say they don't ship but you can still complete the purchase.

      • +1

        Ahhh good to know :)

      • +1

        so what do we do? use a forwarder?

        • you can still complete the purchase

  • I'd be reluctant to spend so much money on something so small. These things go missing very easily - I've lost a few on my desk in my time.

    • -1

      Dont apple users have to pay hundreds more to upgrade, and thats just to 256gb? $265 for 400gb isnt that much in comparison. And how do you lose multiple phones in your desk?

      • I think he meant he loses SD cards. I personally keep mine in a tin that closes tightly.

      • because he didn't lose multiple phones in his desk; he lost multiple micro sd cards in his desk. Also, micro sd cards are not used solely for phones/tablets, but for things like cameras as well which need a lot of memory (especially if filming in 4k)

        • -3

          SD cards are better suited for that job. I dont know of any pro camera that uses micro sd cards only. Also ironically it would be better to have 1x 400gb micro sd card in your phone than having a dozen smaller cards to lose them and switch out all the time.

  • yeah i'm getting that too….unatainable

  • +2

    EUR $164.40

    That's not how the Euro works.

    • +1

      Haha had USD in my head… I've edited it just in case it bothers anyone else… :D

  • Does Note 8 support this size?
    Thought it only supports up to 256GB, https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note8-8505.php

    • +1

      It'll work, it just hasn't been tested.
      The 400gb capacity is newer than when they wrote the specs.

    • +2

      The limitations are usually written based on the current Max sd card sizes at the launch of the phone. SDXC standard is good for up to 2tb so is exfat. So theoretically if your phone supports SDXC then it's should be fine. As mentioned though… Untested

  • That's a lot of mp3s. Could probably fit entire discographies from A to Z artists with space to boot!

    • +2

      Only 5 4K discs though :|

  • +1

    Any deals on 256gb Sandisk? cheers

  • That's a cracking deal.

  • +4
  • first thought WOW!
    think again, wtf can i do with it since it won't works with 99.999% of the android devices.

  • +1

    U1 rated on a 400 GB, sounds like a painful long time to transfer data.

    • yes. What's the write speed? Can you record 4k video, which many phones support now.

      • You can record 4k video on your phone with a class 10 micro sd card.

  • Is it really going to be genuine for that price?!

    • +2

      Actual vendor is Amazon so wouldn't think they would be fake.

  • +1

    Didn't know such size exists for sdcard!

  • Not U3 rated so thats a bit of a waste as the only reason I would want 400gig is for 4K video or something very data intensive.

    • You don't need U3 for 4K video unless you're using it in a camera that uses high bitrates.

      400GB is quite a lot. You could store your entire movie library on your tablet. U3 is less important for usage scenarios like that, since you copy everything on once.

      • Im doing 360 VR footage so it chews a lot of data from the multiple lenses and if its too slow the camera heats up a lot for some reason. For a regular mobile phone I think it would be fine.

  • Who will need a card in this size? 400 Gb OMG..

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