http://www.meritline.com/pqi-8gb-micro-sdhc-class6-with-adapter---p-34293.aspx?source=s2010
Meritline is an awesome site. I order tons of stuff from there (especially their 3 packs of HDMI cables, usually with coupon for 6.99)
But there shipping is quite slow unless you live close to California. or can wait for things to arrive from the Far East. (Hong Kong, Singapore, China)
The other thing is their customer service is top notch!
For just a couple more dollars you can get one from Newegg if you are in a hurry...
I got a class 2, 8 GB card at my local electronics store for $17. Don't waste money/effort getting your hands on a class six because the Hero won't read it at it's native speed.
illogic6 said:
I got a class 2, 8 GB card at my local electronics store for $17. Don't waste money/effort getting your hands on a class six because the Hero won't read it at it's native speed.
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That is false, and frankly I'm damned sick of hearing that BS repeated over and over. The "class 2" thing comes entirely second-hand from some user who apparently got a note from a random low-level customer service rep saying something to that effect. Well it's not true.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5266992
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5064077
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/142155
The Hero is fully capable of exceeding the read and write capacities of a Class 2 card. My Hero maxes out at about 2.5 - 3 MB/s writing to the included Class 2 card, but easily reaches 6-8 MB/s using my aftermarket Class 6 card.
Definitely, definitely, definitely get a Class 6 card, whatever size you buy. It's absolutely worth it.
Anyway, NewEgg will ship you an 8GB Class 6 card from the US for $22.95. I'd recommend that instead.
Great find! Thanks!
jonnythan said:
Anyway, NewEgg will ship you an 8GB Class 6 card from the US for $22.95. I'd recommend that instead.
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Assuming you mean the Transcend card, I got it at amazon at roughly the same price after shipping...and I'll +1 that recommendation.
jonnythan said:
That is false, and frankly I'm damned sick of hearing that BS repeated over and over. The "class 2" thing comes entirely second-hand from some user who apparently got a note from a random low-level customer service rep saying something to that effect. Well it's not true.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5266992
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5064077
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/142155
The Hero is fully capable of exceeding the read and write capacities of a Class 2 card. My Hero maxes out at about 2.5 - 3 MB/s writing to the included Class 2 card, but easily reaches 6-8 MB/s using my aftermarket Class 6 card.
Definitely, definitely, definitely get a Class 6 card, whatever size you buy. It's absolutely worth it.
Anyway, NewEgg will ship you an 8GB Class 6 card from the US for $22.95. I'd recommend that instead.
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not to be mean or rude but the first two links dont prove anything(just more conversations) the last link with the pics was good enough though. thankyou for some HARD PROOF
lv2bll said:
not to be mean or rude but the first two links dont prove anything(just more conversations) the last link with the pics was good enough though. thankyou for some HARD PROOF
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They both contain actual data. If you don't believe my data without some pictures, that's not my problem.
illogic6 said:
I got a class 2, 8 GB card at my local electronics store for $17. Don't waste money/effort getting your hands on a class six because the Hero won't read it at it's native speed.
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Even if that wer the case (which is not), then you try and buy stuff hard proofing it for the future, so the logical way would be to buy a class six card, which you can use when in the future you dont have a Hero anymore and do have a phone that "supports" class six.
Even less expensive!
Meritline has another brand Class 6 8GB for a dollar less (with shipping)! Only $18.45.
intx said:
http://www.meritline.com/pqi-8gb-micro-sdhc-class6-with-adapter---p-34293.aspx?source=s2010
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This is not a deal. If you think it's a deal you're new to the internet. I got a SanDisk 8GB Micro SDHC Class 6 for $18 shipped from new egg. Keep your sights on dealnews.com for micro sdhc deals.
On top of that Meritline is good but has insanely cheaply-built knock-offish type stuff. Got my sdhc card reader from them for $0.98 shipped. See what I'm saying here?
scirio said:
This is not a deal. If you think it's a deal you're new to the internet. I got a SanDisk 8GB Micro SDHC Class 6 for $18 shipped from new egg. Keep your sights on dealnews.com for micro sdhc deals.
On top of that Meritline is good but has insanely cheaply-built knock-offish type stuff. Got my sdhc card reader from them for $0.98 shipped. See what I'm saying here?
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Um.
This is class six.
For two dollars more.
WHAT A HUGE SAVINGS YOU JUST GOT OVER ME.
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Um.
This is class six.
For two dollars more.
WHAT A HUGE SAVINGS YOU JUST GOT OVER ME.
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His was also Sandisk, that's noteworthy.
I know a lot of people have good luck with Trancend, Adata, etc... but I try my hardest to stick with Kingston or Sandisk for my SD cards.
Las_Vegas said:
Meritline has another brand Class 6 8GB for a dollar less (with shipping)! Only $18.45.
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Picked one up. Thanks!
daveli said:
Even if that wer the case (which is not), then you try and buy stuff hard proofing it for the future, so the logical way would be to buy a class six card, which you can use when in the future you dont have a Hero anymore and do have a phone that "supports" class six.
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Yeah, I hear you there. These things burn out eventually though. I'm also going to bump up to a 16gig soon.
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Um.
This is class six.
For two dollars more.
WHAT A HUGE SAVINGS YOU JUST GOT OVER ME.
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Well that just make me look foolish.
My point mine was not a deal, it was quite standard pricing; therefore, neither is yours.
Here, this makes it easier:
Take Your pick!!
Related
does anyone know if there is a limit on the capacity of microSD card supported by the HD2?
I'm looking at getting a 16GB so I can carry all my music.
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does anyone know if there is a limit on the capacity of microSD card supported by the HD2?
I'm looking at getting a 16GB so I can carry all my music.
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16GB will work, my phone came with one this size.
cool.
my challenge now is to find a 16gb card, cheap, that isn't fake.
cheap card
Hi the cheapest i have found atm are from CEX in the uk, they are £22 and are guarenteed for a year.
Hope this helps
Do not buy any 16GB one, this will support the sandisk politics holding back the 32gig version
scilor said:
Do not buy any 16GB one, this will support the sandisk politics holding back the 32gig version
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This . I'm holding off until one is released... any time now, sigh.
scilor said:
Do not buy any 16GB one, this will support the sandisk politics holding back the 32gig version
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that's a self punishing way of action... sorry, but I couldn't endulge in that one.
Bought from ebay, arrived from new zealand for 33€ total expense, tested the whole 14.84GB real capacity with linux and dd, plus copying back to harddisk after that, and was fine, 7.5MB/s write, 7MB/s read with internal SD reader of my laptop and SD adapter.
what is the name of the store??
drtaltool said:
what is the name of the store??
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Don't remember... just search "microsd 16gb" and check the cheapest one to sell them.
Or, look at the feedbacks left by my nick on ebay
have a 16gb microsd class 6 from a-data, love it. not sure if waiting for 32gb will be worth it, since we still don't know what the prices will be or when it will be available.
soulstice said:
have a 16gb microsd class 6 from a-data, love it. not sure if waiting for 32gb will be worth it, since we still don't know what the prices will be or when it will be available.
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It's still certain they will be significantly more than twice the 16gb ones.
32gb SD are out since a while, and they still have outrageous prices, so go figure what will happen with microsd's
does anyone have 16gb class 2 card? class 6 are too expensive for me and i would like to know if class 2 speed is only 2mb/s or better
Lake292 said:
does anyone have 16gb class 2 card? class 6 are too expensive for me and i would like to know if class 2 speed is only 2mb/s or better
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eheh, nice avatar, I can recognize a dragonball from my CO2 days. Botting in adv zone got me 2-3 of them
Anyway, my sandisk microsd is a class2 one, but as in my previous post, transferring its whole capacity back and forth from hard disk with the internal reader of my laptop, I got 7.5m/s write and 7m/s read...
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eheh, nice avatar, I can recognize a dragonball from my CO2 days. Botting in adv zone got me 2-3 of them
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good old CO2 days... didnt play it for ages... i stopped when they included cps
ephestione said:
Anyway, my sandisk microsd is a class2 one, but as in my previous post, transferring its whole capacity back and forth from hard disk with the internal reader of my laptop, I got 7.5m/s write and 7m/s read...
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that sounds very reasonable i think i might order one
sandisk 16gb micro sd
hey well i have one and i have quite alot of songs (aprox. 2500) but when i hit the music tab on my hd2 it takes about 20-25 seconds for the music player to pop up. does this happen with anyone else? is there a way to fix this? thanks in advance
xjangoonx said:
hey well i have one and i have quite alot of songs (aprox. 2500) but when i hit the music tab on my hd2 it takes about 20-25 seconds for the music player to pop up. does this happen with anyone else? is there a way to fix this? thanks in advance
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It's obviously loading the songs list... the builtin mp3 is just catchy eyecandy with very small configurability, I use mortplayer for my audio playback needs.
Obviously as well, if you ask HTC's support, they're gonna tell you that it's your MP3's fault, and that their software is faultless
I bought Team 16gb Class 6 and very happy with that one. Recommended.
mahsher said:
I bought Team 16gb Class 6 and very happy with that one. Recommended.
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and how much did you pay for that? and where did you get it?
I bought from a Turkish online shopping site. I live in Turkey
I paid 70$. Couldnt find it on eBay and any other site with cheap shipping to Turkey.
mahsher said:
I bought from a Turkish online shopping site. I live in Turkey
I paid 70$. Couldnt find it on eBay and any other site with cheap shipping to Turkey.
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thats not a lot of money for a card that fast nice one
assuming they're of the same class, are kingston micro sd cards as good as sandisks? does brand really matter? and is class 2 good enough, or do i have to get a higher class to run everything on a hacked rom g1 smoothly, with apps2sd and all that? thanks
get an 8gb class 6 transcend micro sd card super fast reliable and cheap 22 shipping included at Amazon. ... hit me up if u got any questions [email protected]
Link to a place to buy the same SD card mentioned by aldaris652 is in my Sig.
I've personally been using this same card since the January of '09 and have
formatted/reformatted, ran apps off SD on all ext types (2,3,4), and ran Swap with
absolutely NO issues.
yeah that's what I'm using also....it's great.
anyone heard of CENTON? I just bought a 16GB, 6class version, haven't opened it yet, thinking bout returning and add some cash with the refund to go ahead and order the KINGSTON 16GB-10class
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yeah that's what I'm using also....it's great.
anyone heard of CENTON? I just bought a 16GB, 6class version, haven't opened it yet, thinking bout returning and add some cash with the refund to go ahead and order the KINGSTON 16GB-10class
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wow, paying 100$ for the class 10 xD thats a little bit too much, maybe when i get a better device i should b good with the class 6 for now
aldaris652 said:
wow, paying 100$ for the class 10 xD thats a little bit too much, maybe when i get a better device i should b good with the class 6 for now
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yeah but I paid $74 bucks for the one i got now...so I figured hell, returning it and throwing the extra 26 bucks plus shipping with it couldn't hurt anything, IDK, I might just keep it, and when the time comes (upgrade phone) go out and buy the 10 class as well, and just have two kick ass 16GB sdcards for dual booting
Klyentel said:
yeah but I paid $74 bucks for the one i got now...so I figured hell, returning it and throwing the extra 26 bucks plus shipping with it couldn't hurt anything, IDK, I might just keep it, and when the time comes (upgrade phone) go out and buy the 10 class as well, and just have two kick ass 16GB sdcards for dual booting
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haha thats true 24$ more is nothing for what you're supposdly getting, if that's the case might as well go for it, and see how it goes.
Is it worth getting a class 6 sd card?
I don't use aps2sd atm or swap or JIT and my phone is ok (no secondary partition). It's not worth doing with the card I have.
If I put a class 6 cad in and enable all the above would it make a difference?
Why are you guys getting 8GB cards? I don't even use half of my 2GB.
jazz8146 said:
Is it worth getting a class 6 sd card?
I don't use aps2sd atm or swap or JIT and my phone is ok (no secondary partition). It's not worth doing with the card I have.
If I put a class 6 cad in and enable all the above would it make a difference?
Why are you guys getting 8GB cards? I don't even use half of my 2GB.
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Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584939
Most people store more on their SD card then you probably do. For example I have nearly 16 different ROMS at any given time stored on mine. Each ROM is about 40+ mb if not more so it adds up. Then I also store Apps, Wallpapers, Audio files (which is HUGE), and other things. You always want a little extra space.
A 4gb card is usually more than enough for the average user to still have plenty of space and not worry about filling up the card. BUT it all depends on your intentions for the card.
Ordered an 8GB class 6 card today from amazon. It's a transcend and it cost me the amazingly low price of £13.86 with no shipping costs.
Just thought i'd share this one with the group just in case someone else is looking for a new card
You could also try
http://www.zoombits.co.uk/memory-cards/micro-sd/202#filters
and with the 20% discount code and get same one for £12.84 or 2 for £12.20 each.
code
promotional20
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fake micro sd cards
Everybody must be aware of the fake cards out in the market. I just bought a 16Gb microsd for 20bugs on ebay and after some time I realized it was only able to save up to 2Gb. Paypal put me a headache that I couldnt get my money back...
ajosesi said:
Everybody must be aware of the fake cards out in the market. I just bought a 16Gb microsd for 20bugs on ebay and after some time I realized it was only able to save up to 2Gb. Paypal put me a headache that I couldnt get my money back...
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That's why i only ever buy IT kit from trusted suppliers. Less hassle.
Bixx said:
You could also try
http://www.zoombits.co.uk/memory-cards/micro-sd/202#filters
and with the 20% discount code and get same one for £12.84 or 2 for £12.20 each.
code
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You're a star!
Just got a 16GB card and USB multi card reader (handy for work) for less than £29
class 6 sandisk or kingstone
can any one give me a link where can i buy a sandisk or kingstone class 6 sd card , please
hoss_n2 said:
can any one give me a link where can i buy a sandisk or kingstone class 6 sd card , please
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this is for the samsung card. great card imo.
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/12761327/Samsung-8GB-Micro-SDHC-Plus-Memory-Card/Product.html
rmsa786 said:
this is for the samsung card. great card imo.
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/12761327/Samsung-8GB-Micro-SDHC-Plus-Memory-Card/Product.html
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but i want 16 gb
Got a 16GB in my HD2... wouldn't settle for anything less!
hoss_n2 said:
but i want 16 gb
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ilgs.co.uk/products.asp?partno=44006
16Gb Class 6, cheapest I could find however I've not used that retailer so cannot be 100% sure on quality of service from them
Reno_79 said:
ilgs.co.uk/products.asp?partno=44006
16Gb Class 6, cheapest I could find however I've not used that retailer so cannot be 100% sure on quality of service from them
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According to the site:
Read speed 2MB/s
Write speed 2MB/s
So I wouldn't be sure about it being class 6.
Was poking around pricing the 32GB MicroSD card and noticed that Verizon has everyone else beat on the price. Ordering online the card is $99.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/accessory?action=accessoryDetails&archetypeId=12214
You can get free overnight shipping with the coupon code:
freeovernt
Enjoy!
$75 with corporate discount. Not too bad. Nice find.
sweet I get 25% off too thanks for sharing man
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If I'm not mistaken, thats a Class 2 card.. yuck even for that price.
Does the speed really matter that much when it's been used in a phone?
Well, I did some research when I was shopping to replace the 2Gb it came with and this is what I found.. You may never have a problem, who knows.
http://androidforums.com/htc-incredible/67345-high-speed-class-6-microsd-card-recommended.html
Well
Well, I have been listening to MP3's off of it for a while and have had not a single skip; and $75 for a 32GB card (class 2 notwithstanding) is a hell of a deal ... those nandroid backups and mp3's certainly fill a card quick.
I got one last week and have not had any sign of problems. I don't keep a lot of music on it, but sure seem to have a stack of nandroid backups taking up space.
nscott69 said:
sweet I get 25% off too thanks for sharing man
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My corporate discount would not show up together with it.
Great deal with a 25% disscount. For some reason my 25% is not being applied.
picked one up over the weekend, thanks for the link. Came preformatted to fat32 so didnt even need to bother with that at all.
for people bothered with class, pulled from a post in the link earlier:
CLASS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH READ SPEEDS, ONLY WRITE SPEEDS. and even then, its not that big of a difference since it only defines the MINIMUM write speed, which means even a class 2 can go as fast as a class 6 at times. so unless youre loading gBs of data at a time onto the card on a regular basis, you dont need anything bigger than a 2. playing music from the card has nothing to do with what class it is. or playing apps, or looking through photos, or ANYTHING OTHER THAN PUTTING LARGE FILES ONTO THE CARD.
Grikshanks said:
so unless youre loading gBs of data at a time onto the card on a regular basis, you dont need anything bigger than a 2. playing music from the card has nothing to do with what class it is. or playing apps, or looking through photos, or ANYTHING OTHER THAN PUTTING LARGE FILES ONTO THE CARD.
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Not a big deal at the moment but once we get 720p vid recording, having a class 2 could and probably will affect the quality of recordings to some extent. But hes right, if your only interested in storing files on it, this is a nice find.
What I want to know is how you guys are getting them to apply your discount.
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What I want to know is how you guys are getting them to apply your discount.
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Doing a Live Chat with a VZW rep about this issue now ... below is what she says. I will update with results.
Chasity: I recommend you go ahead and purchase the item. Once your order is confirmed, you can contact our Customer Care department at 1-800-922-0204 to have the discount added to your order.
Chasity: You will need your 9 digit confirmation number.
UPDATE: Ended up processing order over the phone with rep ... total came to $80 with free overnight shipping BOOYAAAH!!!!! (yah ... I said it ... )
UPDATE2: Got mine via FEDEX today! Thanks OP for the heads up on this great deal!
Called
seanhassars said:
What I want to know is how you guys are getting them to apply your discount.
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I called customer support for a refund in the amount of my corporate discount ($25); which they are processing.
RAWRmike said:
Not a big deal at the moment but once we get 720p vid recording, having a class 2 could and probably will affect the quality of recordings to some extent. But hes right, if your only interested in storing files on it, this is a nice find.
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Actually, I think you may be wrong here.
http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speeds
A class 2 has a ~16Mbps write speed. The average 720p video bitrate is ~3.4-5Mbps. You could easily record 1080p video on a class 2 without a hitch.
that must be where I went wrong. I called without ordering to see if there was a way they could apply the discount manually, and they said there's no discount available because it's a special online only price.
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Actually, I think you may be wrong here.
http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speeds
A class 2 has a ~16Mbps write speed. The average 720p video bitrate is ~3.4-5Mbps. You could easily record 1080p video on a class 2 without a hitch.
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Where are you looking?
EDIT: Eabruzzese is correct. Did not notice the lower case "b" for bits not bytes.
Speed Class Rating
The Speed Class Rating is the official unit of speed measurement for SD Cards, defined by the SD Association. It is equal to 1 MB/s (8 Mbit/s), and it measures the minimum sustained write speeds for a fragmented state
The following are the ratings of some currently available cards:
Class 2: 2 MB/s
Class 4: 4 MB/s
Class 6: 6 MB/s
Class 10: 10 MB/s
I had to call customer care to get my 25% off. Not happy about that. Always been automated when I log in. This is PERFECT for music.
well, i'm not bragging or anything, but i got got TWO kingston 32gb micro sd's off of ebay for $52, total. the seller's name is sky.huchun, and he's pretty awesome: the shipping was super fast and the items arrived in original packaging.
shmengie said:
well, i'm not bragging or anything, but i got got TWO kingston 32gb micro sd's off of ebay for $52, total. the seller's name is sky.huchun, and he's pretty awesome: the shipping was super fast and the items arrived in original packaging.
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Hope you got good flash. He is listed as a FAKE flash seller
LOOK HERE
If real that is SWEET deal. Could you run H2TESTW on it and let me know the results?
Check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130483451954 <--Listing has ended.
New link: 2/10/2011 http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SanDisk-32G...emory_Cards&hash=item20b717b13e#ht_3256wt_932
32gb class 2 sd card. 65$
Totally genuine, tested it with h2testw.
Working perfectly with Android+WP7 dual-boot.
Have had it for about a week and a half, no problems at all. Go to the link to get more information.
I wanted to thank you but, "Sorry, you are limited to five thanks per day"
lol, history : 1 sold .. is it you ? .. will buy it soon ISA
kawazaki said:
I wanted to thank you but, "Sorry, you are limited to five thanks per day"
lol, history : 1 sold .. is it you ? .. will buy it soon ISA
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no, it's because the seller relisted the item, but he's sold a lot of 'em.
When i bought it, he'd sold at least 12.
You can thank me later
Too bad the shipping charges are very high for International orders!
Not worth it with 22$ shipping, sadly. If shipping was 10 bucks I would... Then again, Class 6 or bust for me!
yeah, didn't know shipping was so high for international, as i paid the 8$ it says there.
A pity, it's a great SD card, so if you're in the US, buy it
has anyone bought from the following seller?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sandisk-32GB-Mi...gital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item1e612fa0d1
i have seen way too many fake cards and am trying to be cautious. the placement of class 4 logo made me a little suspicious.
ow nc 1
32GB micro SD class 4 SanDisk
I recomand this seller, very good experience ( very guick shipping, very good sd, good price).
http://cgi.ebay.nl/SanDisk-MicroSD-...AsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item45f7fba3ec
thanks very much for sharing your experience. i saw that one too but i wasn't sure. so you're satisfied and think he's selling a genuine sandisk card? i have problems in the past and trying to be careful this time around.
bippolinno said:
I recomand this seller, very good experience ( very guick shipping, very good sd, good price).
http://cgi.ebay.nl/SanDisk-MicroSD-...AsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item45f7fba3ec
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32GB micro SD class 4 SanDisk
leoparis said:
thanks very much for sharing your experience. i saw that one too but i wasn't sure. so you're satisfied and think he's selling a genuine sandisk card? i have problems in the past and trying to be careful this time around.
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I got 1x16GB and 1X32GB both genuine, and very quick shipping (4-5 days to Belgium). The 32GB already 1 month working very smooth in my Trophy.
Unfortunately every large memory card I have purchased of Ebay has been fake, either 2gb reworked to show as a 32gb but still only holds 2gb or a cheap nasty card classed as Sandisk or such like, Im not saying these are fake but I would use Paypal where available, this at least gives you some protection.
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Too bad the shipping charges are very high for International orders!
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Agreed. Looking at the charge and it doesn't make it worth it at all.
Too bad.. i don understand the language...
I'd like one... though is very expensive for me....XD