this topic came up on another forum Im on. A member took a video with both a class 2 and class 4 card and there was no visible difference in video quality. Another member chimed in and said you will never see a difference in card speed through the phone itself regardless of class, the only time card speed will have a noticeable difference is when transferring files from the car to a computer or vice versa.
personally, Id rather go for a quality card like Kingston, Crucial or SanDisk. Kingstons unfortunately doesn't make anything over a 16GB, Crucial has nothing over 4GB, but SanDisk does have a 32GB which I will probably buy as soon as I have confirmed that Kingston doesn't have something in the works.
Do you really need a class 4 or 6? I can get a class 2 16GB for about $20. A class 4 or 6 16GB is like $60 is it really worth it, all I need is the extra storage for videos and pictures..
I was thinking of looking into getting the 32GB one but does anyone know if it will definitely work on the captivate?
The owners manual, page 34, states 16GB max, microSD or microSDHC.
I'm thinking Class 2 or 4 is fine, a higher class is probably a waste of $.
Memory
Internal memory storage 16 GB
Expandable memory storage 32 GB
Memory formatmicroSD(TM)
Memory
User Memory - 16GB ROM/512MB RAM
External Memory - 32GB
Class 6 is recommended for taking photos & capturing video. Other than that, any other speed class will work well.
The OEM micro SD cards that come with the other Galaxy's and the ones AT&T offer are Class 2. I agree a Class 6 would be best for a "real" digital camera or video camera, but for a cell phone I think Class 2 or 4 will be more than enough.
Maybe for the photos, but if you're recording HD video, you're going to need Class6 or higher...The OEM micro SD cards that come with the other Galaxy's and the ones AT&T offer are Class 2. I agree a Class 6 would be best for a "real" digital camera or video camera, but for a cell phone I think Class 2 or 4 will be more than enough.
If anyone can get their hands on different (classes of) cards at the same time to run some tests, there's a free app in the marketplace called SD Card Speed Test you could run and post the results.
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