Kingston sells the card on its own, with a package that includes miniSD and regular SD adapters, and even with a super small USB reader. This means the card can be used successfully in anything from cell phones to laptops to digital cameras. The USB reader is nice for users who want to load on a ton of content to the card but might want to bypass a slow phone interface or have a computer without a card reader.
The class 10 cards are available in capacities from 4GB to 16GB, an increase in speed over the previous generation microSDHC cards and higher capacity over the microSD format.
Benchmarks
While it’s easy to assume that all memory cards are created equal and make a buying decision based solely on price, there is a performance part of the equation. For modern smartphones that are built to perform with an emphasis on digital media capture and consumption, access times to the main body of storage are important. If all you are using the card for is snapping pictures camera phone pictures this might not be a concern, but when you start adding HD video recording to the equation transfer speeds matter.
For this review we’ve benchmarked the latest 16GB microSDHC offerings from Kingston and SanDisk, along with both manufacturer’s previous capacity leaders (8GB). The cards were tested through a SanDisk external USB card reader connected to our Dell XPS 9000 test bench.
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