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Supercharge your storage with this SanDisk 400GB microSD card for just $30
A massive storage upgrade that comes with an adapter
Storage space on portable electronics is a precious commodity, and we know all too well just how quickly it can run out. Whether your device is stuffed with your favorite photos or packed with apps, it's important to have enough room to save what you want, when you want. However, the price for some of the best microSD cards out there can be a bit expensive when we get into larger capacities, which makes this deal just too good to pass up. Snagging a 400GB SanDisk microSD card for under $30 is a great way to bump up storage and performance significantly, without breaking the bank.
Whether you're looking to expand the storage space on your smartphone, camera, or gaming system, today's deal from Sandisk could have precisely the card you're looking for, especially if you need to store 4K video or other especially large files. Several MicroSDXC cards are currently on sale at Amazon, including 256GB and 400GB cards discounted to their lowest prices yet ($28 and $64, respectively) and a 1TB card that's available for only $208 — which is just a few dollars off its best-ever pricing.In addition to impressive storage capacity, with read speeds up to 160MB/s and write speeds as high as 90MB/s on the Extreme series, these MicroSD cards are no slouches when it comes to speed. Although, you still may not want to install many apps on them. Sandisk's Extreme series cards should be able to take harsh conditions in stride, as Sandisk designed them to withstand extreme temperatures in addition to damage from water, shocks, or even X-rays.
Expandable storage has consistently pushed into more affordable territory over the last decade, and with the occasional discount popping up here and there, it's easy to save on some pretty potent memory. Today only, you can grab a new SanDisk Ultra MicroSDXC UHS-I microSD card in 200GB, 400GB, and 512GB options for up to 15% off at Amazon.The cards in today's deal feature 100MB/s transfer read speeds, A1-rated performance, and Class 10 full HD video recording and playback. They come in a variety of storage size capacities, but only the 200GB, 400GB, and 512GB variants are being discounted. Each microSD card includes a full-size adaptor to be used in a standard SD card reader.
Whether you need a new MicroSD card to store ultra high-quality videos or large files, SanDisk has got you covered with its 1TB Extreme MicroSDXC card. It offers outstanding performance and traditionally sells for $450. However, thanks to a markdown on Amazon, you can now get it for just $300.
Most current phones come with a decent amount of onboard storage. However, media files and apps are also increasingly heavier, meaning you can quickly run out of space on your device. Thankfully, a wide range of handsets and tablets have a microSD slot to accommodate for extra storage. If you're looking for one, you're in luck, as PNY's 32GB and 64GB microSDXC cards are discounted on Amazon, selling for $9 and $13, respectively.
Although removable SD card storage is no longer as prevalent across the Android ecosystem as it once was, most OEMs still support it. Quite a few Chromebooks on the market today also lean on expandable storage, not to mention many other products like digital cameras, select game consoles, and some Windows laptops. If you're in the market for extra removable storage, you should check out these Samsung microSDXC Evo Select memory cards for up to 24% off on Amazon.
If your phone has the appropriate slot, MicroSD cards are a convenient way to expand your device's internal memory or transfer files to another handset. They might seem expensive, but you can snatch a Sandisk 512GB card for less than $90 thanks to this deal.
Phones with expandable storage seem fewer these days, unless you venture into mid-range or budget phones. But even though none of the devices I switch between would benefit from this deal, it still caught my eye. Amazon is selling SanDisk's 400GB microSDXC card for a mere $140. Yes, you read both of those numbers right.As a brand new Nintendo Switch owner, I'm very interested. But even though it's the star of this little show, the rest of SanDisk's Ultra cards are also on sale. In descending order, you have the 256GB for $73.56, 200GB for $45.60, 128GB for $26.36, 64GB for $13.99, 32GB for $11.75, and 16GB for $8.15. Talk about some killer sales right there.Though the 400GB would be great for those of you with phones/tablets with expandable storage and all of us Switch owners, it feels like insane overkill. Still, if you want to go for it and slap it in your device, $140 is hard to beat. The source link below is the flagship 400GB, but the other sizes are easily accessible from there.Source: Amazon
You know what's better than a deal? A triple deal. Amazon's Gold Box offers for today are all about SanDisk memory and in there are three nice deals for those of us with Android phones.First is the Ultra 256GB MicroSDXC UHS-I card with adapter. While this isn't the new fancy U3 card, it's still plenty fast with transfer speeds up to 95MB/s. Last we saw it, it was down from $200 to $135 on Amazon, but it had once reached $120 at B&H in limited quantities. Now it's back again at that same price of $119.99 on Amazon, which is its cheapest at the retailer according to CamelCamelCamel.Second is the Ultra 128GB MicroSDXC UHS-I card, also with adapter. This one is a lot cheaper than the 256GB, at nearly a quarter of the price, giving it one of the best price-per-value ratios for MicroSD storage in SanDisk's lineup. It's down to $32.99, which isn't its absolute cheapest price ever (that was $29.99 last Thanksgiving, says CamelCamelCamel), but it's still a nice discount from its current price of $42.95.And finally, there's the 128GB dual USB and USB-C drive, which can be very useful for transferring media and data from your computer to your phone, or between phones. It usually goes for about $59.99, but it was down to around last Thanksgiving. Now, however, it has dropped a little further to $38.89. That's the lowest it has ever reached, and a lot of removable storage for a decent price.If you're interested, the Gold Box deals last today only (19 hours remaining as of the time of writing) and shipping is free for Prime members. All the links are below along with the general Amazon Gold Box page if you want to see the other SanDisk deals for today.Source: Amazon Gold Box, SanDisk 256GB MicroSD, 128GB MicroSD, 128GB Dual USB-C/A drive
Almost every Android flagship these days has a microSD slot (we're looking at you, Google), which means that for most people, storage is easily expandable. Not only are microSD cards simple to use, they're also getting more and more inexpensive. Case in point: this 128GB Samsung EVO microSD card retailed for $109.99 less than two years ago, and now you can pick one up for just $33 on Amazon.You could make the argument that microSD cards are less useful than they once were thanks to free services like Google Photos, but what if you live in an area with terrible mobile data and/or WiFi? What if you want to preserve the quality of high-resolution photos or 4K video? And with a whole 128 gigabytes, you'll be able to store around six hours of that lovely 4K video (48MB/s should be able to handle it on a mobile device).
Are MicroSD cards cheap nowadays or what? I remember buying my first 128MB (that's MEGAbytes) card sometime in 2005 and here we are talking about affordable 128GB cards in 2016! If you're good at math, you'd know that we multiplied the storage by a thousand and something and we're still somewhere in the same price ballpark. Crazy.This Lexar 128GB is a Class 10 card that can read files at up to 95MB/s and write at up to 20MB/s. It comes with a USB 3.0 reader too so you can transfer your files quickly to a computer. It's using the old packaging though, which apparently makes it ripe for discounts. The same card with the same capacity and the same USB reader costs $69.95 with just a newer carton design, but you can get the old packaging for $43.99 as part of Amazon's Gold Box deal of the day. That's quite cheaper than the $59.99 price we saw it at about a month ago.The 64GB card is getting a discount too, though it's the newly packaged one that's part of the Gold Box deal. It's down to $24.99, a price that only a few months ago we associated with 32GB cards. It has the same Class 10 rating, data transfer speeds, and USB 3.0 reader.You only have about 20 hours to grab these deals before they expire, so think fast and act faster. Both are very well rated and ship for free from Amazon (the 64GB card with a Prime membership or on orders above $35).Source: Lexar 128GB MicroSDXC (old packaging), Lexar 64GB MicroSDXC (new packaging)
Gather 'round external storage lovers. You've been forsaken by Google, abandoned by Samsung, and left to feel needy and irrational in the face of the totalitarian internal-storage-or-nothing regime, but the times they are a-changin'. Google's own stance in Android M seems to be shifting toward accepting all phones no matter what they are, including the imperfect little information carriers that may need an external boost in their storage every now and then. Who knows, we might even live to see a Nexus with a MicroSD slot again. Stranger things have happened.So if you're a rebellious soul, still carrying a smartphone with a hole in its side (or rear, we won't judge), and you know that no amount of storage is enough storage, you may want to head on over to this Lexar listing on Amazon. We're talkin' one hundred and twenty eight billion ones and zeros to fill with your offline movies, songs, series, photos, or other stuff that you need to have with you at all times and don't want to trust to the clouds on any sunny or rainy day.
[Deal Alert] Lexar UHS-II SD And UHS-I MicroSD Memory Cards In 32GB, 64GB, And 128GB Sizes At Deep Discounts For Amazon Gold Box Deal Of The Day
As Gold Box deals, they will be gone either by the end of the day or when Amazon runs out of stock, whichever comes first.
Today's Amazon Gold Box daily deal is all about Lexar memory, and in not-so-modest sizes and speeds. Nope, these are not your bottom of the barrel memory cards and flash drives on offer. Those most relevant to your phone needs, the microSD cards, boast UHS-I/U3 speeds, meaning they meet the second-most rigorous speed specification in the industry. The deals are good too, matching the lowest price Amazon has ever offered for them.
Nearly two months ago, I reviewed the new SanDisk 64GB class 6 microSDXC (the XC stands for "eXtreme Capacity") card, and came away hugely impressed. Something the size of my pinky fingernail that can store 16 compressed 1080p BluRays, and outperforms my class 10 16GB card? Yes please.
I've got a 16GB microSD card that I primarily use in my phone for local music playback. It's about half full - I really only keep my most recent music picks and a workout playlist on it, and stream everything else. Which brings us to a bit of a hiccup given that this is a review of a 64GB microSDXC card. In our Android-specific case, do you really even need a large amount of storage now that you can stream just about everything and anything on your Android device, and most ship with enough on-board storage to satisfy the app space of all but the most insane power users?Well, actually, yes. There are three main reasons for this: wireless speeds, bandwidth caps, and coverage. Sure, the ability to stream movies instantly from just about anywhere is cool in theory, but what happens when I'm trying to do it while in the car on a 500 mile trip? Can I maintain adequate download speed the entire way to ensure proper playback? Probably not. And if I do manage to, I have a pesky bandwidth cap to worry about before I either get charged overages or throttled back to the 1980s. Alternatively, my WiFi-only tablets obviously have no cell coverage, so they definitely can't stream while I'm traveling (tethering excluded for the reasons listed above). All this is excluding power users (with their hundreds of apps), and the obvious non-Android use cases, such as with digital cameras or camcorders, where more storage means more pictures or videos.