Don’t ruin your Android experience by making this mistake

Here is a mistake that Android users make all the time. They spend a lot of money on the latest and greatest phone, then buy the cheapest, nastiest microSD card they can find, thinking “they’re all the same.”

They are not.

Another thing I see happening is that a card is passed from phone to phone for years, this time the assumption is that microSD card technology hasn’t changed over the years.

He has.

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Online stores are full of cheap microSD cards, counterfeit cards, and cards that have been tampered with to signal that they have more capacity than they actually have.

So I only buy quality cards from reputable manufacturers.

For me, the manufacturers who have come up with the nest in terms of quality, reliability and performance are SanDisk and Lexar. Sure, there are other big brands out there, but these are the two I’ve had the most success with, and I’ve been using them for decades.

Okay, but there’s something else I’m looking for, and to see it you’ll have to take a close look at the card you’re buying.

I make sure the card is classified A2. A2, or to give it its full name, Application Speed ​​Class 2, defines the minimum specification for host cards and devices, which is a random read speed of at least 4000 IOPS (input / output operations by second), a random write speed of not less than 2000 IOPS and a minimum sustained sequential write speed of 10MB / sec.

Modern microSD cards are much faster than that these days, but this rating is worth looking for as it gives you the best possible performance from your smartphone.

So if you buy a microSD card, buy a decent one. They are not that expensive. And if you’re moving one from an older phone to a newer one, you might want to consider a storage upgrade.