New Delhi: SanDisk’s parent company, Western Digital has announced the launch of its new 256GB microSD card. The company claims that this is the world’s fastest microSD card.
The purpose of this microSD card is for recording and saving 4K footage from smartphones, drones, action cameras, and similar products. The card offers transfer and write speeds of up to 100MB/s and 90MB/s respectively making it capable of transferring a full HD movie in under 45 seconds.
The 256GB SanDisk Extreme microSD card is priced at $199.99 (Rs. 13000 approx). It will be available for sale by this year end. The Premium Edition of the card will be available in the market starting this August at $149.99 (Rs. 10000 approx).
This is not the first 256GB microSD card in the market. Previously, Samsung has also launched 256GB microSD card, which was priced at $249.99 (Rs. 16000 approx.). But the SanDisk Extreme microSD card is much faster and cheaper.
Dinesh Bahal, vice president of SanDisk product marketing, Western Digital in a media report said, “As a leading global storage provider with one of the most trusted flash brands, we take pride in transforming the way consumers capture, store and share their content. Our microSD cards are now at the center of many consumer devices, and we’re excited to not only raise the bar with the launch of the world’s fastest microSD card, but to also offer a family of 256GB microSD cards that give consumers the flexibility they need to capture life at its fullest.”
