The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are high performance smartphones, so it makes sense to choose an equally speedy MicroSD card when you’re upgrading the available storage on your phone. Here are our top three recommendations, encompassing a good value for money option, a strong all-around choice and the absolute top end available.
3. Lexar 64GB Class 10 MicroSD Card
Lexar’s 64GB card offers a good amount of storage for a reasonable price, and still hits the Class 10 speed standard which is a good minimum for a high-end modern smartphone. It’s capable of read speeds of up to 45 MB/s, so you won’t be left waiting around when copying photos or videos off your card for backup on your PC. It also opens the door to running apps off your MicroSD card, which can be a nice way of saving space on your faster internal storage. Overall, a great budget choice that doesn’t sacrifice too much performance.
2. Samsung Evo+ 128GB U1 MicroSD Card
The Evo+ is what Samsung themselves recommend for owners of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, and that’s not just because they make both items. The Evo+ is a seriously high performance card, reaching the lofty UHS Speed Class 1 standard (faster than Class 10). The card can reach read speeds of 80 MB/s and write speeds of 20 MB/s, rapidly decreasing the time it takes to copy photos and videos off the card to your PC. The high speed rating also allows you to run apps off your Micro SD card without the lag that can sometimes plague lesser cards. The card is available in a wide range of capacities, but we recommend this 128GB unit that more than doubles your available storage.
1. Sandisk Extreme 128GB U3 MicroSD Card
OK, here it is: one of the fastest memory cards for the Galaxy S8 or S8+ on the planet. The Sandisk Extreme comes with a UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) rating, allowing it to reach an impressive 90 MB/s for reading data and 60 MB/s for writing data. That means you won’t be left waiting around when transferring photos, music and HD video. It also means that apps placed on the SD card will load incredibly rapidly, almost as fast as the phone’s built-in storage. Plus, with 128GB of storage on tap you’re tripling the amount of space available for apps, games, music, photos, videos and more. Awesome! This is a premium option, no doubt, but it’s also one that you could easily use in smartphones and cameras for years to come.
Wrapping up
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There are much faster cards than the one listed, and ones with greater capacity. Wouldn’t it be a better piece if these cards were benchmarked in the devices themselves? Feels rushed to shift a few boxes.