I’m looking at some 400 GB MicroSD cards on Amazon. There are Soonak, Eatgan, Termank, Brosky, Synton, and more. Anyone have good or bad experiences with cards like this? I’m not terribly concerned if they aren’t high-speed, as long as they aren’t fake or defective.
Since the equivalent SanDisk is $109, I’d be highly suspicious that these are real. They’re priced similar to the 256G name brand cards.
All but one have no reviews. The SOONAK has three, one of which claims it’s a genuine SanDisk. for which there is no indication this is true. There’s also a claim it’s a total fake.
Almost certainly fake, will be 16g or 32g drives faked to look larger. Will overwrite data if you try to use all of it
If you look up other cards made by those same companies, you get back “fake card”, “corrupted” and other red flags.
Actually the Sandisk 400GB micro-SD is $66 on Amazon right now.
But yeah, fake memory cards & flash drives are extremely common. They are smaller cards that report a larger capacity to the computer, but when you try to fill it up, you lose data and/or get error messages. Always get name-brand memory cards from reputable dealers, and for online sites like Amazon, make sure you aren’t buying from a third party seller.
I see it on sale for £90 (~$120). Be very careful indeed of fakes. With high-cost SD cards I would only choose those that Amazon themselves supply and sell. As you say:
Those names remind me of the dummy brands used on background props, like MaestroCard, Soony, Radio Shark, and, of course, Caca Calo.
I’m still seeing $66.01, sold by Amazon. Am I missing something?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B074RNRM2B/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_primeEligible=true&f_new=true
But who is the distributor, and can they be trusted to give you the real thing and not a knockoff?
Why would you settle for 400G when you can get a Terabyte for a few dollars more?
I’m in the UK. It’s more expensive here; it shouldn’t be that more expensive here.
I’m in the US but I bought a couple of things from Amazon UK when they were cheaper than in the US. You might try the reverse.