# Where are the USB flash drives bigger than 32GB?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-usb-flash-drives-bigger-than-32gb/444730 "2008-04-10T04:09:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-usb-flash-drives-bigger-than-32gb/444730/1 "2008-04-10T04:09:04Z")

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Hey,

It seems that 32GB USB flash drives are inching upon the $100 territory, and there are no 64GB USB flash drives in sight. Sure there’s the BUSLink from a few years ago that still retails for a few grand, but it seems to be the only one, expensive and out of stock.

Just some time ago, 8GB USB flash drives were inching upon $100 territory, 16GB were available, and so were 32GB (for close to a grand) and 64GB (for a few grand). Now, 32GB are dirt cheap, and no normal brand 64/128/256GB in sight. Is this an example of price fixing to justify high SSD prices or is there some technical limitation?

I noticed no high capacity CF cards either.

Best regards,

Groman

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-usb-flash-drives-bigger-than-32gb/444730/2 "2008-04-10T04:15:30Z")

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[Right here](http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Buslink%20USB%20Hi-Speed%2064GB%20Flash%20Drive:1994404720:page=compare;_ylt=AhRBPeS5aef7MYzb.NwfRkEbFt0A;_ylu=X3oDMTBic2hxMGNhBGx0AzQEc2VjA3Ny?clink=dmps/flash_64gb/ctx=mid:6,pid:1994404720,pdid:6,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20080409,srch:kw,x:), and a steal at $3000

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**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-usb-flash-drives-bigger-than-32gb/444730/3 "2008-04-10T04:24:27Z")

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[QUOTE=squeegee]  
[Right here](http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Buslink%20USB%20Hi-Speed%2064GB%20Flash%20Drive:1994404720:page=compare;_ylt=AhRBPeS5aef7MYzb.NwfRkEbFt0A;_ylu=X3oDMTBic2hxMGNhBGx0AzQEc2VjA3Ny?clink=dmps/flash_64gb/ctx=mid:6,pid:1994404720,pdid:6,pos:1,spc:14489115,date:20080409,srch:kw,x:), and a steal at $3000  
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But that one was available two years ago! Where are the Sandisk, OCZ, Crucial, Corsair, Viking, etc. 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB drives?

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-usb-flash-drives-bigger-than-32gb/444730/4 "2008-04-10T04:36:59Z")

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[Flash Drives Ready to Jump in Capacity](http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9872058-7.html)

That article says that we might be seeing something later this year.