Secret Facts & Truth of Memory Card | SD Card Type and Class Explained

We use different devices like mobile phones, Cameras, etc in our daily life. Devices need data Storage memory which is called SD Card or Memory Card. This multi-useful memory card has a different storage capacity.
if we need a Memory Card, directly we goto the shop and buy different GB's memory card but we do not ask about Type nad class of memory card. we must know the importance of memory card type and class like memory card capacity. Let's know about the types and classes of the Memory Card.







Types of Memory Card
we must know about types and class of Memory Card not only about its Storage capacity. There are three types of different memory cards are available in the market.

1, SDSC (Secure Digital Standard Capacity)
This type of memory card has 128MB to 4GB storage capacity.

2, SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity)
This type of memory card has 4GB to 32 GB storage capacity.

3, SDXC (Secure Digital Extended Capacity)
This type of memory card has 64 GB to 2TB storage capacity.





Memory Class 2 -10
The most important thing is that we must know about its class while buying a Memory card for your devices.

The class of memory means the speed of data Read and Write. The speed of transferring data from cards or while transferring data from memory cards is called class. We can buy the same GB of memory cards at different prices. because the Price of memory cards depends on Class.


For Exe: if the class is 4 of 16 GB memory card it is cheap because of data transfer rate too low, it means only Data transfer rate speed is only 4 Mb per second. Whereas class is 10 on the same 16 GB memory card it is more expensive and the data transfer rate is high.

it means the transfer rate is 10MB per second. So if your memory card is the high class it has a high capacity to data Read and Writes.



1, UHS1
2, UHS 3

Another faster and best Memory class is called UHS1 and UHS 3 class Memory Cards. UHS1 kind of memory card has a 30MB per second data Read and Write capacity.

UHS3 class memory card is the best memory card you can get more than 30MB per second data transfer speed in UHS3 class memory cards.

Let's know about a different class of memory for different purposes
If you are going to buy a Memory card for General purposes for your mobile phone you have to use 2 class memory cards but if you want to Record HD video 4/6 class memory card best for you.

If you planning to Record Full HD to 4K Resolution Video you have to buy a 10 class memory card. if you used this class of memory card you can get high-quality video and faster Read and write speed.






If you want to record High-Quality video up to 4K from DSLR camera or any device it is good to choose UHS1class memory. if your choice is UHS3 class card it's faster and better than UHS1.

So, if you are planning to buy a memory card first you must understand about a class of memory card its speed depending upon your class of memory card. I hope now you can choose a memory card which is best for you.

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