Read speed is measured the same way, and it’s how quickly your card can access the file you’re trying to open. Write speed is how fast a card can create and write a file, and it’s measured in megabytes per second. Storage capacity is how much information your card can hold - how many games, how many hours of video footage, etc. - and it’s usually measured in gigabytes (although some microSD cards now hold up to a terabyte). They tell us it’s important to find a microSD card with a good balance of read speed, write speed, and storage. The experts we consulted say that’s a risky proposition. Seth Miranda, content producer and host of Adorama TV, tells us that MicroSD cards, as opposed to SD cards, “tend to cap out at UHS-I and V30 U3 speeds, but they’re still very capable and tend to cost less than faster, full-sized cards, so you can lean a little harder onto the capacity.” That doesn’t mean you should pick up any microSD card with a lot of storage and assume it’s the best one, however. MicroSD cards are almost identical to SD cards in every way except, instead of DSLRs and point and shoots, they’re more commonly used in devices like phones, tablets, GoPros, and the Nintendo Switch.
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