SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash storage solutions, today announced the new 128GB2 SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I memory card, in India. This is claimed to be the world’s largest capacity microSD card. The SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I memory card is available at SRP of INR 9.999.
Smaller than the size of a fingernail, the new SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card is designed for Android smartphones and tablets. The SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card provides the highest storage capacity available in a removable form factor. This is ideal for shooting Full HD video and high-quality pictures. With this card, you can store 16 hours of Full HD video, 7,500 songs, 3,200 photos and more than 125 apps. The 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card delivers twice the speed of ordinary microSD memory cards.
Compared to when the microSD card format was first launched in 2004 with 128MB of capacity, SanDisk has increased storage capacity of microSD cards 1,000 times over in less than a decade with the 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card. To enable 128GB of storage on a removable microSD card, SanDisk developed an innovative proprietary technique that allows for 16 memory die to be vertically stacked, each shaved to be thinner than a strand of hair.
“SanDisk’s high-performance 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC memory card will reshape the way users interact with their devices,” said Stuart Robinson, director, Handset Component Technologies, Strategy Analytics. “Until now, consumers had to spread out their content between multiple products because the memory on those devices was not able to hold enough data in one place. This 128GB microSD card is going to be popular as the preferred removable storage option, giving users fast, secure and reliable access to their personal data archives.”
According to SanDisk, the new version of the SanDisk Memory Zone app (available on the Google Play store in beta) lets users easily view, access, and backup all of their files from their phone’s memory in one convenient place. As a part of the SanDisk Memory Zone app, SanDisk is releasing OptiMem, a new feature that allows Android users to enhance their phone’s internal memory by automatically transferring some of their old photos and videos to their microSD card. OptiMem will continuously monitor the user’s mobile device memory levels, and inform them whenever the internal memory falls below a pre-defined threshold.
