Samsung Galaxy S4 MicroSD limitations

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poofyhairguy

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Then you may want to look at other options(storage cards) because FAT32 isn't going to give you much of a benefit, if any that is.

Yeah I don't want FAT32 long-term because part of the point is being able to move 10gb mkv files to my phone.
 

lothar

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OK this Sandisk card officially sucks. My write speeds across the board are half as slow as my class 6 32GB Samsung card. The 4k writes don't go above a 2:

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I guess I will return it and pay the premium for the Samsung 64GB Micro card.
Which SanDisk did you buy?
What's the code/model# on the card?
It should be something like this: SDSDQUA-032G-A11A
 

poofyhairguy

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SDSDQUI-064G-A11 is what it says. That seems to be the same model Amazon sells.

Here is what my 32GB Class 6 Samsung (MB-MSBGB) does:

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lothar

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SDSDQUI-064G-A11 is what it says. That seems to be the same model Amazon sells.

Here is what my 32GB Class 6 Samsung (MB-MSBGB) does:

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It's no wonder the performance sucked...You picked the wrong card.

SDSD=sd card
Q =class 4 (black) available in 2,4,8,16,32GB
QY =class 6 "Ultra" (red & grey) available in 4GB (8,16,32gb discontinued but still on sale)
QUA=class 10 "Ultra" 8,16,32=SDHC 64=SDXC* (UHS-I = UHS class 1 = 10mb/s #)
QUI=class 10 "Ultra" apparently "designed for cameras" and NOT the same card (black packaging)
-032G=32GB
-U46=EU packaging@
-A11=US packaging@
-FFP=Amazon frustration free packaging@
A=picture of android on package
 

ChronoReverse

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Wow that's much better. It's even faster than the internal memory of the GS4 for the writes.

Putting in an order now =)
 

grkM3

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It looks like Samsung has addressed some of the concerns in the OP. Admirable considering how bad their bloated launcher is. The response time is also excellent. Good job, Samsung. Now fix your OLED screens to make them as good as AUO's...

http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/06/galaxy-s-4-software-update/

Dari just for shits and giggles can you post one review that has a screen made from auo that beats the latest from Samsung in oled
 

Dari

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Dari just for shits and giggles can you post one review that has a screen made from auo that beats the latest from Samsung in oled

Who cares what someone thinks when I can judge by myself. Also, in the 4-4.3 smartphone thread, many people here like the HTC One S and Droid Razr, both 2012 midrange phones with AUO's OLED screens. I myself have both of those phones and I love the screens.
 

Oyeve

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Who cares what someone thinks when I can judge by myself. Also, in the 4-4.3 smartphone thread, many people here like the HTC One S and Droid Razr, both 2012 midrange phones with AUO's OLED screens. I myself have both of those phones and I love the screens.

Really? I had the Droid Razr and the screen sucked ass.
 

Dari

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Really? I had the Droid Razr and the screen sucked ass.

I like mine. I use the One S the most since it's white and I like Sense. The colors are bright and really pop and blacks are black. No weird tinting like on the Galaxy phones...
 

Skurge

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krumme

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But i am quite sure Samsung instead would be more than happy to sell a lcd screen in a high price phone for everyone. Especially Dari :)
 

AznAnarchy99

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I really feel like people are stretching this a bit.

So the people possibly affected are 'gamers' who need to install dozens of games, most of which are <100mb, but there are a couple games I saw in the top 20 paid games that are 1 GB. So we go with the premise that there is this niche of users who buy and download dozens of the largest games available in the Play Store.

Whether 9.6GB or 12GB (say without the bloat) are available in internal storage on a 16GB S4, either number sounds too constrained for this niche of gamers. These people should get the 32GB or even 64GB S4, which is on the way.

So they buy a 32GB or 64GB phone and still have the option of slapping in another 64GB mSD for the rest of their media for under $40.

Im thinking the same. My 32gb Nexus and most of my space is used my photos and music. I would love to have a mSD where I can put those files on.