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Memorycard for Xperia Z3

Tullemusen — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:09:10 GMT

I have just purchased the new Xperia Z3 and my husband and I have discussed which memorycard is the best. He says that it is enough with a SanDisc 1 /10 but as I read earlier messages, you need a card with a faster writing speed when you have a device with fx video and photos in HD. So my suggestion is a SanDisc 4/10 as a minimum speed. Am I totally wrong and will it work with a 64Gb card or only with a 32Gb card?

Tullemusen

Re: Memorycard for Xperia Z3

Hampus — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:05:11 GMT

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Xperia Z3 supports a microSD-card(SDXC supported) up to 128 GB. I would recommend class 10 if you want to record videos in full 1080p. And if you are going to record in 4K, I suggest that you look for a SD-card with speed class UHS.

Re: Memorycard for Xperia Z3

HoTdiGiTi — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:10:08 GMT

I just got a microSDXC UHS-I Class 10 64GB Samsung from Amazon delivered for £25.

Heres the link http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Memory-MicroSDXC-UHS-I-Adapter/dp/B00J29FF4G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412687449&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+64gb+uhs-1+grade+1+microsdxc+pro+-+class+10

Re: Memorycard for Xperia Z3

RexingtonSteele — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:30:10 GMT

I got mine from here - takes a while to come but that's a Class 10 128gb for pennies! Shame my Z3 wasnt waterproof and is now broken. Don't take it underwater folks....http://www.aliexpress.com/item/ASDFASDFADSF/2034600649.html

Re: Memorycard for Xperia Z3

fdni175 — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:23:23 GMT

Thank you.

What about write/read speed? I've learned that UHS cards have write/read speeds that range from 10mb/s to 95mb/s.

My Xperia Z3 dual can support all of those speeds or is there a bottleneck to it? What is the maximum micro sd card write/read speed supported by Xperia Z3 dual? And by supported I mean: what is the top speed my phone can take advantage of / benefit from?

Thank you in advance.

Ben

Re: Memorycard for Xperia Z3

stockyvillage — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:31:41 GMT

Sony have a good UHS card ,you can get it on Amazon. Thats what I use with no problems

Re: Memorycard for Xperia Z3

MichaelREMY — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:31:58 GMT

the multimedia library (many musics, many photos, many ebooks) requiert you have a quick memory card because there are many applications (from sony and google music by example) which are constantly read and resync, and check, and list the multimedia library content.

each time you take a photo, there is a process which re-read the entire library to rebuild an index.

Same thing with music, video content, there is always a process which need to QUICK read your memory card.

if your memory card is slow or not quick enough (like my sandisk ultra 64GB microsd XC I), then the entire device will slow that make you think it is obsolete whereas it is only a matter a memorycard speed and capacity (i have more than 6000 songs on my card and the process who read the art cover is very slow).

Each process who need to make a thumbnail of music or video or photo gallery need a quick memory card.

so you need to get a very quick memory card if you have a big library content (musics+photos+videos+ebook).

i have a slow (a not enought quick) microsodt card, so each time i took a photo, my device is slowdown because it rebuild the index of the library. there is the same bug with add mp3 song or video because the system took a huge cpu&memory ressource and time to rebuild the index of your multiemdia library.

making a index (video gallery or music album art ) NEED a quick card (and also a quic kcpu device but the Z3 own a quick CPU).

so do not under-estimate the speed you need, take the higher quick you can with your money (only if you have a big library of content).

As my experience, a sandisk ultra 64GB microsd XC I (class 10 i guess), is a bad speed for large library.