Thoughts on the new Samsung Pro Ultimate microSD cards?

[Augustus]

Not a Samsung schill, but curious as to what people's thoughts are about the new Samsung Pro Ultimate microSD cards? Surprised they didn't go for a 1TB capacity for one.

Wondering if the move to a new microcontroller architecture like they reference in their announcement - 28nm instead of the old 55nm. Whether that will translate to any tangible benefits for us dashcam users? Curious about the heat - we all know microSD cards can tolerate extreme operating temperatures, but if the card can run cooler when writing/reading then that might help our dashcams too..

Samsung Unveils New PRO Ultimate Memory Cards Designed With Increased Speed and Reliability for Professional Content Creators

The new Samsung PRO Ultimate microSD and full-size SD cards offer best-in-class read/write speeds with adoption of UHS-I Interface Upgraded controller enables significantly greater lifetime reliability and power efficiency Multi-proof protection is tested under industry’s toughest settings and...

news.samsung.com

 

[Augustus]

Looks like old Sammy has done a rebrand of their microSD memory cards, only seems to be in India at the moment but probably expand worldwide at some point.

https://www.guru3d.com/story/samsung-debuts-t7-and-t9-microsd-cards-simplifies-storage-branding/

I understand it makes things a bit easier for the consumer to identify, but considering it's the same product in the same shells with no better specifications, seems kind of pointless to me.

 

[kamkar]

This model is one of the newest additions to my test suite, and so far i have yet to find a system it do not work in.
100 % so far in my perspective.

 

[Augustus]

This model is one of the newest additions to my test suite, and so far i have yet to find a system it do not work in.
100 % so far in my perspective.

You can usually never go wrong with Samsung I've found when it comes to memory / storage

 

[kamkar]

The two others models i have are a bit on / off in dashcams.

 

[lufa6977]

Nice article. This will certainly make purchasing decisions simpler. There are too many model choices for some of these companies; the SanDisk lineup is mind-numbing. I wonder if there were any hardware changes in one of the series that Viofo will be able to recommend a T7 or T9?

 

[Augustus]

Nice article. This will certainly make purchasing decisions simpler. There are too many model choices for some of these companies; the SanDisk lineup is mind-numbing. I wonder if there were any hardware changes in one of the series that Viofo will be able to recommend a T7 or T9?

Somehow doubt it, it really seems the T7 and T9 are just re-branded Pro Plus Ultimate that was released a couple/few years back. Viofo doesn't seem to have much luck unless it's recommending SanDisk cards.

And don't get them started on SSD's 😛

 

[lufa6977]

Somehow doubt it, it really seems the T7 and T9 are just re-branded Pro Plus Ultimate that was released a couple/few years back. Viofo doesn't seem to have much luck unless it's recommending SanDisk cards.

And don't get them started on SSD's 😛

The Viofo and non-compatible Samsung issue may be related to Samsung's tendency to use its own-designed controllers; I presume that still holds true. In the article you linked, they show the interfaces and the Samsung card reader. I expect the rated values for write and read are only valid if the SDXC is used with a Samsung card reader.

 

[Augustus]

The Viofo and non-compatible Samsung issue may be related to Samsung's tendency to use its own-designed controllers; I presume that still holds true. In the article you linked, they show the interfaces and the Samsung card reader. I expect the rated values for write and read are only valid if the SDXC is used with a Samsung card reader.

You could very well be correct, still it's a device and well most devices that take microSD have a wide gamut of compatibility etc etc