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Well I decided to buy a 1TB sd card i found on amazon for 20$... taking bets on if it is a scam device or not...
@lucas hahaha probably...
It had over 50 reviews and not a single one star. Could all be fake reviews though but worst case ill get an easy refund
Probably is, I've been looking at 1 TB microsd cards for my phone and they go for at least 5 times that.
@kilroy_was_here yea it doesnt add up... but i figure no risk, they tend to refund anyway. Plus its an off brand so may be legit.
More likely it is a smaller size, and they figure it takes you too long to figure that out. This has been a practice in Asia since the 1980s, when 40MB harddisks had a compression controller and you could fit 500MB of text on it. Even got a demo in the shop, and people got ripped off badly.
Yea that is a typical approach. its quick to figure out if you know what your doing.
@freemo my prediction is that it won't last long and it will be super slow π
@gpowerf Slow im ok with and expecting... hopefully it will last, but we will see I guess.
@freemo The memory controller is usually the garbage that fails so it's rational to think that some random micro SD card will work about as well as a trusted brand. These embedded memory controllers suck and are the main reason why SSDs and USB drives fail.
You could be getting a bined 2tb card that only works with half the memory. The sketchier it seems, the more likely that is legit. Some weird coating and weird ID is probably removing the original manufacturer and allowing for such a product.
Intel was notorious for taking rejected chips and marketing them as lower spec Intel processors. Essentially everything electronic is mediocre and lies but manufacturing is expensive.
@AmpBenzScientist if it claimed it was a name brand or had any of the speed certifications printed on it then id be more skeptical.
@freemo You just gave $20 a stranger on the internet π€£