When you try to install a new app on your smartphone and the Not Enough Space warning pops on the screen, that when you remember all the photos, WhatsApp videos have taken their toll. Luckily if you’re phone has a MicroSD card slot, then the solution is easy, you can expand your phone storage by moving some apps to the memory card and freeing up space for the new app.
However, if you have been using these memory cards for either your phone or Camera for some time, your curiosity might have taken you down the school of thought to look up the difference between these two. Chances are there high you might have been using a MicroSD adapter with the card for your Camera and felt you had a MicroSDHC, here is the reason why you were wrong.
A Brief History
The SD in microSD and microSDHC stands for secure digital, which indicates the type of technology used in these cards. Secure digital standards were developed by the SD Association in an attempt to establish reliable, efficient and standardized flash memory technology.
Hundreds of technology companies around the world have adopted SD standards for their products. In addition to microSD, secure digital cards come in standard and mini formats. Standard-size SD cards are commonly used in cameras, and miniSD cards were developed for mobile phones but have largely been replaced by microSD cards.
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So where is the difference now?
The primary difference between microSD and microSDHC cards is that microSD cards are limited to a storage size of two gigabytes, while microSDHC cards may have a storage capacity of up to 32 gigabytes. The added HC in microSDHC stands for high capacity. Older devices containing a microSD port, however, are not always compatible with microSDHC technology.
MicroSD cards are miniature, about the size of a fingernail, digital storage devices. They are a type of flash memory and contain no moving parts, making them very durable if cared for properly.
MicroSD and MicroSDHC cards are most commonly used in mobile electronics, such as cell phones and tablets.
In 2009, Secure Digital introduced standards for microSDXC cards, which stands for extended capacity. These cards can store up to two terabytes of data. We recently reported about San disk 1terabyte MicroSD card and its price in Uganda shillings. Even though these cards seem obnoxious at first, you should first wait for the price to drop and explore your options. These will be the real saviours in few years to come.
