Recommended MicroSD cards?

[threedots]

Hello,

I just have a question for other Lumia 620 users. I'd like to get a MicroSD card to store photos and music, etc. on my phone, but I've read that not all cards work with the 620, that maybe a phone this age requires an older standard of SD card--not sure if this is right. Has anyone found a particular MicroSD card that works well with this phone? I'll probably go for a 16 or 32GB card. Thank you.

 

[Harrie-S]

I am not a 620 owner but here is some back ground about micro SD cards for windows phones.
There are
SDHC (from 4 to 32 GB)
SDXC (from 32 to currently 128 GB) theoretical they can go up to 2 TB but the largest which are now available are 128 GB but SanDisk is working on a 200 GB card is.

The difference between HC (High Capacity) and XC (eXtended Capacity) is the maximum size of the storage. HC goes to max 32 GB and XC to theoretical 2TB.
And both will work in your phone.

Now a further difference in SD cards is the speed.Class 2, 4, 6 and 10 with have a min guarantees speed of resp 2, 4, 6 and 10 MB/s. (so the higher the class the faster the card)
Furthermore UHS is another speed standard but this is not supported but these cards also supports the class 10 standard so you still can use them and the speed is "class 10".

Now for your phone a minimum of class 4 is recommended but with this class cards you may get some lag. So I would recommend a class 6 or better a class 10 card.

Now about brands.
Buy a well known brand from a reliable shop ("fake" cards do exist out there) and some manufacturers give also a year or even a live long guarantee on SD cards.
Bye the way on amazone.com (US) there are regular big discounts up to 50%.

 

[dhewgill]

I have a Samsung EVO 64Gb microSDXC card formatted in exFAT in my Lumia 620 and it works just fine.

 

[threedots]

Hi,

Thanks for all this info. It helped me get clearer about which cards should work--I'd had the wrong impression that maybe a phone as old as mine wouldn't work with faster cards.

 

[threedots]

I have a Samsung EVO 64Gb microSDXC card formatted in exFAT in my Lumia 620 and it works just fine.

Good to know. This is just the kind of microsd I was looking at buying. Thank you.