

SANDISK® UNVEILS WORLD’S FIRST MICROSD CARD DESIGNED TO DELIVER A NEW DIMENSION OF MOBILE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE The 256GB SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 drive arrives at the same time, and will sell for $179 through Best Buy and Amazon. The new Ultra microSDXC Premium Edition card will be available globally later this month for $199. SanDisk claims that's fast enough to transfer an entire full-length 4K movie to the drive in 15 seconds. Claimed to be the world's fastest, highest capacity drive, it offers read speeds up to 420MB/s and write speeds up to 380MB/s. SanDisk also announced a 256GB USB 3.1 solid state flash drive. The A1 spec is particularly useful in in light of Android Marshmallow 6’s option for storing and launching apps from the microSD card. As such, SanDisk says this card is suitable for handling in-app permissions, graphics and audio, and save profiles on a smartphone. The A1 performance standard means this microSD card can handle random read input-output access per second, also called IOPS, of 1,500, as well as a write IOPS of 500. At this capacity, the card is able to store up to 24 hours of 1080p Full HD video. It's said to achieve transfer speeds ranging up to 95MB/s. Meeting A1 performance standards, it's designed to expand smartphone storage for photos and videos as well as provide space to store and run apps. SanDisk has unveiled its new 256GB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Premium Edition card.
