Samsung Pro Plus and Evo Plus microSD cards unveiled

The Samsung Pro Plus and Evo Plus microSD cards with capacities up to 1TB have been unveiled. This confirms news from a previous article where we noted that these were in mass production around March.

The new cards use a 28nm controller, which is notably power efficient in comparison to 55m controllers in older cards. It even supports Low Density Parity Check error connection codes, which improves durability for write-and-erase cycles.

Additionally, the cards’ usage of 8th gen V-NAND technology attributes to its performance enhancement.

The Samsung Pro Plus cards provide up to 180MB/s sequential read and up to 130MB/s sequential write speeds.

Meanwhile, the Evo Plus cards have 160MB/s for reading and 120MB/s for speeds. It also has an extra 64GB variant that provides 60MB/s for reading and 20MB/s for writing speeds.

The cards are rated A2 for application storage, U3 and V30 for general file storage, and 4K video recording.

The cards come in several sizes, consisting of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB options with 10-year limited warranties. These are designed to withstand water, high temperatures, X-rays, and magnetic fields.

The new cards from Samsung are now available globally. The Samsung Pro Plus starts at USD 25PHP 1,467INR 2,119EUR 24CNY 182 (~PHP 1USD 0.02INR 1EUR 0.02CNY 0.12.4K) for 128GB. This goes up to USD 154PHP 9,038INR 13,051EUR 147CNY 1,121 (~PHP 9K) for the 1TB variant.

As for the Evo Plus, it starts at USD 13PHP 763INR 1,102EUR 12CNY 95 (~PHP 800USD 14INR 1,156EUR 13CNY 99) for a 64GB card. It goes up to USD 132PHP 7,746INR 11,187EUR 126CNY 961 (~PHP 7USD 0.12INR 10EUR 0.11CNY 0.87.7K) for its 1TB storage option as well.