#how to spot a fake sd card

It's not that easy to spot a fake SD card from a legit one, especially if you aren't entirely sure of an SD card's specifics. It may work now but fake SD cards become defective faster than legit ones. Fake SD cards will not have the storage capacity promised on the packaging, and they definitely won't have the read/write speeds as the original. Here are a couple of tips to spot counterfeit SD cards from real ones. Fake SD cards will have some similarities with the original ones, from the packaging all the way down to the card itself. If you see a 2TB SD card for a cheap price, run away because that product is absolutely fake as 2TB cards don't exist just yet. [caption id="attachment_208531" align="alignnone" width="720"] Huawei does not sell SD cards, so these are all fake.[/caption] Lastly, observe the SD card itself. Edges of SD cards produced by Samsung are known to be colored white while fake Samsung cards will have their edges in black, as counterfeit producers will find it troublesome to do that much detail. Read more in our articles including "How to Spot a Fake SD Card" and "ProtoArc EM11 NL Vertical Ergonomic Mouse Review".