Today we are continuing our microSDXC card series with the Samsung Evo Select 1TB microSDXC card. Flash media cards are an area where the technology has been around for a long time, and folks have had both positive and negative experiences. Some folks swear by Samsung cards, so we wanted to include this as well as the Samsung Pro Plus 1TB microSDXC card. We could not find Samsung 1.5TB or 2TB size cards, so we ended up just buying the 1TB cards.
Note: We purchased our 1TB card on Amazon (affiliate link.)
The Samsung Evo Select 1TB microSDXC Card
Samsung’s Pro Plus came in a dark blue package, the Evo Select comes in a lighter blue. On the exterior, this says that it can hit 160MB/s versus the 180MB/s we saw on the Pro Plus.
Let us quickly get to what this card is. We have V30, A2, and U3 markings. If you need a quick cheat sheet see What All of the Markings on SD microSD and microSDXC Cards Mean. While this is not the highest performing card, it is designed to be higher performing and actually run applications from it, unlike the SanDisk 1.5TB Ultra we looked at previously. At the saem time, these are the same markings as the Samsun Pro Plus drive we looked at previously. That can be confusing for folks.
Even though this drive is tiny in size, at 1TB it can store a lot of data. That capacity feels more like a M.2 SSD capacity than a small card.
Here is a quick look at the contact side of the card:
Unlike the SanDisk models, we cannot see a package exposed on this side.
Bundled with this card, we get a microSDXC to SD adapter in Samsung’s bright white. The adapter seems to be the same as the Pro Plus.
Let us get to performance next.
I like these reviews, just wish you can review the microsd express cards as well if possible.. And devices that support these new cards.
The pictures used for transfer speed say SanDisk 1.5TB to SDXC. That’s confusing to me why it says that and if you used the correct images. I use a SSD with a dedicated folder to test real world transfer speeds and eliminate bottlenecks.
You should rename the test folder used in the write tests. I was confused by the “Copying from Sandisk 1.5TB” source only to check the 1TB Pro Plus & 1.5TB Extreme reviews to see the same thing.