I've had success with using Micro Center branded microSD cards in 128GB and 512GB capacities (though the actual usable capacities are much lower than the marketed nominal capacities), which I had figuratively lying around/microSD cards that I could repurpose.
Due to comments from others, I'm not exactly jumping up and down with excitement to purchase a 1TB microSD card to test with Tangara. (IIRC, flash devices sold under the Micro Center brand are "allegedly" "supposedly" rebranded lower quality units from Micron - but please correct me if I'm wrong.) It will happen eventually, but I'm in no rush.
I transferred my music, and have observed that my current music collection is only slightly more than 11GB.
Tangent: I know it's an apples-to-orange comparison; but I wanted to demonstrate to myself that the incremental price markup for an internal storage increase in a current smartphones (e.g., any iPhone 16 series or Google Pixel 9 series device) - say even going from 256GB to 512GB, for example -is basically a ripoff compared to a similar 256GB to 512GB (micro)SD card upgrade for Tangara.
- My microSD cards have the following attributes: Class 10, U3, V30, A1. (Reference.)
- However, this is not being sold anymore.However, the currently available versions (such as this 512GB microSD card) have these attributes: Class 10, U3, V30, A2. This is the version you should purchase, if you are buying new.
Due to comments from others, I'm not exactly jumping up and down with excitement to purchase a 1TB microSD card to test with Tangara. (IIRC, flash devices sold under the Micro Center brand are "allegedly" "supposedly" rebranded lower quality units from Micron - but please correct me if I'm wrong.) It will happen eventually, but I'm in no rush.
I transferred my music, and have observed that my current music collection is only slightly more than 11GB.
Tangent: I know it's an apples-to-orange comparison; but I wanted to demonstrate to myself that the incremental price markup for an internal storage increase in a current smartphones (e.g., any iPhone 16 series or Google Pixel 9 series device) - say even going from 256GB to 512GB, for example -is basically a ripoff compared to a similar 256GB to 512GB (micro)SD card upgrade for Tangara.
