128 GB MicroSD Recommended or not?

[TehPsychedelic]

Hello,

I'm back in the Android world after a long time and the Honor 5x will be my daily driver for the foreseen year.
As someone who doesn't rely on streaming services, I thought a 128 MicroSD would be the way to go to maximise storage and be able to carry a significant junk of my music collection.

However, someone reported in a youtube comment, about trouble with a 128 GB card (brand not specified).
I delved a bit more into this issue, and seems to be common with 64GB+ cards, say when you have a Samsung phone and use a non-Samsung card and so on.

Is there anyone here who is using 128 GBs or has a first hand experience with someone who does, and has been able to run with no issues ("automatic unmount and mount" every N-minutes or N-hours is the issue I've read about).

If not, is there anyone running 64 GB with no problems (what brand?).

I appreciate your time.

PD: I don't have the phone yet but since I'm importing it I'd like to score with a good card so to have the full package working day-1.

 

[rogconnect]

64 GB PNY black label no problem.
but 128 GB PNY Green Label a lot of issues unexpected SD removed no matter how you format it.

 

[metpolds]

Hello,

I'm back in the Android world after a long time and the Honor 5x will be my daily driver for the foreseen year.

@mpsychedelic ... Have used a "SanDisk Ultra" 128 Gb sd card since the first day I received my honor 5X (7 days after it was released on the US market). Absolutely no problems with reading and writing to it. I use SanDisk cards in all my phones and tablets and have never had any problems.
However as far as MY honor 5X is concerned it is the L24 i.e. the US retail model and you specifically mention importing yours which I presume means it could be the Chinese or Asian or Europen versions and I would honestly bear that in mind when deciding which make of 128 card to purchase. If you read through the whole forum you will see many instances (not necessarily concerning sd cards but covering a range of subjects) where problems between the US retail and others exist.

 

[TehPsychedelic]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your timely answers as I'm hitting that order button tonight or tomorrow!

64 GB PNY black label no problem.
but 128 GB PNY Green Label a lot of issues unexpected SD removed no matter how you format it.

Ok, so Indeed the PNY seems to be one of the "issue prone" cards, as I've read a lot about problems with those.
Since I'm really pushing towards 128, I guess PNY are out of the equation.

Now I'm torn between a Sandisk and my usual Transcend cards (I use Transcend for my DSLR, GoPro, etc).

[MENTION=7311093]However as far as MY honor 5X is concerned it is the L24 i.e. the US retail model

I'm ordering from Amazon US so, should be the US model. And to be 100% sure, the guys from Huawei replied to a question from another user in the article's page:

Hello Valued Customer, the Honor 5X variant for the US is Model KIW - L24. (AI)

So it's indeed the only version (obvious) and the one holding in my hands.

metpolds, Could you maybe specify the exact model of your card, would you say it's the SDSQUNC-128G-GN6MA? Unfortunately cannot post links (well I could easily go around the BBCodes but won't be a rogue user), but that's the first "Sandisk Ultra 128 GB" result on Amazon, and there is an older version in the second or third result.

Thanks again for your time.

 

[elry567]

Using sandisk 128 GB and it's working fine

 

[retepoh]

Im using a Silicon Power 128GB with no issues.

 

[Faheemarif252]

Using 128gb san disk with no probs...

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[Bear100]

Using Patriot 128 class 10, no problems.

 

[metpolds]

[QUOTEmetpolds, Could you maybe specify the exact model of your card, would you say it's the SDSQUNC-128G-GN6MA?[/QUOTE]
@mpsychedelic ...Yes that is the one I purchased from Newegg.