Did you know that Android smartphones support 128GB microSD cards?

One of the characteristics that we usually find in the technical sheets of smartphones is the internal memory and something that usually accompanies this data: whether or not it is expandable by means of a microSD card. If so, a second figure indicates the maximum capacity of this external memory supported by the terminal, usually 32 or 64 gigs. However, most of these mobile phones support up to 128 gigs Although it is not specified, we tell you the reason for this common practice among manufacturers.

In recent years we have experienced a change in the position of manufacturers regarding the incorporation or not of a microSD card slot in their smartphones. Google, responsible for the Android operating system It is not in favor, it considers that these external memories impair the operation of the terminals and therefore, have a negative influence on the user experience. This caused many will eliminate this option last year. However, the internal memories have not finished taking a leap and are still insufficient for users, which has caused that this year, it has recovered the slot in leading terminals.

Many models are supported

HTC One M8, Sony Xperia Z2, Motorola Moto E, LG G3, Samsung Galaxy S5, and many others, all of them have seen the light this year and all of them have an expandable memory through microSD cards. If we review the specifications of each one, we see that according to the manufacturer they support microSD cards of 32 or 64 gigabytes at most. But this is not entirely true, the Moto EFor example, a modest terminal would be limited to cards with a maximum of 32 gigabytes, however it is fully compatible with 64 gigabytes. The rest of the named, higher-end models, according to HTC, Sony, LG or Samsung, support 64-gigabyte cards at most, but we can use cards up to 128 without problems.

So much so, that terminals of past years, such as the Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S4, even Samsung Galaxy S3, as well as some HTC or Nexus One modelsAll of them are compatible with 128 gig cards and in none of the cases is it indicated by the manufacturer in the specifications.

The why of the manufacturers

If this is so, why don't the manufacturers indicate it? The reason is simple but at the same time the result of several factors. Although it cannot be specified exactly and each company will have its reasons, there is information that explains that some of the Controllers used by these manufacturers are not intended for high capacity microSD or are not directly contemplated in the chip manufacturing, although as we said, they can work.

Another theory refers to the format in which the data is stored in these external memories. Cards over 64 gigs use exFAT format by default, and this can lead to some incompatibility and system stability issues. That is to say, cannot guarantee 100% optimal operation and therefore, they limit the official data to a lower value, although it is possible that we will soon begin to see official support from some manufacturers for 128 gig cards.

Source: cultfandroid