[fkjr2]

I Have the stock card but images load slowly - is there a fast card out there?

[jbairdjr]

I dont think there is really any difference between micro sd cards.
The manufacturer may say there is but I havent seen it.
How are your images loading slowly? Is it in drawing the thumbnails?
Have had any issues on my Storm2

[fkjr2]

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Well its actually when I hit them to view that they open slowly. Granted some images are larger than others. thanks for the info

[PhalanxPunk]

If you look at the micro SD card that came with the phone, it most likely will say it's a class 2 card. Go get a class 6 card. My 9530 Storm came with a class 2 and it was painfully slow. I bought a class 6 which has much faster read/write speeds and now even the very large pictures just fly across the screen. Hope this helps.

[fkjr2]

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Good advice. Thansk. Can you possibly list some good choices?

[Dubdub]

A lot of it has to do with the device process and memory, probably more than the card. I can't tell much difference from card to card.

[PhalanxPunk]

If you don't see it say Class X, look for a "C" with a number inside of it. On the micro cards it's so small that it looks like a circle with a number inside of it.

[PhalanxPunk]

I believe that mine is either a San Disk or a Kingston. Either way both are good cards. There are also newer cards out there that are above class 6 now. Those have even faster read/write speeds, but I have yet to try any of those out. I'm happy enough with the speed of the class 6, even on pictures taken on a 6MP camera and I didn't resize them to fit the resolution of the Storm.

[XelhaBB]

I can tell you without a doubt thatcards with faster write speeds make a huge difference in how fast you can take photos AND view them. There is a ceiling however going from a class 2 to 6 will definitely speed things up. It's no different than when you change out the factory card on a digital camera for one with a faster write speed. The camera takes and views the photos much faster due to the card speed.

The card that came with my 9530 had more capacity than the 2 gig card I picked up with a faster write speed. My photos loaded up much quicker after the install.