Be careful with the thymus of fake micro SD: if they seem too good to be true, they are

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Javier Pastor @javipas

Never before the prices of micro SD cards had been as great as today.In these last weeks we have seen 1 TB cards that were around 200 euros and were a great offer, but those prices contrast with those seen in some businesses like eBay.

There it is normal to see 1 micro cards of 1.024 GB (1 TB) at 30 euros, and that should make anyone's alarms jump, because those prices make it clear that these are false cards that actually have much lower capacity, lower speed and can even be fragile and end up causing problems thereWhere we use them.Before the thymus of fake micro SD, a clear recommendation: you have to have common sense.

No one gives hard to four pesetas

Years ago, unscrupulous vendors make their little August with this fraud, which consists of selling micro SD cards with false capabilities and benefits also below what they announce in their sales sales.

Demasiado bueno para ser verdad. Nada recomendable tentar a la suerte aquí.

The practice is common and popular, especially since mobile devices have turned these cards into a simple and affordable way to expand the storage capacity of those devices.

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However, you have to be very attentive to too succulent offers, because it is normal for spectacular prices to be nothing more than an unequivocal sign that these micro SD cards are a fraud.

If one turns around online stores and looks at the current prices of Micro SD cards of manufacturers such as Sandisk will realize that prices are usually in a very clear fork.

In fact, we could consider great prices the following, which we have seen these days in which Black Friday or Cyber Monday have allowed to find really remarkable offers with prices that were around the following indicated here:

In some cases there are somewhat better, but not spectacularly better point offers.When someone is selling a 1 TB micro card (1.024 GB) at 30 euros is making it quite clear that this card is not going to have that capacity.

Ni caso del logo. Pinta mal fatal.

Even versions of that same thymus can become more credible when we see very good prices but that could be considered reasonable because they are less given to compete in this segment.The example of the image, with a theoretical 1 micro card of 1.024 GB of Huawei, also smells bad.

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These false cards can work once they arrive, but if they do they will not comply with what they promised.The normal thing is that to begin its capacity it is much less than the one that appears in the micro SD, but we can also look harmed with much lower transfer speeds than it was announced.

The thing can be even worse: these micro SD cards can come from poor production processes and bad qualities, which can turn them into too fragile.The danger is here that when introducing them into the mobile, a laptop or in a camera then do not go well and are stuck or end up unlikeing the device.

In fact, the transfer speed is a good way to check if a card is suspicious of being false.The speed ratings of the cards are based on the so -called classes (class 2, class 4, etc), which allow to determine the writing speeds that can be achieved in them.If a product shows that it is from one class but in the description another appears, bad.

Herramientas como H2testw permiten comprobar la capacidad y la velocidad de transferencia de medios de almacenamiento de forma sencilla.

If you buy one of these cards you can pass a quick speed test with the RMPREPUSB tool or a deeper one with H2TESTW, a free tool that allows you to check the real capacity of a storage medium.

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The recommendation here is clear: you have to use common sense.If something is too good to be true, it is probably a lie.To start, it is advisable to buy in trusted businesses and, in case of doing so in places like Ebay, go to trusted vendors.

Esos nueve votos no ayudan a confiar demasiado en aokrulez, y la oferta ya parece sospechosa. ¿Conclusión? Mejor pasar.

The votes of the seller on eBay are another useful way to identify possible scammers.On Ebay it is also especially to pay with PayPal to be able to claim the return of money if something goes wrong and we endorse a false card.

So, you know: Be careful when you look for a micro SD card, because these types of offers are everywhere and can end up attracting many buyers for those striking prices.

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