There are already enough brands that have decided to eliminate the possibility of expanding the memory of their devices via microSD cards, although there are always exceptions, and some continue to bet on the inclusion of this function in their terminals or to include it again in their new devices, a feature that many users appreciate.
If you have a smartphone with this functionality and you want purchase a new microSD card, you have to take into account some factors so that you don't get a fake memory instead of a real one, so we will teach you to differentiate these two types to avoid getting ripped off and how you can check if your microSD is fake.
What are the differences?
As we see in this Phonearena article, there are several ways to distinguish real cards from fake ones. The first of all, and the most obvious, is that imitations tend to have a disposal of the user a lot less real memory than what they actually advertise. For example, a card that claims to be 64GB may only have 8 available to the user.
The worst part of this "trick" is that your device can detect the 64GB of the card and, therefore, will try to write and read the data in a space that does not exist, which could cause an error and the your data could be corrupted. Other than that, fake cards are much slower in terms of read and write speeds, and they might affect performance of the terminal.
What are the fake cards like?
It is more difficult to distinguish a fake card from a real one if we buy it in an online store than if we buy it from a physical store, so, in the first case, we have to access well-known technology stores who offer us a guarantee.
If we have the ability to purchase one of these cards in a physical store, we need to look at the details that will make a difference. Among these details we can find that the print of the dimensions ei logos may appear incorrect or incorrect. The price must also be taken into account, because, although it may seem like a good offer, a 128GB card won't cost 10 €, at least for now.
Check if your card is fake
If you have already purchased a card and want to check if your card is real or not, you can easily check by downloading a free application called SD Insight.
This application will tell us the model, manufacturer and real size of our memory when it is true, if it is false, the manufacturer name will not appear, but beware, this software does not include all manufacturers of microSD and, therefore, a manufacturer may appear unknown to us even if the card is genuine and we should use other procedures to check if they have deceived us when selling the card.
Google Play | SD Insight (free)
Conclusion
In summary, we can see that in order to ensure that we are purchasing a true card that guarantees good performance and reliability when storing our data, we must use common sense. The best option is to buy in a reputable and well-known store such as Amazon or eBay, taking into account the reputation of the sellers and, above all, act with common sense before buying any product.
