Difference between Micro SD and SD cards?

[sauro]

I want to get some SD memory cards for my point and shoot camera, for when
my other SD cards got full when I was away from home. Additionally, I want
a spare *Micro* SD card for my phone.

Are Micro SD and SD cards identical except for size or are there
significant differences?

Am I more likely to hit problems like reliability if I use a Micro SD card
inside an adaptor?

Are Micro SD cards noticeably slower than SD cards of the same price?

 

[Rod Speed]

I want to get some SD memory cards for my point and shoot
camera, for when my other SD cards got full when I was away
from home. Additionally, I want a spare *Micro* SD card for my phone.

Are Micro SD and SD cards identical except for size

Yes, but there is more than one type of them.

or are there significant differences?

There are significant differences within just SD cards.

Am I more likely to hit problems like reliability if I use a Micro SD card inside an adaptor?

Yes, that can be a problem.

Are Micro SD cards noticeably slower than SD cards of the same price?

Nope.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

I want to get some SD memory cards for my point and shoot camera, for when
my other SD cards got full when I was away from home. Additionally, I want
a spare *Micro* SD card for my phone.

Are Micro SD and SD cards identical except for size or are there
significant differences?

Am I more likely to hit problems like reliability if I use a Micro SD card
inside an adaptor?

Are Micro SD cards noticeably slower than SD cards of the same price?

Micro SD cards are a bit more expensive during a price/megabytes
comparison. Otherwise, Micro SD's usually come with a Micro SD to SD
adaptor card that lets you use them as SD cards also. So as such, I'd
say just buy the Micro SD's and use them as SD's when needed.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Juarez]

Micro SD cards are a bit more expensive during a price/megabytes
comparison. Otherwise, Micro SD's usually come with a Micro SD to SD
adaptor card that lets you use them as SD cards also. So as such, I'd
say just buy the Micro SD's and use them as SD's when needed.

Yousuf Khan

Last time I checked prices at a retail store MicroSD was actually a bit
cheaper than SD. Supply and demand, more people buy standard SD than
Micro SD by far.

 

[Rod Speed]

Yousuf Khan wrote

sauro wrote

Micro SD cards are a bit more expensive during a price/megabytes comparison.

Thats not really true anymore. Quite a few dont bother with full sized SDs anymore.

Otherwise, Micro SD's usually come with a Micro SD to SD adaptor card that lets you use them as SD cards also.

So as such, I'd say just buy the Micro SD's and use them as SD's when needed.

I go the other way, essentially because nothing I have uses micro SDs, the cellphone, an N95 8GB
has it built in and doesnt take any card, and buying SDs removes one potential hassle with the adapter.

They arent that common anymore tho.