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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] tdd2:
Ordered mine through Amazon March 2'nd for $119, received it today (yes, it was delivered to my home on a Sunday - love Amazon Prime!!!).

Loaded the contents of my (now) previous 64gb card, added another 40gb of media, and it works in my Note 3 like a champ - A++!!

I noticed last Wednesday that the price on Amazon had jumped to $159, then a few hours later to $199 - as of this moment (Sunday 3-23-14, 3:06EDT), Amazon lists it as 'currently unavailable'!!

Have to say, when they figure the technology to get 256gb on a MicroSDXC - I'll jump on that too!!

Now I just have to wait for the Seidio OBEX I ordered to arrive so I can figure a wireless charging mod for that case.

Cheers'

Dan
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] evoforevo:
On a Sunday were you stay?.?I order mine on March 6 and no sign of shipment yet.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] tdd2:
Live in a small town in the northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia, 2nd time I've gotten an Amazon Prime delivery on a Sunday recently.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] nerys71:
I ordered mine March 2nd. looks to be on track to arrive tomorrow (monday) so 3 weeks on the dot pretty much :) I can't wait. I will just fill the 128gb too but at least it will take me longer :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
Uh oh. Mine just left nj. Should be here tuesday. I have less than a gig left on my 64gb card. Probably gonna max this one out about an hour after I put it in.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] dapperwix:
I missed out on the deal that Amazon was having. Apparently it was selling for $120? Now the price has jumped.

Anyone bought an extra one willing to sell me one at cost?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] theonedub:
Mine came in last week, ordered the day it was announced and listed @ $119 on Amazon. Thought it was a pricing error and would never ship, but here it is.

I get 14.5MB/sec writes via my USB3.0 adapter. Slightly faster than the 64gb card it replaced. Did not test read speeds as they're usually close to the max advertised.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
In case anybody doesn't need 128gb or doesn't want to pay the price, 64gb samsung micro SD on sale @ amazon for $36.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
It's the Samsung versions that is going for that price. A great buy. http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=8729155011
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
Just went to collect mine from groupon hong kong for about USD 170 with the card reader.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
i'm sure it will go down in price, it's just that they are in great demand ATM.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
I'm at work but it's showing as "Delivered" today (24th) even though it said March 25th when I checked late last night/early this morning.

To recap, I ordered late PM Feb 26/early AM Feb 27 and it estimated a ship date in April. Early this month it updated to say March 24-March 25. When it finally shipped on the 21st that date solidified as March 25 but it seems to have arrived a day early anyway.

Can't wait to start using it!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] nerys71:
ahhhhhh. I was down to 49.5mb free now 64.7gb free. SO nice :)

took forever to transfer all the files (the card is a bit on the slow side but thats JUST fine by me for this much space bliss)

I will fill it as well but it will take longer :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] nlatifolia:
Does it only work on original system format (afaik xfat?) or is there anyone who use it in different system format ? If anyone use it in different format than original, how is it different in terms of performances and capacity ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Big Cam:
Same here, I had 53.24 GB to transfer, took well over an hour but I was just watching TV.

I got it at the amazon special of $119.99 and it finally showed up yesterday, the Note 3 instantly recognized it.

I love it, now I have 65.81 GB free.

Comes in at 119.05 of actual space. Love it!!!

In my Laptop (usb 2.0) in the included adapter I got read speeds in a wide range of 15-30mb/s, it varied a lot. and about 10-13mb/s write speed.

If you didn't get one at $120, I'd hope for another deal. They are $200 on ebay.

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These are going to drop in price so fast, I thought of selling mine, but you can buy it new on ebay for like $20, so I'm just going to keep it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
EBay has a lot of fakes. Wouldn't take a chance there but I hope the Amazon deal comes back soon.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] mumbo jumbo:
So now Amazon is sold out but they are offering it from 3rd party sellers. I know eBay has a ton of fakes, but is Amazon held responsible for the 3rd part if something goes wrong? Has anyone bought from 3rd party via Amazon with these?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
Lol @ $20 on eBay. Good luck with that.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] ilegales:
Hi

i should be receiving mine in the next few weeks

what method are people using to transfer all files from their old say 64gb to the new 128gb cards.. ???

i have lots of stuff - especially as i am rooted and using directory bind for large games

and do not fancy to have to do it all again manually..

thanks a lot... looking forward to the new card..
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
May be a fake one, but not a authentic one.:fingers-crossed:

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using a card reader on a PC, probably the fastest way.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] apallohadas:
Got mine today. Just plugged in my phone and put the card in a card reader. Transfered 30 GB of media and good to go.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
"May be?" Surely, you mean to say "absolutely IS fake," right? ;) My genius friend ordered three Galaxy Note 3 phones from eBay for $20 and, of course, FAKE.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
I love to see more details on these fake note 3, heard alot about it on this forum, but haven't actually found any on ebay, seen them for much more but not USD 20.

Love to see what the spec is.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
eBay canceled the sales before he got his after another user reported the fakes. Most any functional smartphone is worth $20 unlocked so I guess it wasn't too much of a risk. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] KruseLudsMobile:
Ordered mine March 4, it says it'll be here sometime between April 15th and the 25th - but by 8pm. Go figure. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH£%%=!!#! €€//#÷! {>|\●{}}▪

Sent from my Galaxy Note III; Previous owner/hacker of Galaxy S III, Galaxy Nexus, Droid X, HTC HD2, HTC Touch Pro 2, HTC Tilt, HTC 8525, O2 XDA II, O2 XDA.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] evoforevo:
Amazon has them on sale again 119$ get them wile there hot people.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] KruseLudsMobile:
So let me get this straight, the people who order them now will then get them... Next year? Jeez

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] d12unk13astard:
Nah, there just ball parking the delivery time. It's not that bad of a wait especially if you can grab one at the 119.00 price. I pre ordered mine when they were first announced around February 25 27th I believe and received my 128gb card on March 14th, not too long of a wait if you ask me considering these are in high demand.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] theorioles33:
Me too man! I bucked up and got mine at Best But for $200. I hate waiting!

Loading it up!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
Lol. Bucked up? Sounds like you got bucked out.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] theorioles33:
Lol! Thats about right. Next year they will be $59.99 but thats technology for ya.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
"Hey! With a 128GB mSD card, I can fit my entire lossless music library on my phone!"

I thought it would be easy, but noooo. :(

OK, perhaps someone in this thread is in the same situation as me and knows a good solution to playing ALAC or converting an entire library to FLAC without a PC. My brother is still an iOS user with a paid iTunes Match account and duplicating the entire library of hundreds of ripped discs on his 240GB SSD is not going to be feasible.

As it is, BSPlayer will play ALAC but it will not run in the background if there is any album art. DeadBeef with all the plugins works but it doesn't support AVRCP Bluetooth, lock screen, or notification area controls and it just lumps everything into a huge playlist (ugh!). DoubleTwist is made for use with iTunes on Android and yet it doesn't support ALAC at all (can't even give an elegant solution or exclude from library or mention in support/FAQ). I see iTunes has an option to convert any track to Lossless (ALAC), which makes zero sense to me, but if there is a player with a similar function to convert my library to FLAC on my Android device, I'd love to hear it!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
i don't think there is a solution for what you're seeking. and i'm quite sure if there were it would take forever and thus not be worth it. you need to find a full suite player like mediamonkey or something that can convert files. and i am not 100% sure you can convert ALAC to FLAC. i don't see why not but i don't know. honestly, if you were interested in this in the first place you'd get away from proprietary formats and files. it just ends up biting you in the ass in the long run when you need to switch like you are now.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
Thanks. Figured it was worth asking though.

Well, because they are both lossless then there's always a way even if that means burning back to redbook waveform audio and re-ripping (I have the original discs though). ;)

I agree, but my twin brother uses iTunes Match with all his iDevices so he uses iTunes. He hates iTunes too, BTW. ;)

That said, ALAC is actually an open format now and any player can support it if they want. I just think it's crazy that an iTunes-centric app like DoubleTwist doesn't support it when even a video player like BSplayer does. DoubleTwist doesn't even show album art for more than half the albums! BSplayer's limitations are understandable, considering that it's not even supposed to be an audio player (I use it for subtitles with MKV DVD/BD rips I made with Handbrake).

It took me a single afternoon to fill this gigantic card up but I guess I've got a lot of work ahead of me to change everything to a more useful lossless music format. :) Now I can be more discriminating about what from the library goes on here (I do prefer complete albums). Too bad Google Play Music doesn't support lossless in the cloud but at least it can play it back.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
Yeah I well aware ALAC is "open" but look who it's attached to and how it started. Like you said I guess you can convert back to WAV and then back to FLAC if that is even possible.

Btw, I haven't done a benchmark but using WiFi file transfer pro I am getting up to 24 Mbps. Usually 16-24 transferring FLAC and ~10-20 transferring mp3's. Getting about 24 transferring ISO's. Very happy with the card so far. I have a little over 20gigs left. Heh.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
Now that many people have this card, has anyone actually check it for errors, normally I just insert the card into the phone, or for normal use through a card reader, and if it doesn't fXXX up on me i'm ok. Been using sandisk for over 20 years from 8mb TF to this 128GB microsdxc and not a single problem with any cards, I was curious to check this card for error, and i'm pleased with the results with a 3.5 hrs testing.

No errors for me.:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] d12unk13astard:
I'm sitting comfortably at 50gb free atm, but if I wanted it could be easily filled up just as quickly as my 64gb was. I try and only have must have music on my card than use plex for the rest of my media collection since I got unlimited 4G data and wifi at the house. Matter of fact it was all used up last week when I took the family to disneyland, all the 1080p videos and pics ate up that 128gb card with the quickness!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] kms108:
Learn't something new, never heard about the ALAC format, whats the quality like compared to FLAC.

Thanks

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With a 64gb card I have like 40 something GB left, never did fill any of my cards up, now with the 128GB card, 97GB free.

Not sure why I bothered to get a large card when I never fill them up, may be I just want something new or i'm very curious to try it out.:p
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] d12unk13astard:
The card was cheap enough and it never hurts to have all that extra space when you really need it. I think arbiter and I were the ones hurting the most, he had less than a gb left on his 64gb card I recall and I had about 3 gb left..

I think alac is basically apples version of flac, it is usually of bigger file size too.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
ALAC if i recall correctly is like mentioned apple's version of flac amd the files are usually smaller, like 5-10% smaller at best. And supposedly they're bit for

bit the same. I think ALAC didn't gain any traction til apple opened it up but the damage was already done.

And in case anybody is wondering the best way to get FLAC at reasonable prices is just buying CD's, used if you want to save a few bucks. I tried hdtracks flacs and the difference is negligible from CD quality. There are few tracks I've bought where the difference is noticeable but the selection is small and the prices are high. So 44/16 is great anduch smaller than 96/24 or even 192/24. Also, when converting from a CD you might have option to get more compressed flac's. I use media monkey gold and there are 6 or 7 levels of compression. Don't bother using the compression. You will only save like 3% tops and may run into issues on playback. I also like converting my flacs into 320kbps CBR mp3's. Using neutron and high bitrate mp3's the difference is hard to tell from higher quality tracks. Using Poweramp I can tell. I wish neutron would hurry up with their update so the ui and use ability would rival Poweramp already. Love poweramp's usefulness but I love great sounding music even more.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
Now that I have such a big card I actually installed a bittorrent client. That leads me to ask: is it bad to download straight to the SD card? I know it's rough on a hard drive because of the seemingly random writes as pieces are typically downloaded all out of order but written contiguously to avoid fragmentation. Android bittorrent clients may be smart enough to assume that there is no disk and no need to avoid fragmentation but the pieces are still going to download randomly and seeding will cause a lot of random reads. I know I'd rather wear out replaceable flash storage than internal flash storage but I assume NAND is more resilient/tolerant in the first place and I have no clue which to prioritize.

Exactly the same, of course. :D That's the point of a lossless codec: when decoded they are bit-for-bit identical to the original source. It's like ZIPping an uncompressed WAV file versus RARing the same WAV file. The difference is that both ALAC and FLAC are optimized for audio and much more efficient at losslessly compressing them than ZIP and RAR.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
Not sure about that because ssd's have controllers and onboard ram to mitigate that. I would think if the downloads went to ram then the NAND you'd be fine. I don't think cards have fine control like that so you might have stumbled on a way to wear out an SD card quicker. I think it would be safer though a lot more time consuming and aggravating to use something more disposable like a USB stick and USB otg or a throwaway SD card and swapping out once you get the complete file. Not sure. Maybe contact sandisk an ask personally. Maybe they could give you specifics on that.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
For anyone who wants to know the cards are on sale on Amazon.com for $119.99 right now. Don't know how long it will last.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Gearshift:
out of stock :( BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
Didn't stop any of us from ordering back before they ever had stock at this price. ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
Yes sorry out of stock but the price is good. I ordered.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] mooseyone:
Me too. Can't wait.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
Order now at the price and it will be delivered at that price.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] KruseLudsMobile:
I ordered March 5 and the ship date is April 14-25th. Whenever you order, you'll have to wait.

Sent from my Galaxy Note III; Previous owner/hacker of Galaxy S III, Galaxy Nexus, Droid X, HTC HD2, HTC Touch Pro 2, HTC Tilt, HTC 8525, O2 XDA II, O2 XDA.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
So far my card has been working great. I've written very little to it, 3 albums of FLAC and a couple of mp3's, and I haven't had any errors, issues or noticeable slowdown in write speeds. Still have about 20 GB left and writes have been about 16-22Mbps still. Media scans have been awesomely quick between poweramp and neutron. My psx ISO and bin files have loaded fine. Still wouldn't hurt for sandisk to release a 256 GB card. Lol.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] phntommax:
My S3 was basically a bit torrent device as I downloaded more than I talked on it. Well it would lock up and pause alot while downloading. The faster it downloaded. I got non responsive lock screen. My pictures in the gallary started to turn blank. This is when I figured the internal sd memory was getting fried!!! Finally when I got my Note 3 the S3 wouldn't boot anymore and that was the end. Now my Note 3 is doing the same thing. My point is bit torrent over time can break these phones. All that downloading, writing, copying and moving files over and over and over at the speed of light.[emoji32]
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] peterck:
can anyone confirm whether this is true?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
It's true that flash memory wears out and is only rated for a certain number of read/write cycles, so it's true that doing something that stresses it with random reads and writes is likely to accelerate this.

It's just another reason to argue for having modular storage in smart phones.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
I have a bit torrent on my note 3 and now that I know I am not going to be using it. Whether for direct download to my internal or external SD cards. No no. Back to the topic though.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] CZroe:
It's on topic because it's about what we might use such a large card for. Anyway, there's always USB OTG for this phone, where I can download to an HDD if I want. The thing is reliability is still better for flash because portable HDDs can lose everything from a simple jolt that is far more likely to happen when carrying it around. Also: powerful magnets!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
True still on topic.

I am glad to know that torrents mess up cards though.

I have a brand new 64gb which I want to sell and use the proceeds to help buy the $128
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] KruseLudsMobile:
The 64Gb are really cheap now

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] SirCanealot:
I don't really see how torrents will mess up flash memory more than normal downloads. It's a single write followed by reads when you're seeding. When does it do multiple writes?

Anybody with an ssd that displays write data could confirm this.

Admittedly I would try to avoid downloading on the internal memory but it should be good for a few hundred writes so it's unlikely to be an issue unless you download a lot or your device is faulty.

Unless there's a bug with torrenting on Android which causes a lot more writes :/
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Mechayoshi:
Define "cheap" 50$ still as bit much.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] @rbiter:
Goes on sale for around $40 ±$5 often. I am sure more often since the 128gb hit the shelves.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] sacky73:
Quite often $39.99 plus free Shipping on Amazon. Com.

The time line to purchase a 128gb needs to become more predictable though. I want one now and it still is not available.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] KruseLudsMobile:
Ordered my 128gb on March 4 on Amazon and the estimated ship date is April 14th-25th. Ugh.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Definitely fake.

Honestly, 64GB cards sold for $220USD from Sandisk at release. Don't waste your money on this.
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] crxlvr:
I got my sandisk ultra 64gb card for 39 bux on black Friday from radio shack
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] snn47:
Not necessarily fraud, but definitely unavailable for order

I already saw this a few month ago wondering when 128 GB µSDXC will be available. That a product is advertised far in advance and unavailable for order happens from time to time.

220 US$ for early adopters sounds plausible to me, since its about twice the price of a faster 64 GB and 100 % added as earlier adopters surcharge.

Samsungs microSDXC Pro 64GB, UHS-I/Class 10 (MB-MGCGB/EU) provides r/w 70 MB/s read and 20 MB/s for 48,47 € 19% Tax included

Thats 40,73 without Tax or 55.62 US$ about 2 times the price of GB/S of a 64 GB card seems coorect for early adopters.

The cheapest 128 GB class 10 SDXC I found is just 64.20 US$ http://geizhals.de/?cat=sm_sdhc&xf=307_128#xf_top

What would be the reason for even advertising a fraud on Amazon since you can return it and receive a refund?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] markanthony123:
Aren't those SDXC, not microSDXC?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] Kawaisa:
anything above 32GB is SDXC unless it's fake or mislabeled