Why arent SD card prices dropping ?

[Guest Perfectionist]

1Gb cards have been selling for £50-£60 for quite a while now ..... seeing as 2Gb cards are here shouldn't they (quite quickly) replace the 1Gb card in the same price bracket ??

The cheapest 2Gb I have seen is with these guys :

http://www.mobymemory.com/HiSpeed_SD_Memory_Cards.asp

Anybody have any experience of them ??

[Guest MitchellO]

They won't replace it in the same price range that quickly. It will be months before it gets near the current 1Gb price.

[Guest Perfectionist]

True - but how many months .... 2/3 or 12 ?? !!

[Guest iwod]

Long time. Looking at the avaliblity of 2Gb SD card. It may take another 6 months to at least see another price drop.

That is of coz unless 4Gb come out. Which i heard is coming soon.

[Guest beersoft]

im waiting for the 32gig cards due out next year

(and the price will drop when the cost of manufacture drops)

later

Owen

[Guest mike-oh]

I thought 32gig wasn't expected until 2008?

[Guest iwod]

i am guessing he is joking....

And by my guess even in 2008 we still won't have 16Gb. 32Gb is way off.

Edited April 17, 2005 by iwod

[Guest beersoft]

well, samsung where showing off a 32gig sd card based dv cam at cbit

the tech is there, its just comming to market

later

Owen

[Guest Perfectionist]

That is of coz unless 4Gb come out. Which i heard is coming soon.

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When you say soon - do you mean weeks or months ??

According to this its gonna be atleast another year ;)

http://www.sdcard.com/europe/TextPage.asp?Page=2

[Guest i_oWn_u]

When you say soon - do you mean weeks or months ??

According to this its gonna be atleast another year ;)

http://www.sdcard.com/europe/TextPage.asp?Page=2

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wow..... long time ill be too old by then.

they should just sell us 32Gb right now they could if they wanted to

[Guest MitchellO]

I doubt that 32Gb SD cards are real yet. As it says on that chart, they are a few years off. By then, 32Gb won't be as much as it is today. It will be like when you had a 500mb hdd in your computer and it was a good size, but you were anxiously waiting for the 1Gb hdds! ;)

[Guest bill door]

I personally wouldn't want to use more than a 1gig/2gig card. I've had a CF card corrupt on me in the past, and I know a couple of you guys have had SD cards corrupt. The larger the card, the less chance there is I'll have it all backed up somewhere so the more data I'll lose. Now, when they get the fuel cell technology properly minaturised so we can all have 40 gig 1inch hdd in our PDA's, then I'll be happy ;)

[Guest MitchellO]

I'd be more afraid of the 40GB 1in hdd, as much more can go wrong, with moving parts. Particularly if you drop it!

[Guest iwod]

4 Gb by the end of the year is what i heard. Although after so many years of reading technology news i interputed it as early or 2nd Half of next year for wide market avalibllity

Edited April 19, 2005 by iwod