Walk 'market' memory card

Currently only need a few hundred thousand have "terrible" memory card capacity of 1 to 2 GB to use. However, sometimes God himself has to "go crazy" with the problem of fake cards - pirated cards .

Genuine memory card from Samsung.Photo: Textually .

As the owner of a phone shop looking for a stable "source" for agents, the reporter entered a computer store on Ly Nam De street. Knowing the intention to trade, the boss here grabs dozens of different types of memory cards of different capacities for mobile phones, cameras and PDAs . Luxuries are 1 GB memory cards, 2 GB, even 4 GB (according to the advertising on the outside). "Medium-sized" cards are available in 512 MB, 256 MB, 128 MB, all associated with well-known card brands such as Kingston, Sony, Transcend, Sandisk . Full set of memory cards, plastic boxes contain cards and instruction manuals in all languages ​​(English, Japanese, Chinese .). The owner revealed "the place of trade with each other, I tell the truth, these types are 100% from China. The goods are portable all the way! ".

According to the disclosure of this store, flooding on the market today are fake cards, fake cards originating from China. There are many ways to enable these products to be genuine. The most common is to use less-known (or unnamed) brands from hundreds of factories in China and then change stamps or print new stamps directly on the card. There is even a story about completely counterfeiting well-known brands at a price of only half the value of genuine goods. Entering the psychology of cheap purchasing and only interested in the factor of memory card capacity of consumers, memory cards of counterfeit and counterfeit goods are manipulating the components market.

Memory card - the object of the hi-tech people

60% of mobile phones manufactured in 2006 support memory cards.Photo: Amazon .

Along with the development of technology and life needs, products that support external memory such as mobile phones, cameras, MP3 players . are becoming more and more popular for consumers. use. There are 60% of phones manufactured in 2006 using memory cards.

The memory card market of Vietnam has also developed accordingly. Popular names are Kingston, Transcend, Kingmax, Sandisk. In addition, many companies have no name or less famous from China, Taiwan, Singapore, such as JVJ, PQI, Ridata, Koracell, BigStore, PNY . are also trying to "foot" into the market. Vietnamese school.

Memory card for Sony Ericsson phones.Photo: Benspage .

Among them, the most used are still MMC / RS-MMC cards for mobile phones and Secure Digital (SD) for digital cameras. In addition, some special types such as Compact Flash (CF) cards for professional cameras, Memory Stick for Sony digital devices and xD Picture for Olympus cameras.

One point worth noting is the development of the feature, the capacity of the card is inversely proportional to its price. If three years ago, a 512 MB card was considered a huge commodity at a price of millions, but now, just a few hundred thousand is able to think of 1 GB to 2 GB capacity. The current popular price is: USD 12-15 for 256 MB card; 15 - 18 USD for cards of 512 MB and 25 - 45 USD for 1 - 2 GB capacity.

The biggest gap is cheap ham

With the ad and many tricks "ambiguous cheating black child" today, there have been many "gods" to buy fake and poor quality memory cards. The low price of consumer psychology is still the biggest gap for bad memory cards to penetrate and dominate the market. With these types, users often encounter card burning phenomenon, "freeze" the card when using. Besides, it is not possible to "cut, paste", store data. In particular, large-capacity hamsters also encounter virtual capacity - meaning that the actual memory is only half that of a label.

Real distinguish - fake Transcend Genuine Memory CardThere is a serial number on the full card and coincide with the serial number on the sticker outside the plastic box.This registration number can be checked directly at Transcend's website (transcendusa.com).There is no serial number or yes but cannot check this number from its website.Sandisk Ultra IIProduct made of thick plastic, firmly held.The serial number is white, the bottom starts with BEO0603xxx and the words Made in China or Made in USA.No serial number and place of origin.The plastic card is thin, over time, the two pieces of microchip protection and Flash memory chips are separated.KingmaxColor is sharp, copper contacts are bright.Poor color, smudged print, copper layer with dim contact, irregular light.KingstonHas a stamp printed on the card.Look under sunlight, stamps have rainbow lights like reflections.There is no blue serial imprinted with laser, or if it is, printed in regular ink, does not indicate origin (China, Taiwan or Japan).