How much did HDD and microSD memory cards drop in this year?

HDDs, SDHC memory cards, microSD memory cards, etc. continue to fall, but how much has fallen in the year in the year?

When comparing the price about a year ago with the current price, it became obvious that the price dropped.

Details are as follows.
· 2GB microSD memory card
Although it is a microSD memory card which has been spread rapidly as a recording medium such as mobile phones now, the 2 GB modelAs of January 13, 2008 1399 yenIt was a price almost in line with the SD memory card. And as of 31 December 1:00 as of the current price, it is 99 yen which is 1/14.

Price .com - regardless of manufacturer microSD card 2GB price comparison

The price fluctuation graph for the last two months is like this.


· 16 GB SDHC memory card
Although it is a 16 GB SDHC memory card which becomes a large capacity model next to the 32 GB model which becomes the maximum capacity on the standard,As of January 19, 2008 9999 yenwas. And it is the price as of 1:00 on 31 December, but it is 2499 yen, which is about a quarter.

Price .com - regardless of manufacturer SDHC memory card 16GB price comparison

The price fluctuation graph for the last two months is like this.


· 500 GB HDD
As a built-in HDD, it is a 500 GB HDD which becomes a large capacity model, but it was 1690 yen as of December 2, 2007. And as of 1 December 31st at 1:00, the 1.5 TB model, which is 3 times the capacity, is 11,860 yen.

Price .com - SEAGATE ST31500341AS (1.5TB SATA300 7200) Price comparison

The price fluctuation graph for the last two months is like this.


Although improvement of maximum recording capacity of HDD due to improvement of recording density and miniaturization of manufacturing process of flash memory are progressing, will the capacity increase and price reduction of recording medium continue in 2009? I can not keep an eye on price trends next year.