Huawei announces 'NM card (nano memory card)' smaller than microSD card

Huawei will adopt "NM card (nano memory card)" which is smaller than the microSD card and is the same size as the nanoSIM card as a new external memory card in the announcement of the new model of Android smartphone "HUAWEI Mate 20" series Announced. This NM card was originally developed by Huawei and seems to be the exclusive use at Huawei terminal for now.

Huawei Mate 20 series first to have Nano Memory Card - GadgetMatch
https://www.gadgetmatch.com/huawei-mate-20-pro-nano-memory-card/

Huawei's Nano Memory Cards are replacing microSD on its latest phones - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/16/17985578/huawei-nano-memory-cards-nm-microsd-replacement-mate-20-pro

"HUAWEI Mate 20" series are four models "HUAWEI Mate 20" "HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro" "HUAWEI Mate 20 X" "HUAWEI Mate 20 RS" 20 RS is a high-end model designed by Porsche famous as an automaker is.

In Android smartphones, it is common to increase the storage capacity by inserting a microSD card in addition to the built-in storage, but there is no microSD card slot in this "HUAWEI Mate 20" series. Instead, it is adopted a new standard "nano card" of nanoSIM card size.

Although two nanoSIM cards can be set on the front and back of the tray for the SIM card, by setting the NM card on one side, it is specification that it can be used as external storage. The communication speed is 90 MB maximum per second, and firstly NM cards of 128 GB and 256 GB will be prepared.

In the GadgetMatch of the news site, images that actually loaded the NM card in the tray are posted.

If you say your own memory card specification, you will come up with a memory stick developed by Sony, but the one used in Xperia , a smartphone of Sony Mobile, is not a memory stick but a microSD card, and it is difficult to do with its own standard I will make you feel.

As for the NM card, there is a merit that there is no need to separately provide a microSD card slot on the terminal because it is the same size as the nanoSIM card. In fact, there are terminals that can already set microSD cards on the same tray, so this Huawei I am looking forward to seeing how other makers will accept the challenge.