SanDisk and Micron announce the world's first 1TB microSD card at the same time

SanDisk (SanDisk) has announced the world's first SDXC card with a capacity of 1 TB in September 2016, and in September of 2017 it has unveiled the world's first microSD card with a capacity of 400 GB , but following this In February 2019, we are announcing new microSD card which becomes the world's first capacity 1 TB.

Micron Unveils World's First 1 TB microSD Card to Meet Consumer Demand for Mobile Storage
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/25/1741261/0/en/Micron-Unveils-World-s-First-1TB-microSD-Card-to-Meet-Consumer-Demand-for- Mobile-Storage.html

Western Digital Unveils World's Fastest 1 TB UHS-I microSD ™ Card
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190225005195/en/Western-Digital-Unveils-World%E2%80%99s-Fastest-1TB-UHS-I

1 TB microSD cards are now a thing - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/2/25/18239433/1 tb-microsd-card-sandisk-micron-price-release

SanDisk 1TB microSD card arrives as "world's fastest" - 9to5Toys
https://9to5toys.com/2019/02/25/sandisk-1tb-microsd-card/

SanDisk and Micron dealing mainly with flash memory products announced in the MWC Barcelona 2019 held in Barcelona, Spain, the world's first microSD card with 1 TB capacity corresponding to UHS-I respectively.

Micron announced "Micron c200 1TB microSD card" microSD card with 1 TB capacity corresponding to UHS-I. It utilizes advanced 96-layer 3D quad-level cell (QLC) NAND technology, "Micron is the world's first microSD card" and it appeals. If it is used as additional storage of smartphone, it will be able to handle 4K movies, massive pictures, games etc. cost-effectively. It is compatible with the Application Performance Class standard that has specifications suitable for running applications, so it can be loaded at high speed even for applications and games stored on the microSD card side. The maximum reading speed is 100 MB / s and the maximum writing speed is 95 MB / s.

SanDisk, on the other hand, announces a 1SB microSD card on that same day. As with Micron's microSD card, it is UHS-I compliant, but SanDisk's one has a maximum reading speed of 160 MB / s and a maximum writing speed of 90 MB / s.

SanDisk is already accepting reservations for microSD cards with a capacity of 1 TB, and the selling price is $ 449.99 (about 50,000 yen). Also, it is said that sales will start at some retail stores in April 2019, so it seems that ordinary consumers will soon reach it.