Samsung EVO Select 256GB microSD
Ninety thousand reviews and a 10-year warranty. The safe default card at a fair price.
Tracked 2026-10-12. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the Samsung EVO Select 256GB microSD
The Samsung EVO Select 256GB is a microSD card with V30 and U3 ratings, a common pick for phones, tablets and action cams. At a tracked $69.99 it sits at the top of its $63.99 to $69.99 range across seven points from August 25 to October 12, 2026.
The listing gives transfer speeds up to 130MB/s and lists cameras, drones, consoles and tablets as compatible. It has an adapter-free microSDXC format. It is protected against water, temperature and X-ray. The price is $6 above its low, so a short wait could help. It has 4.7 across 93,820 retailer ratings, one of the deepest pools of any card.
- Up to 130MB/s with V30 and U3 ratings
- 4.7 across 93,820 retailer ratings
- Works with phones, drones and consoles
- Tracked price is at its high, $6 over the low
- Speeds are lower than Extreme cards
- 256GB fills quickly on 4K
Where it fits in a build
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| Capacity | 256GB |
| Speed | Up to 130MB/s, U3 |
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Samsung EVO Select 256GB microSD
$69.99Tracked 2026-10-12
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We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.