According to an announcement released by Samsung, the new Ultra High-1 (UHS-1) memory cards will be available in a 16 GB storage capacity. The new high performance UHS-1 interface is capable of up to a maximum read speed of 80 MB/s, which is more than four times the read speeds seen onmicroSD cards today. No pricing information has been released as of yet for these new cards.

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Samsung Electronics executive vice president of memory sales & marketing Wanhoon Hong took pride stating that “MicroSD cards with a UHS-1 interface offer users an extremely high level of performance on their LTE smartphones and for other advanced mobile applications. This allows consumers to enjoy high-quality images and video playback directly from the memory cards, which fully support the advanced performance features of diverse digital gadgets.”

Samsung has future plans to offer a wider range of storage capacities to meet with every consumers needs.