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Zoom: Everything you need to know about Huawei’s NM Card

The impossibility of expanding a Mate’s storage memory was the main criticism leveled at Huawei by its customers. In its defense, the manufacturer argued that expanding internal capacity with 64 or 128 GB of integrated storage is not an absolute emergency. The advent of 4K video capture and support for RAW-format photos changed things. and Huawei started working on the issue seriously. The most obvious was of course using the good old microSD. The format is universally recognized and standardized. SD Associationis a cross-manufacturer organization of which Huawei is a member. Of course, micro SD was nothing new for Huawei, which has been using it in its products for years.

Compactness above all

But using a Micro SD on the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro posed a major issue, as did the size of the card. Do not laugh: despite an area the size of a fingernail, microSD is currently a bulky component. ” The proliferation of antennas inside smartphones on the occasion of the launch of 5G is welcome to save any space on the device. François Hingant, Product Marketing Director of Huawei CBG France explains. And especially in smartphones that are more compact than ever and should benefit from ever-increasing autonomy, edge-to-edge display and modules with two or three cameras. In short, selective sorting had to be done..

The first victim was the venerable audio jack port, which is sorely missed by audiophiles, according to the recurring discussion on the subject in the comments of our tests. Undoubtedly, the SIM card will one day or another follow in its footsteps towards the Pantheon of past technological glories.replaced by eSIM… as soon as operators get used to the idea. Because the loss of a physical SIM deprives them of control of the user’s subscription (somewhat) for the benefit of the manufacturer.

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The most attentive of our readers will surely notice it by examining the screenshot. BlackMagic Disk Speed ​​Test that we do our measurements on a computer. For this, we used the NM Card adapter designed by Huawei. allows the card to be connected to a laptop computer via USB-C or USB 3.0. Also note that it is equipped with a microSD reader to facilitate the transfer of files from one card to another.

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The adapter will be sold in France for around twenty euros, Huawei has not been able to give us its final price for now.

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Dear, NM Card?

The NM Card is available in three capacities, 64, 128 and 256 GB, but actually Huawei France plans to distribute the 128 GB version, which is the only interesting in its eyes. If we can understand in a pinch the absence of the 64GB version, We’re pointing out a bit of the 256GB model being off-market. Huawei justifies this choice with a special copy tax, the amount of which is considered too high for such a capacity (€15.36 for 256GB) to lure potential buyers.

While this explanation is understandable, it makes us wonder, as microSD cards are taxed the same way in France and turn buyers over. Therefore, is it necessary to understand implicitly? Would the selling price of NM Card be much higher than microSD? Not exactly.

The official price of the 128 GB NM Card is 79 € including VAT., in line with official prices from manufacturers like SanDisk for microSD with equivalent capacity and speed. As with microSD, dealers charge much more attractive prices. For example, it is possible to find the card for 51.47 € on Amazon.fr, which we find more reasonable. Surprisingly, Chinese sites like AliExpress currently charge a higher price than Amazon (€53.60, shipping included but excluding taxes), but offering the 64 and 256GB versions at 33.10 and 33.10 respectively.107 ,40 €.

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