World Exclusive: We tested the first 2TB microSD card and no, it’s not a fake: AGI’s card defies the laws of physics with record-breaking storage capacity on a surface the size of a little finger
AGI has launched the first ever commercially viable 2TB microSD card, beating brands like SanDisk, Lexar, Samsung and Kioxia.
The big tech companies have been teasing cards with this capacity for a while – Kioxia first announced plans to release a 2TB card in 2022 – but so far none have reached the market.
While there are plenty of 2TB microSD cards available to buy on eBay, Amazon and AliExpress, they’re all unfortunately fakes, but AGI’s 2TB Supreme Pro TF138 microSD card is definitely the real deal, and we need to know because we’ve had one to test .
Not quite 2TB
The Supreme Pro TF138 comes in both 1TB and 2TB capacities and while it’s possible – relatively easy, even – to buy the 1TB version online through the likes of Newegg, the 2TB version is much, much harder to come by.
The Supreme Pro TF138 comes with an SD card adapter and card reader for USB-C ports and is pre-formatted in exFAT format. During testing we found that it actually offers 1,935,140,716,544 bytes, which is 12% less than the 2,199,023,255,552 bytes that 2TB should have, but it’s still an impressive capacity in such a small form factor .
The card is more about size than performance, with maximum read/write speeds of 170/160 MB/s using the included CR138 card reader.
Wondering how much you should pay for the world’s first 2TB microSD card? We also. Although we’ve had our hands on the product and fully tested it, unfortunately we can’t tell you where you can buy one, or – just as importantly – how much it would cost. The 1TB version on Newegg cost $66.99, down from the suggested retail price of $99.99, so that might give you a bit of an idea.
AGI’s 2TB card is theoretically on sale now, so you should be able to get one if you hunt around long enough, but be warned that you might come across a few fakes along the way.
You can read our full review of the 2TB Supreme Pro TF138 here.