TF Cards is a memory card that stands for Transflash cards. It is a small form of memory card that can be used on various types of electronic devices like Computers, Smartphones, Tablets, Drones, Das cams, and many others. In smartphones, TF CARDS are mainly used as a form of extra storage. It is helpful especially for those who run off their phone’s internal storage at some point of the time and face lag. Tf cards can be used for storing pictures, videos, songs, documents, and many others.
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TF Card
TF Card was first launched in 2004 by SanDisk. It was basically a replacement for SD cards. SD Card was quite bigger and bulky and people wanted a smaller memory that can be easily portable and at the same time had similar features as that of SD card, as a result of this demand TF Card was launched. In simple words, TF cards can be explained as a small form of SD card.
It is important to note that TF Cards are easily workable with any SD Card adapter and reader.
MicroSD Card
MicroSD Cards are also the smallest form of SD card which has similar architecture and specifications as that of SD cards. SanDisk and Motorola in the year 2004 launched TF Card and SD card. MicroSD Card is one-sixth the size of an SD card, which is 15 by 11 mm in numerical form.
Even though SD card and MicroSD Card have the same architecture and specifications there are a few differences as well. The first difference is about the storage, the latest SD card can up to 128Gb storage whereas the MicroSD Card can go up to 1Tb storage. The second difference is about the physical write-tab button.
Write-tab is a helpful feature, it basically locks the card so that the documents inside the card cannot be erased without the owner’s consent. MicroSD card doesn’t have this feature but SD card has this feature.
What Is The Difference Between a TF Card And a MicroSD CARD?
The answer of this question is, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TF CARD AND A SD CARD except their names. Both are smaller versions of a standard SD Card. Both TF Card and SD card have similar specifications and architecture as that of SD card and they were launched in 2004 by SanDisk and Motorola due to high demand for small and portable memory cards.
Both have the same size i.e; 15mm×11mm×1mm. Both can be used in all modern electronic devices especially Smartphones. They are so similar that if a person has a smartphone that supports only an SD card but he has a TF Card with him, at that moment he can use the TF Card in a similar manner in which an SD card is used because both have similar specifications. And that moment the TF Card will also work perfectly.
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Conclusion
Lastly, in conclusion, it can be said that if a consumer wants a smaller version of a standard SD card, he/she can either buy a MicroSD card or TF Card as both of these cards will work perfectly. Starting 1GB to 1TB companies come up with a lot of TF and MicroSD CARDS. So a consumer, according to its need can purchase one.
