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Do you remember when an SC card in 2 GB was considered high capacity? Then the SDHC cards came out with a minimum of 4 GB and we thought that those were massive. Now, you can easily find an SDXC card – or Secure Digital Extended Capacity card – in 64 GB and more. The first mega SDXC card was made by Lexar in 2010 and was available in 64 and 128 GB. The cards are also of the highest speed of Class 10 which means that they transfer data at 20 MB per second, or 133x. With so much data on one card, you will need the transfer rate to be fast!

The first ever SDXC card was released in winter 2009 but Lexar is the first to offer the 128 GB. The Lexar SDXC card is made to compete with the 128 GB Compact Flash card that SanDisk came out with in January. But the Lexar SDXC card beats it in a few ways – most notably the price. When the SanDisk Compact Flash 128 GB came out, it cost nearly $1500. The Lexar SDXC 128 GB card was just about $300. Now, the costs have come crashing down on both products. You can buy the Lexar Professional SDXC 128 GB card at 133x speed for about $200, or $160 pounds. The Lexar 64 GB SDXC card is just about 90 pounds when you buy it online.