PNY Unveils Ultra-Fast Flash Memory Cards and Reader

PNY Technologies announced its new PRO Elite Prime microSD flash cards and Performance Prime microSD card reader.

For more information visit: www.pny.com


Unedited press release follows:

PNY Launches Ultra-Fast PRO Elite Prime Class 10 U3 V30 A2 microSD Flash Memory Card and Performance Prime USB 3.2 Gen 1 microSD Flash Memory Card Reader

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Nov. 7, 2024 — PNY® announced today the newest addition to its Flash Memory Card and Flash Memory Card Reader assortment, the ultra-fast PRO Elite Prime and Performance Prime product lines. PNY PRO Elite Prime™ microSD Flash Cards and PNY Performance Prime™ microSD Card Reader work together to achieve ultra-fast performance and to satisfy the needs of extreme users with highly demanding tasks. Utilizing the latest technology, experience extreme performance with transfer speeds of up to 200MB/s read and up to 150MB/s write. The PRO Elite Prime microSD Cards expand PNY’s capacity offerings to new levels, with 64GB to 1.5TB available, achieving next-level performance in high-capacity options.3,4

PRO Elite Prime microSD Flash Cards
PNY 64GB-1.5TB PRO Elite Prime Class 10 U3 V30 A2 microSD Cards offer extreme performance for professionals and advanced users that demand higher storage capacities and faster read and write speeds. Featuring U3 technology and V30 Video Speed Class, the PRO Elite Prime microSD is ideal for capturing high-quality HD photography and 4K Ultra HD videography at 4096 x 3072 resolution. Boasting an A2 App Performance rating, PRO Elite Prime microSDs are fully optimized for running apps directly from the card, delivering faster app launches and better performance. PRO Elite Prime offers a broad range of densities perfect for easy file management and all expanded storage needs. Whether you need storage for small or large files, PRO Elite Prime offers up to 1.5TB of capacity, ensuring professionals never have to compromise on storage. 3,4

Performance Prime Card Reader
Built to offload media from a microSD card at extreme speeds, the Performance Prime USB 3.2 Gen 1 microSD Card Reader is an essential tool for professionals, content creators, and advanced users to boost their productivity when working with hefty media files. Achieve ultra-fast transfers anywhere with the lightweight and compact design meticulously crafted for reliability, durability, and portability. Whether importing a large number of image files from a recent photo shoot, or offloading drone footage to edit for your client’s video project, the Performance Prime microSD Card Reader will help you get it onto your computer faster so you can get to work.3,4

Versatile Compatibility
With the PRO Elite Prime microSD, quickly record and capture high-quality content, boost storage capacity and improve app performance on a multitude of compatible microSD-enabled host devices, such as smartphones, tablets, drones, action cameras, surveillance cameras, gaming consoles and more. The included PNY SD adapter expands compatibility even further to devices with a full-size SD card slot, such as a DLSR or mirrorless digital camera. With the latest USB 3.2 Gen 1 technology and the widely compatible Type-A connector on the Performance Prime Card Reader, quickly and conveniently store and transfer data to Type-A enabled laptop and desktop computers. Enjoy compatibility with USB 3.2 Gen 1, USB 3.0 and backwards compatibility with USB 2.0 connections.3,4

Exceptional Speed Performance
The PRO Elite Prime microSD and Performance Prime Card Reader offer next-level speeds and storage benefits that are crucial to enhancing the productivity of advanced tech users and creative professionals. Achieve superior performance with PNY’s state-of-the-art PRO Elite Prime microSD, with blazing-fast read speeds of up to 200MB/s and write speeds of up to 150MB/s when used with the Performance Prime microSD Card Reader. 3,4

Product Specifications: PNY PRO Elite Prime Class 10 U3 V30 A2 microSD Flash Memory Cards:

  • Capacities: 64GB-1.5TB2
  • Format: microSDXC
  • Interface: UHS-I
  • Speed Class: Class 10, U3
  • Video Speed Class: V30
  • App Performance: A2
  • Read Performance: Up to 200MB/s3
  • Transfer Speed: Up to 150MB/s write3
  • Compatibility: microSD equipped mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, cameras, drones, and computers.

Product Specifications: PNY Performance Prime USB 3.2 Gen 1 microSD Flash Memory Card Reader:

  • Interface: USB 3.2 Gen 1
  • Read Performance: Up to 200MB/s3
  • Transfer Speed: Up to 150MB/s write3
  • Connector: USB Type-A
  • Housing: Metal
  • Compatibility: Type-A equipped mobile devices such as smartphones & tablets and PC & Mac laptop & desktop computers.

For compatible PNY flash card & card reader details please visit: https://www.pny.com/compatibility

Product Availability
PNY PRO Elite Prime Class 10 U3 V30 A2 microSD Flash Memory Cards are available now at the SRP’s below. PNY Performance Prime USB 3.2 Gen 1 microSD Flash Memory Card Reader is coming soon to Amazon on November 14th at the SRP below. Contact a PNY account manager for details or purchase through www.pny.com or www.amazon.com

PNY PRO Elite Prime microSD Flash Cards:

  • 64GB 3-Pack: $30.99
  • 128GB 2-Pack: $32.99
  • 256GB: $29.99
  • 512GB: $49.99
  • 1TB: $97.99
  • 1.5TB: $109.99
  • 128GB All-In-One Kit with Performance Prime Card Reader: $28.99

Performance Prime microSD Card Reader

$12.99

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Create, store, and game with PNY. Established in 1985, PNY Technologies®️, Inc. celebrates almost 40 years of global business excellence as a leading manufacturer and supplier of cutting-edge NVIDIA®️ GeForce®️ Consumer and Professional GPU solutions, Flash Memory Cards, USB Flash Drives, Solid State Drives, and Computer Memory Upgrade Modules. Designed for casual and professional gamers, creators, tech enthusiasts, and hobbyists; the company’s gaming-visualization, photography-videography, mobility, and business solutions are widely available from major retail, e-tail, and wholesale outlets internationally.

Headquartered in the USA, PNY maintains facilities in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.

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(1) © 2024 PNY Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. The PNY logo is a registered trademark of PNY Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and no affiliation between PNY and such owners should be inferred.
(2) For Flash Media Devices, 1 megabyte = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes. Actual useable capacity may vary. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.
(3) Engineered with proprietary technology to reach speeds beyond UHS-I 104MB/s. Requires compatible devices capable of reaching such speeds. Based on PNY internal testing; performance may be lower depending on the host devices and user’s settings and configurations. Speed quoted for USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 devices. Write speed may be lower. Speed is based on PNY standard with USB 2.0 (3MB/s) write speed. Performs at USB 2.0 speeds when used with 2.0 devices.
(4) For compatible PNY flash card & card reader details please visit https://www.pny.com/compatibility