Samsung Micro SD - EVO vs PRO (reliability)

[Mark 42]

I just got a Galaxy S5 Active, now I'm looking for an SD Card.
I intend to buy a Samsung brand in 64 or 128gb
I've had too many problems with Sandisk 32gb cards in my S2 Skyrocket
(and I bought the fastest/best available at that time)

I see 3 different 64gb Samsung SDXC cards:
EVO, PRO and UHS-1

Is one any more reliable than the others, or is it purely a matter of speed?
Is the UHS-1 the same as one of the other two?
I didn't see the 128gb Samsung except in the EVO - anyone know why?
Apparently they may be announcing the 128gb PRO Plus in the future:
Samsung PRO Plus MicroSD Memory Card Review | StorageReview.com - Storage Reviews

 

[Rukbat]

The Pro is about twice as fast as the EVO in burst speed. UHS1 is Class 10 (different systems of designating the card speed.)

 

[Mark 42]

Is the slower (EVO) one likely to be more reliable?
I care more about reliability than speed - I'll use it mainly to archive photos & video
and to store my music. I'll probably move some apps I don't care too much about
onto SD storage as well.

I don't intend to have my camera write directly to SD.

 

[AXEL314]

I think you would be fine with either. I personally have a Pro one and it has been problem free since launch.

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[fabri866]

Hello all,
I bought a Samsung 64 Gb SDXC EVO card to use with my Galaxy S5 (G900F) but the card is not detected by the phone, I checked the net for solutions and tried the Fat32 format to no result, as of today I must have spend at least 6 hours trying to get the card to be detected by the phone and haven't succeeded in it

 

[Louie Cafarella]

I'm getting the S7 edge on Monday, and I too am confused about the EVO+ and the PRO. I just want it to be compatible, I don't care about speeds. So the EVO will be compatible right? It's a 32 GB I'm getting on sale for $13.

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[Chris Hunkeler]

Motorola Moto G4 takes 128 GB max. I bought a 64 GB EVO+ and when I tried to change the card from portable to internal storage, the phone warned that the card was too slow, apps may stutter and data transfers may take a long time. Motorola's advice was to upgrade to a UHS-1 card first. I plan to upgrade to the fastest highest grade card to avoid future compatibility issues.

ePHOTOzine has an excellent table listing the different speed class and UHS speed class designations, read/write speeds and storage capacity in article Samsung PRO+ EVO+ MicroSD Memory Card Review.