Lexar unveils the world's first SD cards made of 316 stainless steel

schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.ml – 54 points –
Lexar unveils the world's first SD cards made of 316 stainless steel
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Honestly not that stupid. I have seen SD cards break. And for certain applications, like professional photography, having a more physically reliable medium is a good thing.

But I think cameras with dual SD cards for redundancy are more important.

I'm holding out for titanium do I can add it to my EDC loadout and totally dunk on that loser Travis at the office.

The only SD card that ever failed on me was a barely used Lexar I bought for my camera. And it was not because it bent or anything.

Hopefully there's no aluminium in the SD card slot

Why?

I would like for this to be viable, but right now it just seems like it would tear up your slot.

How? Your slot is designed to fit them. A damaged card having abnormal dimensions is way more likely to harm your slot than the card that isn't supposed to bend not bending.

Most of the sd card receptacles I see are made pretty cheaply and that means harder, less pliable materials like steel will make them wear faster.

This is a great idea at first glance - I've certainly had a few usb sticks come apart on removal

One less plastic for the world ✅