Customers often highlight the ease of use and durability of the Lightning microSD™ Card Reader. They appreciate its portability and the ability to easily transfer files and backup photos. However, some customers have concerns about the app's functionality and compatibility issues with certain devices.
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Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good Usable Device
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A good working micro SD Card Reader! I’ve used with a lot of outdoor photos.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage
Cons mentioned:
App
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
photofast
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
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This works great as long as you don’t have a case on your iPhone or iPad. If you don’t mind modifying the plastic housing then you don’t have to remove your case. The app that you have to use to save your pictures or movies is ok not great. Every time I try to upload images from my dslr camera to my iPhone and then try to email or message an image the app locks up and you have to close the app completely and then repeat process. Takes 3-4 attempts before success. Uploading and downloading images to the sd card is a much smoother process. I have a 200gb micro sd card and it has no problem reading the card. The app has a handy back up feature for devices.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Little Device
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Attach to your apple device and download photo's files etc. and free up space or just use as a backup device
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great way to read sd cards
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After switching from galaxy s8 with an sd card to an iPhone I needed a way to transfer pictures from my phone to sd card and vice versa and this little gizmo did the trick! Does exactly what the package says. Interface in the app takes some getting use to but it works
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Nice little gadget
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The label says use on iPhone 7 but it works on all the iPhone's as a plug in micro xd drive . And use it to transfer photos ,data, contacts, and more. By just plugging it in the phone waiting for it to detect then just picking what files you want move from where to where!
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
App
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good addition to an Apple product
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This works great as long as you don’t have a case on your iPhone or iPad. If you don’t mind modifying the plastic housing then you don’t have to remove your case. The app that you have to use to save your pictures or movies is ok not great. Every time I try to upload images from my dslr camera to my iPhone and then try to email or message an image the app locks up and you have to close the app completely and then repeat process. Takes 3-4 attempts before success. Uploading and downloading images to the sd card is a much smoother process. I have a 200gb micro sd card and it has no problem reading the card. The app has a handy back up feature for devices.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great for quick up loads
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I highly recommend this device for any hunter to quickly upload photos from trail cams.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good but confusing
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Okay: YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A SD CARD FOR THIS TO WORK.
I totally didn't read it and was confused why my phone kept saying it wasn't able to read the device.
I bought it to record videos from my phone and this allowed me to do it directly onto the memory. YAY.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this
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Probably one of the best things invented to getting access to your photos easily, just download the app and you can save easy to camera roll and edit all in one.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Size
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Used to transfer files from drone to iPhone/iPad
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I purchased to simplify moving full resolution video and photo files from my DJI Mavic Pro to my iPhone/iPad for editing. It makes it easier to share files with friends. It takes up almost no room in my drone case so I have it with me when I need it. Software seems to work as expected.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
HI
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I love this little guy! It's my second SD card-to-flash drive that I've had. The last one was cheaper, but it also looked the part. This one, on the other hand, looks professional, sturdy, and lightweight. It's small enough to stay out of the way, but big enough to look good in use.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great product, does as advertised.
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It is a handy little device that you can carry with you and insert in your phone to take off photos or anything else in a pinch to give more room on your phone or to make transferring faster and easier.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Compatibility
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good product
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It works great with my ipad pro 12.9. I have an otter box case on it and that does need to come off in order to use it though. Keep that in mind.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Iphone Accessory
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Add a memory chip plug it into your phone and offload your photos and files works great
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great little device
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I love this thing! I was able to easily get pictures from my iPhone to my PC. It’s fairly intuitive to use, which is a good thing because there are no instructions. The first time you use it, it will kind of take over and load the required apps and then download your pictures by itself. Subsequent uses require some minor thought to navigate the interface. I can’t remember if it’s in the Best Buy description, but I have seen elsewhere that this version of the device will not work on iPhone 7 and above. I believe they make newer versions that will work on newer phones.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Doesn't come with microSD card.
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Just keep that in mind as I unfortunately made that mistake and can't even test the thing.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
good
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Bought this for my mother. she isn't very good at clearing pics off her phone. so far, she has been happy with this.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Issues
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I had some issues getting this to work. It seemed like a pretty neat and easy way to store photos directly from your phone but it was very hard to use. Didn’t seem to connect well.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I love this device, carry it in my 5th pocket
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This thing is so tiny that you almost need to put either a lanyard on it or just always carry it in your fifth pocket of your jeans So you don't lose it. Just a little bit bigger than a memory card but it's very useful especially for recording directly onto a memory card or just transferring media from one device to another like my iPhone and iPad..I purchased it may be a year ago and I still use it almost daily as my phone is about two years old now and when it runs low on memory being that you can't remove it I transfer it to this device on a separate memory card and then to a hard drive. Xfers are pretty fast as well.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Expensive gadget
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I didn’t pack my previous card reader and needed to download photos. “Old” equipment not available at bestbuy so I went with newer technology. Only because I really needed the camera download. Or so I thought, it was difficult to add to my iPad, didn’t download easily. Using the old equipment now. It will probably be useful to have if I ever get into video camera and large format memory.