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  • [Deleted User]
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    Don't they make an adapter, that plugs into the I-phone, and allows you to back up files, onto a SD/MicroSD card?
  • Fightsback
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    edited 14 February 2016 at 6:07PM
    John_Gray wrote: »
    There is also a HUGE difference (actually a factor of eight) between a Gb (gigabit) and a GB (gigabyte).

    It's actually 2^8 = 256 and not 8

    Perhaps you mean power instead of factor ;)
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  • grumbler
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    Fightsback wrote: »
    It's actually 2^8 = 256 and not 8

    Perhaps you mean power instead of factor ;)
    Nope.
    What he meant was that 1 Byte = 8 bits
  • Johno100
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    Bedsit_Bob wrote: »
    Don't they make an adapter, that plugs into the I-phone, and allows you to back up files, onto a SD/MicroSD card?

    No doubt they do and at the usual exorbitant price.
  • [Deleted User]
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    Johno100 wrote: »
    No doubt they do and at the usual exorbitant price.

    More costly than an external HDD?
  • pappa_golf
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    Bedsit_Bob wrote: »
    Don't they make an adapter, that plugs into the I-phone, and allows you to back up files, onto a SD/MicroSD card?


    yes , but it was dropped last year


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  • Johno100
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    Bedsit_Bob wrote: »
    More costly than an external HDD?

    Probably not, but no doubt still overpriced and something that should be built into the device.
  • grumbler
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    edited 14 February 2016 at 6:42PM
    Bedsit_Bob wrote: »
    More costly than an external HDD?
    Well, you decide:

    Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader £25.00 MJYT2?wid=445&hei=445&fmt=jpeg&qlt=95&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bicub&op_usm=0.5,0.5,0,0&iccEmbed=0&layer=comp&.v=1454779300513

    If I understand correctly, it supports only reading the card, not writing to it.


    SanDisk Ultra 64gb Dual USB and OTG £12.99 @ BASE
  • Fightsback
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    grumbler wrote: »
    Nope.
    What he meant was that 1 Byte = 8 bits

    Yes and ?

    1 bit = 0 or 1

    8 bits = 0 to 255

    Thus 8 parallel bits carries 256 times more information (and not 8) than a single bit. It's something people often forget.
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • grumbler
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    edited 15 February 2016 at 11:28AM
    And?
    Your 256 is absolutely irrelevant to the topic.

    The capacity of storage devices is measured in bytes (GB=GigaByte, MB=MegaByte, TB).
    It's often get confused with Mb that is used for the speed of connection:
    Mbps = Megabit per second

    Each byte is 8 bits.
    1Mb=1Megabit=1MegaByte/8=1MB/8
    1MB=8Mb

    So, in terms of capacity the factor is 8, not 2^8=256.

    If Mb were used for the capacity, 1000MB device wouldn't be able to store 256 times more music/photos/videos than 1000Mb device.
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