CONCLUSION

   The sole reason UHS-II cards were released in the market was because there wasn’t much room for UHS-I cards to go and today’s review is a clear indication of that since the EXCERIA Plus 256GB MicroSDXC UHS-I model performs roughly the same as many others before it. This is not really a bad thing however since with average performance numbers of up to 98MB/s in reads and 88MB/s in writes these cards should feel right at home with your UHS-I compatible devices. The EXCERIA Plus line of memory cards by KIOXIA however also sports better endurance numbers and protections compared to most competing products and that’s clearly what many people are looking for.

   As mentioned in the introduction page microSDXC UHS-I cards don’t cost a whole lot nowadays and so the EXCERIA Plus 256GB MicroSDXC model can be found for USD64.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 60.87Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de). At the end of the day the EXCERIA Plus 256GB MicroSDXC UHS-I memory card by KIOXIA may not bring anything exciting on the table in terms of read & write performance but still it's a very fast UHS-I model (focus on the writes) which thanks to its available protections/endurance and 5-year limited warranty gets the Golden Award.

PROS

- Very Good Overall Performance
- Protections / Endurance
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Only Available Up To 512GB