128GB Sony Micro Vault Selling in China?
A tipster just sent us compelling evidence of giant 64GB and ridiculously huge 128GB Sony-branded USB drives circulating in China. When he first spotted them at a market in Zu Hai, near Macau, he thought it was a misprint, but then he discovered that his own father had a 64GB card. Lest you think he was still foolin’ himself, you can see that when he stuck the drive into a PC and checked, the thing sure enough registered around 64GB of space:
Here in the US of A, Sony only markets a measly 8GB in its highest-capacity Micro Vault. In spite of what’s been reported, Kanguru appears to be stuck at the 32GB mark, and the Buslink we reported on a year ago still looks like it retails for around $6,000. We’re still sceptical, and have asked for some follow-up, but in the meantime, if it really is 64GB of flash memory, well, that’s some rich daddy you got there. Only kidding—thanks, Jamie!
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this is fake, a friend of mine has bought a 4 gb ’sony’ usb stick a couple of years back in china, it showed 4 gb in windows but he could only copy up to 256 mbs on it, smart chinese… hehe.. this guy should try copying something big on it past the half way mark…
what about this company on alibaba doing 32gb and 64gb drives ..
http://epcillusion.trustpass.alibaba.com/offerdetail/100149991/Market_Leader_64gb_USB_2_0_Flash_Drive_.html
i think giz (or someone else that can be bothered) should request a sample from them and review it.
My uncle just bought the ‘128GB’ version.
What’s the best way of verifying the capacity?
Is there some sort of software that can do this?
Or are the Gizmodo Australia guys willing to check it out?
I have a 32gig Sony USB drive, given as a present. It certainly will not take any large capacity. Worse, even though it carries the Sony name, Sonny will not even try to assist.
They certainly have lost me as a potential customer.
There are a large number of pirate copies of Sony Flash drives as well as other well known brands. Don’t blame Sony et al. I bought a Kingston 320gb flash drive and it wouldn’t work.
I have a 32gig flash USB drive. a lot of
A friend of mine bought a 32GB sony usb drive from china and i believe it is fake. He can copy files to it. But once he try to copy files from it he get a messages says file is corrupted. Be aware.
got the sony 64GB as present from China.
it destroys any file that gets on it, creates his own directories. if u look at the properties you see that the space is occupied, but you don’t see the files themselves.
also, i believe it contains some viruses, as my laptop got many since i connected this drive.
better to pay more, but to get original product with guarantee.