How come kingston SD memory cards are cheaper than other card brands?

are they not that good in performance. they have the 2gb ones cheap on amazon for $14.99.

How come kingston SD memory cards are cheaper than other card brands?
The price on all flash memory is dropping like a rock. That means that the field is very competitive not that the product is bad. I would buy the Kingston just because the price is so low and it is a name brand. If it was generic I wouldn't touch it.
Reply:There are only like six flash card makers of which Toshiba (San Disk), Samsung and Lexar are the most popular





Toshia sits on Lexars board and Lexar sits on Toshiba's board and they are currently suing each other for technology violations!





I think Kingston might be a Lexar made card.
Reply:The low priced Kingston's aren't as fast. This may or may not make a difference, depending on your camera.


it will probably be fine. In the old days they were a bit less compatible than the Sandisks and Lexars, but I think that they've gotten better. They're just not on the cutting edge of the technology.





Frankly- it's amazing that you can buy 2Gb of memory for $15.


Very soon, laptops will be coming without hard drives.