Something also must be mentioned about the T3’s size. Furthermore, Samsung hypes the T3’s shock resistance, though this would be true for most SSDs thanks to the lack of moving parts. Weighing only 2 ounces, the metal body uses an oval shape to standup against excessive crushing forces. Nevertheless, there isn’t a USB-C to USB-C cable which I found strange since the main selling point is the USB-C connector.įor build quality, the T3 is surprisingly strong for its size. Fortunately, Samsung includes a USB 3.1 to USB-C cable. Since it can take a long time for computer electronics to catch up to the latest USB standard, many people still lack USB Type C connectors on their computers. This LED either blinks to indicate use or is solid for idle.įor those that do not know, USB Type C is a reversible plug that can be connected to a USB Type C connector either right-side up or upside down.
On the end opposite to the product information is the new USB Type C connector next to a hidden blue status LED. The silver body rejects dirt and smudges, but invites slight scratch marks if you were to throw it into a non-soft touch bag, whereas the rubber side piece brushes off wear and tear marks, but suffers from finger print smudges, nothing a t-shirt rubbing can’t remove.Īround the rest of the device you find a Samsung logo, a T3 logo, your storage capacity, and some product information on the rubber end. The seam between the two pieces is nearly perfect with there only being a small lip.įor a device that will be handled by many hand touches and thrown into many backpacks, the T3 is finger and smudge resistance for the most part. Here, the T3 is similar to the EVO based drives with the majority of the body being a silver color that connects to a matte black rubber side piece. If you look at the Samsung EVO based SSDs, which are used in desktops and laptops, their drives tend to be a solid grey color with a centered Samsung logo. The T3 SSD is a featherweight drive that uses a subtle design without much flare. A special thank you to Samsung for proving me with this SSD.Īlthough Samsung isn’t always praised for its outstanding performance electronic devices, their taste for style is sometimes overlooked or underappreciated. Throughout this review, I will be discussing the following topics: the design, performance, and my final thoughts. Welcome to my review of the Samsung Portable SSD T3 in the 500GB variant.
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Having compatibility with Windows, Mac, and Android as well as rocking the new USB Type C connector, this may just be the portable storage drive that we all need. Of course, there is the option of portable hard disk drives (HDD), but these can break and are fragile for travelers.Įnter Samsung, a king in solid state drives, who have recently come out with their latest and greatest portable solid state drive.
The majority of USB drives are in smaller 16GB or 32GB sizes and while larger models, like a 1TB USB drive, are available, they are easily lost and their speeds aren’t as fast as a solid state drive (SSD). Is it time for a new advancement in portable storage? Perhaps, but there isn’t anything waiting in the wings that will currently push out flash based devices.Ĭonditionally, for those who are always on the go working with files, a USB drive may not cut it for you. There is only one port on the new MacBook Air, a single USB Type C connector. So if we look at the new Apple MacBook Air, we can see that the computing industry is now being pushed towards even more portability. Yet again, looking back through history it was Apple who started to remove their CD drives in favor of this new flash based storage. Known as a thumb drive or USB drive, users could have gigabytes of portable storage in a device that wasn’t longer than your index finger. After Apple stopped adding floppy readers into their computers, CDs were very popular for moving files to a secondary PC.ĬDs then began to fade away thanks to the invention and increased popularity of flash based memory. CDs were stronger, cheaper to produce, and were more compact than the traditional floppy drive. Then, ten years later, CDs became main stream media. Floppy drives were common with most computers, but their storage capacities were limited. Back in the 1980s, if you wanted to share some computer files with a friend or transfer files to a secondary machine, it was common to use a floppy drive which stored data onto a magnetic disk.
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