Samsung Electronics have launched a new series of portable SSD drives ranging from 250GB to 2TB. The drives are equipped with Samsung’s proprietary Vertical NAND (V-NAND) and SSD TurboWrite technology.
“Following the successful worldwide launch of the Portable SSD T1 in 2015, we made several significant upgrades to the T3 based on the feedback and needs of our customers, which included content creators and business professionals in particular,” said Un-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President of Brand Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. “As such, the T3 delivers the outstanding performance, storage capacity and durability needed from an external storage device for today’s mobile lifestyle, without compromising on style or security. It’s the new portable external storage drive users can depend on in any situation or environment.”
The new drives are designed for the user who requires high quality content quickly, for example 4K video content. The T3 has blazing-fast file transfers based on sequential read and write speeds of up to 450MB/s with a USB 3.1 interface, which is up to four times faster than alternative external HDD solutions. The T3 has adopted USB 3.1 Type C connection and is compatible with most devices.
The T3 uses exFAT, a widely adopted file system, as its default file recognition format to create a seamless user experience. The T3 also works with a brand-new complementary Samsung Portable SSD Android mobile app which supports password changes and remaining capacity checks.
The Samsung Portable SSD T3 will be first launched in February, 2016 in countries including the United States, China, Korea and select European countries and will subsequently become available worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.samsung.com/T3.
| Category | Samsung Portable SSD T3 |
| Capacity** | 250GB/500GB/1TB/2TB |
| Interface | Compatible with USB 3.1, USB 2.0 |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 74 x 58 x 10.5 mm |
| Weight | 51 grams (less than 2 oz.)*** |
| Transfer Speed**** | Sequential: Up to 450MB/sec |
| UASP Mode | Support |
| Encryption | AES 256-bit hardware encryption |
| Security | Password setting (optional)
Requires Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS 10.7 or higher and Android KitKat (version 4.4) or higher. |
| Certification | CE, BSMI, KC, VCCI, C-tick, FCC, IC, UL, TUV, CB |
| RoHS Compliance | RoHS2 |
| Warranty | Limited 3-year |