Samsung Electronics Co.Ltd the world leader in advanced memory tech today unveiled the Samsung Portable SSD T1 a stylish external portable solid state drive SSD that represents a new standard of storage for today digital life.Designed for speed and security with out sacrificing style the SSD T1 is ideal for business travelers creative professionals & content creators with a need for secure local storage they can take on the go & use to quickly transfer large amounts of data.Available in 250 giga byte GB,500GB & 1 terabyte TB storage capacities the SSD T1 will launch globally in 15 countries across the United States European & Asian markets later this month.Samsung new Portable SSD T1 offers 250GB,500GB or even up to 1TB of storage in a package that is no larger than a credit card.Its not just a small storage solution its a fast 1 as well with up to 450MB per second transfer speed.Instead of plugging a traditional 80 Dollars portable hard drive in to your fast Ultrabook or Macbook Air & losing the speed benefits of the built in SSD you can use this device to get storage that moves as fast as your computer or Laptop.
Samsung Portable SSD T1 CES 2015
As you can see in the pacture above the Samsung SSD T1 is close to the size of a credit card.It measures 71.0×9.2×53.2 mm & is very light weight.You wont to know this is in your bag,pocket or purse which makes it incredibly portable.The chrome & metallic finish combines with a textured shell that complete the look & feel of this device.For those concerned with security the drive has AES 256 bit encryption.Its also shock resistant up to 1500G-0.5ms & a feature dubbed Dynamic Thermal Guard will protect the drive in extreme temperatures.The Portable SSD will be available in 250GB,500GB & 1TB capacities & is due out later this month in the United State,UK & Asia.Samsung says the 250GB drive will sell for 179.99 Dollars & the 1TB around 599.99 Dollars.By contrast a 1TB My passport Ultra Form from WD costs just under 70 Dollars.Traditionally the external flash storage space has been run by so called 2nd tier OEMs that basically just buy the controller & NAND from 3rd parties & then do the chassis design & assembly on their own.With the intro of the T1.Samsung becomes the 1st tier 1 manufacturer to enter the external SSD market.Hardware wise the T1 is based on the 850 EVO meaning that the T1 uses 32 layer TLC V_NAND & the same full fledged MEX-MGX SSD controller.
Samsung Portable SSD T1 CES 2015
Samsung Portable SSD T1 CES 2015
The housing is considerably smaller than a regular 2.5 inch chassis though making the T1 a very portably solution although a USB stick would be even more portable but fitting & cooling a full SSD controller in such design is fairly difficult.The T1 support USB 3.0 UASP mode for increased performance & for sequential performance Samsung is promising up to 450MBs.Random performance comes in at 8K IOPS for read & 21K for write.There is also AES 256 encryption support which is definitely handy for business users that handle sensitive data.The drive comes pre formatted as exFAT to ensure out of the box compatibility with both Windows & OS X based systems.You should have immediate access to your data any time you want it.Now you can keep your data with you at all times thanks to the TI is compact portable design.At 9.6 x 71 x 53 mm you can slide in to your pocket wallet or bag and you are good to go.Data storage has never been so portable.The Samsung Portable SSD T1 is the fastest & lightest portable storage money can buy but be prepared to spend a healthy premium over an old school magnetic hard drive.Latestworldtech.com coverage of the future of technology at CES 2015 LIVE is brought to you courtesy of Currys PC World.View Currys range of Smart tech here & computing here
Samsung Portable SSD T1 CES 2015