Samsung T7 Portable SSD
Interface: USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps
A pocket-sized external SSD using the USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, with a metal body and hardware encryption support.
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Consumer electronics manufacturer including portable storage and memory products.
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Interface: USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps
A pocket-sized external SSD using the USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, with a metal body and hardware encryption support.
Interface: USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps
A ruggedised portable solid state drive using the USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, with an IP 65 water rating, a three metre drop rating and AES 256-bit hardware encryption.
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The decisions behind a portable SSD, with the Samsung T7 as the worked example. It is the only drive this catalogue currently covers.
Two Samsung portable SSDs with the same recorded interface, speeds and capacities, separated by a 3 m drop rating, an IP 65 water rating and their weight.
A ruggedised portable SSD that records an IP 65 water rating and a 3 m drop rating while keeping the same interface, speeds and capacities as the plain T7.
The plain Samsung T7 is the one recorded alternative to the Shield: the same interface, speeds and encryption, with a 2 m drop rating and no water rating.
The T7 Shield records an IP 65 water resistance rating and a 3 m drop rating, with no immersion time, seal detail or test procedure recorded.
The Samsung T7 records hardware encryption support, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 and capacities from 1 TB to 4 TB.
A pocket-sized portable SSD on the USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, with hardware encryption support and capacities from 1 TB to 4 TB.
Both drives record the same interface, the same peak speeds and the same 1 TB, 2 TB and 4 TB capacities. Ruggedness is what separates them.