If you are a busy kind of person, who moves constantly from one place to another, then you’d like to have a safe place where you’d be able to store all your important files and needed information. This is why the Samsung Portable SSD T5 is created, so it could store all the information you want on a 2TB compact drive, that’s small enough to carry in your pocket.
Leveraging the USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) interface, the T5 is quoted with maximum transfer speeds up to 540MB/s for all capacities—which is almost 100MB/s faster than the T3—and can be connected directly to an Android device. Samsung has also updated the drive’s embedded software, allowing you to reset your password, check capacity and manage firmware updates.
Design
The design is making the device really small, ergonomic and perfect to carry wherever you want! The overall size of the SSD is 74 x 57.3 x 10.5 mm and the amazing weight is estimated at only 51 grams. The style of creation is smooth, clean and there are no buttons, unneeded LED lights or whatsoever. The only thing it has is a USB port, that’s being used as the main point of connection between the device and the computer, as well as a little blue light that indicates that the device is steady and ready for transferring data.
On the upper part, there’s a big Samsung branding logo, with the exact name of the model underneath, but in a smaller font. The material used for the build is metal-like and may be catching scuffs easily, but won’t dismantle if it falls from 1-2 meters height, because of the full metal, shock-resistant internal frame, that can survive the drop. On the bottom it’s the same, except the T5 Samsung Portable SSD has been moved the lower left corner.
Specs and performance
The 2TB Samsung T5 measured 426.62MB/s read and 406.39MB/s write, which is a vast improvement over the T3’s read and write speeds of 322.52MB/s and 159.13MB/s, respectively.Though the T5’s 500GB model had a slight increase in reads with 427.97MB/s, it took a dip in write performance – 241.76MB/s. On 2MB random performance, the 2TB Samsung SSD achieved 404.32MB/s read and 400.26MB/s write, which is another key change and a big step in upgrading, since the already impressive performance offered by the Samsung T3 SSD.
Here’s a full list of the specs of this 2TB Portable SSD by Samsung:
- Interface: USB 3.1 (Gen 2, 10Gbps) backwards compatibility
- Capacities: 2TB/1TB/500GB/250GB
- Dimensions: 74 x 57.3 x 10.5 mm (3.0 x 2.3 x 0.4 in)
- Weight: 51 grams (1.8 oz) 8)
- Performance: Transfer Speed Up to 540MB/sec
- UASP Mode Support
- Security
- Encryption AES 256-bit hardware encryption
- Security Password protection (Optional)
- Password protection software requires: Windows 7 or higher; Mac OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra (10.9 or higher); Android KitKat (version 4.4) or higher
- Reliability
- Temperature
- Operating 0°C to 60°C
- Non-Operating -40°C to 85°C
- Humidity
- Non-Operating 65°C, 95%
- Shock
- Non-Operating 1,500G, duration: 0.5ms, 3 axis
- Vibration Non-Operating 10~2,000Hz, 20G
- Temperature
- Certifications CE, BSMI, KC, VCCI, C-tick, FCC, IC, UL, TUV, CB
- RoHS Compliance RoHS 2
The price for this Samsung Portable SSD T5 is depending on the size you want it to come at. This product has 4 different in size/price options. On Amazon, you can get the 250GB version for $110, the 500GB for $170, the 1TB for $370 and the biggest – 2TB for $798. You can use it not only to transfer data from your computer or laptop but from your smartphone as well, which is as easy and handy as it sounds. This SSD also has an app that makes the transferring and maintenance way easier! Visit Samsung website product page for additional information.
