A superb piece of equipment. Well built in an aluminium case and the drive's cable connection has a very solid feel to it. (I'm always worried about these connections when constantly plugging/unplugging the drive.

For those who really need a portable drive with very fast transfer speeds PLUS easy portability and don't mind paying for those luxuries, portable SSDs are been a good option. They're still a bit rare, largely because they're not cheap.

Functionally wonderful speed, reliability, blah blah. In terms of design feel more premium with metal casing and more substantial size. However from practical stand point as a world traveler i much prefer the lighter smaller design of T1.

Final Thoughts As of writing the is the smallest portable solid state drive available in a capacity of up to 2TB. SanDisk's Extreme 510 drives are around the same size, but are only available in capacities of up to 480 GB.

– Extremely small size; – Solid design; – Great performance; – AES 256bit hardware encryption; – Available in capacities up to 2 TB; – 3 year warranty

– A USB TypeC to TypeC cable should be included

A portable hard disk is all well and good, but their slow speed and vulnerability to drops makes them a liability. Small flash drives are similarly vulnerable, and have the added disadvantage of being incredibly easy to lose.

Stylish design; Great performance; Convenience of USB Type-C connection

Only USB 3.1 Gen; 1, More expensive than a normal 2.5in drive, Not waterproof or ruggedised

Portable solid state drives are the new black. At least, I like to think they are. For me, Samsung's Portable SSD T1 has managed to replace both flash drives and external hard drives for me.

Really fast; Small form-factor; Better value than last year

No USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable in the box; Slightly slower and slightly bigger than last year's model; Slow drives will bottleneck the T3

Samsung's Portable SSD T3 has quite a bit going for it including size, performance, and with capacity options reaching 2TB, this drive is both a milestone for the storage industry and a consumer friendly option for those needing a high-capacity solution.

The Samsung Portable SSD T3 delivers excellent performance in a small package with a USB 3.1 port that is both convenient to use and future-proof.

Excellent performance; USB3.1 port for convenience and future-proofing; Metallic chassis; Extremely compact; Android support; 3-year warranty

Small update to the T1; Still quite expensive

Once again, Samsung has introduced an industry leading product to the consumer with the T3 Portable SSD, one that quite frankly seems to be void of any competition. Not only does it rule in value, performance and capacity, but also, Samsung truly listened to what the consumer had to say in stepping...

Much like the original T1 , the new Samsung T3 proved itself with internal SATA SSD-like results, sustaining a throughput of 390MB/s when downloading (reading) a single large compressed file and 300MB/s when uploading (writing).

Outpaces thumb drives and rival SSDs; super light; runs cool; features USB 3.1 Type-C and a metal case versus the T1's Type-A connector and plastic case

A tad slower than the T1 in some tests yet the 1TB T3 is priced 20% over the T1 at $430 versus $350 (not to mention the 1TB 850 Evo mSATA at $300)