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

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.

This drive has is all, size, storage, simplicity and encryption in a bullet-proof package. Samsung really nailed it on this one. I was a little weary about storing all of my photos and video from my entire vacation on just one drive but this thing held up and function as expected problem-free.

This drive will save you tons of grief on the road as it is everything you want tiny, huge, secure and blazing fast; I got this drive to store photos and video on my upcoming month long vacation and boy did it not disappoint; The build quality is excellent - full metal housing, check.

The price does sting a bit at $300+ for 1TB of USB drive but the functionality and reliability are worth it; The drive does take a touch longer to become available on newly connected devices compared to devices you normally connect to (10-15s longer)

It died after one use, so I don't have much of an experience to share. I was definitely not satisfied, but assumed it was an outlier situation and moved on.

Love this little drive. So small you can throw it in your pocket and take it anywhere! Speed is great and my xbox flies with it connected.

Really small for a 1TB drive Connected without any issues to my XBOX One Games like Battlefield 1 are so fast to load now

None Too small; you could lose it :-

Works as it should, as expected. It is very fast. The fastest external hard drive I have ever had. Although a bit pricey, in the years to come the price will fall or the storage capacity will simply increase. I use it to transfer data between my iMac and my MacBook Pro.

Nice Product.