Samsung's T3 is the fastest and sleekest external drive available today.

Handheld external SSD; Up to 2TB of storage; Average read speeds of 442MBps; Almost as small as a thumb drive

Short cord included in the box; Extremely high price point

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.

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.

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.

I have had problems with 3 IOMEGA external hard drives. I use this one without encryption. It works and is fast. I wish the Quick Start Guide had larger print.

The price is way high. Technology is great but the price kills.

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.

Drive is really fast - Great for backing up large numbers of files. Build quality is superb, with a very solid feel to the drive>cable connection. As others have said, at this price I would expect a case and have therefore docked 1 star.

Conclusion The Samsung Portable SSD T3 is an excellent choice if you need to carry or copy a library's worth of data in a device that will fit in your front pants pocket. It is certainly pricey, but if you're a power user, you will want nothing less, especially if you need to work on 4K or HD video...

Speedy performance; USB-C port; Mac, Windows PC, and Android compatible; Drop tested to 6 feet; Three-year warranty

Pricey; USB-C-to-USB-C cable not included

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