While testing this unit, you'd almost forget that it is a USB flash storage device :) And for USB 3.1 it is fast, but perhaps could have been faster? I mean this is USB 3.1 Gen 2, we've seen USB 3.0 and 3.1 Gen 1 at this performance level for two years now.

The was a compact, durable, lightweight, and fast external solid state storage device, that offered killer performance when it launched. The T3 has been out for quite a while, however, and has since released a few newer types of flash memory, which are better suited to low-power, portable storage...

The T5 is an updated version of their portable line and the first to use Samsung's 64-layer V-NAND technology. By using the most up-to-date advances in storage density and USB protocols, Samsung has produced a high speed, portable SSD that's very compact and versatile.

I noticed the smaller transfer sizes were lacking on the ThreadRipper platform, which appears to be a processor/memory related latency issue I'll dig into the external storage performance on the newer AMD platforms soon, but that's another article :).

I have to use the great tech service to set up device so it can be used for Windows and Mac at different times . Great tech service . It would be nice to have written directions that came with the unit that clearly explained the setting of the device so that both windows and Mac can use it .

Realistic color, Durable, Lightweight, great size and capacity ; most ssd ‘s not as small

no cons except for improving directions on use

How small can an external storage device be? Pretty darn small, especially in the case of Samsung's newly released T5, which is about the size of a stack of credit cards. Indeed, the T5 is now dangerously close in size to far more expensive solid-state storage devices like Kingston's DataTraveler...

Incredibly fast; Highly compact

Expensive

Since the first Samsung Portable SSD, the T1 hit the shelves in 2015 every subsequent launch of the T series has seen the latest evolution of Samsung's TLC V-NAND being used inside them, 48-layer in the T3 and now with the 3rd generation drive, the Portable SSD T5, Samsung's latest 64-layer TLC...

64-layer V-NAND; Compact design; Performance; Capacity

It doesn't come cheap

Needing some extra storage for my devices while moving away from traditional hard drives, this is my second T5 SSD, I will probably get another as well they are super compact ultra fast transfer speeds, silent running, very lightweight and very reliable, SSDs were meant to come down in price as the...

Personal data storage has always been a really interesting category because, while everyone needs storage, there's still a lot of potential customers would rather pass on the category wholesale than deal with some of the caveats and hassle it sometimes entails.

Slim and light design; Ultra-fast storage speeds

More expensive per-GB; Limited color options

The last iteration of this portable SSD, the T3, proved very popular as a slick, quick and sexy means for sneakernetting files around the place, or hosting media. The ‘sexy' may be disputed by some, but to us, the nicely palmable shape was lovely to hold and pocket, and set it apart from the great...