
What would be the biggest competition to the Samsung Portable SSD T1? To be honest there isn’t much out there that can compete with this drive when you are talking under 9.5mm thick, less than one once and have data transfer speeds of up to 450MB/s.

Our dial calipers showed the T1 wasn’t even 9.5mm thick and it weighs under an ounce, so you can slip it into your pocket and forget that it is even there. If the performance doesn’t sell you the premium finishes and small form factor will most likely seal the deal. Anyone that moves large files around will appreciate the performance aspect of the T1. Moving a 3GB file to the T1 and back took under 20 seconds and that is impressive. When moving the data back to the PC we saw speeds top out at 413MB/s and the task took just over 7 seconds to compete. Using the built-in Windows 8.1 Explorer file moving utility we were able to transfer a 3GB movile file from our PC to the T1 in just 9 seconds and the write speeds topped out at 340MB/s during the move. When we tried it out using real world applications we were equally impressed. Overall performance of the Samsung Portable SSD T1 was impressive as we hit speeds of up to 439MB/s Read and 417MB/s Write in popular benchmarks like CrystalDiskMark. The one downside to the Samsung Portable SSD T1 is without a doubt the cost of the unit, but we’ll get to that in a bit. By pushing the limits of existing portable USB 3.0 storage options all these amazing features do come at a healthy premium.

There is nothing on the market today that can match this drives speed, tiny size and killer looks. The Samsung Portable SSD T1 takes mobile digital storage to the next level.
