Very fast drive for video editing when connecting to Macbook directly via Thunderbolt port. After formatting the drive with the MAC file system, I tested with editing 5 minutes of 4k/30 frame directly reading and rendering from/to drive on Macbook M1, and everything when smoothly, with rendering time a little bit faster than the footage time itself. The benchmarks average when running the Black Magic disk test are: Read: 670MB/s, Write: 540MB/s. On top of that, fingerprint security is a bonus if you want your data to be secured. The dimension is about a third of a checkbook.

When I ordered my T7 touch I didn’t know what to expect. I have used several portable hard drives before but they were never very elegant or pocketable. However when I opened up the box I was speechless as to how beautiful this SSD is. It is very pocketable and fits in the palm of my hand. I have been using it for several days and just throw it into my pocket with my wallet. It has a beautiful brushed metal look that also will be very protective. I love the fact that the box came with both a USB-C and USB-A cable. I am able to use it with both my windows pc and my Google Pixel 4. Transfer speed is very fast and the fingerprint allows me to store sensitive documents and data without worrying about it being compromised. Overall I am very satisfied with the T7 touch and plan on continuing to use it everyday.

Had been using the drive for about 2 weeks now, and love it. It helps in two ways as my current Surface Book only has 256GB capacity, and now I get another 500GB SSD. The drive is sleek and lightweight and can even fit in the pocket without any issue. The harddrive has Type C port on it. It can be connected either with Type A-Type C, or Type C-Type C cables that were provided along with it in the package. The harddrive when plugged in lights up blue which is a cool looking feature, indicating where the fingerprint can be scanned. The software to register to fingerprint is loaded in the harddrive, but would have liked to see the software automatically load to install when the drive is connected on first plug in, into the PC. The other best feature of the harddrive is that it works with Type C port connectivity, and can be plugged to any Samsung Phone with Type C charging port. That helps really well as the phone only has 128GB internal and with 8K video recording, the phone drive fills up too quick, so can transfer data from phone to Drive directly. And with over 900MBPS Read/Write speeds, I was also able to use it as storage drive while recording 8K videos on the S20 Ultra without having any dataloss. Even when playback of videos on phone, there was no lag on video playback. The Drive can be setup with Password and Fingerprints. Setup is quick, but would have liked to see an option to sign in with account on the app, as I am not sure if drive can be accessed just using the Password There are issues using the app on PC as the app size is too small and had to use magnifier or increasing scaling to see the options. App shows an Update, but unable to update the drive even with Security Mode Disabled. Another issue with the Samsung Portable SSD app on PC is that, if Security Mode is disabled, then upon enable again, new password has to be entered and even register again to biometrics, as previously used isnt saved. There is also Portable SSD app on android phone, but even when drive is plugged in, its not detected by the app, when shown in Files. Detects on the PC app. All in all, its the best portable drive that is lightweight, small in size, and has security options inbuilt. Pros: Small size light weight Fast Read/Write Speeds Fingerprint ID Password Cons: Unable to update software on drive Disable and Enable biometrics, register again to biometrics

This is a great little solid state storage device. It's small, you could put three of them in your shirt pocket. It's simple to use, not a lot of confusing options, pretty much a straight forward external hard drive. It comes complete with two USB cables so you can use it with USB-C if you have it or just use your older style USB port. The fingerprint reader works unfailingly so you can be the only person who can access your information, but you could allow another persons fingerprint to be used as well, your choice. Optionally you can just use a password, but that's not as secure. Interestingly this plugs into the USB port on my Samsung Smart TV and I can watch any MP3 based videos. Probably you can listen to MP3 music too but I haven't tried that. If I had it to do over I'd spend the extra money and get the largest capacity version, I got the 1 TB model and it's about a third filled already. I'll probably never fill it, but I'd like to have all the space I can get.

I was very excited to recieve the Samsung T7 Touch (500GB) at a discounted price for an honest review. There was some data that I wanted stored securely that I could take with me and this fit the bill perfectly. I was pleasantly suprised how small the device was - I expected something quite a bit bigger, not something very pocktable (It is about half the size of my galaxy s10)! Setting up was straight forward, however, I did notice that when updating firmware, the previously stored fingerprints were wiped out. This could be a problem if you have someone else's fingerprints stored (ie. if you are using the device as a secure way to transfer data between two people). Unlocking the device once the fingerprints have been setup is very fast. Moving some data (both small and large), I experienced transfer speeds between 75 - 250 MB/s. I was using different storage mechanisms (HDD and SSD) but I did not hit the theoretical max of 1050 MB/s as my computer does not support USB 3.2. I was very happy that this worked when connecting to a projector that was powered by android OS. I am not sure about if it will work on other devices. Pros: - Secure data onboard with fingerprint and password - Able to connect to projector (running android) - Fast data transfer - Able to use without installing software on windows Cons: - updating firmware clears out fingerprints