Samsung T7 Portable SSD, 2000 GB, USB Type-C, 3.2 Gen 2, 1050 MB/s, Password, Grey

“External storage drives aren't necessarily something you'd think of when accessorising an outfit, but they can occasionally be very smart-looking indeed. With its smart metallic finish and rounded edges, for example, the Samsung T7 Touch looks rather…”

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Verdiktas: While that's a disappointment, it shouldn't rule the T7 Touch out of contention. It's absolutely fine for personal use and the price isn't bad, either – the 500GB model we tested works out to 14p/GB, although the 1TB model is a little pricier at £160, equ...

Verdiktas: Samsung's T7 is a portable SSD that blends security with 10Gbps performance for those on the go. However, with a DRAMless architecture, performance can suffer quite a bit during large transfers that exceed Samsung's TurboWrite cache...

“Samsung is well known for their SSDs, whether it's their older SATA drives, newer M.2 options, or their USB ones, so a new version must be the best thing around, right? Well, lets see.”

Verdiktas: Samsung's latest addition to their long-running T* series of external SSDs is the T7 Touch. The new drive offers almost twice the performance of the previous USB driven external SSD, the T5, which is hardly surprising given that the T7 uses NVMe technolog...