

The latter is a thoughtful addition, since it means you won't need to buy an adapter or dongle if you're connecting the device to a rectangular USB Type-A port. Samsung provides both a USB-C cable and a Type-C-to-A cable in the box. Next to the port is a tiny status light, which shines blue when the drive is connected and blinks when a data transfer is in progress. If you have a desktop, laptop, or smart device made in the last five years or so with a USB 3.x or Thunderbolt 3 port, the Samsung should be compatible with it, if not necessarily at its peak speeds. It's a USB 3.2 Gen 2 connection capable of transfer speeds up to 10Gbps, which is much higher than the drive's actual throughput. The Portable SSD T7 has a USB Type-C port on one end. The T7 is minuscule compared with any portable hard drive, and it's similar in size to the smallest external SSDs, including the T7 Touch, the Thunderbolt-based Samsung Portable SSD X5, the ADATA SE800, and the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD. Color choices include gray, blue, and red. The T7 is a small aluminum rectangle with rounded edges, measuring 0.3 by 3.3 by 2.2 inches (HWD)-the length and width of a credit card, though considerably thicker-and weighing just 2 ounces. It's a tiny, handy storage device with solid performance for its class, and while it lacks the convenience of the T7 Touch's biometric security, its strong password-protected encryption should be more than adequate to protect your data.

The Samsung Portable SSD T7 (starts at $109.99 for 500GB $369.99 for the 2TB version tested) saves you money by skipping the fingerprint reader and is available in a different set of colors. Samsung's Portable SSD T7 Touch scored our PCMag Editors' Choice award and Best of the Year honors as the top external solid-state drive for 2020, largely on the strength of its fingerprint-based security system.

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