
But the Samsung T7 delivers on this front too, with a compact 8.5 x 5.6cm shell (in multiple colors) and sleek design that would look at home in any environment. With portable SSDs, appearance and form factor are also major considerations you’re likely to be carrying the drive all over the place, after all. While internal SSDs are capable of reaching read speeds of up to 7,000MB/s these days, you’ll struggle to find a faster external drive on the market. It offers sequential read/write speeds of up to 1,050MB/s and 1,000MB/s, respectively, which is twice as fast as the previous generation.


Although there are plenty of excellent alternatives floating around, the Samsung T7 sits at the top of our best portable SSD list for a reason.
