Samsung Launches a 4TB Version of Our Favorite Portable SSD – Geek Review

We’re still deeply impressed with Samsung’s T7 Shield, a durable and portable SSD that launched in summer 2022. But we’re a little frustrated with this drive’s capacity: it only comes in 1TB and 2TB variants. Now, Samsung is solving the problem with a 4TB T7 Shield.

Available today for $430, the 4TB T7 Shield is identical to its predecessors. It has the same durable design with IP65 dust and water resistance, and read/write speeds of 1050/1000 MBps remain unchanged. This is simply a larger storage option, which is all we could really ask for.

The Samsung T7 Shield is an NVME drive and its maximum transfer speeds require a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 connection. That said, you’ll get decent speeds with any USB-C connection, and a USB-A cable is included for older computers or other devices.

Samsung also says that it will launch an SSD data migration feature in February. This feature, which is hidden in the Samsung Magician software, allows you to move the operating system and data from an old SSD to a new Samsung SSD.

The 4TB T7 Shield is available today for $430. It includes USB-C and USB-A cables, plus a three-year warranty. Note that this 4TB model only comes in black – the blue color scheme shown at the top of this article (and in our review) is exclusive to the 1TB and 2TB models of the T7 Shield.

Source: Samsung