The Samsung T7 Shield is the latest addition to the South Korean giant’s range of external storage. This version adds durability and safety features to the familiar compact size and high performance of the range.

You already know that hard drives completely dominate consumer storage. And they are increasingly used in external solutions where they also show their great advantages over hard drives. The original Samsung T7 SSD and its “Touch” edition were a good example. On this basis, now comes a new version, whose surname ‘Shield’ tells us where the shots are going.

Samsung T7 Shield: everything for durability

“Designed from the inside out”Samsung says the T7 Shield is shockproof and falls to a height of three meters and is IP65 certified against dust and water. Despite the new robust design, its size is similar to a credit card and its weight remains 98 grams for carrying anywhere in your pocket.

Plus T7 Shield security has been strengthened (AES 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard) with hardware encryption, so consumer data can be securely protected even if the disk is lost.

Its performance is impressive with data transfers in read mode up to 1,050 MB per second. This is achieved internally via NVMe and USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps. It’s about twice as fast as its T5 predecessor and up to 9.5 times faster than external hard drives.

For external connections, Samsung offers a USB Type-C port and USB Type-C-to-C or USB Type-C-to-A cables to increase device compatibility with earlier versions of the standard. It is officially compatible with Windows, Mac and Android, although it should work with others such as Linux and iOS.

The Samsung T7 Shield is now available in select markets in beige, black and blue and storage capacities 1TB or 2TBwith the respective official prices of $ 134 and $ 239. In Spain, the best offer we see is 2 TB for 257 euros.