Samsung newest rugged external storage solution, the T7 Shield, is the company’s the newest addition to the Samsung T7 Portable SSD family. The T7 Shield comes with 1TB and 2TB capacity versions.

With a credit card size design that makes it a very portable external storage solution, the T7 Shield is the newest addition to the Samsung T7 Portable SSD family, which includes the T7, a daily driver that provides incredibly fast speeds in a sleek design, and the T7 Touch, a CES award-winning PSSD – CES 2020 Innovation Awards honoree – with a built-in fingerprint sensor for enhanced data protection.

“The T7 Shield is ideal for creative professionals and consumers who want a durable, high-performance and reliable portable SSD. It provides the assurance that data will remain safeguarded, even if it’s dropped, exposed to water, or used outdoors,” said Jim Kiczek, Vice President of Memory Marketing at Samsung Electronics America. “The T7 Shield offers extensive compatibility, enabling consumers to use it with multiple devices including PCs, android smartphones, or game consoles.”

Samsung claims that the T7 Shield is the company’s most durable PSSD to date, making it well-suited for outdoor content creators or travelers who want data-rich experiences without having to worry about data loss from exposure to the elements or life’s mishaps. The numbers, also from Samsung, suggest that the T7 Shield, carefully engineered by Samsung from the inside out, is shock-resistant from drops of up to three meters, as well as IP65-certified as dustproof and water resistant. Despite the new rugged design, the T7 Shield is compact and lightweight, weighing a mere 98 grams.

Exceptional performance

In terms of speed, the T7 Shield delivers a read speed of 1,050 megabytes per second (MB/s) and a write speed of 1,000 MB/s4, which are the fastest transfer speeds …