How does Samsung justify the price of the newly released X5 Portable SSD? Let me demonstrate.
I loved the T5 – it’s plugged into my MacBook pro at almost all times, it stores almost all my recent and current working video content, and I edit directly off the drive in Premier Pro.
This is the Samsung T5 SSD Drive
In my review, I found it to be pretty bloody fast.
I just plugged it in again – here’s the Blackmagic speed test on that baby.
Good stuff huh?
Try again folks, let me demonstrate in one image, the power of the Samsung Portable SSD X5:
And then, there’s the looks:
It’s not like any hard drive before
Honestly, it’s impossible to fault technically
Then there’s the price. Ahh, yep. $629 for the 500GB, $1,099 for the 1TB as tested and a “less than an iPhone Xs Max in 512GB capacity $2,199 for the 2TB.
Not for everyone – I get that.
But for the serious video professional, on the road editing, this is just outrageously great.
Trev is a Technology Commentator, Dad, Speaker and Rev Head.
He produces and hosts two popular podcasts, EFTM and Two Blokes Talking Tech. He also appears on over 50 radio stations across Australia weekly, and is the resident Tech Expert on Channel 9’s Today Show each day and appears regularly on A Current Affair.
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