Replace: Teamgroup confirmed that the drive makes use of 3D NAND flash drive

Teamgroup has unveiled a brand new USB flash drive at Computex 2023 with a capability of as much as 2TB, which can make it the most important reminiscence stick available on the market when it goes on sale later this yr.

Kingston preiously launched a 2TB DataTraveler Final GT flash drive, nevertheless it was retired just a few years in the past – partly as a result of it was an ungainly design, and partly as a result of it was extraordinarily costly, costing round $2,000. 

The brand new C231, I’m instructed, will value round 10% that worth: $190 (about £150, EUR177, $AU291) with precise retail worth more likely to be a lot, a lot decrease (particularly as we strategy Black Friday and Cyber Monday) and is more likely to go in our greatest USB flash drive shopping for information on account of its capability.

You may already get 1TB USB flash drives for lower than $70 (Buffalo SSD-PUT1.0U3B, SSK); Teamgroup’s personal C212 – our editor’s alternative for reminiscence sticks – being one of many cheaper at about $75 – however what units the C231 aside although is the truth that it claims to supply SSD-like efficiency in such a tiny kind issue. The press launch despatched to us mentions “most learn and write speeds of as much as 1000MB/s” because of the USB 3.2 Gen 2 Sort-C connector.

The doc additionally underlines a “handy push-and-slide mechanism additionally eliminates the necessity for cap storage, making information transferring even less complicated” in addition to the USB stick’s “modern matte black metallic exterior provides a classy contact to customers’ each day machine assortment, whereas the opening design permits customers to connect it to key rings, backpacks, or different equipment for straightforward carrying and storage on the go.”

I’ve requested for a pattern for take a look at as quickly as it’s accessible. There’s no confirmed launch date as properly and I count on to see a three-year guarantee hooked up to it.

Beware of pretend USB drives

A number of the higher identified USB drive manufacturers have stopped in need of unveiling larger capability flash drives (and reminiscence playing cards). Samsung for instance doesn’t do 1TB reminiscence sticks or 1TB microSD playing cards. This vacuum has inspired the expansion of a complete business of pretend USB drives that promote bogus 1TB, 2TB and 4TB flash drives on a budget.

On-line marketplaces like Ebay, Alibaba and Amazon have been inundated by these; it is vitally a lot purchaser’s beware and never stunning that there’s fairly just a few distributors that might warrant cautious. As at all times, with that massive of a capability, at all times backup your content material, both with a cloud backup or a backup software program.