Samsung T9 Portable SSD Review: Ultimate Mobile Storage?!
The new Samsung T9 is the latest SSD to hit the market. This speedy drive promises extreme drop protection and double the speed of the T7 series. I compare the new T9 to the T7 and T7 Shield, as well as test the performance of the drive and tell you why you may not see all the benefits on your Mac.
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Chapters ➡
0:00 Intro
1:00 Hands on & unboxing
1:40 Design
4:40 Speed & testing
6:32 Mac limitations
8:28 Summary and roundup
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Why dont you show real time speed 😂😂
Does iphone 15 Pro Detect T9 4TB ???
great effect at 1:09 lol didn’t expect that
I don’t see any Crystal Disk data.
Would you recommend this to save movies/tv series? I travel a lot and I’m not sure what hard drive to buy to watch movies and shows on the go on my MacBook Air
lol, I use my Seagate 7200 RPM HDD drive 2Tb for everything!! Runs cool, quiet, never fails, and doesn’t have those notorious TBW crap!! My Wife first used the same drive I’m using for 1 year, then I used it for 2 years, then she took it back for 6 months! Now, I using it again with Windows 10 and 5 or 6 games like Sunken Land, Half Life, Diablo, GTA, C&C, and more…never had any issues with performance playing anything or cache, or booting! why pay double for a less dependable SSD
I just bought the Samsung portable SSD T9. I need to transfer my google photos onto it, any tips?
mine took 15 min for 80gigs. what the hell
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Can this T9 last for a lifetime?
I have a T5 that just got corrupted and turned RAW.
Considering getting T9, but the T7 is super cheap now on Black Week, so not sure if I should go for T7 or T9.
Btw, these SSDs tend to come with exFAT out of the box. I’ve heard its recommended to reformat before use into NTFS filesystem. What do you think?
Question: does the larger cache only come with the 4TB version? id like the 2TB, does this still have a larger cache or no, compared to the T7! Thanks
Is this fat32 I’m trying to find lots of storage for movies
PEDO
And use a magbak wallet too hold the t9 in since it can hold a t7 just may have too squeeze the t9 in and stretch the leather
When you made the note about the usbA cable, you also should have noted that not every type c port is the same neither. A user should first check what type c and gen it is before waisitng money on a drive which will never get to that speed on day your laptop
Can i use this ssd to handheld pc like rog ally
Does it work with iPhone 13 pro
Any idea if this works with smart TV 1A USB?
Time. 2:11. When will we get the one with ip68 rating for T9
In 2025 or 26 ❓️
Hey thanks for the video @AppleInsider ! Is it possible to connect 4 tb samsing t9 to iphone 15 pro max?? SMB Say it’s not cause it takes more power (W) than 2 tb ssd’s ? Please tell me, Cause I want to buy 4 tb ssd and must be suere
Haha, just bought a T7 and didn’t even realise teh T9 excisted😂. However, I’m only using the drive casually and the tranfser speed is still sufficiet :).
T7 has the best look 😍
will it have improved with the new m4 pro mac?
right now, the t9 is 47 percent off! Same price as the t7 shield
great info. I am wondering if there is a same difference when editing or color grading in premiere or davinci resolve. I mean direct from the disk. Will both perform the same speed? When editing or grading RAW footage you can easily go over 50 gb working direct from the drive?
How is the power efficiency? Does it drain battery not in use?
i got the Samsung T5 Portable SSD thinking it would work with my iPad pro. Sadly not working… only works with my PC even though formatted exFAT.
does T9 heats up badly after extensive use? maybe copying large amount of files amounting to ~200GB or more?
T7 had overheating issues… the T9 has the same problems??
Great vid, great info, gd looks 🫡😄🤙🏽
Great video. Really helpful. Thanks.
Can anyone please tell me which devices fully support this SSD?
Thanks for sharing this! 🫡💯💪🏾
Ok Andrew, that was a sweet transition at 1:06. 🙂
Super review. I will get one.
Just buy velcro tape lol
MAc book pro m3 max 2024 support thunderbolt 4 which can transfer data up to 40 Gbps , I believe macbook pro M3 support thunderbolt 3 and usb 4 but macbook pro M3 pro and macbook pro M3 Max support thunderbolt 4 and usb c 4
What SSD do you use?
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Does it Works With iPhone 14..??
How do they double the storage in the same size case?
I hate how fast technology moves. Bought my t7 2 years ago for $120 and now the t9 is out and is twice as fast as my t7 for only $110 lmao. I feel scammed.
Dude, SUPER HELPFUL! upgrading from my T5. Which I use as a working drive to edit photos and video. seeing you transfer 160GB in under 3 minutes is crazy!
this has sold me on the T9 over T7…time to speed up workflow! gonna get the 2TB, used to only 1TB working drive to I can store more and ready to shoot more 4k files!
Great video, was not bored, great visuals and info. Awesome work my man! Thank you 🏴☠
Is the input watts same for 1, 2 and 4TB? What is the input watts? I guess iPhone 15 pro max is best suited for ssd since it has bigger battery. 15 plus will also do, but of no use since no 4K pro raw no body is gonna need T7.
5:02 This is only true for the M1 and M2. All M3 models support USB 4 up to 40Gb/s.
why is it so dusty ? i received mine and send it back looked used
Time 3:23 Good idea 😊
I reformatted the drive as NTFS because I’m only ever using it with windows machines and this also allows for TRIM support. Transfer speeds were also quite poor with the factory exFat partitioning. Transfers are faster with NTFS, but still a bit erratic and may still show slowdown after a while. So, why even bother with this drive unless you’re getting it cheap on sale? An nvme or standard SSD in an external enclosure is probably going to perform far better and more consistently.
It comes with EXFAT and the samsung software. It gets 1000 MB per second, not 2000 MB. Is there any limitation in my macbook pro 16 M1 MAX for getting the Max speed? Im using the cable of the drive.
Use electric tape around it . Ben a charm all my life when it comes too regripping
@AppleInsider Great video, thanks for the info! I’m considering this T9 over the T7 due to the 2K read/write speeds, do the faster read/write speeds allow watching movies directly off the external ssd to be more efficient? (when plugged into a USB C 3.2 gen 2×2 port).