Samsung T3

172 reviews

May, 2025

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 172 reviews of Samsung T3. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the reliability and design. The usability and size also get good feedback, whereas some have doubts about the price.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Samsung T3 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 95/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by : Edward Chester (trustedreviews.com)

Samsung Portable SSD T3

A portable hard disk is all well and good, but their slow speed and vulnerability to drops makes them a liability. Small flash drives are similarly vulnerable, and have the added disadvantage of being incredibly easy to lose. Samsung's Portable SSD T3...

If you need fast, reliable portable storage then the Samsung Portable SSD T3 is an ideal buy. It is a bit pricier than typical portable hard drives or USB flash drives but you get plenty for the premium.

Mar, 2016

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Expert review by : Christopher Minasians (techadvisor.co.uk)

Samsung Portable SSD T3 2TB review

The Samsung Portable SSD T3 2TB is beautifully crafted, is compatible with Android and PC and offers a large amount of storage at a pocketable size. However, it comes at a hefty price tag, read our review to see how it performs.

If you’re after a large capacity portable drive for backing up your photos, videos, music and other precious data, the Samsung T3 is a great choice. However, a traditional hard drive is still much, much cheaper if speed isn’t your main priority.

Aug, 2016

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Samsung Portable SSD T3 review

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The Samsung Portable SSD T3 is a small external hard drive. Samsung claims the drive ‘sets the standard for speed, capacity, durability and connectivity' – read our review to find out whether our experts agree.

Jun, 2017

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Expert review by : Kenny Yeo (hardwarezone.com.sg)

Samsung Portable SSD T3 - A portable HDD for speed freaks

The Portable SSD T3 is Samsung's latest portable SSD drive and is now more capacious than ever, offering up to 2TB of storage. How fast is it? And how does this model improve on last year's? Read on to find out.

Now available in 2TB; Good performance; Compact and light; Easy to setup on PCs and Macs; Support for Android devices; 256-bit AES encryption and password protection

Pricey; Only USB 3.1 Gen 1; Clumsy USB cable; No ability to reset password personally

May, 2016

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Expert review by : Joshua Waller (ephotozine.com)

Samsung Portable SSD T3 Review

We review the Samsung Portable SSD T3 - a portable SSD hard-drive with high transfer speeds of up to 450MB/s, and password protection.

Extremely compact USB3 drive ; Comes with easy to use software installed ; 256bit encryption ; USB 2.0 and 3.0 compatibility ; Fast read / write speeds with USB3 ; Three-year warranty

Higher capacities are quite pricey

The Samsung Portable SSD T3 drive is a compact and stylish portable drive that gives good read and write speeds, and can also protect your data with strong password protection. For those who want to keep secure backups of data on a compact drive that...

Feb, 2016

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Expert review by : Justin Pot (digitaltrends.com)

Samsung T3 2TB Portable SSD review

Samsung's T3 is the fastest and sleekest external drive available today.

Mar, 2016

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Expert review by : Joel Santo Domingo (pcmag.com)

Samsung Portable SSD T3 Review

The pricey Samsung Portable SSD T3 is one of the fastest portable drives we've tested. It's an ideal choice if you need lots of speedy storage in a box about the size of a deck of cards.

Mar, 2016

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Expert review by : Jon L. Jacobi (pcworld.com)

Samsung T3 review: This 'USB 3.1' SSD is stupidly fast

The new Samsung T3 and its predecessor, the T1, are the handiest and fastest USB SSDs on the market. Indeed, the T1 I've been using for the last year or so has saved me so much time moving data from PC to PC and installing software, I don't know what...

Multiples faster than the average USB thumb or hard drive ; Roughly on par with the price of internal SSDs ; Type C, USB 3.1

Nothing to speak of

Quite frankly, the best portable storage product on the planet. Far faster than the average USB 3.x thumb drive, not that expensive (for an SSD), and available in capacities up 2TB—it's the one you want. At least until the USB SuperSpeed+, Gen 2...

Feb, 2016

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Expert review by : Dong Ngo (cnet.com)

Samsung Portable SSD T3 review: A future-proof portable drive

With support for USB-C and the new 2TB capacity, the Portable SSD T3 is the ultimate portable storage device -- if you can afford it.

The Portable SSD T3 is super compact, rugged, fast and can have up to 2TB of storage space. The drive has a USB-C port, allowing it to work with more devices than other portable drives.

The T3 is a tad larger and slightly slower than its predecessor, the T1, while costing more. Its three-year warranty is short for a storage device at this price.

Compact, rugged, fast and capacious, the Portable SSD T3 is an excellent portable storage device to take on the go.

Feb, 2016

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Expert review by : Ganesh T S (anandtech.com)

Samsung Portable SSD T3 Review

The last few years have seen rapid advancements in flash technology including planar 1x nm NAND, TLC, and 3D V-NAND. External high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.x have also become ubiquitous. The advent of Type-C has also enabled device vendors to...

Other than the above aspects, there is really nothing much to complain about the T3. The thermal characteristics are excellent (way better than that of the T1). There are plenty of thermal pads protecting the flash packages. The construction of the...

Feb, 2016

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