Kingston is Knocking $300 Off Its 1TB USB for CES

[JMcEntegart]

A CES sale!

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[Cons29]

512 or 1tera external hdd is not that much heavier than this one, and is how much, maybe $100?

 

[bjaminnyc]

Very cool device, too bad its not easier to have a live windows install boot via USB. Also, perfect design for those IP or secret thieves.

 

[biohazrdfear]

The reason its so expensive is because you are basically buying a 1TB solid state drive. Flash memory, baby. 1TB SSDs are between $1-2000.

 

[06yfz450ridr]

The reason its so expensive is because you are basically buying a 1TB solid state drive. Flash memory, baby. 1TB SSDs are between $1-2000.

still twice as slow for the price, why not just buy a 1tb ssd then and get an adapter for it? ive seen 1tbs for $800 or less

 

[wysir]

Samsung 840 EVO 1TB is $600 on Newegg U.S.

 

[biohazrdfear]

You're right, its slower. Your standard SSD will have read/write speeds of over 4-500 mb/s and more. They aren't using speed as the main factor for their pricing. The fact that its a TB of space in your pocket, the size of your standard flash drive, and the fact that its not out in stores like crazy is the reason its expensive.

 

[Blaise170]

You're right, its slower. Your standard SSD will have read/write speeds of over 4-500 mb/s and more. They aren't using speed as the main factor for their pricing. The fact that its a TB of space in your pocket, the size of your standard flash drive, and the fact that its not out in stores like crazy is the reason its expensive.

This thing is huge compared to a standard flash drive. I'd be much more enticed to buy a ruggedized 2.5" 2TB+ external drive that can also fit in your pocket.

 

[BulkZerker]

Lemme know when it gets down to around $100. Then I'll be interested.

 

[thechief73]

Amazon prices for 512MB and 1TB are $499 and $999 respectively as of writing.

 

[firefoxx04]

Kind of a niche market. You can get a pocket sized external 1TB drive w/ usb3 for under $1000 with the same if not better speeds. Im sorry but anyone who has the time of day to read or write over 500GB to an external drive also has the time to carry around a lightly bigger drive (that is also much cheaper).I want flash drives to get faster, SSD fast and be around 32-64gb in size.

 

[computer_noob]

For the people with more money than sense.

 

[Lessthannil]

I would rather get a 1TB SSD from Samsung that costs around $600 and put it in a 2.5 enclosure with eSATA.

 

[calikoala]

hmmmWD passport 1TB @ USB3.0 and pocket sizedFTW!!!!!any USB device being sold today should be USB3.0 capable or not be sold at all..