Sandisk 2TB Portable SSD for $999.99

[EChondo]

Article Source: http://betanews.com/2015/06/01/sandisk-announces-2tb-ssd-in-its-new-extreme-900-lineup/

Sandisk Source: http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2015/sandisk-expands-into-the-external-storage-market-with-world’s-highest-performing-portable-ssd/

 

 

 

At the ongoing hardware Computex 2015 conference in Taiwan, SanDisk, a company well known for designing, manufacturing and selling storage devices, announces the availability of a bunch of new external flash drives. Among many other products, the company launches Extreme 900 Portable SSD which comes with a whopping 2TB storage space (1.92TB formatted size) priced at $999.99.

 

The Extreme 900 Portable SSD, which also comes in 480GB ($399.99) and 960GB ($599.99) storage options, comes cased in a compact aluminum body. The company notes that all of these SSDs have a maximum performance rating of 850 MBps -- which is about 9 times faster than a traditional portable hard drive. The SSDs also come equipped with a USB 3.1 interface with Type-A and Type-C cables supplied with the unit. SanDisk is providing three-year warranties on the new SSDs.

 

The company additionally announces Extreme 500 Portable SSD lineup which comes in 120GB ($99.99), 240GB ($149.99), and 480GB ($239.99) storage capacities. These SSDs have a maximum performance of 415 MBps via a USB 3.0 interface. They come with the company’s SecureAccess software which provides 128-bit AES encryption.

 

Now this is a nice surprise, 2TB for $999? A bit high, but 960GB for $599?! Now that is reasonable.

 

It will be truly amazing to see what capacity and price of SSD's will be in store next year, maybe 3TB or 4TB by then for $999? Guess we'll see!

 

Sandisk 900 series: http://www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/sata/extreme-900-portable-ssd

 

Sandisk 500 series: http://www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/sata/extreme-500-portable-ssd

[Kyuubixchidori]

 

Now this is a nice surprise, 2TB for $999? A bit high, but 960GB for $599?! Now that is reasonable.

 

.......................................................................are you being sarcastic or serious? because normally how new storage tech works is higher capacities cost more per gig, therefore the first 2tb ssd would be a much better deal. 

[Enderman]

you can buy 1TB SSDs for $400

thats a lot less than $600

[TheKDub]

Source: http://betanews.com/2015/06/01/sandisk-announces-2tb-ssd-in-its-new-extreme-900-lineup/

 

 

Now this is a nice surprise, 2TB for $999? A bit high, but 960GB for $599?! Now that is reasonable.

 

It will be truly amazing to see what capacity and price of SSD's will be in store next year, maybe 3TB or 4TB by then for $999? Guess we'll see!

 

... $999 for 2TB is less $ per GB than $599 for 960GB...

[Sauron]

I'd rather go for 500gb ssds with the current pricing, I can live with some stuff being on a hdd...

[EChondo]

.......................................................................are you being sarcastic or serious? because normally how new storage tech works is higher capacities cost more per gig, therefore the first 2tb ssd would be a much better deal. 

 

 

you can buy 1TB SSDs for $400

thats a lot less than $600

 

 

... $999 for 2TB is less $ per GB than $599 for 960GB...

Way to nitpick at my comment instead of talking about the topic!

[Kyuubixchidori]

Way to nitpick at my comment instead of talking about the topic!

the pricing is the only thing to really talk about with SSDS really since these are average speeds. 

[Enderman]

Way to nitpick at my comment instead of talking about the topic!

the topic is SSD price and capacity

Do you have a problem with $400 1TB SSDs?

I think not.

[EChondo]

the topic is SSD price and capacity

Do you have a problem with $400 1TB SSDs?

I think not.

No the topic is a 2TB SSD at a $999 price.

[Enderman]

No the topic is a 2TB SSD at a $999 price.

So? You can get two 1TB SSDs for $800 so its not a big deal...

[spartaman64]

So? You can get two 1TB SSDs for $800 so its not a big deal...

didnt they say something about hard drive like priced ssds i hope these are not it

[Enderman]

didnt they say something about hard drive like priced ssds i hope these are not it

thats going to take quite a few more years

[SurvivorNVL]

Not sure the pricing on the 480 and 960, but the 2tb I'd say is a steal, given most 1tb's now are around $330 - $550, and most new ones are starting around $400, so -- I commend it. 

[Victorious Secret]

Sigh.

It's all in one portable solution, they will WLAYS carry some price premium over getting them on your own and have a DIY kit.

[JAKEBAB]

This isn't that bad, we are definitely making progress, it wasn't that long ago non portable 1TB ssd's were this price.

[Mightyinvader]

I think @Enderman instead of focusing on price how bout the fact they made a 2tb ssd with that high of a read write speed. Maybe not the most practical thing but cool none the less.

 

thats going to take quite a few more years

[GoldSrc]

Well, SSD have certainly come down in price, but we can't expect the price for GB of HDD on SSD yet.

According to WIkipedia, SanDisk created a 20MB SSD in 1991 which sold for $1000 back then, which would be $1737 today.