Retention of the partial metal enclosure to improve heat dissipation (similar to T3).

Official compatibility with Android devices - even for hardware-encrypted volumes (similar to T3).

Migration to a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C interface (compared to the USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C interface in the T3), resulting in upgraded performance numbers (up to 540 MBps).

Availability in multiple colors (Deep Black for the 1TB and 2TB variants, Alluring Blue for the 250GB and 500GB ones).Retention of the same maximum capacity point as the T3 (2TB) while moving to denser 64-layer V-NAND.The important features of the Portable SSD T5 series are summarized below: It also moves up to a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C interface, while retaining the same compact form factor and hardware encryption capabilities of the Portable SSD T3. The Portable SSD T5 comes in four different capacity points - 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB. It is a retail pilot vehicle for their 64-layer TLC V-NAND as they ramp up its production. Today, Samsung is launching the Portable SSD T5. The T3 was the first retail product to utilize Samsung's 48-layer TLC V-NAND.

The T1 was introduced in early 2015, while the T3 came out in early 2016. Samsung has been an active participant in the high-performance external SSD market with their Portable SSD series. These advances have led to the appearance of small and affordable direct attached storage units with very high performance for day-to-day data transfer applications. The advent of Type-C has also enabled device vendors to agree upon a standardized connector for their equipment (be it mobile devices or desktop PCs).

External high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Thunderbolt 3 have also become ubiquitous. Flash technology has seen rapid advancements in the last few years including, with the mass production of planar 1x nm NAND, TLC, and 3D NAND.

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