Samsung HDD Announces the Thinnest and Lightest Weight 4TB External Hard Drives in the World

Ideal mobile storage solution gives customers high capacity and sleek design

Samsung HDD, a division of Seagate Technology, today announced 4TB M3 Portable and the P3 Portable external hard drives, which are the first 4TB USB-powered single drive solutions to come in 2.5” cases in the world.

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Samsung M3 Portable Drive - 4TB of storage capacity - Portable/durable design - USB bus powered (Photo: Business Wire)

“Previously only attainable in desktop or bulky multi-drive internal designs, we can now achieve a 4TB capacity in a compact drive thanks to the latest Samsung HDD technology,” said Dave Klenske, director of product line management, Samsung HDD. “By going to a single drive solution, we can power the drive through just a USB connection while fitting it into a case that is only a 1/10 of an inch thicker than our 2TB drive. They are the perfect lightweight drives for notebook computer owners who need to access media collections too large to fit on traditional internal storage options.”

The 4TB Samsung® M3 Portable and the Samsung® P3 Portable drives measure 0.78 inches thin and weigh only 8.3 ounces and operate at USB 3.0 speeds without requiring any external power supplies.

“The Spinpoint™ M10P 4TB hard drive enables this innovation with the highest aerial density, 800GB per disk in the world,” said Doug DeHaan, general manager, Samsung HDD division. “With consumer demand for external storage capacity continuing to grow, the P3 and M3 4TB answer the increasing appetite for storage and are positioned to lead future capacity needs from the mobile market.”

Availability

The Samsung® 4TB M3 and MP Portable hard drives will be available in late June through authorized distributors. Learn more at http://samsunghdd.seagate.com.

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