128GB thumb drive for $12 from a reputable brand.
ATL according to CamelX3.
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If you don't mind explaining what does that mean ?? Transferring speed ? I need one to transfer all photos from a Samsung phone before I send it in as a trade in. There are approx 2000 photos in the old phone so not sure it will take forever to transfer if I use this. :(
Yes speed. See comparison table here and scroll right if on mobile.
Without getting too technical, this flash drive is fine for your use case, just remember you'll either need a usb c adaptor or just buy a usb c flash drive instead.If you have a pc you can plug the phone in directly and transfer your photos to your computer instead of having to buy anything.
2000 photos is nothing. Even on usb2 youd be done within an evening.
If your phone is a 512GB model, and you want a full phone backup using odin.
usb2.0 tops out at a realistic 3.5GB per minute, thats only 2.5hours to transfer.
Even at usb 1.0 youd still have it finished in under 2.5 days.
Tldr?
No, no type of usb connection will take an impossibly long/ 'forever' period of time :)
Data Transfer Rate 150 Megabits Per Second
So it would not make any difference if it were usb2.0 . It isn't an SSD.
OBLITERATE
do you jump straight to hours from seconds?
Note these are stupidly slow, USB 3.2 is almost false advertising (implies higher speeds).
I own a few of this exact drive, also 1x512 and 1x64 of the same range, mine easily outperform usb2.0.
3.2gen1 seems pretty correct from my use (in both protocol and speed).
What speeds are you seeing?
You first. USB2 maxes out at around 40MB/s. (320Mbit )
Online reviews / benchmarks list speeds as low as 15MB/s writes, 100MB/s reads.
What speeds are you seeing? Note USB 3.2 is rated at 20Gbps, you’re not seeing those speeds. Comparable USB 3.2 drives hit 1GB/s or so, the fact these don’t is false advertising / misleading imo. It may have a 3.2 controller but it’s absolutely useless when the flash can’t even manage 3.0 (5Gbps) speeds.
It’s priced accordingly so not going to neg - you get a $12 USB if you spend $12, but it’s misleading.
Note please DO NOT confuse this with the DataTraveller Max which is actually a very good USB. This is a literal toy in comparison.
3.2 Gen 1 is 5Gbps max.
The 20Gbps standard is USB 3.2 Gen 2×2.
Im getting almost 100MBps writes in plain ol Ext4 (non journaled).
Sure nowhere near the theoretical max, im not saying its a fast drive, but the only current standard below 3.2 anymore is 2.0, and its not that protocol nor speed.
https://www.onlogic.com/blog/usb-type-c-and-usb-3-1-explaine…
I find that page very handy for discecting the horror that the usb3 standards have become.
I'm not saying its amazing, just that its literally the most correct spec it can be labeled as.
@MasterScythe: Gen 2 is 10Gbps* sorry; not 20Gbps.
This one doesn't even anywhere near meet 10Gbps (Gen 1x1 speeds), so it's essentially false advertising. Advertising Gen 2 makes me think it's >5Gbps, ie one of the 1GB/s drives, which it's not.
@Dyl: Where does it say gen2?
"USB 3.2 Gen 1" direct on the amazon page for me.
It can only be usb1, usb2.0 or usb3.2. These are the only current standards.
You get used to PC component naming conventions eventually.
The standard is always the controller, and never the storage. The SATA protocols were horrid for it, since HDD"s were limited to about 150MBps at 7200rpm, everyone expected speed jumps between each SATA revision. CD's too. All the way back to tape drives (which is as far as my experience goes) when just because you hooked a faster casset deck to your PC, was no promise that you could output fast enough to dub the data to tape that quickly.
USB Gen 3.2 500mbs
USB Gen 3.2 Gen2 1Gbs
USB Gen 3.2 2x2 2Gbps
MB/s
GB/s
not Mbit/Gbit (bytes; not bits)
Also theoretical are slightly higher (625MB/s, 1.25GB/s, 2.5GB/s), but this is real world maximums.
That said, that's the controller speed, which is where the confusion comes in
Donno what the Exodia model is compared to older G4, but I have had 1 out of 2 DataTraveler G4 fail within 2 years, I didn't use it that much as well so I am not sold on this. Depending on scenario but I wouldn't get this for data backup.
Just a heads up for everyone this is usb 3.2 gen 1 which is just usb 3.0.
Still a good price anyway