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2) If they are not proud enough to list write speeds avoid entirely. Whats the point getting 128GB if write speeds are likely <100MB/sec…

Great price, can't even buy in NZ for under $75/$68AUD.

How many people are likely to hit such endurance write limits in the drives lifetime

At that price you can also buy a 2TB portable SSD that is only slightly larger in size(plus a cable) that will be faster transfer speeds or…

Last year lows make no sense to compare to as many SSD's are up 50% plus since Dec last year

They are asking about images, it's entirely likely they could fit on a handful of dvd's for a few bucks rather than buying a HDD/device…

If its just photos DVD-R's will be fine and will last longer than mechanical HDD's generally, easy to have a handful across several…

Just buy a lower storage one wth dram for system drive, isn't really needed for a secondary drive

"sorting a list" worked fine for me

Yep but what do you expect at these pricepoints really, 256GB of same model is often this price range. You should be spending 3x as much…

you can sideload android apps on the device and run emulators etc

If you are storing 10's of TB's its kind of mad not to get a proper NAS and RAID setup imo

I'm guessing this was in 2023 rather than 2024?

cost is the reason why, theres a handful of n95/n100 with usb-c for $220-250(the more expensive with usb-c power too)

also added 20% off coupon tip

I've been able to order subsequent items without the limit active too(without asking the chatbot)

what read/write speeds do they have? can't see anything listed in product reviews

It can be worth splitting up orders for return/refund purposes(temu only offers your first return free for each order so splitting up big…

I'm not sure, worth trying..

[Stoic and NovaAlpha](https://www.cheapies.nz/comment/217941/redir) on cheapies.nz(sister site) pointed out you can ask the support chatbot…

I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work.. However some adaptors may only be USB2.0 and not 3.2 etc.

Yeah the deals I'm thinking are more like these on xmas which were fantastic pricing Samsung T7 Portable SSD (Red): 1TB $86.20, 2TB $142.84…

yep, have been no real deals since xmas last year

In a way yes, some of the cheapest have been known to have adware installed on them before sale. Often the cheapest ones have fraudulent…

Several no name brand ones have done dodgy stuff with their default OS installs, basically man in the middle ad intercepting and serving…

I got mine in 9 days via aliexpress(to NZ) and was pretty happy with it. Amazon US has some black friday pricing going up for the kamrui…

Yeah I went with the Firebat n100 mini for ~$240NZD and it's fine for the job with n100 16GB/512GB…

4TB 990 pro has been sold for $200USD on the Samsung US site for military/first responders, may well go into the ~$320AUD range for black…

This is pretty likely to hit close to $200USD for black friday, it's already sold for $200 on Samsungs US site for military/first…