We write a lot about the world’s biggest hard drives and solid state drives here at The Verge, but sometimes, you need to be able to carry a preposterously large amount of storage in a more portable form factor.
The world’s new largest flash drive is the 2TB Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate GT
Enter Kingston’s DataTraveler Ultimate GT, the “world’s highest capacity USB flash drive.” Available in either a relatively diminutive 1TB size, or a more staggering 2TB behemoth, there is a very good chance that the DataTraveler Ultimate GT offers more storage space in a gum stick-sized form than your laptop does in its entire hard drive.
Obviously, the world’s high-capacity flash drive doesn’t come in a simple plastic shell, but rather a zinc-alloy casing for improved durability. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), the DataTraveler Ultimate GT uses a USB 3.1 adapter, not USB-C, so you’ll need to break out a dongle to use it with some newer laptops.
The USB 3.0 DataTraveler Ultimate GT will be out in February 2017. Pricing has not yet been announced, but it’s probably safe to assume that the world’s highest-capacity flash drives could also be the world’s highest priced.
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