(The old version of the drive used to support these sound encodings but no longer does now after required firmware upgrades. This means many "ripped" video files will play without sound. Also, anyone with a trove of ill-gotten videos should be forewarned: the iXpand Drive mobile app doesn't support some popular sound encodings, such as DTS or AC3.
SanDisk 256GB Ultra® USB 3.0 Flash Drive takes the wait out of moving, sharing or backing up big filesnow you can transfer a full-length movie from your laptop to your flash drive in less than a 12 minute. First, it doesn't have its own battery (the old version does), and in my trial, while backing up my photos on the drive, my iPhone 6S' battery drained much faster - about 1 percent of battery life every 4 minutes. Step up to high-speed USB 3.0 and transfer your videos, photos and files up to ten times faster than standard USB 2.0 drives. The PNY Turbo 256GB USB drive one of the best USB drives right now, featuring a capped design for protecting as well as read/write speeds of 80Mbps and 20Mbps respectively. And in testing, the iXpand Drive app worked well for both data backup and media playback.īut the improvement ends there the new iXpand still has a few flaws. Thanks to its smaller design, the new iXpand Flash drive can also clip to an iPad without getting in the way too much.
When connected to an iPhone or an iPad, you can use a free app, called iXpand Drive, to playback content stored on the drive - a wide variety of video, audio and document files - or back up the phone's photos and contacts.Īs a thumbdrive, the iXpand performed well in my testing with the sustained copy speed, via USB 3.0, of around 50MB/s for writing and around 90MB/s for reading, a huge improvement from just 11MB/s and 13MB/s, respectively, with the previous version. It's a thumbdrive that works with either a regular USB port on a computer, or a lighting port on an Apple mobile device. Trending price is based on prices over last 90 days. SanDisk 256GB Ultra USB 3.0 130MB/s read, Thumb Flash Drive SDCZ48-256G-U46. The new iXpand Flash Drive is the smaller and faster version of the clever iPhone/iPad accessory that came out in late 2014. SanDisk 256GB Ultra USB 3.0 130MB/s read, Thumb Flash Drive SDCZ48-256G-U46.
With read speeds of up to 200MB/s, the Elite-X Fit USB 3.
The new iXpand Flash Drive from SanDisk Josh Miller/CNET The PNY Elite-X Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive is built for speed and convenience, making it the ideal solution for large files and demanding applications.