Apple MagSafe Battery Pack Wireless Power Bank vs Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2

What separates them

These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 is ₹6,099 dearer.

Apple MagSafe Battery Pack Wireless Power Bank vs Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2

Apple

Apple MagSafe Battery Pack Wireless Power Bank

₹10,900

The 1460 mAh on the box is measured at 7.62 V, not the 3.7 V every other power bank quotes, which is why it looks tiny next to a 20000 mAh brick -- the honest comparison is about 3000 mAh equivalent, delivering roughly two thirds of one iPhone charge.

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Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2

Samsung

Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2

₹16,999

The write figure worth planning around is not 1000 MB/s but what happens after the cache fills: on a sustained multi-hundred-gigabyte transfer it settles closer to 600 MB/s.

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Who the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack Wireless Power Bank is for

Buy it if: iPhone users who want a top-up that attaches magnetically with no cable at all.

Avoid it if: Anyone who needs real capacity -- a Rs3,299 20000 mAh pack delivers roughly five times as much.

Who the Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 is for

Buy it if: Anyone offloading video or photos in the field who needs the drive to survive being dropped.

Avoid it if: Anyone who needs sustained 1000 MB/s writes for hours -- no consumer SSD holds that.

Specifications, side by side

1 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.

SpecificationApple MagSafe Battery Pack Wireless Power BankSamsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2
Price₹10,900₹16,999
Weight115 g98 g
Warranty1 Year Official Brand Warranty1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Actual deliveryRoughly 0.6 to 0.7 of a full iPhone charge after wireless conversion losses not published
AttachmentMagSafe magnets -- iPhone 12 or later only not published
Cache behaviour not publishedThe advertised write speed holds for the first several tens of gigabytes, then drops -- this is normal and rarely stated
Capacity not published2 TB
Drop rating not published3 metres
Efficiency noteWireless transfer loses more than a cable would; this trades capacity for not carrying a cable not published
Encryption not publishedAES 256-bit hardware
Form factor not publishedPortable external SSD
Interface not publishedUSB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps
Output5 W wireless on battery, 15 W when the pack itself is plugged into 20 W or more not published
Rated capacity1460 mAh at 7.62 V, which is 11.13 Wh not published
Reverse chargingPlugged into a Mac, the iPhone charges first, then the pack not published
Sequential read not publishedUp to 1050 MB/s
Sequential write not publishedUp to 1000 MB/s, falling to roughly 600 MB/s once the SLC cache fills on a large sustained transfer
Water and dust not publishedIP65
Why the mAh looks smallMeasured at 7.62 V rather than the usual 3.7 V. At 3.7 V equivalent it is about 3000 mAh not published

Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.

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