Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard vs Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard is ₹4,991 dearer.
Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard vs Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2
Keychron
Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard
₹21,990
QMK firmware is what separates this from an expensive gaming keyboard: the remapping lives on the keyboard, so layers and macros travel to any machine you plug it into with no driver installed.
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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.
Full details →Who the Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard is for
Buy it if: Anyone who wants to tune switches and layout, and keep that config across machines with no software.
Avoid it if: Anyone needing a portable or numeric-keypad keyboard.
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
2 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Keychron Q1 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard | Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹21,990 | ₹16,999 |
| Form factor | Custom mechanical keyboard, 75 percent | Portable external SSD |
| Weight | 1.6 kg | 98 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Battery | 4000 mAh, about 100 hours without backlight | not published |
| Cache behaviour | not published | The advertised write speed holds for the first several tens of gigabytes, then drops -- this is normal and rarely stated |
| Capacity | not published | 2 TB |
| Case | Full CNC aluminium, gasket mounted | not published |
| Connectivity | 2.4 GHz receiver, Bluetooth to 3 devices, or USB-C | not published |
| Drop rating | not published | 3 metres |
| Encryption | not published | AES 256-bit hardware |
| Firmware | QMK and VIA -- fully remappable including layers and macros, stored on the keyboard itself | not published |
| Interface | not published | USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps |
| Layout | 75 percent -- function row and arrows kept, numeric keypad dropped | not published |
| Sequential read | not published | Up to 1050 MB/s |
| Sequential write | not published | Up to 1000 MB/s, falling to roughly 600 MB/s once the SLC cache fills on a large sustained transfer |
| Sound | Double gasket mount with internal foam, tuned for a low-pitched sound | not published |
| Switches | Hot-swappable, 5-pin, no soldering | not published |
| Water and dust | not published | IP65 |
| Weight note | 1.6 kg. This is desk furniture, not a portable keyboard | 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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