Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 vs Anker 737 Charger 120W GaN Prime 3-Port Wall Fast Charger
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 is ₹9,000 dearer.
Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 vs Anker 737 Charger 120W GaN Prime 3-Port Wall Fast Charger
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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Anker
Anker 737 Charger 120W GaN Prime 3-Port Wall Fast Charger
₹7,999
120 W is a total shared across three ports, not a figure any single port sustains while others are in use, and this is the specification that surprises people.
Full details →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.
Who the Anker 737 Charger 120W GaN Prime 3-Port Wall Fast Charger is for
Buy it if: Anyone charging a laptop and phone from one adapter who understands the power is shared.
Avoid it if: Anyone expecting full speed on every port simultaneously -- no multi-port charger does that.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 | Anker 737 Charger 120W GaN Prime 3-Port Wall Fast Charger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹16,999 | ₹7,999 |
| Weight | 98 g | 200 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Cache behaviour | The advertised write speed holds for the first several tens of gigabytes, then drops -- this is normal and rarely stated | not published |
| Capacity | 2 TB | not published |
| Drop rating | 3 metres | not published |
| Encryption | AES 256-bit hardware | not published |
| Form factor | Portable external SSD | not published |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps | not published |
| One device | not published | USB-C 1 alone delivers 100 W |
| Plug | not published | Indian 2-pin |
| Ports | not published | 2 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A |
| Sequential read | Up to 1050 MB/s | not published |
| Sequential write | Up to 1000 MB/s, falling to roughly 600 MB/s once the SLC cache fills on a large sustained transfer | not published |
| Technology | not published | Gallium nitride, which is why it is about half the size of a silicon 120 W charger |
| Three devices | not published | 65 W, 45 W and 10 W respectively |
| Total output | not published | 120 W shared across three ports -- not 120 W per port |
| Two devices | not published | USB-C 1 drops to 65 W and USB-C 2 takes 45 W. A laptop charging at 100 W silently halves when a phone is plugged in |
| Water and dust | IP65 | not published |
| Why this happens | not published | A shared power budget. Every multi-port charger does this and few publish the table |
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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