Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 vs Logitech MX Keys S Wireless Advanced Illuminated Keyboard
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 is ₹3,704 dearer.
Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 vs Logitech MX Keys S Wireless Advanced Illuminated Keyboard
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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Logitech
Logitech MX Keys S Wireless Advanced Illuminated Keyboard
₹13,295
1.8 mm of travel puts this between a laptop keyboard and a mechanical one, and that is a deliberate position rather than a compromise -- it is quiet enough for a shared room and more substantial than a laptop.
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 Logitech MX Keys S Wireless Advanced Illuminated Keyboard is for
Buy it if: Anyone typing all day in a shared space who wants quiet keys and multi-device switching.
Avoid it if: Anyone who wants mechanical feedback, and gamers needing n-key rollover.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Samsung T7 Shield 2TB Portable External SSD USB 3.2 | Logitech MX Keys S Wireless Advanced Illuminated Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹16,999 | ₹13,295 |
| Form factor | Portable external SSD | Wireless low-profile keyboard |
| Weight | 98 g | 810 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Backlight | not published | Proximity-activated, adjusts to ambient light |
| Battery | not published | About 10 days with backlight, up to 5 months without |
| 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 |
| Connectivity | not published | Bolt receiver or Bluetooth, up to 3 devices |
| Drop rating | 3 metres | not published |
| Encryption | AES 256-bit hardware | not published |
| Flow | not published | Types across up to 3 computers and copies files between them |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps | not published |
| Key travel | not published | 1.8 mm -- shallower than mechanical, deeper than a laptop |
| Layout | not published | Full size with numeric keypad |
| Not mechanical | not published | Scissor switches are quieter and lower but do not have the feedback of mechanical keys |
| 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 |
| Switches | not published | Scissor, low profile -- not mechanical |
| Water and dust | IP65 | 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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