A flat USB-C SSD that clings to the back of a MagSafe iPhone. It ships formatted exFAT, so the Files app can use it without a computer.
We may earn a commission.SanDisk lists iOS 17 or later and says the exFAT format works out of the box with iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. The magnet needs an iPhone with MagSafe. Apple's iPhone 16e spec page lists Qi charging but no MagSafe, so on that phone the drive will hang from its cable.
SanDisk lists up to 1,000MB/s read and 950MB/s write over USB 3.2 Gen 2. Apple lists USB 2, up to 480Mb/s, on the iPhone 15, 16, 16e, 17, 17e and Air, so those phones cap the drive near 60MB/s. Pro models and iPhone Duo list USB 3, up to 10Gb/s.
A sealed 2TB SSD with no card slot, formatted exFAT at the factory. exFAT is on Apple's list of formats iPhone can read.
SanDisk publishes no power draw. It does say the drive can record Apple ProRes 4K at 60 frames a second, and Apple requires a drive that draws 4.5W at most for that.
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