Samsung M3 Portable 500 GB External Hard Drive Specifications
Sales Package
External Drive, USB Data Cable, Quick Installation Guide, Software Preloaded on Drive, Electronic User Documentation (PDF)
Model Name
M3
Type
HDD
Capacity
500 GB
Color
Black
System Requirements
Windows: 7, 8, Mac OS X 10.4.8
Form Factor
Portable
Cloud Backup
No
Encryption
Yes
Data Transfer Rate
USB 3.0: 4.8 Gbps
Shock Resistant
No
Password Protection
No
External Power Required
No
Width
17.5 mm
Height
82 mm
Depth
112 mm
Weight
169 g
Supc
SDL036875906
Binding
Personal Computers
Productgroup
Personal Computer
Languages
english
Length
4.4 inches
Ean
5053460706130
Upc
785307928898
A beast out of the box !
By Debasish Pandaon
Took a while to get delivered...But as soon as twas in my hands, it was a beast out of the box !
KEY FEATURES:
Performance:[ USB 2.0 - 25-40 MB/s ] - [ USB 3.0 - 80-100 MB/s ]
Build: Slim 2.5" form factor with a textured finish, but the plastic used feels a bit cheap on the hands.
Still it gets a thumbs up for its portability which makes it a perfect fit for the pocket.
Storage: You get 931 GBs of usable storage, feels quite enough, huh ?
Extras: It is equipped with "Secure Drive" & Secret Zone for data security and encryption.
More about it :
It is manufactured by Seagate, but marketed by Samsung. And the best part being you get 3 year local warranty.
All hail perfection !
CONS:
The USB 2.0 male connector when connected to a female one, is a bit loose and gets disconnected much often.
Apart from that, its a great buy !
POOR POST SALES N PRON TO DAMAGE
By AMIT SHRIVASTAVAon
very delicate and pron to damage and believe me there is no service center and no person who will help you out.
I got a problem within 5 months "USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED" and there is no one who can even entertain me with my problem.
SAMSUNG..... AS ALWAYS A VERY VERY VERY POOR POST SALES SERVICE.
THE REAL VIEW
By AADIL Trikhaon
Guys This hard-disk is developed by SEAGATE which is further mentioned on the disk;
As marketed by Samsung; Quality is good;
It is lighter ; Plastic quality is good; descent length of USB3 wire & great speed;
As per now i found this one has maximum speed .
I bought it for 3999 from flipkart;
Biggest advantage; Its having 3 years Local warranty ;
& it is having all back-up etc etc softwares for security & back up which is provided by other hard-disk
This product consumes very LOW POWER so YOU can use it for mobile use --> it will not eat battery;
Guys Wait for your price or else try to buy it from shop AS samsung 3 years gurantee card is there within hard-disk ; Its dealer price is aroud 3300 if you take this in bulk in india like 50 hard-disk
A decent cheap harddisk
By Utkarsh bishton
This is one of the cheapest harddisk I found on flipkart.
Containing inside Seagate ST1000LM025, I guess that's Seagate momentus class of harddisk with 8mb cache and 5400 rpm, it performs quite stable. Coming with USB 3.0, it has decent width of cable which means long cable life.
Average copy speed of file of size 3.2 GB from this was stable at almost 28MBPS
Average write speed of same file back to HDD was stable at 22 MBPS.
Both the test was done on USM 2.0 ports. No 3.0 ports, but I guess the drive will perform around 45-60 MBPS read on that port. The drive remains cooler than expected after 6.5 hours of continuous usage and that can be because of plastic packaging insulating the heat.
I give 4/5 to this hdd because my older Seagate harddisk with USB 2.0 can perform copy/write at 29-31/ 25MBPS speed and I expected equal with 3.0 chip. (Since it was made to run on 2.0 ports)
Flipkart service was good; ekart person was very responsible. Product was received in 2 days as expected. I give 4.5/5 to flipkart. They can have packaging of optimized size so it completely fits into packaging and don't vibrate/ move freely inside packaging. Moreover packaging can be better than simple cardboard, but that's not a big issue as long as they delivers product safely without any damage.
I checked harddisk health with the harddisk tools and found 100% health as now. Rest depends on how this hdd goes for its first month.
Initial Impressions - Great!!!
By Krishnaprasad Son
Got it for INR 6074 using Flipkart's SBI Card Offer.
The delivery was done within 3 days from North to South, reaching well before time. The packing was of the usual cardboard box, inside it was wrapped with the air bubble roll. No damages at all anywhere. Samsung's own packing too was very nice.
Coming to the product, it is very small for a 2 TB, pretty slim, and looks solid and compact. The added textures on top (same as seen in picture) also feels good.
Currently I tested only with a USB 2.0, from which I was getting around 25-30 Mbps. As usual with any 2 TB HDD, 1.81 TB was the available space out of the box.
The length of the wire is little less, I found it little difficult to connect to Desktop backside port.
Delivery : 5/5
Looks : 4/5
Quality : 4/5
Performance : 4/5
Overall : 4.25/5
UPDATE :
This product is actually manufactured by SEAGATE, which officially works with Samsung in Hard Drive Business.
The USB 3.0 speed I got is about 55-65 Mbps.
operates easily.
By Amazon Customeron
worth buy. operates easily.
Four Stars
By Rajnishon
Excellent Product
Great buy!
By Aman shaikhon
A nice piece with great design and utility.Small in size for greater portability.
Above item not working all labtas and computers 200 in ...
By Amazon Customeron
Above item not working all labtas and computers 200 in on this will work becaus in not using for me above item scrap thank u
Five Stars
By ANUBHAon
love this item