I Stopped Paying for Cloud Storage After Trying This Tiny 256GB iPhone SSD - Yanko Design
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I Stopped Paying for Cloud Storage After Trying This Tiny 256GB iPhone SSD - Yanko Design
"The iKlips S isn't as small as a MicroSD, but it's sufficiently more advanced than one. Barely the size of a 4-stud LEGO brick, this SSD plugs right into your smartphone, giving it an instant 256GB memory boost. It docks in your phone's USB-C port, transferring data at incredible speeds, and here's the best part - the tiny device packs biometric scanning too, which means you can pretty much secure your backups with a fingerprint the way you secure your phone with FaceID."
"In fact, I remember feeling this internal rage when I saw the iPhone Air and that Apple even decided that a physical SIM slot wasn't necessary anymore, because apparently a SIM tray blocks so much space that you need to shave down on a phone's battery capacity. It's wild that we've gotten to this point in our lives, and what's more wild is that we now have to 'rent' storage out by paying for iCloud or Google Drive subscriptions to store our photos and videos."
Smartphone manufacturers removed expandable storage and physical SIM trays, pushing users toward cloud subscriptions for photos and videos. ADAM Elements offers the iKlips S, an ultra-compact SSD roughly the size of a 4-stud LEGO brick that adds 256GB via a USB-C port. The device supports biometric fingerprint locking for secure, local backups and delivers fast transfers with up to 400Mb/s and read speeds up to 450Mb/s. The iKlips S works with phones, tablets, and laptops, eliminates recurring cloud fees, stores data offline, and is marketed at about $62 during a limited 30% off promotion.
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