Exclusive: Samsung Portable T9 SSD appears online ahead of impending release

"World’s most popular portable SSD range could get a new flagship just in time for Black Friday. --- TechRadar

Microboss, however, went further to say it boats read and write speeds of up to 2GB/s – making it twice as fast as its predecessor and one of the fastest portable SSDs out there if true.The Samsung T7 SSD launched in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB models, suggesting we may see the same with the T9 at launch.Samsung is gearing up to launch a successor to its highly popular portable SSD, the Samsung T7 SSD, more than three years after its launch.This device is one of the best SSDs, let alone one of the best portable SSDs, we’ve ever reviewed.This was sold alongside the 1TB version at $200 and the base 500GB edition at $110.A successor to the popular T7 would be welcome, considering this device wasn’t even fitted with Thunderbolt 3 at launch.This hasn’t officially launched, but may well be on the way imminently.Everything we know about the Samsung T9 SSDSamsung has published a bare-bones list of the T9 SSD with the product number MU-PG2T0B, which retailers including PC12.fr and Grosbill Pro are using.We also spotted a version listed with the Australian retailer Microboss, but this has been taken down at the time of writing.We haven’t seen any technical information yet, but it does seem the SSD will be available in a 2TB size.With Thunderbolt 4 now found in some of the fastest SSDs, it’s possible Samsung may include the standard in its forthcoming T9, although at this stage it's pure speculation.We don't know when Samsung will release the T9 SSD either but, if we were to hazard a guess, it'll certainly be out in advance of Black Friday, which falls on 24 November this year.More from TechR -- Continue Reading.