PetaPixel Lexar’s New Magnetic SSD Is Probably Good, Just Not as Good as They Claim


A hand holds a white smartphone with a silver Lexar external solid-state drive (SSD) attached to its back. A white strap labeled Lexar hangs from the SSD, and the background is a gradient light blue.

Lexar has announced the ES5 MagSafe-compatible external SSD that promises extremely fast read and write speeds when used in tandem with a Samsung Galaxy S25 or Apple iPhone 17 series phone. And while it probably will work just fine, the promised read and write speeds are a bit misleading about what users can actually expect.

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