Announced at CES yesterday, the DataTraveler Ultimate Generation Terabyte (GT) comes in both 1TB and 2TB varieties. They connect to the computer via a standard USB 3.1 Type-A port, not the new (and still rather rare) USB Type-C port. While that makes sense for the majority of devices right now, a Type-C port might have served the DataTraveler Ultimate Generation well in the near future.
Unlike other modern thumb drives which are much, much smaller than a thumb, the DataTraveler Ultimate GT is rather hulking by comparison. The casing is roughly 27x21mm, which means it’ll most likely cover more than one port, and may not even fit into some more cramped areas. Hopefully Kingston sees fit to toss in a female to male cable add-on to reach those ports. The drive has a zinc alloy metal casing that Kingston says is highly resistant to shock.
It’s big for a flash drive, but it’s tiny compared with anything else with 2TB of storage. As Kingston points out, that’s enough space for more than 70 hours of 4K video at 30fps; on a flash drive. This isn’t the first time Kingston has broken the terabyte limit with a thumb drive. The DataTraveler HyperX Predator was announced in 2013 with a maximum capacity of 1TB. Unfortunately, it wasn’t produced for very long and is only available at vastly inflated prices (i.e. over $2,000) from third-party sellers now. The original price was a little over $1,200.
Kingston wasn’t ready to commit to a final retail price yet, but says the DataTraveler Ultimate GT will be priced between 40 and 45 cents per gigabyte. That works out to $400-450 for the 1TB and $800-900 for the 2TB. That’s a lot of money, but a significant price cut compared with the older 1TB drive. The drives will ship in February, so Kingston doesn’t exactly have a long time to figure out the cost.
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