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For an extra $20, you get a more rugged SSD than the standard Samsung T7.
The Samsung T7 Shield is an external rugged SSD and is the third member of the T7 family, after the T7 and the T7 Touch launched in 2020; a long hiatus. The latter left a lasting impression on us because it brought a feature that was never available at this price point: a fingerprint reader. The T7 Shield does the opposite; it brings a fairly common feature — extra ruggedness over the standard model, that is — at a $20 hike over the T7’s reasonable price tag, and that’s about it really.