iPhones have never been cheap, but the real cost comes when you opt for a model with more storage than standard storage. The iPhone 15 Pro Max, for example, starts at $1,199 / £1,199, but that figure rises to an almighty $1,599.99 / £1,599 if you opt for a model with 1TB of internal real estate.
But what if you need that much storage space, but don’t want it to cost you the price of, say, one of the best OLED TVs? As you’ve probably heard, every iPhone 15 comes equipped with a USB-C port. But you might not know that Apple’s new iPhones also let you record videos directly to an external storage source (unless you record in 4K ProRes, in which case you can only do this with Apple’s new Pro iPhones).
In other words, you don’t have to spend a lot on internal iPhone storage if you like to pull out a USB-C drive every now and then. And luckily, Western Digital has a new iPhone 15-compatible drive that costs 100 times less than a 1TB iPhone 15 Pro Max.
The SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go USB-C is essentially a revamped version of the best-selling USB-C drive that Western Digital has offered for years, but this time it’s compatible with Apple’s new top iPhones and has been upgraded to offer data transfer speeds of up to 400 MB/s.
It comes in five storage variations (64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB), three new colors (Absinthe Green, Lavender and Navagio Bay) and is compatible with all USB-C devices including MacBooks, Chromebooks , Android phones and USB-C equipped iPads such as the iPad Pro 12.9 (2022). It also starts at just $14.99 / £11.99.
USB-C drives allow you to seamlessly store and transfer data between different devices, so SanDisk’s latest Ultra Dual Drive essentially offers affordable iPhone 15 storage on the go. Sure, these souped-up memory sticks can’t compete with cold, hard internal storage in terms of convenience, but if you don’t mind moving data between your iPhone and laptop every now and then, then $14.99 seems like a small price to pay. .