Canvio Premium, 2.5-Inch Portable HDDs Up to 3TB From Toshiba

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH has announced the evolution of its popular Canvio family of portable HDDs for personal storage.

Combining practical features with updated slim, curved design, the Canvio Premium, Advance and Basics models provide a fresher, unified look and feel while delivering flexible capacity options of 500GB ^{[1] [2]}, 1TB, 2TB and 3TB. The use of the company’s 1TB platter technology supports low profiles, allowing the 2TB versions of all three Canvio models to be thinner than their predecessors.

Canvio Premium

The Canvio Premium series offers versatile connectivity in a stylish design with an aluminium finish and diamond-cut edges in silver metallic or dark grey metallic. The thin, slender body makes the device easy to store. It is accompanied by a pouch as well as a USB Type-A to USB Type-C ^[3] adapter that can be inserted in any orientation for connectivity to everything from notebooks to high-end desktop PCs.

Additionally, the Premium model offers the firm’s Storage Backup software and ‘Storage Security software for download, enabling users to backup and protect important data through password protection and an improved user interface. The 2TB devices in the Premium line-up have a 13.5mm profile and are 5.5mm slimmer than the previous model.

Canvio Advance series

The Canvio Advance series is available in four colour options – black, white, blue or red – with a glossy finish. The 2TB devices in the product line-up have a 14mm profile and are 5.5mm slimmer than the previous Canvio Connect II model. Advance models also come with the aforementioned the firm’s Storage Backup and Storage Security software as additional features.

Canvio Basics

The newly-designed Canvio Basics series offers an entry-level 2.5″ portable HDD for all kinds of storage needs, ranging from PC data to photography. The model is pre-formatted for Windows ^[4] PCs and works right out of the box, allowing users to collect content immediately and take their drive anywhere. Available in capacity options of 500GB, 1TB or 2TB, the Basics series features a minimalistic design, sleek, matt surface and a 14mm profile.

“Toshiba is always looking to provide today’s customers with better solutions to manage increasing digital data demands with the development of more compact, high-capacity devices“, says Noriaki Katakura, GM, HDD business unit, Toshiba Electronics Europe. “We reached a major milestone with the creation of an even denser storage solution. The Toshiba 1TB platter technology allows us to manufacture slimmer and more convenient to use Canvio models with higher capacity storage compared to their predecessors.”

The Canvio models blend form and function, offering capacity storage, backup and security in a slim, stylish design. As stated above, for Advance and Premium models, the brand Storage Backup software is available for download, enabling users to backup important data through an improved user interface with an option to set a backup schedule. The Storage Security software allows for simpler password setting with an intuitive user interface so that users can protect private data and prevent unauthorised access.

The Canvio models will be available February 2018.

Pricing:  €136 for 2TB Canvio Premium,  €126 for 2TB Canvio Advance and  €116 for 2TB Canvio Basics

^[1] Definition of capacity: 1GB is 1,000,000,000 bytes and 1TB is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer OS, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1TB = 240 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and OS, such as Microsoft OS and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
^[2] The Canvio Premium and Canvio Advance will be available with 1TB, 2TB and 3TB. The newly designed Canvio BASICS will be available with 500GB, 1TB and 2TB.
^[3] USB Type-C and USB-C are trademark of USB Implementers Forum.
^[4] Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.