Kingston has unveiled DataTraveler HyperX Predator, a line of flash drives carrying up to 1 terabyte of storage. Built in a zinc alloy metal case, Kingston calls the line its fastest yet, supporting USB 3.0 and speeds up to 240MB per second and 160MB per second depending on the model.
The drives will carry a five year warranty, and the 512GB model costs $1,750 and is available now. No pricing has been announced for the 1TB drive, which is expected to ship some time in the first quarter of this year.
The USB Flash Drive makers might be suffering from low sales from cheap flash drives, and hope to make more money from rich people with a lot of money to spend on stuff like rich people who buy expensive shoes and purses which cost hundreds to thousands of dollars.
I read on tech blogs that people are not really using USB Flash drives because they just carry their files onto their cell phones, tablets, laptops, smartphones, mp3 players, video players, and other small devices with storage which they already carry with them.
Plus, a lot of people are using the internet to send files to their computers, classmates and co-workers e-mail, or just storing files on gmail, Google Drive, and Dropbox for easy storage.
