NEW DELHI: The Kingston XS1000 External SSD has been named a 2024 Red Dot Award winner for Product Design, Kingston Technology announced. Released last September 2023, the XS1000 streamlines storage efficiency with a convenient and compact form factor.

Designed with the user in mind, the XS1000 SSD weighs less than 29 grams and can fit in the palm of your hand. This gives owners unparalleled portability and convenience. And it’s not just the design that makes the external SSD an award winner.

Kingston’s solution offers read speeds of up to 1,050mbps and up to 2TB of storage. It connects devices using an included USB Type-C to Type-A cable, ensuring users have a reliable companion for hassle-free file backup for their important documents, memories, and other media files.

As of June 2024, the product’s price varies from one retailer to another. On the average, it costs anywhere between PhP 4,500 to PhP 8,000 depending on the storage capacity. It comes in black and white color variants.

The XS1000 is just among Kingston’s wide array of data management and storage solutions, including USB-C flash drives, the IronKey and DataTraveler lines, workflow Stations, readers, and more.