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ConsumerAdvocate
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Nov 26, 2017
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Hi all! I know nothing about this product, didn't even know something like this existed until I just saw it here, now on MassDrop. So, I see you folks have a lot of great questions. I just found this video from a guy about a different model of Naztech drives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=318&v=-GmjrOi8m_A
My hunch is this new, smaller, sleeker one will work very similar; so I'm guessing that when you plug it in, you will get a prompt to download an application to make it work.
Using this I think you can avoid iCloud storage, and keep physical backups of your pictures/etc. as opposed to in the cloud.
Only stores up to 256G, but that's great; good start, will likely go up in time.
I'm going to buy one, and will try to circle back with an update in the future.
Be careful comparing cost to prices listed on Amazon, its very easy for someone to use the Amazon marketplace software and advertise any product at any price. I don't want to order stuff from China directly, it takes forever, packaging is 'iffy' and if something is wrong (shipped wrong item, something is broken, etc.) I have very little recourse. Items that come from one of Amazons distribution centers is usually good-to-go. I see prices change a lot, that's sneaky. I've heard that if you go to purchase a plane ticket, every time you go back to check the price of the ticket from the same computer, the price goes up; probably because their data analytics suggests that you are more likely to buy that ticket now or in the near future. Amazon has some of the most developed customer analytics in the world, so (I'm guessing) if several of us are checking the price of a product because there's a deal with another retailer, they may automatically price-match. I'm beginning to suspect that some of the deals at Massdrop start off as better than average deals, but other (big-box) retailers are doing price matching. There's a website that tracks the price of some electronics over time from various retailers; and you will see a huge fluctuation, then over time the prices go way down. Prices drop because of Moores-Law (things get better at a consistent rate), because of increased competition, and new things are novel.

Nov 26, 2017
Corinth
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Mar 11, 2018
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ConsumerAdvocateCan you report back with an update? :)
Mar 11, 2018
ConsumerAdvocate
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Mar 11, 2018
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CorinthSure. The company contacted me and said they were working the issue. She told me they figured out how to move 1 file at a time. I tried their solution and it didn’t work for me.
Im not knocking this product, I just wish it worked; I’ve given up on it. It looks cool and sits on my desk. Still forced to save off my files the old way or sent to other people’s computers (aka “da cloud”).
Let me know if they update software or if someone finds a solution. Thx!
Mar 11, 2018
ConsumerAdvocate
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Mar 11, 2018
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CorinthWait... I could have swore I wrote at least one update before, maybe two. Telling what happened and I was critical of the company selling it and the product. I don’t see it here now.
Its possible it wasnt posted or wasnt deleted, I believe MassDrop to be honorable. I’ll keep an eye on this post and go look for some of my most critical (of MassDrop) posts from the past to see if they deleted them. I doubt it, this is the first indication that might have happened. Was so long ago (almost 4 months ago), I can’t recall. Probably my mistake.
Mar 11, 2018
Corinth
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Mar 11, 2018
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ConsumerAdvocateHaha yeah, I was expecting a general review of the product but I think I get your message!
Mar 11, 2018
TrinityTA
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Apr 18, 2018
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ConsumerAdvocatei have the one in the video, and it works great. use it with both my iPhone and my iPad with no problems. likely my next smartphone will not be an iPhone, but that's what i have for now, and this is a very helpful device.
Apr 18, 2018
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