{"id":292856,"date":"2025-12-01T10:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292856\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:39:11","slug":"i-stopped-paying-for-cloud-storage-after-trying-this-tiny-256gb-iphone-ssd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/292856\/","title":{"rendered":"I Stopped Paying for Cloud Storage After Trying This Tiny 256GB iPhone SSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I remember a time when smartphones had expandable storage. In fact, I remember feeling this internal rage when I saw the iPhone Air and that Apple even decided that a physical SIM slot wasn\u2019t necessary anymore, because apparently a SIM tray blocks so much space that you need to shave down on a phone\u2019s battery capacity. It\u2019s wild that we\u2019ve gotten to this point in our lives, and what\u2019s more wild is that we now have to \u2018rent\u2019 storage out by paying for iCloud or Google Drive subscriptions to store our photos and videos. I remember when you could pop in a MicroSD card and those low-storage problems would go away\u2026 and ADAM Elements is trying to bring back that convenience with its ultra-tiny SSDs.<\/p>\n

The iKlips S isn\u2019t as small as a MicroSD, but it\u2019s sufficiently more advanced than one. Barely the size of a 4-stud LEGO brick, this SSD plugs right into your smartphone, giving it an instant 256GB memory boost. It docks in your phone\u2019s USB-C port, transferring data at incredible speeds, and here\u2019s the best part \u2013 the tiny device packs biometric scanning too, which means you can pretty much secure your backups with a fingerprint the way you secure your phone with FaceID. The best part? No pesky subscription fees. You pay once and own the storage forever, and everything\u2019s local and offline\u2026 so you never need to worry about remembering passwords, or about having companies and LLMs spy on your personal data to train themselves.<\/p>\n

Designer: ADAM Elements<\/p>\n

Click Here to Buy Now: $62.3<\/a> $89 (30% off, use coupon code \u201c30YANKOIKPS\u201d). Hurry, deal ends in 48-hours!<\/p>\n

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Think a thumb drive, but insanely tinier. That\u2019s the beauty of SSDs, and ADAM Elements touts that the iKlips S currently holds the record for the world\u2019s smallest SSD. Plug it into your phone, tablet, laptop, or any device and it instantly gets a 258GB bump. Data transfers at speeds of up to 400Mb\/s with read speeds of 450Mb\/s, that\u2019s fast enough to move RAW files in milliseconds and entire 4K videos in seconds, or even directly preview\/edit ProRes content on your phone, tablet, or laptop without having to transfer data to local storage. After all, that\u2019s the dream, right?<\/p>\n

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The tiny device comes with a machined aluminum body and a lanyard hole so that you can string something through to prevent it from getting lost. Plug it into your phone to back up media, then into your laptop or iPad to edit said media. You can transfer data between multiple devices fairly quickly, across platforms too, thanks to cross-compatibility with iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows, ChromeOS, and even Linux. The tiny design sits practically flush against your phone, tablet, or laptop, occupying about the same amount of space as a USB receiver for a wireless keyboard or wireless mouse. Its most important design detail, however, hides in plain sight.<\/p>\n

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On the underside of the iKlips S is a fingerprint scanner, allowing you to add authentication to your SSD the way you add a password to your iCloud. The device can hold as many as 20 fingerprints, making it perfect for redundancies (just in case you cut a finger while chopping veggies) or even for a team of multiple people sharing data. Place your finger on the iKlips S and it unlocks the SSD, allowing you to read\/write data in no time. You\u2019re never faced with forgetting your iCloud password as your password literally lives on your fingertips.<\/p>\n

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The price of it all? A mere $62.3, which costs about as much as an annual subscription to these cloud storage services. For that, you get something you truly own, and can use without needing an app or an internet connection. Just plug it in and you\u2019ve suddenly got extra storage. Secure the storage with a fingerprint, and move data around at speeds your internet service provider could only dream of. Neat, huh?<\/p>\n

Click Here to Buy Now: $62.3<\/a> $89 (30% off, use coupon code \u201c30YANKOIKPS\u201d). Hurry, deal ends in 48-hours!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I remember a time when smartphones had expandable storage. In fact, I remember feeling this internal rage when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-292856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}