Lexar’s D70E packs 2TB into a thumb-drive-style dual-connector SSD

A 2TB drive that slips into the same pocket as a spare battery is exactly the kind of storage pitch photographers notice. Lexar’s D70E is built to sit between a full-size external SSD and the tiny flash drives people still toss into camera bags, and that middle ground is the point: fast enough to move real jobs, small enough to carry everywhere, and awkward enough to make you think about when not to trust it.

Lexar is selling the D70E as a dual-connector portable SSD, not just a flash drive, with both USB-C and USB-A built into the same compact, cable-free body. The company lists it at up to 2TB, and says the drive weighs 55 grams. It also gives the D70E a metal housing, protective port covers, and a built-in lanyard loop, all of which make sense for a drive that is meant to ride in a pocket, pouch, or on a key ring instead of living on a desk.

The speed claims are the part that will catch working shooters. Over USB-C, Lexar lists up to 2,000 MB/s read and 1,800 MB/s write. Over USB-A, it still promises up to 1,000 MB/s read and 900 MB/s write. That is serious performance for client handoffs, ingest on the road, and moving a day’s worth of RAW files or video proxies between machines. Lexar’s broader portable-storage lineup and SSD family are aimed at creators, gamers, professionals, and everyday users, and the D70E fits that hybrid brief better than most thumb-drive-style storage.

The catch is the same one that comes with almost every tiny, all-in-one portable drive: convenience can outpace trust. Portable media is useful for physically moving data, but the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has long warned that jump drives and similar devices bring security and data-loss risks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology says portable storage still has a place for transferring data, but it can create cybersecurity problems in operational environments. In practical terms, that means the D70E looks better as a shuttle drive or travel backup than as the one place you put the only copy of an assignment.

The price keeps it interesting. Lexar’s listed pricing comes in around $120 for 512GB, $200 for 1TB, and $300 for 2TB, while regional retailer listings show real-world variation, including a C$459.99 price for the 2TB model in Canada and a 1TB listing in the United Kingdom. For photographers who want something small enough to disappear in a bag but fast enough to move serious files, the D70E is one of the more compelling storage ideas Lexar has put out lately. It is also the kind of product that works best when you respect its limits.