Other by stefan @ 2018-01-23
Even if the Mobile C50 does have only a length of 41.7mm, a width of 15mm and a height of 7mm, Silicon Power has succeeded to provide no less than three USB interfaces with it, so it’s compatible along a large number of devices. Its chassis is made of TPU and the product is available in 32GB, 64G and 128GB capacities.
We would like to thank at first Silicon Power for supplying a sample of their Mobile C50 Triple-Interface USB 3.1 Flash Drive for testing and reviewing.
"Founded in 2003 by a group of enthusiastic data storage industry experts, Silicon Power is committed to delivering outstanding product and service quality. Headquartered and with our own state-of-the-art production site in Taipei, we have become a leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, solid state drives, DRAM modules and industrial-grade products. As an international player with four branch offices around the globe, we continuously strive to offer the perfect data storage solution for all requirements of modern digitalized life. With a strong focus on combining innovative technology and award-winning design, we live up to our brand promise to reliably preserve and protect your most valuable data.
Because memory is personal."
Three connectors for triple convenience and flexibility: USB Type-A(USB 3.1 Gen 1)?Micro-B?USB Type-C
Instanst storage expansion of up to 128GB for various mobile devices
Elastic and sturdy TPU cap to protect the USB Type-C connector without cap loss
Cleverly housed USB Micro-B within the USB connector
Good, ergonomic grip for easy handling
Compact and easy to carry with key hole
COB technology with protection against water, dust, and vibration
Free download of SP Widget software (for computer) and SP File Explorer App (for Type-C and Android mobile devices) for efficient file management
Recuva File Recovery for data recovery of erased files
We have reviewed lots of interesting USB flash drives from Silicon Power in the past, but none of them provided such many connectivity options as this one -> Mobile C50 does have available USB Type-A, USB Micro-B but also USB Type-C while maintaining a small chassis for portability reasons. The product is shipped inside a simple cardboard packaging with a small plastic layer, so we can see how the product does look like even without unsealing it:
On the back layer, we will be able to see a short product description in multiple languages, supported operating systems, some downloadable resources, but also the product cude name and serial number:
Judging by its look, you would be first tempted to think that this is a regular USB flash drive with a plastic chassis:
If we do turn the drive on its back, we will reveal the secondary USB port:
In the back, the drive does also house an opening for fitting a lanyard; we can, of course attach it to a keychain:
The regular USB Type-A connector can be opened in order to reveal the secondary connector, which is Micro-B:
The opening mechanism is quite interesting and it should not wear out quickly:
The USB Type-C connector is protected by the plastic shell:
We can easily attach the drive to portable devices such as tablets, smartphones or laptops:
The testbench was composed from the following hardware:
CPU: Intel I5 4690K Retail @ stock
Motherboard: BIOSTAR GAMING Z97X
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 4x4GB DDR2133 (@1600)
Video: Sparkle GTX 470 with stock and OMNI A.L.C.
Power Supply: Nexus RX-8500 850W modular
HDD: OCZ Vertex 4 240GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS, stock cooling
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
The Mobile C50 Triple-Interface USB 3.1 Flash Drive has arrived formatted FAT32:
To determine the flash drive read speeds, the HD Tune v5 utility was used:
To measure the real life performance, we have used the Total Commander application to copy to the flash drive and from the flash drive the same file and recorded the transfer speeds, after they have stabilized.
File Copy
File Read
We have also performed some extra tests with this drive and the results can be checked out right here:
After connecting the drive to our mobile device, we can go ahead and download the SP File Explorer application, which is provided free of charge:
This is practically a file manager, which will allow operations between the internal and external storage devices:
The utility has detected the Mobile C50 drive quickly and listed its contents:
Multimedia contents such as photos/videos/music are indexed separately, for easy access:
Besides a thumbnail view of the files, we can also go for a List mode:
By pressing the three dots in the top right corner, we can access the setup section of the application:
Here we do only have the option to configure the application to start automatically when the drive is connected:
When a file is clicked upon, we can perform several actions:
In the About section, we can check out the current version of the utility, along with the web address of Silicon Power, for accessing additional resources:
Even if the Mobile C50 does have only a length of 41.7mm, a width of 15mm and a height of 7mm, Silicon Power has succeeded to provide no less than three USB interfaces with it, so it’s compatible along a large number of devices. Its chassis is made of TPU and the product is available in 32GB, 64G and 128GB capacities.
Mobile C50 does come with very good read speeds and decent writes (around 35MB/s) and for data transfer assistance on Android, we do have SP File Explorer at our disposal.
The 32GB version can be found for about 22.68 Euros, the 64GB for about 38.18 Euros, while the 128GB can be had for about 80.4 Euros.
We would like to thank again to Silicon Power for making this review possible!