Specifications and Pictures
Direct from Lexar.com’s product page.
- Store and transfer content faster with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology
- Speeds up to 3x faster (up to 45MB/s read and 20MB/s write)* than standard JumpDrive® USB 2.0 drives—at only slightly more in cost
- Colorful capacity options
- Retractable connector with convenient thumb slide
- Reliably stores and transfers photos, videos, files, and more
- Compatible with PC and Mac® systems
- Three-year limited warranty
8GB in blue • 16GB in purple • 32GB in orange • 64GB in green
If you don’t like purple, buy a different size I guess. –Ed.
Faster File Transfer with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 TechnologyWith a busy life on the go and so much to do, the last thing you want is to spend extra time waiting for your files to transfer. Now you can step up to the next level of performance—and take advantage of the USB 3.0 port on your new laptop or computer—with the Lexar® JumpDrive® S73 USB 3.0 flash drive. The drive leverages SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology to deliver faster file transfer in a range of colors and capacities from 8GB-64GB. Convenient, Reliable Portable StorageStore and Transfer Content Faster with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Technology. With speeds up to 3x faster (up to 45MB/s read and 20MB/s write)* than standard JumpDrive USB 2.0 drives, the Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 flash drive gives you the power, for example, to quickly, easily, and reliably transfer a 3GB HD video clip in less than 2 minutes (compared to less than 20 minutes using a standard USB 2.0 drive).** Leveraging the efficiencies of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology, it provides impressive high-speed transfer of your photos, videos, files, and more—for only slightly more than the cost of a standard USB 2.0 flash drive. And for added versatility, the drive is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 devices. Colorful Style. Lexar JumpDrive S73 comes in a range of colorful capacity options—8GB in blue, 16GB in purple, 32GB in orange, and 64GB in green. These stylish options make it fun and easy to find one to suit your needs and reflect your personality. They also provide you with a built-in color coding system to help you organize your drives and their contents. Designed for Convenience. Beyond its performance and good looks, JumpDrive S73 is designed for convenience. It sports a retractable connector and easy-to-use thumb slide, and also includes a key ring loop so you can easily attach it to your keychain, computer bag, backpack, or purse and go. Lexar Performance, Quality, Compatibility, and Reliability. All Lexar memory card, card reader, and USB flash drive product designs undergo extensive testing in the Lexar Quality Labs, facilities with more than 800 digital devices, to ensure performance, quality, compatibility, and reliability. This provides customers with a high level of confidence when using Lexar products to capture, manage, move, and store the memories that matter. Lexar offers a comprehensive line of innovative, award-winning memory products in several categories, including memory cards, card readers, USB flash drives, and portable backup drives. With so many options, it’s easy to find the right Lexar solution to fit your needs. Lexar. When Memory Matters.™ * Up to 3x faster write, 2x faster read speeds when compared to standard JumpDrive USB 2.0 drives using a USB 3.0 port. Speeds based on internal testing. Actual performance may vary. **Based on 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacities. 3.3GB video, HD 1080p@30fps (46 Mbps) video. Some of the listed storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. For more information, go to www.lexar.com/capacity. Note: Software offerings and packaging may vary depending on ship date and available inventory. |
The above info is all Lexar has for you, it is nice of Lexar to tell us exactly what the S73 series is 3x faster than. The lack of color choices for a given size may or may not be an issue, depending on your personal tastes. It doesn’t matter to me personally.
I got the 16GB version, hence the purple color.
Here’s what we get when it is plugged in:
See that? That’s beautiful. No junk software on it, no automated installers that slap a bunch of garbage onto your system. Pure unadulterated SPACE! Thank you, Lexar. As usual for storage, 16GB is calculated in the most generous way possible. This results in 14.9GB of real space. It’s a question of whether 1k is 1000 or 1024, whether 1MB is 1000 k or 1024 k, and so on. I blame marketing for everything, personally.
Due to the general shortage of interesting pictures to take of a flashdrive, the photo section has been combined with the Specs section.
Here, we have the packaging!
Nothing hugely informative. As the dotted Cut Here line notes, you aren’t getting this thing open without cutting. Don’t worry though, as long as you don’t hack the drive itself open there isn’t anything inside to mangle if the scissors run amuck.
Here we have the contents:
One passive anti-theft device, one RFID tag, and one purple flashdrive! They really don’t want this thing walking out of the store under its own power.
Let’s look at the drive itself more closely.
The slide has some very effective latches on it, if you don’t push down on the slide before trying to slide it, it goes nowhere. I like this.
Not much to see on the back.
When the drive is in operation there is a fairly faint LED under the slide:
It turns out that the drive snaps together, so I was able to take it apart and find out what is inside. It also turns out that I was wrong about it being Micron flash!
That’s a Phison controller and a Spectek flash chip. There is a second, identical, flash chip on the other side of the PCB. So much for my guesswork!
Let’s see how this thing performs. On the next page.
