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The Datamag 20Gbps comes in a compact box with a large image of the drive on the front. To the top right of the box is a label displaying the drive's capacity. At the top right-hand side of the rear of the box is a logo displaying the five-year warranty that MSI support the drive with. To the left of this is a four-point marketing list of some of the drive's features: portability, performance, design and compatibility. Under this is a four-line specification section, including the OS supported by the drive: Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android. Below is a multilingual description of the drive.
Constructed from lightweight aluminium alloy with built-in cooling fins, the Datamag is a very compact drive measuring 66mm x 13mm x 6mm, weighing in at 81g. The base of the drive has a rubber ring which not only marks where the magnetic ring sits, it also stops the drive from slipping. Unfortunately, the drive doesn't have any form of IP rating, so care needs to be taken around water or dust, etc.
The Datamag uses a Phison PS2251-U18 controller. The PS2251-U18 is a USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 single-chip solution, and as it doesn't require a bridging chip to work, it saves space. This means that faster, more compact drives can be designed. The interface is backwards compatible down to USB 1.1. The controller is a two-channel solution with a 1200MT/s transfer rate. It supports up to 4TB of TLC or QLC NAND. It is compatible with Windows (XP and later), Mac OS (10 and later), Linux (kernel 2.4.10 and later), iPhone / iPad, Android and game consoles.
One side of the drive holds the USB-C port, next to which is a very small white LED drive activity indicator.
Bundled in with the drive are two metal rings (one black, one white) to attach the drive to non-ferrous devices and two USB-C cables, one short (for connecting to mobiles) and one longer one (although it's not that long) for notebooks/tablets, etc and a USB-C to A adapter.
