Rare SSD deal drops Lexar’s 2TB ES5 MagSafe drive down to its lowest since price hike at $105 off

Quick Take

Lexar's ES5 is a MagSafe external SSD built specifically for iPhone and iPad workflows, offering fast file transfers without eating into your device's storage. The real draw here is speed—it handles 4K video offloading and photo backup far quicker than standard external drives, making it worthwhile for content creators tethered to Apple gear. At $295, you're paying roughly 26% of the original $400 sticker, though the drive's true street value hovered closer to $200 before the price jump last year; this discount finally makes it worth considering if you've been waiting for sanity to return. Note that availability tends to be spotty on this model, so stock may not stick around.

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Amazon is offering a rather rare deal ahead of its Prime Day sale on Lexar’s 2TB ES5 MagSafe SSD at $294.99 shipped. While the drive originally launched at around $200, it jumped up to $400 earlier this year, and discounts have been few and far between since then. Today’s deal knocks $105 off the current going rate and marks the lowest price we’ve tracked since the price hike. It’s available at a pretty good price at the moment, and this is one of the better chances we’ve seen to grab it at a di

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