Several companies are now offering USB thumb drives to be used with iPad and iPhone to their owners, with the advent of the concept traced back to the release of built-in Lightning USB connectors which were introduced in the market last year. Users can connect this lightweight and small thumb drive with any iOS device, and can break the barriers of cloud services and onboard storage, and can also stream and store media files like videos, music files and image files with the use of the extra storage space made available on the thumb drive.
There are certain things that must be kept in consideration when choosing the perfect Lightning drive for your iOS device. Some of these Lightning drives run on a battery that needs to be charged, and you also have some companion apps that you must use for streaming and managing all types of content for any iOS device connected to the drive. The design also has to be kept in mind, because some designs make the connection process a whole lot easier. Also, you must also consider the price of the Lightning drive, which varies in the capacity of the drive. The drives are usually available in the range of 8GB to 256GB, and the price depends on this varying range.
We will now look at the top 3 Lightning thumb drives for iOS devices.
SanDisk iXpand
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- 16 GB – USD 59.00
- 32 GB – USD 75.00
- 64 GB – USD 99.00
- 128 GB – USD 149.00
Hyper iStick
Similar to the SanDisk iXpand, the device comes with all similar features, along with the added benefit of using the iStick app for syncing with iPad and iPhone. The drive comes with easy to use retractable connectors and runs on both iOS and Mac. The colors available are While, Silver, and Black. The price range is given below:
- 8 GB – USD 79.00
- 16 GB – USD 68.00
- 32 GB – USD 139.00
- 64 GB – USD 195.00
- 128 GB – USD 349.00
Leef iBridge
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The features are almost similar to the models mentioned above, along with the added feature of having a silicon, aluminum and plastic body. Users can capture images directly to the Leef lightning drive. The connectors are covered properly for proper security when the drive is not being used. The price range is listed below:
- 16 GB – USD 59.00
- 32 GB – USD 79.00
- 64 GB – USD 119.00
- 128 GB – USD 199.00
- 256 GB – USD 399.00
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Guys, I think this one of the Great device for all the iOS (iPhone & iPad) users,thereby reducing the pain for installing data (movies,songs,pictures etc) from iTunes.
Now,they can enjoy watching movies and listening to songs anytime when they want, just by a simple plug-in.
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