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[Wonko the Sane]

This is not in any way a recommendation or endorsement of the shop, nor of the specific item, but I find it exteremely interesting:
https://www.aliexpre....6a5d62fdn9WuS2
 

New High Speed USB 3.0 Flash Drive 2TB U Disk External Storage Memory Stick Car keychain deco USB Flash Drive 32GB-2TB

4.96 Euro (including free shipping to Italy) is an excellent price, for a "plain" 32 GB stick, but this one has the capacity declared as 32GB-2TB:

 

 

Specification:
Material: Zinc Alloy
Capacity: 32GB-2TB
Color: gold/silver/gun black
Scope of application: car / mobile phone / computer / digital TV
Interface: USB 3.0 interface, no drives, plug-and-play, hot-swappable
Start: Start USB ZIP / HDD start up support.
Data Retention: Data kept for at least 10 years
Resistance: 1000000 times rewritable
Applicable models: various brand PC and compatible computer
Operating System: Windows 98 \ YO \ 2000 \ XP, Linux 2.4.x win7 win8 win10 support 2.0 and down top
Power supply: bus-powered USB (4.5 V ~ 5.5 V)
Operating Current: Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 60°C
Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 85°C

Note:
32 GB = aproximadamente 28GB-30GB
32GB-2TB, the actual capacity is 32G, the computer displays 2TB, the detection is also 2TB, more than 32G things can be stored, but not displayed.

 

Wonko

[alacran]

Well, not so honest, he is playing with the words to protect himselt.

 

 

Note:
32 GB = aproximadamente 28GB-30GB
32GB-2TB, the actual capacity is 32G, the computer displays 2TB, the detection is also 2TB, more than 32G things can be stored, but not displayed.

 

How the hell you can store something and later you can't see/find it?

 

To be really honest it should say:

 

Real capacity is 32 GB, storing more than 32 GB is only simulated and not real, 2-TB capacity is fake.

 

alacran

[Wonko the Sane]

Oww, come on, that is most probably only one of the many glitches in the Chinese to English translation.

 

Likely it means that anything over 32 GB go puff without an error when saving.

 

Wonko

[Brito]

Seems that he is trying to get away from having his account blocked by AliExpress

 

OR

 

Trying to find a buyer (scammer) to get those drives and sell them to some fool.

 

 

I've bought a few 512 GB mini SD cards from AliExpress, tried them with appropriate tools and they had indeed with the advertised storage. Just very slow to read/write and aren't support on the cellphones here.