Android Central 2021: Best USB-C thumb drivesFlash drives can last years. While I still have some working USB-A flash drives left over from high school, it is worth upgrading to one of the top USB-C thumb drives. USB-C is compact and compatible with all Android phones, including the most expensive Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. It also doesn't require any OTG adapters. You simply need to plug it in, and then use a file explorer application to move files or photos to the drive. Here are the top USB-C thumb drives that will get you started.Double the fun, double the portsMost of these flash drives are multi-port flash drives. They have a USB C port on one side and a USB A port on the other. The flash drive makes it easy for users to transfer files and photos from their Android phone to a computer.You can buy Type-C flash drives that are smaller or larger than the 256GB SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive. This drive is appealing to me because it can store so many movies offline for offline viewing on long cross-country flights.Note about read, write and transfer speedsYou'll find many USB flash drives and much talk about the speed of flash drives. Flash drives, just like microSD cards are advertised for their transfer speeds. However, you should transfer data at read speed and not write speed. This is because almost all external storage devices have lower write speeds than read speeds, and sometimes even significantly lower write speeds. But unlike microSD cards and USB drives, speed classifications such as V30 and U3 don't cover USB drives.If you are looking for a flash drive with higher write speeds, you will need one that can transfer large files. However, if you only use the drive to read files that have been there for a while or transfer smaller files, any USB 3.0 drive or USB 3.1 drive will work fine.
