Western Digital Offers Pocket-Sized WD Elements™ SE External SSD to Mac and PC Users

The new external SSD helps consumers jumpstart their productivity

India, September20,2021: Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced the WD Elements™ SE SSD, a new portable storage solution that marries pocket-sized design with performance. This compactdeviceis a great solution for consumers who need a portable drive to movefiles fast. With the WD Elements SE SSD, the consumer is in control of their content across laptops, desktops, and other devices, whether on the job or creating content for fun.

Speaking on the launch of this new addition to the WD SSD portfolio, Mr.Khalid Wani- Senior Director- Sales, India, Western Digital said, “Solid-state drives are the next big wave in the storage industry because of their performance, speed, reliability, and for the ease they provide. Our new WD Elements™ SE external SSDis a productivity-driven solution for Mac and PC users.”

Mr. Jaganathan Chelliah, Senior Director- Marketing, India, Western Digitaladded, “Western Digital is focused on bringing innovative technology to make it convenient for Mac and PC users to manage their content. WD Elements SE External SSD provides an excellent blend of performance, compact size, and capacity. It’s an outstanding choice for consumers looking to back up and share content between multiple devices.”

With read speeds of up to 400MB/s** and capacities of up to 2TB*, this new portable SSD enables consumers to quickly move large files so they can get more done each day. The drive’s plug-and-play functionality means it is ready to use right out of the box and can seamlessly integrate into any workflow.

The WD Elements SE SSD features a compact, portable design that is drop-resistant up to 2 meters, making this the perfect drive for your on-the-go lifestyle. Continuing the renowned Western Digital storage legacy of durability, the drive is backed by a three-year limited warranty worldwide.

Pricing and Availability

The WD Elements SE SSD is available at Amazon.in, Flipkart, Croma Retail, and other leading IT and Mobility stores across the country. MSRP starts at Rs 6499for the 480GB* capacity drive.

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* 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less, depending on the operating environment. 

** 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon the host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.

About Western Digital

Western Digital creates environments for data to thrive. As a leader in data infrastructure, the company is driving the innovation needed to help customers capture, preserve, access and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data. Everywhere data lives, from advanced data centers to mobile sensors to personal devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver the possibilities of data. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital^®, G-Technology™, SanDisk^®, and WD^® brands.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including the expected availability, benefits, features, pricing, and performance of the WD Elements™ SE SSD. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among others: changes to specifications from standards organizations; future responses to and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; volatility in global economic conditions; business conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; the impact of competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in manufacturing, and other risks and uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's most recently filed periodic report, to which your attention is directed. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.