Inside are leaflets and a bespoke plastic clamshell. This particular drive seems to be part of the August 2019 batch. The top of the box has a plastic hanger tag and details of warranties – in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, the warranty is three years. It technically could be used with other devices, especially after being reformatted to the correct format, however I suspect this might not make their other “specialised game drives” sell as well. The side of the drive says that it is compatible with Windows, USB2.0/3.0 and for use with computers. It claims to be “add on storage for your PC”. The box itself is made of a thin but rigid corrugated cardboard, sealed with holographic seals for tamper protection. The Seagate Expansion drive comes in an easily recognisable orange and white box colour scheme, with the faceted-design drive shell featuring prominently. Deciding to hedge my bets, I picked up one of these from Officeworks for AU$139 which arrived next day in the same small box with no void fill. Literally moments after I bought the Toshiba Canvio Basics drive reviewed in the previous post, Seagate fired back by matching the price on their Seagate Expansion Portable 4TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive.
