As part of every CES trip, I make it a point to visit G-Technology and see what they are introducing into the DAS (direct attached storage) market. This year, there were no major announcements except for the introduction of a Type-C interface for some of their external hard drives. These are still USB 3.0 drives, as there is not much to gain by moving to a USB 3.1 interface for hard drives. However, it must be noted that these 2.5" drives are 7200 RPM ones providing that extra bit of performance compared to the 5400 RPM drives used by most vendors. G-Technology expects the 1TB version to have a MSRP of $130 when it launches in February.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9970/g...t-2-das-at-ces
G-Technology Demonstrates G-SPEED Shuttle XL Thunderbolt 2 DAS at CES
18th January 2016, 12:01
G-Technology Demonstrates G-SPEED Shuttle XL Thunderbolt 2 DAS at CES 
