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Last updated: January 2025
Ranking criteria: data transfer speed, durability and reliability, compatibility with different devices and operating systems, additional features and software included
Buyer's remorse summary: the most common issues that customers have with their External Hdds are typically related to , Compatibility , Storage capacity and Data transfer speed . Reliability and durability
We compiled the list of the most popular External Hdds of 2025 that have received the fewest complaints in these categories.
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As usual, this month we aggregated dozens of popular External Hdds in the Philippines and ranked them based on data transfer speed, durability and reliability, compatibility with different devices and operating systems, additional features and software included. According to this January's formal ranking, external hdds by Seagate are the most prominent ones, followed by Toshiba and WD .
We made a price chart of the top selling External Hdds (see below). Budget options start at ₱724, going up ₱3399. The most popular option is priced at ₱3399, which is on the pricier side.
₱724 | ₱1460 | ₱3399 |
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Recently we removed price form our rankings - it no longer affects recommendations. Whether to go budget or premium is consumer's choice, not ours.
As can be seen below, top ranked external hdds in the Philippines start at roughly ₱724 and go up to ₱3399. Median price is ₱1460.
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₱724 | ₱3399 |
More detailed price comparison chart is above.
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