LG's XG1 Chic external hard drive looks just dainty

It's true: there's nothing particularly extraordinary about LG's newest external hard drive, but it's the design here that has managed to catch our eyes. Available in black or white and with 1TB, 1.5TB or 2TB of storage within, these stylish 3.5-inch USB drives are slated to ship next month in South Korea. There's nary a mention of a stateside release nor of any USB 3.0 editions, but we're sure that'll come in due time. Patience leads to great things, or so we hear.

LG's XG1 Chic external hard drive looks just dainty

[SNP Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:10AM]

Some shots are out of focus...

[TSIG Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:21AM]

@SNP Or are they..?

[Ducman69 Posted Dec 30th 2009 7:13AM]

@SNP +1; LG's Chic can handle my hard drive anytime.

[dzeikei Posted Dec 30th 2009 8:27AM]

@SNP
Yes, the incompetent photographer forgot to remove some objects in the foreground and the camera auto-focused on them...

[jon Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:11AM]

What is this "patience" you speak of?

[DStarsong Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:13AM]

Q-teeeeeeeeeee, and the HDDs dont look to bad either!

[Nerdtalker Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:16AM]

Wait. Chic and chick. I see what you did there...

[Plazmic Flame Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:20AM]

Just because of her, I'd buy it.

[TSIG Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:20AM]

LG has sexy hard drives, but not sexy models. The article last night where the model just about scared me to death, and now this...

[moggyx Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:36AM]

Drives are nice... she's a bit plain though... needs some jewelery. Possibly a necklace to break the shot up a bit?

[Glodokboy Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:44AM]

@moggyx

Pearl?

[moggyx Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:49AM]

@Glodokboy I was going for a little more contrast... but pearl would compliment both the white drive and her pearly whites

[SirNoDroin Posted Dec 30th 2009 12:22PM]

@moggyx its a pretty terrible photoshoot.

Bad lighting
Bad F-Stop
Bad Post Processing
Looks like they were shot in the LG break-room with florescent lights.

I'm all for the "casual" photo experience, but eh...doesn't work for product adverts IMHO

[Waroxy Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:41AM]

Most of the time, the Show girl always better than the products.

[scratchfury Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:46AM]

I keep looking for the hard drives in the pictures, but something keeps pulling away my focus.

[DeviantmacG Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:49AM]

Do we really need that girl between the drives, she doesn't even know how to get them to work!!! So stop putting asian girls between products!

[TSSaloic Posted Dec 30th 2009 4:25AM]

@DeviantmacG If they do that how will we Americans know what to buy? Don't underestimate Asian product models effect on the economy. GO LG GO!

[darkmax Posted Dec 30th 2009 7:48AM]

@DeviantmacG

I definitely know which model I'll buy! :D

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:53AM]

@DeviantmacG Damn right! I would rather see some pretty Asian girl model show off some new tech than a 30 something soccer mom model the newest mop with some shitty version of an popular 80's song being butchered in the background.

[Eraser Posted Dec 30th 2009 2:57AM]

i'm sure it's not only the design that caught your eyes...

[Badison Posted Dec 30th 2009 3:35AM]

@sheally

Oh good! I was worried that I might need an extra battery with the HD in this article

[girllesss Posted Dec 30th 2009 4:49AM]

I am a young, over-educated lonely white boy who numbs the pain by reading Engadget. Oo, look, an Asian woman.

[Nienhan Posted Dec 30th 2009 7:00AM]

@girllesss
'overeducated'. its all relative.

[dkking Posted Dec 30th 2009 6:29AM]

33333333......000000000000000

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 30th 2009 10:18AM]

Why does LG always use anorexic asian girls in it's promos?

[xconan Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:05AM]

@(Unverified)
it probably appeals to LG's pr staff, but they should really look into hiring models like the camangi unboxer where the background detracts your focus from the product...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:47AM]

WD Passport is where it's at. Small, portable and is powered by a single usb cable. I will never switch back to those huge, clunky, ac adapter required toasters.

[SirNoDroin Posted Dec 30th 2009 12:14PM]

@(Unverified) too bad you can't get a terrabtye 2.5'' drive.

[bd Posted Dec 30th 2009 12:18PM]

@(Unverified) Please stay on topic.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 30th 2009 12:33PM]

@SirNoDroin I'm sure it wont be long. WD has a 750gb notebook drive that they could use for this purpose also.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 30th 2009 12:36PM]

@bd How is discussing an external drive in a post about an external drive not on topic? Please enlighten me...

[SirNoDroin Posted Dec 30th 2009 12:13PM]

The non-stack-able, easily scratch-able, totally form over function over design is appealing to you?

And you guys call yourselves geeks..

[xconan Posted Dec 30th 2009 9:43PM]

@SirNoDroin
stackability depends on which model you're referring to??? Almost anything is stackable with some duct tape...

[Tegdagne Posted Dec 31st 2009 7:54AM]

LOL @ Darren Murph

"Chic external hard drive looks just dainty"

Remove hard drive from equation.

Result: "Chic looks just dainty"

LOL @ Darren Murph. Only at Engadget.

[TranceChaos Posted Dec 31st 2009 6:06PM]

Looks like an extra large soap

[erichsouza Posted Jan 26th 2010 10:25PM]

Well, just got a 1Tb one of those from a buddy who went to South Korea last week...
It actually uses a Hitachi HDT21010SLA360 drive. Still couldn't find much info on it since it seems to be a asian product but so far from my first 10-15min with it, it's quite good. Very silent, low heat and the transfer rate seems to be reasonable at least: got 30mb/s without any problems so far.
Unfortunatelly this is a 16mb cache drive only BUT at least, 7200rpm.