USB drives are generally unremarkable from the outside — little more than sticks made out of pedestrian materials like plastic and metal.
If you need your USB drives to make more of a statement (and be ridiculously expensive), consider the Apophis, from Polish firm Zana Design. The outer case is made of rare 200-year-old black African wood with either silver or 18-karat gold and, for extra flair, chunks of 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite.
Zana says that the name Apophis refers to the near-Earth asteroid that was once thought to have a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2029. (Don’t worry; we’re safe.)
The Apophis has a storage capacity of 64 GB and a reading speed of 190 MB/s. The silver version costs $1,130 and the gold version, $1,990. Both come with a lifetime guarantee.
Olawale Adeyina founded TechCity in 2012 and has spent more than a decade explaining technology to everyday people. He writes about the phones, apps, online services and scams people deal with every day, with a focus on what changes for you and what to watch out for. He is also the founder and executive producer of Green Street Media, a branded video studio, and won a Telly Silver Award in 2024. He serves as a judge for the Telly Awards and the Collision Awards. He edits TechCity’s buying guides, which say up front whether a product was used hands-on or chosen from independent test results, maker specs and checked prices.
