Western Digital Launches New SanDisk Flash Drive for iPhone and iPad

Western Digital Launches New SanDisk Flash Drive
for iPhone and iPad

SINGAPORE – 15 March 2017 – Western Digital Corporation
(NASDAQ: WDC), a global storage technology and solutions provider, today
released its latest mobile memory solution for iPhone and iPad, the SanDisk
iXpand™ Mini Flash Drive. The new offering expands the company’s portfolio of
mobile storage solutions, which includes the award-winning SanDisk iXpand™ Flash
Drive, and offers users an additional design option when it comes to instantly
freeing up space, or backing up files, photos and videos on their iPhone or
iPad. 

The SanDisk iXpand Mini Flash
Drive is equipped with a Lightning™ connector and a USB 3.0 connector so users
can quickly and easily move files between iPhone or iPad and Mac or PC
computers.  The new flash drive features a modern and compact design, a high
capacity of up to 128GB. With the advancements in iPhone and iPad camera and
video functionality, people will continue to produce content at astonishing
rates, and may need even more space to save all of their memories.  The
SanDisk iXpand Mini Flash Drive is designed to meet these physical [or local]
storage needs and enables users to capture, save and share content without
limits.

“Smartphone and tablet users are creating more
content than ever before and we understand that customers are looking for
physical [or local], mobile storage solutions that are easy to use, portable
and reliable,” said Mark Eng, SanDisk Singapore and Brunei Country
Manager, Western Digital. “The new SanDisk iXpand Mini
Flash Drive offers iPhone and iPad users an option to capture everything they
love without worrying about running out of space.”

The SanDisk iXpand Mini Flash Drive
also features a
redesigned app, the iXpand Drive app, which offers new features and an improved
user experience.  Giving users the option to save space instantly, the app
now has a camera function so users can shoot and save photos or videos directly
to the drive instead of on their iPhone or iPad.  The app also allows
users to automatically back up content from their iPhone and iPad, as well as playback
music within the app. The iXpand Drive app is available for free download from
the App Store.

SanDisk offers a full range of
mobile storage solutions, making it easy for consumers to expand the memory and
manage content on their favorite Apple and Android devices.  To see
SanDisk’s complete line of innovative offerings, please visit: www.sandisk.sg.

Pricing and Availability

The SanDisk iXpand Mini Flash Drive features a
two-year limited warranty4. It’s available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and
128GB capacities, with MSRPs of SGD39, SGD49, SGD69, and SGD109 respectively.
The new iXpand Mini Flash Drive is now available locally.