History 2004: First Mobile Phone with HDD

This is an event: the first mobile+ phone that incorporates a hard disk drive.

Samsung pioneers with the launch of its SPH-V5400, a high-end unit with a one-inch 1.5GB HDD (very likely from Cornice), for close to $800.

It also features a 3 megapixel still camera with optical zoom lens and camcorder function, 2.2-inch 240×320 display, MP3 player, FM radio and 2 speakers for 3D sound.

Quite the gem, and priced accordingly.

This article is an abstract of news published on issue 200 on September 2004 from the former paper version of Computer Data  Storage Newsletter.

Note: No more mobile phones are using HDDs, all of them now integrating flash memories.