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Samsung Shows Off "World's First" Hard Drive Phone

Posted by WishX on 07 September 2004 - 09:31 · 30 comments & 3900 views

Unveiled yesterday in Japan, Samsung has shown what it claims is the world's first mobile phone that incorporates a hard drive.

The SPH-V5400 includes 1.5GB of hard disk storage as well as an FM radio, 64-voice polyphonic ringtone support, a 240 x 320 display and TV output preparing the way for the day when mobiles incorporate Microsoft Portable Media Center-style functionality.

When the SPH-V5400 goes on sale in South Korea later this month, it will retail for around $800.

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(2 replies) #1 Posted by jamesp on 07 Sep 2004 - 09:34: $800.

(2 replies) #2 Posted by newdles on 07 Sep 2004 - 09:35: I feel for the first person that buys this. Cell phones have always had a problem with heat. Not so much to the point that it effected the way the phone functions or it's interactive performance but to the human ear. People tend to sit and talk on cell phones for longer and longer periods of times nowdays since prices are dropping just as fast as computer prices are.

The downfall to adding the hard drive, as miniature as it may be, is that it will add even more heat to the phone itself. Good concept though and I hope they've thought of the same issues as I'm referring to now. If so, the phone will be a great little incentive for future mobile phones.

(1 reply) #3 Posted by shake on 07 Sep 2004 - 09:43: $800 is a bit steep .. i got a whole new system with amd athlon 64 3200 and 9800 pro for around $700

#4 Posted by jdpixel on 07 Sep 2004 - 09:43: y i ke s ! would like to see pic

#5 Posted by newdles on 07 Sep 2004 - 09:46: Pics, enjoy

http://www.engadget.com/entry/6562347367956546/

#6 Posted by jdpixel on 07 Sep 2004 - 10:01: cool pics ! highly impressed imagined a BRICK sized mobile heh

#7 Posted by Wrath Delivery on 07 Sep 2004 - 10:26: Didn't philips make a phone with a built in 4GB mini-optical drive ages ago? Perhaps they just talked about making it! Who knows...

(2 replies) #8 Posted by nookadum on 07 Sep 2004 - 12:01: This thing can come in handy at work. Tranferring and modifying files at different computers can be made easier, especially if I modify a document and don't have a floppy around, or if I need to find a quick way to transfer a large PowerPoint presentation to another non-networked computer.

#9 Posted by The Land of Smeg on 07 Sep 2004 - 12:17: It makes sense and I didn't know why it didn't occur to me before that Samsung would do this considering they make both phones and hard drives themselves.

#10 Posted by Unit01 on 07 Sep 2004 - 12:27: Dang imagine how easy it is to steal corporate secrets now. Quickly in zip, quickly out. I expect new company policies coming soon

#11 Posted by mnmeuk on 07 Sep 2004 - 13:22: so basically their charging users $800 for even more radiation in their ear,

#12 Posted by habtro on 07 Sep 2004 - 13:29: oh boy $800... don't you think its a bit overpriced for a phone? somehow, i kind of always think that samsung overcharge its product... especially mobile phone...

#13 Posted by Darrell on 07 Sep 2004 - 14:09: Why no mp3 playback if it has a 1.5 gb hd?

#14 Posted by Tager on 07 Sep 2004 - 14:10: jeez... let's see.. battery life is how long? and I know some of ya'll, like me, have accidently dropped your phone numerous times... adios hard drive and data

#15 Posted by Puma on 07 Sep 2004 - 14:36: .... And how do we defrag that tiny hard drive?

#16 Posted by mnmeuk on 07 Sep 2004 - 14:57: it will surely have a software interface, when plugged into pc

#17 Posted by Krome on 07 Sep 2004 - 15:25: I bet after you search the hard drive for the mp3 file that you store somewhere on the drive, the battery is half gone lol ... and yeah after you finally found it and play a few songs you probably need to recharge your battery... ahhaha

(1 reply) #18 Posted by imtoomuch on 07 Sep 2004 - 16:05: The day I rely on my cell phone is the day I put a slug in my head. I want a phone that can make and receive phone calls. I don't need porn or music on my cell phone.

#19 Posted by fedrive on 07 Sep 2004 - 16:59: 2 Gigabytes on a .75 in disk drive "Smallest in the World"

http://colossalstorage.net/display/pps_display_drive.htm

Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks

http://www.physorg.com/news785.html

#20 Posted by Ficman on 07 Sep 2004 - 17:35: 800.00 is a LOT of scratch for a phone...

#21 Posted by Shiranui on 08 Sep 2004 - 01:43: It was unveiled in Korea, not Japan.
Could be due to the fact that it is made by a Korean company.......

#22 Posted by kioria on 08 Sep 2004 - 07:57: Well, if you compare features of this phone to some of the phones YOU GUYS OWN NOW... this phone is effectively better in most aspects. The fact that a mobile phone damages you, is not upto them it is upto consumers - so if you dont like radiations then you dont buy it; The price is probably expensive because of all the new features. Once it establishes itself on a market, the price will drop as new succesors appear.

Overall, weren't we expecting something quite like this to happen? It happened now, and the only change needed is the price which will effectively take place sooner or later.

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