Western Digital announces UFS 3.0 storage drives for high-end smartphones

Western Digital announced a UFS 3.0 Embedded Flash Drive for mid-to-late 2019 flagship phones to offer the latest in high-performance internal storage.

By  Jeff McIntire Feb 22, 2019

Aside from the Snapdragon 855, 5G, and foldable displays, the fourth-biggest 2019 buzzword in the Android world might well be UFS 3.0. The third generation of Universal Flash Storage specs were released early in 2018, but only in 2019 will we actually see phones with embedded storage that meet such standards. The first phone to be announced with UFS 3.0 storage was the Samsung Galaxy Fold, which will set buyers back about $2,000 for the most bare-bones variant. There were rumors that the Galaxy S10 would feature UFS 3.0, but no mention was made of it in Samsung's official Galaxy S10 spec sheet.