It's so frustrating that every even remotely interesting thing from the past is now part of its own collector scene... You can't find decent models for less than 100⏠and even then they don't come with their proprietary battery. Net-MD ones cost even more (without Net-MD you need to spend even more on a HI-FI MD deck to copy tracks over).
The model pictured it one of the later Hi-MD machines that are just Unobtainium these days.
If it's a traditional hard drive with moving parts the chances of it still working are zero. Data recovery maybe possible if the platters are still somewhat intact but I doubt he'd even find it to begin with.
With a Spigen Tough Armor case, right? Had one on my 6 Pro, too, saved it from quite a few nasty drops.
When you consider the 9 Pro's screen to body ratio it's pretty compact, especially for a flagship. Ten years ago a phone of its size would have maybe had a 5" screen.
I went from a Pixel 6 Pro (I believe the one on the left might be a Pixel 6 Pro as well) to a Pixel 9 Pro recently and it's just about the perfect size for a phone IMO (6.3").
It's so frustrating that every even remotely interesting thing from the past is now part of its own collector scene... You can't find decent models for less than 100⏠and even then they don't come with their proprietary battery. Net-MD ones cost even more (without Net-MD you need to spend even more on a HI-FI MD deck to copy tracks over).
The model pictured it one of the later Hi-MD machines that are just Unobtainium these days.