Fact · Dictation
1963year
Philips first presented its pocket recorder and the compact cassette to the public at the 1963 IFA radio show in Berlin.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The new device, the Philips Pocket Recorder EL 3300 and the accompanying cassette EL1903 were first presented to the public at the Internationale Funkausstellung [IFA] 1963 in Berlin.”
Soundtrack to people's lives: the Philips compact cassette, Philips Museum, n.d., Stories page: the first Philips cassette recorder (1963).
Open the original- What it measures
- The compact cassette went on to become the world standard for recorded audio. The first products were pocket recorders for spoken word, with music recording added soon after.
- What it does not show
- This is the manufacturer's own history, and it gives the show and year, not the sales date.