The Sharp J-SH010 . Made in Japan:

30 January 2003

Other convenient functions include a bar code reader and composer as well as a mobile light even brighter than those found in previous models.

(See also here )

Or was it the Sharp J-SH09 ?

On keitai-l Ken Chang once wrote that "the first phone that reads QR code is J-Phone J-SH09 more than nine months before that - back in August/September 2002." But Ken doesn't provide any documentary evidence and I can't find any.

Who's right?