The fact that Nokia could comvince some top publishers to publish for their Ngage platform was a big win in itself. You don't even have Tony Hawk Pro Skater or Splinter Cell on smartphones these days, even though they are much powerful than those Ngage ones.
Sadly but true, today smartphone are so powerful, i own smartphone with snapdragon 845 but barely console quality game released today for android, the only console quality game released on phone is just indie game which is meh to me because they are just 3d platformer or either a game which didn't push hard to the limit like what this ngage could do. Even though i can play some console game with emulator like ps1, ps2 or even wii but i feel like my phone hardware is just a waste without decent native game. Playstore are full of garbage, their top game list is full of joke, it filled with trash pay to win game, stupid game with full of ads or stupid domino trash game. It such a shame Google only cares about money and they ruined everything.
When I was shopping for Ngage games for this video, I was really surprised by some of the publishers who made games for it. Sure the games catalogue is tiny compared to what Nintendo could pull, but considering this was nokias first gaming device, they did get some good developers on board. This project should have continued and further developed imo...
Life is much better back then because there are so many console quality game made for Nokia phone even though their hardware is very weak compared to smartphone nowaday, today mobile game is total joke. You can't find console quality game, what you can find is boring battle royale game, pay to win garbage, or game filled with a lot of stupid annoying ads. The ironic thing is that not even hardware limitation stopping people to make decent game, its the corporate and less support from google or apple which makes company had very less interest to make mobile game because apple and google only promotes garbage game on their store.
Me too, My journey on this Phone is when i start using phone it was Nokia 3650 and play some games and you can choose the controls on settings on the game, you can see "N-GAGE". I can't stop imagining what it looks like. It was strange for me because of it's name that no number include like: 3650,6600, or 6630. And then i try search it on a website and Man I was so obsessed to have this device specially the Taco version❤ i like it the most than the QD. Back in 2009, it took me 12 years to get this 2 models.
Honestly I loved my QD and original Taco Nokia Ngages, it's so sad these gaming decks didn't get all the games and support they deserved. I would have loved to see some real GBA-esque games on the system, especially if Square Enix or Capcom got on board!
Indeed.. Yet I'm actually surprised by the number of studios who did develop games for the Ngage, considering its the first gaming device from Nokia. Nokia had a very strong pull, but trying to out compete Nintendo in handhelds would have taken years and multiple attempts more
@@AbdullaZaki I think the big hitters were mostly ported by one studio and Nokia just paid for the license to get the ball rolling. Tomb Raider, Tony Hawk and Colin McRae were ported by the same studio. But there were still a lot of cool titles. You could get a surprisingly good King of Fighters game. Also Asphalt started on the N-Gage. It was a full PS1 style game at the time. And Torus games who ported Doom 2 and Duke Nukem to GBA did an original FPS game on it and it looked great. There was a lot of cool games for it considering how bad it was panned.
me too. I loved my QD . I remember playing Red Faction game with my friend with it... & also playing war games called Pathway to Glory. its very well optimized
Honestly, this was the video I was waiting for a long time. When you were bringing the nostalgia of other devices back to life I was always hoping, next video would be an N-Gage. This was really ahead of its time. It would be a dream come true if Nokia tried something new like this now which is very different from conventional phones. Not saying exact but something unique that makes all the tongues wag. This phone was more of a status symbol to show off and I know so many people who just had it but would not play games that often. Those were the days. Someone please remind Nokia what a beast they were at experimentation and trying new things rather than following the pack as is now.
Imagine if nokia would make another ngage phone today? With all the physical buttons like the QD and with an SDgen1+ processor and well made cooling system.
I got the QD way back 2007 and still one of my favorite handheld device to date I played a lot of pathway to glory back then and splinter cell chaos theory looks phenomenal in the system, now with the rise of android gaming phones such as black shark, ROG, etc. I’m still hoping that Nokia will release a gaming phone with the ngage platform.
The N-Gage is soooo under rated. Especially the QD model. The cards are swappable. You don’t have to take off the end plate. But what no one talks about is the trash copy protection. You could buy an SD card, load it with games and play it. It was also an awesome emulation device, Mega Drive, Game Gear, NES, Gameboy/Color all played great. SNES was a bit hit and miss, and anything above that was a no go. I paid around $300 Australian for it. It’s expensive compared to a gameboy, but it was a little cheaper than a gameboy and mobile phone combined. And it was a great gaming device, the emulation gave you a ton of games, and the main games were full PS1 quality, which the GBA couldn’t do. And punching up an sms was more comfortable in hand held. I really think the bad PR of the original rendition and the lack of awareness of how easy it was to put games and tinker with it really hurt it.
The ngage like the meego had very interesting features. One is ahead of it's time, the other came in a little too late on an already established market. The way you purchase the ngage at that time, the process to activate it via sim, the harware design and software I think really hurt it. I still bought an old Nokia e63 just so I can install the ngage app. Totally worth it.
Indeed, I think that's why the phone was out when the technology wasn't fully developed for it yet, but because of that it built a cult like following of passionate fans. Interesting how that works...
To be honest, I think a big failure of Nokia N Gage QD is the lack of in-depth cooperation and plan binding with telecom operators，I only remember seeing it in EBGAME stores back then.
I remember my neighbour house friend had this back in 2005 and me and all my friends used to go his to see this phone. Now watching this phone again brings back lots of memories.
This is a spin out!! 😱 It was only a few days ago I was watching a review on this phone and I was saying to myself I hope that Abdullah does a review on this phone and here we are!!
A lot of UA-camrs review Ngage today but didn't know that this is one of the oldest device that plays well with some emulations back in the day. Symbian OS let us install games as well. I remember filling my MMC with Java, Sis games, gameboy emulator and Ngage games as well :) if my package came with a game, I wouldn't be able to thinker how to install games and harness its potential. Lucky me for being one of the folks who maximize their Ngage.
Yup Sis game like KRally, Real Football, Assasin Creed, Brother in Arm,... Vboy for GBA Emulator, Vsun for Nes Emulator And so many app for customize Ngage. Wonderful time back then.
As a small kid i had both n gage and n gage QD, this video brought me those memories back... my dad used to for company that somehow helped nokia with marketing in our country, so they got free samples of those, loved those phones.
I was about 8 when this came out, man this was a huge hype, a dream, to be able to play games on the go, vs your mates, we were literally drooling over the idea of this, but we were young and no one would ever spend money like that for a kid, if only this came out a few years later, maybe it would have been a success, the generation which this was designed for was still growing up. Now when the N95 8gb came out, we were old enough to be able to get one, now that thing blew us away being able to play quake 2 on the go and even online! Those were the days, seems like we used to appreciate these things so much more, will never forget the feeling these new technologies provided us.
Indeed a classic, but I still can't get over the fact that the mp3 and radio were somehow removed. The original Ngage is still a better choice than this Ngage QD, though the phone was placed sideway is weired when making calls.
It’s been a decade since my last Nokia (808 Pureview) but my heart still longs for the good old days when Nokia was king. Love your videos, man. Hope you could do a your top 5 favorite Nokia phones of all time. Mine are: Nokia 3210, 5210, N70, E90, 808 Pureview 😄
Your video's are really great. You are better than some channels because you do not rush everything. The sounds of the buttons, menus, etc are interesting. Each phone certainly has it's own personality, don't you think? It's a shame some of these phones didn't take off. Perhaps not just ahead of their time, but maybe people were just not ready to change from text and talk, to full blown gaming fun. Thumbs Up TheMrNokia Sir!!
Bro, this is N8 box, original Ngage QD box was black in color with very nostalgic and exciting branding and images of N-Gage QD It was precedor of original "N-Gage" which was first version
Good video Abdullah, ah the good old days of Nokia and phones in general ,yes I get that technology moves on but what a fun time. it was to own a phone,now it's like every other phone is stock standard with blah blah features!! More videos of you about and about in the real world please.!!
Thank you! Indeed, I love making these videos because it also gives me a chance to get devices that I always wanted to own and its really a lot of fun using these despite their age... Back when phones were fun... Haha ill try and touch more grass in the future :)
Lordy I owned an NGage, though as a hand me down, I liked it. It was sadly let down by lack of games amongst some other bad managerial decisions. One thing that also doomed it was it was a lot more fragile than what we expected from Nokia, after all they had a reputation for indestructible handsets. I still have a working 3310 and 3510i. They will be useless soon as handsets but they have pulled cover duty a few times.
@@AbdullaZaki These things happen I was using an NGage for a few years and it was second hand. The only phones I never needed to replace due to faults were the 3310 and the 3510i. I swear both those phones will survive the collapse of our universe and be reinvented in the next one. 🙂
A couple of months ago I bought a QD for 2 dollars, still needs reviving but I love how it looks. The first n-gage was one of my favourite phones - I bought it 3 times lol
I used to have this phone. I loved it! I played almost all it's games except for those sport games. I was really sad to know that it did not sale so well they discontinue making it.
I truly loved my n-gage. Had the original one that came with mp3 player and radio, but I couldn't stand the hassle when changing game card (turn off device, remove battery, insert card, insert battery, turn on). So I switched to QD. Man, I played to death the n-gage games. KOF, PtG, Tony Hawk, Pandemonium, Splinter Cell, and all other games. Had some cool friends from the Arena, even got the chance to win an international competition in which I won 2 silver medals and 2 free games of my choice (but they sent me 4 games!!) and other extra goodies. Ah, the memories.....the QD really made my years memorable 😁
Best phone I ever had in my life N-gage QD, I remember playing DOOM on it, using nes-snes-genesis-gameboy emulators, listening MP3, watching all kinds of videos, playing all N-gage games from MMC card. I have'd first one too but can't tolarate it using one month, upgraded to QD after that.. I still have it but its screen is completely broken, f*** no body fixin it this old phone anymore.
I loved that thing too. The screen you can replace with any flagship Nokia screen of the time. A lot of the guys is just recycled from other Nokia flagships of the time
I still have my Ngage QD and the 1st gen. But the QD's OS keeps giving a "System Error" when turning on the phone. I have tried a hard reset but to no avail. I have no idea if there is a way to Flash new firmware/OS onto the phone to get it running again.
I felt pre historic watching this video. I owned an N-gage when I was in high school but then the psp was released so i never gamed on my engage and switched to a Nokia 6630. it feels like it was yesterday.
I remember one image gone viral on the internet. This was post ngage 2.0. So there was this concept device call the Ngage - Neo. You can still find it. And it looked promising and phenomenal. The balance you are talking about ? Yep it seems with that device they could have done it.
It's really ironic how early and late Nokia was back then. They were too early for a handheld gaming device and phone mashed together. They were too late to use android as their main operating system. If they had jumped on android as early as 2009, they would probably be one of the market leaders today. They already have brand loyalty, and total control over the phone market back then.
I've still got the first gen taco N-Gage and a bunch of games for it, and the phone still works like a charm. I obviously don't use it as a daily but I'm glad I have it as a collector's piece. It's such unique phone. And though it's got its own issues, it's still a bold decision by Nokia to go that route, and I'm glad they did.
Thanks for reminding me about that device. I actually owned the N81 8Gb haha. What I meant was "dedicated gaming phone", the N series devices were all round multimedia beasts
Good to see you here Adrian 😁 even though Ngage service was a nice addition to their phones, if Nokia had their wits together they could have created their own online gaming store on multiple platform. Hindsight of course...
There is a rumor that the original nokia N-gage design was based of the goatse image. It was a response to bad management in the design department where the deciding class kept rejecting each design and as a last effort he decided to submit a design the goatse variant and hardly anyone spotted it and it passed... The rumor is probably true because it even has the ring at the right spot
I remember having an ngage QD and game boy when I was a kid. Main problem with QD was there were hardly any games on this so even though I really liked it I played mostly on my gameboy.
Can you help me in getting Nokia Ngage qd complete body with cover rubber strip ? Please I love this set to . And have it in working condition but can not find its parts.
Was waiting for the next Nokia feature phone video! I loved the NGage QD! My friend had it, while I had gone for the 6600. The games were decent, and we had taken these towards the end of their production runs, so price was quite reasonable. I tried copying the files from the game cartridge to my 6600, but it didn't work. The game used to crash immediately on entry 😁
I wasn't really able to get a hold of a Nokia NGage but I got a phone the S60v2 phones that can play NGage games. SonicN was the very first game I ever touched as a kid back in 2006, through Nokia 6600. When 2011 came, instead of getting an android phone, I asked for a Nokia 6670 and played SonicN again for months. And then I knew of emulators. I was playing GBA games througy Vbagx using an S60v2 phone, along with Picodrive S60, Vnes, Vboy and all. It was my smartphone back then. (I have video of those way deep under my channel)
The fact that Nokia could comvince some top publishers to publish for their Ngage platform was a big win in itself. You don't even have Tony Hawk Pro Skater or Splinter Cell on smartphones these days, even though they are much powerful than those Ngage ones.
Good point. But you have to consider those franchises aren't as big as they used to be.
Sadly but true, today smartphone are so powerful, i own smartphone with snapdragon 845 but barely console quality game released today for android, the only console quality game released on phone is just indie game which is meh to me because they are just 3d platformer or either a game which didn't push hard to the limit like what this ngage could do. Even though i can play some console game with emulator like ps1, ps2 or even wii but i feel like my phone hardware is just a waste without decent native game. Playstore are full of garbage, their top game list is full of joke, it filled with trash pay to win game, stupid game with full of ads or stupid domino trash game. It such a shame Google only cares about money and they ruined everything.
When I was shopping for Ngage games for this video, I was really surprised by some of the publishers who made games for it. Sure the games catalogue is tiny compared to what Nintendo could pull, but considering this was nokias first gaming device, they did get some good developers on board. This project should have continued and further developed imo...
@@AbdullaZaki Does the phone save to the cartridge itself or on the phone?
@@runninginthe90s75 Alien Isolation, Grid Autosport and Pascal's Wager. They are all console and pc quality games
Life was easier when nokia was leader and not iphone 😉
Life is much better back then because there are so many console quality game made for Nokia phone even though their hardware is very weak compared to smartphone nowaday, today mobile game is total joke. You can't find console quality game, what you can find is boring battle royale game, pay to win garbage, or game filled with a lot of stupid annoying ads. The ironic thing is that not even hardware limitation stopping people to make decent game, its the corporate and less support from google or apple which makes company had very less interest to make mobile game because apple and google only promotes garbage game on their store.
Simpler, happier times :)
Nokia was a much better leader of the industry than Apple. They actually tried to innovate their design and explore many different ideas.
@@ROCKSTAR3291 no doubt about that 💯
@@ROCKSTAR3291 i heard they did nothing wrong, but somehow still lost..
I wanted one of these so bad, thanks for the nostalgia.
you can experience it trough N-gage emulator tho..
Me too, My journey on this Phone is when i start using phone it was Nokia 3650 and play some games and you can choose the controls on settings on the game, you can see "N-GAGE". I can't stop imagining what it looks like. It was strange for me because of it's name that no number include like: 3650,6600, or 6630. And then i try search it on a website and Man I was so obsessed to have this device specially the Taco version❤ i like it the most than the QD. Back in 2009, it took me 12 years to get this 2 models.
Honestly I loved my QD and original Taco Nokia Ngages, it's so sad these gaming decks didn't get all the games and support they deserved. I would have loved to see some real GBA-esque games on the system, especially if Square Enix or Capcom got on board!
Indeed.. Yet I'm actually surprised by the number of studios who did develop games for the Ngage, considering its the first gaming device from Nokia. Nokia had a very strong pull, but trying to out compete Nintendo in handhelds would have taken years and multiple attempts more
@@AbdullaZaki I think the big hitters were mostly ported by one studio and Nokia just paid for the license to get the ball rolling. Tomb Raider, Tony Hawk and Colin McRae were ported by the same studio.
But there were still a lot of cool titles. You could get a surprisingly good King of Fighters game.
Also Asphalt started on the N-Gage. It was a full PS1 style game at the time. And Torus games who ported Doom 2 and Duke Nukem to GBA did an original FPS game on it and it looked great. There was a lot of cool games for it considering how bad it was panned.
The only one game I played on mine was Elder Scrolls Shadowkey
me too. I loved my QD . I remember playing Red Faction game with my friend with it... & also playing war games called Pathway to Glory. its very well optimized
Honestly, this was the video I was waiting for a long time. When you were bringing the nostalgia of other devices back to life I was always hoping, next video would be an N-Gage. This was really ahead of its time. It would be a dream come true if Nokia tried something new like this now which is very different from conventional phones. Not saying exact but something unique that makes all the tongues wag. This phone was more of a status symbol to show off and I know so many people who just had it but would not play games that often. Those were the days.
Someone please remind Nokia what a beast they were at experimentation and trying new things rather than following the pack as is now.
Imagine if nokia would make another ngage phone today? With all the physical buttons like the QD and with an SDgen1+ processor and well made cooling system.
I got the QD way back 2007 and still one of my favorite handheld device to date I played a lot of pathway to glory back then and splinter cell chaos theory looks phenomenal in the system, now with the rise of android gaming phones such as black shark, ROG, etc. I’m still hoping that Nokia will release a gaming phone with the ngage platform.
Back in good old days, subscribed😍👌🎮
I have six N-Gages. If was my favourite phone back in the day! 😄
Haha were you collecting them?
Hey man, your videos are so good, please keep up with the good work, cheers from Brazil!
The N-Gage is soooo under rated. Especially the QD model. The cards are swappable. You don’t have to take off the end plate.
But what no one talks about is the trash copy protection. You could buy an SD card, load it with games and play it.
It was also an awesome emulation device, Mega Drive, Game Gear, NES, Gameboy/Color all played great. SNES was a bit hit and miss, and anything above that was a no go.
I paid around $300 Australian for it. It’s expensive compared to a gameboy, but it was a little cheaper than a gameboy and mobile phone combined. And it was a great gaming device, the emulation gave you a ton of games, and the main games were full PS1 quality, which the GBA couldn’t do. And punching up an sms was more comfortable in hand held. I really think the bad PR of the original rendition and the lack of awareness of how easy it was to put games and tinker with it really hurt it.
MashaAllah, I still miss my N-Gage QD, even in 2022 there is no match for it, it's a Heritage and marvel of Nokia's innovations. Alhamdulillah ☺️
And I miss Pathway to Glory and Call of Duty WW1 which I played on my N-Gage QD, even today's smartphone don't have them.
Indeed, despite all of its flaws! I can only imagine how passionate Ngage owners were about their devices
@@AbdullaZaki ❤️
The ngage like the meego had very interesting features. One is ahead of it's time, the other came in a little too late on an already established market.
The way you purchase the ngage at that time, the process to activate it via sim, the harware design and software I think really hurt it.
I still bought an old Nokia e63 just so I can install the ngage app. Totally worth it.
Indeed, I think that's why the phone was out when the technology wasn't fully developed for it yet, but because of that it built a cult like following of passionate fans. Interesting how that works...
Finally my requested video from MrNokia himself Abdulla Zaki, thanks dude!
No problem Jessie :) I'm covering as many Nokia devices as I can, so every cool device will hopefully make an appearance one day
Man this so nostalgic... Good ol days
Can't wait to get Nokia N-Gage QD, for the mobile gaming nostalgia.
This was a big piece of my childhood. I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater so much.
To be honest, I think a big failure of Nokia N Gage QD is the lack of in-depth cooperation and plan binding with telecom operators，I only remember seeing it in EBGAME stores back then.
True, they should have done better in that regard... and availability of games worldwide wasn't great too
This was my dream phone when i was in school. Had 2 of these, loved it
I remember my neighbour house friend had this back in 2005 and me and all my friends used to go his to see this phone. Now watching this phone again brings back lots of memories.
Ngage : world's first gaming phone♥️
I have the first n-gage phone still in box everything is new
@@kazpa58 great!
This is a spin out!! 😱 It was only a few days ago I was watching a review on this phone and I was saying to myself I hope that Abdullah does a review on this phone and here we are!!
Haha seems like the stats have alligned in your favourite for this :) any way glad my timing was right :D
A lot of UA-camrs review Ngage today but didn't know that this is one of the oldest device that plays well with some emulations back in the day. Symbian OS let us install games as well. I remember filling my MMC with Java, Sis games, gameboy emulator and Ngage games as well :) if my package came with a game, I wouldn't be able to thinker how to install games and harness its potential. Lucky me for being one of the folks who maximize their Ngage.
Yup
Sis game like KRally, Real Football, Assasin Creed, Brother in Arm,...
Vboy for GBA Emulator, Vsun for Nes Emulator
And so many app for customize Ngage. Wonderful time back then.
@@nope-zdvcz99 they say it's a failure because they didn't know hiw to use it before
I once owned NGage QD and Classic. Those were the best gaming days....
As a small kid i had both n gage and n gage QD, this video brought me those memories back... my dad used to for company that somehow helped nokia with marketing in our country, so they got free samples of those, loved those phones.
I had this one... Man... Nokia phones had very innovative and smart designs back then...
Love your throwback video's, good ol' times
I was about 8 when this came out, man this was a huge hype, a dream, to be able to play games on the go, vs your mates, we were literally drooling over the idea of this, but we were young and no one would ever spend money like that for a kid, if only this came out a few years later, maybe it would have been a success, the generation which this was designed for was still growing up. Now when the N95 8gb came out, we were old enough to be able to get one, now that thing blew us away being able to play quake 2 on the go and even online! Those were the days, seems like we used to appreciate these things so much more, will never forget the feeling these new technologies provided us.
ممكن تجرب جهاز نوكيا X2-01 و نوكيا C3-00
و هل يصلح لاستخدامه ثانوي في 2022
I still remember the Matrix Ad. Everyone at school wanted one, but hardly anyone bought it and Sony PSP was the final nail in it's coffin.
Indeed a classic, but I still can't get over the fact that the mp3 and radio were somehow removed. The original Ngage is still a better choice than this Ngage QD, though the phone was placed sideway is weired when making calls.
I had the QD. The mp3 player worked. I just hated the 2.5 mm headphone Jack. Hard to find earphones for that.
@@sloppynyuszi Those were the days where 2.5mm jack reigns for phones. c",)
@@JS-ev4xc just as bad as relying on Bluetooth 🥺😅😅
Did you do a N73 Nokia phone review? I loved that phone when I was smaller
It’s been a decade since my last Nokia (808 Pureview) but my heart still longs for the good old days when Nokia was king. Love your videos, man. Hope you could do a your top 5 favorite Nokia phones of all time. Mine are: Nokia 3210, 5210, N70, E90, 808 Pureview 😄
I remember using this phone during my high school time. Legend. The con for me about that phone during that time just one thing, no camera.
I used to have the NOKIA N-GAGE Classic phone in 2012 as a college student. I really like it!
Your video's are really great. You are better than some channels because you do not rush everything. The sounds of the buttons, menus, etc are interesting. Each phone certainly has it's own personality, don't you think? It's a shame some of these phones didn't take off. Perhaps not just ahead of their time, but maybe people were just not ready to change from text and talk, to full blown gaming fun. Thumbs Up TheMrNokia Sir!!
I had ngage QD & I absolutely loved it. Don't show it again please. I'll cry 😭😭😭 This is the most loving phone I ever had.
This was the phone in my college time...so nostalgic!!!
What happened to those 3 newly announced Nokia 4g keypad phone ? Hasn't released yet ? They said late July. But it's already 31st July.
I guess coming very soon now. Its always usually around 2 weeks after "official release" that they start showing up in stores...
Bro, this is N8 box, original Ngage QD box was black in color with very nostalgic and exciting branding and images of N-Gage QD
It was precedor of original "N-Gage" which was first version
wow this video bring a lot of memories , i'm sad that this one didn't make it .
nice video 👍👍
N-Gage is obviously a gaming phone... to which gaming phones now should praise for being ahead of its time.
Mr. Nokia, please make a review on nokia 2720 flip...
Good video Abdullah, ah the good old days of Nokia and phones in general ,yes I get that technology moves on but what a fun time. it was to own a phone,now it's like every other phone is stock standard with blah blah features!! More videos of you about and about in the real world please.!!
Thank you! Indeed, I love making these videos because it also gives me a chance to get devices that I always wanted to own and its really a lot of fun using these despite their age... Back when phones were fun... Haha ill try and touch more grass in the future :)
Omg! I miss this phone a lot! Its my first symbian phone..
Lordy I owned an NGage, though as a hand me down, I liked it. It was sadly let down by lack of games amongst some other bad managerial decisions. One thing that also doomed it was it was a lot more fragile than what we expected from Nokia, after all they had a reputation for indestructible handsets. I still have a working 3310 and 3510i. They will be useless soon as handsets but they have pulled cover duty a few times.
Indeed. A friend of mine owned the Ngage Qd and had to get it replaced about 3 times...
@@AbdullaZaki These things happen I was using an NGage for a few years and it was second hand. The only phones I never needed to replace due to faults were the 3310 and the 3510i.
I swear both those phones will survive the collapse of our universe and be reinvented in the next one. 🙂
Ngage was definitely far ahead of its time...
Its a pity that Nokia didn't want to push it any further..
This was sooo great during class
This was my favorite phone back in the days.
The QD was my daily phone back then and played a bunch of Tony Hawk, X-Men Legends, and a few other the local EB Games stocked then.
I still got the original 1st gen N-gage. I love how the unconventional orientation when you use it in a phone call.
I still have my first ever phone which happened to be the ngage qd and it still works like a charm ❤
A couple of months ago I bought a QD for 2 dollars, still needs reviving but I love how it looks. The first n-gage was one of my favourite phones - I bought it 3 times lol
YES! Can you do a video on Sailfish OS? It's like the last remnant of Nokia softwarewise
I used to have this phone. I loved it! I played almost all it's games except for those sport games. I was really sad to know that it did not sale so well they discontinue making it.
I LOVED this phone when I first got it. Wish I could use it now.
Really hope Nokia will bring this fon back
My first handphone. Nostalgia
I've had this phone and loved it to pieces ❤️❤️❤️
Amazing amazing device. From all the Nokia phones I've owned, only the n97 mini surpasses this one
I truly loved my n-gage. Had the original one that came with mp3 player and radio, but I couldn't stand the hassle when changing game card (turn off device, remove battery, insert card, insert battery, turn on). So I switched to QD. Man, I played to death the n-gage games. KOF, PtG, Tony Hawk, Pandemonium, Splinter Cell, and all other games. Had some cool friends from the Arena, even got the chance to win an international competition in which I won 2 silver medals and 2 free games of my choice (but they sent me 4 games!!) and other extra goodies. Ah, the memories.....the QD really made my years memorable 😁
good childhood memories with this phone, Explode arena ,Rally race etc fav N Gage games that time😍
I had one aswell was a ton of fun.
This was first phone of my life....❤️❤️❤️
I still remember, playing asphalt, god of war and definitely my favorite darkest fear on my Nokia n70. Damn those days are awesome.
Best phone I ever had in my life N-gage QD, I remember playing DOOM on it, using nes-snes-genesis-gameboy emulators, listening MP3, watching all kinds of videos, playing all N-gage games from MMC card.
I have'd first one too but can't tolarate it using one month, upgraded to QD after that..
I still have it but its screen is completely broken, f*** no body fixin it this old phone anymore.
I loved that thing too. The screen you can replace with any flagship Nokia screen of the time. A lot of the guys is just recycled from other Nokia flagships of the time
@@sloppynyuszi Huh? Man I got dead nokia 7610, you mean it work?
I still have my Ngage QD and the 1st gen. But the QD's OS keeps giving a "System Error" when turning on the phone. I have tried a hard reset but to no avail. I have no idea if there is a way to Flash new firmware/OS onto the phone to get it running again.
I still have mine looking brand new. I believe the main reason it failed to reach popularity is because it was stupidly expensive.
i rewatched your video 😂 because I am kinda miss my ngage QD.
I felt pre historic watching this video. I owned an N-gage when I was in high school but then the psp was released so i never gamed on my engage and switched to a Nokia 6630. it feels like it was yesterday.
I remember one image gone viral on the internet. This was post ngage 2.0. So there was this concept device call the Ngage - Neo. You can still find it. And it looked promising and phenomenal. The balance you are talking about ? Yep it seems with that device they could have done it.
I was an N-gage owner back in the days. People called me weird to play on the go. Now look at every one 😁😁. I enjoyed fm radio and playing.
It's really ironic how early and late Nokia was back then. They were too early for a handheld gaming device and phone mashed together. They were too late to use android as their main operating system. If they had jumped on android as early as 2009, they would probably be one of the market leaders today. They already have brand loyalty, and total control over the phone market back then.
This was my dream phone which I never got to have. I use an iPhone 14 pro now but I still long for an N-GAGE QD, but I can't find it anywhere
I've still got the first gen taco N-Gage and a bunch of games for it, and the phone still works like a charm. I obviously don't use it as a daily but I'm glad I have it as a collector's piece. It's such unique phone. And though it's got its own issues, it's still a bold decision by Nokia to go that route, and I'm glad they did.
im planning on buying a feature phone mostly for java games. Does any one know of any with comfortable direction keys
How did you buy them new?
Loved my qd, I mainly used as a sms/GG emulator machine and as a ebook reader
Well, Nokia has made N81 with gaming keys as a reference N-Gage 2.0 device, so this may be a the last Nokia entry to gaming phones, not QD.
Thanks for reminding me about that device. I actually owned the N81 8Gb haha. What I meant was "dedicated gaming phone", the N series devices were all round multimedia beasts
@@AbdullaZaki very true and good video mate ☺️. N-gage 2.0 felt and was marketed more as a service, so it was nice to use on my N78 back in the day.
Good to see you here Adrian 😁 even though Ngage service was a nice addition to their phones, if Nokia had their wits together they could have created their own online gaming store on multiple platform. Hindsight of course...
The major problem with n-gage was lack of camera. Camara was major attraction with respect to gaming durng 2004-2007.
There is a rumor that the original nokia N-gage design was based of the goatse image. It was a response to bad management in the design department where the deciding class kept rejecting each design and as a last effort he decided to submit a design the goatse variant and hardly anyone spotted it and it passed... The rumor is probably true because it even has the ring at the right spot
MY FIRST PHONE WHEN IM IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAHAHA... MISS IT 🥲
From where can I buy Nokia Lumia phones
Ebay, refurbished
I remember having an ngage QD and game boy when I was a kid. Main problem with QD was there were hardly any games on this so even though I really liked it I played mostly on my gameboy.
in which shop did you buy it?
I had one of these ! I loved it
Can you help me in getting Nokia Ngage qd complete body with cover rubber strip ? Please I love this set to . And have it in working condition but can not find its parts.
I'm surprised to spot this mobile in "blue beetle" movie. Used as a detonation gadget device.😊
what is weird about the charging port exactly?
This was my very first device in 2007 ❤❤❤❤❤.
can you tell me where to buy it?
I sold my Nokia 6600 for this bad boy. Loved it... 😭
We used to call the 6600 the panda here haha. Good stuff
I am crying 😢 I had nGage qd and then buy nGage and I still need one with android please?
Ngage is pure early 2000s aesthetics
I feel the boxes were more beautiful then now ❤️
Was waiting for the next Nokia feature phone video!
I loved the NGage QD! My friend had it, while I had gone for the 6600. The games were decent, and we had taken these towards the end of their production runs, so price was quite reasonable.
I tried copying the files from the game cartridge to my 6600, but it didn't work. The game used to crash immediately on entry 😁
Probably has failed in global sales but damn, in Malaysia, NGage was a king
Nokia devices setting-up sound like a loading gun.
I had one!!! I loved it! Eapecially tony hawk
Where to buy sir 😢
The best series in my uni years…it looks great beside the Taco brother too…
I wasn't really able to get a hold of a Nokia NGage but I got a phone the S60v2 phones that can play NGage games.
SonicN was the very first game I ever touched as a kid back in 2006, through Nokia 6600. When 2011 came, instead of getting an android phone, I asked for a Nokia 6670 and played SonicN again for months. And then I knew of emulators. I was playing GBA games througy Vbagx using an S60v2 phone, along with Picodrive S60, Vnes, Vboy and all. It was my smartphone back then.
(I have video of those way deep under my channel)