I used to be a Lumia user and I'm still sad Windows Phone died the way it did. The phones were well designed and well made, especially my 830, holy it was sexy. The system was well designed, functioned smooth and looked great, just a shame that there was no software support and microsoft was generally a mess handling it.
If it was windows 7 based instead of windows 8 I could see it having stuck around but I don't know anyone who liked the change to the tiles windows 8 and higher do like how these phones have
@@ClassicRedEye Bang on the money, owned a Lumia 640, MAN that phone was amazing, and tbh it still to this day works for me as a backup phone, GOD I loved that phone, best phone I've ever had, and the keyboard was the icing on the cake, even the tiles feature was great. The ONLY reason I had to get a new phone was the app support, there were just no apps for it 😥
The 950XL is amazing. Can even run Desktop Windows 11 if you want. And for deeply discharged devices, keep em plugged into a low power brick, like 1A (those old apple bricks work). Then monitor them for an hour, most of em will spring right back up.
The first Kindle Fire had a similar issue, if it got too dead, it didn't like to come back, and you'd have to leave it plugged in for a hot minute, then unplug it, push the button to turn it on, then plug it back in for it to actually start taking the charge, or some convoluted crap like that. Don't miss those days.
I used to have a Nokia N8. They will not do an initial charge off USB, it must use the DC jack on the bottom. After it boots, I think I do remember it being USB charging capable however, albeit slowly. They were actually very nice phones, and the camera was freakin amazing on them. Even recorded video in full stereo. (720p I believe).
We’ve really been spoiled by modern USB charging. Even in 2012 it was still kind of a crapshoot. But today it’s reliable af and you’ll probably get at least 10-20% in 10 minutes. When he tries old devices that need a barrel jack to revive them, or just only gives 5-10 minutes instead of 2 hours for 90s or early 00s stuff to wake up, I get mildly sad 😅
@@BorislavVeselinov The archive being a completely separate channel was sorta clunky at times and the complete seasons were difficult to navigate, so i think this was the best solution
@@BorislavVeselinov To be fair it's easier to just have them on Wade's channel so I'm very happy about this, the archive is good and all but it means remembering another channel name and where I left off.
I worked for a phone company from 2011-2015, and the pack in earbuds from the Lumia 610 were my favourite pack in buds from any phone we ever sold. Wish I could find another pair, for nostalgia if nothing else.
I used to know a girl in eighth grade, who was an absolute Windows Phone super fan. She was sure it would be huge and it was her favorite OS, to the point when she got grounded she would have to use an iPhone. That was genuinely a punishment for her and she hated it every time.
There are dozens of us! Dozens! To this day I still use Square Home to make my Android home screen kinda look like a Windows phone. I still think M$'s Metro/"tiles" approach is a good alternative to the icon/widget phone UI.
I know this is super old and you probably arent going back through your old videos but a huge selling point for a lot of the "higher end" nokia windows phones was (A) fantastic cameras for the time (B) Oled screens, i had the windows phone with the gianr camera on it and i STILL to this day 2024 use it as a point and shoot camera because the images it puts out are fantastic
They were the first with the always-on stuff since oled allowed that. People were "wtf how? your phone is on, draining your battery" and I was like "nah, it can do that with minimal battery usage" lol
Of all the phones I've had, the Lumia 920 might still be my favourite. No phone since has felt anywhere near as premium. A truly wonderful piece of industrial design.
my brother bought an n8 and my mom used it until whatsapp stopped being supported i love the n8, why can't more phones have a data input with charging enabled, a barrel power plug that's just for charging, an HDMI out and of course, an OS that honestly, really good yes, i like symbyan, because it's stable and reminds me of the times that Android wasn't a shitty sandboxed everything experience after Android11 I'd love to play asphalt 6 again on this phone, and also the camera, it's REALLY good, it's a 13 yr old camera, but it's still rlly good
I actually had one of these phones for a long time in the past. Despite bad app support, it was actually a nice experience. They were built like absolute bricks.
I havent seen anybody talk about this but an extremely clutch thing about this channel is that its very watchable on shitty internet. the bright lighting and tight closeup of anything important makes these an especially easy 480p watch
Man, can you believe Google didn't give them UA-cam? Honestly, Windows Phone always felt forward thinking in some regards (much like the Zune), but lacked proper execution and a sort of determination that would force Google to kneel. Nowadays they're all obsolete, even the killer 1020, with the 42 MP camera, the best one Windows got and the best one we had for years. Honestly if Wade gets a 1020, he could probably give the OS a fair shake in all honesty.
My father actually unironically owned a Lumia in wonderful neon orange, it was by microsoft itself if i remember correctly, but the battery went sad, he also had a nokia smartphone from 2009 or 2010, not sure which year, and I found an old sd card that was in there with his music and games, one of those was made in flash and i was able to open its sfw, however it needs an internet connection to work, so the game doesnt work anymore sadly
I gamed more on Windows phones (MMOs and stuff) than I do on my Android now (just emulators essentially). I had 4 5(somethings) going at once playing one game, it was wonderful. I made so many friends. God that was 10+ years ago...
My first cell phone was the Lumia 635, a successor to the 620! I was 11 and it was $60, so a good first phone for parents to pick up. Not a bad phone, lasted 2 years before I upgraded, and even then, the main issue was the battery going downhill. The app support was terrible so I usually had to use my iPad for a lot of things tho.
Looks like they all have shutter buttons, which is something I really want on a phone. I find it so much easier to take photos when my thumb isn't obscuring part of the screen. That and a headphone jack.
the N8 was my first smartphone. I freaking loooooved this phone.10 years later tho it copped some batt abuse in storage and i can no longer use it but i dailied it for a few years before my dad shelved it and forgot it
This video brings back so many memories, my first "real" smartphone was a Nokia and man when you pulled that bad boy out of the box nothing could have prepared you for the loading time, Rest In Peace windows mobile you will not be missed
my first smartphone was a nokia lumia 520, absolutely loved the thing, up until it decided to forget where the OS was one night, still miss the dedicated 2 stage camera button
Oh man nostalgia. I remember being so excited for the Lumia 800. First smartphone I had, and it was a real dense chunky guy! Nifty blue color; fantastic keyboard feedback; and the Windows Phone OS worked really well for my phone use habits. Wouldn't mind returning to this style of phone once I'm able to turn my S22 Ultra into a pure portable media/game machine.
My old phone was a lumia 521 and I loved that phone. I understand why people didn’t like them, even I wished it was more compatible with certain things, but it was a great phone for a while. And in traditional Nokia fashion, that thing didn’t want to break in the slightest.
I had a Lumina 620 and an N8 back in the day. Both were fantastic phones. I even upgraded from my iPhone to the N8 because it was such a great phone. I remember it had a great camera (probably because of the Carl Zeiss lens) and you could use it as an FM radio station. Also the mini HDMI port was sometimes quite handy. Even though my Lumina 620 was just a company phone, I preferred it over my iPhone 5, which was my personal phone at the time. If Microsoft had improved app compatibility, I think they would still be making Windows phones today. Windows phones were so easy to use once fully set up and I even preferred it over iOS. After the 620, I had a 640 as a company phone until it was replaced by an iPhone X because I accidentally ran over it.
I used Lumias exclusively from 2014 to 2020 when I "upgraded" to a Pixel 4a (that was the worst phone I ever used) and now I rock a Sony Xperia 1 Iv to see if it was Android that caused me to hate my Pixel that ran like poo. Turns out, it was entirely the Pixel's fault. I had a Lumia 635 from 2014 to 2016, when I upgraded to a Lumia 650. Its display connector on the motherboard borked sometime in 2019 and I used a hand-me-down Samsung for a few months before getting a second 650. And I stayed on that sinking ship even after the ship had officially sunk in 2020. Still have my 635 and 650 too, just like my old iPods that I used at the time as well (because nobody was developing for Windows Phone, the jerks). Occasionally I dig them out just to keep the batteries from setting my room on fire and it always makes me happy. I miss it to bits but I refuse to let it die because I use a Windows Phone launcher and changed my volume slider to also resemble Windows Phone. In 2024. Microsoft bring it back.
Oh and also Apple's "3D Touch" (that was just Force Touch from the Apple Watch), yeah there was the Nokia McLaren concept that ACTUALLY lived up to the 3D part of that name. Literally the coolest thing I've ever seen in a phone.
I actually had a Nokia 800 and I’d see this as such a bug now but as a dodgy teen it did a thing where if it died while the torch was on. It would just remain as a torch for about 1-2 hours. Nothing else. Just a torch and when your in places you shouldn’t be doing things you ‘shouldn’t’ do it was a bloody lifesaver.
I had both a Nokia N8 and a lumia 920 and they were both some of the best phones I've ever had. Back in 2010 I had the n8 hooked up to a monitor keyboard and mouse to watch UA-cam
⭐Happy new year! i love your content❤keep up the good work in 2024, I cant wait for another year of Shrek, Scarlette fire, junk tech & franks snooty booper!⭐
I forget which model I had, but I had one of the cheaper windows phones, and it was actually pretty nice. I remember being disappointed when I had to send it back because it was time for an “upgrade” though, I might’ve upgraded to an iPhone 4 or something, which was another one of my favorite phones in my teens
I had a 630 back in the day, aside from the lack of any software they ran great and had a long ass battery life, for the £100 it cost 13 year old me had a great time using it. Plus the audio player app was really good
I must add, I had the Nokia 8 (not the n8) and it was legitimately a fantastic phone. It was the cleanest android you could get at the time and it was awesome. Built like a brick (true to the Nokia legacy) and held charge like a battery warrior.
figured I'd drop a neat tidbit of info - Windows Mobile was odd in the way that when you reset them, it's just like resetting your PC. when setting up, it installs stock apps in the background under the thought that you aren't going to speedrun it, the same way Windows 10 and 11 slowly install apps after you sign in.
I wanted the Nokia Lumia 1020 so badly in 2013. I was just hoping they'd release an Android version because Windows Phone seemed to only have downloadable apps for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and that was it.
Oh how I miss Nokia's whole vibes back when they did their own things. Had a few of the HMD Global licensed android phones until my current phone and they served me well at least (but the 2017 Nokia 6 was such a higher quality phone than the 5.4 I had after)
5:58 the funny thing is that one of these got a spot of honor on a recently (sort of, over a month ago) mobile game. The phone from the Belle (Rin) character on Zenless Zone Zero is pretty much a N8 in orange colors relabeled Prophet. Side crap aside, the n8 had quite a bit of innovative hardware for its time, shame the battery array (battery, charging port, bms) were all crap and the OS was even worse.
With my old tablet it seems like it's completely dead when tou plug it in, but then comes to life about a hour or two later, takes fifteen minutes to boot and isnt even "decent" to use. Crazy how much time can age software or atleast how tou veiw it. I remember it being so good 11 years ago.
my dad had that second one and that thing is a BEAST it's smashed to bits and still "works" and it's kinda sad with how poorly made everything is nowadays
I remember having a Nokia Lumia 620 when I was in high school, great phone. Windows phones were pretty damn good, the OS was super intuitive though if I remember correctly not the best supported. Honestly sad they didnt make it, they were quality products.
About the N8: it's A true Nokia, meaning; the POWER button is on top (on the right next to the HDMI port if I remember correctly) pressing the LOCK button when it's off doesn't do anything. That thing was way beyond anything else from that time, both in features and build quality. But no android (or iOS) so it wasn't very popular.
I had the 620. It was very heavy to hold, WP UI was very good and new at that time, but I soon switched it since WP lacked a lot of essential 3rd apps.
I had a blue N8 when it was new. My friend at that time had a green one. His gf used to say that we look like "special needs" brothers whose parents bought same phones for us not to be jealous of one another, but in different colours so we don't mix 'em up. We were in our early 20s, I guess. Tbh, N8s earbuds are pretty damn nice. I liked it much more than Senny's CX.
in 2021 I bought a new in box nokia e7-00. the rubber bumpers had turned to goo which wasn't fun cleaning. but I used it as my daily for the whole year until the 3g towers shut down. it was a nice phone. despite sitting for so long in the box the battery was fine too lol
I like to think that if Nokia had stuck with MeeGo (and not signed a deal with MS right before launch) we'd be in a better place now. It's probably not true but i was so hopeful back in 2010.
Windows Phone def had the best keyboard. If you hit a key next to the one you wanted it always picked up what word you were trying to write. I can’t believe how many times ios tells me a word is wrong and can’t give me any replacement just from one wrong keystroke.
As a former 800 owner, material quality was excellent, everything else uhh, less so, had to install zune, bloody zune. Og and the charger cover proke of all of em eventually
Thanks for posting. You may be able to jump start the phones by plugging and unplugging the charging cable to trickle charge and then start up. Worked for my old playbook haha
I forgot how much I loved my 620. I even got spare coloured backs for it. The screen is really black and sharp, puts many modern phones to shame, and it was decent pixel density. I liked WP a lot. It had its flaws like any OS, but simple things like the on-the-fly search by first letters in contacts (you still have to use a separate box or scroll like a neanderthal in Android) and the smart-looking tiles that make IOS and Android icons look childish. Should have been supported.
These to my mind were the absolute death knell of Nokia as a company just trying to make Windows Phone happen with the Lumia's. The real last hurrah was the N9 with the MeeGo OS -- Linux based but NOT Android. Just this brief glimpse into a world of non-Apple smartphones where Google wasn't jammed into every orifice.
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This is enough content for few months, thanks wade for making these videos public
Did he say this in a prior announcement?
@@shanthoshamadhavan2631 He posted about it yesterday
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@@shanthoshamadhavan2631 he did
@@shanthoshamadhavan2631yep. I was confused too cause i took a break from him
Nokia N8 and N9 are still some of my absolute favourite phones. they did what i needed and were built solid
N9 is a legend
The N9 is amazing. I had a black one in the day, and recently got my hands on a unicorn White N9. One of the best phones ever made. @@mopsless
n8 camera was god tier
I used to be a Lumia user and I'm still sad Windows Phone died the way it did. The phones were well designed and well made, especially my 830, holy it was sexy. The system was well designed, functioned smooth and looked great, just a shame that there was no software support and microsoft was generally a mess handling it.
If it was windows 7 based instead of windows 8 I could see it having stuck around but I don't know anyone who liked the change to the tiles windows 8 and higher do like how these phones have
I think everyone that owned Windows phone come to the same agreement. I had a Lumia 920 and that phone was amazing.
@@ClassicRedEye Bang on the money, owned a Lumia 640, MAN that phone was amazing, and tbh it still to this day works for me as a backup phone, GOD I loved that phone, best phone I've ever had, and the keyboard was the icing on the cake, even the tiles feature was great. The ONLY reason I had to get a new phone was the app support, there were just no apps for it 😥
@MihkelKukk yeah soon as youtube canned their support for you pipe I think it was called and Facebook it was over.
My parents got me the lumia the month Windows stopped supporting it lmao, lovely phone but not a single windows app worked pfff
The 950XL is amazing. Can even run Desktop Windows 11 if you want. And for deeply discharged devices, keep em plugged into a low power brick, like 1A (those old apple bricks work). Then monitor them for an hour, most of em will spring right back up.
The first Kindle Fire had a similar issue, if it got too dead, it didn't like to come back, and you'd have to leave it plugged in for a hot minute, then unplug it, push the button to turn it on, then plug it back in for it to actually start taking the charge, or some convoluted crap like that. Don't miss those days.
This tbh
I used to have a Nokia N8. They will not do an initial charge off USB, it must use the DC jack on the bottom. After it boots, I think I do remember it being USB charging capable however, albeit slowly. They were actually very nice phones, and the camera was freakin amazing on them. Even recorded video in full stereo. (720p I believe).
I hope he gives it another chance, that was my dream phone back then that I never got a chance to use
We’ve really been spoiled by modern USB charging. Even in 2012 it was still kind of a crapshoot. But today it’s reliable af and you’ll probably get at least 10-20% in 10 minutes.
When he tries old devices that need a barrel jack to revive them, or just only gives 5-10 minutes instead of 2 hours for 90s or early 00s stuff to wake up, I get mildly sad 😅
N8 I r8 8/8
Unironically considering getting one for when this phone dies
@@heggy_69 They do run on Symbian just fyi but I had so much fun toying with it
Thank you for making all the After Shows Public :D you deserve all the views and engagement they have and will earn!
The Archive already made them public. The complete seasons' videos already made them public. But good on Wade for making them public as well.
@@BorislavVeselinov The archive being a completely separate channel was sorta clunky at times and the complete seasons were difficult to navigate, so i think this was the best solution
@@BorislavVeselinovthis chain of events shouldn’t be forgotten either. Props to The Archive
@@BorislavVeselinov To be fair it's easier to just have them on Wade's channel so I'm very happy about this, the archive is good and all but it means remembering another channel name and where I left off.
I wanna nokia.
I worked for a phone company from 2011-2015, and the pack in earbuds from the Lumia 610 were my favourite pack in buds from any phone we ever sold. Wish I could find another pair, for nostalgia if nothing else.
your best bet is amazon at this point which sucks, I completely agree with you they were so good for the price and everything
I used to know a girl in eighth grade, who was an absolute Windows Phone super fan. She was sure it would be huge and it was her favorite OS, to the point when she got grounded she would have to use an iPhone. That was genuinely a punishment for her and she hated it every time.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
To this day I still use Square Home to make my Android home screen kinda look like a Windows phone. I still think M$'s Metro/"tiles" approach is a good alternative to the icon/widget phone UI.
I know this is super old and you probably arent going back through your old videos but a huge selling point for a lot of the "higher end" nokia windows phones was (A) fantastic cameras for the time (B) Oled screens, i had the windows phone with the gianr camera on it and i STILL to this day 2024 use it as a point and shoot camera because the images it puts out are fantastic
An addition for anyone that cares the oleds looked fantastic at first but they had burn in issues
They were the first with the always-on stuff since oled allowed that. People were "wtf how? your phone is on, draining your battery" and I was like "nah, it can do that with minimal battery usage" lol
You didn't even rip the batteries out and jump them. I'd love to see a five year old iPhone turn on without any battery maintaining.
I have a Nokia N9, which became the 800 after Microsoft happened. Feels amazing in the hand and meego was such a cool OS
Of all the phones I've had, the Lumia 920 might still be my favourite.
No phone since has felt anywhere near as premium. A truly wonderful piece of industrial design.
my brother bought an n8 and my mom used it until whatsapp stopped being supported
i love the n8, why can't more phones have a data input with charging enabled, a barrel power plug that's just for charging, an HDMI out and of course, an OS that honestly, really good
yes, i like symbyan, because it's stable and reminds me of the times that Android wasn't a shitty sandboxed everything experience after Android11
I'd love to play asphalt 6 again on this phone, and also the camera, it's REALLY good, it's a 13 yr old camera, but it's still rlly good
I LOVED my lumia 800. It was indestructible and was so smooth. It was in a lake for 10 minutes and after 30 minutes in the sun, it was good as new
I actually love the little door on the charging port, saves dust and other junk getting in there and ruining it
I actually had one of these phones for a long time in the past. Despite bad app support, it was actually a nice experience. They were built like absolute bricks.
I havent seen anybody talk about this but an extremely clutch thing about this channel is that its very watchable on shitty internet. the bright lighting and tight closeup of anything important makes these an especially easy 480p watch
"2010 was a long time ago"
Why must you hurt me like that?
That 620 is my first windows phone and I still have it on my drawer. Great phone, it can stand anything you throw at it, physically.
I miss that era of smart phone, perfect size.
happy new years, got a pair of hifiman arya stealth to start off the year. can't wait for more of you and frank
Man, can you believe Google didn't give them UA-cam?
Honestly, Windows Phone always felt forward thinking in some regards (much like the Zune), but lacked proper execution and a sort of determination that would force Google to kneel. Nowadays they're all obsolete, even the killer 1020, with the 42 MP camera, the best one Windows got and the best one we had for years. Honestly if Wade gets a 1020, he could probably give the OS a fair shake in all honesty.
As a broke American between gainful employment sources I appreciate you dropping all this premium content xoxo dankpoops happy New year
My father actually unironically owned a Lumia in wonderful neon orange, it was by microsoft itself if i remember correctly, but the battery went sad, he also had a nokia smartphone from 2009 or 2010, not sure which year, and I found an old sd card that was in there with his music and games, one of those was made in flash and i was able to open its sfw, however it needs an internet connection to work, so the game doesnt work anymore sadly
Happy New year Dank, thanks for all the videos across last year
I gamed more on Windows phones (MMOs and stuff) than I do on my Android now (just emulators essentially). I had 4 5(somethings) going at once playing one game, it was wonderful. I made so many friends. God that was 10+ years ago...
My first cell phone was the Lumia 635, a successor to the 620! I was 11 and it was $60, so a good first phone for parents to pick up. Not a bad phone, lasted 2 years before I upgraded, and even then, the main issue was the battery going downhill. The app support was terrible so I usually had to use my iPad for a lot of things tho.
I had a Lumia 710 when it first came out and was one of my favorite phones ever. The key boards really were next level.
That N8 is absolutely a legendary one
1:52 villager
playing games on my mum's lumia 800 went crazy back in the day
I wish they get more recognition and people start making revival projects just like other retro products
Looks like they all have shutter buttons, which is something I really want on a phone. I find it so much easier to take photos when my thumb isn't obscuring part of the screen. That and a headphone jack.
the N8 was my first smartphone. I freaking loooooved this phone.10 years later tho it copped some batt abuse in storage and i can no longer use it but i dailied it for a few years before my dad shelved it and forgot it
This video brings back so many memories, my first "real" smartphone was a Nokia and man when you pulled that bad boy out of the box nothing could have prepared you for the loading time, Rest In Peace windows mobile you will not be missed
So glad he's releasing these to the public instead of letting them go to waste
my first smartphone was a nokia lumia 520, absolutely loved the thing, up until it decided to forget where the OS was one night, still miss the dedicated 2 stage camera button
My dad had a Nokia n8, I love it and the design.
Oh man nostalgia. I remember being so excited for the Lumia 800. First smartphone I had, and it was a real dense chunky guy! Nifty blue color; fantastic keyboard feedback; and the Windows Phone OS worked really well for my phone use habits.
Wouldn't mind returning to this style of phone once I'm able to turn my S22 Ultra into a pure portable media/game machine.
Got excited from the thumbnail thinking he had gotten the N9... dissapointed to see it was the 800
damn i miss my lumia it was so good back then ui was smooth and we take dark mode for granted today
Nokia Lumia 1020 and 920/930 were my dream flagship phones in my teen years.
I loved Nokia lumias, apart from the empty app store, the UI was the best and I miss it dearly
My old phone was a lumia 521 and I loved that phone. I understand why people didn’t like them, even I wished it was more compatible with certain things, but it was a great phone for a while. And in traditional Nokia fashion, that thing didn’t want to break in the slightest.
I had a Lumina 620 and an N8 back in the day. Both were fantastic phones. I even upgraded from my iPhone to the N8 because it was such a great phone. I remember it had a great camera (probably because of the Carl Zeiss lens) and you could use it as an FM radio station. Also the mini HDMI port was sometimes quite handy. Even though my Lumina 620 was just a company phone, I preferred it over my iPhone 5, which was my personal phone at the time. If Microsoft had improved app compatibility, I think they would still be making Windows phones today. Windows phones were so easy to use once fully set up and I even preferred it over iOS. After the 620, I had a 640 as a company phone until it was replaced by an iPhone X because I accidentally ran over it.
I used Lumias exclusively from 2014 to 2020 when I "upgraded" to a Pixel 4a (that was the worst phone I ever used) and now I rock a Sony Xperia 1 Iv to see if it was Android that caused me to hate my Pixel that ran like poo. Turns out, it was entirely the Pixel's fault.
I had a Lumia 635 from 2014 to 2016, when I upgraded to a Lumia 650. Its display connector on the motherboard borked sometime in 2019 and I used a hand-me-down Samsung for a few months before getting a second 650. And I stayed on that sinking ship even after the ship had officially sunk in 2020.
Still have my 635 and 650 too, just like my old iPods that I used at the time as well (because nobody was developing for Windows Phone, the jerks). Occasionally I dig them out just to keep the batteries from setting my room on fire and it always makes me happy.
I miss it to bits but I refuse to let it die because I use a Windows Phone launcher and changed my volume slider to also resemble Windows Phone. In 2024.
Microsoft bring it back.
Oh and also Apple's "3D Touch" (that was just Force Touch from the Apple Watch), yeah there was the Nokia McLaren concept that ACTUALLY lived up to the 3D part of that name. Literally the coolest thing I've ever seen in a phone.
as a person who used to own a windows phone, I gotta say, I didn't rly mind it. was fun to try at least.
I actually had a Nokia 800 and I’d see this as such a bug now but as a dodgy teen it did a thing where if it died while the torch was on. It would just remain as a torch for about 1-2 hours. Nothing else. Just a torch and when your in places you shouldn’t be doing things you ‘shouldn’t’ do it was a bloody lifesaver.
I had both a Nokia N8 and a lumia 920 and they were both some of the best phones I've ever had. Back in 2010 I had the n8 hooked up to a monitor keyboard and mouse to watch UA-cam
nokia N8 design is so good man
N95 and n82 were amazing. I remember running quake 1 on those
⭐Happy new year! i love your content❤keep up the good work in 2024, I cant wait for another year of Shrek, Scarlette fire, junk tech & franks snooty booper!⭐
I had an omnia W, an 820, an ative S and and a 930. Big time windows phone fan, I miss those days…
I forget which model I had, but I had one of the cheaper windows phones, and it was actually pretty nice. I remember being disappointed when I had to send it back because it was time for an “upgrade” though, I might’ve upgraded to an iPhone 4 or something, which was another one of my favorite phones in my teens
Love watching 177 new dankpods video in a day
as an old windows phone user, if your phone is completely discharged, just keep them connected for hours and they will revive like nothing happened
i like that the windows mobile thing gives you a persistent emergency call button, a lot more obvious than the iphone or android one
It was a really good SO, smoother and much more stable than android of that era... i loved it
I had a 630 back in the day, aside from the lack of any software they ran great and had a long ass battery life, for the £100 it cost 13 year old me had a great time using it. Plus the audio player app was really good
I must add, I had the Nokia 8 (not the n8) and it was legitimately a fantastic phone. It was the cleanest android you could get at the time and it was awesome. Built like a brick (true to the Nokia legacy) and held charge like a battery warrior.
I used to have Lumia 620 - loved it.
Did you try the barrel-jack type charger that came in the box of the N8?
As an owner of a n8 the power button is on the top not on the side still happy new year🎉🎉🎉🎉
I remember that the Nokia N8 costed $400 when it came out, and this was a flagship phone at this price point.
Just for full comparison, $400 in 2010 dollars is worth $580 in 2023 dollars
@@Inkinhart I included the inflation, it was $400 in today's dollar.
I actually enjoyed Windows Phone on my Nokia Lumia back in the day.
My mom used to have the N8 and it was one of the best Nokias ever! But I also loved my N95
I had a prepaid Nokia 365 when I was like 8 or 9. Even back then I remember it being awful lol
figured I'd drop a neat tidbit of info - Windows Mobile was odd in the way that when you reset them, it's just like resetting your PC. when setting up, it installs stock apps in the background under the thought that you aren't going to speedrun it, the same way Windows 10 and 11 slowly install apps after you sign in.
I wanted the Nokia Lumia 1020 so badly in 2013. I was just hoping they'd release an Android version because Windows Phone seemed to only have downloadable apps for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and that was it.
Oh how I miss Nokia's whole vibes back when they did their own things. Had a few of the HMD Global licensed android phones until my current phone and they served me well at least (but the 2017 Nokia 6 was such a higher quality phone than the 5.4 I had after)
Woah, blast from the past with some of these phones
The build quality on the Lumia phones was so nice.
5:58 the funny thing is that one of these got a spot of honor on a recently (sort of, over a month ago) mobile game. The phone from the Belle (Rin) character on Zenless Zone Zero is pretty much a N8 in orange colors relabeled Prophet.
Side crap aside, the n8 had quite a bit of innovative hardware for its time, shame the battery array (battery, charging port, bms) were all crap and the OS was even worse.
My Nokia N900 (running a full Linux kernel out of the box with Maemo) was my favorite phone I have ever had.
With my old tablet it seems like it's completely dead when tou plug it in, but then comes to life about a hour or two later, takes fifteen minutes to boot and isnt even "decent" to use. Crazy how much time can age software or atleast how tou veiw it. I remember it being so good 11 years ago.
the second one looks like it feels like holding a toaster strudel
The N8 was such a great little apparatus, i just wanted to be Android since then.
Man i loved that clean os. Last one i had was the HTC HD7 with WP7 - and i got it just because i could not get the iPhone 4 anywhere at that time
my dad had that second one and that thing is a BEAST it's smashed to bits and still "works" and it's kinda sad with how poorly made everything is nowadays
I remember having a Nokia Lumia 620 when I was in high school, great phone. Windows phones were pretty damn good, the OS was super intuitive though if I remember correctly not the best supported. Honestly sad they didnt make it, they were quality products.
Oh that lumia 800 takes me back, i think i had that one or the 900, poked your leg like nobodies buissnes while in your pocket, awefull shape
as one that owns a newer nokia phone i love it
About the N8: it's A true Nokia, meaning; the POWER button is on top (on the right next to the HDMI port if I remember correctly) pressing the LOCK button when it's off doesn't do anything.
That thing was way beyond anything else from that time, both in features and build quality. But no android (or iOS) so it wasn't very popular.
I had the 620. It was very heavy to hold, WP UI was very good and new at that time, but I soon switched it since WP lacked a lot of essential 3rd apps.
I actually had a Nokia Lumina back in the early 2010's. Wasn't too bad but really limited on apps and games.
I had a blue N8 when it was new. My friend at that time had a green one. His gf used to say that we look like "special needs" brothers whose parents bought same phones for us not to be jealous of one another, but in different colours so we don't mix 'em up. We were in our early 20s, I guess.
Tbh, N8s earbuds are pretty damn nice. I liked it much more than Senny's CX.
in 2021 I bought a new in box nokia e7-00. the rubber bumpers had turned to goo which wasn't fun cleaning. but I used it as my daily for the whole year until the 3g towers shut down. it was a nice phone. despite sitting for so long in the box the battery was fine too lol
I like to think that if Nokia had stuck with MeeGo (and not signed a deal with MS right before launch) we'd be in a better place now.
It's probably not true but i was so hopeful back in 2010.
I had the Nokia Microsoft Lumia 635 and i used it for one month than went back to android good days of 2016
The thin pin wire in the N8 box was the charger I guess. Try that?
Happy new year, not sure if you remember me but I was the one who made the ShrekBook comment on the shrekpod video a couple years ago,
I got a pristine Nokia Lumia 920 in yellow I love it!
turn-on-athon infinity opens the door.
Windows Phone def had the best keyboard.
If you hit a key next to the one you wanted it always picked up what word you were trying to write. I can’t believe how many times ios tells me a word is wrong and can’t give me any replacement just from one wrong keystroke.
As a former 800 owner, material quality was excellent, everything else uhh, less so, had to install zune, bloody zune. Og and the charger cover proke of all of em eventually
Im watching a nokia video with a nokia
Thanks for posting. You may be able to jump start the phones by plugging and unplugging the charging cable to trickle charge and then start up. Worked for my old playbook haha
I forgot how much I loved my 620. I even got spare coloured backs for it. The screen is really black and sharp, puts many modern phones to shame, and it was decent pixel density. I liked WP a lot. It had its flaws like any OS, but simple things like the on-the-fly search by first letters in contacts (you still have to use a separate box or scroll like a neanderthal in Android) and the smart-looking tiles that make IOS and Android icons look childish. Should have been supported.
When he said 2010 was a long time ago i realized i was a long time ago
These to my mind were the absolute death knell of Nokia as a company just trying to make Windows Phone happen with the Lumia's. The real last hurrah was the N9 with the MeeGo OS -- Linux based but NOT Android.
Just this brief glimpse into a world of non-Apple smartphones where Google wasn't jammed into every orifice.