It was kind of fun being a phone salesperson in the early 2000's. All these crazy phones coming in all shapes and sizes, and in different levels of durability.
Not to mention the back track, riffing hard on Ace of Base's "I Saw the Sign". It may be the exact right timeframe, but it still acts nicely as a tonal time machine to help reframe your mindset to a couple decades in the past. Also looking forward to what's next...and what other YT music library tracks he can find that evoke the pop hits of yesteryear :-p
and yet in term of medical advancements and healthcare you and I will probably die of a preventable disease that has been around for decades, if not a century or two.
@@DexmexBala yes because there is no money to be made in curing disease. In fact, there are multi-billion dollar companies that depend on you being ill, continuing to live with illnesses and being afraid of more illness.
Buying a phone in the early 2000s was magical. It was an adventure each time. You were literally WOW'd by the advancements made each couple of years, from when you got a phone till when it was time to upgrade. I remember getting a moto razr right when it came out in what, 05? I think. Anyway that phone literally seemed like it was from the future. It was....incredible. Nothing has given me the same WOW factor since maybe getting the first iphone. But since then it's been an incremental and almost blurry step forward each time. No clear leaps or advancements stand out.
I remember in the late 2000 I went shopping at my local flea market and found this phone complete in box (box was dinged but everything inside was ok) I helped out the owner move some stuff in the stall and the cut me a deal for the phone after , wound up costing something like 40 bucks. I wasn't a huge matrix fan at the time but I bought it anyway because my buddy really liked the Matrix series. I wound up giving it to them as a birthday present and the loved it so much they put on display in the house for years. They moved away but man I think they still have it lol.
i could see this being used as a prop in the old Batman movies(Batman 1989), more than in Matrix. Looks cool though i wish modern phones had more style even if they looked like toys or something from a fictional TV show/Movie.
I'm not going to knock an interesting and fun video, but I was always weirded out by this. This could have easily been another Retro Review, so I kinda buy this theory.
@@TheMrMobile I'm seriously stoked for the moto video to come out. I've always been SO interested in that phone. It's unicorn from what seems like a simpler time
1:41 ohhh I remember my uncle had that phone, god how I loved to hold that thing, always wished to bring it to school so I would look like the cool guy
Love the way how this man does everything in a different way. He was out of crowd then @Captain2Phones... He stays out of crowd now @MrMobile. 🙌No Replacement for him 🙌 kudos!
The only cool(ish) stylized phone I can think of is when the note was star wars themed and when u took out the s pen it made the light saber noise. Closer to something cool than anything in a long time but still a bit bland
@@Nickles4 Not with eliminating the headphone jack on a "GAMING PHONE". 😂😂😂 Also, ROG Phone III should be 7.1-inches like the Black Shark 3 Pro. Zero excuses.
@@davidp6913 Are you trashing the LG Wing??? Z Fold 2 and LG Wing are EASILY the two best phones of 2020. Samsung and LG are on top. Everyone else is playing catch-up.
@@kzero1499 What's also crazy is that there are actually people who will claim that one smartphone looks really good and another one is ugly when they both are just black rectangles and one has slightly more rounded edges.
So, we had a class in high school called “genres.” It was basically a class where we sat, watched movies and analyzed and critiqued them. The teacher for that class was a director’s assistant in LA for a long time. And guess who she worked for then, that’s right...the Wachowskis. She got to keep a copy of the original script when she left and one of the phones they used on set. Hers worked when she brought it into class and she even used it for a little while as her personal phone. 😂
God I was JUST thinking how dull my phone's design was. I mean..more power to the sleek and streamlined, but I grew up on a diet of 90s sci-fi anime and science-fiction where all the technology was at least vaguely japanese and CHUNKY. I miss chunky phones that had a noticeable presence in your pocket. It's why I still have a working Zune: the G I R T H. Though, with the incoming changeover to flac files, it's being even less useful than before and that makes me sad. I saw the N-Gage, that glorious gaming taco, in the end and got a hit of nostalgia from seeing it. I don't know when but if you could tackle that one, I'd appreciate it.
The PSP phone and PSP in general was way too far beyond it's time, seriously underrated. I'd love to see someone try a slide out controller style gaming phone today
@@danebrownja Yes!!! That's the one I was thinking of, I remember thinking that phone was so dope but it didn't end up taking off because the mobile gaming industry was almost non-existent at the time and phone capabilities were more limited in general. A lot of people still used separate devices for music and photos then, but times have changed and I'd love to see them try it out again. I think it would do a lot better now!
Here's my list of phones that were fun so you can cover them: 1. Nokia Lipstick Phone 2. Nokia N90 3. Nokia 3250 4. Nokia 3220, which I had and still have 5. Nokia Communicator and now some non Nokia stuff 6. Telson TWC 1150 7. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, although it's of the modern era 8. Moto Razr V3, how can this not be
oh man, you missed out the rotating trios ; S700i, W550i and W900i from Sony Ericsson, with the W900i having an automatic rotation mechanism... i owned all three, had to gave up two when my country removed 2G signals and then the third broke down after 7 years of usage... i believed Motorola came along with their Aura shortly before smartphones became a norm...
I thought of the Xperia Play as a phone with a lot of potential...but I think they couldn't get enough games over from the playstation store over to mobile, hence the lack of demand for it. Cool concept though
I was just looking at a video called good product placements and it talked about the Matrix but now i find this video of all things and it was made 3 week ago dam what a coincidence. Good timing Mr Mobile.
I'm just a hair under 50% completed with Samsung Rising. Phenomenal read. You don't realize how Apple focused it will be from the get, but the inside look of the other tech giant from the Samsung perspective is fascinating. Go read it.
How come we haven't seen a Surface Earbuds review from you yet? Or the Surface line of products yet?! You are normally right on the ball and I just love watching your reviews.
@@TheMrMobile Same does Apple to Lewis from Unbox Therapy yet he still uploads video on an Apple product the first day it releases for the sake of his viewers .. So why don't you do the same with Microsoft products? Is that you have a personal grudge against the company or something ?
@@Bevenanthonydcruze That's not how this works, and if you check out the channel you'd see I have a regular record of posting Surface reviews as quickly as I can produce them. The problem is, Surface has a shorter tail than Apple when it comes to content - so while running an Apple review two months late will still generate substantial views (and therefore income), the same can't always be said of a Surface product. That's only more true when the releases are as iterative as this generation of Surface products is. Based on the engagement we're seeing across other channels, buying the entire Surface lineup just to run a (late) review would be a substantial money loser. If there were something revolutionary or exceedingly newsworthy about them, I'd consider it - but there isn't.
Oh man, I loved watching this period of technology unfold when I was too young to buy a phone for myself (except for the N-Gage QD I saved up for). Thank you for making this series and helping me relive the nostalgia!
They were colorful and with funny designs, yes, but after the novelty of its exterior design worn off, you were stuck with a crappy phone that could only make calls, send texts, play reeeeally shitty Java 2 Micro Edition games, and take really low-res blurry pictures. That's it! Most phones couldn't even be used as an MP3 player (that's partly why the iPod was a success) plus most had no Internet at all, and the ones that did could only browse watered down mobile versions of a handful of sites (not the full Internet) and with terrible speeds at that. Not missing any of that!
Love this, I was thinking about how fun old phone design used to be about a month back and spent a lot of time looking at old phones that I used to own or want. Born in 98 so I missed out on the early days, but was always really interested in phones from when I was around 9 and on.
Me too man, that laugh earned him my like. Don't get me wrong I love his videos and always watched his video consistenly. But I was never a person who gives like to videos easily.
Wow, I just want this phone now. It's a damn shame that it can't be functional. I'd almost love to see it revived for the sake of the future release of The Matrix 4.
Qtek 9000 ... I lugged that around for quite a while as it was great for many things, e.g. SSHing into remote servers, checking a web page, car navigation, etc. Also fun: SonyEricsson P800, P900, P910i ... I even coded a few apps for those.
@@JohnDoe-yf9wk I'm pretty sure he's talking about a stun gun. images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Y2FSeDPBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg It would have been awesome if it doubled as a stun gun; could have added to the plot! Major missed opportunity Samsung!
The Motorola Startac was the best phone design to date. The nokia 5310 follows as the slimest, coolest design with a sound quality rivaling the ipod while fitting in the small pocket of your jeans! As a mention, the Nokia N95 was the one to want.
I already mentioned this in the live chat, but kudos to Future for that thumbnail! Gotta love it when y'all don't hold back on the nostalgia nerd factor on them.
If it makes you feel any better; you're not missing out on much. The tangible differences between cheaper phones and more expensive phones aren't really as great anymore. Even for phones like foldables, although they do have more going for them.
i miss alot about phones from these days. what i dont miss, is how often you had to get a new one, because the old was obsolete and how they kept some things back or on a short leashe in order to sell you a new one a year later and keep an update path, rather then reach the end of road as early as possible. for example, sms storage space. were talking about160 bytes of space. yet they decided to make it so that you can only store 20 messages, and brought a new version which can store 50 a year later while it wouldnt have taken much effort or cost, to go from 10 messages space, to 200 in one generation. phones became a boring unified blob after 2010
This is a great nostalgic series. Really looking forward to the upcoming episodes. How about a Nokia 8600 Luna for a future episode. It was a phone which I loved. Looked so classy with the smoked glass.
I had a samsung phone in... must've been 2005, could have been 2004. I remember it had a specific target audience for people who wanted to stay social. I can't reemember much about it, but it had a semi decent camera for the time, I think they had two different models and both of them were relatively small form factor. I can't even find it when I look online at all, I'm in the UK and not sure if it was something made specifically for us!
The sony ericson p800 was the first fullscreen smart"ish", palm"ish", with apps, dual store, even 3d race and fps games, also with the blue cover and flat pointer was sooo cool, so hacker toy, please take a look!!!
I miss sony ericsons one of those was my fav phone I used it until it died on me after about 5 years from 2007 to 2011ish they were good and unique looking phones pretty much the last breed before smartphones took over
I didn’t buy this phone but I got the Samsung a970 back in the day. Screen flipped and twisted and was advertised with one of the sequels. My favorite Samsung phone was the a900 though. Thing was solid.
Easy. Because it was a PR toy with zero appeal or cool-factor at the time it was semi-released in some very limited markets. Nothing to do with Matrix ether.
Your right MrMobile, phones were more fun back in the day. I love the flip phone era. That why when Samsung Galaxy Z flip came out, I had to get one. It fun to end a call by flipping the screen down.
I had and still possess a (working) Nokia 6600, which I kindly nicknamed “soapphone”. It have a 1,2MP camera, Bluetooth, infrared and WAP internet access.
Would love to see a overview of all the "other" Razr models. There were like, 3 others besides the famous one, not counting the new foldable touch reboot.
I still have this phone in the tin. However, I have one of the models used in the movies, complete with the banged-upness that comes with dropping a movie prop from time to time. I can confirm it is a Sprint exclusive, and can no longer be activated. I bought into the Matrix and owned several things from it. Have sold many of them over the years, but I haven't had a good price offer for the phone yet. Sadly, the one that Keanu Reeves used was out of my price range for the time, but I did get Carrie-Anne Moss's.
Episode One: When Phones Were Fun Episode Two: When Phones Were New Episode Three: When Phones Were Ne(at) Episode Four: When Phones Weren't a Bore Episode Five: When Phones Were Alive
My only suggestions to review would be the Xperia Play (you probably already have done that one) or the Sony Ericsson W600... I remember my buddy got a W600 in the last year of highschool and I was so jealous...
Oh damn, wasn't expecting this. I mean I know they had some deals with companies for wallpapers and the ability to watch the film on the phone but wow I didn't know this existed
What a great new concept for a web series. I am going to enjoy this. I used to be a Nokia Kid (3210, 3310, 7110 and 5210) before I moved to then Sony-Ericsson (T68i, Z600, Z800 and CyberShot K200). I'll also mark that I have owned a Phillips TCD308 and a Savvy.
I remember doing so much research about this phone. I was getting my first phone and I wanted it to be this one SO bad. I never wound up getting it because it was so limited and expensive plus I had Verizon and I think it didn't work with them. I settled on a Kyocera SE47 which just wasn't as awesome as the matrix phone
@@angelvaldepena3822 Unless you used it for its main advertised purpose, music! I remember a lot of kids in my high school had LG Chocolates (what a funny thing to type lol) and they all carried around iPod nanos for listening to music. I thought having a phone and mp3 player in one was so cool, so I asked them why and they all gave the same answer: playing music killed the battery.
I still have a nokia laying around; the cover was entirely transparent and detachable, so you could put your own design under it. Just cut out any print/drawing on paper in the shape to match the cover and put it under the cover before snapping it back on. I used pink paper with flower print for mine. I had to connect the phone to my computer to put images and ringtones on it. It has no games or functions that require internet. Although it’s much lighter and plastic than any nowaday phone, it feels better in the hand.
Never knew I needed this. Amazing new series. Looking forward to the next episode. Suggestion: would love to see LG Chocolate, the first 21:9 phone and HP Palm Pre, the first conductive charging and gesture interface :D
I worked in customer service for a major wireless carrier, and at one point, we all trained to operate the Palm Pre. Outstanding phone for the time. It's a shame it didn't catch on, however, I can understand why, due to its shortcomings.
I loved the days where everyone had a different phone worth your attention because features would varry so much from one another. I always was excited to hold someone else's phone to dig around what it could do compare to mine. Now it's all the same and it sucks
I have fond memories of my HTC cingular 8525. It was a bit over kill with a full qwerty button keyboard and a touch screen. I also have really fond memories of my Palm Treo 650. I thought the UI was incredibly underrated and at the time was so user friendly and easy to navigate. I wonder how much I would struggle to use it now. I think I had it in 2004.
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Phones stopped being fun ever since they removed snake as a factory installed game!
If they preloaded snake nowadays, it would have microtransactions
I agree.
Are you serious
I can't play Doom RPG on my smartphone, a travesty.
Say hey Google play snake
It was kind of fun being a phone salesperson in the early 2000's. All these crazy phones coming in all shapes and sizes, and in different levels of durability.
Very disappointed that you didn’t use the agent Smith impersonation for the whole video. Missed opportunity, _Mr. Anderson_
@@whitealliance9540 what the flip is this comment
@@stacia6678 meth
Honestly should have used it for the whole series
@darkdr1fter it Was enevateble
What a blast from the past. Seriously looking forward to more from this series. Awesome stuff Mr. Mobile!!
Not to mention the back track, riffing hard on Ace of Base's "I Saw the Sign". It may be the exact right timeframe, but it still acts nicely as a tonal time machine to help reframe your mindset to a couple decades in the past.
Also looking forward to what's next...and what other YT music library tracks he can find that evoke the pop hits of yesteryear :-p
Exactly!
@@instantstupor and I'll see l
There was also a special edition Ducati racebike, 916 i think. The same style as the one in the movie. A creepy movie, Gnostics transhumanists etc
0:50 seconds in and this is already my favorite Tech series on UA-cam already, hands down!
Kinda surreal that I've lived through these phases of progress. Technology really progressed so fast
Soooo fast
Now nothing much has changed exterior wise
and yet in term of medical advancements and healthcare you and I will probably die of a preventable disease that has been around for decades, if not a century or two.
Thank the aliens for that
@@DexmexBala yes because there is no money to be made in curing disease. In fact, there are multi-billion dollar companies that depend on you being ill, continuing to live with illnesses and being afraid of more illness.
Buying a phone in the early 2000s was magical. It was an adventure each time. You were literally WOW'd by the advancements made each couple of years, from when you got a phone till when it was time to upgrade. I remember getting a moto razr right when it came out in what, 05? I think. Anyway that phone literally seemed like it was from the future. It was....incredible. Nothing has given me the same WOW factor since maybe getting the first iphone. But since then it's been an incremental and almost blurry step forward each time. No clear leaps or advancements stand out.
Get the galaxy z fold 4
"But now it has 15 cameras on it! Isn't that what you wanted?!!"
Yeah, phones post-2010 are lame.
The whole Nokia N series is dope...
And 'N 95' is still one of my favorites.
I had the N97!!! My favourite!
N95 black edition
People say Nokia was late to the smartphone game, the N series proves otherwise.
I had n73.. best phone i ever had.
@@farhanatashiga3721 they had smartphones before N series, my first was 6600, after that got n73 music edition
*forgets to lock screen cover*: is that a matrix phone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
*slide lock broken
"is that a matrix phone, or are you just happy to see me?"
Took me 10 seconds to understand the joke👍😆, I'm a pervert🤭
@@latebloomer2 10 seconds? Damn that's long
I remember in the late 2000 I went shopping at my local flea market and found this phone complete in box (box was dinged but everything inside was ok) I helped out the owner move some stuff in the stall and the cut me a deal for the phone after , wound up costing something like 40 bucks. I wasn't a huge matrix fan at the time but I bought it anyway because my buddy really liked the Matrix series. I wound up giving it to them as a birthday present and the loved it so much they put on display in the house for years. They moved away but man I think they still have it lol.
That phone is probably worth about $1000 now!
youre a great friend for that
You just sound like a really good person.
I hope that person still has it on didplay
That's so sweet - you seem like a really cool friend
Back when, if forgot to charge before sleep you weren't doomed the next day.
@LazicStefan then you're using the wrong charger. It takes 90 minutes to charge an S7 from completely dead to 100%
@LazicStefan you should change your battery or/and charger, that thing will stop working or explode if you keep your phone like that
Looks like power ranger's transforming device.
morpher and I was just gonna say this too
@@paulquaresimo9432well thanks
=]]] I thought the same way!
Look up Magiranger or Mystic Force
I was thinking power rangers morpher
I love how you give a disclaimer on a 17 year old phone! 😂
Haha - gotta stay consistent! :)
@@TheMrMobile ok but what if someone wanted that phone XD
@@pongchannel. Someone did want it. Me.
@@TheMrMobile you know what I ment XD
@@TheMrMobile nokia 6600 review like this 😁😁😁
i could see this being used as a prop in the old Batman movies(Batman 1989), more than in Matrix. Looks cool though i wish modern phones had more style even if they looked like toys or something from a fictional TV show/Movie.
You launched a new series to justify buying this phone, didn’t you?
(Great video-can’t wait for more!)
It's not a collectable, Now it's a tax write off.
I'm not going to knock an interesting and fun video, but I was always weirded out by this. This could have easily been another Retro Review, so I kinda buy this theory.
Something I'd do
I catch the legendary Motorola Aurora in the intro! Can’t wait to see more from this series!
And the outro! :)
@@TheMrMobile I'm seriously stoked for the moto video to come out. I've always been SO interested in that phone. It's unicorn from what seems like a simpler time
1:41 ohhh I remember my uncle had that phone, god how I loved to hold that thing, always wished to bring it to school so I would look like the cool guy
This reminds me of the times when phone reviewers were fun. Thanks for this awesome video.
Love the way how this man does everything in a different way. He was out of crowd then @Captain2Phones... He stays out of crowd now @MrMobile.
🙌No Replacement for him 🙌 kudos!
Looks cool. Would like to see more cool designs return to phones.
Maybe I'm alone in this thought but the Asus ROG phones are a step in the right direction
The only cool(ish) stylized phone I can think of is when the note was star wars themed and when u took out the s pen it made the light saber noise. Closer to something cool than anything in a long time but still a bit bland
@@Nickles4 Not with eliminating the headphone jack on a "GAMING PHONE". 😂😂😂
Also, ROG Phone III should be 7.1-inches like the Black Shark 3 Pro.
Zero excuses.
All the cool design goes into functionality. You see what we got now? The LG wing. Christ that thing makes me want to rip my hair out
@@davidp6913 Are you trashing the LG Wing???
Z Fold 2 and LG Wing are EASILY the two best phones of 2020. Samsung and LG are on top.
Everyone else is playing catch-up.
Love, love, *LOVE* that laugh when you snapped open the lid for the first time !!
YES! 😁
More of these retro reviews please! 👏
It's so nice to look back at a time when phone design was fun instead of flat rectangles. 😁
Phones used to be an extension of your personality.
Twas nice while it lasted
Now they seem to define your personality. The amount of toxic nonsense over what brand of phone you use that all look the same is crazy
UNLIMITED POWEREREREREREREREERERERE!
@@kzero1499 What's also crazy is that there are actually people who will claim that one smartphone looks really good and another one is ugly when they both are just black rectangles and one has slightly more rounded edges.
Now its an extension of your wealth
So, we had a class in high school called “genres.” It was basically a class where we sat, watched movies and analyzed and critiqued them. The teacher for that class was a director’s assistant in LA for a long time. And guess who she worked for then, that’s right...the Wachowskis. She got to keep a copy of the original script when she left and one of the phones they used on set. Hers worked when she brought it into class and she even used it for a little while as her personal phone. 😂
That's so cool, should've ask as she selling.
This looks like a toy you'd get at McDonalds from the same year
Rather like Power Rangers device
ehh I'd take that over the boring designs we have today
Wendy's lol
@@drekex6767 ya
Still all look better than SmartPhones which don't even have designs.
God I was JUST thinking how dull my phone's design was. I mean..more power to the sleek and streamlined, but I grew up on a diet of 90s sci-fi anime and science-fiction where all the technology was at least vaguely japanese and CHUNKY. I miss chunky phones that had a noticeable presence in your pocket. It's why I still have a working Zune: the G I R T H. Though, with the incoming changeover to flac files, it's being even less useful than before and that makes me sad.
I saw the N-Gage, that glorious gaming taco, in the end and got a hit of nostalgia from seeing it. I don't know when but if you could tackle that one, I'd appreciate it.
The Sony Ericsson W550i was the gaming phone of the time. I'd love an episode on that. Such an amazing idea and fun phone to just use.
I wonder how practical was phone gaming before smart and apps
The PSP phone and PSP in general was way too far beyond it's time, seriously underrated. I'd love to see someone try a slide out controller style gaming phone today
@@Pandurz i actually had a slide out xperia that had gamin controls instead of buttons under the slide... it definitely felt pretty before its time..
@@danebrownja Yes!!! That's the one I was thinking of, I remember thinking that phone was so dope but it didn't end up taking off because the mobile gaming industry was almost non-existent at the time and phone capabilities were more limited in general. A lot of people still used separate devices for music and photos then, but times have changed and I'd love to see them try it out again. I think it would do a lot better now!
Here's my list of phones that were fun so you can cover them:
1. Nokia Lipstick Phone
2. Nokia N90
3. Nokia 3250
4. Nokia 3220, which I had and still have
5. Nokia Communicator
and now some non Nokia stuff
6. Telson TWC 1150
7. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, although it's of the modern era
8. Moto Razr V3, how can this not be
oh man, you missed out the rotating trios ; S700i, W550i and W900i from Sony Ericsson, with the W900i having an automatic rotation mechanism... i owned all three, had to gave up two when my country removed 2G signals and then the third broke down after 7 years of usage...
i believed Motorola came along with their Aura shortly before smartphones became a norm...
I thought of the Xperia Play as a phone with a lot of potential...but I think they couldn't get enough games over from the playstation store over to mobile, hence the lack of demand for it. Cool concept though
I was just looking at a video called good product placements and it talked about the Matrix but now i find this video of all things and it was made 3 week ago dam what a coincidence. Good timing Mr Mobile.
My fav design of that "nonsmart" era: Sony Ericsson K810i (had a great camera with Xenon flash too)
Istvan Peter I used the w850i and w950i
The latter hd a 5MP camera back in the day and that made me the badass amongst my pack. Ah the simple days!
I always loved the s700, with swivel and a lens cover, I just used to play with it all day...
Just wanted to comment K750i, then read yours😅
I have dat one too... I used it as 2ndary phone until 2016
@@koalamusik the legendary K750i!
I'm just a hair under 50% completed with Samsung Rising. Phenomenal read. You don't realize how Apple focused it will be from the get, but the inside look of the other tech giant from the Samsung perspective is fascinating. Go read it.
I remember seeing the promo in the dvd box last year when i tried to watch it
How come we haven't seen a Surface Earbuds review from you yet? Or the Surface line of products yet?! You are normally right on the ball and I just love watching your reviews.
Sadly, Microsoft has decided not to make me a first-wave priority for review samples.
@@TheMrMobile what a travesty!! Who's making these terrible decisions in Redmond?!
@@TheMrMobile
That does not make a lot of sense. Their loss.
@@TheMrMobile Same does Apple to Lewis from Unbox Therapy yet he still uploads video on an Apple product the first day it releases for the sake of his viewers .. So why don't you do the same with Microsoft products? Is that you have a personal grudge against the company or something ?
@@Bevenanthonydcruze That's not how this works, and if you check out the channel you'd see I have a regular record of posting Surface reviews as quickly as I can produce them. The problem is, Surface has a shorter tail than Apple when it comes to content - so while running an Apple review two months late will still generate substantial views (and therefore income), the same can't always be said of a Surface product. That's only more true when the releases are as iterative as this generation of Surface products is. Based on the engagement we're seeing across other channels, buying the entire Surface lineup just to run a (late) review would be a substantial money loser. If there were something revolutionary or exceedingly newsworthy about them, I'd consider it - but there isn't.
Oh man, I loved watching this period of technology unfold when I was too young to buy a phone for myself (except for the N-Gage QD I saved up for). Thank you for making this series and helping me relive the nostalgia!
Frick I remember seeing commercials for these and wanting one SO bad.
I wouldn't get my own cell phone until like 11 years later.
Back then: all sorts of colors, styles, themes, shapes and sizes
Now: Black cube thing (all look the same)
...and somehow, despite the current phones all being roughly the same design, none of the cases are interchangeable!!!
The samsung galxys look different more curvy but other than that they all look the same
Mine is a dark blue thank you very much.
True
They were colorful and with funny designs, yes, but after the novelty of its exterior design worn off, you were stuck with a crappy phone that could only make calls, send texts, play reeeeally shitty Java 2 Micro Edition games, and take really low-res blurry pictures. That's it!
Most phones couldn't even be used as an MP3 player (that's partly why the iPod was a success) plus most had no Internet at all, and the ones that did could only browse watered down mobile versions of a handful of sites (not the full Internet) and with terrible speeds at that.
Not missing any of that!
Love this, I was thinking about how fun old phone design used to be about a month back and spent a lot of time looking at old phones that I used to own or want. Born in 98 so I missed out on the early days, but was always really interested in phones from when I was around 9 and on.
Yoooo did someone clone me? 😂😂 I'm a 98 baby too and obsessed with Nokia phones from their 'golden age' of 2004-2010
7:16 was totally expecting you to shout TRINITY! into the voice dial
Dude! When phones were fun is an awesome series! I hope you plan to do many, many more.
4:10 That's exactly how he would've giggled if he had got that phone as a kid! 😂
Just stumbled upon this video and I am happy I did. Cool video keep up the good work.
I loved that laugh
He he he he !!😂😂🤣
Me too man, that laugh earned him my like. Don't get me wrong I love his videos and always watched his video consistenly. But I was never a person who gives like to videos easily.
Wow, I just want this phone now. It's a damn shame that it can't be functional. I'd almost love to see it revived for the sake of the future release of The Matrix 4.
Qtek 9000 ... I lugged that around for quite a while as it was great for many things, e.g. SSHing into remote servers, checking a web page, car navigation, etc.
Also fun: SonyEricsson P800, P900, P910i ... I even coded a few apps for those.
It looks more like an 'electric shocker' when closed
Were you trying to say taser?!
I feel like that's what you're trying to describe there.
@@JohnDoe-yf9wk I'm pretty sure he's talking about a stun gun. images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Y2FSeDPBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg It would have been awesome if it doubled as a stun gun; could have added to the plot! Major missed opportunity Samsung!
I think we can all figure out why you had the cat face set as your "friend Courtney" lmaooo
The Motorola Startac was the best phone design to date. The nokia 5310 follows as the slimest, coolest design with a sound quality rivaling the ipod while fitting in the small pocket of your jeans! As a mention, the Nokia N95 was the one to want.
I was 23 when that phone came out.... my gosh I'm getting old!
Being in your 40s is not old 😌
Ok boomer!
I already mentioned this in the live chat, but kudos to Future for that thumbnail! Gotta love it when y'all don't hold back on the nostalgia nerd factor on them.
An absolute gem, it brings back so many memories, I love it
Courtney with a cat
"For some reason"
OK
i was thinking the same shit
"Some reason"😏😏
😼💦👅
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Last time I was this early that I forgot what happened this early
I always wanted the Matrix phone, had no idea it was a real thing I always thought it was just a prop.
Looks like a great phone, would have loved owning one when the Matrix released.
"Watch from the sidelines" that my descriptions when watching Mr. Mobile review a $ 1000 phone I can't afford. 😅 Nevertheless still fun to watch
If it makes you feel any better; you're not missing out on much. The tangible differences between cheaper phones and more expensive phones aren't really as great anymore. Even for phones like foldables, although they do have more going for them.
i miss alot about phones from these days. what i dont miss, is how often you had to get a new one, because the old was obsolete and how they kept some things back or on a short leashe in order to sell you a new one a year later and keep an update path, rather then reach the end of road as early as possible. for example, sms storage space. were talking about160 bytes of space. yet they decided to make it so that you can only store 20 messages, and brought a new version which can store 50 a year later while it wouldnt have taken much effort or cost, to go from 10 messages space, to 200 in one generation. phones became a boring unified blob after 2010
As a agent of the system, I have to ask... Where did you get this sunglasses? I want answers, Mr. Anderson.
This is a great nostalgic series. Really looking forward to the upcoming episodes.
How about a Nokia 8600 Luna for a future episode. It was a phone which I loved. Looked so classy with the smoked glass.
Ericsson R310 "Shark Phone" was my first phone. It's as tough as advertised and I loved that thing. Too bad the rubber parts didn't last.
Yeah, the “collectors” price point, was the thing that cut me off. Like they say in the matrix moves: “Some things never change..” Isn’t it Samsung?
4:28 and now I'm watching this review while I'm supposed to be studying
It goes full circle
I had a samsung phone in... must've been 2005, could have been 2004. I remember it had a specific target audience for people who wanted to stay social. I can't reemember much about it, but it had a semi decent camera for the time, I think they had two different models and both of them were relatively small form factor. I can't even find it when I look online at all, I'm in the UK and not sure if it was something made specifically for us!
While everyone in high school was showing off their new slim Motorola razor flip phones i always wanted one of these!
tbh, the razr was pretty nice. wanted it back then and if it would actually be able to connect nowadays, I'd get one even in 2020
The sony ericson p800 was the first fullscreen smart"ish", palm"ish", with apps, dual store, even 3d race and fps games, also with the blue cover and flat pointer was sooo cool, so hacker toy, please take a look!!!
I miss sony ericsons one of those was my fav phone I used it until it died on me after about 5 years from 2007 to 2011ish they were good and unique looking phones pretty much the last breed before smartphones took over
I didn’t buy this phone but I got the Samsung a970 back in the day. Screen flipped and twisted and was advertised with one of the sequels. My favorite Samsung phone was the a900 though. Thing was solid.
It’s like this series was made for me. Kid me would be so excited I wanted all these phones
What's crazy is how I remember the nokia phone from the original but don't remember this phone at all.
Easy. Because it was a PR toy with zero appeal or cool-factor at the time it was semi-released in some very limited markets. Nothing to do with Matrix ether.
Please do the Nokia n900 phone. Best phone I ever ever owned.
you sound so much like LGR when you narrate.
Omg yes
MrMobile is a mix of LGR and Steve Buscemi
Their cadence is very similar!
yES
Don't remove my kneecaps, please, but who is LGR?
Would love to see:
Motorola Startac ( cool clamshell design) Motorola A780 - great phone
Your right MrMobile, phones were more fun back in the day. I love the flip phone era. That why when Samsung Galaxy Z flip came out, I had to get one. It fun to end a call by flipping the screen down.
I had and still possess a (working) Nokia 6600, which I kindly nicknamed “soapphone”. It have a 1,2MP camera, Bluetooth, infrared and WAP internet access.
There’s a Wireless Access Point?
Would love to see a overview of all the "other" Razr models. There were like, 3 others besides the famous one, not counting the new foldable touch reboot.
I had a Pebl and to this day it is the best looking phone I've ever had. And it fit in my hand so perfectly.
I still have this phone in the tin. However, I have one of the models used in the movies, complete with the banged-upness that comes with dropping a movie prop from time to time. I can confirm it is a Sprint exclusive, and can no longer be activated. I bought into the Matrix and owned several things from it. Have sold many of them over the years, but I haven't had a good price offer for the phone yet. Sadly, the one that Keanu Reeves used was out of my price range for the time, but I did get Carrie-Anne Moss's.
I bought an 8110 after seeing the film :) Great memories, thinking I was cool clicking it open...
Episode One: When Phones Were Fun
Episode Two: When Phones Were New
Episode Three: When Phones Were Ne(at)
Episode Four: When Phones Weren't a Bore
Episode Five: When Phones Were Alive
I see what you did there, clever!
My only suggestions to review would be the Xperia Play (you probably already have done that one) or the Sony Ericsson W600... I remember my buddy got a W600 in the last year of highschool and I was so jealous...
I always wanted the Matrix phone. That thing looks so cool.
"You've been living in a dream world, Neo."
Siemens SL45 - first phone with MP3 player.. Full of flaws, falling apart after a time, expensive, but... it worked!
YESSS!!! Man I wanted one of these when they came out. Verizon only as I remember. I was AT&T. Anyway, can't wait for this review! 👍🏼
Sprint exclusive, actually!
Oh damn, wasn't expecting this. I mean I know they had some deals with companies for wallpapers and the ability to watch the film on the phone but wow I didn't know this existed
How long did it take to watch the movie on the phone? 2 days?
What a great new concept for a web series. I am going to enjoy this. I used to be a Nokia Kid (3210, 3310, 7110 and 5210) before I moved to then Sony-Ericsson (T68i, Z600, Z800 and CyberShot K200). I'll also mark that I have owned a Phillips TCD308 and a Savvy.
I remember doing so much research about this phone. I was getting my first phone and I wanted it to be this one SO bad. I never wound up getting it because it was so limited and expensive plus I had Verizon and I think it didn't work with them. I settled on a Kyocera SE47 which just wasn't as awesome as the matrix phone
I think the "Chocolate" series needs a real good look.
I used the chocolate for years and it was indestructible. The only thing that died was the battery and even the extended battery lasted a loooong time
@@angelvaldepena3822 Unless you used it for its main advertised purpose, music! I remember a lot of kids in my high school had LG Chocolates (what a funny thing to type lol) and they all carried around iPod nanos for listening to music. I thought having a phone and mp3 player in one was so cool, so I asked them why and they all gave the same answer: playing music killed the battery.
htc shadow
I had a LG Chocolate for a few months, that touch wheel on mine was a PITA, and it needed recharging often
I still have a nokia laying around; the cover was entirely transparent and detachable, so you could put your own design under it. Just cut out any print/drawing on paper in the shape to match the cover and put it under the cover before snapping it back on. I used pink paper with flower print for mine. I had to connect the phone to my computer to put images and ringtones on it. It has no games or functions that require internet. Although it’s much lighter and plastic than any nowaday phone, it feels better in the hand.
Never knew I needed this. Amazing new series. Looking forward to the next episode.
Suggestion: would love to see LG Chocolate, the first 21:9 phone and HP Palm Pre, the first conductive charging and gesture interface :D
The original Palm Pre was amazing. Underappreciated and ahead of its time.
@@evankrosney6759 It got pretty rave reviews at the time at least though.
@@tams805 yeah, it was super well received. Plagued by shitty build quality and a train wreck of a marketing campaign, though.
I worked in customer service for a major wireless carrier, and at one point, we all trained to operate the Palm Pre. Outstanding phone for the time.
It's a shame it didn't catch on, however, I can understand why, due to its shortcomings.
6:57 "stay mobile", nice touch
I'm really digging this channel. I'm 41 and I swear every video hits home for me....
You have Richard Hammond's eyes and Robert Downy Jr's mouth.
No, this isn't a pickup, just an observation.
I was thinking Tim Curry eyes
LOL for sure gotta an off-RDJ vibe but the Hammond addition is gold XD
There's something really sexy about him, isn't there?
Dude, you have a perfect Voice Over voice...just sayin'.
"...back in the days, when phones where fun", love that closure statement...your vids about vintage phones are amazing.
Can it get WAP sites? I need my Bounce rush.
Michael Fisher Phone
Stay fishy my friends 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nokia 6822, super cool and unique
i don't know why i laughed so hard at this comment 😂
I loved the days where everyone had a different phone worth your attention because features would varry so much from one another.
I always was excited to hold someone else's phone to dig around what it could do compare to mine.
Now it's all the same and it sucks
OMG!!! It's like I'm in the Matrix!
I wanted that phone. I wanted to dress up as Ghost from Enter The Matrix and run around town looking like him.
I have fond memories of my HTC cingular 8525. It was a bit over kill with a full qwerty button keyboard and a touch screen. I also have really fond memories of my Palm Treo 650. I thought the UI was incredibly underrated and at the time was so user friendly and easy to navigate. I wonder how much I would struggle to use it now. I think I had it in 2004.
Bruh. Cover the OG Stark tech, the LG 9400. My all time fav “flip” phone.