When Phones Were Fun - And Nokia Was Crazy

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Күн бұрын

You remember Nokia for the legendary 3310 that no one could break, or for the Nokia N95 that had all the features (before having-all-the-features was a thing). But you might not remember that, for a few years in the mid-oughts, while The Killers were killing the Billboards and Google was first going public … Nokia was going a little bit crazy.
Yep, it's time for another episode of When Phones Were Fun - and this time MrMobile's rose-tinted glasses are focused on some of the strangest mobile devices ever to hit store shelves. From the vase-like Nokia 3650 to the leaf/eyeball/alien artifact Nokia 7600, some of the craziest cellphones of the noughties came straight out of Espoo ... and thanks to a generous loan from friend of the channel (and Nokia collector) Martin, those phones spend this entire video under the lenses of Michael Fisher's stay-at-home studio.
Join me for "When Phones Were Fun" Episode 4: a throwback retro tribute to a time when Nokia's weird phones helped set the tone for a new generation of smartphones!
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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN - AND NOKIA WAS CRAZY]
This is the fourth in a series of MrMobile episodes exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 4 features the Nokia 3650, Nokia 3660, Nokia 7600, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7710, and Nokia 7650, all on loan from friend of the channel Martin's private collection. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.
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@soulfabs 3 жыл бұрын

Back when the speed of your fingers typing was faster than the phone could handle so at the end you’d be done and just watch the text finish writing itself :’)

@thewonderer9551 3 жыл бұрын

Damn! You are so true 🤣

@wahyuernawan 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao. Good one

@djhaloeight 3 жыл бұрын

yes!

@amanpotdar 3 жыл бұрын

Oh shit so true

@BLCKKNIGHT92 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂 ah yes!

@ph_djoko 3 жыл бұрын

The era when Nokia could only be defeated by other nokia.

@mayursoni3811 3 жыл бұрын

wow !!! really absolutely true.

@wordart_guian 3 жыл бұрын

in total units sold nokia's bestsellers haven't even been beaten yet.

@prasantasarma3833 3 жыл бұрын

Yes yes.. absolutely 😵😂

@anjaluowary6186 3 жыл бұрын

True

@tramvaj1271 3 жыл бұрын

Nah. There was challenging over horizon named SonyEricsson. Not maybe fun as Nokia but quite unique functionality for the price in those years.

@bportermusic 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when the first iPhone came out. I was so confused as to why a phone with such obsolete specs was so popular. I only now realized that the US didn't have this constant barrage of high end Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones every year like we had in the UK and Europe.

@chesterstevens8870 4 ай бұрын

It eas moteso yhat Apple marketed thr shit outta them. Jobs KNEW his product wouldnt compete technically; so they just pushed them as the hip/trendy option for young in-touch twentysomethings. It wasn't until those twentysomethings got older, that yhey looked back and realized that buying a $1000 phone every year because a commercial had Justin Long and U2 in it was f*cking stupid.

@MrComradebuttons 3 ай бұрын

Lol in Canada we got the iPad touch before the iPhone and a couple people brought unlocked American iphones and it was so crappy lol "but it has a zippo app!!" So slow the only thing it had was the larger screen but they were such slower than my phone at the time

@HamburgerHelperDeath Ай бұрын

Yea Apple wiped their ass with Nokia. @@MrComradebuttons

@arkodeepsen3627 Ай бұрын

No it got famous because it had everything that you need and doesn't look like a child's toy. Yes Nokia was fun, but for a few days. iPhone was a perfect combination of size, usability, features, design and software support.

@rvnx 16 күн бұрын

@@arkodeepsen3627 The iPhone, at launch, barely offered anything more than the Nokia/Sony Ericsson phones at the time. It actually offered much less. It had a 2MP Camera, no expandable storage, no App Store, you couldn't even do basic things like changing your wallpaper. It was more of a dumbphone than a smartphone. Meanwhile, the K850i released the same year gave you a 5MP + VGA selfie camera setup with expandable storage, 3G Video calling, 3.5G Internet browsing and a plethora of features. The only thing the iPhone had going for it (and still does) was its software and pre-existing ecosystem.

@tiktokmemes5923 2 жыл бұрын

ah good old days when life was simple yet crazy in a fun way

@KeypadGames Жыл бұрын

Yeah

@Skorp4 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I remember being excited every time I would get a catalog for mobile phones and flip through the pages in awe of all the different and unique designs. Yeah, almost all of them were Nokia.

@SheikMMO 3 жыл бұрын

i remember that to, all thoose designs were so cool to look at and futuristic at the time, now i tend to think everything looks the same except the new flip phones

@creativeworld4173 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I used to get mad

@campkira 3 жыл бұрын

yeah nokia had a lot of cool design... only wish they work a bit more on usable software...

@monurajput5608 3 жыл бұрын

Robert Von Raccoon I hate the same looking notch phones ,I prefer a bit of bezels ...or a blackberry .

@zahemi914 3 жыл бұрын

i remmeber that toooooo... and comparing our phones who had the best designs...now, all are just colorful rectangulars....

@DarkDoughnutsVids 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought I would see the day when people would talk about the 2000's like how my dad would talk about the late 70's.

@kosminam91 3 жыл бұрын

Just like yesterday

@carmcam1 3 жыл бұрын

yeah, i feel half dread and half nostalgia. Sometimesbi forgot that year 2000 was 20 years ago, i will be probably be meeting new office mates at work who were born at year 2000.

@deadsoulvamp 3 жыл бұрын

When i realise 1990 was 30 years ago... 🤯🤯

@naimreza6951 3 жыл бұрын

Hey my dad is a NOKIA dealer

@warthundercinematic.113 3 жыл бұрын

@@deadsoulvamp great scott@@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@liviustelianbotanoiu906 2 жыл бұрын

I had several models from this video, my favourite one was 6600i due to its functionality. I had loads of apps installed, including a universal remote control. Used to have a lot of fun with it in shops. The camera was not that bad for that time.

@reemj1180 2 жыл бұрын

In 2001 I had the watch with Built-in remote control I used to hide behind the bushes and turn the TV on and off and change the channels while people watching the soccer In the shops I will never forget that was so funny

@Adforyou123 8 ай бұрын

Golden old days. Miss those days. It was really fun to play with these toys.

@sukruaraci7290 3 жыл бұрын

We've grown up with nokia's snake game. Thank you nokia.

@JK-xy7ci 3 жыл бұрын

You forget space impact??

@sukruaraci7290 3 жыл бұрын

@@JK-xy7ci I don't remember that so much but I slightly remember the mine sweeper game. If it's right.

@8941065 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Snokia

@Sharp931 3 жыл бұрын

3510 didn't had snake. I mostly had SE phones.

@alfaromeo1819 3 жыл бұрын

SNAKE OF EDEN??

@Innocentah 3 жыл бұрын

The first thing I always did when bought a new phone is listening to the ringtones and checking out the games

@koryaiine7393 3 жыл бұрын

Omg same

@khiempham3006 3 жыл бұрын

I AM THE ALMIGHTY 69TH LIKE

@lostdrink9491 2 жыл бұрын

The most popular game in nokia! The Snake eat bug things! Dang i miss those game

@HampterCEOalt 2 жыл бұрын

The ringtones were the first songs I listened to on a phone

@abrenvillanueva8623 2 жыл бұрын

Then ask someone to send u a whole mp3 song via bluetooth and now you will have a 4mins song for a message tone.

@PanDzikoski 2 жыл бұрын

Mate I love this series. I live was raised in eastern europe. I remember dreaming about many of those phones when I was in my early teens. They were my young geek object of desire. I've recently purchased Samsung z fold 3, it's a downgrade in many terms to my old device. But bought it inspired by your videos. The form factor is just fun, like in the old days. I love it. Keep the series going its still so much to cover. Nokia communicators, Sony Ericsson P series...

@GauravMishra-kj4tg Жыл бұрын

Really, I don't be amazed that much in present with newly launched current phones with any new featrure, camera or build like in those days with Nokia and Sony. I remember Samsung, Apple was nothing those days in front of Sony and Nokia in smartphone category.

@rkaybeniwal12 Жыл бұрын

@@GauravMishra-kj4tg As they say "Those were really the days man" 🖤 Golden Times

@dnath1234 Жыл бұрын

@@rkaybeniwal12 Yeah😣😔😢😭 I miss those days

@samanthamonterroso 2 жыл бұрын

I`ve been looking to downgrade my phone to a dumb phone to get kinda detoxed from social media! and found your channel! that's nostalgia right there! can't believe I didn't find you earlier haha.

@quinnemilepoe9604 3 жыл бұрын

There's something oddly warm about having so many phone choices, and going into a shop to pick one that suits your unique personality and lifestyle. You whip that thing out like it's an extension of you. It's YOUR gadget.

@marjansarec2337 3 жыл бұрын

You mean nowadays? All the phones look exactly the same, have the same features and same Operating systems. The only choice you have whether you're gonna buy a "cheap" 400 euro one, or splash for an over 1000eu.

@monobiteme6014 3 жыл бұрын

Shot on Iphone

@travisdinham6084 3 жыл бұрын

lol true

@jeremymar5800 3 жыл бұрын

And now they are all brick shaped lol.

@haliaaa 3 жыл бұрын

you seem to be taking this way too seriously, you can do the same with a phonecase or accessories

@wickedhero3764 3 жыл бұрын

People nowadays: "Samsung is better than iPhone" Me in 2000s: "My Nokia is better than your Nokia." Btw always a great video from MrMobile.

@mesamking7815 3 жыл бұрын

Right 👉 man

@felixlueggerto 3 жыл бұрын

more like my Nokia is better than your SonyEricsson

@MuhammadKharismawan 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they’re all so different you can pick a person’s character from what Nokia they carry

@kornkernel2232 3 жыл бұрын

@@MuhammadKharismawan Pretty much, or at least who can afford them. But man some of those Nokia phones were my dream phone back in the day. Each phone models back in the day has its own unique personality, on all price range. Back in the day it's either Nokia or Sony Ericsson would be one of the choice.

@Iisakkiik 3 жыл бұрын

I find it a bit annoying that for many people android = samsung and no other phones exist besides Samsung and iphone

@davepavillar6606 2 жыл бұрын

My friend owned a Nokia 3650. She was happy she did not have to always charge her phone because no one wants to use it, because of it’s keypad. But I did. I love the style.

@_Nosferatu_ Жыл бұрын

I remember going to my neighbor's house and her husband had this monster (Nokia 6600) chilling on the dinner table back in 2004. I was with my father and brother, and when I saw it I screamed & I kept telling them don't you know what this is? It's the greatest phone in existance, it's super expensive! And they looked at me weird like ok so what? I was the only one hyped as fuck, I couldn't believe my eyes what I was seeing, I was only 11 years old. After 3-4 years I was able to buy an used 6600, but at that point it wasn't as popular, the price dropped significantly and nobody cared about it haha, but I cared A LOT, I was so happy I had it, and I still feel sad that I sold it later on. God what an impact that phone made on me, the design, the feel in the hand, the placement of the buttons, the fact that it was so wide.... That device made a statement when you saw it, it was very destinctive and unique, it stood out so much from the rest of the phones that were out, in my opinion to this date its the greatest design of a phone ever. Even now when I just see a picture of that device I get a tingly feeling that reminds me of the best times in my life, a feeling I will never be able to describe with words unfortunately.. Miss those days

@liveletlive3348 3 жыл бұрын

*Nokia were the days when u didn't really have to care about ur screen after mistakingly dropping the phone* _Just pick up ur battery , back cover, put them back & ur phone is alright_ 📱

@damebeing 3 жыл бұрын

That was the same with my Nokia Asha 311. I keep dropping that multiple times and I kid you not, it cracked one of the tiles of my old house but the phone was just fine.

@liveletlive3348 3 жыл бұрын

@@damebeing yeah Nokia could also be used as melee weapon 😀 , it was literally so strong

@damebeing 3 жыл бұрын

@@liveletlive3348 I wish other phone brands has the same resiliency as the older Nokias. I beleive that Nokia was bought by Microsoft so I doubt the Nokias of today are just as strong as the originals.

@liveletlive3348 3 жыл бұрын

@@damebeing we are talking about phones , but in today's world even people are not that reliable enough 🙃😄 That era was still best

@Shekhar_Karade 3 жыл бұрын

And just after starting it, Reset the Clock also 😁😁

@alex_roivas333 3 жыл бұрын

"when phones were fun" is a great title for this series. just the other day, i was talking with my friends about how all phones are the same now, and how they all used to be wildly different. all of us had a COMPLETELY different phone. there was no "is that my phone?" confusion, you can tell which one was who's phone from across the room.

@pjtripp79 3 жыл бұрын

That and the gazillion different fascias you could dress your phone in

@slickpixel Жыл бұрын

Trip down memory lane this is! Miss the excitement of seeing all the new and wacky Nokia designs back in the day

@ermonski 2 жыл бұрын

The Nokia 3650 was my first phone, I thought it was awesome that I could listen to MP3s and take pictures with it. And it had great battery life! Those were good times.

@ventsislav92makaveev 3 жыл бұрын

"When Phones Were Fun" is literally the best and most enjoyable mobile phone related content on the internet right now. Thanks for the huge amounts of nostalgia Michael !

@TheAdam92ea 3 жыл бұрын

YESS!! That's why I subscribed. 😁

@pikachulikesgambling5645 3 жыл бұрын

Brings back childhood memories

@MisterMotel 3 жыл бұрын

I loved those times in high school, everyone had a different phone, and every time a new phone came out you had no idea how it would look like or what it could do.

@mirek190 3 жыл бұрын

Or even how to go though menu 😅

@hansamitamajee1930 3 жыл бұрын

Those good ole days

@gui18bif 3 жыл бұрын

Weird yet good phones still exist, but your typical teenager girl will only have the latest apple device. Even if it they removed the cameras, they would get it.

@EchaKiut 3 жыл бұрын

Yea...

@nurlindafsihotang49 3 жыл бұрын

Every phone is like a fun puzzle! Just like when i (siemens user) swapped phone with my buddy (Moto User) for kicks and giggle.

@akilghosh 2 жыл бұрын

2:38 I tried to type my name with that phone dial and boy I understand the frustration people gone through.

@ulysseskho2313 2 жыл бұрын

Nice content. Brought back memories when i was a teen. Most of the phones you featured here, i owned before. My personal favorite was 7600. I love being unique.

@JLieppinen 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid in the 90s and 2000s Finland people really followed all the new models and if some kid got the latest Nokia model everyone was around him checking it out. It was a fun time for sure.

@cafekebabman4748 2 жыл бұрын

Really miss that era mate. Am missing my qwerty phone esp

@ojl5055 2 жыл бұрын

Damn I remember when I got my first touch screen Nokia and was the first in my class to get one. That was so damn cool lol

@picanha694 Жыл бұрын

It happened all over the world not just finland.

@NouinouH Жыл бұрын

Everyone: What does it do? Show us!!

@julianfull280 Жыл бұрын

I was the first in my class to get a phone with a real music player incorporated.... Nokia 6200. Was the very first to come with real dual headphones (until then all phones came with just one side call handlers) and was among the first with color screen. I was like a celebrity for a week lol. Even managed to get the hotest girls to take themselves photos with it and gave me a free date with the hottest one.... sadly she was so dumb that all attraction I had for her died on that date.

@DarrenPersad 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh, classic Nokia, those were the days!

@v44922 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we had many choices in one brand to show off our phones.

@ebraremirbayrak3552 Жыл бұрын

Nokia 6600 was a legend. İt was beautiful to remember those days . Thank you man

@livingthroughtv Жыл бұрын

Had the 7650 myself in the UK when I was about 16. Needless to say the ability to shoot video (10secs worth), view webpages and boot up Doom on it was absolutely mind blowing to me and my friends. I also had a Samsung P300 (the calculator phone) a few years after that, which although more simple, you'd probably like from a design perspective. I'd love to send you it to review, but a girlfriend lost mine back in 2007.

@kihunipunk 3 жыл бұрын

Just so you know, I watched this episode with the biggest smile on my face. This made the inner teenage dork me glad in ways I can't quite explain. I honestly can't wait for you to cover the N-Series of Nokia devices. Those were well ahead of their time.

@Ace-pc2cm 3 жыл бұрын

FUCKING. YES.

@prymass 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@SermedAlWasiti 3 жыл бұрын

Went through maybe 90% of the N-series roster before I was finished with Nokia and switched to Samsung Notes

@anisrabaa4172 3 жыл бұрын

Or the 6300. God that thing was so popular!!

@manishgant 3 жыл бұрын

One thing that wasn't highlighted was how Symbian s60 could keep many apps in memory and allow for true multitasking! I hope that gets mentioned in the N-Series videos... if at all!

@penzlic 3 жыл бұрын

Remember kids, they are working after almost 20 years.

@mohdhafiz9955 3 жыл бұрын

Wait another 20 years, youtuber that time will be making old Android and apple fon, if KZfaq's still exists , cant wait if the smartphone still can function after several decade

@rimple1158 3 жыл бұрын

Well built phones

@suman_dey 3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile my sd845 (2018 flagship) phone struggling with chrome.

@THEFIRE360 3 жыл бұрын

phones now will still work, as long as you got the battery or the charge cable still

@wickstorm_records 3 жыл бұрын

My iPhone 2G is like new.

@aaaaplay 2 жыл бұрын

I loved the look of the 6600! I actually loved the look of most of Nokias from 2001-2006.

@GauravMishra-kj4tg Жыл бұрын

nokia 6600 was not less than any iphone 13 pro max or s22 ultra those days. Was a VVIP status of owner

@mihirshetye4624 3 ай бұрын

@@GauravMishra-kj4tg True,whenever a friend or any person bought,his social stature automatically rose in society.

@mikegradidge1200 Жыл бұрын

Living through that era, I really loved the Nokia phones. I had a few of the phones you showed, brought back some nostalgia. Thanks for the great channel. Mike from sunny South Africa, Cape Town

@claiklei 3 жыл бұрын

ah yes, the era where I was able to text without looking at the screen.

@jakestanton5871 3 жыл бұрын

I do that with ease on my iPhone all the time lol

@seededsoul 3 жыл бұрын

Yes...we need to redesign our keyboards to achieve this.

@ceolnaheireann828 3 жыл бұрын

@@jakestanton5871 still, you aren't always sure if you made a typo

@jakestanton5871 3 жыл бұрын

Autocorrect usually sorts me

@mcfourth 3 жыл бұрын

I still has a keypad phone but Samsung brand.

@nmbnmbnmb 3 жыл бұрын

Nokias were ubiquitous in the early 2000s.

@snawani86 3 жыл бұрын

Their sturdiness is still to be found in the phones of this generation

@Boemel 3 жыл бұрын

i still use a 2100 at work daily.

@jojojoy8346 3 жыл бұрын

I still have my 1100. It's still functional but the battery drains too fast and i can't find replacement.

@titan133760 3 жыл бұрын

At least until the 2010's where smartphones became more popular with the masses, although keypad phones are still used today

@catherinedecastro8847 3 жыл бұрын

My E63 was working until 2015 but I lost it on my way home hahaha

@johnalfredgare1723 Жыл бұрын

still loving this video ..thank you MrMobile

@paultromans1171 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video. Takes me right back to my youth. Oh for the days you could drop your phone in a drunken stupor and it bounced back into your hand undamaged . Keep up the retro videos. Much appreciated from England .

@CC0Z 3 жыл бұрын

Nokia was always ahead it's time back then. Remember when a phone was unique with Every model has its own personality.

@madrian_hello 3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same.

@patcola7335 3 жыл бұрын

Nokia was all I ever used back then. They were great devices.

@paulaldo9413 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! And their software as well. Their Symbian and its app ecosystem were second to none. I understood why they were such a smug when the iPhone came out and quickly dismissed it. Well, they were the king then and dominated both the hardware and software department.

@huuskari174 3 жыл бұрын

Back when they thought "we haven't found the best way to make phones yet, let's try everything"

@CC0Z 3 жыл бұрын

Paul Aldo, I personally think that Symbian was better than Android back then, I mean it has so much potential, even with such inferior specifications it can run many apps at the same time way better than android, it even can run Phyton. Android only feels good lately with the major specs bumps. Not even to mention Maemo OS. God, Nokia just too early to abandon its own OS. Nokia just needs to adapt the new touch UI interface and convince the devs to port their apps to Symbian. Nokia could take on both Android and iOS with its own self but sadly it fell for Windows Phone. Sadly everything can only be remembered as a sad tragedy in the smartphone industry. As a result, we stuck with Both Android or iOS, Apple vs Samsung vs Other Chinese brands.

@PrayCesiumSponsor 3 жыл бұрын

The Nokia “Double 6 Double 0” 6600 was such a gem. Me being a kid would envy seeing this on the hands of the elders and wanted to replace it with my 3310. Grew up with these phones wow!

@thepariid 3 жыл бұрын

Nokia Double 6 Double 0 was my very first Mobile Phone. Got a lot of wonderful and crazy memories with it.

@thetechfromheaven 3 жыл бұрын

I always got handmedown phones from my sister when she upgraded and got the 6600, It was the first phone I ever played a FPS game (wolfenstein) it had a 32mb memory, ended up upgrading it to 2gb. My sister got the N93 that thing was a beast, remember conecting it to the TV and playing games on that thing.

@KingCharming 3 жыл бұрын

@@thetechfromheaven Good Times; Good Times.

@ahmedalshabrawy202 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Saudi Arabia It was my second phone We call it (the panda) 🐼 because it looked like a panda 🐼

@slamandjam2 3 жыл бұрын

I had the red and black 7610. The coolest phone I've ever had

@Davey_bfg71 2 жыл бұрын

I went through maybe a dozen Nokia units and loved all of them, N95 was my fave 📱

@alexl2070 2 жыл бұрын

Omg you literally showed up all Nokia phones that I owned back then: my first phone 3310, then 6600 who got stolen, and the last, 7650. Man, Nokia was king of handphones in early 2000. I am so glad living in that era and experienced what the technology has become to today :)

@timothy1701 3 жыл бұрын

watching this series is really making me miss those days. There's just something sooooo satisfying about flipping a phone closed, or slapping it shut, sliding it closed, etc. They were all so different from each other. I remember walking through the phone stores shopping for the phone with the best aesthetic.

@isegrim1978 3 жыл бұрын

I fondly remember my 7650. That phone was just awesome. My only wished for a memory card slot.

@runningfromabear8354 3 жыл бұрын

I remember how incredibly annoying those phones were as someone with a hearing impairment! Boyfriends and my parents kept buying me phones which I never charged and never remembered to carry. At first, I would send a text but people answered text with a call back. When I didn't answer the phone and didn't check my voicemail, they'd nag. It wasn't until the advent of the smartphone, that phones became relevant. Not that having a smartphone meant I suddenly started answering my phone or calling people. Just that they had the ability to check what time places opened, helped me find restaurants, bus schedules, check flight departure time, had information that I wanted on me when I was out. When people saw me using it and not just leaving it at home, they started to learn if they answered a text with a text, I'd answer.

@Emppu_T. 3 жыл бұрын

I would go out lf my way to thisbone phone shop who got the latest phones each time just to fondle with them, flip, twist, slide, etc

@lawrenceslsko1391 3 жыл бұрын

When I bought Nokia N95 as a teenager, I thought it was the peak. It had everything.

@zsin128 3 жыл бұрын

I still want it today.. like its rear camera is still better than my smartphones front camera.

@doomguy2.0 3 жыл бұрын

When the only N95 we knew was a phone. Things were simple back then

@tsimeone 3 жыл бұрын

I bought the N95 because it beat the iPhone in every way.. still to this day don't understand the hype of the iphone, it was AWFUL.. No 3g, no flash, no expandable storage..

@TheBB465 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man! The N95. My classmate had one, the 4GB model. Damn he had girls all around him 😂

@YashGaur30 3 жыл бұрын

@@doomguy2.0 😂😂 this comment deserves millions of likes.

@WrongHandedGuitarist 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's just me being nostalgic for the last phone I had before the slab smartphone style became the norm, but I'd love to see you do one of these on the Palm Pre. I don't miss the flaky hardware but there was so much about the little Pre that nobody else was doing. From the magnetic Touchstone induction chargers to the elegance, multitasking and universal search of webOS... so much of what was introduced on that platform was ahead of its time and ultimately worked its way into Android and even Apple that those of us who remember can't help but wonder what would have happened if...

@sadatrashid7438 2 жыл бұрын

Nokia 6681 was my 1st ever phone and I absolutely loved it to bits! Those were the days.

@JamesLustre 3 жыл бұрын

I always use Nokia PC Suite in my Windows XP laptop to connect my Nokia phones back in days. Good times.

@Neel631 3 жыл бұрын

Remember Nokia Ovi?

@JamesLustre 3 жыл бұрын

@@Neel631 Absolutely dude.

@Ace-pc2cm 3 жыл бұрын

@@Neel631 Ovi was trash. PC Suite is the OG.

@bazanime 3 жыл бұрын

Nokia PC Suite 7 allowed one to send and receive SMS, make and receive calls, all from the PC via cable connection or Bluetooth. This was way back in 2006-ish.

@harshagarwal3855 3 жыл бұрын

I remember using PC suite with my mom's Nokia E5 and my Windows XP desktop. Those were the good days

@gm3850 3 жыл бұрын

Remember when you could change the keypad and casing? I miss those times

@zenithquasar9623 3 жыл бұрын

We case our phones, so, technically you can change the casing of your phones haha.

@gorkskoal9315 3 жыл бұрын

lol 😂 well had a casing first.

@ItzmePackyy 3 жыл бұрын

yeah i used to do it everytime i bought an nokia

@sheryllovestobake9898 3 жыл бұрын

yes. the 3310.5110,

@KeshiaFowler 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@jimited1 Жыл бұрын

I had a 7600 and loved it. I was amazed by the picture quality of the photos it took at the time.

@56ying 2 жыл бұрын

My first ever phone was a Nokia, one with exchangeable keypad and cover. It was awesome! Also owned the N8 when smartphones became a thing, still reckon it can give most middle-tiered smartphones a run for it's money when it comes to the camera. It had a physical shutter button in an all metal casing. Really made it feel like a proper DSLR.

@Why_is_gamora 3 жыл бұрын

When i was using Nokia 1. Where did i kept my charger not seen in 5 days. 2. I can jump and run without holding my pocket. 3. Wet hands no problem. 4. Need to type message without looking in class room. 5. Why my thumbs hurt? 6. What is meant by lagging, i know only loading. 7. I am not a selfie freak. Camera? Please i need for wallpaper.

@bidishadey3815 3 жыл бұрын

Today’s kids will never know how to type on a phone without looking. 😂

@Dunzz123 3 жыл бұрын

i know that feel , how fast we can type without looking. great memories

@nurlindafsihotang49 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the 9x3 keyboard...huh? What do you mean, teach? (Slips the phone back into the desk-selves)

@rasu2947 3 жыл бұрын

No 4 is so truuuuueee, and sometime with just one hand. This legendary skill are no longer exist☹️

@43yrsago 3 жыл бұрын

There're still Nokia keypad phones or it was called feature phones today.

@bawonobudiwaskito 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap these phones were cementing my childhood as being “poor” for rocking Siemens phones while my friends were sporting all these gems. And Sony Ericssons.

@azminek7154 3 жыл бұрын

Siemens phones were not all bad. I used to have an SX1 which combined the wacky designs of the Nokia phones of the time with I think Symbian S60 and I think the inside was a beefed up 6600.

@jezusmylord 3 жыл бұрын

hey! siemens sl45i was the best shit there was back then

@ArthurD 3 жыл бұрын

Siemens, with the use of patches, were basically smartphones, allowing them to run binaries meant for Linux. Except they weren't running Linux.

@bawonobudiwaskito 3 жыл бұрын

Yall, I used the Siemens C35, with antenna protruding out of the body and a screen that could only accommodate 4 lines (remember those?)! Sony Ericsson T610 was my dream back then 😂

@wessonliam7423 3 жыл бұрын

I used to dream about the 6600 while sitting there with my 3310 that I stole from grandma for a few hours untill she noticed it was gone.

@JanVill Жыл бұрын

love this random nostalgic trip! we had the first three you showed. I particularly loved the 6600, I then later got the 6630 which was my favorite before sony ericsson took over. had SE phones ever since, until androids that is.

@beingmilo1 2 жыл бұрын

Missing those golden era when mobile phones were really fun...the type of design Nokia introduced made the whole people go crazy... Love you ❣️ Nonia

@konekochan8997 3 жыл бұрын

When Nokia mobile falls on the ground, the ground apologise

@jg5001 3 жыл бұрын

When the 3310 falls to the ground, the ground trembles in fear of getting hurt.

@nostalgicmanTV 3 жыл бұрын

shooting with 12 years old phone Nokia N97 :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntx2naeHrrOcg2g.html

@iqrak8151 3 жыл бұрын

This comment is Gold💯🔥😂

@cruelwraith2games926 3 жыл бұрын

When you hit somebody with a Nokia phone they felt the pain

@Kaye.Bueno. 3 жыл бұрын

I remember in highschool when the rich kids are the only ones with the 6600.

@travelisttv7747 3 жыл бұрын

payabangan ng cellphone nung highschool. hahaha

@Kaye.Bueno. 3 жыл бұрын

@@travelisttv7747 totoo. Pero sila sila lang dahil wala naman akong maipagyayabang that time 🤣🤣🤣

@mostwantedsam4559 3 жыл бұрын

Mere pass bhi tha school me

@enzystoria9020 3 жыл бұрын

We are on the same age 😂😂😂

@zayedwakarshaan2453 3 жыл бұрын

Ya sis my friends using this beauty at the time n i feel alky

@ogdon2009 6 ай бұрын

Man, I do miss the Nokia packaging’s artwork. They always had beautiful photography applied to them, and carriers worldwide had packaging variations to suit their aesthetics or branding.

@HughJashole69 2 жыл бұрын

The 3650 was one of my favorite phones ever in terms of the memories I had with it. So many people didn’t know wtf it was and I had a great time with it. That, the OG iPhone and the LG g3 are my favorite phones ever owned due to the memories. Great video. Thanks for the nostalgia.

@mpc007 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the days where the cool kids had bluetooth to share mp3s and i had to beg them for the patiemce to send over infrared XD

@ennuied 3 жыл бұрын

How smartphones should look like? Apple: simple Nokia: yo pass me that blunt

@simonmesure6863 Жыл бұрын

Amazing retro fix on those beautiful phones I love watching my favourite film on my Nokia 5310 v.2. The ffwd, rew, play/pause on side of screen with volume up&down on the other side is so handy. The stereo speakers are ok. You can't beat new millennium phones imo.

@JAMESYQ24 26 күн бұрын

As someone that loved phones since a kid and spent half of every year in the US, the US did get most of the same phones we did, I saw all the same cool Nokias and even Sony Ericssons that we did. The issue was that Americans didn’t want them so they didn’t sell well. I remember being excited to see what different American phones were on sale in RadioShack, Best Buy and other smaller stores, just to see the same things we had. Even the N95 8GB, which was very popular here in the UK, sold terribly in the US and was on sale everywhere. On the other hand, we didn’t have an equivalent to any of the Sidekicks over here arguably until the N97, which I always wish we did.

@fishyfish6510 3 жыл бұрын

Once upon a time your phone didn't need internet connection to be fun.

@duniayakijani7868 3 жыл бұрын

Life was good and fun without WiFi and data

@resneptacle 3 жыл бұрын

Cause you could play... snake for five minutes? What was so fun about them during a time where internet wasn't broadly available on mobile devices?

@OfficialSilverMoon 3 жыл бұрын

@@resneptacle So many other games on the ovi store you had and even without them you had the ball one, the capsule one. Fun times

@aniym21000 3 жыл бұрын

@@resneptacle It's hard to appreciate the fun of simple games like Snake or Brick Breaker today because our brains have been fried by 10+ years of having always-on Internet

@fa2521 3 жыл бұрын

@@aniym21000 it's not hard appreciate simple games but they get boring in 5 minutes of playing.

@Gworan 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I just remembered how much I wanted a nokia n-gage when I was a kid

@abdulabdul2324 3 жыл бұрын

Same as me

@Swift19850 3 жыл бұрын

I was senior in High School but I also wanted one but I was saving to buy a GameCube at the time instead

@FilmyFunMoji759 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@sjesudasan 3 жыл бұрын

I had a ngage QD and I loved it!!

@arnobchowdhury9641 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I convinced my parents to buy me a nokia n-gage but it got stolen 3 months later. The heartbreak was real at that age.

@Rossko8787 Жыл бұрын

I had the 7600 and I gotta say after a while you got used to the texting and it was no different to my other phones. I absolutely loved it

@Krzemieniewski1 3 ай бұрын

I had many Nokias from that times. 3650, 7650, 6600, N90 and N95 one of best I ever have.

@TheSamp00 3 жыл бұрын

As a 28yo Finnish guy i remember all of these and i was even only one in my school to own a 7710. It was super cool as a kid. To me 2003-2009 will always be golden era of mobile phones, companies were really trying something new and innovative vs. Now when everything looks and feels same.

@aitoluxd 3 жыл бұрын

I think, for now we're at a standpoint. Maybe foldables will bring back some of those excitement. I said some, cos they're just crazily expensive and might stay that way for a long time perhaps.

@splitatorium 3 жыл бұрын

Dude that "potato phone" was my dream phone when I was a kid 😂

@thereefster 3 жыл бұрын

we called it the 'soap' phone 😆

@yeay6801 3 жыл бұрын

we called this "cobra" phone 😁😂

@RE-MOTOVERSE 3 жыл бұрын

That was not a potato don't defame dearest nokia phones they are love

@falafel6644 3 жыл бұрын

We called it Panda

@orti1283 3 жыл бұрын

Mine tooooo, it was so fucking cool!

@williamregal873 2 жыл бұрын

Nokia 6600 was pure love, only taken over by the N73. The games that these guys could run, the software the screen....everything was out of this world for the time.

@leaguzzardi7565 Жыл бұрын

They were so creative!

@alivapi1994 3 жыл бұрын

dude, the whole video ive just smiled.... thanks for bringing my childhood memories back....

@cob2076 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh the days of trying to create your own ringtones with the "Ringtone Composer"👍🏻

@hughmungus1235 3 жыл бұрын

Eventually having to delete one to make space for a new one you found online lol

@trinabellsz 3 жыл бұрын

oh yeah that's my favorite part on old phones. I used to record songs on my nokia and use them as ringtones, I LOVE THAT!! Then I got disappointed when I found out that my smartphone can't do that :(

@stompchunkman4248 3 жыл бұрын

It was way too fun to create your own little tunes.

@MagnusRoe 3 жыл бұрын

My supreme rendition of Super Mario 1-1 forever stuck on my 6310i because its com cable broke :(

@jegeriufanen4415 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that! That was fun

@Rico0oG 2 жыл бұрын

Man I owned most of these back in the day. What a throwback!

@moham1287 Жыл бұрын

I had a 3650 as a 15 year old. I saved and scrimped for ages to get it. The 7650 had come out first and I played with my mates one. It was unbelievable - but only had 4mb of built in storage. The 3650 had an MMC slot. I converted Battle Royale, the Japanese Lord of the Flies type film, and watched it at school with my mates. It was unbelievable at the time!

@RamiCrafy 3 жыл бұрын

Phones in 80's - 90's: We will innovate! Phones in 20xx: r e c t a n g l e []

@asandax6 3 жыл бұрын

It's the most eficient shape for Us Humans.

@TheParkerizing 3 жыл бұрын

In 2010! Let's copy iPhone....

@jenniferali7171 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@jayr122001 3 жыл бұрын

this guy doesn't know the feeling of having a nokia back in the days specially in asia...In asia if you have nokia you're already considered rich lol

@LionelFloppa 3 жыл бұрын

Shut up!

@JobFernandezSonofGOD 3 жыл бұрын

Back then Nokia was equal to modern day Apple...

@Nuriil 3 жыл бұрын

im indonesian. and this guy is a liar, thats not heppening here

@LionelFloppa 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nuriil i know right!

@swathys9820 3 жыл бұрын

Which part of Asia are you taking about exactly? Asia is huge, you know.

@q_2676 2 ай бұрын

In the Philippines Nokia was THE phone in 2000s! These odd phones were very popular here at that time. My sisters had 3210 in 2000, N-Gage(game centric phone), 3300(another taco shaped phone that glows in the dark lol), 3310 and other odd Nokia phones that were also on this vid!

@Billzloveschelsea 2 ай бұрын

I miss living in that Nokia and Sony Ericsson era. Greatest days of my life! Honestly.

@rheasheva8882 3 жыл бұрын

teacher : put your phone on your pocket me : *put my hand on pocket and keep texting

@aimsameer 3 жыл бұрын

You be genius. I almost had it forgotten. 😁😁

@eiennjae 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I miss how you could text even without looking at the screen lol

@cypresswillow2591 3 жыл бұрын

Dialtone keypads felt so nice than just sliding and accidentally breaking a touch screen.

@resneptacle 3 жыл бұрын

@@cypresswillow2591 You break a touchscreen by typing on it?

@Sunkissedguy 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had almost all of those phones back in the day and they really served their purpose. Nokia’s battery life lasts for days.

@feefoo564 2 жыл бұрын

My first Nokia phone was 3650 and it was super fun to show around. When other phone manufacturers were offering polyphonic ringtones, Nokia was offering apps for phones, I remember using zoom app for 3650 which didn't had built in zoom function for camera. And the craze for 6600 was too much.

@abdulmuhaimin4666 2 жыл бұрын

It's good to see my very first phone nokia 7600 here. Brings back lots of memories. Although it wasn't best to use people always use to love the style of that phone and wondered how it works.

@uww.v 3 жыл бұрын

People who dislike this video probably never had a Nokia

@kiknav 3 жыл бұрын

and a childhood.

@Sharky1986 3 жыл бұрын

I just hate tech videos where they insist on long shots of themselves standing there in a suit. Sometimes a voiceover is really all you need.

@jemadriano1217 3 жыл бұрын

The people who are so furious at bezels and notches

@KT43124 3 жыл бұрын

They all are from Chinese smartphone users generation..

@glitchyboi2106 3 жыл бұрын

I had one

@shodan658 3 жыл бұрын

People always talk about the 90s and 80s and forget the awesomeness of the 2000s.

@Tko101488 3 жыл бұрын

That's likely because were only starting to get far enough away from them for it to be a bygone era. The same reason I think there's now so much nostalgia for 90s computing I've seen growing over the decade when not too long ago, nostalgia seemed to start at the 80s

@amanpotdar 3 жыл бұрын

*People still need to get past the troubles and the worries of the 2020s to be able to appreciate the 2000s and the '10s* 😂

@Inaworldoflove 3 жыл бұрын

We had the fun of iPods and texting, not messaging.

@shodan658 3 жыл бұрын

@@Inaworldoflove We definitely had messaging, though. I had an IRC client on my nokia phone.

@Inaworldoflove 3 жыл бұрын

@@shodan658 oh I didn't do that. In Australia we didn't get much data so people only used MSN Messenger on their desktops.

@floreaalexandru2524 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly the best thing in my opinion about those phones back than was that you get the phone and you start experimenting around, that surprise factor of Hidden features or even the exterior of the phone was so unique and playful that especially as a young person it gets you into this adventure exploring mindset which is extremely fun. That's totally gone today unfortunately, ok Motorola had some attempts with modular phones ,lg , now foldables....it's a little piece of the feeling back than .

@carl0sTribuna 2 жыл бұрын

I had a few of this. Such amazing phones from Nokia, the 6600 and 7650 so much better than anything else at the time

@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484 3 жыл бұрын

They are not "cheap and plasticky" it was part of the design, to make them more durable,also you could change out kb and panels on some phones,either oem or aftermarket. The insides were usually metal,again for resistance

@2727daqwid 3 жыл бұрын

There was one Nokia model i had that had transparent case and a cutout maker in the box - you could print whatever picture you wanted, cut it and put it underneath the case. It was the coolest thing ever! This is the phone shown at 1:10 Nokia 3200 :D

@2727daqwid 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grN5p7ydxsfMdmQ.html Now watching this video I remember they had those fancy holographic cutouts for it too, so the back and front was "animated" when looking at different angles. This was to me probably the best phone ever made, since I always liked to have different colors of phones as a kid. I actually wish the back plates of today's phones would be replaceable too, or even just made like the 3200. Dbrand is kinda doing that, but stickers on the phone are not as premium as putting something under a case.

@frankbacon1002 3 жыл бұрын

True and also not true, the plastic IS a cheap feeling, lame material, its just that the reason it was used was a utilitarian one. That being said, plastic is actually pretty good for mobile devices, however modern smartphones aren't really treated as such by consumers or companies (which is why they ALL fare infamously horribly upon the slightest drops). They're used more like mini PCs than like actual phones, which is the reason they got so large and glassy in the recent years, carrying it around outside is literally quite often NOT the intended use case for them. Which is incredibly annoying to anyone who actually uses their phone outside of their bed or their table. Like i broke EVERY SINGLE smartphone i have EVER owned, the recent glass trend not making it easier on me at all lmao

@PumpedSmartass 2 жыл бұрын

They were cheap and plasticky, and fall into pieces on impacts ... trust me, I had a few Nokia.

@nongrock 2 жыл бұрын

the truth is plastic phone was more durable than now!

@MichelPostma 3 жыл бұрын

This definitely brings me back to the "recent" days when everyone was walking around with some sort of Nokia. I really wish they were still on top of their game now, because (aside from the mentioned foldables) phones are not as inspired and crazy. Thanks for the throwback and keeping up with this near series

@akshayd211 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for letting me time travel. A whole barrage of memories has just opened door..

@jaykuno 2 жыл бұрын

I had a 3650 in high school in the early 2000s and it was the coolest thing since the 3310. Then the toggle button screwed out. I loved its unique design and no one else had one.

@maksymtt 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the Nokia N95 was my dream phone back when I was little. It costed 800€ in my country

@MukWongDeso 3 жыл бұрын

But today, you can buy it 150 Dollar only, or $15 second..

@audermarspiguet6127 3 жыл бұрын

My wife first present to me was a n95, still have it til this day. Lol

@walteur 3 жыл бұрын

True!!

@kimjong-un674 3 жыл бұрын

Remember those time when you can type on the keypad without looking?

@prasannabhat8575 3 жыл бұрын

@kim Jong Un...Don't forget your people are still doing it till date

@izz5305 3 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right

@princeaj2076 3 жыл бұрын

yup missed that days..now ,i cant do that in my phone.. before was very convenient in txting and calling and very handy to use

@denius.online 3 жыл бұрын

😌

@monurajput5608 3 жыл бұрын

I still do that on my Blackberry Passport (2014) and keyone.

@TheGhostplanner Жыл бұрын

The 6600 was so successful because it had a decent camera and a good screen. Basically the first phone that could replace your normal camera to a certain extent - with the advantage that you can have all your photos with you all the time

@PaneuropabewegungOsterreich Жыл бұрын

Those where the days. Thanks for this video. Made me go back to my younger days.

@MrAdcproduction 3 жыл бұрын

The amount of talent Michael earned since the days of pocket now is unreal!! The flow is 👌👌👌👌

@djdud132 3 жыл бұрын

Why did he separate again?

@jaynteaa 3 жыл бұрын

The era when you hear ringtones rather than music playlists.

@chosentonessournotes 3 жыл бұрын

Back when it was almost IMPOSSIBLE to get decent custom ringtones... Haha

@JoCaTen Жыл бұрын

@@chosentonessournotes you mean back when you could make your OWN ringtones? I remember some magazines had a page with ringtone composer codes for phones with a music composing feature like Nokia did

@nateclipps Жыл бұрын

@@JoCaTen what? You can still make your own ringtone. There’s whole apps for that & apple allows you to import your own favorite music as your ringtone

@JoCaTen Жыл бұрын

@@nateclipps yes but back then the concept was innovative, some phones couldn't even play MP3s

@nateclipps Жыл бұрын

@@JoCaTen agreed 😭

@Georgije2 Жыл бұрын

I owned a 6630 and a N95, they were both awesome. But especially the N95, because it had all the best features of its day. It even supported playing Doom II, which worked perfectly. I don't think it's even possible to play it properly on a touchscreen.

@darkhalf2828 2 жыл бұрын

Man ... I missed those time back in 2002-2008. My first phone was Nokia 3350 and then N-Gage Classic. Sadly my N-Gage was stolen and then I bought 5320 XpressMusic. My wife started from Nokia 2100, Nokia 7600 (got stolen too), and then 7390. 😁

@xyzen9673 3 жыл бұрын

this just shows that Nokia dominated the phone scene in the early 2000's they can literally make any kind of phone, and people would buy that shit

@angeladominique5846 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... sounds like Apple today.

@matrixmirage2148 3 жыл бұрын

The number is (1) 909-595-2262. I got a call from you, and your hair was wet, remember that? Call me back when you know more information, okay? Maybe you'll need to drive down there, see if he's under another name

@jonpetter8921 2 жыл бұрын

@@angeladominique5846 But today you have samsung as well

@urvahahaha 3 жыл бұрын

6600 was THE phone. The father, the GOAT.

@mfmr200 3 жыл бұрын

In my country, we call it SOAP

@vic7939 3 жыл бұрын

Had one for a month but was stolen. Bought the Motorola V3 RAZR next which I used from 2004 to 2013 amazingly. Only swaped the battery once and I didn't use it for social media.

@faintdevil 3 жыл бұрын

Actually the GOAT was 7610..

@f0rever1 3 жыл бұрын

I remember it was SO expensive lmao

@alhallab 3 жыл бұрын

We called it the PANDA 🐼 or the bear 🐻 sometimes (middle east)

@leadereckless 2 жыл бұрын

Nokia 6600 and being 14, that was AAAAAMAZING. I think this phone marked the beginning of my passion for tech

@kamalsinnofilms 2 жыл бұрын

Nokia 6600, was my best phone at the time. Having a phone in high-school was a competition of who had the coolest, weirdest or basic Nokia phone, a few years later some were holding Sony Ericsson Walkman models or models, slide or rotate models. Then Nokia xpress music models came out, boy were those good, and I-mates running windows xp, MSN messenger, yahoo RealPlayer. Motorola releases the clam style phone with different colors that took the world by storm, then Nokia released N series and E series models, when blackberries were booming with their models. Phones were fun to have. Then Apple released the iPhone, and everything changed. For someone with big fingers I still prefer a black berry when typing, bbm was booming. We used to type an sms on out phones blindly in our pockets and see who did it without any typos. Great time that will never be forgotten. Please come back.