When Phones Were Fun: Motorola AURA (2008)

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A first-of-its-kind circular display. A stainless steel casing that took two weeks to etch. And a Swiss-inspired mechanism that means it opens just as smoothly in 2020 as it did twelve years ago. Motorola didn’t get much wrong with its first true luxury phone - unless you count launching it directly into the midst of a global economic recession. The year is 2008; the device is the Motorola AURA; and this is episode 2 of When Phones Were Fun!
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[ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN: MOTOROLA AURA R1 / CELESTIAL EDITION]
This is the second 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 2 features the Motorola AURA. The review sample featured in this video is a Motorola AURA Celestial Edition on loan from Motorola, but the bulk of the coverage focuses on the “base level” R1. 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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@CANALDEDRD 4 жыл бұрын

When a 2008 cell phone looks more futuristic than the current ones.

@alexfreetime9597 4 жыл бұрын

For real, it looks like something out of Star Trek, it's beautiful

@RaptorProducts1991 3 жыл бұрын

didn't really notice until I've read your comment, hell yeah

@afeefaafrose6032 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@Mr.Eminem 3 жыл бұрын

That's what your dumb mind can't see that... Future is more about features and making our life easier.... No about how they portrayed them in movies.....

@haniffaris8917 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Eminem but but it's circular, and looks sooo futuristic, like it just came out of the 70s, modern phone ugly hurr durr

@volpe_sol 4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, even by today's standards, this looks absolutely amazing.

@axelkane3459 3 жыл бұрын

Really? I don't think it does. To me a good looking phone nowadays is a bezel less device

@siddharth2796 3 жыл бұрын

@@axelkane3459 well its not for media consumption

@Disconnect350 3 жыл бұрын

Today there are actually no standards at all. All phones look the same.

@ragnarralle 3 жыл бұрын

@@Disconnect350 Yes we have, the closer to 0 bezels the better

@Coeb005 3 жыл бұрын

It is more jewellery type than a phone

@HappySlayer81 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was poor and dreaming about having this phone. Now I'm poor and dreaming of having any phone.

@LaskyLabs 3 жыл бұрын

That's life!

@xXMetalGrimmXx 3 жыл бұрын

u have car and you called that poor?

@wavesofstupidity4057 3 жыл бұрын

You will succeed do not give up!!!!

@user-ji1hp 3 жыл бұрын

lmaoo life

@ginofoogle6944 3 жыл бұрын

@@xXMetalGrimmXx i guess it's all relative.. for some people not having food on your table everyday and no roof above your head is considered poor. and then for other's not having your own private airplane with a pilot is considered poor.

@144p-rnd 3 жыл бұрын

Remember when every phone companies had some kind of a specific gimick/designs to their phones that makes them unique?now its just a race to have a smartphone with the most cores,ram and cameras

@k.c4178 3 жыл бұрын

See, We’re already living in a cyber punk future we just can’t afford any of the stuff

@Infinite_Jester 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of manufacturers have gimmicks or designs for their phones to make them stand out. It's just not as radical. For example, Nokia 8.3 has a strange colour on the back, Amazon Fire had ""dynamic perspective"", China Unicom partnered with China Literature Limited to make the Kingrow K1, an e-ink phone, and so on. Yeah, the flagships mainly compete on camera, RAM etc, but there's still a lot of weird shit going on. I can only imagine that it's less common because now we're as close as we've ever been to a "standard" for what a phone is supposed to be when it comes to form factor.

@blacklightredlight2945 3 жыл бұрын

@@k.c4178 That's literally what cyberpunk is lol.

@brantisonfire 2 жыл бұрын

When everything is based on a system on chip, there’s not much a cell phone can do to differentiate themselves. They’re all on the same high speed data network, have video and voice calls, and play music and videos. The only thing that separates phones now is advertising and the prestige of the manufacturer attached.

@KazyEXE 2 жыл бұрын

and even with more and more cores and RAM, the software is getting even more and more bloated so they don't even feel any faster

@Josh-oj9mm 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like a phone that would be in a scifi movie from 20+ years ago

@cake1661 3 жыл бұрын

It looks almost exactly like the communicators they use in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.

@kennarajora6532 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like something from Star Trek.

@muppieverything6972 3 жыл бұрын

Ughhh imagine this being in the Matrix

@Crutches_Bob 4 жыл бұрын

This is the most beautiful phone I've ever laid my eyes on.

@Astelch 4 жыл бұрын

if they release a modern version with a bit smaller price tag i think there will a market for it.

@thekornreeper 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@jrae9265 4 жыл бұрын

yooo fr, i was gonna say that too jeezzuss

@TxxT33 4 жыл бұрын

If I get thatphone I'll give up my super powerful android

@KayJeyD 3 жыл бұрын

ChunChunMaru Maybe if the flip part when closed turns into an extension of the round screen. That’d be cool

@channelthefire2745 4 жыл бұрын

I can't help thinking of James Bond when looking at this phone.

@dr_chocula 4 жыл бұрын

The name's Spinner, Fidget Spinner.

@firstone1135 4 жыл бұрын

@@dr_chocula lol.

@willsanders301 3 жыл бұрын

See I was thinking Spy Kids

@channelthefire2745 3 жыл бұрын

@@dr_chocula Now that is funny

@channelthefire2745 3 жыл бұрын

@@willsanders301 Ahh nostalgia, wait am I getting old?

@YoHoosierDaddy 4 жыл бұрын

The most wanted phone when I was a kid. Still remember watching a dude in a coffee shop using this phone that looked cool af, literelly making the dude as one the coolest dude I've ever seen too.

@michaelw2263 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone was so caught up in copying the iPhone, innovation was lost

@BoserPSN 4 жыл бұрын

I hope it comes back, folding screens are a good start.

@michaelw2263 4 жыл бұрын

@@BoserPSN I'll even take sliders again!

@user-ui7tk4sg6t 4 жыл бұрын

Because of Chinese companies. All they do is copying . The innovation of another shape is dead .

@user-ui7tk4sg6t 4 жыл бұрын

@Taufiq Fitriansyah what i sad about is a big company like Motorola sold to a Chinese company

@robingabriel1667 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's because it gets outdated quickly specwise and most consumers isn't willing to risk it. because these, a lot of companies are not willing to risk it.

@LuPoj 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly this is the most cool series I have seen in a while. All the phones I fancied when I was young!

@princeplotena 4 жыл бұрын

I really hope this starts a movement of some sort!

@russellmania5349 4 жыл бұрын

I miss when phones were just phones and they didn't spy on you.

@itsjustdave77 4 жыл бұрын

I feel the same :)

@snelzaree825 4 жыл бұрын

Russell Mania j’mm

@snelzaree825 4 жыл бұрын

Russell Mania mj’nmmmmnmn

@cgvapors963 4 жыл бұрын

It's absolutely one of the most innovative and beautiful phone designs of its time. If that phone had a keyboard and a CPU with enough horsepower to run a modern Android OS, I'd proudly use it today. Of course, it wouldn't be touch screen, but for simple texting, I think a keypad keyboard is optimal anyway.

@Joshtheweatherman 4 жыл бұрын

When you realize a phone's screen from 2008 looks better than your current

@xers8719 3 жыл бұрын

it's better than my 6.8 inch quad hd display?

@subliminals5825 3 жыл бұрын

im pretty sure it doesn't youre just prolly blind...the screen quality is horrible

@runratchetrun 4 жыл бұрын

Apple: We've broken the $1k price tag on phones! Motorola: Hold my hand-etched, Swiss-inspired flippers

@shakti8916 4 жыл бұрын

This is the phone where Zack can finally say "Scratches at level 8, with deeper groves at level 9"

@A--lex 4 жыл бұрын

He has already tested such a phone with a saphire screen i believe it was an htc u11?

@ridakesserwan8712 4 жыл бұрын

@@A--lex true, the sapphire edition

@shanez1215 4 жыл бұрын

@@A--lex HTC U Ultra

@rachmatzulfiqar 4 жыл бұрын

@@shanez1215 when a bankrupt phone manufacturer can do better sapphire screen than a multi billionaire company :shrugs:

@stevethea5250 4 жыл бұрын

@@ridakesserwan8712 WHY?

@aryanraj8352 4 жыл бұрын

That was the day when Motorola always came up with unexpected innovation.

@Cyancat123 4 жыл бұрын

Phones aren't heirlooms" the iPhone five that went through my parents and all my older siblings: am i a joke to you?

@Cyancat123 4 жыл бұрын

silly idiot I think your name sums up this situation

@janninmarie8385 3 жыл бұрын

silly idiot perfect name you got😂👌

@sillyidiot3700 3 жыл бұрын

ok so u geniuses cant explain it 2 me then??

@sillyidiot3700 3 жыл бұрын

oo i get it lmao, i was smokin on that good kush when i was readin that shit lmao. my B guys, i deleted it

@MosoKaiser 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. That's a hand-me-down.

@emperorfaiz 4 жыл бұрын

I still remember seeing my teacher a several years ago flicked this phone out of his pocket to take a call during class. It was cool as hell back then.

@AndreVictorGoncalves 4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it wasn't a Samsung dj? They were very similar, but the Samsung phone was much more easy to see people carrying it.

@Happy-cm7uo 4 жыл бұрын

its still cool af

@yourtags4876 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! It's you! The sfm guy! OMG i thought you are dead!

@Jaslath 4 жыл бұрын

You sure it wasn't the Motorola V70?

@emperorfaiz 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jaslath I think that was it. I thought there's only one model of this design till now.

@evercossa655 4 жыл бұрын

Ah the good old days When every phones had their own identity ❤

@Byrnzi360 4 жыл бұрын

Sure they had personality on the outside, but most performed like an oxygen deprived brain. I sort of feel that phones were a matter of style over substance... they all used the same crappy OS filled with bloatware - but they looked damn stylish from a distance.

@FFVII7321 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah u r right, now all phone look like a brick has no their own identity. No matter what brand it was...and If u put all of brand on da table and look at them for a first glance, its hard to recognize with one its urs. Sometimes my friends make a mistake took my another friend phone coz look almost same.

@cfnt9443 4 жыл бұрын

Iphone still got it own identity

@harrylane4 4 жыл бұрын

@@Byrnzi360 I mean, back then the only thing phones were good for were calls and texts. If you really wanted games on the go, you probably had a game boy advance (or later, a DS)

@harrylane4 4 жыл бұрын

@@cfnt9443 what is the iPhone's identity? The notch? Every phone has a notch now. An argument COULD be made for Samsung's inlaid camera, but even that is getting copied by a bunch of other companies.

@Kanal7Indonesia 3 жыл бұрын

I miss 2000s era cool phones. 😭💔

@katomiccomics202 3 жыл бұрын

Damn I kinda miss phones that had weird and special features that absolutely no one needed but it was looked cool so of course you had to buy it.

@JoshuaDay 4 жыл бұрын

This is possibly the nicest phone ever made. I would love one with some smartwatch internals running TizenOS or something 👌

@kojok4667 4 жыл бұрын

You have to check out the Galaxy Z series

@MaxMiller94 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if someone could fork Tizen or heck, even WearOS, for this device. Obviously there'd be maybe ten people in the world who both own that phone and are savvy enough to flash a new OS to it, but still.

@nemeth-it 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutly, okay the keypad would be a little bit deprecated and should replaced with touch. But the 300dpi screen and the magnifying effect, plus the flip. Just awesome. My first thoughts was: "Shut up and take my money!". But we've to be realistic, a modern version would have a hard time these days. But in 5 or 10 years, when the smartwatches os and apps would have matured well in UI-Usability. Then the round screen and this phone in particular could enthusiast some people.

@GreatChicken2 4 жыл бұрын

Android Wear maybe? I wouldn't mind a full Android syustem on that resolution. Sort of a novelty smart device, in the style of the HTC Startrek. Considering that the first Galaxy Watch did run full Android and not wear....

@MalleeMate 4 жыл бұрын

I think this would work as a blackberry kinda thing. Decent keyboard down the bottom, and rounded touchscreen covering the top.

@Shubham_Bahirat 4 жыл бұрын

Nowadays expensive phone means just gold and diamonds But this phone had features of 2k phone

@thermitekitty9070 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously. If this housing could be paired with modern flagship Android internals and a UI that takes advantage of the circular screen, it'd be well-worth the $2500 price tag.

@Noooo23523 4 жыл бұрын

only iphones are even more overpriced only if you put gold and diamonds on them as good 1000$ android phones are as fast as weak laptops and not old laptops and thats extemely awesome phones are coming close to todays normal laptops or cheap laptops power

@DanielWon 4 жыл бұрын

Mocanu Octavian43 iPhone CPUs are faster than the Android ones, check the benchmarks

@DancePuDDing 4 жыл бұрын

Mocanu Octavian43 iphones have stronger processors then samsung does

@DanielWon 4 жыл бұрын

WistfulAlpha BSJDandel I don’t care which phone is better. I just stated the fact that the A13 is the faster mobile processor out there.

@Anon-vc5jr 4 жыл бұрын

Motorola Aura: *Exists* JerryRigEverything: "I MUST SCRATCH TEST THIS."

@michaellittle7522 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my God I hope he sees this

@SuperGerais 3 жыл бұрын

ouch the truth stings

@nevilsebastian7419 3 жыл бұрын

He won't do it , probably because it's a rare piece of tech. Goodbye Moto , because of google.

@selami32 3 жыл бұрын

Jerry was a kid when this phone released

@xers8719 3 жыл бұрын

@@selami32 he told you his age?

@mohit96mb 4 жыл бұрын

I love it! This screen is hypnotic. I remember seeing it in a picture a few years back. Thanks for making this video.

@VincentMcmanus. 4 жыл бұрын

I wish phones like this would get a re-release

@raulmontanez3528 4 жыл бұрын

It could be very easy to "re-release" it. Take the same design, cheap materials that look the same, change the keypad for a screen, and the circle "screen" made it just like any other touchscreen from now days. Maybe just a little bigger. And there you go.

@harrypottersucks12 4 жыл бұрын

@@raulmontanez3528 OOOoOOHH waaaaauwwww thanks raul

@affend4915 4 жыл бұрын

nokia already did it

@dreyaih1238 4 жыл бұрын

@@affend4915 please tell me more

@affend4915 4 жыл бұрын

@@dreyaih1238 theres more

@maneyel 4 жыл бұрын

funny how we thought phone would have weird shape in the future. Now everything is rectangular

@JayAlfordElementJMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Literally, every damn phone is the same rectangular shape, just different dimensions.

@64offsuiter 3 жыл бұрын

Cars will go the same way. All similar shape to maximise aerodynamics for electric cars

@Kanal7Indonesia 3 жыл бұрын

I hate modernism

@vih6650 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kanal7Indonesia Ah yes, modernism that brought you mobile phones and computers, one of which you are using to say how much you hate modernism. Go back to using snail mail, at least then you will not look like a hypocrite.

@fuckinantipope5511 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kanal7Indonesia modern technology is the best thing to have ever happend to humanity. Everything is going so much more easy now, it's awesome!

@Stratos1988 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Not only I just saw one very detailed high end phone but learned a thing or two about sunsetting of network. Good job man.

@charles7372 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Your videos have offered me chances to explore those phones that I couldn't see in person with such details. By the way, love your voice! It's very comfortable to hear and not bothering at all! Keep it up. Can't wait to see more!

@chikitabowow 4 жыл бұрын

I love how retro it looks, it love those kind of designs that just look like it was manufactured out of quality metal with care and precision using proper machinery.

@skelllzar 4 жыл бұрын

My dad had this phone ! It was great , he has it alive yet

@austincower778 4 жыл бұрын

Rich

@AndreVictorGoncalves 4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it wasn't a Samsung dj? They were very similar, but the Samsung phone was much more easy to see people carrying it.

@XavierAncarno 4 жыл бұрын

Yep people tend to forgot that Motorola phones were also tough, we forgot because of Nokia meme

@TheRohnjackson 4 жыл бұрын

Lucky you. I'm so tempted to own it right now.

@amanguptalko 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRohnjackson Ikr same!

@Gitimus01 4 жыл бұрын

That is the sort of phone I would love to see come back. It looks amazing and I am a big fan of the whole gears inside.

@BecomeAplus 3 жыл бұрын

I love your series! Phones really were fun back in the day.. nostalgia just kicks me after watching all of these vids and the aura? I D LOVE TO FIND ONE NOW and just use it as a daily phone while giving my s20+ a rest.

@kovacskovacs3465 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see this phone get released with modern hardware (OLED, graphene-enhanced batteries, higher MP camera, better and bigger screen, etc.).

@rubietrinidad2971 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly they can now only use gorilla glass for screen. Unless you want a super expensive mini phone with sapphire glass

@rybak908 4 жыл бұрын

@@rubietrinidad2971 why

@chistinelane 4 жыл бұрын

@@rybak908 greed

@idiotsimulator8055 3 жыл бұрын

@@chistinelane That makes no sense whatsoever.

@kovacskovacs3465 3 жыл бұрын

@@patsonlim528 LOL so you'd use this phone as a burner?

@caseysalinger 4 жыл бұрын

"Screen is almost impossible to scratch" JerryRigEverything: Hey, let me take a look at that...

@yesitshassan 4 жыл бұрын

i mena, its saphire crystals, so level 8 +

@MrLuc420 4 жыл бұрын

Scratches at level 8, with deeper grooves at level 9.

@snyggmikael 4 жыл бұрын

Almost impossible to scratch with normal use. I get your joke though..

@Emansky84 4 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha

@andrewsheldon6038 3 жыл бұрын

You are killing it with this vibe of videos!

@ratheeshjames9909 4 жыл бұрын

Very Good series and Amazing videography. Brings back memories. You got yourself a new subscriber!! 👌👏👍

@AlphaFlight 4 жыл бұрын

I miss when phones were different and had character, now my 145 dollar phone 6.7 inch phone, is doing and looks just like a 1k dollar phone

@therealstanyz 4 жыл бұрын

Last week I ordered a ZTE blade 10 for one of my employees to see whether they are any good, and after setting it up, I was more than just surprised. Thing cost me 89€ in an amazon sale and thats after tax and its faster than my galaxy s8, battery lasts longer, screen looks almost like an oled, unless you look at it from the sides, and the camera is actually good. It has a headphone jack, network coverage is excellent, OS is really clean and not full of bloatware, the OS is not pure android but its not bad by any means, definitely better than miui. It also has a really small waterdrop notch and a bottom bezel thats like half the size of the pixel 4 or the iphone se 2020. A 90€ phone....

@MariaTurner161 3 жыл бұрын

@@therealstanyz it's like that for a much shorter time than more expensive ones though. After a month lag begins loading times are longer, apps don't work (even my default camera crashes). Usually phones last 2-3 years but in my experience cheaper ones have to replaced after 1, otherwise they become nearly unusable.

@rose-sz9fz 3 жыл бұрын

@@MariaTurner161 my sister's 6 years old moto e worked perfectly fine until i broke it a few months ago. It depends on how use it not how much money you pay.

@ScientistDog 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, now you see people with phones with +6" notch screens and you don't know if it's a 100 or 1000 dollar phone.

@masterkc 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScientistDog that's the great thing about smart phones these days. A mid range $300 phone can do everything a $1000 does for everyday use...facebook, camera, web, media etc.... The expensive phone only outshines when you do heavy processor tasks and detailed photography/videography but even then the mid-range phone still powers through. And we all can blend in nicely without anyone knowing if you have a low end phone or High end phone.

@hedening3204 4 жыл бұрын

Whoever had this phone back the days, it makes that person looks like a rock star. Definitely a timeless design piece.

@enshk79 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this series. I had NEVER heard of the S Ericsson Pureness or this. Thye both look so AWESOME!!

@lizzydakid 3 жыл бұрын

Dope vid, I had a family member who had this phone back in the day who didn’t have a job. A lot makes sense now.

@SuperGerais 3 жыл бұрын

what sense how can he buy a 2000 phone whilst not working did he ripped that off?!!....

@autoteleology 3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperGerais probably a drug dealer

@nickkk420 4 жыл бұрын

I sold cell phones in the early 2000s and this series fills my heart with so much nostalgia, I miss feature phones so much

@kazinawroz9664 4 жыл бұрын

My uncle had a celestial edition. Every time I saw it, I just kept staring at how beautiful the phine is...

@soubhagyagrover2630 4 жыл бұрын

That's an amazing script and screenplay, (not sure how rigidly you guys worked on that but..) that the video entailed! I couldn't take my eyes off the video even when I'd figured all that the video had to tell!

@pranav1286 4 жыл бұрын

Just Imagine this Display with Oled 120Hz with a Dial, Oh i get goosebumps

@arjunkrishna1 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the days when every phone was unique. Today, all are just glass bricks with similar designs, camera and specs..

@marism6787 4 жыл бұрын

I get where you are coming from but what can phones change now that would make it different? The screen now just has too much use to change it easily.

@skeletor1177 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you’re point is kinda stupid

@manamanaman 4 жыл бұрын

Phone companies can indeed go crazy, there’s so much unsuspected potential. Sadly economic imperatives prevents them from doing that. None of them want to make a phone only enthusiasts will buy or even no one.

@jerrymartin7019 4 жыл бұрын

You can have your keypad, but I think I'll stick to my dope camera and stockpile of totally legally acquired GBA games

@CC0Z 4 жыл бұрын

Well it's good to feel nostalgia but smartphones now days are way better in term of features and functionalities

@finfan83 Жыл бұрын

Damn ! What a piece ! Never even heard about it existing, not to mention seeing one ! I'm on the verge of tears over the fact how much thought went into designing this, especially the engraved cover and the flip action for call canceling. Sorry to hear it launched in such a bad moment. Loving the custom effects of this Moon landing commemoration.

@spirg 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t recall it , but wow !!!! Nice looking phone !!!! Michael your videos are fantastic!!!! Best Tech KZfaqr ever !!!!

@Thegreekgeekss 4 жыл бұрын

This phone is a jewel! ♥️

@theessentialgamers2423 4 жыл бұрын

I love this new series!

@EmeraldLavigne 4 жыл бұрын

Hear - hear! I like all of these retro reviews. He's got a few more from before this series started

@ryuhaneda 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I really feel like Michael is hitting his stride with this series of legacy reviews. Looking forward to the next one!

@theessentialgamers2423 4 жыл бұрын

I am so happy that there are more people who want this series to continue!

@ScientistDog 3 жыл бұрын

3:16 Oh, that time when you could put your phone in the small pocket of your jeans!. Now you have to switch between the back pocket where you can crash it when you sit, or the front one where it presses your legs and hit your junk while you walk...

@metamorphicorder 3 жыл бұрын

Im a large person. I wear large pants. In fact ive had an entire asus netbook in my front pocket comfortably. I currently use a samsun a11, its a fairly large phone and in most of the jeans that i have that have change pockets, its fits enough to be carried there while walking. This little thing would get lost in my pocket.

@uricatoli 2 жыл бұрын

I got that phone over of 5 years of searching for a second hand one.. I use it as a second line phone and it was doing great.. Now it's at home near my bed like an art piece :D.. Definitely great phone.. There is no futures of the new phones.. but this is the generation of phones that was not "eating" our social life..

@imsupahdave 4 жыл бұрын

Omg! Thank you so much for this! Didn’t thought it would be this soon! Wow! 🤩 This was actually my dream phone up to this day. Too bad I don’t have money to buy it even if it’s still for sale today. 😅

@EmeraldLavigne 4 жыл бұрын

I think he said "next week" so this might be a weekly series, at least for a time.

@TheMrMobile 4 жыл бұрын

@@EmeraldLavigne Correct - I'm aiming for Friday/Saturday episodes of WPWF, once a week for the first four or five episodes. Then I'll crunch the viewership data and see if it justifies keeping up the weekly schedule.

@ornithobiography 4 жыл бұрын

On Ebay there are a couple sold for around 800 ~ 2000 USD Hopefully after this video breaks viral Ebays won't jack the price up even higher...

@ryuhaneda 4 жыл бұрын

A very interesting find. Thanks for this review (I never even heard of the Aura, looks like an ultra phone timepiece), and thank you for the upcoming sidekick review! Looking forward to watching that, it was another phone I never owned.

@jesusoftheapes 3 жыл бұрын

you really nailed this series .

@juddpalmer5445 3 жыл бұрын

I remember those. I actually had one and still might. I used that thing for probably 6 years and it looked brand new when I stopped using it.

@Secondary_Identifier 4 жыл бұрын

3:12 That replaceable battery though.... 👌😯 Remember when one of the most common hardware failings of smartphones could just be effortlessly swapped out for a new one? Or your battery was low and you could instantly just swap it out for a fully charged one?

@CDRiley 4 жыл бұрын

No I am a normal human being, I charge my phone, instead.

@vrsce0178 4 жыл бұрын

My smartphones battery has never once in my life failed and I could charge my smartphone to 100% in less than an hour. Nowadays some smartphones can do it within 30 minutes.

@martin0499 4 жыл бұрын

@@CDRiley batteries become worse over time

@CDRiley 4 жыл бұрын

@@martin0499 some people upgrade their phones before battery go bad

@Mark-xw5yt 4 жыл бұрын

I had a phone with 2 batteries and it was lit to just swap them out. However most people didn’t have a spare battery so replaceable batteries don’t matter to most. Best thing about replaceable batteries for me was that i could literally open the back so easily and fix something by buying a 5$ part when every phone company would charge me 100$.

@TapCat 4 жыл бұрын

I'd never even heard of this before, but it really is a work of art and I appreciate you sharing it with us!

@makimakima 3 жыл бұрын

This is so eye-catching!!! Gorgeous and slick at the same time.

@gilligunz5054 4 жыл бұрын

I liked the way you put the 2003 related items in the shot where you opened the phone in the last video with the Matrix Samsung.

@MoonyD911 4 жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous phone. I was wondering why I never heard about this phone until you mentioned the price point. 😂

@ye_liyan 4 жыл бұрын

Another perfect episode captain!! The outro is literally giving me goosebumps!! I have a classmate used to carry a Motorola V70, a cheapo version of Aura, and slide it all day. Darn it was so dope! Can’t wait to see more nostalgic gadgets from you!

@YourGirlMaze 4 жыл бұрын

I had a toy based on this phone as a kid. i'm pretty sure it came with a shirt at Kohl's. I never knew about the phone it was based on. Glad I found this video!

@vdochev 3 жыл бұрын

As a long time fan of Motorola, I remember drooling over this phone's pictures in magazines. I had an idea about a novel that I was writing back in the day and my protagonist had this very phone and I made sure her phone is featured in the story.

@MichaelJOneill333 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine an alternative universe where phones all looked different from one another

@DaraGaming42 4 жыл бұрын

its called the PAST

@agonleed3841 3 жыл бұрын

@@DaraGaming42 lmao

@reanetsemoleleki8219 3 жыл бұрын

They would eventually all llook the same after a certain amount of years. That part is almost inevitable, assuming that the goal of design would be making phones into productivity tools . If capacitive touch screens aren't a thing in this alternate reality maybe they'd all look like the Blackberry Passport or that sliding keyboard phone.

@vroomkaboom108 6 ай бұрын

or ANYTHING for that matter. Cars, appliances, computers, everything. Back when each country had its own workforce and not being entirely made of asian slaves who churn out a metric ton of plastic garbage every day...

@leoman555 4 жыл бұрын

i legit would love for this to make a comeback

@TheRausing1 4 жыл бұрын

I have never seen this phone before. Everything about it is beautiful. That screen... reminds me of the central glass part of the original ‘Jumanji’ board. So cool

@sgr777 3 жыл бұрын

I feel very lucky to see it working because one of my friends still uses it and it looks out of the world..😲😲

@Squicx 4 жыл бұрын

"Ok Gentlemen this is a standard issue neuralyzer"

@SuperGerais 3 жыл бұрын

and suddenly we can't remember shit

@ELJefeReviews 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome work! I'm absolutely loving this new series and I'm excited to see the next episode. I always wanted a Sidekick but couldn't afford one back then.

@TheMrMobile 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you watching, man! I had a Sidekick 3 and I'm stoked to cover it.

@SimonRockman 4 жыл бұрын

I have a pristine one in its original box with an Aura carrier bag. It was designed by the same team which did the Razr, and they sent mech engineers to Switzerland to meet watch makers.

@Jfunkey 3 жыл бұрын

This is basically the pocket watch of phones and I love this concept. I wish this was more mainstream because I'd actually consider buying something with these concepts at play. It would spice up the market for sure and maybe get everyone off of the folding phone binge because it's tech is not quite to the point of being mainstream or durable for that matter.

@Pilpup 4 жыл бұрын

This is honestly my favourite video you've ever made

@oceantang2324 4 жыл бұрын

I've been going on a nostalgia binge lately and this is perfect! Keep it up, Michael!

@mark_spit7839 4 жыл бұрын

Great series. Subbed!

@rrahman12 3 жыл бұрын

Motorolla MUST bring this design again with smartphone. This was really amazing.

@blackpete 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful look back to a time, when designers had freedom to be creative.... ❤️

@dovasal 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this series. I can actually show my friends what I'm talking about when I say there was a time when phones weren't just slates with cameras.

@huangdonald1211 3 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful cellphone I ever seen.

@HerveMaas 3 жыл бұрын

This series is amazing! I worked part-time in an independent mobile phone store. Most of these I've sold. Including the Aura. It was the non-Nokia successor to the Nokia 8800. Insane stuff!

@awaisahmed9418 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a modern version of this with thin bezzels duol display ( remove keypad) . Would look so dope 👌

@eldergod4817 4 жыл бұрын

Thin bezel what? 😂 Idiot comment something sensible

@atanu_d_roy 4 жыл бұрын

@@eldergod4817 Why do you need to insult someone just to make a point ? Why would you need to be rude or demean a complete stranger just to prove that you may think otherwise ?!?!

@rikiyrkshkmr 4 жыл бұрын

When I was in my early 20s i saw this on internet and it never made its way to my country. Thanks for this video.

@tiadaid 4 жыл бұрын

The Aura's form factor needs to return for a modern smartphone!

@futurehofer1564 3 жыл бұрын

The good old ones, I was a 6 year old kid that spent all my day looking at phones, I remember when these released I used to love motorolas and sony ericksson, I always wanted to have a motorola E8, that phone looks futuristic to this day

@slamandjam2 4 жыл бұрын

How could anyone forget this phone. I remember just drooling over it at the airport

@iliamanolov5926 4 жыл бұрын

Motorola: Ora Jotaro: I'll buy your entire stock

@straightbusta2609 4 жыл бұрын

Ora Ora ora

@devansh3700 4 жыл бұрын

Motorola to DIO : no MUDA for you!

@stacia6678 4 жыл бұрын

What?

@Nookiezilla 4 жыл бұрын

wha.......

@gabrielgingras814 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@marc.silden 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a piece of art!

@discingaround 4 жыл бұрын

I like this porthole design. Super cool look, especially with a few of those backgrounds picked.

@mikecz201 Жыл бұрын

I have one of these. I loved it. I was in high school when I used it. My parents are rather well off. I’m doing well myself bit still I appreciate the level of craftsmanship in this one

@pvtcmyers87 4 жыл бұрын

Woooooo!!! I loving these older devices that's I haven't heard of because I wasn't into mobile tech at this time in my life. Please keep up the awesome work man!

@ChrisJohannsen 4 жыл бұрын

I was, very much so, and was 28 at the time but have no memory of this phone. Guess the 2008 crash stole my attention

@CarlosRuiz17 4 жыл бұрын

This is actually a phone I've never seen before, it's actually an amazing one! I specially like the finishes. Great video!

@laterzafacciadellamedaglia33 4 жыл бұрын

im in tears! loved it!

@sarowie 3 жыл бұрын

wow - that was nice of motorola to lown you that phone. I mean, I see what they are doing, showing of their highlights as a cooperation, but still: Some guy at motorola must be a viewer of yours and must have thought "that guy will LOVE this phone" and specifically dug out the coolest variant just for you. I mean: It is still PR, but it feels like a human watched your channel and carefully planned out an enjoyable experience for you (knowing full well that when you have fun and a story to tell, your video will be excellent - giving him something great to view and then share in the cooperate leader as his PR stunt that cost little time and money to motorola).