Ultimate Dumbphone: Bringing a 2G Y2K Phone to Life in 2024 - I'M FREE!
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📵 In this video, I take on the challenge of bringing a classic 2001 2G Ericsson R520m phone online today! Watch as I attempt to enable iMessage, set up email, and browse the full internet on this retro device. Can a phone from the early 2000s keep up with today's technology? Join me for this tech adventure and find out! 🧑🏭 Thanks to PCBWay.com for great PCBs from $5! 📺 7-day free trial: Ad-free early access to our videos + double the content 👉 / perifractic 🚀 Your support helps us keep the channel & nostalgia alive 📼
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MENU:
0:00 Teaser & Intro
1:06 Will it work?
1:39 Meet Ericsson R520m
3:03 My Flipphone update
3:22 Camera
4:17 Smartphone Dumbbrain
5:56 Gen Z Anemoia
7:13 Smartphones are boring
8:06 New Dumbphones today
9:31 The state of 2G Today
11:27 Connect retro phones to 2G
14:09 Ericsson R520m Tour
18:42 Calls/Divert/Voicemail
19:32 SMS
19:58 GPRS Internet Connection
20:31 Email
21:55 WAP/Web
24:36 Google Maps/Weather
25:17 Fax
25:27 Apple iMessage on 2G Phone
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Something about this video got right to my heart. I truly believe that we achieved maximum benefit from digital technology around 2006. We now live in a world of disinformation, social and emotional problems, dopamine overload, excess stress - much of which is enabled by the drive of digital technology. In the early 2000s, the internet was largely un-monetised and was more of an online community of people helping each other out. Now it is largely owned by the same 100-200 businesses. We’ve sold our lives, our communities, our ability to interact with each other for such a cheap price of a tiny bit of convenience. This video, therefore, is one of the smartest projects I’ve seen recently. I’m sold… off to research the best option for me in the U.K to work alongside my iPod, DVD player and CDs.
Thank you for sharing your heartfelt thoughts. I completely agree that we’ve reached a tipping point with digital technology, where convenience often overshadows genuine connection and well-being. It’s inspiring to hear that this video resonated with you so deeply. The idea of pairing modern simplicity with retro tech like iPods and DVDs is fantastic. Together, we can find a balance that brings back the joy of true interaction and a sense of community. Good luck on your journey to rediscover the best of both worlds!
Its a luxury today to be offline
True. But we have no one else to blame but ourselves for allowing that to be the case.
Yeah. If it's your decision and your not paying for service
I like that: "dial down the digital, turn up the life"
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Your retro "TV show" videos are ok, but I really love these more technical videos. Please continue to do these retro hacking videos!
I love both!
There's an even simpler solution. I have a smartphone, but it's on a pre-pay account *with no mobile data*. I can only connect to the internet on wi-fi at home; once I'm outside, it's basically a dumbphone, only I have offline maps, a decent camera, most of my music collection and podcasts (again, offline, on the phone), and any other apps I find useful. As long as they work offline. Best of both worlds.
That's a very interesting solution! What service provider do you use to achieve that? Likely with AT&T they force all plans to have mobile data, though I'm not 100%.
One time I put my phone on silent and forgot. Just one or two hours! Not only did my family call me 20 times, thinking I'm dead, but they also called the police and reported me as a missing person 😂😂😂
Strange times man. You need to be 724 online or else everybody thinks you're gone for good.
You should try being a grumpy sod on the phone. I started answering my personal phone with a stern "WHAT ?", in a way that implies that their call was interrupting something incredibly important....... like defusing an expl0sive device in an orphanage for disabled puppies. Or if anyone phoned after 9pm, I'd answer with "it's after 9. Someone better be dead !". The result was that people started only calling if it WAS genuinely something that couldn't wait until we saw each other next, and if I get a call at night, it's because it really IS something important.
I used to have a boss who expected staff to be contactable 24/7, and he'd get annoyed if he wanted to talk to you about something hours after your shift ended (That 9 times out of 10 could have waited until morning) and you didn't pick up. You can only get yelled at for not leaping out of the shower or ending a call to your folks on your personal phone just so you can answer his pointless call so many times before you start to resent hearing ANY phone ring. :D
When you think about it, a moble phone is an INCREDIBLY rude thing. You could be watching telly, talking to someone special, or fast asleep, but you're expected to instantly stop what you're doing to answer it when it starts ringing. It's the equivalent of someone coming up to you, interrupting whatever you were doing regardless of if it was convenient to stop at that point, and demanding you give them your undivided attention right then and right there. You wouldn't even put up with that sort of behaviour from a toddler more than a few times !
These days I probably only get 10 private calls a month, and most of those are friends just phoning to arrange getting together for a chat.
Your channel is still underrated.
I love it when you walk in California hills.
Does this mean I can resurrect my head turning, jealousy inducing, envy of the street, Nokia 9110 Communicator? Proper business phone, lol
That would be my second choice after this!
@@RetroRecipes Well if it's a recommendation then I think my mouse will malfunction over on FleeBay \o/
And not kidding, but I really liked the OS and how it was put together.
Came from r/dumbphones. LOVE THE VIDEO!! Keep spreading the good word man.
I’m one of those Zoomers with a flip phone. I’m hoping people like you will reach the cell companies and convince them that not only are feature phones lucrative, but also that maintaining 2G is lucrative too. I want a future where being online is a choice, that I don’t have to make.
Nice to see you here and glad you agree.T-Mobile we hope you're listening! 👂
preach!! how do we make it happen?!
Christian this is incredibly innovative and brilliant. One of your best projects yet. You could probably make a business out of setting up and selling these.
Thanks Seth! I wish I had the time!
The irony that I got a google pixel 8a advert during this video.... it's like they fear the education... and are fighting back
Oh wow. Thanks Google for funding this video!
I got that ad too 😆
Around the year 2000, I operated a few websites and created "wap" versions of them at the same time. It was pretty typical to use "wap" instead of "www" in the domain URL to load the WAP page. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the WAP pages, but they were pretty much all antiquated by 2005 with Windows Mobile phones and then completely killed by the iPhone in 2007.
I have been using old phones since the 90s. I have never bought a smart phone. About 6 years ago I bought 6 Nokia 3310 remakes and have been using them ever since. No distractions other than when I get a call.
Oh man this brings me back. I had an Ericsson clone and used it to get online via cellular for the first time ever using an RS232 data cable, my laptop, and a dial-up ISP. I even bought the expensive mobile docking kit for it. I didn't know there was still a functional 2G network in service! I'll have to look into this! Really cool video!
In Australia 2G hasnt existed on any carriers between 2016 and 2018, 3G is about to be shut down at the end of August this year.
This was the nerdiest thing I've seen in a long time. I love it.
great content. stay healthy and cheers from a blind subscriber in the Philippines
When I went to Universal Studios Orlando last year so many teens and kids and a lot of adults wondering around face glued to their smartphone. So much going on around them but they would rather be on social media to see which celeberity is doing what or what other people are doing on social media. It is insane you are at a theme park have fun and get off your phone.
Unfortunately this isn't possible here in Australia as 2G was switched off almost a decade ago. In a few months time our 3G services will be gone too, pretty much forcing us to only use phones that can do VoLTE.
It’s the same in Europe
@@srtgrayfrance Germany has disabled 3G but isn't in a hurry to disable 2G. I think car industry lobby at work, many cars are 2G connected.
[Best answer wins a time machine]
"Hey! I'm calling from the past, how's the future?" ...
Don’t forget the diapers
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Have you seen the ' rotary unsmart phone ' ?
@@grigorione7824 That's cool! skysedge.com/telecom/RUSP/
at 0:25 let me correct you there my friend.... "containing all of the world MISinformation.. problems.. and ideological propaganda" 😞....
Can’t say enough good things about these videos Mr Fractic. You inspired me to begin my own quest and create my channel!
Oh wonderful! I'll be watching! Have fun with it!
Lovely video...I liked how you laid out your case for the evils of smart phones and the hope that younger generations are interested in rejected them. I hope it's more than a trend.
Thank you fellow Simpson 🙏
II think you genuinely freaked out that poor guy at the phone accessories booth!🤣
"What year is it?!" - Perifractic should have got a handful of other people to visit the booth with other old phones over the course of a few days
@@jonc-1989 that would have been epic
Just imagine if he actually had some in stock.
My Friend you never disappoint .Awesome video ,Golden where the days that we all actually spoke to each other and had face to face conversations . And of course writing notes in class and passing them back and. Fourth. 😁. I'm 50 yrs old and have a nice Motorola smartphone as a GPS and a candy bar style phone as my actual phone. Sometimes less is more. Keep up the Amazing job ,you always make me smile ,thanks. 😎
Thank you!
Me and my mate have been messing around with a bunch of these phones recently for fun and I didn't realise it was so much harder in the states, good news for my old nokia over here! Personally I have always had most of my hobbies and jobs centred around computers so I have 4 monitors in front of me all the time, as a result I never actually have had a smartphone: that sounds like too much screen time to me regardless of social media (I barely have used any ever). I showed your previous video on this subject to my friend who is a relatively new parent and he is seeing a lot of benefits in terms of what you mentioned about focusing on what is important in life.
It's probably not going to work but the next 00s phone I want to get is the nokia that had 4 led lights on the corners and it would flash in time to the ringtones in different colours, my pipe dream is that's just a midi file on there somewhere so you could make your own
It's fascinating to me that you folk in America still have an active 2G network. Somehow I feel like I'm missing out on retro opportunities. Down here in Australia our 2G network was turned off back in 2018, and our 3G networks are scheduled to be switched off in August 2024, 'to boost the capacity, speed and reliability of our 4G and 5G networks.'
Thanks for sharing your experiences. They're fascinating to me!
I used to work for the UK phone manufacturer Sendo and I'm pretty sure I recognized a couple of its models in the display at 24:33... Cool memories and great work!
The R520m was probably the best phone I ever had.
I'm so happy you chose the R520m… this was my first cell phone! I had the copper coloured one since December 2001, and I still have it, in mint box, along with the car holder, car charger, hands-free thingy, and all the included stuff! I had even made an IR transceiver for my then PC, so I could transfer images for wallpaper! Oh, the memories!
Oh man that copper one is gorgeous. Good taste! What program did you use to send the images do you recall? I'd love to get some other wallpaper onto there but am not sure how.
@@RetroRecipes I don't think I used any program, I think it was just a serial transfer over IR. Funny, you got me to start digging in my old backups (boy that was a lot of boobs there), I even managed to find a scan of my R520 working, and then the files I used to make that wallpaper that was in the scan! Heh… Lord of the Rings… in 2001/2 it was the thing to have! I just remember making a BMP image, monochrome I think, and then sending it over IR to the phone. I can't post screenshots or image files here, but I still have them!
@@skagon_ Haha awesome!
@@skagon_ I just wonder how I would transfer images today. Hmm...
@@RetroRecipes Even though I don't remember a bloody thing, I know that IR ports map as COM devices, and you can send any file over a COM (serial) device even today. I'll have to charge my phone and try looking at the menus, though, to see how it would *receive* said file. *If* it can be arsed to charge after 20 years, that is.
@7:26 That's why I love @TheMrMobile's "When Phones Were Fun" videos. We truly lost something. I'm amazed (but sadly, not surprised) at how spiteful and angry some people react to the sheer idea of trying to break out of this vicious cycle of 24/7 connectivity. No, it's not just "boomer nostalgia" (Perifractic and I are Gen X, thank you very much). There are more than enough studies that show there's a mental health crisis, and our current digital lifestyle is a huge part of it. This goes way deeper than "I miss my youth/childhood". Although there's nothing wrong with that either. It's perfectly fine to miss the things we used to love and that are gone now. No, not everything used to be better in the past, but everything new isn't always better either.
You hit the nail on the head my friend. Indeed there's a few of those angry reactions here. Fortunately I believe with these kind of things everyone eventually comes around and then there's a huge society shift. But not everyone awakens at the same time. I hope this vid helps a little with the movement.
@@RetroRecipes I'm sure it does. There's a lot of people feeling the same. We just need to tune out the noise coming from the angry goblins.
I still can't wrap my head around the idea that some schools allow children to bring in cellphones. I remember having all kinds of far less distracting things confiscated as a kid.
I've turned off most of the nagware/push notifications on my smart phone - although the best way to go offline in the UK is to go walking in the Lake District - 6-8 hours of peace and quiet, a wonderful experience.
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I disallow nagware too. Communication with my devices happens on my terms, though I still miss old tech where this was easier to achieve.
There is a lot of truth around what you are saying, I am little older than you, and I can see the negative effect that so called Smart devices have had. There was a wonderment that the generation will never understand about how phones from the 90's and 00's facilitated in forwarding technology without intruding on life itself. I just recall that the first real phone I ever owned was a OEM phone from People's Phone in the UK, they were bought out by Vodafone. But I remember on the whole it being non intrusive technology and it didn't dictate life. Alas I work in Technology and I have seen how negatively these devices have marked and I genially believe they have had an effect on a generations mental abilities/health. Maybe we all need a digital detox. EE in the UK ironically now promote heavily the ability to switch off internet as sort of down time enforcement policy you can control. That I think speaks volumes. Great video as ever, and why is this channel not over a million subs. Your content exceeds that put out by commercial TV stations over here in the UK.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹 And for your agreement. That's really interesting and gives me hope to hear what EE are promoting. This movement will only grow...
Punkt phone is brining about a great simple phone That offers basic text calls and wifi hotspot capability which is privacy focused.
I used to work for Ericsson in the finance team back in the day and had one of these phones along with a Sony Ericsson W950.
I personally would have tried this with a Sony Ericsson P900 one of the best business phones that came out at the time.
Oh cool, sorry I couldn't give you my money back then! 😅
the erricsson w series was great, i had a w995 for a while, it could do a lot, you even had a graphical normal web Browser and WiFi (although i think it was one of the last w phones sony ever made), but had t9 and no touchscreen.
Was never able to afford the P900 at the time... got a P1 a couple years later. Loved the rocker style input which was much quicker than T9 or pecking at the virtua keyboard with the pen.
I had a few Ericssons in the 90s & 00s; loved 'em! I can't remember any of the model numbers, but my favourite, from 2001, looked a lot like PeriFractic's. It had Bluetooth which I used with my PDA, but I found I preferred IrDA because you didn't have to muck about with pairing; just point & shoot. :) I had a Smartboard too; good accessory though it was funny to watch it going through characters T9 style. It was still better than today's OSKs, though not as good as operating the OSK on my Palm with a stylus.
Hearing Flock of Seagulls & Roxy Music in the background was a good choice.
Time to advertise on the semi final of the Euro’s Jace ! 😂
I’m afraid non of us with ever understand the ins and outs of the algorithms.
44 till we die good buddy and trust me we all love and appreciate the effort and 💩 you go through with you tube .
Hugs ❤
That is a good looking phone, like our host.
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Now imagine the phone was opensource ... that would have enabled you to make the iMessage bridge fully integrated 😍
Perhaps not ban phones for children, but just ban social media, or block it so it only works between 16:00 and 20:00.
I have always considered the late 80s / early 90s was the best because we essentially had everything we have now but with time to think..
To quote Danny Baker.. around 2005.. "I can't imagine anything worse than being accessible 24 hours a day"
I've planned to try and hack / modify an old Nokia 3310 to use 4G/5G when I get my work space set up
Very true. I've seen people posting that since giving up a smartphone they realise they've lost the ability to sit alone with themselves and just be. That's something we really need to be aware of as society.
Wonderful to see the operator tag VoiceStream in this age :) classic.
11:20 2G shut down in 2018 here in Australia, and the 3G network is shutting down at the moment.
22:38 It's FrogFind!!!
Frrroooooogfind!
You embrace modern tech like AI and such, but want to live in the past as well with everything being retro. You are an interesting person Perifractic!
Haha thanks. It's really as I say at the end. It's not about only using old tech, it's about taking the best of the past to enhance the future. I'm all for modern tools that genuinely benefit the soul. AI is a mixed bag and I'm still learning good from bad AI. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@RetroRecipes I love AI so far, it is so helpful and makes google look like a library
Your best video for a long time. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
I've only had two phones. A Sony Ericsson K310i from 2007 until two years ago, and now a Samsung smartphone I was given. I hardly use it and turn it off when I get home from work. I don't really make phone calls so it's not something I use much. It's mostly used as a camera. I have a proper real phone at home, so I use that to make calls if I want to. It doesn't cut out and the quality is better.
I've kept all of my mobile phones since 1996 as I couldn't bear to get rid of them. Each one was so unique and special. Maybe when today gets too much I'll go back to yesteryear. I like the Nokia 8810, the one used in the original Matrix film. It had a sliding cover.
In the UK, 2G will remain available until 2033.
That was the 8110... the 8810 was the shiny small silver one (also with sliding cover) that still is sought after today.
@@dutchbachelor Oh yes! I got the model number wrong. It's a black 8110. The 8810 is too much bling! 😄
Y2k was a quarter of a century ago?!?! Oh dear...
Thank you Perifractic for restoring some Scents in the world.
From what I read, 2G is on the chopping block next year. Only reason it's not dead is lifealert pendent's and a lot of other products run off it. NM I guess I read outdated info :)
I like the green bubble dispensing droid in the background.
Do you mean the doggo?
Love this! Keep up the great work with this content.
I was never a fan of WAP (beign a webdesigner at the time) but honestly, I am psyched for the Nokia return and in such beautiful colors and I am super psyched about phones that don't go crazy with features. Cant wait to get them for my kids when they need them someday.
2G is long gone in Australia, and 3G will soon be on the chopping block (goodbye to my Sony Ericsson W910i being useful). I do have a HMD/Nokia 8110 4G (who didn't want the Matrix phone?), as my original 8110i stopped being able to make calls years ago.
I think my Ericsson A3618 is one of my favourites that I've ever owned... The shape and size was great (and at the time I think it was my first with the stubby aerial rather than one you pulled up out the phone... which seemed a huge technological advance at the time). Well done indeed on all those workarounds to get that R520m working for your needs!
Great phone and shares some design cues with this one!
2G still available in Malaysia but 3G already long dead. 4G is available but terrible depending on the coverage location. 5G still spotty.
2G is long gone here and 3G is about to vanish I think at the end of the month
Your video makes me motivated to use my old Nokia phone from 2012. If that phone from 23 years ago still can do basic tasks, mine too. I as Gen Z really afraid about putting my smartphone away and afraid about not getting updated, but I realized that it's completely fine to not be connected 24 hours.
Also, I really like your explanation, I will subscribe
I think modern computers have also dumbed us down somewhat. Point and click. At least with 8-bit computers back in the 70s and 80s it took some critical thinking and imagination to make them do something.
I have a Nokia N95, along with an E71 (and various other 2/3G phones). I used them both for about a week a year or so ago before 3G was shut down. I’ve been thinking about them recently and wanting to take a break from my iPhone. I had no idea something like this was even still possible in 2024. Would be fun to be able to use them again. One last ride on the nostalgia train..
Yep, you have to go backwards to 2G but with the IMEI hack it will work. Have fun - the N95 is great! I owned an E71; it was a bit buggy at times, but very memorable to me.
Loved this video. Always fascinated by ways we can reduce screen time and smartphone use!
We enjoy your channel so much! I love the use of the Fleetwood Mac song Everywhere in this video! Perfect!😍
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
2G is something I never really jumped on the bandwagon with. I was late getting a mobile phone. However, my first phone was a Nokia 3310. A very reliable brick micro brick.
3310 was 2G. Or do you mean the 2017 model? 2G was known in most of the world as GSM, though CDMA also counts. 1G was in the 70s and 80s, NMT, MCS and the like.
I love my S22 Ultra because it detects spam calls, can turn on do not disturb and make lists for groceries. My iPad would be the worst device that steals my screen time. No 2G in Australia for 6 years.
Oddly this Ericsson has a caller whitelist so you can automatically reject anyone not in the phone contacts. I thought that was pretty advanced for 2001.
I may keep this in mind. I have a few older phones that would be fun to see online again. The real tragedy are the Sprint phones and old Verizons. I have an old Kyocera QCP-6035, what is arguably the first "smartphone" to grace Verizon networks, powered by Palm OS. When I got it in 2020, it actually was able to dial into Verizon services! Unfortunately, it was just to indicate the device was not supported and advertising the new Moto of the time.
I once forgot to take my phone out with me. In the 4 hours i was out of the house I reached for it out of instinct so many times that I realised it was a problem. I've not been able to stop that problem but I recognise there definitely is one
Exactly! I had that for several weeks after switching. I still find I eat with my index finger out of the way so I don't get my scrolling finger dirty. I need to break that habit still.
It's crazy how something can ingrain itself so deeply into your brain. Work requires us to have a smartphone to login to our laptops so I can't even cold turkey
Interesting stuff.
My oldest cellphone I still have in my cupboard is Nokia 1600 from 2005, and I'm also a Telia customer in Finland. Just checked, and 2G seems to still exist, altough I'm using 4G smartphone these days. 3G is closing though or closed already. Used to have wireless 3G broadband in my old Windows Vista laptop via USB stick style 3G modem (Huawei) , but it was pretty unreliable.
I bought my first cellular phone in 2001 - Ericsson T39m.
Unfortunately it was a different era back then. It’s nice to see it again.
Nobody says we can't live the same way today.
23:44 FrogFind
Nice one! I still have my Ericsson T39m, which is more or less the same phone but in a smaller package. It was the first phone I bought with my own money!
Released a couple of months after this one. The T39's prototype was actually THE first ever Bluetooth phone, but never released so the R520m beat it to market, albeit by the same company :) Great phone too!
Screwed if you’re in Australia, no 2g service at all
Oooo nice bit of Information Society playing 👍🏻
Great video as always and man i do miss my old 3310 not only was it a phone but if you chucked it at someone you would of knocked them out haha. It's real cool a phone this old can still do a lot of things today even on 2g and to think you have been told it couldn't be done an yet a few hacks later BOOM it can be done. It was also real cool to see good old WAP working and how cool is it you and others have got stuff up and running on wap again. Looking forward to see what you bring us next dad jokes an all haha, have a great weekend and you all take care.
Thanks man. Yeah I loved my 3310 as well! It was really satisfying to get that IMEI hack working and resurrect WAP from the ashes. Thanks for appreciating the mission! 🙏
I still have my Nokia 5310 xpressmusic & use it pretty much everyday, not for calls but as a music player. With sennhieser wired head phones the sound quality blows my smartphones music player out of the water.
I have had it since 2008 & it works perfectly, even the battery is 100% after 16yrs.
I had the Sony Ericsson CMD JC before this & easily the best mobile I ever owned. Had the jog wheel control which made using it so easy. Scroll through menus, click to select, just perfect. So easy & I never understood why more phones didn't use it. I believe it was one of the first phones you could use recordable ringtones & MP3's as ringtones. What I loved about it was it wasn't a Nokia, I have never been a crowd follower & that gorgeous phone stood out amongst the countless bland Nokia's. I am still the same, I'm not an IPhone user, never have, never will 😂
Here in the UK they are keeping 2G alive also, as almost all "Smart Meters" in homes, run on 2G, using the 64kb engineering channel for data transfer.
Well, that isn't how it works but more importantly just because certain classes of device need to run on 2G for a bit longer doesn't imply that all users or devices will retain it.
@@DorkaliciousAF Well that IS how it works. Here in the UK the Government stepped in and told the Cell operators that 2G had to stay. Our police services also use 2G. (I work for EE engineering).
@@dj_paultuk7052 No, only the south of england used the 2G network (the north used a private network built by telefonica) and it's not commercial 2G in the sense you can connect to it.. they can switch off public access to 3rd party devices and keep that network running easily enough.
Nice one! I still have my original R520! I'm pretty sure I used to use it as an IR modem for my Psion Series 5 back in the day, but I also have an old Bluetooth PCMCIA card, so I probably also Bluetoothed it to a laptop at some point...
Yup, it came with PsiWin that would let you connect for sending SMS and Email!
@@RetroRecipes I do remember using my R520's built-in email client and kidding myself it was a practical option, waiting ages for it to authenticate and download! BUT, I've still never been faster at typing texts than I was with that keyboard!
A Classic retro recipe! I’ve been without a personal phone for a couple of years now. The work phone I use to limited extent (coffee apps!) but feel more empowered to switch it off as I don’t want work emails spoiling my evening! I have an iPad for my e-needs but can’t lug that about with me. Small step but feels great!
Well done!!
In the netherlands tmobile kept 3G instead of 2G. However KPN has a ton of old 2G devices on their net so they disabled 3G instead. Luckily for me I managed to modify the modem of my phone to support 4G calling so if they do shut down 3G I can keep my phone.
But can it...
Contact KITT?
Of course!
In Sweden (Telia)
The dismantling of the 3G network is taking place gradually throughout the country and the goal is for it to be completely switched off by the end of 2025. We recommend that you already now review which connection your mobile or mobile router uses to reduce the risk of interruptions.
The 2G network will be active with full coverage until 2027, when it will be switched off completely.
Love the billy idol in the intro 😉
Erix looks like Frenzy for the C64!
Honestly if I could show you my retro picture from around that time on here, I would be holding my Motorola Startac that had text based AOL or my Sanyo SCP-4500 with polyphonic ringtones.
I commiserate with you...and unwittingly do a lot of things you do...but in a slightly different way.
I'm another person who doesn't even carry a phone around. My 2018-vintage "smartphone" remains shut off and in a drawer at home. It gets turned on when it's time to phone in prescription refills. No email on it. No social media on it.
I use a real camera to take pictures. I get to feel the relief and release from my digital prison.
I delight in your freedom! BTW...your outdoor walks with Puppy-fractic look simply idyllic. ALoha!
That's wonderful. Aloha!
I wonder if I can get my old Palm Treo to work. 🤔 I so loved that phone
If you're in the USA then yes, for now. You might need to do the IMEI trick. The same goes for any phone that supported 2G not 4G. Good luck!
I still have this phone from when I lived in the UK 20+ years ago. I lost the battery unfortunately but I should look up a replacement. The biggest thing I liked about it was the call divert feature. I could divert my home phone to the cell when I was out and do the reverse when I was home. it made it very handy when you setup 2 profiles to do this automatically.
It had so many features. Ericsson did an amazing job. They sell cheap 3rd party batteries on eBay. Look up T39 battery. When you insert it, and charge, the phone will warn you "alien battery" 👽 But it works great. Genuine Ericsson ones have a hologram on the back.
@@RetroRecipes Thanks for the tip!
Yessss! I think the next “Apple style” game changer like the iPhone was in 2007 isn’t a limited app phone, it’s to “kill the app” entirely …with solutions exactly like these. I would also pay a premium for 2G!
I'm keeping an eye on the Apple Watch. Cellular connectivity, Siri, support for audio through bluetooth earphones, and the Apple Watch Ultra supporting bluetooth keyboards. With a correctly-shaped bluetooth accessory that little computer on the wrist really could be a decent phone replacement with perfect syncing.
Imagine if the Apple Watch supported Carplay connectivity in vehicles for GPS Navigation!
@@something2sea interesting idea! I’d love a tiny device with cellular/hotspot connectivity and the ability to run shortcuts/automations & connect with apps on the go. But, the wrist wearing got me and I abandoned it after a month 😅
I still have my Nokia N95 I think I will break it out and start using it again
I remember being able to text google sms for maps and search for info
Watching this on my iPhone instead of sleeping. 😅
Hopefully better than Facebook posts about AI generated toast that looks like Jesus
@@RetroRecipes =D
This reminds me of the grumpy old man on Saturday Night Live.
"We had no conveniences at all when I was young...
and we liked it!"
I'd say more like those in the late 50s and early 60s that recognized that smoking is bad for you. Not all innovation is good.
There was such a freedom when you couldn't be contacted instantly and chose when to make/return calls. It's been such a fundamental shift in all manner of relationships. There's upsides to modern mobile phones, and most of us choose to use them anyway, but some good things definitely have been lost.
@@gpcube I love the old cop shows. They had to leave word with their station, so that they could be contacted with the phone that was nearest to where they were.
I'm jealous of you being able to do that.
I could live without the smartphone being around if it was me but I have several appointments during the week and we use to communicate via Signal.
All I really use the device for otherwise is as a music player and 4G MODEM on the go... which only really is because I have it with me anyway.
Yes that's a conundrum. A few people here say they keep the phone in a drawer and only have one app they need, for which they pull the phone out to use. Others say if it's for social interaction true friends would understand and use SMS. There's always a way. For Spotify I use Apple Watch LTE. Tiny screen means no addiction.
No 2g in Australia, about to be no 3g networks within the next 12 months.
Nice i didn't know it still working
Ah… the beautiful Ericsson!
18:10 - Oof, I knew it - the day Ashleyfractic left Walmart and us marked the beginning of the downfall of the supply chain in the United States.
Yup that's the root cause ultimately. All downhill from there.