@@danny7stephy Android aquired audio jack once it got powerful enough to challenge windows as a field computer and apple took the jack away to sell idiots crappy headphones that would fall out the ear and get lost so they can continuously sell more crappy earphones .
A lot of HTC phones used the mini USB port for the headphone. The T-Mobile Dash from 2006, and the HTC Touchpro 2 also didn't have one. The mini USB headphones actually sounded great. Too bad you can barely find them now
@@Oystein87 True. I remember that being kind of a deal breaker when I was looking at the HTC Touch Pro. Never owned one unfortunately, but I did own a P3600. Good old Windows Mobile days...
Moto was actually first to ditch the jack on a flagship (in the US, anyway) with the Z in 2016, but they've since brought it back (and maybe removed it again? I don't really care enough to check, honestly.)
Most phones during the gold age of feature phone use proprietary or unconventional audio output for headphones though Nokia was kinda of the exception as most of their models would feature a standard 3.5mm jack.
Before I am going to say that I love both apple and android, anyway the tmobile G1 and the iphone 2G are not comparable in terms of build quality the g1 was built out of plastic and had a physical keyboard (what apple was trying eliminate) while the the iPhone was made out of metal and had a very simple design. But they are both great and collectable phones
I remember the day I bought this. I walked in to pay my bill, and they had this showcased right up front. So I walked up to the desk, asked about the G1, and bought 2 of them that day. One for me, and one for my girlfriend at the time. I brought mine to work the next day to show it off, felt really cool. And then I went home and found out that my girlfriend spent the day learning how to root hers. Such an amazing phone for the time!
@@meandmyEV Android 8 and after requires the same as windows 10 , 1ghz cpu with 1 gig ram but you can run cyonagen 4.0 which gives the g1 access to flash media and wifi direct.
Great video. I was late to the party - used Windows phones (loved the BlackJack II) until 2011 and switched to Android (Samsung Infuse). It wasn't until the Note 2 that I started rooting my phones and taking full advantage of the freedom Android offered. Neat to see that first phone. Really nicely done.
Such a blast from the past!!! I remember when my husband and I both got this phone back in the summer of 2009! We literally switched to T-Mobile from Verizon JUST so we could get this phone. That's how badly we wanted it after my husband's niece came to visit and she had had just gotten it! I had the white one and my husband had the black one. This was the only Android phone that I ever actually loved (yes, I have been an iPhone user since 2010). I'm pretty sure that this was the best phone on the market at the time. I LOVED the flip out physical keyboard. I could text and email like a beast on that thing! We got our first Gmail accounts when we got these phones, which we still use to this very day. So much nostalgia!
Insane unboxing Tim. But you know what's more insane? That first Android phone has 2 handy feature that the iPhone XS Max lacks.... A back button and notification icons in the upper bar.....
I remember buying this phone! I loved it, I recall that the battery life was okay at the time. And aside from the basics, it was months before Android had any apps what so ever!
Man haha the memories! I had this phone and I remember me and my buds at work were mind blown cuz it had all texts on one screen so u could see the whole convo instead of having an inbox and outbox etc etc ...and when it could do gps and street view we thought it was so high tech lol
Oh memories! I still remember that I was reluctant on moving away from my Blackberry. I ended us jumping ship to the Nexus S a year or so later. Was blown away with how fast the browser was compared to the Blackberry.
@@phantomgold3255 dude you sound like a lil kid who's parents tell him to never cuss and they don't cuss at all either, dude its a word shit, does it matter if he uses it no, this is life grow up and deal with it or tear your eardrums out
Oh My Unicorn I loved this phone so much. Went from the HTC TyTn II with the old pda style windows mobile to this and loved it. Loved the physical keyboard, still think it's the best physical keyboard ever and fell in love with Android from that moment on. Loved the video, keep it up and congratulations to Android's 10th!
This was hands down the best phone ever made because of the slide out to keyboard and swappable battery. Yes obviously theres better technology now like quicker, better battery life, better camera. But that keyboard was the bomb.
I had this phone, or at least the Canadian release (HTC Dream). The hinge mechanism on this thing was so much fun and so well thought out. It's not just some gimmicky arched motion to look cool, when holding the phone upright in your right hand, you can push your thumb on the screen as a pivot and slide the back, opening the phone and putting it in landscape in one smooth/clean motion. More phone manufacturers need that sort of ergonomic design philosophy in mind when they are creating their phones, because the G1 set a very high bar for me, RE: smartphone design.
I worked at T-Mobile when android first came out and the first few phones were so crappy! My customers would always trade them back in and complain about how laggy and buggy the software was and no camera flash, most just got the g1 for their teens because they couldn’t afford a Sidekick!
My first smartphone! Back then Apple was only on 1 or 2 carriers so it was my only choice at t-mobile, but I am happy to say I had a piece of tech history. Nostalgia overdrive. Thanks, Tim.
It's really hard to believe 2008 was a decade ago. I remember exactly what I was doing in my life when the G1 came out but strangely enough I don't remember the G1, I don't remember hearing about Android until the Droid came out a year later. That Android logo looks like a 90s DOS game developer logo lol! This stuff is so dated now, matter of fact TH-cam videos, graphics cards and phones are about the only things about those days that can be "dated".
Here's something for those that were born into the smartphone culture and don't know much about cellphones/dumbphones in the past: The fact that this phone does not have a standard headphone jack isn't surprising at all, despite Tim's joke. Most cellphones back then did not have a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Well, perhaps previous to this, mostly in dumbphone times. Nokia had a super shitty proprietary exposed pins connector that required either a dongle or a headphone with the proprietary connector to work, some other brands used a sub-mini standard 2.5mm jack that either required an adaptor for regular sized jacks or again, headphones specific to it, and even brands that did use 3.5mm jacks would often invert or change the pin configuration so they could sell an overpriced collection of headphones and whatnot that would only work with their own phones. So, forcing all cellphone manufacturers to switch to a single headphone jack standard that worked regardless of branding was actually a huge win for consumers... until this stupid trend of removing them came around that is. This is often true for most widely adopted standards. It's a very hard and very complex win for consumers that takes a very long time to happen, and corporations willing to take as much money as possible from consumers are always trying to go against. This is why iPhones are still using a lightning jack despite Apple being part of the USB Type-C consortium, this is why headphone jacks are being removed from phones, this is why smartphone companies that have the money and capability are always trying to introduce proprietary crap on their phones. Not because "courage", not because "more space for other proprietary crap", not because "no one uses it anymore" and all that shit. It's because they wanna lock you into purchasing their overpriced accessories, their overpriced cables, their overpriced dongles, their overpriced wall warts, their overpriced external batteries, or ones from their partners which will pay them to make it happen. They also want to force other companies to pay royalties to them, they want to stop people from using standards to produce cheaper options for consumers, they want to dominate the entire spectrum and set the prices they want instead of competing with others. It's the hardware walled garden.
Thank YOU Tim 😄. This was Fun ! What a long way Google has come, WOW ! I, myself have only had a phone for, just under 3 years. Watching an early example of one, was very interesting. It Certainly gets you wondering where Technology will be 10 years from NOW ❔ Very Enjoyable 👍. JaneLee ^_^ 9/24/18 6:18 AM PS, Happy 10th Android & Google ! 🎉
Me too I was the 2nd T-Mobile G1 in 2008 when I was 28 years old that time before I had old T-Mobile Sidekick 3 to Sidekick 2008 until 4 years later switch to iPhone 4s to new iPhone SE 2020. Of course, I miss that old G1 that makes me easier to type on the keyboard very fast similar to T-Mobile Sidekick 2008. I was a customer of T-Mobile service for 15 years in 2006.
I think it was more fun back then getting a new device because we were looking for the can do mobile device. Getting on a website and feeling like you can do that from anywhere and not everyone could back then on all phones. Lots of feature phones we're still being used then. Funny how we can say mobile technology at a simpler time.
I worked at Best Buy and was the Wireless Manager when this came out. It blew our minds. It sold so dang well, too. Everyone wanted it. It was fun seeing Blackberry, Apple, and ALL the random Android bullshiz going at it. So different nowadays.
No headphone Jack? Apple always 10 years behind the curve.
Lml smashin that 🍎
Like dark mode came out on Android ages ago
@@danny7stephy Android aquired audio jack once it got powerful enough to challenge windows as a field computer and apple took the jack away to sell idiots crappy headphones that would fall out the ear and get lost so they can continuously sell more crappy earphones .
A lot of HTC phones used the mini USB port for the headphone. The T-Mobile Dash from 2006, and the HTC Touchpro 2 also didn't have one. The mini USB headphones actually sounded great. Too bad you can barely find them now
uh oh no headphone jack for apple anymore
wow apple copied the first android phone to remove headphone jack
It was not normal with 3,5mm at that time.. Most phones had special plugs instead 10++ years ago.
@@Oystein87 True. I remember that being kind of a deal breaker when I was looking at the HTC Touch Pro. Never owned one unfortunately, but I did own a P3600. Good old Windows Mobile days...
Moto was actually first to ditch the jack on a flagship (in the US, anyway) with the Z in 2016, but they've since brought it back (and maybe removed it again? I don't really care enough to check, honestly.)
Most phones during the gold age of feature phone use proprietary or unconventional audio output for headphones though Nokia was kinda of the exception as most of their models would feature a standard 3.5mm jack.
@@Oystein87 r/woooosh
I remember when I bought that phone I was the first person in my family to get it and now I own a S9+. Android for life....
Nice
@@umairmohd8017 I just received my S21 ultra 512GB yesterday and I'm enjoying it.
Ok enjoy
Oh you replied to 2 yo comment
Before I am going to say that I love both apple and android, anyway the tmobile G1 and the iphone 2G are not comparable in terms of build quality the g1 was built out of plastic and had a physical keyboard (what apple was trying eliminate) while the the iPhone was made out of metal and had a very simple design. But they are both great and collectable phones
I remember the day I bought this. I walked in to pay my bill, and they had this showcased right up front. So I walked up to the desk, asked about the G1, and bought 2 of them that day. One for me, and one for my girlfriend at the time. I brought mine to work the next day to show it off, felt really cool. And then I went home and found out that my girlfriend spent the day learning how to root hers. Such an amazing phone for the time!
Why would you wana root the phone that time?
I had it. The last update was Android 2.2.3 Froyo
F
Which phone do you have now?
It was easy to root though and could be updated for a long time using custom roms. There are probably people running Android Pie on it.
@@meandmyEV I wouldn't think so maybe android Kitkat
@@meandmyEV Android 8 and after requires the same as windows 10 , 1ghz cpu with 1 gig ram but you can run cyonagen 4.0 which gives the g1 access to flash media and wifi direct.
You deserve way more subscribers, keep up the great work Tim!
Great video. I was late to the party - used Windows phones (loved the BlackJack II) until 2011 and switched to Android (Samsung Infuse). It wasn't until the Note 2 that I started rooting my phones and taking full advantage of the freedom Android offered. Neat to see that first phone. Really nicely done.
I also loved moving the screen back and forth, open and closed... It was like a fidget gadget or something. Like, it just felt nice in your hands
Such a blast from the past!!! I remember when my husband and I both got this phone back in the summer of 2009! We literally switched to T-Mobile from Verizon JUST so we could get this phone. That's how badly we wanted it after my husband's niece came to visit and she had had just gotten it! I had the white one and my husband had the black one. This was the only Android phone that I ever actually loved (yes, I have been an iPhone user since 2010). I'm pretty sure that this was the best phone on the market at the time. I LOVED the flip out physical keyboard. I could text and email like a beast on that thing! We got our first Gmail accounts when we got these phones, which we still use to this very day. So much nostalgia!
Why did you switch to iPhone? Just wondering
Had this phone then upgraded to the Nexus One...then the Droid Incredible...back when HTC was a innovative beast.
the nexus one was a beast!
Did anyone else think that dot on Tim’s wall was a spec on your phones screen?! Lmao I was scratching at it for a hot second before realizing 😂😂😂😂
Me...🙋
Trolling at its finest!
Me, 😲 🤭 😈
Ha! Yes!
Haha 😂 yes!
I had the G1 in every color. Loved this device and wish there was a high-end physical keyboard phone still on the market.
Have you seen new Blackberries?
@@WindowsAndMacintosh Haven't looked into the Key2 yet but I know the key one was a let down in the specs department
WillJay You'll like the Key2 then. It has the Snapdragon 660(about the same performance as the 820) and 4 or 6 gigs of RAM.
@@WindowsAndMacintosh I'm Sean David
Insane unboxing Tim. But you know what's more insane? That first Android phone has 2 handy feature that the iPhone XS Max lacks.... A back button and notification icons in the upper bar.....
Zen Tecno who the fuck cares? The swipe gesture is the back button on iOS and the notifications are just clutter
“Insane unboxing Tim, now let me show you how obsessed I am with a device I obviously don’t like because I need validation.”
Que the apple fan boys coming out of the woodwork.
David D Que the android fangirls who need to the see the comment above yours.
At least they both dont have 3.5mm jack, just shows hiw regress apples thinking. Someones triggered above.
I remember buying this phone! I loved it, I recall that the battery life was okay at the time. And aside from the basics, it was months before Android had any apps what so ever!
Memories. Owned this and loved it.
Man haha the memories! I had this phone and I remember me and my buds at work were mind blown cuz it had all texts on one screen so u could see the whole convo instead of having an inbox and outbox etc etc ...and when it could do gps and street view we thought it was so high tech lol
ooohh man i remember that one:O
Hello verified guy that I don’t know, I’ll probably watch ur vids later 😂
Oh memories! I still remember that I was reluctant on moving away from my Blackberry. I ended us jumping ship to the Nexus S a year or so later. Was blown away with how fast the browser was compared to the Blackberry.
my first smartphone was a Motorola Backflip honestly one of my favorite androids (loved using the trackpad built into the back of the screen)
My friend had this in 8th/9th grade, but I never realized then that this was the first Android.
This phone was the shit! Lol I was like 15 or 16 when I got it. Great memories!
Yes indeed
Just because your not 15 or 16 you have to use the word "$h#t"??
Cris_7 Cr7 whats wrong with the word bitchass. Why you acting like Shit is more then just a word
@@tylerl4320 $h#t comes from your SSV
Turn your phone upside down so you can get what SSV means
@@phantomgold3255 dude you sound like a lil kid who's parents tell him to never cuss and they don't cuss at all either, dude its a word shit, does it matter if he uses it no, this is life grow up and deal with it or tear your eardrums out
Oh My Unicorn I loved this phone so much. Went from the HTC TyTn II with the old pda style windows mobile to this and loved it. Loved the physical keyboard, still think it's the best physical keyboard ever and fell in love with Android from that moment on. Loved the video, keep it up and congratulations to Android's 10th!
This was hands down the best phone ever made because of the slide out to keyboard and swappable battery. Yes obviously theres better technology now like quicker, better battery life, better camera. But that keyboard was the bomb.
I had this phone, or at least the Canadian release (HTC Dream).
The hinge mechanism on this thing was so much fun and so well thought out. It's not just some gimmicky arched motion to look cool, when holding the phone upright in your right hand, you can push your thumb on the screen as a pivot and slide the back, opening the phone and putting it in landscape in one smooth/clean motion. More phone manufacturers need that sort of ergonomic design philosophy in mind when they are creating their phones, because the G1 set a very high bar for me, RE: smartphone design.
I worked at T-Mobile when android first came out and the first few phones were so crappy! My customers would always trade them back in and complain about how laggy and buggy the software was and no camera flash, most just got the g1 for their teens because they couldn’t afford a Sidekick!
My first smartphone! Back then Apple was only on 1 or 2 carriers so it was my only choice at t-mobile, but I am happy to say I had a piece of tech history. Nostalgia overdrive. Thanks, Tim.
This came out before the first iPhone
That G1 was the third phone I ever owned. Upgraded from a samsung flip phone, my mom at the time was a T-Mobile employee and I got it pretty cheap.
I started with the G1 in 2009!. I remember everyone complaining about the G1 chin!! 😂 🤣
G1 is Like a G6
Omg I just noticed that it is exactly 11 years
WoW I remember having a phone similar, a G1.
Had the keyboard, slid up screen too.
Love your video my friend.😉
It blows my mind that this was released only 10 years ago. 2008 feels like 20 years ago
It's really hard to believe 2008 was a decade ago. I remember exactly what I was doing in my life when the G1 came out but strangely enough I don't remember the G1, I don't remember hearing about Android until the Droid came out a year later. That Android logo looks like a 90s DOS game developer logo lol! This stuff is so dated now, matter of fact TH-cam videos, graphics cards and phones are about the only things about those days that can be "dated".
Everyone did an iPhone 10 year anniversary so we kinda really need this
I loved this phone so much, and it was really sturdy too!
Apple : I am the first person to remove headphones jack in mobile😆
1st android phone: hold my 📱 phone 🤣😎
Great unboxing Tim. Cool to see how far Android devices have come. Funny there was no head phone jack lol.
had this phone back in days .
Wish we had same phone design with modern components inside .
Here's something for those that were born into the smartphone culture and don't know much about cellphones/dumbphones in the past:
The fact that this phone does not have a standard headphone jack isn't surprising at all, despite Tim's joke. Most cellphones back then did not have a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Well, perhaps previous to this, mostly in dumbphone times.
Nokia had a super shitty proprietary exposed pins connector that required either a dongle or a headphone with the proprietary connector to work, some other brands used a sub-mini standard 2.5mm jack that either required an adaptor for regular sized jacks or again, headphones specific to it, and even brands that did use 3.5mm jacks would often invert or change the pin configuration so they could sell an overpriced collection of headphones and whatnot that would only work with their own phones.
So, forcing all cellphone manufacturers to switch to a single headphone jack standard that worked regardless of branding was actually a huge win for consumers... until this stupid trend of removing them came around that is.
This is often true for most widely adopted standards. It's a very hard and very complex win for consumers that takes a very long time to happen, and corporations willing to take as much money as possible from consumers are always trying to go against.
This is why iPhones are still using a lightning jack despite Apple being part of the USB Type-C consortium, this is why headphone jacks are being removed from phones, this is why smartphone companies that have the money and capability are always trying to introduce proprietary crap on their phones.
Not because "courage", not because "more space for other proprietary crap", not because "no one uses it anymore" and all that shit. It's because they wanna lock you into purchasing their overpriced accessories, their overpriced cables, their overpriced dongles, their overpriced wall warts, their overpriced external batteries, or ones from their partners which will pay them to make it happen. They also want to force other companies to pay royalties to them, they want to stop people from using standards to produce cheaper options for consumers, they want to dominate the entire spectrum and set the prices they want instead of competing with others.
It's the hardware walled garden.
Couldn't have said it better!
How much was it for
Thank YOU Tim 😄.
This was Fun !
What a long way Google has come, WOW !
I, myself have only had a phone for, just under 3 years.
Watching an early example of one, was very interesting.
It Certainly gets you wondering where Technology will be 10 years from NOW ❔
Very Enjoyable 👍.
JaneLee ^_^
9/24/18
6:18 AM
PS, Happy 10th Android & Google ! 🎉
Me too I was the 2nd T-Mobile G1 in 2008 when I was 28 years old that time before I had old T-Mobile Sidekick 3 to Sidekick 2008 until 4 years later switch to iPhone 4s to new iPhone SE 2020. Of course, I miss that old G1 that makes me easier to type on the keyboard very fast similar to T-Mobile Sidekick 2008. I was a customer of T-Mobile service for 15 years in 2006.
I think it was more fun back then getting a new device because we were looking for the can do mobile device. Getting on a website and feeling like you can do that from anywhere and not everyone could back then on all phones. Lots of feature phones we're still being used then. Funny how we can say mobile technology at a simpler time.
Great video loved seeing the G1.
sooooo tough you drop it, the glass did not break
Watching on my note 9. Times sure have changed lol
you have a note 9 pathetic I have the almight J2!!!
sarcasm
@@evanbrock6335 no no..... your embarrassing your self...
@@Vamosalabaralrey I know, I just dont care about my phone type
@@evanbrock6335 you could of gotten a flagship 2014 85$ and it will outperform the j2.. ._.
When I was in HS, my friend had this phone and i was jealoussss lol ...I had the Sprint Instinct
how did you get this cell phone?
I love the G1 wow how far we’ve come.
I can’t use “ This could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services. Please try again when you”
That’s awesome! My first android phone was the Droid Pro from Verizon.
And... First phone come with dongle ? Now its missing back hmm
I remember when I had this I was bragging saying it was the best phone
I miss those days. This was my favorite phone of all time. I was not gonna pay 1000 for the second iPhone that came out at the time.
I never used but it's really awsome that u do this kind of videos 👍. I admires you. Thks for the video, keep doing such a great job🔥😎
If I ever got one of these as a collectible item is it possible to bypass the activation screen
Such a legendary day! Good video!
Wow! Started it all!
First Android I ever saw was my parents coming home with the Samsung Moment on Sprint. Had a keyboard too. Thought it was the coolest thing ever.
The G1 didn't have multi touch capabilities without root and even that was just a testing app. That's why Google Maps didn't have pinch to zoom.
Had it on release day......takes me back. Nice video
A friend of mine gave me an in box g1 that didn’t have android on it. I put android back on it. It works amazing
I remember getting this phone 2 days before release because of pre-order. I really wanna get my hands on one just to have it for nostalgic reasons.
My first one was the Samsung Infuse.. That's how I found your channel back in the day !
Still have this phone and it still works.
I still have 2 of these G1 phones. One is broken tho. The other one I believe will still power on. I also still have 2 Nexus One phones. 😬
Where can i get that wallpaper on the pixel?
Most phones did not have a 3,5mm headphone jack 10++ years ago. The most of them had adapters and special plugs
This is my daily driver for second SIM. Still working great,battery is ok...
💪
Wasn't android older than the G1, before google bough it?
I loved the G1, it got me to replace my beloved Sidekicks. The battery lasted about 5 hours though because it didn't have deep sleep 😂
I had that phone it was good when it first came out.
I remember when this was the phone everybody wanted. What a walk down memory lane.
I owned that phone crazy to think it was 10 years ago. Android has come a long way.
I remember went I woke up so early to get in line to buy this phone at a T-Mobile store on Las Vegas NV
had i lt when it came out.. rooted it put wifi tethering and even loaded htc one rom on it. classic.
Back in the day these first born were known as the HTC Dream & HTC Magic. I had the Magic in black in all of its scroll ball beautifulness
What was the price of this phone at that time.. without carrier??
Great video .
Keep them coming.
I still have my G1. Holding onto it hoping it might be worth something once it becomes an antique
Where you get this phone
I got this phone on launch , boy do I feel old
I'd personally buy that phone as a souvenir
Where can I buy it now if I want to
Ahh. How I remember the days
Updated new Version available for his phone ????
I remember those icons and display. My first smartphone the Samsung galaxy precedent looked just like that.
The G1 is still better than the iPhone lol
I agree
I worked at Best Buy and was the Wireless Manager when this came out.
It blew our minds. It sold so dang well, too. Everyone wanted it.
It was fun seeing Blackberry, Apple, and ALL the random Android bullshiz going at it.
So different nowadays.
Awesome idea of a video for today
Yep, definitely had one myself. Back then HTC used to be one of the top manufacturers!
I kind of want the first android phone now in 2019
Lol me also, its a legend phone
Yup this is the newest phone cause it's 2008 WE NEED THIS PHONE
I STILL HAVE THE MENU BUTTON IN MY LED KEYS ON MY PHONE...
Where did you buy this?I need one too
Never had a g1, but my first smartphone was a g2. Such a great phone.
Where is the PC software Cd?
Can we appreciate how this phone is smooth instead of lagging?
That Google Pixel 2XL is still so gorgeous
Who is the first phone iphone or andriod i want to know
I owned that phone, my first android as well, I think about it everyday and wish I can use it today.