Top 10 Worst Smartphone Disasters - 91Tech
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- Smartphones have been at the forefront of the massive technological progression within the last 15 years- but not every phone has been a hit. Today, we take a look at the worst smartphone disasters of all time!
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My videos on phones from this list:
HTC Thunderbolt - • The First 4G LTE Disas...
Kyocera Echo - • The First Foldable Sma...
Amazon Fire Phone - • The Forgotten Amazon F...
Windows Phone - • Using a Windows Phone,...
iPhone 5C - • Using the iPhone 5C in...
0:00 - Introduction
0:54 - Samsung Galaxy Note 7
2:27 - Kyocera Echo
4:18 - iPhone 5C
5:28 - HTC Thunderbolt
7:03 - Freedom 251
9:01 - Amazon Fire Phone
11:01 - HTC Evo 3D
12:51 - Samsung Galaxy Fold
15:10 - RED Hydrogen One
17:36 - Windows Phone
20:02 - Conclusion
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Any of you ever have any of these smartphones? Any more phones I should've included on this list?
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Yeah actually, Nokia in the 2010's
I had an iPhone 5C it was my fist phone
Good list, I might have also included the Sony Xperia Play. They never released sales numbers but it definitely flopped compared with the hype. Also they stopped updating it within a year and barely sold any games, so probably a big loss for company.
i had a lumia 530 as a kid . btw i like your commenting and the whole non- extreme (non- fanatic) opinion of yours
You should have included the iPhone 6.
I really love how the “Thunderbolt” had terrible battery
lol
The irony
I still remember the god awful ad campaign they ran for that phone. Even if a phone is great, should the ads be burned in my brain a decade later it’ll always be a no from me
I remember wanting one so bad and a friend's mom got one and she let me check it out and I could just about watch the battery die. I'm like ehh.
Yeah I got one when it came out, SO over hyped. As you mentioned, the battery didn't last and would get hot.
Fun Fact: Back when the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had its failure, I couldn't even take my Samsung note tablet onto the plane as they took it from me and put it in a heavy duty suitcase and put it somewhere else.
What
How
I remember those days.
Hopefully they gave you your phone back on landing or something?
I always wondered what happened with folks who had those phones.
@@imnoteamplayer no it wasn’t a phone it was the galaxy note 10.1 tablet
Totally realistic scene.
I get on my plane in 2016
First thing they say to me
“Please don’t take that bomb on this plane as we don’t welcome Kim Jon un (of however u spell it) on this plane.
I based that story off a similar story happened to me as my iPhone 7 was faulty so I had to buy a Samsung a20 for the time being but then I went to a football match the security guard said that it was banned from coming into the building as I was putting the people at risk when it wasn’t a note 7
Being a Canadian like myself, how could you have missed BlackBerry’s “relaunch” of their new OS BlackBerry 10?
Had fond memories of it despite being only part of it when BB was in its last legs but... You right
@@patriciakyledones461 i agree. It was sad to see the mighty RIM rebrand to BlackBerry and then drop BlackBerry 10 for Android. Although i was a huge fan of the legacy BlackBerry operating system. I tried to like BlackBerry 10. I just couldn’t. I then switched to IOS and jailbreak.
@@shapelessbb Being one of those who joined during the BB10 era, I quite liked BB10, TBH. I miss my Passport to this day... might buy one from eBay just for a fun joyride once in a while. That keyboard was weird and obviously had a learning curve, but it was a joy to type on, in my experience. The KEY2 just can't compare to it, even though I loved that phone almost just as much.
I loved the UI of my BB Z10, and the typing experience remains the best I’ve had to this day. I was so sad when my Z10 bricked after less than 2 years…RIP, BB10.
The iPhone 5C had cute color options 😭
A light purple like the 11 would’ve been amazing too
They just copied the early 2000s colorful flip phones
That’s why I’m glad I have the blue XR... such a lovely color
Stop accept it ok its true mate.... I'm sorry that was rude
Just like the XR which was...something
I remember boarding a Lufthansa flight back then. They had literally announced: “Any Galaxy Note 7 must be completely turned off and stored”
It's still announced on the planes nowadays
@@murzik191 No
@@huntermassey5475 Yes, heard it last time in March 2020
@@murzik191 oh
@@murzik191 what did they say
I must be a glutton for punishment as I've had three of these phones, the Note 7, HTC Thunderbolt, and the HTC Evo 3d ...
Nah I just feel bad (the note 7 was good though as long as it didn’t blow a hole through your leg)
The HTC Thunderbolt did have a beautiful UI though. I got one on Amazon to play with in 2020. Since only the LTE radio works today, battery life was actually decent. It was the CDMA radio that killed it especially with no signal.
“Don’t fight. Switch”
Would’ve been a good motto for the Switch
Edit: I didn’t want a war down there
@@eithw5100 why you pc?
@@eithw5100 dude don’t fight, switch
@@eithw5100 *Shut*
@@eithw5100 and?
When several of mine friends had windows phones between 2015~2017, i do now, wish that i had one as an seccondary phone at that time, when i've have moto x2, droid razr(the original, named in brazil as moto maxx), and after moto x style and moto z). I admire until today the beautyness of the windows phone interface and praticality
The biggest one that I remember is the Fire phone, it had potential if they launched it about half the price that they started it at. Not to mention the entire phone was pretty much a giant way for people to spend money on Amazon.
18:00 ok that’s a genius commercial 😂
youtube comments when new iphone released :
Oh, I HATE it.
But i guess there's little enjoyment to be found in it
I honestly would buy a lumia because of this ad
@ Terminal Apotos it’s ads
Ok no but seriously I had a laugh with that ad
I had a Windows Phone in 2013-14 and really loved it. It was a bit buggy but the UI experience and design was lovely. Their own Spotify-esque app predating Spotify was really good too and I didn't find the lack of app options anywhere near as bad as reported. I'm glad I had one for a couple of years, it was a really nice experience.
I'm glad you talked about Windowsphone devices. They had so much potential but Microsoft really disappointed users.
And the GUI was hideous, it looked like it was designed for 5 year olds.
@@stephenhester9804 not at all, the GUI was basically Material years before Google ripped it off. Transparency, tons of motion and color customization, etc, genuinely useful live tiles... And it absolutely predated most of what we now consider as modern design concepts
Yeah, tying WP directly to universal apps just failed when universal apps died out. If they had instead built it around android dev compatibility, it might have had a chance, but frankly it's damn hard to break into a 2 party monopoly weirdly late. If Microsoft had been much smarter around windows mobile back during the early days of iOS/Android development, they could have been able to leapfrog, but dumping all of that put them behind from the start
They just didn't have the apps. I remember I didn't get one because they didn't have Snapchat.
my first proper smartphone was a nokia lumia 820 and I really liked that phone! it really is a shame windows phone didn't catch on
It was somewhat catching on in 2013 and 2014, but it died when Satya Nadella decided to discontinue it in late 2014.
My first smartphone was Nokia Lumia 800 and my second was HTC 8S. I really thought Windows Phone would catch on eventually.
I'm 12, my first phone was a Nokia lumia 520 now I have a 2014 Sony Xperia e4, they are both terrible but they are very cheap and are good for a first phone
@@MsMRkv *late 2017 and it still got updates until 2020
My first phone was the Nokia lumia 520 I hated the fact u couldn't download most of the apps like candy crush didn't even come out until 2015 or 16
these ads are just so damn funny (the older ones). The Nokia ad was hillarious
I had a wave of nostalgia rush over me with that Thunderbolt one, hard to believe it was 2011
Love the style of content! I’m a huge fan of informative and interesting videos like this so I’m looking forward to these newer videos
Me too!
I remember the HTC 3D. That was around the time when the 3DS really it its stride, and I'm willing to bet they were trying to steal some of its thunder with that phone.
Everything was 3D back then
Used to have a Lumia 1020, it was the time I took the most photos in my life, it was pretty decent, and that polycarbonate body was really nice, even if it didm't feel as premium as the aluminum phones at the time
Aluminium*
The camera ring was aluminium though.
@Osama Ali 'For them' yes, but the element is called Aluminium.
@@Paniekzaaiertje no
@@glynch1263 Yes. For some reason Americans can not pronounce it, so they just change it for themselves. But for the civilized world it's called aluminium.
Let me just get this clear: The second batch of Galaxy Folds were in no way a disaster. Sure, it wasn't optimised and all, but in no way, it was a disaster. People who actually bought it really enjoyed it.
The fold wasn't perfect but for a first gen I'd say it was pretty damn close....
@@nonyabusiness999 Yeah, is was in no way a disaster
@@j3sv1n I loved mine and only changed to the fold 2 because I got a good deal otherwise I'd not of changed it..
Not the phone for me but yeah it’s in no way a failure the only dealbreaker I can see is the screen that scratches too goddamn easy
@@yeetusdeletus7039 Yeah
I had a Fire phone and just looked back to my old pics took with it and I’m still impressed how good the Camera was
Can't imagine why iPhone 5C is considered as a fail here. As a former 5C owner I have a soft spot for it and also the phone itself isn't bad
The 5c was especially a big hit for kids and younger teens
Because overall sales for the 5C were not that good. Compared to figures for other iPhones, it's abysmal. And it wasn't long before carriers started slashing prices on them, and practically (or in the case of a few carriers, literally) giving them away by the time the 6 rolled around.
The problem was that it was only 100$ cheaper than the much better regular iPhone. Had it been like 250$ less it would've been a big hit.
At the time the newer, best iPhone model (5s at the time) will cost $649 and the 5C was $549 the price. The iPhone 5 was discontinued by Apple but it was still being sell by every network company like Verizon, att, spring etc. At the same price as the 5C. So the price of the iPhone 5c was to expensive for a plastic phone at the time. So people would either choose to buy the iPhone 5s for $100 more or buy the iPhone 5 for the same price of the 5C with better quality. If the phone would’ve cost $449 that would’ve been a hit.
@@shulter21 the iPhone should’ve been $300
Yeah the Note7 was the hottest phone of 2016 🔥
Okay I'll see myself out lol
lol
I was so close to buying the note7 but I decided as I was using an iPhone 6 at the time I would stick to apple and get the iPhone 7
@@Bills-xk5nf well you should get andriod phones now
In my opinion I like iOS more as I am more used to it.
@@Bills-xk5nf yeah but it also costs way to much money and has bad specs
I loved my pink 5c. It was my first iPhone and I used it for nearly 6 years. It was still running fine. I now own and Xr and I don’t really enjoy using it. I wish I could afford the 12 Mini, but after taxes it’s more than $1000 in Canada!
Why don't you get a xiaomi instead. Their great phones. Even my cousin who's got the iPhone xs likes my xiaomi.
@@Darkest_matter because chinese phones aren’t marketed and sold in the US also maybe because iphones are better in some ways? calm down
@@lifeisshrt7929 Canada is part of the US now?
Got a green 1 still usin' it
I scrimped and saved for two years plus, and finally replaced my ageing iPhone 6s Plus 128GB for an iPhone 12 Pro Max 512GB. I certainly wasn’t disappointed!
I used 2 windows phones when I was growing up. A bully tossed one in the toilet so I got another one.
I definitely liked it way more than android. Nowadays I’m an iPhone user. The sad thing was 100% the app support. All the popular games were never on windows phone
If windows phone had the same app support as iPhone and Android it would have easily taken off. Especially because of the camera. I mean one model had a 41MP camera, at the time you only saw that with DSLR cameras. The Nokia Icon had a 21 MP camera, which again not even phones today have ones that high quality.
@@davelastname8074 eh? Phones rn have 48/64/108mp cameras even some budget phones have 48mp cameras
@@davelastname8074 MP count doesnt always mean high quality, unless the software bit and sensor size is done well.
@@davelastname8074 the problem is, Nokia 41 MP camera was worse in almost every aspect than 12 MP cameras from apple or Samsung.
Windows Phone software and Nokia-hardware was impressive, but the lag of apps was just so sad.
It was a while ago now, but when my mom and I were at an AT&T store, we ran into one of her friends, who was buying a Windows Phone
I feel guilty that I didn't warn her about making a bad purchase...
it made sense since you didn’t wanna feel disrespectful to ur mom
Seeing the TH-cam website on the kyocera section brought me back
The windows phone was a good idea and I loved the UI I couldn't believed it failed
They just didn't have app development.
I liked the ui too.
Apps fell short! I loved my Windows Nokia with is great camera but the lack of apps killed it!
The only flat UI I liked.
@Nani Boricua Snapchat was actively taking down every 3rd party snapchat app on windows phones, it's their fault
FINALLY someone talking about the Kyocera Echo, my dad had one (I don't know if he ever used it as his main phone) and I was confused when people said that ZTE folding phone was the first one when it wasn't.
The 3d photos actually sounds pretty sick!
Not sick, they just suck.
The 3DS does it way better.
They're sick but in a different context
@@TensaZangetsu1200 ditto, if anyone reading this is interested in trying out glassesless 3D and 3D picture-taking the 3DS is probably the best bet for it, and hopefully it's cheap enough by this point that the novelty wearing off quick won't matter
I like how you presented this list. It was interesting and I was glued until the end of the video. Contents like these are what makes the smartphone industry be more creative. Great work!
My Mom had the 8gb 5c for a couple of years, until I gave her my SE when I got a new iPhone. She only had like three apps and some photos and she had no space. She now has an iphone 11 with 64gb which is plenty for her.
Another great production from 91 Tech! Thanks Josh!
I was in middle school when the amazon fire phone was released and I remembered the commercials. you have awoken a distant memory my guy
I was either a freshman or sophomore in high school.
I was in law school back then.
@@TheMIBlack Wow! Congratulations!
@@BaconFaceMcGee thanks!
@@TheMIBlack You’re welcome!
You forgot about the Xperia Play, I had one and it was a great phone but Sony pulled the plug at the last second for the majorly anticipated 4.0 ICS update leaving users stuck on 2.3.3. It was definitely a fever dream of a phone and looking back I couldn’t understand why they put a single core cpu in this gaming phone
I actually really like the 5c, I think it’s cool
It didn’t really need to exist though. They could have just sold the 5 for cheaper. And that’s basically what they do now, just offer last year’s model for cheaper alongside the new one.
apple fan boys dindn't like it because "it wasn't premium" , and because it was 100 dollars cheaper , so it hardly had any difference.
@@proguy0142 They didn’t like it because you could buy an iPhone 5 which had exactly the same internals and better build quality for the same price...
@@HellNaw98 Probably for an even cheaper price.
Nah the 5c could’ve existed. It was basically 2013s version of the iPhone XR and 11. All 3 phones wanted to serve the same purpose which was being a cheaper option to their “pro” model but the thing is the 5c didn’t get the A7 chip like the 5s and got the A6 from the 5. Also was $100 less
Just found ur channel and since been watching all ur vids, keep up the great work
The Essential Phone could easily fit in this list
i broke my 5s when i was in middle school, so my parents decided to get my little sister an upgrade and gave me her 5c as punishment. Had to use it until 2018 when I finally got a job and bought an 8 plus. Sucked hard couldn't even play pokemon go.
This story got me like 😅😬😔
I was really tempted to switch to windows phone back in the day but as you stated, the app support was the main reason I never went through with it
Windows phones were fucking awesome, and I’m willing to die on this hill.
I remember buying Lumio 930 when it was new just to find out that there is no timer. They has to add it in future update as people were complaining and none from the store worked correctly (you had to stay in the app for timer to work) 😂
The biggest issue with them, that he covered in this video, was app support. That's at least 50% of the reason that your average consumer buys a certain brand of phone, the other being price.
I think a lot of people looking for something new didn't consider this until after and without support of the average joe you don't have a mass market product. No matter how good it is otherwise.
Great video, I didn't release there was so many other bad phones out there because its been ages. Good job Josh!
Windows phones were great. I lost my android once and had to use a windows phone and i loved it. Microsoft should have never given up on it.
I loved my Windows Phones. Man, that OS deserved so much better... I switched to iOS in 2018, when Microsoft actually gave up on it, but I want it to be reviewed so badly.
Man this video above all else reminded me I’m old haha I remember when most of these were new on TV
I was about to get a 5C, but got a 5 because 5C didn't have 32GB version
I had an HTC Evo 3D. You pretty much nailed it. The 3D was a party trick and the rest of the phone suffered for it. It was so buggy and so slow at times. Real shame because HTC had made some absolutely amazing phones over the years!!
I used to want one so bad back in the day lol.
Never seen that Lumia commercial before, that was awesome! :D
Loved this vid! =)
i've have to admit that the lumia advertising was pretty awesome, even with me seeing it for the first time right now.
The Windows Phone seriously messed up Microsoft operating systems for the future.
Nice vid quite a few phones I had never heard of
i owned the Kyocera Echo and man let me tell you thats a phone i really wanted to love, the battery never bothered me since it came with a 2nd battery and a charging case for it but what ended up breaking it for me was the mediocre camera, no 4G, and no front facing camera. right after this the Nexus S 4G came to Sprint and I just couldn't justify using the Echo as my main driver but it had so much promise.
Ah, the Fire Phone. I've got one of those - paid $5 for it at a flea market. It does actually work pretty well, and the camera isn't bad.
Got it for 60 dollars in 2018:))
@@serb0nn rip
About the time MS gave up on Windows phone the app gap really stopped mattering. You could use web sites for all the social media sites because 4g was that good. Honestly apps are just a bit overrated when you can have all the features at the web site. You could use a windows phone today without much problem.
Unfortunately the platform is dying hard because of the very outdated web browser, currently there's no way to use Messenger because of the outdated web browser
Idk why but I’ve always loved your voice, it’s so mesmerizing 😩
No homo tho I got socks on
That music used for mixing up with the presentation of the galaxy note 7 is epic. You could use it on all of your videos.
Can you do a video on the iPad Air 1st Gen in 2021?
Also this is the earliest I’ve been on a video
I love how you show the ads for the phones, really makes the video a lot better. :D
Hi love your channel!
I had Windows Mobile running on an HTC Star Trek. It was great at the time, and meshed well with my work PC. The operating system was intuitive. This is the first phone I recall calling up an internet webpage on.
The Evo 3D was released in the UK too, I'm sure
Mom can we get a DS
Mom: We have a DS at home
The DS at home: 4:07
Great video bro
Pretty good list! if you ever do a second one don't forget to include some of the blackberry phones.
Personally I like the look of the galaxy fold (even if I can’t afford it)
I think the note 7 is more deserving of the name “Fire Phone”
Hey, I had a few of these! My favorite was the Kyocera Echo lol. It sucked but it was so cool.
Enjoyed this. Make more.
Let’s just say that I was ready to and pumped to spend my money on a blue Galaxy Note 7, and I ended up with a gold S7 edge (witch honestly still is the prettiest phone I’ve ever owned in my opinion)
I think the silver titanium S7 edge looks better.
@@TechnoGeek209 I actually wanted the black one a friend of mine had the flat small one in black. but they where out of stock. Nice gold it was nevertheless though and I don’t think there’s a color the edge looks bad in tbh
Not mrwhosetheboss inspired by any chance? 😭😅
Haha he makes some great stuff! I wanted to shake my content up a bit and this was a good way to cover a bunch of interesting phones all at once.
@@91Tech no problem still very good content lol
You know he didn’t invent top phone/tech lists, right? Their styles are pretty different
Your video is very interesting. I suscribe. Thank you.
I remember i got the iPhone 5c when it came out in grade 10 as my first iPhone, i absolutely loved it, though i still had preferred the original iPhone 5, i liked the kinect 4 case too hehe
I remember having the sprint variant of the thunderbolt the "HTC EVO" ah how awesome I felt having such a huge screen bit 3 batteries in pocket to last the day haha 😄
The 950xl had so much potential, loved mine, wish Microsoft kept developing the os
I loved my Nokia Lumia 620 with Windows Phone back in the day. And my mum had a Lumia 520 which was only got rid of a couple of months ago. It was a fantastic operating system, clean, fresh and easy to use. Just a shame it was so late and lacking in apps.
My mom had the HTC evo 3D. It ran okay (I used it for a few days too) but the 3D effect was really gimmicky and just looked blurry to me lol.
Good list! I had the HJC 3D, and loved it. Yeah the 3D was bad, but I just liked the phone for some reason.
And it's too bad Windows phones went away. The software just worked. I like it personally. I never had any issues with it.
How I regret getting the HTC Evo 3d. SMH. Thanks for the video.
loved this video new sub
It’s not even possible to have seen it yet
@@Cal_lum i just needed to watch in for 5 minutes to relize this was a great vid
Man I had the echo for like a year . It was ahead of its time - its biggest downfall other than battery life was that it didn’t have enough processing power to support dual screen
I was a diehard win phone guy since the Lumia 920, loved the OS and it was wildly ahead of it's time. The snappy, super responsive, motion focused design and lovely usability... But because of the failure of the whole win 8 universal app platform in general there was no chance for any serious development and it just became a pain in the ass, constantly. Still, I have a lot of good memories of those phones.
To be fair, I had a Lumia and quite frankly it had one hell of an OS. It's just a shame Microsoft couldn't figure it out because I enjoyed it MUCH more than Android/iOS at the time.
The thunderbolt was one of my first smartphones I loved it at the time but then again I was a middle schooler lol, my first smartphone was the Motorola Droid X
Great video! Awful that the song Friday showed up! Lmao
I loved my Windows Phones. The software was cool and I dug the Xbox integration and whatnot. I used them for a couple of years and was pretty satisfied. The thing that got me though was the little to no app support outside of Microsoft developed ones. Having to go through a separate, less functional 3rd party app or just the website itself in order to watch TH-cam was a drag, and when you know for a fact that a cool new app wasn’t coming to your phone it was disappointing. Great phones, but the support just wasn’t there.
I actually had the HTC Evo 3D. I never really used the 3D feature and always had it turned off but very interesting at the time. The battery would die so quickly but it was my first smart/android phone. I also had the iPhone 5C in blue but sold it to a friend and got a iPhone 5 instead with more memory. Good times.
A well balanced review of some of the worst failures
That HTC 3D phone was also available in Canada. One of my friends had one in middle school and the 3D effect was awful
Was Canadian pride the reason for omitting Blackberry's last hurrah? Great video and editing.
I used the Echo for 6 months and absolutely loved it (for a while). I got more compliments using it than any other phone I've ever used.
I had a thunderbolt, can confirm the battery was abysmal, I ended up having to buy an extended battery for it 😆
I love the Synthwave music in the background.
No offense intended at all,first time watching your videos, your voice sounds like yongyea. Great video BTW
4:37 I still own and use to this day an iPhone 5c, so not a flop for me 😂
I would've put BlackBerry 10/BlackBerry 10 devices on that list. Maybe even webOS. 🙃
Maybe Amazon and BlackBerry shouldve pivoted towards Windows Phone. That wouldve benefited all three parties.
Ironically, BlackBerry Messenger was available from Windows Phone. I used it very often.
ha! i remember that lg 3d smartphone. a sales rep from lg brought it to
me when i was walking retail, switched on a 3d video, showed it to me and i got INSTANT headache 😂
This inspired me to look up videos on Windows Phone and find out how it was. I was already an Android user by then.
HTC really was a good cellphone manufacturer back in the day. They had one of the best operating systems ever!
The fact that I forgot about windows phone while watching this until he brought it up tells you how bad it was.
18:23
Hahahahhahahaa I loved the advertisement
Hahahahahahahahahha
Lumia devices to win one over there