Unboxing and Review of SERVO K08 Phone/Fan/Pen & So Much More!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Only a few years late - here's a product I bought a long time ago, intending to unbox and review, but for various reasons, didn't... until now!
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*Afterthoughts & Addenda*
*Headphones* - the FM radio refuses to operate without headphones because it is expecting to use the cable as an antenna. Pairing bluetooth headphones won't help and there's no standard for Micro USB headphones (some other phones come with USB headphones that are proprietary and work only with the phone they are made for). There really is no headphone jack - I looked all over - including under the fan, inside the battery compartment and inside the place where the ballpoint refill goes.
could we maybe get a teardown ?
I love how you are doing your best to not hurt the phone/fan/pen/camera’s feelings in your critique. “It doesn’t do anything very well, but I can’t possibly hate it because it tries so very hard to do so many things.”
Quite motivational, really. If ever I am wallowing in self-pity, I will think about this strange little device and know it could be worse!
for sure very true. Shrimp has possiblty one of the healthiest and most positive mental attitudes ive ever seen. very inspirational
@@blackdog6345well... while i respect having a positive view, not sayng something bad isn't necesarily good XD
Good advice to live by, I think I'll benefit too 😊
@@Ferrari255GTOtake it too far and you get toxic positivity
@@protocetid exactly!
The fact this is still available to buy is the most astonishing thing about it. It is truly awful, but I, too, can't help but be mildly impressed by it.
t's surprising they have remained unsold?
I kind of want one. Reminds me a bit of those old rulers with a calculator on them, it's probably just my nostalgia kicking in :)
I've heard this sort of thing described as a dancing bear --- you're not impressed by the quality of the dancing; you're impressed that it's dancing at all...
I concur. 😂
@@hjalfi/ that’s a new one for me, but I will definitely use that in the future
Reminds me of the cheap "smart watch" I bought for £7 a few years ago. I only wanted it to use as a BT remote for controlling my podcasts when I was out walking (meant I didn't have to have my bulky phone in my pocket or take it out etc). When it arrived it turned out you could put a SIM card and a memory card in it, take pictures, video call, message, it was a totally standalone phone if you wanted it to be. Mad that all that could be squeezed into a not overly bulky watch.
For seven pounds you could become Dick Tracy? Hell yes!
they can squeeze all of that into a cat collar.
Then you can point your cat towards your local Russian embassy, only for it to be hit by a car.
I bought a $20 Blackview smart watch to basically use as an ultra cheap fitness tracker/heart rate monitor, and they seemed to be reasonbly reliable as both. 4 years later it still holds a 4-5 day charge, has kept its waterproofness through countless showers, hand washing, rafting and swimming trips, is a remote camera shutter button, relays texts and emails, can decline phone calls, controls media, does the fitness tracker deal, even has a built in breathing exercise timer. And it even has settings to change how it detects your movements to account for not swinging your arms when walking. It's absolutely incredible. And the supposedly legit Gorillaglass screen has remained entirely scratch free.
@@matthewbowen5841 might check that out, thanks for the review.
The calm demeanor you bring to the table when reviewing something that would just as likely be found on the desk of DankPods is so jarring and I kind of love it
I'd love to see dankpods review this nugget too
i was low key expecting a collab :D
This thing definitely deserves the 1 Grit
That's just the way Mike approaches everything, and I love it!
an absolute NUGGET
"I can't hate it because it tries so hard" made me smile. Have a lovely weekend!
You will get some funny looks walking around with that phone in your pocket
You could always justify yourself by telling people "nah bro, I'm just happy to see you".
@@lightcycler4806This. They also should've made the whole thing vibrate and be waterproof.
I reckon it's only ever going to be put into a prison pocket.
If it has a vibrate ringer setting it might be an additional function you can add to the list lol.
Imagine a Samsung one with a foldable screen rolled up
You know, I cannot think of a single other product that ACTUALLY does all this (even though not well) but it’s still funny that it ACTUALLY does things.
I got one of these for my wife - and she loved it! The FM radio does work, by the way, you just need a USB-C pair of headphones. Sadly, it lasted only about 5 weeks before the Battery dropped dead - taking the phone with it (some kind of internal short, I guess). It's a quirky little thing for quirky people (hope the wife doesn't see this post)!
USB-C headphones actually working for the radio is brilliant
All right
Her internals shorted it out
Yeah, I had a krzr which had to use mini usb earphones, which worked for the radio!
I bet she did!
It must require some kind of divine willpower to review these items and never utter the word "CRAP" even once. Inspirational.
Utter tat
You say that, but this pen is probably on par with the tech that sent us to the moon. A dual sim phone, pen, fan, camera, and sex toy all for $20? I'd say thats a steal.
This is the perfect gadget for me - I also try to do everything and never quite pull it off.
I relate to this comment too much
I respect you, but I do not tolerate anyone talking rubbish about my best friend.
🤣@@matthewdunk
I think I know 2 of you from somewhere....
@@Mintstar_Oceanpop You do?
30 years ago, I would have enjoyed playing with this as a kid. Compared to my Atari 2600, this pen is space-age technology.
30 years ago was 1993, you was playing Atari 2600 at that time? We had one that was my dad's but it was archaic even back then.
@@jackelewish1568 Yup… I was also fiddling around with my Commodore 64’s Basic programming language.
There's another hidden feature if the fan spins with the cap on
😂😂😂
Oh 😏
Ehehe
At this price point, I'd reccomend just investing into a doxy though.
I was considering saying it
I love to occasionally watch your videos at 0.5x speed as you sound absolutely hammered in it, and it's absolutely fantastic lmao
1.5 Speed he sounds pretty normal
That's great haha
Omg just tried that laughing sooo much 😂
He even did the Owen Wilson laugh around 9:00 with 0.5x lol
@@Cowloverdudeat 9:09 he does the own Wilson wow too 😂
Could be the beginnings of a brand new format: Weird Stuff in a Box 🙂
@@pixie706 Weird Stuff That Is Also a Phone
It is actually an existing format called " I can unbox anything"
He’s been doing that under “I can unbox anything”
Smoorez actually did a full rundown of this phone variant (the model without the fan) and for it's size and dated tech - it's quite impressive actually. I'm actually quite shocked they even added a motor for a fan considering this novelty phone line dated way way back, lmao.
That's uhhhhh an interesting profile banner :o
Literally just bought one, I have to have this timeless piece of engineering
Where did you find it?! I can’t get it from NL :(
I’m happy for you!
The 0.013 megapixel camera is a triumph! Loved this video, I've been missing your weird product reviews.
I wouldn't mind seeing these reviews more often, especially because they are your opinion and not "objective" 👍🏻👍🏻😀
This little gadget would be fun for someone with very young eyes and much smaller fingers. I like the novelty of it. A child who likes to play at being a secret agent would probably enjoy it immensely!
A child...yes.
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I was hoping he'd break into a fake 007 montage lol
@@karezaalonso7110 🤣 that would have been awesome!
a child will turn the fan on and proceeds to put it in its mouth
Indeed,to me it gives off an Inspector Gadget vibe!
Last time I saw pen that thick, it was one of those weird multicolor pens that have several color pen filaments in it with no way of really replacing them without destroying the thing.
Do they still make those? I had them as a kid - there were always a couple of colours that were all scratchy and didn't work properly.
😂 I just saw some of those at a store this weekend.. and the colours were fruity smells too boot!!
Clever. You rick-rolled us! Love it! I’ve kinda missed your review videos, but I completely understand your reasoning behind stopping them. I imagine this might be nice for contractors out in the field.
The audio quality in the video recording of the mobile device was actually surprising good!
Right? given the compact nature, the small battery, The "Swiss army knife" idea of this pen phone.
@@MyAramil That's actually a great idea! They should add a knife into it maybe even a spork! I wonder how many of "pocket things" you could fit into a phone, while the phone would still remain pocket-able.
When Atomic Shrimp says this will be a wierd video, you KNOW you are in for a treat!
The giggles of joy when finding new features is wonderful 😊
If they put a light on the top instead of the fan and made it look a bit more like a Sonic Screwdriver, I might consider getting one, especially at that price.
Normally I'm not a fan of these review videos, but this was had me fully engaged! Funny little gadget
Was that pun intended?
The review videos are good. Because we get different things to watch - which is always entertaining!
The device is a product of its time & possibly ahead of its time. A lot of people were looking for a small, mobile device that had multiple functions. I think that’s why cell phones got so smart. There’s even fan attachments for your phone.
Unfortunately, in the US and many other countries, they have phased out 2g, so the calling feature of this device won't work in the US and certain other countries.
Our country phased out 3G, but not 2G.
That's a good thing in reality, not a BAD thing.
Perfect for recording Bigfoot or Aliens! Has that "found footage" feel
I believe this is colloquially known as a “prison phone” but I could be wrong.
It looks a little bit big to fit in a prison wallet. Especially if the fan turns on while it's in there.
You've been in prison 😢
considering that a full sized .38 revolver was pulled out of a prison wallet, i dunno...@@Boogie_the_cat
With enough practice a lot can fit in a prison wallet😂
@@CakeboyRiPPerfect shape.
Replaceable battery? Better than pretty much every flagship out there.
The £1000 flagship phones don't even have a fan, ffs. [Something something Apple fanbois]
I quite like the varied nature of your content and the electronic reviews and projects are a part of that IMO
I can relate to this pen. Does many things, but nothing exceptionally well. :)
As funky as this thing is, there's no denying the charm of it. It makes me think of something that Billy's dad in Gremlins would invent 😆
I found that gadget fascinating, It definitely is a pen with a fan on it for starters, and it took a video and photo.Trying to get the other features to work was a fun experience.Maybe there's a newer model that does the other stuff. It's a handy thing to keep on your desk to write something and if you get hot you can fan yourself. It's a win😄
Can't believe I just got audibly rickrolled
'it's trying to be everything and it's not really succeeding at anything, and I like that'
Absolute mood.
It makes you wonder why we are paying so much for our phones when you can get all these features for £20!😂
Even without the phone capabilities, this would've been awesome to get in like 2005. I remember loving stuff like Miniclips of 30 seconds of music on loop. This has real uses and features
for what it's worth, your reviews are always thoroughly entertaining. love them.
Please do more of these! There’s so many clone phones and awesome cheapo stuff now! Love the Ashens style of vids!
Would be the ultimate collab
OMG! it would be so cool to be stranded on an island with this 😍you could have a cellphone to try and get saved, but until you can you can have a fan to keep you cool, a pen to draw maps with, a camera to take pictures and video on the island and an audio recorder to make cool audio diaries of descent into madness on the island and a calender to remind you of how long you stayed there and a calculator to do the math to help make a trebuchet to launch coconuts and boulders at any island beasts that try to invade your island fortress hut and stuff! you would just have to remember to bring a usb solar charger too... 🤔 anyway this is a great video Atomic Shrimp thank you for making it!!
This was a great comment! 👍
Best comment so far.
@@LilA-zl6tf heh thanks :3 sometimes i let my imagination get the best of me but it really would be fun!
@@chiralvandal haha thanks, its like the ultimate desert island tool! (aside from a knife i think XD)
17:15 all the way through, I was thinking... I hope you're ok. You don't sound like your usual self! But I released a sigh of relief when your familiar voice came back😂
Rick Rolled by Atomic Shrimp. My life is now complete
The whole time I was thinking man it'd be funny if he got us with a rick roll on that device, and sure enough! That caught me totally off guard! Love ya shrimp!
If you put the phone on silent, does it vibrate? If so, I can think of another use for it.
Just remove the fan blades and glue a 1/8 inch nut on one side of the rotor hub 📳
Been watching your videos for years, originally from scam baiting but I ended up loving the content variety and often put on many of your playlist as background or to listen to when I go to bed
This actually reminds of very much of early 2000’s when I had a little flip phone that wasn’t quite what you call a smart phone but was trying so hard to be one. It had all the features of a smart phone just none of them were actually useable in the slightest. I do remember however be so in awe of being able to take video on my phone, that the resolution being so low co barely tell what you had filmed seemed almost irrelevant.
What a cute and amazing but useless little novelty! I'm half tempted to go looking for one, just to have it as a talking piece. I can imagine the strange looks you'd get wandering around with your fat colorful pen up to your ear and seemingly having a conversation with your pen😆.
Somebody must have set themself a challenge to see how many crazy functions they could squeeze into a slightly fat pen. I'm pretty impressed actually. Such a shame it doesn't do any of them well, at all but, still very impressive effort, especially for about 3 years ago. I'd even be tempted to start using it, just for the fun of it but, my Galaxy S21 Ultra, which is around the same age, I'd very soon start missing all the real functionality of that and put the amazing little pen in a cupboard to end up being forgotten about entirely. It is a super cute and clever little novelty though, I love it👍.
Oh man this takes me back to the first phones I got that had stuff like mp3 player, radio that used the headphones as antenna, even shitty video player that I loved playing Pump It by Black Eyed Peas with
Potato Resolution is probably one of the funniest descriptions for a recorded picture playback I've heard 😂😂😂
I've heard the phrase often but it's really apt here considering much of the content on this channel. :)
Really refreshing to see something so crap and yet so fascinating! I would have loved this 30 years ago!
When this video came out 3 days ago, I clicked on it and watched about 1/4 of the way through before turning it off. Today, I think its one of my new favourite videos on this channel and have returned to listen to it 5 times now! I love the combination of being flabbergasted, yet full of joy by this product.
i'm really fascinated by things like this that can only take very low quality photo and video. i might genuinely want to buy something like this in the future, though i think the only reason i'd go for this over a plain old camcorder is just for the oddity of it
Another enjoyable video. It can truly be said that you will never know what we will get next with Atomic Shrimp. I wouldn’t be surprised if a Hollywood prop company didn’t buy a bunch of these to make into futuristic scanners of some type.
All things considered, this is a cool proof of concept. I'm sure as time passes, things like this will actually become common place.
Highly doubt it 😆
Uuh
We do have smart watches. A lot of people thought they were dumb at the time of release but they've become very popular. It's only a matter of time before the phone/communication technology is condensed down to be as convenient and portable as possible.
@@danitho lol
Fun fact the purple tinge to the outdoor video, is a consequence of a weak ir filter on the sensor. Basically the camera is detecting a fair amount of near infrared light which is especially visible outdoors as a purpleish tint. Its especially noticable on some black objects, which happen to reflect infrared, but absorb visible light. I've spent an excessive amount of time tinkering around with small sensor cameras like this for use in planetary astrphotography.
Even though it's the correct file type, it's probably not rendering the video due to an unsupported video codec. The device likely requires both a specific file type and codec for it to run the video properly. The same is likely true for the music files; they need to be in a specific file format and have a supported audio codec.
Only 25 years ago, such a device would have been the most amazing gadget anyone could hope to own if only they could afford it. Now that we now have technology that is so vastly superior we laugh at how "bad" this thing is. It would make a great toy, but after watching your very comprehensive review video, I don't have to, it was satisfying enough to see your trial and error results. Thank you!
MP4 is a container, it says nothing about the audio/video encoding.
It's possible if you re-encode the video it'd play using a different codec(probably avi given that's the output file format).
MPEG is far more space efficient, but without a GPU in the little device I doubt it could play the videos without constant buffering(think using windows media player to play things back on windows XP, all video decoding was done on the CPU not GPU so it'd freeze fairly often while it unpacked the next few frames).
I thought this was a DankPods video for a moment! I feel like you two are kindred spirits
"I could make a video with this"
Oh, please do.
This would be wonderful.
Been a fan for many years, love the diversity of topics you cover.
But......just here to say, that t-shirt you've got on is BANGING!!!! Love it!
8:47 a really nice little peice of electronic engineering… I wonder how they controlled the fan motor (which is actually used in RC helecopters). Was it controlled by the phone, or by a separate circuit? Fascinated.
The motor is controlled by software even though there is a dedicated button (a little message appears on the screen)
For some reason I expected you to have the Dankpods "microphone testing" voice when trialling the camera. 😂
Man, I wish phone/pen technology went this direction instead of the where we are today. What an interesting world it would be. :)
When you got to the voice changer I started to think about prison phones, mini-phones that are small enough that you can smuggle them in your butt. (they all seem to have voice changers)
This phone does also seem like it might fit in a butt.
Fortunately that wasn't part of the review
The intro tune, the voice, the wit. I can’t stay away.
The perfect gag gift .. I got you a phone! And for just 20 it would be a laugh riot watching them try to play with it (as if you give it to a nerd they WILL play with it to try and get it all working great lol).
The ghost of Iain Banks wants his pen terminals back. (Although, if you tried to contact one of his ships with this it would probably rupture a field laughing.)
Fan is a nice feature, I imagine it can get quite warm in a prison cell.
That’s one of the most wild “smart pens” I’ve ever seen. I remember back awhile smart pens tried to be a thing but never took off like they wanted.
This was glorious. It reminded me a lot of the early halcyon days of the internet when companies just chucked all useless tech innovations into one device in order to show off. I really want one 🤣, although I'll face the wrath of Eva by the looks.
That's one girthy device there Mike, thank goodness it's not purple 💜
This is perfect, the light entertainment i need, laughing at something that has no feelings and deserves to be laughed at.
Also, good for keeping an eye on your objectivity. It seems like 90% of TH-cam product reviewers lose their objectivity, or else they sell their souls to the "sponsor" or whoever gives them free stuff that week.
I'm proud of ya.
BTW, all those cheap chinese phones have dual sim slots, for people with "black market products" to sell. That's one way to put it.
I was about to scream if that thing had a headphone jack.
That's not why there are dual Sim. Dual Sim is standard in r6 and areas in Asia, it's a cultural thing, it is not about drug dealers or whatever
Asians uses Dual Sim because they usually have two contacts, one purely for business, and one purely for families... and also usually to press on phone bills, some carriers offers better rate for Internet but have really bad phone rate, and some offers the opposite
Dual Sim is a great feature, imo. I have a separate prepaid Sim, I use for online dating and such. That way, I don't have to deliberate about whether or not to give someone my phone number. I can just have a completely separate phone number and associated WhatsApp account for strangers.
Means, I can turn that Sim off or silence it, if I don't want to be disturbed, except by family/close friends. And if there's ever trouble with someone, I can just throw it away and get a new number.
Aww but I would love to have him shill craptastic mobile games, meal plans, BetterHelp, Bluechew, Earbuds, Website builders etc at me... Seriously though, I do not blame those wanting to get checks but on the other it is a loss of integrity unless they saturate the ads with sarcasm.
@@GigaBoostI bet he's the sort who wants to abolish cash because "it's used by money launderers".
There was a similar device in Star Trrek (also called a Servo) that was a phone / pen thingy, but that one had the ability to knock people out with it and stuff lol. Bring on the rest of Mr Shrimps random technology drawer!
Is 2G even supported in the UK? 3G went away early this year in the States
3G will be switched off by end of 2024 and 2G sometime between 2028 and 2033. The problem being that the 2G network is used by things like electricity meters, cash machines and credit card payment terminals. The last estimate I saw was that 5.5M non telephone devices will need upgrading or replacing before the turnoff.
The super secret spy pen. Loved this vid. Ty! Never gonna give you up....
Jack of all trades, master of none?
I've been watching your channel for years, and never heard you so endeared before!
I'd love to see Wade at DankPods review this frankenpen. I wonder what he'd make of it 😂
An Atomic Shrimp + DankPods collaboration is what the world didn't realise it needs!
This looks like the final tier reward you'd see for your schools fundraiser if you sold 500k candies
i want a full youtube video on that little device
it reminds me of my old pre-android samsung phone. this phone also had FM Radio, but no headphone jack, there was actually a special adapter for the Micro USB that broke out the pins to a 3.5 mil jack, inside the plug was a resistor connected to the 'mode' pin (4) that indicated to the phone that the headphones were present. it's plausible that this is the same here.
I'd love to see something in this form factor that actually was somewhat useful for its various purposes (declared and otherwise). I'm kind of astonished it worked much at all -- though I think I could do without the weird fan that almost certainly drains the battery level visually as one uses it. If I had nothing else, I'd be grateful for even this minimal functionality.
I love this video. Mike definitely took one for the team. He tried it so the rest of us don't have to.
go go gadget pen fan phone shaver, kitchen sink, etc.
The quality of the audio recorder immediately reminded me of Slaughter valley
Be a great test on how good your widget is to speak to the soul called John Warosa on it querying where your box 📦is Mr 🍤
15:01 lol 😂
Once again. Great content and relaxing video from Shrimp. Even got to see Eva in 120kbps. 💟
11 or 12 yaar old me would have been quite impressed with this, seeing as colour phones with cameras were brand new at the time.
When you first popped it out of the packaging, I immediately thought it was an adult toy.
Looks like something unnecessary, but that might be my opinion only. I have a fully functional phone, a powerful house fan, and plenty of pens.
If you tape some weight to a fan blade, you'll get that function too. ;+)
It’s a prison phone
If only it had a light it would be ideal for emergencies! Its the sort of thing that those gadgets shops used to sell doesnt do anything very well but something us geeks buy!
@@zakr1187 yeah, i'm presuming the idea is... rectal concealment...hence the adult toy looking form factor.
@@RJ-wx3fh I seriously doubt that was the idea for the form factor. But I would love to see that business case for a product aimed at the prison inmate market.
I just bought one ,pretty good, once you get to the fm radio u can search for channel manual or automatically and is loud even with the calls.
Dying to know if it was modeled after Tom Servo from Mystery Science Theater 3000. 😂 (Still in the middle of the video.)
I thought the same! It's got his scarlet coloration and everything lol
The audio track sounded like you were doing a Slaughter Valley public service announcement of some sort 😁
I can see this as a great gag gift for techie friends or those families that do "odd and under $25" gifts for holidays or birthdays.
@DankPods needs to get ahold of one of these...
Reminds me of that episode of the TV show Friends from the 90s. Joey buys his girlfriend a birthday present. It was a pen that was also a clock 🤣
As many have pointed out already, this is the perfect size and shape for sneaking into prison
But the shape is so... suspicious 😂
@@danithowell what do you think how smuggling works?