When Phones Were Fun: Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness (2009)

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  • From Star Trek Discovery to Minority Report to The Expanse … if there’s one thing science fiction agrees on, it’s that our collective future will run on transparent displays. So imagine my surprise when I learned that a clear-screened cellphone was not only just an eBay away … but also, over ten years old!
    The year is 2009. Sony and Ericsson are eight years into a strategic partnership that has produced some of the decade’s most distinctive devices - and to propel that reputation into the 2010s, the combined company has dreamed up the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness (a.k.a. the Sony Ericsson X5). It's a tiny phone with no camera, no GPS, no removable memory ... but it does pack one feature no other phone of its time does (and no other phone will offer for the next decade at least): a transparent display!
    Join me for the latest installment of MrMobile's When Phones Were Fun, featuring the clear-screened Sony Xperia Pureness!
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    [ABOUT WHEN PHONES WERE FUN - SONY XPERIA PURENESS]
    This is the sixth in a series of MrMobile videos exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of mobile, the decade-long span from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
    When Phones Were Fun: Episode 6 features a Sony Xperia Pureness vintage cell phone purchased by MrMobile on eBay. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.
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    Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness - A Progressive Vision: Talk. Text. Time. [Sony Ericsson]:
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    Luxury concierge clubs offer ultra-rich Chinese the world at their fingertips [SCMP]:
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    Sony Ericsson splits after 10 years in Sony cash buyout [ZDNet]:
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  • @adityaverma6754
    @adityaverma6754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4515

    I miss the time when everybody had a different shaped and sized phones . Those were the days when we truly dreamt of getting a specific phone .

    • @rajivk4705
      @rajivk4705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      Rightly said. Nowadays every phone is simply a rectangular black box...miss those days!

    • @MoeAji
      @MoeAji 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      It was fun. Phones were more like accessories, and we had different form factors to choose from. However, I'll take the functional rectangular glass slab that is the modern smartphone any day. It is the natural evolution of hardware and software for a small form factor computer.

    • @SonyEnthusiast
      @SonyEnthusiast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Nah, I rather drive to a place I've never been before using Waze instead of printed Mapquest directions. When I missed an exit, it was frustrating trying to get back on track

    • @onometre
      @onometre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      the reason most phones are the same these days is because the majority of those form factors suck for anything other than looking cool, especially if you want to use them for more than just calls and texting

    • @Agnes135
      @Agnes135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same with TVs.

  • @JustAnAtheist
    @JustAnAtheist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1903

    When phones were fun, *I had money to buy one.*

    • @OppenChad
      @OppenChad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      👏👏

    • @philanselmo5860
      @philanselmo5860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      *rich guy*

    • @vineesque
      @vineesque 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Epic!

    • @randallstark3137
      @randallstark3137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      LMAO so true! Now you have to finance a truly good phone.

    • @vaderthompson6229
      @vaderthompson6229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But they still felt expensive 😅 I remember having to save up for the better ones!

  • @kmstreetstar
    @kmstreetstar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +831

    Imagine Sony made a 6.2' version of that phone. Maybe can make it more transparent right now. Limited edition version

    • @watchnerds
      @watchnerds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Lenovo made it before, fully transparent with chin and things, colored display, android, was a prototype and revealed during the fashion show in China, but then it never got officially released.

    • @sargera1
      @sargera1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@watchnerds keyword please.all i ever got info was on a taiwan based company called polytron.

    • @surajtomar4870
      @surajtomar4870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Samsungs's on it.

    • @irunasoft
      @irunasoft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Not related but a mosquito or something just bite me in the neck.

    • @sargera1
      @sargera1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ManishChauhan-ch7ue u prib see this based on the new xiaomi tv ehh...

  • @shuvospeaking3250
    @shuvospeaking3250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    Transparent phones should be common thing by now, if this was a 2009 thing. This looks really cool and futuristic!

    • @gabrielgarcia9822
      @gabrielgarcia9822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      It's really easy, it just a lcd display with no backlight. The harder part is protecting the screen now and it is hard to see anything.

    • @mems9953
      @mems9953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's really not that easy to do. The best you could do is transparent casing for phones, so you can see the internals.

    • @lander77477
      @lander77477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Why would you want it to be common? The fact that its transparent means everything on the screen is hard to see, because everything behind is is shining through. Why not just live in a transparent house? Just because it looks cool in a sci-fi movie doesn't mean it makes practical sense in the real world

    • @vermilionYT77
      @vermilionYT77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      transparency is how you ruin privacy

    • @lander77477
      @lander77477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Drew Madison Is watching porn in public a real thing? Why would you want to? Isn't it more relaxing to watch it in private?

  • @franklingoodwin
    @franklingoodwin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +811

    "Rich guys" 😂 That Sony Ericsson charger is giving me horrible flashbacks

    • @kokili1g
      @kokili1g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I had an SE k800i and the chargers connector went bust, so I had to buy a new one, then my earphones connector went bust, and I had those small speakers for the walkman series and it's connector also went bust and all of that happened in like half a year. They all worked at a specific angle tho

    • @dborked
      @dborked 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kokili1g Oh the K800.... such memories...

    • @kokili1g
      @kokili1g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dborked yeah such a great phone at the time. That, the nokia n95 and the htc tytn were my favorite phones that I have owned. It was a different time I enjoyed them more than I enjoy new phones now

    • @garreswe
      @garreswe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was so grateful when micro USB became standard!

    • @itsjustdave77
      @itsjustdave77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn... those connectors were terrible 😂 I had a K310i as far as I remember in like 2009

  • @Qaveth
    @Qaveth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1672

    I mean the phones were actually unique to justify the 1000$, look at us now..

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Every Sony Ericsson phone gives me a nostalgic rush

    • @justinedzard
      @justinedzard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Even hearing the name is nostalgic

    • @incog0956
      @incog0956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think Sony needs Ericsson. If they teamed up again they could make an amazing phone

    • @Wade_Fucking_Wilson
      @Wade_Fucking_Wilson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same, my parents were exclusively Sony ericsson, now iphone

    • @lordvenom4419
      @lordvenom4419 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do own such kind a of a phone. Lucky bastard vedraj

    • @babycow5894
      @babycow5894 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, I always like their phone...

  • @sakuragi1062
    @sakuragi1062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Back when sony and nokia dominates the phone market i miss those days. My favorite phone from nokia and sony was nokia xpressmusic and sony ericsson cybershot.

    • @killerdinamo08
      @killerdinamo08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those are lines for features, more than one model had it.

    • @5at5una
      @5at5una 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and there still HTC and Motorola back in the day too..
      and maan.. i do love me some Walkman series and Xpressmusic too... the physical media playback button is soo beautiful

    • @MalharetasLair
      @MalharetasLair 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@5at5una me, reading this comment on an HTC U11: oh, ok.
      😂
      (although I do agree that xpressmusic was amazing)

    • @jazibsiddiqui-u5g
      @jazibsiddiqui-u5g 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cybershoot is best

  • @onlyaspoonful9171
    @onlyaspoonful9171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    that logo with the green brought back a lot of memmory's

  • @oktosite_
    @oktosite_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    5:14 What you refer to as a standard SIM is actually called mini-SIM. A full size SIM card is the same size as a standard credit card.

    • @Seatux
      @Seatux 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I remember those from the old Motorolas from the late 90s where you shove the entire SIM card into the phone.
      When the mum brought a mini SIM phone from work, I was wondering how to shove the whole card into the phone.

    • @biozkop
      @biozkop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, motorola startac use those whole credit card size sim card, i remenber my friend owned it.

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      Yep, you’re right. Full > mini > micro > nano. I think I misspoke because my first swappable-SIM device was a mini, so it defaults to the “biggest” in my head.

    • @unknown3158
      @unknown3158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He said and I quote “2009’s standard sized footprint”, which IMO is correct.

    • @ShiroCh_ID
      @ShiroCh_ID 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@TheMrMobile lets not forget about eSIM as the "Air" SIM

  • @AlexanderToymaster
    @AlexanderToymaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    "Like your drunken missive to an ex in the middle of the night..."
    Jeez, I've never felt personally attacked by a tech video before.

    • @Kalvinjj
      @Kalvinjj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah me too, I have...no ex to call...no current one to call... no nothing...

  • @Evie0133
    @Evie0133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Holy smokes Michael, you're so dang close to 1M subs!! After following you for like 8 years, it's such a joy and honor to be watching your videos :) Stay mobile, captain!

  • @Channel-xy2wj
    @Channel-xy2wj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Honestly old cell phone designs are so iconic it makes me want to get one to use for my calls and then keep a modern phone for everything else

  • @scottweaverphotovideo
    @scottweaverphotovideo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    Just wish we would see more creativity with phone design. Steve Jobs left us stuck with his initial design, and it is a fundamentally boring one, despite the capabilities.

    • @lander77477
      @lander77477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I think its the fact that the iphone and phones that copy the iphone design simply got it right, and there's not much to improve upon. You might as well wish for there to be more creativity with a hammer, or screw driver, or a brick, or an elevator, or a bicycle. Sometimes the best and most sensible design gets created, and sticks around because its just about perfect.

    • @blame7121
      @blame7121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I mean it's just a display that fits in your pocket. There's not much that can be changed about that without making it crap.
      There is some variation in phones (size ratios, colors, front and back displays, curved screens, pop-up front cameras, flip-phone comeback, etc), but in the end of the day it's a rectangle screen, and if you try to make it a triangle it will just suck.

    • @scottweaverphotovideo
      @scottweaverphotovideo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      An example of creative phone design was the Palm Pre in 2009. Fit in your hand perfectly, as did the original iPhone, but Palm had fallen behind in the phone market and not enough interest was generated. Creative designers could come up with very fresh approaches to phone design but the huge library of apps that require compatabiliy with existing phones makes the effort useless.

    • @KBoon
      @KBoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Steve Jobs almost single handedly murdered the creative smartphone designs.

    • @ridhosamudro2199
      @ridhosamudro2199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think we're stuck in a period where most of the products essential designs are already adequately perfected. Planes, cars, refrigerators, guns... they're mostly looks the same unless somebody takes some effort to put some bells and whistles.

  • @SendFoodz
    @SendFoodz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3185

    when everyone else had Nokia flip phones, if you had a Sony Ericsson, you were from the future

    • @RyanLiwe
      @RyanLiwe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Absolutely...

    • @Rennteam11
      @Rennteam11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I think you are confusing a few things here: Remember the N95 or the E90? Nokia was way more advanced than SE, only in the mid nineties, SE had a small advantage and it was actually Ericsson only. 😉

    • @JAGO_Tech
      @JAGO_Tech 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Sony Ericson T226 user around 2004-05. Ppl ALWAYS asked what phone I was using.

    • @reegans7335
      @reegans7335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Damn, those days of flexing with an Xperia....

    • @imcrazyforwar
      @imcrazyforwar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Are they around anymore?

  • @MichelPostma
    @MichelPostma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Wow, this is a phone I never knew about!
    But boy do I like it, A LOT! I know there are many limitations to this, as you described, but seriously this seems more futuristic than even foldables!
    Thanks for the great video man :)

  • @marcel_kleist
    @marcel_kleist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Aaah, I remember this thing. Seeing this sorcery yeeeeears ago was stunning.

  • @Luka-tp3dl
    @Luka-tp3dl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    6:00 omg well hello from your fans from poorly lit casinos in Montenegro! Keep up the amazing work! 🇲🇪 ❤️

  • @gogomonow
    @gogomonow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I want a calculator with this type of screen.

    • @wojciechmuras553
      @wojciechmuras553 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've even seen ones with both the screen, and even the keys transparent!

    • @LiminalSpaceMan192
      @LiminalSpaceMan192 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be sick, imagine a TI-84 Transparent

  • @ahsanbulbul8512
    @ahsanbulbul8512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My heart's breaking 🙂
    This phone EXISTED! And all my life, I've been dreaming for such a phone......

  • @Tiklu
    @Tiklu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is a Unique Theme. So good to see Retro Tech. I remember shuffling through Magazines and Newspapers to find these kind of Tech gems. So much thanks to Mr.Mobile to bring this to us.

  • @danimvijay3089
    @danimvijay3089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    When phones were fun is one of my favorite youtube series so far! ❤️

  • @2chap
    @2chap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "...like air" - oh snap! That was smooth, Mr. Mobile!

  • @stevewelsh__
    @stevewelsh__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your videos are just so well put together, entertaining and easy to watch. Thanks again man, can’t wait for more!

  • @Stig007
    @Stig007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It looks like those square magnifying glass you used to find in the drugstore or on grandma's coffee table only this one fancy and black.

  • @sondesix_
    @sondesix_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I missed holding this phone so much.. Just like motorola aura.
    Phones really were fun and not boring back then. No matter how little it was offering, it was just so unique.

    • @ItsKayJeyD
      @ItsKayJeyD 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alvin Z I like the companies going for the screens that wrap around the whole phone, it gives me vibes of innovation from back in the day

  • @oktosite_
    @oktosite_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    0:27 The smartphone world of 2019 was... **oops!**

  • @zahirsookoor2673
    @zahirsookoor2673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The features listed are from 10 years ago, as one reviewer wrote and that was 10 years ago 🤣🤣
    I love this dead pan humour, fact hitting style that makes for sharp and crisp writing

  • @BeIlG
    @BeIlG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sony makes some of THE COOLEST phone! I love their vision!!! I was ITCHING back in the day to get their normal phone that had a transparent strip at the bottom. It looked amazing and was useful for alerting when a call comes it and you phone is face down, other notifications like text, and a really cool look when charging. Absolutely amazing looking! never got it but did get a google phone around that time with a micro mosaic glass back. so cool!!!

  • @InkMink
    @InkMink 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    im So living for clear displays I hope they'll become a thing in smartphones again! 🤤

  • @balachandranrajasaharan6930
    @balachandranrajasaharan6930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    The Sony Erricson era was the golden age for my wallet.

  • @hoilst
    @hoilst 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Oh man, I love Xperias. Too bad they stopped selling them in Australia. And this one - this one was funky and I wish I knew about it back in the day.

    • @SonyEnthusiast
      @SonyEnthusiast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Buy online like me

    • @vampirehunter9009
      @vampirehunter9009 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still use Xperia today.. For a cheap price.. I got 4gb ram phone.. I play call of duty mobile without any lag.. And the camera is very sharp.. 21mp.. I use xz1..

  • @robinartsondrawing8751
    @robinartsondrawing8751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    Why this kind of phone didn't evolved yet, damn, I want tony stark phone in real life

    • @PSYCHOV3N0M
      @PSYCHOV3N0M 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It only LOOKS cool.
      Tell me, how is a transparent display on a smartphone PRACTICAL in any way, shape, or form? You have no privacy behind the display.

    • @notgray88
      @notgray88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@PSYCHOV3N0M that's badass. Now everyone can see the R34 I'm browsing on the bus lmao

    • @josiahstearns9615
      @josiahstearns9615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pairing this phone with Michael Fisher immediately made me think of when Tony pulled out his transparent phone and commandeered the screens during the hearing. Obviously I'm not the only one to have that thought come into play. haha

    • @oktabriyandiyunus9117
      @oktabriyandiyunus9117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can try LG Wing, its phone tony Stark in ironman.

    • @bimaluthfianandito5820
      @bimaluthfianandito5820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LG wings. From ironman 1

  • @MrFloryn88
    @MrFloryn88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just love this new video series that you are doing Mr.M. I am sick of the soap bars of today's world so going back in time, when phones were trully fun and very different, is a breath of fresh air.

  • @David_is_devil
    @David_is_devil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember getting one Sony Ericsson phone when I was in 5 grade 2011, that was AMAZING. EVEN THE FOKIN NAME OF BRAND SOUNDS GANGSTA AND CLASSY AF

    • @mamme8381
      @mamme8381 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was once owning a cybershoot series and I feel like I'm a daughter of the head of Yakuza lmao

  • @jefffrederick258
    @jefffrederick258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Mr. Mobile: "The smartphone market of '2019' was..."
    You might want to correct that error. Even comes up in youtubes closed captions as, "2019".

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Jeff Frederick correction is right on the screen, complete with annoying sound effect

    • @IrenMasot
      @IrenMasot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheMrMobile Holy cow, that went right over my head. I was about to make a comment of my own before I saw this.

    • @lethargic.
      @lethargic. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      try being observant sometimes :)

    • @DjMikeWatt
      @DjMikeWatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ineffective correction. The sound does nothing, as it just seems like part of the video, and the text is too far out of the way in the corner of the screen. Just saying.

    • @MuscarV2
      @MuscarV2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DjMikeWatt I disagree, why would there be random text popping up if it wasn't something to read? And the sound is clearly heard but not in your face loud/annoying etc. It's all easily noticeable, you not having the awareness to both hear and see it is irrelevant. It's like complaining a game is too hard because you suck at it.

  • @HandheldAddict
    @HandheldAddict 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    2:50 worth just for playing see-thru Pac-Man alone

  • @bhavishnadar
    @bhavishnadar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    3:20 His inner Stark finally came out

    • @irunasoft
      @irunasoft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cannot go to heaven nor hell

    • @JPX7NGD
      @JPX7NGD 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you, Japanese guy, that is completely false.

    • @Silluet88
      @Silluet88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stark’s style, liam neeson’s voice

    • @SirusStarTV
      @SirusStarTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is that 7:48 L?

    • @fumesolo6709
      @fumesolo6709 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SirusStarTV ooof

  • @TrueRetroflection
    @TrueRetroflection 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    1:18 "It wasn't clear what you were paying for"
    Did you just--

    • @Syllence
      @Syllence 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't get it my brain is poopoo

    • @AQ-101
      @AQ-101 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Syllence ikr...

    • @mmmtacobaguett
      @mmmtacobaguett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Syllence _clear_, in reference to the clear screen

  • @etismyname
    @etismyname 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whoa I still remember this. Mind blowing tech back then

  • @bakashinji
    @bakashinji 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    * takes sip of water *
    R I C H G U Y S

    • @JevonDS
      @JevonDS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When he said “R I C H G U Y S,” I felt that.

  • @vidyasagarka6746
    @vidyasagarka6746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    3:20 hey there Tony Stark u deserve more subscribers

    • @miteshrocker
      @miteshrocker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen!

    • @klym8_
      @klym8_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He kinda looks like Ben Affleck too so um Bruce Wayne?

    • @big-vsongput3127
      @big-vsongput3127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He even sounds like RDJ.

    • @loop5720
      @loop5720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@klym8_ HE'S A HYBRID, AND PLUS, TONY STARK HAS A SIMILAR LOOKING PHONE THAT IS "futuristic"

  • @MA.83-RN
    @MA.83-RN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @MrMobile [Michael Fisher], this "when phones were fun" is EPIC. Thank you so much for this. Much needed, especially in today's world

  • @GyourgeTube
    @GyourgeTube 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I only found your channel a few weeks ago but other than the Verge, you’ve very quickly become my favourite tech reviewer, keep it up!

  • @zweks
    @zweks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AW man track id was amazing, I remember using it before it closed and you could see what others where tracking around the world, got a few new songs out of that.
    You will be missed track ID

  • @kihunipunk
    @kihunipunk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was a fun video to watch.
    I remember seeing ads for this phone and being utterly moved by how cool it was. However, my heart belonged to the Sony Ericsson W810i, a deliciously pocketable candy bar phone with the then vaunted Walkman ™ branding. Man, I wanted that phone in the worst way.
    Thanks for the trip down memory lane, MrMobile. 😃

  • @muhammadbinafsar5339
    @muhammadbinafsar5339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Those were the days of innovation!!

    • @ramapatir109
      @ramapatir109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sony

    • @xPandamon
      @xPandamon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They're still trying to innovate, you know, foldable screens and stuff. Sadly like yesterday's innovations it's not that useful (yet)

  • @Miraak22
    @Miraak22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I literally still can't believe you're under 1 mil subs, a channel of this caliber and production quality must at least have 5 mil, the f is wrong with people?!

  • @uplink-on-yt
    @uplink-on-yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Transparent display: the world reads your text with you (even if mirrored)
    Also, transparent display gets in the way of having a bigger battery. Most of the stuff in a Plus phone right now is the battery.

  • @kvin9210
    @kvin9210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool novelty feature. But I would completely hate a transparent screen for a cellphone. It only makes sense for AR glasses.

  • @Zathren
    @Zathren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    A phone Tony Stark would have used. Damn.

    • @chmchn
      @chmchn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He had a transparent phone in the third movie

  • @wilson3246
    @wilson3246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This phone reminds me a lot of my first cell phone back in 2010. It was the LG Crystal, but unlike the Pureness with its transparent screen, the Crystal had a transparent keyboard/dialpad. I thought it was the coolest thing ever...until I remembered the iPhone 4 existed.

  • @ompalompa83
    @ompalompa83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oh man, as a swede you almost "had to have" Ericsson phones back in the day. The first mobile device I ever fell in love with was the Sony Ericsson T610.

    • @5at5una
      @5at5una 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cybershot and Walkman series was amazing back then

    • @_Nosferatu_
      @_Nosferatu_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      T610 was my first phone.....

  • @saitama3150
    @saitama3150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As usual good original quality content. Appreciated 🙏

  • @Spoggi99YT
    @Spoggi99YT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    6:04 speaking of James Bond and Sony Ericsson - I owned a Sony Ericsson K800i back in the day (the one on the Bond website but in an orange brownish color instead of the silver).
    It was a very very capable mobile phone and I loved the video and photo editing functions.
    If you have the time and if you think that it’s interesting enough, maybe you could make a video about it. I would love to hear what you got to say about the K800i. :)
    Mine is still lying around in the house somewhere...

    • @TheRailroad99
      @TheRailroad99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I had the K770i.
      Agreed. These phones were great.
      Photo/video editing, web browsing (3G!), decent camera for a 2007 phone. Good mp3 player... And compatible to a very high number of .jar Apps.
      Really ahead of its time, this almost was a smart phone

  • @jfh400
    @jfh400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    3:20 Sometimes your Trek references are such deep cuts that I think they must be just for me and I'm fine with that 🤣

    • @cyberpilate
      @cyberpilate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That "Old Yellow Eyes is Back" reference hit me hard! XD

    • @Scientist_Salarian
      @Scientist_Salarian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here, haha. We need a Mr. Mobile Trek Club.

  • @brunoglopes
    @brunoglopes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    The headphone antenna wasn’t really a feature. Every single phone of the time worked like that.

    • @sherifelbatawy
      @sherifelbatawy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bruno Lopes except iPhone

    • @Kitulous
      @Kitulous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sherifelbatawy and Chinese TV phones xD
      And my Motorola L9

    • @OKANGUVEN99
      @OKANGUVEN99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      came to the comments say that.

    • @SIPEROTH
      @SIPEROTH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Emm....wait my smartphone still works like that. So did my previous smartphone. Have i missed something here?

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No, that’s not true at all. Here in the States where GSM phones only made up for half the market, there were a glut of CDMA phones on Verizon and Sprint that never featured FM tuners. Same for most smartphones of the period. Even GSM phones lacked FM tuners if the carriers that launched them decided they wanted to disable the feature to force people to use their streaming data services.

  • @reinmeiker9024
    @reinmeiker9024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    IS THAT A MOTOROLA FLIPOUT TEASER?
    dude I still have that thing I treasure it so much

  • @BurgundyBrundley
    @BurgundyBrundley 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this guy because he has dad humor but on the professional scale💕

  • @MrSweeperUSA
    @MrSweeperUSA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved the Sony Erickson w810i. So much so that I had 4 of them(don't ask why). Best candy bar phone ever! Great camera and had an attachment for a REAL flash. Also and I could text without ever looking at the screen even while it was still in my pocket.

  • @Roughly600Cats
    @Roughly600Cats 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    "uploaded 1 minute ago"
    Don't think I've ever been this early 😂

  • @1687angle
    @1687angle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    4:20 I'm ded. The cameraman intentionally drifting in and out of focus 🤣🤣

  • @johnmonk66
    @johnmonk66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I would buy this in a second if it came back out. Phone companies need to realize we ARE ready to carry 2 phones. We had no problem when cells became standard to keep carrying out beepers, and people today carry tablets and phones. So yes, I would carry a phone like this for calls, and a big assed phone for all else.
    Sony did something like this with their first giant phone, you could buy a little bluetooth phone to carry with it, so the giant one could stay in your pocket. It was awesome.

    • @allahbless2278
      @allahbless2278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eww

    • @tr3sCarajos
      @tr3sCarajos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you actually are making a lot of sense, i never thought about this before. We really are ready to carry a second phone, a device that can actually hold some fuckin battery power

    • @sas3dx
      @sas3dx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tr3sCarajos dumb phones are worth about 20$ today and the keep the battery for arround a week

    • @PSYCHOV3N0M
      @PSYCHOV3N0M 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂😂😂 WE??? You mean YOU aka the niche minority.
      The majority of people only carry ONE device with them at any given time.
      Very few people carry a phone AND a tablet. Most people like convenience more than anything. Why do you think true wireless headphones have been the best selling gift for the past 3+ holiday seasons and why more people care about a phone having wireless charging even though you have to pay more for the "wireless" charger in order to charge SLOWER??? The masses don't want to deal with wired headphones, wired chargers (the IRONY because wireless chargers are still wired hahaha), and carrying 2+ devices at once.
      That's why foldables are the future and are already practical NOW with the Galaxy Fold. A tablet in your pocket.
      Beepers are primarily used nowadays by medical employees like Doctors, etc.
      Technology is about moving forward instead of backwards.

    • @johnmonk66
      @johnmonk66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PSYCHOV3N0M I am guessing you are a child who got only a phone from mommy, because in the grown up world we carry shit. 80% of people I know carry a phone AND either a tablet or laptop, sometimes all three. See because grown ups can't work on a phone. So you and your friends playing candy crush is not the same as grown ups who can afford two devices. Idiots like you drop your phone and are instantly handicapped, if you were not already, doing everything on your 5 inch screen like an idiot.

  • @AkaiAmeUltsch
    @AkaiAmeUltsch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you do a review of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play? I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.

  • @SKyrim190
    @SKyrim190 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cool thing about transparent displays in futuristic movies is their transparency when they are TURNED OFF, but function exactly like a TV, no worse image when turned on. Imagine what a TV that essentially becomes a window when turned off could do to home design. You could have a glass between kitchen and dining room, that you can use as a TV or as a blind when you want. Maybe even have the image be displayed in each direction, so you can still watch your program when you are on the kitchen and immediately flip it for the other room once you prepared your meal.
    Having one that is hard to see because it is always a see-through is just...useless...

  • @Krsna_1024
    @Krsna_1024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am just waiting for him to get 1 million 💕🔥

    • @franklingoodwin
      @franklingoodwin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too. It's taking way longer than it should. He should've had over a million a long time ago

  • @user7421
    @user7421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Fun fact: Tony Stark has a Vivo transparent display smartphone with a holographic projector.

    • @sanjanphukan
      @sanjanphukan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was about to comment this too 😂

    • @divyaakashdutta4038
      @divyaakashdutta4038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Darn those Chinese!!

    • @loop5720
      @loop5720 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol, I just commented on that, kinda stupid tbh

  • @samueltan2148
    @samueltan2148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    8:15 Speaking about phones with slide out Qwerty keyboards, you can go check out Sony Ericsson's line of Pro phones (ie Xperia Pro, Xperia Mini Pro, Txt Pro etc)

    • @556johny556
      @556johny556 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember I had an Xperia X10 mini and then the X10 mini pro came out and I wanted it so bad because the phone was so tiny that it still used T9 texting even though it was a touch screen. But my only other Sony phone after that was the first Xperia Z which got water damage due to glue coming slightly undone and water getting in even though it was rated for water resistance. Since then there wasn’t an Xperia I could justify buying because by the point my Z drowned the Xperia line cost as much as iPhones but one could argue they weren’t worth that price

  • @SMGJohn
    @SMGJohn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If they gave that phone at least a 5 inch display, it could been a killer device.

  • @MrSidneycarton
    @MrSidneycarton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another awesome video. This is my favorite tech series now. Waiting for the next one.

  • @majdax3893
    @majdax3893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Michael just needed that transparent phone to become an Iron Man

  • @denske1272
    @denske1272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Just so you know Samsung just filed a patent for a clear smartphone a few weeks or so ago...it's coming but not for a decade

    • @danimetal4171
      @danimetal4171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      source please?

    • @Jayden3649
      @Jayden3649 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danimetal4171 cant remember source but i heard it aswell

    • @achu-7941
      @achu-7941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rumors aren't sources though

    • @snailsaredumb9412
      @snailsaredumb9412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Yang Sun Tsukuda mobilesyrup.com/2020/09/08/samsung-patents-transparent-smartphone/#:~:text=The%20phone%20is%20made%20with%20a%20transparent%20luminous%20screen&text=Samsung%20is%20reportedly%20working%20on,and%20filed%20back%20in%20January.

  • @marhan36
    @marhan36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    6:27 ooh i miss TrackID.. it was a very cool feature back then to identify songs that i don't know the title, i used it a lot..

    • @samuelsanchez6082
      @samuelsanchez6082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shazam

    • @krzysztofczarnecki8238
      @krzysztofczarnecki8238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@samuelsanchez6082 When TrackID still worked, it identified songs way faster and more accurately than Shazam. Shazam has noticeably improved a lot since then, but there is no way to compare now. I was just so unhappy I had to stick with Shazam when they shut TrackID down, but it's better than nothing.

  • @ibnsinahimel
    @ibnsinahimel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Futuristic ❤️

  • @bihazards
    @bihazards 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this series

  • @jessISaRicePrincess
    @jessISaRicePrincess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man this phone is a so freaking cool kinda sucks that it... sucks
    Edit: your voice is so freaking awesome dude

  • @ganesang5537
    @ganesang5537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:29 I see what you did there, with 2020 making 2019 feel like a decade ago. 😏

  • @ajitk.lalchandani2078
    @ajitk.lalchandani2078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What? Transparent phone in 2009
    Is this video real?
    Anyways I am enjoying this series ❤
    Love your content!
    Stay Mobile my friend!

  • @ota024
    @ota024 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew a phone like this ever existed. Thanks Mr.Mobile

  • @EvolvingLark
    @EvolvingLark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never even knew this phone existed until today! 😲

  • @iansebastian8623
    @iansebastian8623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:18 isn't this just a regular phone feature at that time?

  • @Fasizan
    @Fasizan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    To this dayyyyyyy - former boxer famous in 2019.

  • @adityakrishnamd2314
    @adityakrishnamd2314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Rich guys" 😂😂😂

  • @theflipsidestory
    @theflipsidestory 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How have I not seen this episode before!!! I love the Xperia Pureness!!!

  • @henriklilliecreutzjansson8040
    @henriklilliecreutzjansson8040 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still got mine stored away. Still works. One of the most satisfying phones I've ever used.

  • @RealCoolGuy
    @RealCoolGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was very confused when he said 2019 instead of 2009...

  • @MinecrafterPictures
    @MinecrafterPictures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When some of 2000's predictions are real

  • @felixdd
    @felixdd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:17 "It wasn't clear what you were paying for" -- I see what you did there ;)

    • @vale4805
      @vale4805 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Explain

    • @Empr.Palpatine
      @Empr.Palpatine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vale4805 You've gotta be kidding...

  • @GENFX303
    @GENFX303 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back in the mid 90s I had a portable radio with a transparent display. Clock / Calendar / Channel Frequency displayed in a 2 inch square pop-up window. - It was an unknown brand name too. Cant remember it though.

  • @winterwolf211
    @winterwolf211 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my HS teachers had this, the screen had many scratches at that point and everyone was using smartphones already, it was still really cool.

  • @agenericaccount3935
    @agenericaccount3935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “The smartphone world of 2019...“
    Michael. Plz.

  • @michaelcorcoran8768
    @michaelcorcoran8768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Renew the preciousness of simplicity"
    sony has some brilliant jargon

  • @sarmadnaeem6590
    @sarmadnaeem6590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "will always be a part of us, like... air !!"
    Pun of the century !! :D

  • @koyuki08
    @koyuki08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to own a Sony Xperia P in 2012 that had a clear touch bar where you tap on for the options/home/back buttons. It made the phone looked really cool and it was functional. I suppose the letter P was a tribute to this phone? Never realised they had done this years prior until I've seen your video!

  • @jaggydproductions
    @jaggydproductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the new transitions! Keep up the great coverage man!

  • @imwjamie
    @imwjamie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3:20 definition of rich guys 😂

  • @egycsak5024
    @egycsak5024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Want to see the flipout. Omg. That's so cool. Would take that immediatly even with low specs.

  • @georgestechtips1353
    @georgestechtips1353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    My dad is a dumb phone collector and hes littery addicted to sony Xperias and he bought this phone litterally for 400$ like broo its a decade old phoneee

    • @Pinzledick
      @Pinzledick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I collect old phone too,. You know previously I couldn't afford one, now it's the time

    • @ichaa3tech
      @ichaa3tech 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's not dumb

    • @StrickenWithFear
      @StrickenWithFear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Having a collection isn't dumb. If his finances are in order then let him buy his 400 dollar feature phones.

    • @november191
      @november191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is not dumb.

    • @piotrmazek540
      @piotrmazek540 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think he meant that his dad is a feature phone collector, not that he is dumb.

  • @RichardServello
    @RichardServello 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh man...you just gave me nightmare flashbacks of the wire drawer! Back when EVERY OEM had their own cable.

  • @discovermajid
    @discovermajid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    your videos are very well made and thoughtful. And has nice deliberate pacing.
    I watch them even if I'm not interested in the product.
    Good job fellow Trekkie