This video ended up being way longer than intended, and the list isn't perfect based on the data available- but I had fun. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching! For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I left the chapter markers pretty vague- so for anyone who wants to skip ahead, here's the detailed timestamps: [SPOILERS BELOW] ---- 0:00 - Intro 1:55 - 25. Huawei P20 3:07 - 24. iPhone 3GS 4:05 - 23. Galaxy S9 5:24 - 22. Galaxy S10 6:32 - 21. Galaxy S II 7:40 - 20. Galaxy S8 9:47 - 19. Nokia N70 11:01 - 18. Galaxy S6 12:32 - 17. iPhone 4 14:40 - 16. Galaxy S7 15:57 - 15. iPhone 4S 17:14 - 14. iPhone X 19:25 - 13. Galaxy S4 21:02 - 12. Galaxy S III 23:30 - 11. iPhone 12 26:08 - 10. iPhone 8 27:47 - 9. iPhone 5 31:30 - 8. Nokia 5230 32:27 - 7. Nokia 6600 34:03 - 6. iPhone XS & XR 35:37 - 5. iPhone 11 37:37 - 4. iPhone 7 40:04 - 3. iPhone 5S 43:43 - 2. iPhone 6S 46:44 - 1. iPhone 6
@@mightysamurai5726 apple in general is odd with ram, the ipad mini 5 has only 3gb ram but it's getting ios 18, idk how it performs because ios 15 was the latest version I tried but it has the a12 bionic which is actually good
Yeah , @mrwhosetheboss, Arun had a video about Samsung phones bloating even when they are in perfect condition storage. I had my Samsung note 3 and 4 removable batteries and they were pregnant and about to give birth. Had to discard those before they start to explode in my drawer. That would be scary as hell...
It wasn’t just mrwhoestheboss In mrwhoestheboss’ video he talked to multiple other TH-camrs who all had the same problem across different climates Who all have large phone collections. It was either a vast majority of problem phones being Samsung or all their problem phones being Samsung
Many youtubers have issues, but I have many samsung phones in storage for as long as 8years and none of them have swellef batteries, so maybe they store the phones at 0% ?
@@vidpetrovic8907 pretty sure mrwhoestheboss said he keeps them all at a safe level of charge It’s fully possible that you store phones and they never have a problem, and someone else stores phones and they do. It’s completely random..
2017 with the Galaxy S8 and iPhone X is the last year I can think of when excitement was actually there with a new phone launch. It's been kinda downhill from there
Same! I used to pre order and buy Samsung's new device every year religiously. I've owned everything from the S7 to the S23 Ultra. Every year I preorder it. But this year I skipped the S24. I feel like I've been buying the same phone for 3 years!! The S8 and S20 Ultra were good years but I haven't been excited in a long time
Note 10 for me. Loved that phone and it felt like the last bit improved for the notes. I know they made a note20 but then killed the line. Now the S line is just an all in one of the note and s.
iPhone 6 was my favourite phone I ever owned, design felt futuristic as hell at release, bigger screen, camera was great at the time, used it for six years without issue
i hate it when people associated my 6s which lasted me more than 7 years with the base 6. My friend’s base 6 was such a pile of crap with terrible camera and a support that only extended to iOS 12.8 while my 6s made it to 15.8. If it wasn’t for the lack of storage that 32 GB variant was, i would’ve kept the 6s to this day with me. The bend gate issues with the base 6 and other quality issues made the situation even worse. Upgraded to a 15 Pro max on 17th April. It’s like a whole new galaxy. The enhancements compared to the 6s are out of this world. My dear 6s, you will always have a special place in my heart.
Still using my SE 1st Gen and 6s whenever i feel like travelling down memory lane. I owned a 5s and a 4s and handed it down to my teenage son and now it's kaput 😭. I still believe that a phone's life depends on it's owner. I never broke a phone in my life. Still even have my old school Nokias in my drawer. And i still charge them from time to time. But because i love the feel of a square phone, i kept my SE Gen 1 in pristine condition. It's actually the reason why i bought a 12 pro. It feels so nostalgic. As of now i use color correction and turn my SE and 6s into an ebook reader. Coming from the Philippines, where most of the population buy used iphones (due to it being soooo expensive) , i only upgrade once every 2 to 3 years. 🧡🧡🧡
I remember walking down the bottle water isle in Walmart and saw some lady talking on the original galaxy note. I think it came out like 2 weeks prior. I was shocked at how big it was.
I've had iPhone 3GS, Nokia N70, iPhone 4, iPhone 8 Plus, Nokia 5230, Nokia 6600 from these and liked every one from those. Currently using an iPhone SE 2020.
Regarding the iPhone 5S and the A7 SoC, the 64-bit aspect was not a major factor in the massive performance gains over the A6 SoC. Rather, the ARMv8 ISA brought substantial improvements, but most importantly, Apple pursued an extremely wide architecture, allowing it to achieve high instructions per clock, even compared to desktop CPUs.
I’m still rocking the iPhone 11 here. Replaced the battery a month ago too. I’m rather glad this had the LCD instead if OLED, given how long I’ve had this thing for. I feel zero desire to replace this right now. It does what I need, and is still plenty speedy. As much as I miss being able to install unsigned apps, and adding things via iTunes royally sucks, the longevity is what made the decision.
Oh wow same is the iPhone 11 you're using as your main right now or secondary as most people i know use it as their secondary nowadays And i use the iPhone 11 too
I had an iPhone 11 that I got still sealed from Argos UK last year. Had to let it go and get the SE 3 as it's smaller and lighter (i suffer from chronicles pain) Both phones are plenty good enough still. I much prefer the old display as it doesn't make my eyes ache
@@disgracecentralI’m still using 6s and XR, they surprisingly last that much unlike iPhone flagships, oddly enough XR lasted more than than my dad’s XS Max
The Galaxy s6 was honestly the first android phone i ever wanted at all. It's absolutely GORGEOUS, to this day it has this sort of magical glow to it to me.
As someone who had a S10e for _many years_ before my parents had me upgrade with them to the S22+ due to an AT&T plan, It was indeed a very good phone. Even with the updates, it didn't slow down and kept pushing and pushing like a trooper. I do miss that I had to trade it for the S22, even if the S22 had a fantastic camera.
I had my 6 Plus from launch. It kept going no problem, even after getting run over by 2 cars and an 18 wheeler truck! With a few blown pixels, it was fine till I upgraded at the 8 Plus launch. I’m still using my 8 Plus as it does all I need, has the perfect 16:8 screen without the crappy PWM of OLED, which I and 10% of all people can’t tolerate.
I had a battery explode in an electronic device once, not a smartphone, the Focus V Carta dabbing e-rig. The batteries inside were extremely hot to where I couldn’t touch it, dropped the battery, it began to smoke and make a crackling sound, then it caught on fire and I had to put it out quickly with water, it was crazy and panic inducing.
The iPhone X and XS Max were the prettiest iPhones of all time. The vertical cameras just looked so much classier than the current. I mean I love my 15 Plus, bit the X's were SO pretty.
15:30 tbh I'm still very happy that xiaomi flagships still come with ir blasters, its surprisingly useful for me particularly. It comes bundled with the most comprehensive ir remote app I've ever seen on a phone with the feature with presets for thousands of devices. I found someone giving away a free 40 inch tv but they lost the remote. No problem, I'll just use my phone. AC unit in my apartment? Well the remote is here but... EW what the hell did the previous tenant do to it?!?! Disgusting! That's fine tho, my phone works instead.
I feel for tech youtubers in this day and age - I admit I haven't watched your videos as much like I used to binge them bc frankly I find the phones around today boring as hell. I would defo keep watching historical videos like this, this is understandably a bigger undertaking to a single review but keep up the good work. I also watched MKBHD's every samsung video which is why i was interested in this
The Nokia N70 and other Symbian devices of the era were smartphones because their operating system was open, and 3rd party developers could write native .sis applications. Other non smartphone devices could still install java apps and browse the internet. On the N70 you could have native apps such as - custom mp3 players with equalizer, winrar, office suite (excel, word processing documents etc), a flashlight app and a lot of emulators. And many other native apps that I never tried.
iPhone 4 was the first iPhone I bought. Got it from my friend for $400 with a bad ESN. Flashed it to MetroPCS and it pretty much sucked when I wasn’t on Wi-Fi. iPhone 6 Plus was the first iPhone I bought brand new. Is jump in screen size from 3.5 inches to 5.5“. Bent it from keeping it in my back pocket. Traded it in when I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile. iPhone X I bought off a whim. Went in buying a charger and came out spending more money than I intended. Had it for 22 months until I switched over to the iPhone 11. Not a day goes by I wish I had kept my phone and not sold it. iPhone 13 mini was the iPhone that made me realize I didn’t need a iPhone Pro Max. Battery lasted me the whole day and it never slowed down. Only reason I traded it in to get the new one was because I was starting to go back to school in person And the battery couldn’t keep up anymore. I also owned an iPhone 6s Plus, 7+,11, 12 Pro Max , 14 Pro Max and 15 Pro Max. Pretty much been an iPhone boy from the start. The one time I decided to switch to android was when I got the galaxy note 7. And we all know how that ended up.
It’s surprising to me just how many of these phones I owned over the years. The last phone I bought was a 12 Pro Max nearly 4 years ago now. It’s still buttery smooth and runs fine. Battery life is diminished so I more than likely will upgrade this year due to necessity vs the new “wow” factor
Galaxy S2 was my first smartphone. Still have it today, and it's still fantastic. Also, it is one of the most itterated on devices. There were 26 hardware variations of the S2 worldwide
The deciding factor for what counted as a smartphone and what didn't in the early days was that smartphones had a full OS with the ability to install 3rd party applications, while non-smarphones (i.e. feature phones) were only able to run Java applications, which were much more limited. Internet access was less of a factor, as later feature phones had simple web browsers.
4:18 s9+ Man that was such a great phone, perfect spot for the finger print scanner, it was also my first real smartphone, the one i had prior had like 2gb of storage and lagged at every moment it could
The galaxy S3 was my very first smartphone and I loved the multi color LED notification light. I wish they’d bring that feature back. I set it to flash yellow for Snapchat notifications, blue for twitter, purple for Instagram and green for text messages 😭
as an ex S7 user i absolutely did not love that phone lol. overheated like no other phone ive ever had from the day i got it in 2016, lagged real bad, battery life was 2-3 hours SOT. it was a horrible phone
Seriously. I had the S7 edge and it was the only phone I had for less than the 2 year contract. I was over it after only a few months. And honestly turned me off of the galaxy line
@@brendanfr old samsungs had a big software problem as the software sucked bad. Now days, samsung phones are super good. I dont know how you are facing issues in s22 ultra as that thing is super snappy (i dont own it my friend owns it)
the shift in design from the iphone 5s and the iphone 6 was definitely a "you just had to be there" moment... no shock that the iphone 6 topped this list lol.
For me the iPhone 5s was the greatest! Ran so smoothly for years and years. And also the perfect size for me. I absolutely loved it! That's why I'm on the 13 mini now that I also really enjoy.
Till this day I love my S7 Edge. After 3 years it has run hot and got so toasty it had shut down for a week, so I had to upgrade. I still remember how contented I was when I’ve received it 😊.
I HAD THE HUAWEI P20 LITE FOR SOME YEARS IT WAS A TOP TIER PHONE!!! I EVEN DROPPED IT FROM A VERY HIGH HEIGHT AND IT SURVIVED WITH ALMOST NO SCRATCHES (got slightly bent on the sim card tray) TRULY AN AMAZING PHONE!!!
I’ve had every iPhone from the 3GS to the 12 Pro Max which is my main device. Every iPhone except for the iPhone 6 Plus, 8 Plus, XS and 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max.
My mom owned a Samsung Galaxy S3 before she passed away and I didn’t even get a smartphone until September 2014 when I switched from Verizon to Straight Talk, which now is pretty ironic that Verizon owns them now. My very first iPhone was an old 4 that my dad no longer used that was on its last legs but I could see myself owning more iPhones even back then. Once I got the 5S then I really was able to start a whole new experience since it was a brand new phone for me and then when I got the 6, that was mainly with getting a phone with more memory and I could see a good difference in battery life as well in comparison to the 5S when I had that brand new. When I got to my current phone with the 8 Plus that I’ve had for four years, that was mainly for needing more memory (got 128 GB now in comparison to 32) and a much bigger screen. My current battery health is at 73% but otherwise everything else is still working great for the phone.
That Huawei P20 Pro is the only Android phone I ever owned, and it was wonderful; the software felt very iOS-like, which was very controversial but convenient for me, and the photos were stunning, it’s still my favorite camera experience I’ve ever had in a phone. I would have kept using Huawei devices had it not been for the Google ban, so I just went back to the trustworthy boring old IPhone
I absolutely LOVED my iphone 6S rose gold phone lol I had this phone until 2 months ago it was just sitting in my drawer and gave it to my 11 y/o niece as her first iPhone. I never had any issues with it although people were saying they had bad battery drain but not me. She was so happy and this phone will be with her until her mom decides to upgrade it. I have had every Iphone since the 3GS and this one was my absolute favorite.
I think the original iPhone SE was Apples best kept secret for a very long time. That phone lasted me dang near a decade. In the end, it was still pretty fast, functioned great, I never had to replace a new battery. Still used the original battery until sadly, it no longer got new iOS software updates. I used the final iOS version for two years and it still worked great without an update. I was an Apple user ever since. Androids last 2-4 years then they get painfully slow.
The S8 is such a beautiful phone. Especially the front. The samsungs before that isn't even close design-wise. I still use the S6 edge as a work phone, but only to take calls with. There is nothing to it that makes me want to pick it up and use it in any other way. And I don't feel that they done a more good looking phone after either. Maybe the S9.
In 2022 i got an iPhone 5s from my great grandparent (my main was a 13mini) and even with ios12 it was still usable , you couldn’t have high expectations obviously but it did its work while using instagram , whatsapp , tiktok and a few google apps, anyway it just had 16gb of storage. A year later maybe around november 2023 I dropped it accidentally from a bunk bed and it finally stopped working😢.
My mom has a P20 Pro she got in 2018….which I must admit still works great today. Being such an old Huawei phone the updates schedule is of course nearly non-existent and because my mom uses the phone for her home banking I’ve been trying to make her upgrade….but since the phone still handles everything fairly well, the battery is still quite good (lasting nearly the whole day) and the camera is _very_ good, my mom refuses to change her phone. Me, I used to have a Samsung S10 until my then 5-years-old dog decided my phone looked like a nice squeaky toy and bit on it….crushing the by then 1-year-old phone. 😌😂
My husband had an S8 Active with a swollen battery. And he KEPT USING it for over a year like that. He’s the type a guy to not upgrade his phone unless he absolutely needs it. But I finally got him to get rid of that bomb and get an S10.
Galaxy S6 was not controversial at all, that phone was phenomenal and much loved. Also very popular since they ditched the plastic/cheap materials. I did remember some people being upset that they could no longer remove the back to replace the battery easily but I rather have a premium look over that any day
The S3 was kinda weird. The international variant did not have 4G. There was a 4G option (if I remember correctly, the GT-I9301), but the international i9300 was 3G.
iPhone prices have gone insane in Europe. I remember when the regular 14 had cost 999€ the the 14 pro ridiculous 1399€. The 15 pro had gone back to 1199€, but 1k is the maximum a phone should cost.
I'm sad that none of the Samsung Notes made it to the list. As for the s5, I think the sales were disappointing. That's probably why they went with the radical design with the s6
I wish we could had a Lumia on this list. Like the Lumia 950XL, 930, 1020, 1520 or even the 525! Windows Phone was a breeze of uniqueness and could have shaped the market in an entire different manner.
I've had the S2 (my first touch screen), the iPhone 5 (my first iPhone and to date my most favourite iPhone design), the S7 Edge (my last Samsung for now) and the iPhone X (my second favourite iPhone design cause it felt really good in the hand and looked very futuristic). Loved using all of them. So many memories ❤
I had both the s7 and s4. Both were fantastic phones, and I wasn't ready to upgrade from my s7 but my family changed carriers so it had to go. I've stuck as a Samsung fan boy for a long time, but when they started following in apples shoes and stopped innovating like Samsung, it's making apple look much better. What I mean by that is the loss of a headphone jack, no more SD card since the s20fe (which I have and enjoy) and not including a charger in the box anymore. Crazy how they changed in just 4 years
Even I owned an iPhone 6 for a year or two as a second phone - the problems were quite noticeable, especially since it was a few years old at that point. But yeah, if you were following tech back then, the hype was unreal. Other iPhones were hyped, but nothing on that level - one of my favourite youtube videos to this day is iJustine camping out of the Apple store for *two days* to be first.
iPhone 3G, Galaxy Ace, iPhone 5, iPhone SE, Xiaomi 8, Poco F2 pro , OnePlus Nord 2, Xiaomi 14. Stopped buying iPhones when they got too expensive (in my opinion). The phone I am using now is the most expensive I've ever had. 685€ for the 512 GB model. There is no upgrade feeling like it was in the wilder years. But if you do not need the best secondary sensors you can get now a truly good phone for under 500 bucks which can last you over 3 years.
This video ended up being way longer than intended, and the list isn't perfect based on the data available- but I had fun. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching!
For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I left the chapter markers pretty vague- so for anyone who wants to skip ahead, here's the detailed timestamps:
[SPOILERS BELOW]
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0:00 - Intro
1:55 - 25. Huawei P20
3:07 - 24. iPhone 3GS
4:05 - 23. Galaxy S9
5:24 - 22. Galaxy S10
6:32 - 21. Galaxy S II
7:40 - 20. Galaxy S8
9:47 - 19. Nokia N70
11:01 - 18. Galaxy S6
12:32 - 17. iPhone 4
14:40 - 16. Galaxy S7
15:57 - 15. iPhone 4S
17:14 - 14. iPhone X
19:25 - 13. Galaxy S4
21:02 - 12. Galaxy S III
23:30 - 11. iPhone 12
26:08 - 10. iPhone 8
27:47 - 9. iPhone 5
31:30 - 8. Nokia 5230
32:27 - 7. Nokia 6600
34:03 - 6. iPhone XS & XR
35:37 - 5. iPhone 11
37:37 - 4. iPhone 7
40:04 - 3. iPhone 5S
43:43 - 2. iPhone 6S
46:44 - 1. iPhone 6
Aw thank you for the list :D
I’m watching this video on a white iPhone 12 mini 256GB
I’m watching this from a 256 GB iPhone 14 Pro Max in Deep Purple.
Maybe you should give me the s8 instead of disposing it
We need a class action lawsuit against whoever is cutting your hair
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Not surprised for the iPhone 6 considering it was a massive hit in 2014.
but it was the biggest mistake to buy one. Cause 1gb ram was way to low and thats why it doesnt had that many updates
@@mightysamurai5726it had 4 years of support which isnt too bad
@@mightysamurai5726 apple in general is odd with ram, the ipad mini 5 has only 3gb ram but it's getting ios 18, idk how it performs because ios 15 was the latest version I tried but it has the a12 bionic which is actually good
Wasnt it MrWhoseTheBoss who had major issues with his stored samsung phones all having a swelling battery?
Yeah , @mrwhosetheboss, Arun had a video about Samsung phones bloating even when they are in perfect condition storage. I had my Samsung note 3 and 4 removable batteries and they were pregnant and about to give birth. Had to discard those before they start to explode in my drawer. That would be scary as hell...
It wasn’t just mrwhoestheboss
In mrwhoestheboss’ video he talked to multiple other TH-camrs who all had the same problem across different climates
Who all have large phone collections.
It was either a vast majority of problem phones being Samsung or all their problem phones being Samsung
Many youtubers have issues, but I have many samsung phones in storage for as long as 8years and none of them have swellef batteries, so maybe they store the phones at 0% ?
@@vidpetrovic8907 pretty sure mrwhoestheboss said he keeps them all at a safe level of charge
It’s fully possible that you store phones and they never have a problem, and someone else stores phones and they do. It’s completely random..
@@vidpetrovic8907I’ve had a number of issues with Samsungs and batteries, motherboards and stuff and it’s one of the reasons I jumped ship to iOS
2017 with the Galaxy S8 and iPhone X is the last year I can think of when excitement was actually there with a new phone launch. It's been kinda downhill from there
Yep
Id include the S10 as well
Same! I used to pre order and buy Samsung's new device every year religiously. I've owned everything from the S7 to the S23 Ultra. Every year I preorder it. But this year I skipped the S24. I feel like I've been buying the same phone for 3 years!! The S8 and S20 Ultra were good years but I haven't been excited in a long time
S10 brought some real excitement as well but since then nothing
Note 10 for me. Loved that phone and it felt like the last bit improved for the notes. I know they made a note20 but then killed the line. Now the S line is just an all in one of the note and s.
the note 7 is my all time favorite smartphone design ever
same
Same
Same and also S8
Explosive even!
Banger design
The iPhone 6 absolutely didn’t deserve to be the best selling iPhone. It had way too many issues and it was easily the worst phone I’ve ever owned.
For real tho
iPhone 6s deserved it better
iPhone 6 was my favourite phone I ever owned, design felt futuristic as hell at release, bigger screen, camera was great at the time, used it for six years without issue
@@mackstewart4203 I disagree
@@DarkLatexKing For Real
i hate it when people associated my 6s which lasted me more than 7 years with the base 6. My friend’s base 6 was such a pile of crap with terrible camera and a support that only extended to iOS 12.8 while my 6s made it to 15.8. If it wasn’t for the lack of storage that 32 GB variant was, i would’ve kept the 6s to this day with me.
The bend gate issues with the base 6 and other quality issues made the situation even worse.
Upgraded to a 15 Pro max on 17th April. It’s like a whole new galaxy. The enhancements compared to the 6s are out of this world.
My dear 6s, you will always have a special place in my heart.
Still using my SE 1st Gen and 6s whenever i feel like travelling down memory lane. I owned a 5s and a 4s and handed it down to my teenage son and now it's kaput 😭. I still believe that a phone's life depends on it's owner. I never broke a phone in my life. Still even have my old school Nokias in my drawer. And i still charge them from time to time. But because i love the feel of a square phone, i kept my SE Gen 1 in pristine condition. It's actually the reason why i bought a 12 pro. It feels so nostalgic. As of now i use color correction and turn my SE and 6s into an ebook reader. Coming from the Philippines, where most of the population buy used iphones (due to it being soooo expensive) , i only upgrade once every 2 to 3 years. 🧡🧡🧡
Everyone should do this
I remember walking down the bottle water isle in Walmart and saw some lady talking on the original galaxy note. I think it came out like 2 weeks prior. I was shocked at how big it was.
That must be why she was shopping at Walmart
I've had iPhone 3GS, Nokia N70, iPhone 4, iPhone 8 Plus, Nokia 5230, Nokia 6600 from these and liked every one from those. Currently using an iPhone SE 2020.
So far how is your experience with your se?
Regarding the iPhone 5S and the A7 SoC, the 64-bit aspect was not a major factor in the massive performance gains over the A6 SoC. Rather, the ARMv8 ISA brought substantial improvements, but most importantly, Apple pursued an extremely wide architecture, allowing it to achieve high instructions per clock, even compared to desktop CPUs.
I’m still rocking the iPhone 11 here. Replaced the battery a month ago too. I’m rather glad this had the LCD instead if OLED, given how long I’ve had this thing for. I feel zero desire to replace this right now. It does what I need, and is still plenty speedy.
As much as I miss being able to install unsigned apps, and adding things via iTunes royally sucks, the longevity is what made the decision.
Oh wow same is the iPhone 11 you're using as your main right now or secondary as most people i know use it as their secondary nowadays
And i use the iPhone 11 too
@@DarkLatexKing Main phone.
@@Lauren_C same :>
I had an iPhone 11 that I got still sealed from Argos UK last year. Had to let it go and get the SE 3 as it's smaller and lighter (i suffer from chronicles pain) Both phones are plenty good enough still. I much prefer the old display as it doesn't make my eyes ache
xs max is better and its screen is still perfect and waaaaaaay ahead of the 11´s also 3d touch
I had a Nokia 6600 back then, great phone. There were tons of apps developed by people. I remember a Gameboy Color emulator that ran at full speed.
No LG. No Sony. No HTC... :(
I love the lg g3 I had the one with the leather back
HTC M10 was a beast. Totally indestructible and a joy to use.
Four months from now, my iPhone 6 will complete 10 years of service. Legendary ❤
Ain’t NO WAY you’re still using an iPhone 6 dawg
why not? it still works doesn't it?
@@disgracecentralI’m still using 6s and XR, they surprisingly last that much unlike iPhone flagships, oddly enough XR lasted more than than my dad’s XS Max
@@disgracecentral I wish I was lying. But it's the truth
@@notgray88 Of course, it's still my main phone that I use daily
Didn't used any of these but I did use actual most sold phone in history Nokia 1100 back in 2005 my dad had one.
My first phone when I was 13! Loved that thing
Wait what did u use if not any of these??
He already mentioned it in their comment. Its the Nokia 1100 @@KOMARMSG
@@vMattv no he mentioned his dad had it in 2005, im like confused at how he managed to not use any of these phones cuz they were so popular
@@KOMARMSG even me, i never owned these phones in this video. I only owned not so popular phones from nokia, sony and samsung
Fire phone jumpscare! That was my first ever phone back in 2014!
I had a windows phone. We definitely backed the wrong horses.
It’s surprising that the 6s sold as much as it did given that the 6 had sold so well the year before.
Excellent music choice !!! The persona series has one of the best sound tracks in any videogame !
Surprised HTC ONE is not on the list. That phone in the UK was the most desirable phone to have.
I remember when the iPhone 5 came out, the memes with ridiculously tall iPhones saying "iPhone 20"
The Galaxy s6 was honestly the first android phone i ever wanted at all. It's absolutely GORGEOUS, to this day it has this sort of magical glow to it to me.
at first i was like "wtf iphone 6????" bc i thought it would be the nokia 1100 but than i read the title again
I remember articles back in the day saying like 5c is basically cheap 5s or something and its counted together
As someone who had a S10e for _many years_ before my parents had me upgrade with them to the S22+ due to an AT&T plan, It was indeed a very good phone. Even with the updates, it didn't slow down and kept pushing and pushing like a trooper. I do miss that I had to trade it for the S22, even if the S22 had a fantastic camera.
I had my 6 Plus from launch. It kept going no problem, even after getting run over by 2 cars and an 18 wheeler truck! With a few blown pixels, it was fine till I upgraded at the 8 Plus launch. I’m still using my 8 Plus as it does all I need, has the perfect 16:8 screen without the crappy PWM of OLED, which I and 10% of all people can’t tolerate.
Apple from the 3GS to the XS was unstoppable. Truely the golden era of smartphones
I had a battery explode in an electronic device once, not a smartphone, the Focus V Carta dabbing e-rig. The batteries inside were extremely hot to where I couldn’t touch it, dropped the battery, it began to smoke and make a crackling sound, then it caught on fire and I had to put it out quickly with water, it was crazy and panic inducing.
The iPhone X and XS Max were the prettiest iPhones of all time. The vertical cameras just looked so much classier than the current. I mean I love my 15 Plus, bit the X's were SO pretty.
15:30 tbh I'm still very happy that xiaomi flagships still come with ir blasters, its surprisingly useful for me particularly. It comes bundled with the most comprehensive ir remote app I've ever seen on a phone with the feature with presets for thousands of devices. I found someone giving away a free 40 inch tv but they lost the remote. No problem, I'll just use my phone. AC unit in my apartment? Well the remote is here but... EW what the hell did the previous tenant do to it?!?! Disgusting! That's fine tho, my phone works instead.
My OnePlus 12r has one and I love it.
I feel for tech youtubers in this day and age - I admit I haven't watched your videos as much like I used to binge them bc frankly I find the phones around today boring as hell. I would defo keep watching historical videos like this, this is understandably a bigger undertaking to a single review but keep up the good work. I also watched MKBHD's every samsung video which is why i was interested in this
DUDE u gotta put these phones in a gun safe or something that S8 looks so dangerous haha
The Nokia N70 and other Symbian devices of the era were smartphones because their operating system was open, and 3rd party developers could write native .sis applications. Other non smartphone devices could still install java apps and browse the internet. On the N70 you could have native apps such as - custom mp3 players with equalizer, winrar, office suite (excel, word processing documents etc), a flashlight app and a lot of emulators. And many other native apps that I never tried.
Hey i think the iPhone 11 is the best phone ever cam out from apple , its so reliable 😅
iPhone 5 was so amazing. If they made a version with the same body but with the same screens/frontside as the iPhone 15 Pro, I’d buy it in a heartbeat
iPhone 4 was the first iPhone I bought. Got it from my friend for $400 with a bad ESN. Flashed it to MetroPCS and it pretty much sucked when I wasn’t on Wi-Fi. iPhone 6 Plus was the first iPhone I bought brand new. Is jump in screen size from 3.5 inches to 5.5“. Bent it from keeping it in my back pocket. Traded it in when I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile. iPhone X I bought off a whim. Went in buying a charger and came out spending more money than I intended. Had it for 22 months until I switched over to the iPhone 11. Not a day goes by I wish I had kept my phone and not sold it. iPhone 13 mini was the iPhone that made me realize I didn’t need a iPhone Pro Max. Battery lasted me the whole day and it never slowed down. Only reason I traded it in to get the new one was because I was starting to go back to school in person And the battery couldn’t keep up anymore. I also owned an iPhone 6s Plus, 7+,11, 12 Pro Max , 14 Pro Max and 15 Pro Max. Pretty much been an iPhone boy from the start. The one time I decided to switch to android was when I got the galaxy note 7. And we all know how that ended up.
Great Video Josh! Brings back good memories of times past.
Where are the blackberries?
And google pixels
These obviously didnt sell well enough to be featured in this top 25
@@adebanjoabayomi1892Unfortunately, the google pixel didn't sell as much
@@adebanjoabayomi1892they are not available in many countries and they are just "new" to the smartphone market
Because most people have bad taste. Blackberries were amazing!
Watching this video on a Cricket Magic 5G makes me reminisce to the days of old when a lot of these old devices were advertised as new.
my favorite iphone designs will forever be the 5s, the 7 and the 11. (the iphone 11 was absolutely under rated IMO)
Loved the vid & learned a lot!
It’s surprising to me just how many of these phones I owned over the years. The last phone I bought was a 12 Pro Max nearly 4 years ago now. It’s still buttery smooth and runs fine. Battery life is diminished so I more than likely will upgrade this year due to necessity vs the new “wow” factor
You could also just replace the battery
Galaxy S2 was my first smartphone. Still have it today, and it's still fantastic. Also, it is one of the most itterated on devices. There were 26 hardware variations of the S2 worldwide
The deciding factor for what counted as a smartphone and what didn't in the early days was that smartphones had a full OS with the ability to install 3rd party applications, while non-smarphones (i.e. feature phones) were only able to run Java applications, which were much more limited. Internet access was less of a factor, as later feature phones had simple web browsers.
I’ve seen the iPhone 6 event so many times, i lost my mind when the music came on 🤣
My girlfriend had an S8 at the same time I had an iPhone 6, bro, it looked amazing, and even now, it still looks amazing.
4:18 s9+
Man that was such a great phone, perfect spot for the finger print scanner, it was also my first real smartphone, the one i had prior had like 2gb of storage and lagged at every moment it could
I’ve owned 4 Samsung phones before I got my iPhone 15, a s7, s10, note 20, and s22. The s10 has to be my favorite out of them all
I'm surprised that Huawei P30 series didn't menage to get on this list 😮
10:12 the N90 ad is shot in Malaysia? That’s the Waterfall building right at the back… the sillouette is iconic. So weird seeing it here…
I always appreciate these videos, you deserve way more subs
The galaxy S3 was my very first smartphone and I loved the multi color LED notification light. I wish they’d bring that feature back. I set it to flash yellow for Snapchat notifications, blue for twitter, purple for Instagram and green for text messages 😭
From this top I used Nokia 6600 and iPhone 6s. I still have the iPhone 6s and it's a very good smartphone.
as an ex S7 user i absolutely did not love that phone lol. overheated like no other phone ive ever had from the day i got it in 2016, lagged real bad, battery life was 2-3 hours SOT. it was a horrible phone
Seriously. I had the S7 edge and it was the only phone I had for less than the 2 year contract. I was over it after only a few months. And honestly turned me off of the galaxy line
@@kandikidzora yeah.. i wouldnt bother with them. i had the S22 ultra and it was unfortunately familiar problems. iphone or pixel is the way to go
@@brendanfr old samsungs had a big software problem as the software sucked bad. Now days, samsung phones are super good. I dont know how you are facing issues in s22 ultra as that thing is super snappy (i dont own it my friend owns it)
the shift in design from the iphone 5s and the iphone 6 was definitely a "you just had to be there" moment... no shock that the iphone 6 topped this list lol.
Love that you put an Arabic commercial for the Huawei P20 lol
Wow! Being used to my 15 Plus, the bezels on the X's look huge! 😭
Same. Im using my 15 pro max ultra with 1petabyte fully paid here in philippines
@@potatofries5562petabyte😂
My s9+ is still the goat. Still use it in 2024 as a backup phone for music and videos
Great effort and superb video Josh.
For me the iPhone 5s was the greatest! Ran so smoothly for years and years. And also the perfect size for me.
I absolutely loved it!
That's why I'm on the 13 mini now that I also really enjoy.
Till this day I love my S7 Edge. After 3 years it has run hot and got so toasty it had shut down for a week, so I had to upgrade. I still remember how contented I was when I’ve received it 😊.
I HAD THE HUAWEI P20 LITE FOR SOME YEARS IT WAS A TOP TIER PHONE!!! I EVEN DROPPED IT FROM A VERY HIGH HEIGHT AND IT SURVIVED WITH ALMOST NO SCRATCHES (got slightly bent on the sim card tray) TRULY AN AMAZING PHONE!!!
I’ve had every iPhone from the 3GS to the 12 Pro Max which is my main device. Every iPhone except for the iPhone 6 Plus, 8 Plus, XS and 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max.
Motorola moto z was the First phone without headphone jack.
My mom owned a Samsung Galaxy S3 before she passed away and I didn’t even get a smartphone until September 2014 when I switched from Verizon to Straight Talk, which now is pretty ironic that Verizon owns them now. My very first iPhone was an old 4 that my dad no longer used that was on its last legs but I could see myself owning more iPhones even back then. Once I got the 5S then I really was able to start a whole new experience since it was a brand new phone for me and then when I got the 6, that was mainly with getting a phone with more memory and I could see a good difference in battery life as well in comparison to the 5S when I had that brand new. When I got to my current phone with the 8 Plus that I’ve had for four years, that was mainly for needing more memory (got 128 GB now in comparison to 32) and a much bigger screen. My current battery health is at 73% but otherwise everything else is still working great for the phone.
My first and ever favorite was 4S. I begged Apple to get back to the classics and they did (kinda) with 14😂
That Huawei P20 Pro is the only Android phone I ever owned, and it was wonderful; the software felt very iOS-like, which was very controversial but convenient for me, and the photos were stunning, it’s still my favorite camera experience I’ve ever had in a phone. I would have kept using Huawei devices had it not been for the Google ban, so I just went back to the trustworthy boring old IPhone
I loved my galaxy S4. It was perfect for me at the time. It's crazy how far we've come
I absolutely LOVED my iphone 6S rose gold phone lol I had this phone until 2 months ago it was just sitting in my drawer and gave it to my 11 y/o niece as her first iPhone. I never had any issues with it although people were saying they had bad battery drain but not me. She was so happy and this phone will be with her until her mom decides to upgrade it. I have had every Iphone since the 3GS and this one was my absolute favorite.
I think the original iPhone SE was Apples best kept secret for a very long time. That phone lasted me dang near a decade. In the end, it was still pretty fast, functioned great, I never had to replace a new battery. Still used the original battery until sadly, it no longer got new iOS software updates. I used the final iOS version for two years and it still worked great without an update. I was an Apple user ever since. Androids last 2-4 years then they get painfully slow.
The S8 is such a beautiful phone. Especially the front. The samsungs before that isn't even close design-wise. I still use the S6 edge as a work phone, but only to take calls with. There is nothing to it that makes me want to pick it up and use it in any other way. And I don't feel that they done a more good looking phone after either. Maybe the S9.
Wow! Phones with one camera. We’ve come a long way.
You know it’s always a good day when Josh makes a new video
We still love nokia 6600
We still use Nokia 6600
@@Abaddon92 nah
Can't believe we've slowly accepted camera bumps
My iPhone 6 bought in 2017 still works but doesnt get updates anymore…i love that size
In 2022 i got an iPhone 5s from my great grandparent (my main was a 13mini) and even with ios12 it was still usable , you couldn’t have high expectations obviously but it did its work while using instagram , whatsapp , tiktok and a few google apps, anyway it just had 16gb of storage. A year later maybe around november 2023 I dropped it accidentally from a bunk bed and it finally stopped working😢.
Watching on iphone 6
That’s an obsolete phone now according to apple … do banking apps still work on that phone ?
My mom has a P20 Pro she got in 2018….which I must admit still works great today. Being such an old Huawei phone the updates schedule is of course nearly non-existent and because my mom uses the phone for her home banking I’ve been trying to make her upgrade….but since the phone still handles everything fairly well, the battery is still quite good (lasting nearly the whole day) and the camera is _very_ good, my mom refuses to change her phone.
Me, I used to have a Samsung S10 until my then 5-years-old dog decided my phone looked like a nice squeaky toy and bit on it….crushing the by then 1-year-old phone. 😌😂
I'm still using my good old KPN Pocketline Swing 200 😊
The guy in the nokia 6600 ad looks like The Tech Chap😂
33:33
I had the Sony Ericsson P800 from 2002, lol
Thank you for mentionning the Nokia N86, really the best phone I ever had, so ahed of it's time
My husband had an S8 Active with a swollen battery. And he KEPT USING it for over a year like that. He’s the type a guy to not upgrade his phone unless he absolutely needs it. But I finally got him to get rid of that bomb and get an S10.
I miss the design and feeling of the 6s and the 3DTouch
Galaxy S6 was not controversial at all, that phone was phenomenal and much loved. Also very popular since they ditched the plastic/cheap materials. I did remember some people being upset that they could no longer remove the back to replace the battery easily but I rather have a premium look over that any day
I have a Samsung Galaxy A23 5G. Got it for my birthday last year. Best phone I ever had. I love it.
Your samsung galaxy s8 battery got swollen? i thought mrwhosetheboss is the only one😅
The S3 was kinda weird. The international variant did not have 4G. There was a 4G option (if I remember correctly, the GT-I9301), but the international i9300 was 3G.
iPhone prices have gone insane in Europe. I remember when the regular 14 had cost 999€ the the 14 pro ridiculous 1399€. The 15 pro had gone back to 1199€, but 1k is the maximum a phone should cost.
Maaan, I remember when everyone had the iPhone 6. Like 9/10 people you’ve met had it.
I'm sad that none of the Samsung Notes made it to the list. As for the s5, I think the sales were disappointing. That's probably why they went with the radical design with the s6
I wish Note7 exist, it's the best looking 16:9 phone ever, unluckily it exploded...
The iPhone 6s and the Samsung note 3 &4 were perfect.
I wish we could had a Lumia on this list. Like the Lumia 950XL, 930, 1020, 1520 or even the 525! Windows Phone was a breeze of uniqueness and could have shaped the market in an entire different manner.
I've had the S2 (my first touch screen), the iPhone 5 (my first iPhone and to date my most favourite iPhone design), the S7 Edge (my last Samsung for now) and the iPhone X (my second favourite iPhone design cause it felt really good in the hand and looked very futuristic). Loved using all of them. So many memories ❤
I had both the s7 and s4. Both were fantastic phones, and I wasn't ready to upgrade from my s7 but my family changed carriers so it had to go. I've stuck as a Samsung fan boy for a long time, but when they started following in apples shoes and stopped innovating like Samsung, it's making apple look much better. What I mean by that is the loss of a headphone jack, no more SD card since the s20fe (which I have and enjoy) and not including a charger in the box anymore. Crazy how they changed in just 4 years
42:31 Whats going on with the needle on Safari on the Xs Max?
It points in the direction like a real compass
@@I-See-In-The-Dark was it a feature on old iOS versions (can’t remember this besing a feature) or is this a custom app icon?
The phone was jailbroken as cydia in the home screen and he install tweaks I think?
@@yimmuyoverlooked that. Thanks!
Even I owned an iPhone 6 for a year or two as a second phone - the problems were quite noticeable, especially since it was a few years old at that point. But yeah, if you were following tech back then, the hype was unreal. Other iPhones were hyped, but nothing on that level - one of my favourite youtube videos to this day is iJustine camping out of the Apple store for *two days* to be first.
I’m sure there are reasons why, but would’ve liked to have seen some love for HTC or Sanyo.
I LOVED my HTC evo. The camera was awesome, it was fast, and had a kick stand!
iPhone 3G, Galaxy Ace, iPhone 5, iPhone SE, Xiaomi 8, Poco F2 pro , OnePlus Nord 2, Xiaomi 14.
Stopped buying iPhones when they got too expensive (in my opinion). The phone I am using now is the most expensive I've ever had. 685€ for the 512 GB model.
There is no upgrade feeling like it was in the wilder years. But if you do not need the best secondary sensors you can get now a truly good phone for under 500 bucks which can last you over 3 years.