The problem with theory is that this was their second foldng phone, the first fold was the filled with issue for this reason but by the time this came on out there were half a dozen of these, and they still pushed it out in this state
Yep I came here straight from the "I'm switching to Android." video too haha I work in a phone repair shop and occasionally see Flip 3's looking not too dissimilar to the one in this video. In fact I show customers this video to convince them to switch back to a "normal" Samsung phone instead of spending money towards fixing their Flip.
I think my favourite take on the foldable/dual screen phones is LG's dual screen case. It's an optional accessory that you don't have to use but it transforms a lot of phones in their lineup to dual screen ones all with a simple case. Makes web browsing and messaging at once amazing and there's no reason for one uniform display with a layout like that.
Have this on my LG V60. Got it free as part of a Verizon promotion, took almost 4 months to get it. Pretty cool honestly, and still surprises a lot of people. Only downside is it makes the phone seriously chunky, both size and weight.
Fun fact. The LG dual screen case is a piece of crap. My dad got the screen case and has nothing but issues with it. It stops having issues when he takes the screen off.
@@Lichen8404 I read so many horror stories about them before I got mine, but wasn't worried since it was free. Mine has been trouble free for almost 2 years, and I am hard on my phones. Definitely a unicorn from what I have heard
@Lassi Kinnunen 81 I would think it'd be Android based. Microsoft failed with their mobile phone OS, why would Blackberry think they could do any better?
I bought one. SOBs at Samsung refused to honor the warranty. They said the warranty is void for not having a case. There wasn't a case at the time. 1. Crack screen line 2. Not going to stand by mode when close 3. Not waking up from stand by mode when open. $500 to repair it.
I mean if the warranty terms state that not having a case voids the warranty they're not really doing anything wrong aside from writing shitty warranty terms that people like you refuse to read.
Im envoking my consumer protection rights on this same issue. Im not backing down. Its not even remotely reasonable that these phones dont last more than 2 yrs on average. they lied plain as day....."built to last". pfft
My gf has the z 4 and it seems they've ironed out most of the kinks. Though it says a lot that they're on the 4th gen when the first came out a year ago
tell her to be careful the chassis is still a piece of crap my z flip 3s screen broke a couple days ago from a light drop that didnt even damage the outside of the phone in any way but somehow it completely destroyed the screen
I'd just like to share to all those getting recommended this video now. The flip in this video is the first gen, The newer ones (the 3 and 4) have removable screen protectors. So when the screen protector starts de-laminating in the crease(which is what happened to this one) you can easily peel it off, buy a new protector for about 10 bucks, and replace it. I have had my flip 3 for over a year now, and the only scratch on it is a tiny scratch on the back panel cause I set it on a rock without a case.
@@WW1N73R Technically there is no flip 2, there's the OG flip (The one in this video) the flip 5G(usually called flip 2 though), the flip 3 (One I have) and the flip 4. But the flip 5G is literally just the first flip, but with 5G capabilities, If I recall correctly. I do not have it, and haven't ever had it, so I can't comment on it's durability.
@@WlatPziupp Technically the laws of physics are just descriptions of how physics works, and since we don't have perfect knowledge of how physics works fully, there is physics that are breaking our laws of physics, because our laws are not perfect. ... but Samsung won't be one such company doing it.
I've had mine for over a year now, No damage besides a small scratch on the back panel (But that's only cause I don't use a case and set it on a rough rock once) The screen protector does its job, Got it replaced because the middle (part on the bend) was coming off, but screen protectors for these are just like, 8 bucks. Just don't drop it into sand and you'll be good.
@Jeff Avocado they won't protect it from like, a knife sure, but they will protect from micro-scratches from dust. And I'd much rather my 10 dollar screen protector get scratched than my 800 dollar screen (if I remember right that's the cost for flip 3 screen replacement)
It's almost like the marketing departments of huge corporations just announce whatever ridiculous bullshit they think will get people to buy a new product.
@Patrick If you go by the definition of mechanical, you plugging in your charging cable could be considered "mechanical" (because your hand plugging it in is this case the force of movement) and yes, usb-c/lightning ports are, besides dropping, the biggest point of failure on smartphones today.
It's true. But my favorite phone ever had a pop up selfie camera. Going to a hole punch recently feels like a downgrade despite the fact it has less mechanical parts.
@@LasseRafnDk wireless charging is shit in terms of power efficiency it's impossible to make a completely wireless phone in the state of wireless chargers right now
People complaining about the fact he's revewing a phone, guys, he could've reviewed a toilet, we would've watched the entire video anyways, this is the magic of *ol' mate dank pods*
@@plaane the worst take I've ever heard. have fun with your pre-android blackberry OS and trackpad instead of touchscreen because that's as bare bones as you want.
It’s like the Virtual Boy: if the whole selling point of your product is one gimmick, and that gimmick sucks, then it doesn’t matter how good the rest is. Edit: I should have been more specific. What I meant to say was, the Virtual Boy had some decent games, but the whole point of the system was the VR graphics, and those aren’t very good, so what’s the point? Same deal with the Z Flip. It’s a decent phone, but the whole point is the foldable screen, and the screen breaks, so why does it have to have this gimmick that doesn’t work?
@@lithobreak3812 I blame corporate on that. They gutted the budget and greatly shorten the deadline. Had they didn't touch it it would have been way better.
I remember being so hyped when I got my first phone, it could record 5 second videos that were like 20x40 pixels and I paid prepaid text money for hilariously awful ringtones It was badass
I remember mine. It had polyphonic ringtones and you could even make your own. Bless old Nokia. On that note, there is actually a Nokia ringtone maker for android.
You should probably buy the next generation flip phone from Samsung. I don’t understand why he reviewed the oldest version of this phone but he did lol. But obviously before buying one watch vids about the newer generation instead of well just trusting me.
That’s his whole point, you can’t sell a foldable phone and expect people to “just be gentle with it.” I mean if you do something stupid with it that’s on you but if I bought this I would be flipping it open with one hand like the days of old flip phones, if it can break from that then we got a lawsuit on our hands.
@@joeking3181 this isn't the old days like $50 flip phones though... You're paying the price of a used car for this phone. If you want something to use like an old Nokia flip phone, use an old Nokia flip phone.
@@grumpydragonz I wouldn't exactly call my Note 20 Ultra sturdy, I can break this thing free-hand no problem, most phones are fragile and you have to be careful with them
@@flux_time To be honest I don’t agree with you. Most of those old flip phones could obviously be broken by hand back in the day, but you could still snap it open, and if it did break you could have it repaired or buy a new one. The fact that these phone companies are allowed to make phones that literally break themselves, sell them for thousands of dollars, and then tell you you’re not allowed to fix it or have it repaired, is absurd. These companies deserve any lawsuits thrown their way because the way I see it they’re scam artists taking advantage of consumers gullibility.
@@lui5gif That brings me back to when this TH-camr called Ashens did reviews on bootleg phones from China, lol. I'd so be down for Dank to do cheap junk tech!
I can imagine the review meeting Engineer: it's not ready, we need to increase the durability of the screen panel Management: it's going out the door in a week, get it done yesterday! Marketing: it bendz the lawz of phyzicz!!!
I absolutely despise whenever marketing gets involved with anything. You’d think legal would have had enough talks with them to curb the indefensible claims they make but no.
When I was taking mech eng classes, they taught us about "fatigue limit" which is basically the amount of times you can apply a load (in this case, folding). Something like this should've been thoroughly tested and the engineers absolutely knew that it wasn't going to be ready for shipment. You would need a fatigue limit in the tens of thousands at least for this to be a viable mainstream product
@@neckwings The alternative would be extending/rollable phones, but then you can only fit in parts for one phone, while a foldable can fit in almost twice as much.
I've seen a lot of people trying to press on the screen with the nails. That's not how touch works. Also if you do use your finger and not the nail, you have to press with the underside of the finger, not the front of it.
idk how people do this, must treat their phones like ass, used the hell out of the og z fold and had 0 creases, i own the z fold 3 and nothing wrong either
@@yurika_edits yep totally, lmao cause I def just call and listen to music on my phone. That's all, no I have alot of games downloaded low and high resolution games. All max settings running between 60 and 120 fps
I don’t see why they don’t make the areas of the display that don’t fold at all covered with glass and only put the ultra thing glass in the middle, that way, the whole screen wouldn’t be extremely fragile.
@@schenkov Yes we do. This isn't a legal matter either, it's Samsung deciding what they consider to be a warranty repair (manufacturers fault) or out of warranty (customer damage).
@@JasperJanssen I'm in Europe. I am a European tech. I follow the guidelines provided by Samsung and if the phone will be covered by warranty or not is dependent on what the company defines as warranty condition or not. It's not just Samsung, all manufacturers have to draw the line between user error / customer damage and a manufacturer fault.
@@CH11LER. Samsung can write what ever they want. If the device was used in the way one can be expected to use it, Samsung will have to repair it at and bear the cost. At least thats how it works in Germany.
I got me mum a Z Flip and she loves it! Noticed a few tiny scratches on the screen screen protector. No noticeable crack. 16 months, I'll come back in the future, no telling when with an update.
This issue could have been greatly reduced if they simply gave more room for the screen to bend back into the phone. Only a tiny portion of the screen can actually bend, while the rest is glued flat. This puts lots of stress on that tiny little bend, causing it to permanently crease and eventually crack. It's a pity such innovative new tech is being showcased in such a shoddy product.
I'm amazed the display still works - I guess it proves the folding LCD tech is actually pretty solid but the issue is the glass/plastic you use to protect the LCD, we just don't have the materials that can hold up to that sort of fatigue.
But this is one dud that this happened to along with many others I'm sure, but I've had one for 18 months and you still can't tell it even folds when looking at it straight on so they do have the technology for it, just had a lot of issues with a lot of them unfortunately, looks like I got lucky
Wade: “like an iPhone 7, it works but just don’t drop it or get it wet.” Me watching on my iPhone 7 that’s been dropped off a ski lift and submerged in the ocean: *laughs deeply*
Me who has a phone that’s been dropped into lava from two thousand feet up from a cargo plane I was hanging out the back of also a tiger was piloting the plane and also I jumped out with no parachute
Using a folding screen to protect your screen from falls is like armor that protects you from everything but you can’t take it off and it has spikes inside that slowly kill you
@@keifferellison45 A folding screen lets your phone have no exposed screen so it’s much more durable, but the screen gets damages from the folding itself overtime, protecting the screen from the outside but not the inside, and the armor I explained would protect you from the outside but not the inside
@@sometechydude2324 yeah I still don't think the armor analogue works here. Armor has padding on the inside, not spikes...and the phone doesn't scrape against the inside of your pocket. (They scratch against eachother? How ..what friction are you talking about? You shutting your phone on rocks?) There's attrition to owning everything...complaining about scratches while making up nonsense about armor is just ridiculous.
@@keifferellison45 No duh armor usually has padding inside and not spikes, I made up something unrealistic because I felt it made the best analogy, if you think the analogy doesn’t work because it’s unrealistic that’s fine, I just don’t see it. Also, what tf are you talking about in the parentheses? When did I say anything scratched against anything? Also, am I putting my phone against rocks? What? I’m talking specifically about the phone in the video and how the middle got destroyed, and how one of the selling points Samsung made was that a folding screen protected your screen, did you just not watch the video or even look at the thumbnail before going into the comments? I’m genuinely confused.
@@gabrielaharries8149 Actual product isn't bad if you cut the bad press. Negativity sells. Everyone's acting like regular glass phones don't break. Come on now lol.
It's a novelty phone. It's definitely not for everyone. And to be fair the fact that the glass bends is pretty amazing. They had to make a glass so thin it has to bend which is not something you see everywhere. But yes if I paid for this I would be disappointed, but most people that buys this can afford to buy another phone sooo...
@Harrison Gist I mean I've had mine for like... At least 8 months now and no issue so... Gonna say breaking is a rare occasion that people blow out of proportion. Just going by firsthand experience. Which I'm sure you are too since you know SO much about it 😂😂
my brother has one of these. there is the crease. there is the crack in the screen at the fold, yet he still thinks it's a good phone. "oh the screen protector just needs to be replaced." AND I THOUGHT THAT MEANT HE HAD TO REPLACE IT- BUT NO??? THIS SHOWED ME IT CAN'T BE REPLACED WITHOUT GIVING IT UP, AND IT MAKES SENSE WHY HE HADN'T REPLACED IT YET 😭
Seriously? thats so sad it was my dream phone in middle school I literally bought magazines to read about the phone lol. Had an xpress music 5320 instead. Not gonna complain that phone was pretty lit. Cracked symbian prince of persia gaming gang lets goooo
@@oldsamsauce My first smartphone was 5800XM, loved the thing, had no problem with its touch screen. It was a scratch magnet, sure, but they all were back in the day.
They just announced a new Z Fold and Flip, claiming to be 80% more durable. See you soon mates. Edit: Called it. Though this time it’s the cameras that broke instead of the screen…for now at least Edit 2: And there we go, Z Flip 3 screens are getting the line again, and of course Samsung’s damage controlling. Well hey, two months is a good run
@@kdt110 I wouldn’t. Samsung lies all the time. They mock Apple for removing a headphone jack and say they have one, then shortly after cut it. Then mock Apple for removing charging bricks in the box, say they’ll still carry them, then shortly after cut it themselves. Never believe them until it’s out and reviewers get their hands on them.
Very late to the party, but a phone like this that doesn't fold is what Sony currently sells. With a headphone jack, SD card slot, stereo speakers, water proofing and everything good you mentioned during this video
@@Kana0211 and hasn't in my experience, though my current 5 II is protected by a case and a glass pane. Obviously better than having the display break because of just using the device
And a mediocre camera(unless you use the Pro-I) I've used all models since the 1,5,10 and pro models were first announced I know it's a phone for Audiophiles and Photographers.... But for the latter group they might as well buy a 200usd standalone camera.... That are 10000x better.... Or use a different brand with a cheap 20USD audio Adapter
yeah but those things arent great theres huge reasons nobody uses them any more sd cards are too unreliable and slow headphone jacks have awful audio quality compared to a 5gbit type c and basically every phone out of 2018 has stereo unless its a budget phone sony phones arent great they get talked up alot but when you get into it they arent great
I have a similar model on the series, the W760i. It is my childhood phone, both my parents had it in silver. When I asked my dad to get me another one, turns out the seller from AliExpress didn’t have the silver ones, and sent us the red one. I also have a silver W380i that I got from Estonia, and waited almost 2 months for a battery to arrive. But it did arrive just a few days ago and the phone is a blast!
I loved my K770i ("Cybershot"). The Sony Ericsson OS was the best "java" type phone OS, it was almost as good as a smart phone, you could install opera, a game boy emulator, a mail client and so on. Sony Ericsson feature phones were amazing. The standard themes sucked, but I found a great Windows Vista theme for mine that matched my PC at the time. I really miss the times when phones lasted a week or more.
I can just imagine the Samsung engineers telling the higher ups that it’s not ready yet but they still sold it because they want to be the first ones
This is entirely Samsung’s strategy
The problem with theory is that this was their second foldng phone, the first fold was the filled with issue for this reason but by the time this came on out there were half a dozen of these, and they still pushed it out in this state
Not the first time a company decided to release a product even though it was basically broken
@@swagaw3some546 imagine if car companies did that, “oh whoops he died”
EA Tehc It’s in ze devices
Dankpods turned into DankTech so slowly we never even noticed
Nah I like dank headphones more
I'm down
Poor DankTech, the glass is so thin it's fragile
Dankpods pros
Yea... I’d probably still watch his videos even if he was testing pens or something.
Imagine if Craig made a flip phone
The Craig phone
Lol
You just wait
Haha
Craig Backflip Y
the fact that he hated on it and then 2 years later he actually has one
Yep I came here straight from the "I'm switching to Android." video too haha
I work in a phone repair shop and occasionally see Flip 3's looking not too dissimilar to the one in this video. In fact I show customers this video to convince them to switch back to a "normal" Samsung phone instead of spending money towards fixing their Flip.
He got the updated version of flip
He switched back to apple with the 15 pro max I think in a recent video
They are a lot better now to be fair
its almost as if newer models exist
“BEnDs tHe LaWs oF PhYSiCs, BeNdS tHE LaWS oF-”
I lost it
Looks like it *breaks* the laws of physics too.
You literally get a free screen replacement
@@propersod2390 so?
@@anomeru5031 so it's a non issue duh??
@@propersod2390 yes it is
It’s a redesign of the old Nintendo ds. Two screens with a dead zone in the middle. Ah fond memories!
the Samsung DS
more of a GBA SP redesign tbh
At least the ds actually worked
@@djcuber2556 and had a sequel. The 3DeeS.
@@djcuber2556 exactly
Imagine people sending you snaps and you literally can’t read them because the caption is in the middle of the display
XD THAT WOULD BE SO GARBAGE
“Sure we can talk on WhatsApp”
“###########”
imagine still using snapchat
@@ionlysaytrue261 as opposed to what?
@@ionlysaytrue261 imagine judging people for using something millions of people use daily
I think my favourite take on the foldable/dual screen phones is LG's dual screen case. It's an optional accessory that you don't have to use but it transforms a lot of phones in their lineup to dual screen ones all with a simple case. Makes web browsing and messaging at once amazing and there's no reason for one uniform display with a layout like that.
too bad they dont make phones anymore. i still use an lg phone
Only the Korean ones have that feature, my v50 cant do that
Have this on my LG V60. Got it free as part of a Verizon promotion, took almost 4 months to get it. Pretty cool honestly, and still surprises a lot of people. Only downside is it makes the phone seriously chunky, both size and weight.
Fun fact. The LG dual screen case is a piece of crap. My dad got the screen case and has nothing but issues with it. It stops having issues when he takes the screen off.
@@Lichen8404 I read so many horror stories about them before I got mine, but wasn't worried since it was free. Mine has been trouble free for almost 2 years, and I am hard on my phones. Definitely a unicorn from what I have heard
Samsung: "It bends the laws of physics!"
Physics: "So anyways, I started breaking..."
Yep.
"You're not just bending glass; you're bending the laws of physics."
Looks like you're _breaking_ the laws of physics too.
Eww, android
@@Aryan-qz2fq ok fruit man
@@Aryan-qz2fq Ok Among Us pfp
@@deeznuts2577 yes 100% they do that
"You're not just bending glass; you're bending the laws of physics."
As a physicist, I take issue with that.
As a regular human being I also contest her claim
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Mans forgot that the Blackberry was the biggest fruit based phone trend for like 2 years
2 years?
Way longer than 2 yeats
how old are u because it sure wasnt 2 years of popularity?
Buddy if BlackBerry came out with a decent speced phone again I’d throw my galaxy and iPhone at a brick wall.
@Lassi Kinnunen 81 I would think it'd be Android based. Microsoft failed with their mobile phone OS, why would Blackberry think they could do any better?
I bought one. SOBs at Samsung refused to honor the warranty. They said the warranty is void for not having a case. There wasn't a case at the time.
1. Crack screen line
2. Not going to stand by mode when close
3. Not waking up from stand by mode when open.
$500 to repair it.
I mean if the warranty terms state that not having a case voids the warranty they're not really doing anything wrong aside from writing shitty warranty terms that people like you refuse to read.
damn, that's how they treated you after you paid 1200 dollar for their product?
Wait, warranties require a case? How come I've never heard of this? Is this only for certain phones or something...?
Im envoking my consumer protection rights on this same issue. Im not backing down. Its not even remotely reasonable that these phones dont last more than 2 yrs on average. they lied plain as day....."built to last". pfft
damn. i have the zflip 3 and managed to fix this issue for 20 bucks. you actually can replace the film you just have to be super careful
Samsung: "It bends the laws of physics!"
Physics: "And I took that personally"
Lol
And physics nuked the phone out of spite
Physics "I'm about to end this company's whole career"
"Built to last"
Me as a gamer: "And I took that personally."
@@olimpather
There was a asterix next to last.
*Duration of lasting may vary.
Never though i'd describe a snake as "cute". Baby Frank proved me wrong
Frank is best snake
first time?
A lot of snakes are actually super cute! Look up Waffle the Kenyan sand boa in his sandbox, super cute little bugger.
@@necrobynerton7384 well I know big boy Frank. I like him. But baby frank is something else.
@@fealubryne will do. Thanks
_"BeNdInG tHe LaWs oF FySiCs"_
Gets me everytime
Yeah, that just made me think "You don't bend the laws of physics. The laws of physics bend you"
@@ShadowFalcon yes
More like
"*BeNdS mY dAmN pAtIeNcE*"
*physics
@@deglanjies6972 thats... thats the joke
My gf has the z 4 and it seems they've ironed out most of the kinks. Though it says a lot that they're on the 4th gen when the first came out a year ago
The first Gen was 2019-2020 lol. End of 2020 is Gen 2, and end of 2021 (which is when this vid was made right before it released) was Gen 3
tell her to be careful the chassis is still a piece of crap my z flip 3s screen broke a couple days ago from a light drop that didnt even damage the outside of the phone in any way but somehow it completely destroyed the screen
It didn't. This guy was just late to it.
@@iampurechaos that kind of drop killed my xperia pro I. I only had it for a month sadly.
Z Flip 4 is actually the 3rd Z Flip.
They skipped the Z Flip 2 to bring it in line with the Fold line
Wasn't expecting him to review one of these.
🍆🍩
6:25 face reveal ish
@@xHE110x not really, he's shown his face multiple times. search "youtube stinks" by dankmus to get a really good view of his face
Never been happy for a channel changing it's content, and this time, I'm happy.
Yea lol
Irony: Frank slithers around a game called Mouse Trap.
slither.io
There's no irony, shes looking for the the trapped mouse! Freakin dinner time!
Just use it as a gameboy/DS emulator now since it has sections now
Expensive ds emulator
No is just one screen in the inside
@@tanchoonnee they know, the joke is that the crack in the middle makes it look like 2 sections, like what a ds has
Lmfao. Sticking with iPhone, yall gotta be fucking joking💀it has sections after a few hours of use😭😭🤕
@@Thevamp1reking I mean other android smartphones are really good. You don't HAVE to get a foldable to use an android
I'd just like to share to all those getting recommended this video now. The flip in this video is the first gen, The newer ones (the 3 and 4) have removable screen protectors. So when the screen protector starts de-laminating in the crease(which is what happened to this one) you can easily peel it off, buy a new protector for about 10 bucks, and replace it.
I have had my flip 3 for over a year now, and the only scratch on it is a tiny scratch on the back panel cause I set it on a rock without a case.
How's the denting? Is that in the screen protector too or the glass underneath?
@@nate6511 both were completely fine, neither had any dents or scratches. I keep it closed when not in use.
what about the flip 2?
@@WW1N73R Technically there is no flip 2, there's the OG flip (The one in this video) the flip 5G(usually called flip 2 though), the flip 3 (One I have) and the flip 4.
But the flip 5G is literally just the first flip, but with 5G capabilities, If I recall correctly.
I do not have it, and haven't ever had it, so I can't comment on it's durability.
@@Yutiradon yeah sounds like something samsung would do, sell the same phone but with a different name for the same price or higher
If it bends and leaving bend marks then it is not breaking the laws of physics, its actually following the laws to the T.
The laws of physics should sue for defamation lmfao
They ain't so weak a dang foldable screen is gonna break 'em.
Everything follows the laws of physics
😂😂😂
@@WlatPziupp Technically the laws of physics are just descriptions of how physics works, and since we don't have perfect knowledge of how physics works fully, there is physics that are breaking our laws of physics, because our laws are not perfect. ... but Samsung won't be one such company doing it.
@@WlatPziupp Black hole singularity has entered the chat.
12 minutes and 46 seconds of an Australian man having a mental breakdown due to a phone which has a crease on it
Even if his content wasn't good (Which it is and I love this channel) I would stay purely for the accent.
@@cyclops8238 lol same
@@tom58358 why don't YOU love Australian accent, I don't get it.
a very expensive crease
@@theneosuperzero cuz, he says oi mate
Well done Samsung, You've made a Nintendo DS that runs Android OS.
It's not even stock Android, nice DS Emulator 😂.
At least with that one you don't have to worry about the screens becoming dead weight
More like a game boy
DS touch screens spit on samsung's durability
@John Sinclair love mine!
I think these phones look so cool, but I just don’t want to chance damaging it. I’m already pretty rough on my phone as it is.
I've had mine for over a year now, No damage besides a small scratch on the back panel (But that's only cause I don't use a case and set it on a rough rock once) The screen protector does its job, Got it replaced because the middle (part on the bend) was coming off, but screen protectors for these are just like, 8 bucks.
Just don't drop it into sand and you'll be good.
Watch the time the video was posted, this is old
@@Yutiradon Screen protectors won't do much on this kind of phones because they have do be made out of plastic like the original screen.
@Jeff Avocado they won't protect it from like, a knife sure, but they will protect from micro-scratches from dust. And I'd much rather my 10 dollar screen protector get scratched than my 800 dollar screen (if I remember right that's the cost for flip 3 screen replacement)
Damk what u people doing with ur phones???
Got mine 2 years +, ZERO scratches.
Samsung should've consulted a physicist about the whole "bending the laws of physics" idea, there appears to be a fundamental misunderstaning.
Neil Degrasse Tyson, you wanna take this one?
It's almost like the marketing departments of huge corporations just announce whatever ridiculous bullshit they think will get people to buy a new product.
Probably a lost in translation moment, Samsung meant to say that *they'll* be the ones to get bent by the laws of physics
maybe they consulted a physician
Yeah. You can literally bend anything without it breaking as long as it's thin enough
it's like what they say, "the more moving parts, the more that can go wrong"
Hence why Apple is removing them ALL, including ports
@Patrick If you go by the definition of mechanical, you plugging in your charging cable could be considered "mechanical" (because your hand plugging it in is this case the force of movement) and yes, usb-c/lightning ports are, besides dropping, the biggest point of failure on smartphones today.
It's true. But my favorite phone ever had a pop up selfie camera. Going to a hole punch recently feels like a downgrade despite the fact it has less mechanical parts.
thats why i like 30 year old cars, almost no electronics, you can fix everything yourself
@@LasseRafnDk wireless charging is shit in terms of power efficiency it's impossible to make a completely wireless phone in the state of wireless chargers right now
People complaining about the fact he's revewing a phone, guys, he could've reviewed a toilet, we would've watched the entire video anyways, this is the magic of *ol' mate dank pods*
Now I want him to review a toilet
Frank
ngl man im gonna really watch that
Ye like... Aren't we all here for the man? Is really someone here for the ACTUAL content only?
@@plaane the worst take I've ever heard. have fun with your pre-android blackberry OS and trackpad instead of touchscreen because that's as bare bones as you want.
Fast forward two and a half years.'
DankPods: I'm switching to the Galaxy Flip 😅
/sees video thumbnail
"Oh hey that's my phone. This should be fun"
/proceeds to be bullied for 12 minutes and 47 seconds
Yeah my fold broke just the other day from NOTHING it make me pretty sad
Same. I've been using my Flip for well over a year now and this one looks abused. Someone should call CPS or Peta or something. Poor little device...
Why did you take this personally?
@@emptyvending8964 I didn't. I made a joke on the internet.
@@bonkbook9346 how dare you have fun on the interweb ( that guy probably)
“Yeah mate, we’re breaking the laws of physics but if physics was actually just the phone.”
😆
Mine has not broken
underrated comment
@@magnusbeast9194 1 out of the thousands not breaking isn't why it's bad
DankPods: "And that's when the sadness started..."
Me: Yep, there it is...
😢
Here we go again.
I find it immediately funny as the video goes on, you can notice the bend damage become worse and worse.
It’s like the Virtual Boy: if the whole selling point of your product is one gimmick, and that gimmick sucks, then it doesn’t matter how good the rest is.
Edit: I should have been more specific. What I meant to say was, the Virtual Boy had some decent games, but the whole point of the system was the VR graphics, and those aren’t very good, so what’s the point?
Same deal with the Z Flip. It’s a decent phone, but the whole point is the foldable screen, and the screen breaks, so why does it have to have this gimmick that doesn’t work?
Bad example, the virtual boy was entirely bad, not just the gimmick
@@lithobreak3812 They never said the rest was good
@@jackschumann8440 That was the implication though.
@@lithobreak3812 I blame corporate on that. They gutted the budget and greatly shorten the deadline. Had they didn't touch it it would have been way better.
You can also compare this to the 3DS
From the thumbnail, i thought it's a broken 3ds
yea it looks exacly like a ds from the top view
Bruh
Even a 3ds with a broken hinge works better than that thing.
I don’t see it..
I totally don't even thought about it, the dimension is far different. If GBA SP, that make sense. Galaxy Z Fold size are more closer to 3DS
I remember being so hyped when I got my first phone, it could record 5 second videos that were like 20x40 pixels and I paid prepaid text money for hilariously awful ringtones
It was badass
I remember mine. It had polyphonic ringtones and you could even make your own. Bless old Nokia.
On that note, there is actually a Nokia ringtone maker for android.
kack kack
My first cell phone didn't even have a camera and it had a basic LCD screen like a timex digital watch.
@@everything_huawei_pro4743 trying to get your social credit up arent you😂
LMAO
Best example of "first is the worst second is the best"
1Grit: "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined"
Yeah the first one sucks the second is better
Good thing I never purchased this cause I was tempted
Close call man lol
I did not expect to see SharkBlox here on A dankpods video!
You should probably buy the next generation flip phone from Samsung. I don’t understand why he reviewed the oldest version of this phone but he did lol. But obviously before buying one watch vids about the newer generation instead of well just trusting me.
@@oapilef9911 it’s still a garbage gimmick that’s helps nobody, nothing can fix how stupid this is
ay the blocky shark dingus is here aye
must have taken a dingus video from dankpods on a dingus phone
Every time he opens the damn phone I just expect him to break the thing in half, be a little gentle mate.
That’s his whole point, you can’t sell a foldable phone and expect people to “just be gentle with it.” I mean if you do something stupid with it that’s on you but if I bought this I would be flipping it open with one hand like the days of old flip phones, if it can break from that then we got a lawsuit on our hands.
This is why "gorilla tests" exist, they ignored the results and made a fragile phone
@@joeking3181 this isn't the old days like $50 flip phones though... You're paying the price of a used car for this phone. If you want something to use like an old Nokia flip phone, use an old Nokia flip phone.
@@grumpydragonz I wouldn't exactly call my Note 20 Ultra sturdy, I can break this thing free-hand no problem, most phones are fragile and you have to be careful with them
@@flux_time To be honest I don’t agree with you. Most of those old flip phones could obviously be broken by hand back in the day, but you could still snap it open, and if it did break you could have it repaired or buy a new one. The fact that these phone companies are allowed to make phones that literally break themselves, sell them for thousands of dollars, and then tell you you’re not allowed to fix it or have it repaired, is absurd. These companies deserve any lawsuits thrown their way because the way I see it they’re scam artists taking advantage of consumers gullibility.
2021:The Z Flip is junk
2023: Im Switching to Z Flip
I use a Galaxy A21s
I'm so totally down for more dankpods phone reviews
Dankphones?
@@xinsanoix6449 ig?
I NEED him to review the surface duo. its definitely a hot mess
@@auraissocoolll what
@@auraissocoolll I don’t have an insta if that’s what you mean
Dankpods is slowly going from an ipod channel to a full on tech channel and im loving it
IM SO DOWN FOR IT
''DankTech''
Can't wait for his VR headset reviews
As long as he sticks to junk tech. That's where our boy really shines
@@lui5gif That brings me back to when this TH-camr called Ashens did reviews on bootleg phones from China, lol. I'd so be down for Dank to do cheap junk tech!
I can imagine the review meeting
Engineer: it's not ready, we need to increase the durability of the screen panel
Management: it's going out the door in a week, get it done yesterday!
Marketing: it bendz the lawz of phyzicz!!!
I absolutely despise whenever marketing gets involved with anything. You’d think legal would have had enough talks with them to curb the indefensible claims they make but no.
“Glass is glass and glass breaks.” Know who I’m quoting?
When I was taking mech eng classes, they taught us about "fatigue limit" which is basically the amount of times you can apply a load (in this case, folding). Something like this should've been thoroughly tested and the engineers absolutely knew that it wasn't going to be ready for shipment. You would need a fatigue limit in the tens of thousands at least for this to be a viable mainstream product
10k cycles is definitely too little. It'll wear out in like half a year if not sooner.
@@itsnetts yeah 10k was what it was and this phone lasted about half a year so. Checks out
Was my first thought seeing this phone as well. I immediately said that might be good in 5 or so years.
They obviously know. But who doesn't give a shit? The upper management. They want to gain profit from it since they put so much money into it.
but they why sell it at a high price and cause this much problems and hate for a product that might fail eventually.
samsung: experiments with foldable phones
apple several years later: "we made the world's first foldable phone"
And if they do and it doesn’t suck I’d say they deserve the credit
@@notNajimi yeah, Apple always takes a long time to do something that already exists. But when they do it, they do a good job
i hope not. folding glass seems like a cool gimmick but all it does is increase the price
@@Wafflebro foldable phones are 100% the future of phones, just nobody has figured out how to do it right yet
@@neckwings The alternative would be extending/rollable phones, but then you can only fit in parts for one phone, while a foldable can fit in almost twice as much.
"The Glass Man" is my spirit animal
How the tables have turned.
How the turns have tabled
how the have turned tables.
How tables turned have
When I visited the Samsung Repair Center in South Korea, the amount of packages labeled "ZFlip" stacked an entire wall.
“This is my bedroom, what do you even want”Inspirational quotes with frank
He did a phone review. A PHONE REVIEW. And I'll still watch it damn it
Why shouldn't you
I would be down for more phone reviews!
Well the first stuff i saw was ipod reviews and those were nice but i didn't sub for reviews of a dead product line. He's just an entertaining guy.
I’d watch him review paper, he’s so entertaining to watch
Yep, fold 2 did the same as that inner display. Still works, but the winter is a death sentence for that folding glass.
Samsung did the unthinkable: they built in Scarlett Fire into it.
?
@@davestechstuff8222 Scarlett Fire blows up headphones. Sammy included the self destruct mechanism
eye get it now
They should say that this phone is suitable for people with no nails and people who don’t use their phones
Finally, a cell phone for me!
Prince Wilhelm in Young Royals. Got it.
ive had nails, and mine has held up perfectly!
I've seen a lot of people trying to press on the screen with the nails. That's not how touch works. Also if you do use your finger and not the nail, you have to press with the underside of the finger, not the front of it.
My grandma basically
A wise man once said:
“It’s almost like the biggest companies make the worst junk!”
At least they're trying to innovate. Apple is just, being Apple.
@@fiddlestyxVR Their form of innovation is removing features, like the buttons, and the headphone jack...
@@LLG47 tbh I don't mind removing buttons
@@andrewluo3792 home screen button? Homie I got an S10+ and it's just a swipe up from the bottom. Idk what you're talking about
@@fiddlestyxVR exactly, but people were upset that they didn't have a real button
The Galaxy Z Flip: The Only Phone That Divides Itself With a Demilitarized Zone
It sure looks like the laws of physics still apply, hard things don‘t like the be folded and material fatigue exists.
So true. :) Maybe in 5 years, a newer glass with less material fatigue will be developed.
idk how people do this, must treat their phones like ass, used the hell out of the og z fold and had 0 creases, i own the z fold 3 and nothing wrong either
@@yurika_edits yep totally, lmao cause I def just call and listen to music on my phone. That's all, no I have alot of games downloaded low and high resolution games. All max settings running between 60 and 120 fps
You said hard things
@@fredriksvard2603 I am hard
Its "technically" glass with plastic on top of it, so it doesn't really matter
Exactly. The only part you’re actually interacting with is plastic so it doesn’t really matter what’s underneath
I don’t see why they don’t make the areas of the display that don’t fold at all covered with glass and only put the ultra thing glass in the middle, that way, the whole screen wouldn’t be extremely fragile.
It's kinda like a shatterproof pane of glass
It's like nanometers of glass, all it does it make it feel nicer than dragging your finger across just plastic
Nice pfp
Remember that "early adopter" is just a fancy way of saying Guinea pig
"unpaid beta tester"
Actually it's worse than that.
"beta tester that pays us for the privilege"
Or a customer of a very unknown product
you're not just breaking the laws of physics, you're breaking your screen
"Expectations are the gateway to disappointment"
Greatest words to live by
"I trusted..."
See, that was your first mistake.💁🏾♂️
"Bend the laws of physics"
And the laws of physics bend back
HAHAHA
"My phone has Gorrilla Glass 5, what about yours?"
"Uh... what glass?"
2 parts of this video:
1) analysis
2) emotional breakdown
Correction
1) Analysis
2) Disapointment
3) Roasting and more disapointment
Imagine being the engineer who has to tell customers that that crease isn't covered by warranty.
@@schenkov Yes we do. This isn't a legal matter either, it's Samsung deciding what they consider to be a warranty repair (manufacturers fault) or out of warranty (customer damage).
The crease should be covered by warranty though. It's at least covered by guarantee.
@@CH11LER. this is very much a legal matter, and this is very definitely a warranty repair in Europe.
@@JasperJanssen I'm in Europe. I am a European tech. I follow the guidelines provided by Samsung and if the phone will be covered by warranty or not is dependent on what the company defines as warranty condition or not.
It's not just Samsung, all manufacturers have to draw the line between user error / customer damage and a manufacturer fault.
@@CH11LER. Samsung can write what ever they want. If the device was used in the way one can be expected to use it, Samsung will have to repair it at and bear the cost. At least thats how it works in Germany.
You can tell everyone in JBHi-Fi walks past these folding phones and they press their fingernail in the screen to see if it dents - yes, yes it does
@@Sanchaz12 When you replaced the screens you just submitted an email (kinda) to samsung to send screens?
@@Sanchaz12 thats embarrassing
I got me mum a Z Flip and she loves it! Noticed a few tiny scratches on the screen screen protector. No noticeable crack. 16 months, I'll come back in the future, no telling when with an update.
This issue could have been greatly reduced if they simply gave more room for the screen to bend back into the phone.
Only a tiny portion of the screen can actually bend, while the rest is glued flat. This puts lots of stress on that tiny little bend, causing it to permanently crease and eventually crack.
It's a pity such innovative new tech is being showcased in such a shoddy product.
*OR* just call it your new DS from nintendo
Sometimes said shoddy product is a necessary step in the right direction to perfect the tech to the level required to make something functional
@@hydra3693 then don't sell it like it's the perfect version of the galaxy fold lmao
@@Tulip_bip what i said still stands, samsung's arrogance aside.
@@Tulip_bip didn’t they fix the problem now? Or is it still an issue
2:34 it’s more like “you’re not just breaking the glass, you’re breaking the laws of physics”
You are breaking your wallet
I'm amazed the display still works - I guess it proves the folding LCD tech is actually pretty solid but the issue is the glass/plastic you use to protect the LCD, we just don't have the materials that can hold up to that sort of fatigue.
Its oled not lcd
Specifically a type of AMOLED
It's oled not lcd, if you fold lcd it will break no matter what
But this is one dud that this happened to along with many others I'm sure, but I've had one for 18 months and you still can't tell it even folds when looking at it straight on so they do have the technology for it, just had a lot of issues with a lot of them unfortunately, looks like I got lucky
They made the glass thiccer now on the Z flip 3 and it shouldn't have the problem anymore... lets just wait and see...
its kinda cool watching this 3 yrs later knowing how much the zflips have improved
He's evolving oh god he's reviewing phones now, he's so powerful soon he's going to be reviewing the speaker systems on cars
F in the chat for all of those who lost their car stereos this month
I'd totally be down with that I want a new speaker system and I only trust the dank opinion
Manky sub in the back of a VN Commodore review when? Oh wait, he already did the Skullcandys...
@@matcha6710 not yet for me I tried with stock.
Samsung: Bends the laws of physics
Physics: *no u*
Samsung: dammit
Damn
You don't bend the laws of physics, the laws of physics bend you
Wade: “like an iPhone 7, it works but just don’t drop it or get it wet.”
Me watching on my iPhone 7 that’s been dropped off a ski lift and submerged in the ocean: *laughs deeply*
Me who had a phone that survived basically dropped everywhere
My phone fell off a cliff and a gorilla kept it for a year and returned it to me
Btw my phone is nokia
Me who has a phone that’s been dropped into lava from two thousand feet up from a cargo plane I was hanging out the back of also a tiger was piloting the plane and also I jumped out with no parachute
@@GotherYT how did ya survive
@@maneesh2316 Its obvious that he’s joking
They have drastically improved over the years
Using a folding screen to protect your screen from falls is like armor that protects you from everything but you can’t take it off and it has spikes inside that slowly kill you
How. Exactly?
@@keifferellison45 A folding screen lets your phone have no exposed screen so it’s much more durable, but the screen gets damages from the folding itself overtime, protecting the screen from the outside but not the inside, and the armor I explained would protect you from the outside but not the inside
@@sometechydude2324 yeah I still don't think the armor analogue works here. Armor has padding on the inside, not spikes...and the phone doesn't scrape against the inside of your pocket. (They scratch against eachother? How ..what friction are you talking about? You shutting your phone on rocks?)
There's attrition to owning everything...complaining about scratches while making up nonsense about armor is just ridiculous.
@@keifferellison45 No duh armor usually has padding inside and not spikes, I made up something unrealistic because I felt it made the best analogy, if you think the analogy doesn’t work because it’s unrealistic that’s fine, I just don’t see it. Also, what tf are you talking about in the parentheses? When did I say anything scratched against anything? Also, am I putting my phone against rocks? What? I’m talking specifically about the phone in the video and how the middle got destroyed, and how one of the selling points Samsung made was that a folding screen protected your screen, did you just not watch the video or even look at the thumbnail before going into the comments? I’m genuinely confused.
Are you talking about the berserker armour?
Jerryrigeverything: does durability test by bending it
DankPods (not yet): 1 grit goes bam bam
HE LIKED (does this mean something???)
@@Xrystian yea it means the 1 grit is ready
@@LegendGamer-rf6nb yep
Looks like a Gameboy Advance SP now.
Oh the nostalgia of thinking about my SP for the first time in years
Holy shit, if someone made an emulator that's designed to work specifically on this phone, I'd go out and buy one in a heartbeat
@@spartanretro i heard soo many people playing ds emulator on z fold 2. man i want to try it for myself
What's that?
@@Edible_edibility A folding Nintendo handheld that could play a variety of Gameboy games. Came with a backlight and rechargeable battery.
4:50 "i trusted Samsung"
famous last words of a Note 7 owner
"instead of one big screen you have two screens uselessly bonded together"
Microsoft surface duo: uhm...
Double monitor setups
@@musteycraft he's talking about phones
@@Shadow__X the micro soft duo is a dual monitor setup.
@@RusticRonnie a shitty one at that
@@WooferCooker nah, they were actually big enough to be usable, the flip, not so much
Samsung: "Bends the laws of Physics"
Physics: *cracks knuckles* "Feel lucky punk? Well Do ya?"
I had to take a bunch of marketing classes in college and as soon as I heard “bends the laws of physics” I could smell the BS through my screen.
yep, they're just selling the idea (which is great), not the actual product (which sucks ass)
@@gabrielaharries8149 Actual product isn't bad if you cut the bad press. Negativity sells. Everyone's acting like regular glass phones don't break. Come on now lol.
@@iROMine regular phones don't have ads that promote them as "breaking the laws of physics" aka insinuating they would not break
It's a novelty phone. It's definitely not for everyone. And to be fair the fact that the glass bends is pretty amazing. They had to make a glass so thin it has to bend which is not something you see everywhere. But yes if I paid for this I would be disappointed, but most people that buys this can afford to buy another phone sooo...
@Harrison Gist I mean I've had mine for like... At least 8 months now and no issue so... Gonna say breaking is a rare occasion that people blow out of proportion. Just going by firsthand experience. Which I'm sure you are too since you know SO much about it 😂😂
my brother has one of these. there is the crease. there is the crack in the screen at the fold, yet he still thinks it's a good phone. "oh the screen protector just needs to be replaced." AND I THOUGHT THAT MEANT HE HAD TO REPLACE IT- BUT NO??? THIS SHOWED ME IT CAN'T BE REPLACED WITHOUT GIVING IT UP, AND IT MAKES SENSE WHY HE HADN'T REPLACED IT YET 😭
"If you bend the laws of physics, physics bends you back!"
Isaac Newton is rolling in his grave X-D
My favorite Australian iPod man is back to talk about fucky phone products.
The Galaxy Z Flip 3 is looking a whole lot better
Until that breaks too...
@@nanomage who knows?
@@baoquoc3710 recieved my Z flip 3, so far so sexy but we will see in a few months
@@lootlord8995 still so sexy?
Yeah, though the cover screen is a Butt Dial nightmare, unmuted my Phone accidentally twice today at Work
If you break the laws of physics, The laws of physics *WILL* breaks you
They missed the opportunity of calling it the galac-z-flip
Cos everywhere except the US and England would go "galac-zed flip? what?"
@@stinkymart3173 oh yeah i forgot about that lol
"bEnDInG THe LawS oF pHYsiCs" (a.k.a. replacing Samsung's engineering team with marketing representatives)
The N97 was cursed. Worst phone I've ever had by far.
Seriously? thats so sad it was my dream phone in middle school I literally bought magazines to read about the phone lol. Had an xpress music 5320 instead. Not gonna complain that phone was pretty lit. Cracked symbian prince of persia gaming gang lets goooo
@@emrexcem Yeah, Symbian never worked properly with a touch screen. The N95 was Nokia's peak for smartphones in my opinion.
@@oldsamsauce My first smartphone was 5800XM, loved the thing, had no problem with its touch screen. It was a scratch magnet, sure, but they all were back in the day.
The touch screen wasn't capactive.. made the screen mad annoying. Didn't hate the phone that much but symbian also really lacked apps
Mine was stolen while I was in Cuba and the police didn’t do shit about it.
im afraid to flip my zflip 1, 5 years later.
Samsung: “…you’re bending glass”
Physics: “and i took that personally”
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@@swizzwizz12 so what?
@@galaxyfan9250 no
@@galaxyfan9250 it’s a Rick roll isn’t it
Glass bender sounds scary if it exist in avatar universe
why did side kick keyboards ever go out of style? those would be fun to see on a smartphone
You’re referring to the SideKick? That was my all time favorite phone. It was such a big deal to have it back in the day.
I would love to see a return to physical keyboard
What is the point.. They were made so you dont have to press multible buttons for 1 letter.
@@angusvandervaart9765 Blackberrys had a full keyboard with long press number pad ... no T9 except on the Pearl and Pearl Flip.
@@hakrj12 yeah, but they were super tiny keys. Don't miss its keyboard tbh
They just announced a new Z Fold and Flip, claiming to be 80% more durable. See you soon mates.
Edit: Called it. Though this time it’s the cameras that broke instead of the screen…for now at least
Edit 2: And there we go, Z Flip 3 screens are getting the line again, and of course Samsung’s damage controlling. Well hey, two months is a good run
I believe them
Well I really fucking hope so, I worked all summer to get it and seeing this review really gives me false hope.
@@kdt110 I wouldn’t. Samsung lies all the time. They mock Apple for removing a headphone jack and say they have one, then shortly after cut it. Then mock Apple for removing charging bricks in the box, say they’ll still carry them, then shortly after cut it themselves. Never believe them until it’s out and reviewers get their hands on them.
@@NoU-pf8fc as an owner of the z fold 2, its 100% worth it. Not a single issue in a year of rugged use
0 + 80% = 0
Very late to the party, but a phone like this that doesn't fold is what Sony currently sells. With a headphone jack, SD card slot, stereo speakers, water proofing and everything good you mentioned during this video
From my experience, their displays are weak on drops.
@@Kana0211 and hasn't in my experience, though my current 5 II is protected by a case and a glass pane.
Obviously better than having the display break because of just using the device
And a mediocre camera(unless you use the Pro-I)
I've used all models since the 1,5,10 and pro models were first announced
I know it's a phone for Audiophiles and Photographers.... But for the latter group they might as well buy a 200usd standalone camera.... That are 10000x better.... Or use a different brand with a cheap 20USD audio Adapter
yeah but those things arent great theres huge reasons nobody uses them any more sd cards are too unreliable and slow headphone jacks have awful audio quality compared to a 5gbit type c and basically every phone out of 2018 has stereo unless its a budget phone sony phones arent great they get talked up alot but when you get into it they arent great
@@or2kr not the display the screen protector they come off its an extremely thin piece of glass under it
Should have been two pieces of glass that meet together when you un fold it.
They'd probably need three, honestly, else the pieces would just push against each other and break.
It would have seems, which nobody wants.
id take seams lmao
@@cyan.6399 yeah exactly, compared to that??? seams any day lmao
@@nosferatu5 it’s already got seams…or a crease, i’d take seams over a crease
“A DISPLAY THAT BENDS!!!”
*A DISPLAY THAT BREAKS
don't blame samsung because this is new technology new idea give them a chance
@@natfrailadler1995 why
@@natfrailadler1995 *apple
@@natfrailadler1995 okay😀😃
@@natfrailadler1995 that's not true. If was bad then no one would buy it let alone keep buying it. They made major improvements with latest one
"You're bending the laws of physics."
No. No you're not.
When did that phrase ever end up in a good outcome?
They are bending the laws of physics. Its just that theyre creasing
Eh. Bending is correct. The glass broke. Just not on the first fold lmao
What a sperg you are.
Their marketing team needs to go back to English class because that was a terrible hyperbole if I’ve ever seen one.
Wow, that Sony Ericsson is such a throwback! Remember everyone wanting or having it
I have a similar model on the series, the W760i. It is my childhood phone, both my parents had it in silver. When I asked my dad to get me another one, turns out the seller from AliExpress didn’t have the silver ones, and sent us the red one.
I also have a silver W380i that I got from Estonia, and waited almost 2 months for a battery to arrive. But it did arrive just a few days ago and the phone is a blast!
I loved my K770i ("Cybershot").
The Sony Ericsson OS was the best "java" type phone OS, it was almost as good as a smart phone, you could install opera, a game boy emulator, a mail client and so on.
Sony Ericsson feature phones were amazing.
The standard themes sucked, but I found a great Windows Vista theme for mine that matched my PC at the time.
I really miss the times when phones lasted a week or more.