I love how there is one TH-camr who literally dedicated a segment of his channel to cover older phones just for the sake of nostalgia. Kudos to you Mr.Mobile.
@Mauro Figueiredo well I agree bro, it's just that these phones existed, in a not so competition market and nostalgia didn't kill anyone so there is that, but I see your point and agree with it too.🤗
2005 was the last pre-depression year for me. I feel like crying every time I see something from then. Still struggling today, but I have to keep fighting. Thank you for the nostalgia sir! Means the world!
I remember stopping by the T-Mobile store and being blown away that you didn't have to train the voice dial for the PEBL. It was the first phone where I'd seen such magic. If you didn't live through the era of training your phone for the handful of names you thought you'd want to voice dial, you don't know how amazing modern voice recognition is.
I love how this series has taught watchers why things like this become sticky over time. Every time I see rubber reversion in real life I think of this channel.
"From the age messages were instant, hinges were automatic and phones were fun..." Ooooh that was smooth like a butter, Mr. Mobile! Just like the butter..
Mr. Mobile, thank you for reaching out to us fellow international subscribers by including proper English subtitles. It’s the little details that made your videos watchable, apart from the amazing editing
@@rosydipo seem editing was done to modify onboard operation instructions, enable or disable features of the handset and replace assets like a launcher or skins
I wanted this phone. I still remember the advert of a girl walking on the beach, picking up a pebble, opening it, calling someone and putting it down on a stack of pebbels.
The Motorola Slvr is probably the phone I have the most fond memories of out of every device I’ve ever owned in this category (and I’ve owned A LOT). I know the phone doesn’t fit this series to well and it leans towards the more unique products but if ever do a a straight up retro orientated show, I’d love to see you cover the Slvr!
Don’t forget the KRZR! That was my favorite 4 letter Motorola phone from the 2000s UPDATE: I spoke too soon! My fav was name dropped a little over 6 minutes in 😊🧡
That hinge mechanism is absurdly cool, kinda surprised I didn't hear a thing about it back in the day. The RAZR had all my attention (and most everyone else's) while the PEBL felt uninteresting to me, but that neat trick shouldn't have gone unnoticed. Someone bring it to a modern flip phone and I'll be in trouble...
I absolutely love this series. I have absolutely zero nostalgia for any phones, seeing as I grew up in the age of the glass slab. But the odd design choices, marketing, and left field chaos that came from the wild west of tech is enough to make an amazing series. I love your channel. Keep it up 👍. (Regarding the pebl, the hinge is by far my favorite part of the phone. Satisfying hinges are a personal favorite of mine).
You know,there is plenty of "should be on netflix"comment on good youtube video series,but for this series,i agree completely,mrmobile is a quite charming host,and pretty sceen ready imo(make sense since he study acting and probably aspire to be fulltime actor),for phone company ,i think its agood branding opportunity for them to open their archive if they are agree to help ,for netflix its a documentary show that resonates with great age group ,who i believe begin feeling nostalgic ,so there is a market for such documentary,however the problem i see is ,we often overestimate how big the market for such a genre and mrmobile (no dig to mrmobile here),i figure netflix already has their own market market research team to decide what series or show to make next time,but,hey things change,if no netflix offer things like nebula or just youtube like we see right now is good enough
I hope not :( I don't want to have to pay for Netflix just for this series, the only video service I'm willing to pay for is TH-cam premium at this point
I truly like this series of "when phones were fun". My dad owned a Motorola Rokr e8. If could you make a video on Rokr series.. I loved Rokr e8.. it was too cool for its time
Michael, please cover the late era of Symbian phones! I think those are surprisingly interesting and obscure enough that we don’t really know a lot about them. Oh and the Nokia N9! You know Meego was promising!
Such a great series. I worked at a wireless carrier from 2001 to 2005, and miss it so much. We were a GSM carrier, and the RAZR was the ‘it’ phone to have.
This series brings my heart so much joy, thank you for taking the time to do it right. The PEBL was one of my favorite phones ever (I had the maroon one, but I would've preferred the burnt orange in this video) and I loved that no one else had it or even knew what it was because at the time it was available unlocked only. The hinge mechanism and the keypad were just next-level. Our GSM coverage in the area left something to be desired so I would keep my fun phone (like the PEBL) on Cingular and my BlackBerry on US Cellular (because their network was unassailable). Oh, the good old days. Also, details like 0:58 are among the reasons that your channel is so great. Perfection.
I absolutely love this series. Takes me right back. One day I have high hopes you might review the LG chocolate. What an absolutely odd device that was a ton of fun to play with.
One of my favourite mobiles ever, and I've still got it, it still works and occasionally I get it out of the "old phones" box and marvel at that hinge..... Mr Mobile your channel is so much more than a review channel, we your viewers are true fans of you and your work, never stop and stay safe.
Thanks again for the nostalgic trip down memory lane. I miss seeing but not using these older phones. I hope to see the Palm Treo 300 in a future video.
I loved mine when I had it in high school. Everyone wanted to flip my phone even just once. It definitely was talked about a lot but quickly a forgotten phone. Even just 2 years of use later it started getting gummy on the outside, the screen cover adhesive started weakening and lifting, and then the hinge started to go as well about 3 years later. By that point I had already moved onto a Sony Ericsson brick of a phone and then got my N95 shortly after.
This is like old time when you waited for the new episode of your favorite show to come on TV similarly I wait for new episodes of "when phones were fun"..
@rrobertt13 What? Shockingly enough some people just don't want to lose something expensive even if they can afford it. Conversely, you can buy a workable computer for very little and there is still a price floor for modern phones that provide all the functions that someone might need.
Man I love this series! I wish companies would take risk and make different types of phones again. I would love to see another take on the sidekick. Great video!
I would definitely like to see a video on those older Bluetooth headsets. I remember when they first became popular and you’d see someone in a grocery store looking like a crazy person talking to them self and then everyone else realized and thought they were one of those pretentious people with that silly Bluetooth headset. Also if you could dip into the original blackberry line from beginning to end that would be fantastic as well because those were some of my favorite smart phones back in the day.
I'd like to say, I've been on a journey to cut down on shitty down-my-throat YT recommendations. I've thrown my phone at the wall in anger at the low level of quality of those videos. But somehow, I've enjoyed your recommended videos so much I've subscribed. I feel good watching a video from you, like I didn't waste my time. Thank you.
Michael, your channel is truly a gem, thanks a lot for what you do! Love sooooo much 'When phones were fun' playlist ❤ Love watching videos about Nokia and Motorola phones ❤ Had both when I was a teenager. Hope there are more 'When phones were fun' videos to come! 🤞
I am 24 this year and during my childhood, I am very into mobile phone! I know everything about the specs, screen size and the connectivity that it had at that time (either bluetooth or infrared). I would take a brochure of mobile phone if I saw any at store and brought it home. Every month I buy mobile phone magazine just to know the latest news and release (internet is not as it is now). Watching segment like this really brought me back to my younger me, adoring mobile phone by its unique shape and form, from brands like Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson. Looking forward to your next video!
It stood for sliver. Back then it was one of the thinnest phones to exist, hence the sliver name. There was a black version, and a "Product Red" version too, so silver wouldn't have made a lot of sense for those colours.
@@MkurugenziMwenyekiti thanks for the info bro.... but then again, motorola should used wiggly font to emphasize slivering rather than that classy font 😁
I loved my Razr. I had a metallic pale pink one. I loved and still love flip phones. No scratches on the glass, folds up small and fits in a pocket. In fact the other day when I was having a clear out, I found my old Razr in a drawer. Took me off down memory lane LOL!
When phones were unique and u could enjoy life to fullest as not idly watching phones and wasting time when people weren't anti social I was more happy with a flip phone now just idly watching yt and other stuff 25 dislike better stay that way
I had the Moto V710, which was a US Cellular locked model. That was the nicest phone I had back in high school. It had a nice camera, did video, had the front screen to take selfies and had a microSD slot. Loved that phone.
TH-cams full of iphone vs android wars,new iphone pixel samsung comparisons....now this type of videos is what we want....so nostalgic amd peacefull to watch......when phone companies did actual inventions..
Just remembered I still have my very old Kyocera phone with a screen that pops up when you squeeze the sides! I was very excited about that back in the day.
More of this kind of phones, please. I don't want to forget how excited I am when these phones came out in the market. Sony Ericsson Walkman series, please.🥺
The Razr was one of my favorite phones those and the Boost mobile phones that introduced the "chirp" option. I would love to see your take on the old bluetooth earbuds from the yesteryear versus what we are using now.... Awesome video Mr. Moblie as always.
My mother was using her ROKR U9 until the end of 2017. Currently with ROKR EM35 still working fine! I have bought her these brand new and she loves Moto.
A friend of mine had one of these! I remember him showing it to us, we were having a pizza party at his house for his birthday, back when I was 11, and he had been given one by his parents, I remember it being the very same colour of the one you showed in the video.
I have used moto slvr L6/L7/L9. Loved the customization using modmymoto. Those times and phones were definitely fun. Thanks Mr. Mobile for this series.
Yes my friend, FINALLY you're doing THE MOTO PEBL. Ahhhh this brings me back😃 I had one & it was one of my faves! Yeah it wasn't the greatest tech-wise, but still I loved it.
Had both of these items (PEBL and the earpiece). Favourite memory of the earpiece was that you could hook up Bluetooth head/ear pieces to Metal Gear Solid 4 on PS3, which then fed codec calls to the device. 16 year old me was stoked with the immersion!
Loving this series, keep it up Mr. Mobile and hope you are well. You think a Blackberry "When Phones Were Fun" video is possible, especially since they, like Nokia and Motorola, are still trying to stay alive and are also coming up with a 2021 5G phone? :) Maybe start with your Nextel Blackberry or the BB Bold 9000 (2008)? Hope you consider and hope Blackberry is also given its fair share of how it took part to get we are today in the smartphone industry, like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and the rest did :) Awaiting your next video.
Hi Michael, I am a big fan of your reviews and especially this series of "when phones were fun.." It is truly nostalgic. I would like you to review the Nokia N8. I own this phone and i think this was way ahead of it's time. I would love to see your take on it. Thanks, Roy
I only ever had Motorola phones until this year when I switched to a Google Pixel. My very first cell phone was a Razr. It was a major splurge at the time, but I loved using it. I had it for a number of years. I had a Droid X, then a Moto X (which I loved), and then a Droid Turbo. I still like Motorola phones, but they seem to only make enormous devices now that I find difficult to handle.
This channel is so good. I’m sick of all of the new phones that look exactly the same. I used to be obsessed with new phones and tech but it got old. This is bringing it back to the fun times. Hence the title.
I personally had the pebl and it wasn't the rubbered version it was metallic and stunning!!! loved it! Thanks for the video and remembering when phones and texting was fun lol!
That Golden Age of Cellular Communications. In memory it seems like new phones were debuting every day. In the very early-2000s there also seemed like hundreds of service providers. Every other mall kiosk was pitching phone service up until mid-2003 or so.
I love that hinge mech, I could only imagine laptops with it, maybe with a portion that has more resistance, and it clicks shut, and you unlatch the screen
Motorola was on fire back then. I always wanted the Bourne Identity edition of the Rizr Z8, however it was too much for me at the time (as I type this on my custom Fold 2). Those were the days. My wife and I had V3 Razrs with custom back plates and we also had the all black V3 with glowing blue M. Thank you for the memories, cheers 🍻
I still whoop out my Pebl from time to time to flip it open and close. You get me! I reflect fondly on this time in mobile phone history as well. Good work, Friend.
Oh this hit me in the nostalgia HARD! The PEBL was the phone I had for the last few years of college and last phone I had before I got the iPhone 3G a few years later and I loved it! The bluetooth headset was pretty crappy so I didn't use it that much but it was so pretty and opening it was so fun. It just made me happy holding it
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I love how there is one TH-camr who literally dedicated a segment of his channel to cover older phones just for the sake of nostalgia. Kudos to you Mr.Mobile.
Salute to this comment 💯
Trueeeee!
And they're some of the best vids on the channel! Nostalgia is everything.
@@48set thanks bro 🤗
@Mauro Figueiredo well I agree bro, it's just that these phones existed, in a not so competition market and nostalgia didn't kill anyone so there is that, but I see your point and agree with it too.🤗
2005 was the last pre-depression year for me. I feel like crying every time I see something from then. Still struggling today, but I have to keep fighting. Thank you for the nostalgia sir! Means the world!
Keep fighting and keep strong
Keep going Brother things will get better
feel better bro, think happy times
How are you now brother?
keep going 🙏
I'd definitely watch an episode about earpieces. This series is one of my most favourite here in TH-cam.
eysu me too!
Same
Same
Absolutely! 😁👍
Agreed!! Especially those quirky Jabra and Plantronics from the early 2000s
I remember stopping by the T-Mobile store and being blown away that you didn't have to train the voice dial for the PEBL. It was the first phone where I'd seen such magic. If you didn't live through the era of training your phone for the handful of names you thought you'd want to voice dial, you don't know how amazing modern voice recognition is.
Absolutely. I touched on this in the A600 episode of this series. Truly groundbreaking for the time!
I love how this series has taught watchers why things like this become sticky over time. Every time I see rubber reversion in real life I think of this channel.
Definitely naming my post-TH-cam grunge band "Rubber Reversion"
@@TheMrMobile I hope you're serious because I would like to hear a MrMobile grunge band 😁
My Galaxy S Relay has the same problem with its back. Took forever to fix with rags and tons of furniture polish.
you can fix these issues fairly easily with "goof off" easily cleaned ps2 joysticks.
@@NickDalzell Watching this I think it might be not that bad that the third party back plate for my LG V20 has its cover peeling away after all
Everyone’s favorite recurring MrMobile character: Rubber Reversion™️
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"From the age messages were instant, hinges were automatic and phones were fun..." Ooooh that was smooth like a butter, Mr. Mobile! Just like the butter..
BUTR
BTTR
Mr. Mobile, thank you for reaching out to us fellow international subscribers by including proper English subtitles. It’s the little details that made your videos watchable, apart from the amazing editing
These phones have a lot of memories in my heart.
mine too. I lost my mother to cancer in 2008, I've got her old phone and its this one.
Omfg do you remember seem edits... And how easy it was to mod all of the 4letter devices
Well I can't relate I'm not as ancient as you Egyptians
@@ossumopossum Edit your typos
@@rosydipo seem editing was done to modify onboard operation instructions, enable or disable features of the handset and replace assets like a launcher or skins
So SLVR was read "Sliver" while I thought it was "Silver" until this very moment 😅
I wanted this phone. I still remember the advert of a girl walking on the beach, picking up a pebble, opening it, calling someone and putting it down on a stack of pebbels.
HEL-LO MO-TO
m.th-cam.com/video/RgNME31fYvo/w-d-xo.html this?
@@techmad8204 no, i think she was talking about this one:
th-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/w-d-xo.html
@@kien9 I knew it I fucking knew it, but I still clicked the link.
@@MrRed-zg6no never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...
The Motorola Slvr is probably the phone I have the most fond memories of out of every device I’ve ever owned in this category (and I’ve owned A LOT). I know the phone doesn’t fit this series to well and it leans towards the more unique products but if ever do a a straight up retro orientated show, I’d love to see you cover the Slvr!
Don’t forget the KRZR! That was my favorite 4 letter Motorola phone from the 2000s
UPDATE: I spoke too soon! My fav was name dropped a little over 6 minutes in 😊🧡
That hinge mechanism is absurdly cool, kinda surprised I didn't hear a thing about it back in the day.
The RAZR had all my attention (and most everyone else's) while the PEBL felt uninteresting to me, but that neat trick shouldn't have gone unnoticed.
Someone bring it to a modern flip phone and I'll be in trouble...
Motorola PEBL - was my dream phone during that year. Darn. Simpler times i think.
I absolutely love this series. I have absolutely zero nostalgia for any phones, seeing as I grew up in the age of the glass slab. But the odd design choices, marketing, and left field chaos that came from the wild west of tech is enough to make an amazing series. I love your channel. Keep it up 👍. (Regarding the pebl, the hinge is by far my favorite part of the phone. Satisfying hinges are a personal favorite of mine).
This has been said to death, I’m sure, but this genuinely is the best channel for retro phones.
Yeah one of the best in the community
"When phones were fun" should have a Netflix series ,period.
You know,there is plenty of "should be on netflix"comment on good youtube video series,but for this series,i agree completely,mrmobile is a quite charming host,and pretty sceen ready imo(make sense since he study acting and probably aspire to be fulltime actor),for phone company ,i think its agood branding opportunity for them to open their archive if they are agree to help ,for netflix its a documentary show that resonates with great age group ,who i believe begin feeling nostalgic ,so there is a market for such documentary,however the problem i see is ,we often overestimate how big the market for such a genre and mrmobile (no dig to mrmobile here),i figure netflix already has their own market market research team to decide what series or show to make next time,but,hey things change,if no netflix offer things like nebula or just youtube like we see right now is good enough
YES!!!!!!
yeah, netflix should work on it immediately.
I hope not :( I don't want to have to pay for Netflix just for this series, the only video service I'm willing to pay for is TH-cam premium at this point
2:26 Of course we'd watch you review old earpieces. Your reviews are always entertaining
I truly like this series of "when phones were fun". My dad owned a Motorola Rokr e8. If could you make a video on Rokr series.. I loved Rokr e8.. it was too cool for its time
Michael, please cover the late era of Symbian phones! I think those are surprisingly interesting and obscure enough that we don’t really know a lot about them. Oh and the Nokia N9! You know Meego was promising!
I loved my N8
They were so cool!!
Such a great series. I worked at a wireless carrier from 2001 to 2005, and miss it so much. We were a GSM carrier, and the RAZR was the ‘it’ phone to have.
This series brings my heart so much joy, thank you for taking the time to do it right. The PEBL was one of my favorite phones ever (I had the maroon one, but I would've preferred the burnt orange in this video) and I loved that no one else had it or even knew what it was because at the time it was available unlocked only. The hinge mechanism and the keypad were just next-level. Our GSM coverage in the area left something to be desired so I would keep my fun phone (like the PEBL) on Cingular and my BlackBerry on US Cellular (because their network was unassailable). Oh, the good old days.
Also, details like 0:58 are among the reasons that your channel is so great. Perfection.
Same! I loved my pink one.
This is the best series on TH-cam. Far and away. I get all the feels watching them!! Thanks for the great content!
I absolutely love this series. Takes me right back. One day I have high hopes you might review the LG chocolate. What an absolutely odd device that was a ton of fun to play with.
"I chocolate you!"
One of my favourite mobiles ever, and I've still got it, it still works and occasionally I get it out of the "old phones" box and marvel at that hinge..... Mr Mobile your channel is so much more than a review channel, we your viewers are true fans of you and your work, never stop and stay safe.
Thanks again for the nostalgic trip down memory lane. I miss seeing but not using these older phones.
I hope to see the Palm Treo 300 in a future video.
I loved mine when I had it in high school. Everyone wanted to flip my phone even just once. It definitely was talked about a lot but quickly a forgotten phone. Even just 2 years of use later it started getting gummy on the outside, the screen cover adhesive started weakening and lifting, and then the hinge started to go as well about 3 years later. By that point I had already moved onto a Sony Ericsson brick of a phone and then got my N95 shortly after.
This is like old time when you waited for the new episode of your favorite show to come on TV similarly I wait for new episodes of "when phones were fun"..
So good to see this amazing series still going! In a few years these videos will end up being very nostalgic.
When phones didn’t cost as much as a computer. 😂I miss not having a mini heart attack every time I couldn’t find my phone.
@rrobertt13 and they're pretty good too.
@rrobertt13 What? Shockingly enough some people just don't want to lose something expensive even if they can afford it. Conversely, you can buy a workable computer for very little and there is still a price floor for modern phones that provide all the functions that someone might need.
Morning Star to the contrary, phones have never been cheaper than they are today
@rrobertt13 I don’t care about how much money you make. Losing something worth 2,000 dollars is always painful.
@rrobertt13 Money lost is lost time. Unless you’re making 2k a day, losing 2k represents days or weeks of your life you spent working for nothing.
Man I love this series! I wish companies would take risk and make different types of phones again. I would love to see another take on the sidekick. Great video!
I would definitely like to see a video on those older Bluetooth headsets. I remember when they first became popular and you’d see someone in a grocery store looking like a crazy person talking to them self and then everyone else realized and thought they were one of those pretentious people with that silly Bluetooth headset. Also if you could dip into the original blackberry line from beginning to end that would be fantastic as well because those were some of my favorite smart phones back in the day.
I'd like to say, I've been on a journey to cut down on shitty down-my-throat YT recommendations. I've thrown my phone at the wall in anger at the low level of quality of those videos. But somehow, I've enjoyed your recommended videos so much I've subscribed. I feel good watching a video from you, like I didn't waste my time. Thank you.
It should have been called Motorola SOAP (4 letters as well) : ))
That would mean that people would be picking up the soap... :D
Michael, your channel is truly a gem, thanks a lot for what you do! Love sooooo much 'When phones were fun' playlist ❤ Love watching videos about Nokia and Motorola phones ❤ Had both when I was a teenager. Hope there are more 'When phones were fun' videos to come! 🤞
OMG I feel so old I use to have this phone back when i was 19 can't believe it was that long ago I just turned 35 this year
I am 24 this year and during my childhood, I am very into mobile phone! I know everything about the specs, screen size and the connectivity that it had at that time (either bluetooth or infrared). I would take a brochure of mobile phone if I saw any at store and brought it home. Every month I buy mobile phone magazine just to know the latest news and release (internet is not as it is now).
Watching segment like this really brought me back to my younger me, adoring mobile phone by its unique shape and form, from brands like Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson. Looking forward to your next video!
Oh, that hinge was a point of envy. I think I was already on Treo by that time.
Dude. Amazing video. I really love your accent. Some reviewers are extremely annoying but you sound so smooth. Thank you.
I thought Motorola SLVR is shortened version of "silver". Not "sliver"
It stood for sliver. Back then it was one of the thinnest phones to exist, hence the sliver name. There was a black version, and a "Product Red" version too, so silver wouldn't have made a lot of sense for those colours.
Samesies
They should have licensed the velvet revolver
@@MkurugenziMwenyekiti thanks for the info bro.... but then again, motorola should used wiggly font to emphasize slivering rather than that classy font 😁
@@TheSurogate Context is important. It was obvious what it meant back in the day because the phone was just that thin.
This is probably the most fun series on all of TH-cam! I always look forward to new videos!
I had this phone when I was in school, I think I was 12/13 - man, the camera was bad. I was embarrassed to pull that phone out in school.
Seeing you set the skin to Techno sparked a long dormant memory in my brain about the Motorola V360 I used to have.
I was born in early 2003, and it makes me feel old when I say "I remember the time before smartphones!"
Same I was also born in March 15 2003
My 7 year old was looking forward to see your next video. Me and my son are diehard fans of your channel, thank you for everything you do
The phone I always wanted, but was only 16 when it came out
I loved my Razr. I had a metallic pale pink one. I loved and still love flip phones. No scratches on the glass, folds up small and fits in a pocket. In fact the other day when I was having a clear out, I found my old Razr in a drawer. Took me off down memory lane LOL!
5:24 Phoenix Wright is calling
i love your series of when phones were fun, please do more!
When phone designers ACTUALLY “designed” phones...😂
This is beautiful
For the era of course 👌
I love this series. I rewatched all the episodes more than once and watch right when I see a new episode is released.
Thinking of the Motorola Droid Razr makes me feel so nostalgic... Alexa, play 'Lights' by Ellie Goulding
This series should be in Netflix, great historical re-review
i'm the only one who noticed the " stay tune " hidden ?
I loved this phone. The open close mechanism was just so satisfying.
When phones were unique and u could enjoy life to fullest as not idly watching phones and wasting time when people weren't anti social I was more happy with a flip phone now just idly watching yt and other stuff 25 dislike better stay that way
Boomer
Nobody's forcing you to do so, you're literally complaining about phones being better and letting you do more stuff lol
That's your fault, not the phone.
Never, growing up through the '90s and '00s, did I expect to see someone say "people weren't antisocial" about 2006 😆
This is THE best series ever! 🥲 Keep going Mr. Mobile. Also, would really love a video on the earpiece alone.
That flip cover display looks like a mi band screen 😂
I had the Moto V710, which was a US Cellular locked model. That was the nicest phone I had back in high school. It had a nice camera, did video, had the front screen to take selfies and had a microSD slot. Loved that phone.
I had a bunch of these Moto phones. I was a huge Motorola fan boy. The white KRZR and the soft touch black Q were one of my favorites.
Excellent vid as always, Michael. I honestly love your presentation and writing in this series
I love this series.. I was young at age when these phones are around.. This brings me back to the past.
TH-cams full of iphone vs android wars,new iphone pixel samsung comparisons....now this type of videos is what we want....so nostalgic amd peacefull to watch......when phone companies did actual inventions..
Just remembered I still have my very old Kyocera phone with a screen that pops up when you squeeze the sides! I was very excited about that back in the day.
I am 26 years old and this video brings me back so many memories of my Sony Ericsson flip phone days :')
Thank you on that box shot at the end. What an interesting aesthetic choice and really clever design to reveal the phone.
These do bring me back. I sold phones from 2004 - 2005 for Verizon and T-Mobile.
More of this kind of phones, please. I don't want to forget how excited I am when these phones came out in the market. Sony Ericsson Walkman series, please.🥺
Favourite TH-camr! Love the quality and depth of your videos! 😃
This brings up so much nostalgia from my teen years! The pebl was for sure a awesome looking phone!👍
These reviews are heart-warming. And when I watch these I remember all the beautiful memories
Thank you Michael ❤
An episode on bluetooth earpieces through the years would be fun to watch. Those have definitely changed a lot
I still listen every now and then to the song from the razer publicity from 15 years ago.
"Hello little boys little toys"
The Razr was one of my favorite phones those and the Boost mobile phones that introduced the "chirp" option.
I would love to see your take on the old bluetooth earbuds from the yesteryear versus what we are using now....
Awesome video Mr. Moblie as always.
This series is like a time machine for me! Thank you Mr. Mobile.
My mother was using her ROKR U9 until the end of 2017. Currently with ROKR EM35 still working fine! I have bought her these brand new and she loves Moto.
A friend of mine had one of these! I remember him showing it to us, we were having a pizza party at his house for his birthday, back when I was 11, and he had been given one by his parents, I remember it being the very same colour of the one you showed in the video.
I have used moto slvr L6/L7/L9. Loved the customization using modmymoto. Those times and phones were definitely fun. Thanks Mr. Mobile for this series.
Yes my friend, FINALLY you're doing THE MOTO PEBL. Ahhhh this brings me back😃 I had one & it was one of my faves! Yeah it wasn't the greatest tech-wise, but still I loved it.
Love these look back at tech videos. A Palm pilot, to Ipaq pocket pc, to Palm treo, to Audiovox, to HTC Evo 4g to now guy here.
I been around.
Had both of these items (PEBL and the earpiece). Favourite memory of the earpiece was that you could hook up Bluetooth head/ear pieces to Metal Gear Solid 4 on PS3, which then fed codec calls to the device. 16 year old me was stoked with the immersion!
Loving this series, keep it up Mr. Mobile and hope you are well. You think a Blackberry "When Phones Were Fun" video is possible, especially since they, like Nokia and Motorola, are still trying to stay alive and are also coming up with a 2021 5G phone? :)
Maybe start with your Nextel Blackberry or the BB Bold 9000 (2008)?
Hope you consider and hope Blackberry is also given its fair share of how it took part to get we are today in the smartphone industry, like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and the rest did :)
Awaiting your next video.
That bluetooth was so nostalgic... My mother had the blue one and I had the green one along with a green RAZR.
Hi Michael, I am a big fan of your reviews and especially this series of "when phones were fun.." It is truly nostalgic. I would like you to review the Nokia N8. I own this phone and i think this was way ahead of it's time. I would love to see your take on it.
Thanks,
Roy
I only ever had Motorola phones until this year when I switched to a Google Pixel.
My very first cell phone was a Razr. It was a major splurge at the time, but I loved using it. I had it for a number of years.
I had a Droid X, then a Moto X (which I loved), and then a Droid Turbo. I still like Motorola phones, but they seem to only make enormous devices now that I find difficult to handle.
This channel is so good. I’m sick of all of the new phones that look exactly the same. I used to be obsessed with new phones and tech but it got old. This is bringing it back to the fun times. Hence the title.
I personally had the pebl and it wasn't the rubbered version it was metallic and stunning!!! loved it!
Thanks for the video and remembering when phones and texting was fun lol!
I love this series. One of my favourites! Keep them coming
AWESOME VIDEO MAN, THIS IS TOO GOOD, JUST TOO GOOD 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That Golden Age of Cellular Communications. In memory it seems like new phones were debuting every day. In the very early-2000s there also seemed like hundreds of service providers. Every other mall kiosk was pitching phone service up until mid-2003 or so.
Thanks you soo much for making such wonderful videos and bring the memories back
I love that hinge mech, I could only imagine laptops with it, maybe with a portion that has more resistance, and it clicks shut, and you unlatch the screen
Great tech series, really appreciate the look back.
I absolutely love this series, thank you Mr. Mobile!
I really love your videos man! You give me such high school nostalgia
I had a RAZR flip phone and the Droid RAZR. I'm not an iPhone user, but I remember both of those phones vividly.
Motorola was on fire back then. I always wanted the Bourne Identity edition of the Rizr Z8, however it was too much for me at the time (as I type this on my custom Fold 2). Those were the days. My wife and I had V3 Razrs with custom back plates and we also had the all black V3 with glowing blue M. Thank you for the memories, cheers 🍻
I still whoop out my Pebl from time to time to flip it open and close. You get me! I reflect fondly on this time in mobile phone history as well. Good work, Friend.
Oh this hit me in the nostalgia HARD! The PEBL was the phone I had for the last few years of college and last phone I had before I got the iPhone 3G a few years later and I loved it! The bluetooth headset was pretty crappy so I didn't use it that much but it was so pretty and opening it was so fun. It just made me happy holding it