Micheal, this has to be the only series on this entire website that I actually look forward to, you're not just showcasing an old product from a by-gone era, you're telling a story and I simply love the way you intertwine you're own history in with that of the products, amazing, can't wait to see what you review next!
Ooh the nostlgia. Those were the days, more fun and just about enough tech to get you through the day without being lost in the cyber world. Thank you Micheal!
“When Phones Were Fun” is possibly my favourite running tech series on TH-cam. Nostalgia and seeing the evolution of technology? Two thumbs up 👍 from this nerd here!
Seriously. There were some neat phones that came out years back, but especially in the years leading up to smartphones. That was when computer tech was getting to the point that screens, CPUs, and other hardware could be miniaturized to the size of a handheld phone whilst retaining a lot more functionality, but not completely breaking the bank so any average consumer from a prosperous country could afford to get them if they really wanted to. That said, nowadays it honestly is better, overall. Sure, most phones are basically the same as any other smartphone, just varying in degrees of quality, but phones are cheap to the point that even people from poorer regions or crippling debt are as likely as not to have at least a basic smartphone, if they want or need one. Though there is some absurdity in the notion that some people are living very rough, but still have what would have been basically something straight out of a sci-fi not too long ago.
I had a Sony Ericsson K850i which had an awesome 5MP camera, Automatic Lens Cover and a Xenon Flash which I carried in through my college. PS: It makes an appearance at 02:08
I think I finally understand why I like these videos. You give the device, whether it's an old phone or the z flip or whatever...you give it context. You put it in a frame and hang it on a wall and show us how great it is. You go over the specs, but incidentally, almost as if you're embarrassed to have to do it -- and then you get back to telling the story of the device. That's what makes you better than all the other tech guys out there. Keep up the good work.
As a Brit i now only realise how lucky we were to have access to Sony Ericsson phones, i had the K750i and then the K800i. Both were light years ahead of anything else available. Fantastic video which took me right back down memory lane.
If I remember correctly, Sony Ericsson phones were the only non-OS phones where I could minimize the web browser, change the music playing in the background, and continue where I left off. And when I found that out, I sold my Nokia for one of these hahaha
My sister had one of the sony ericsson walkman phones shown in this video (I'd recognise that weird bent shape anywhere), it was pretty great for the time.
Oh yes I remember how I had a Sony Ericsson and my best friend had a Nokia and we would always argue which one is better. Later I had to choose between a W880i and a K800i, I chose the W880i just because of the D-pad over the annoying joystick. Sad that a tennis ball hit it and it died, I had good 2 years and a half with it.
Did you ever have any problems with this one? I had it from o2 and had to send it back numerous times because of a software fault that bricked the phone. In the end, they recalled the phone completely and gave me a totally different phone.
This video has such tremendous repeat value ! Happened to land here again after almost 2 yrs (thanks to the algo) and dare I say, breezed through the video w/o any hitch. As always Michael, thank you for such masterpieces scattered amidst the usually mundane world of tech reviews. Love from 🇮🇳, as always.
Michael, thank you so much for putting Sony Ericsson in the spotlight! As a Swede I’ve gone through a lot of Ericsson/Sony Ericsson-phones and I still have a lot of kept in the attic. It’s really interesting to hear an Americans view of our beloved phones and I got really sad when they announced that Sony And Ericsson had broke up 💔 I also had the K800i and I loved it so much!
2:45 I have a crazy amount of old Sony phones, Including a Walkman and cyber shot among others, but they all suffer from either swollen batteries… OR RUBBER REVERSION!
Back in the days I always swore by the Sony Ericsson brand. The fluid user experience was just something else. Thank you once again for a great series, Michael and most importantly a trip down memory lane. This one really hit home for me
Around this era, I bought unlocked phones from Amazon. I bought two Sony Ericsson, the W900 and the W850. I liked them both but the former wasn't really usable in America (I didn't understand the different cell bands at the time), and the latter was nice but I ended up not using the Walkman feature a lot. But overall, I really like their design and still had fun with them.
My entire family used Sony Ericsson phones back then... And it's the only time we shared any sort of "ecosystem". This comment also brought me back to those times as well :')
Same here, that UX was silky smooth. All the polished little animations scrolling through menus etc. Friends of mine who mostly had clunky Symbian based Nokias just didn’t get it. Watching elements getting drawn on screen, yuck!
I'm still a Sony phone adherent after owning the W850i when I was at school, then a slew of Xperias. Despite clearly being android devices nowadays, they still have proper EQ function for music and a really nice UI. It's also just nice to be a little bit different, especially when they are still properly bleeding edge phones in a lot of cases. The only real downside is the lack of peripherals such as cases. My old XZ3 was a genuine game changer - one of the first phones with a 4k display and one of the first with wireless charging. I still have it as my backup after it put in a healthy 4 and a bit years of service and it still works perfectly, albeit with a bit of battery degradation.
This was my first proper phone. I used to have old and cheap Nokias and Siemens phones that I got from my parents as a kid, but I saved up whooping £80 to get this phone, and was so proud of it. I was amazed by the stylish look, it’s OS with animated backgrounds, great camera and powerful hardware that allowed me to play games like galaxy on fire, deep submarine odyssey, rally master pro and blades n magic (I was a massive fishlabs fan at the time, but games like sola rola also deserve a shout out). I still have this phone to this day but unfortunately with a smashed screen
I had (actually still have somewhere) a Sony Ericsson S700i. It had a 1.3 megapixel camera and a weird twist to open design that confused everyone. The utility of having a camera like that with me all of the time was amazing, and being able to transfer via Bluetooth was great. Had to use the IR to transfer to a laptop a few times which was…slow.
S700i was my first phone! I remember everyone being surprised by how it opened up, expecting a typical lift like phone. Still sometimes miss playing tennis there.
Absolutely the best Series - Tech / Non Tech on TH-cam. I still remember using my mom's sony ericson S500i (which she has still kept btw) and yep those phones were fun and amazing, just like this series. Hats off Michael 👏
Michael, you've hit me with the nostalgia train. My first 'fancy' phone was the K800i. I loved it and I felt so proud to finally be able to afford something wonderful at the age of 18......when smartphones didn't exist within normal parlance and this was about as special as you could get in the mainstream sphere. Now, it wasn't perfect. The battery life was dicey (but I had come from a Nokia 3310!), the chargers seemed to give up every 2-3 months without fail and the camera slide cover tended to become loose over continued use and eventually would pop open by blowing on it. None the less, I revelled in owning it! Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it.
Love this series one of my favorite on TH-cam. Would love to see you cover some of the sony ericsson walkman phones like the w580i or the w910i. These were some of my favorite phones growing up
My dad had a T68! I was amazed by the fact that you could have COLOUR on a phone...whilst I had a Trium Geo. But that was OK; that had WAP (not that WAP!)
I had a monocrom motorola v60i when this phone came out but that okay it had the game falling numb3rs nothing could beat that I briefly had a color phone after but it fell once into the sea and had to go back to my motorola that had survive 4 encounters with the water xD it went on to survive another dip in the water and a fall from a second floor xD
My dad gave me his T230i. Loved it so much. It has a color screen of 4000 colors compared to millions now. But for me it was so amazing. Oh and I also had a Star Wars III T shirt that came with it.
@@tanchoonnee Siemens makes a lot of things, like for example locomotives. They don't make mobile phones though anymore, which is a bit of a shame since their phones were pretty cool.
I had it, I loved it, I miss it. Even though the only thing I remember about it is that awesome (for the time) 3.2 MP camera, coupled with a xenon flash. I'm barely 52 seconds into the video, but I already know I'm gonna enjoy it. Thank you for bringing back memories.
I was fully expecting the camera samples to look like complete garbage, but I was shocked at how good, clear and colourful they were for the era, even in the night shots!
Honestly one of the best phones (for the time) I ever owned it was the first phone I ever used as a real camera and the first one I ever made a video call on, made custom themes for and put apps on truly brilliant peace of hardware at the time
Never follow the crowd and this is what Michael does best. I eagerly wait for these kind of unique videos which bring back so many old memories. A huge thumbs up to you Mike!
I had and sold this phone, the all black version. This is one of the best phones I ever experienced. This series is really well named. Because at the time, phones were fun, were different and it was always an experience to discover and test. Now like most things, everything looks alike.
DAMMMMN i remember salivate in the presentations of this phone. I had instead the LG renoir with its 8m pixel, xenon flash, divx player, dolby audio, auto focus... released later. But this one was amazing. Thanks for the reminder
This video remembered me the good old days when my father used to borrowed me this exact phone while we were waiting my mother to get out of her job, and I would spend hours playing the mini golf game, and taking photos of everything I encountered, thx for the video you really made me remembered those times!
Funny to think that Sony still _are_ at the bleeding edge of smart phone tech, especially with cameras. That Sony Xperia 1 III from earlier with the highly customisable camera features, a luscious 4K ultrawide screen with 120hz and 240hz motion blur reduction? Best phone this year _by far_ It deserves to be a Bond phone in the same way as the K800i! Great video, dude!
Sony has a much bigger problem then producing "the best phone" (which clearly isnt the case if you watch mr mobile and other youtubers, since hardware isnt everything). Sony does release phones that some people want, but then sell them 6+ months later when the next phone gets released. Thats such a shame.
(8:49) That's a sad ending, but at the same time, it's somehow reminding me of Galaxy Themes. Thanks for showing us that so that none of us would have to do it ourselves, though it might've been a O2 thing to make the special theme a trial. Meanwhile, around that time, I was free to switch to whatever themes I wanted on Windows Mobile, including a theme that mimicked iPhone OS 1.0 as far as Windows Mobile theming at the time would allow.
I love to see some of your Shakespeare escapades! Especially as I am in rehearsals for a production of Richard III. I am very grateful for your love of both theatre and mobile tech, a Venn diagram that seems to have rather few in the center.
I was surprised when I saw that footage, but I can’t say it was completely unexpected! That comfort in front of the camera, and the storytelling abilities both in script and voice clearly came from there
These videos definitely bring back the memories! I loved SonyEricsson, had the W380 and the W500 Walkman phones. I do miss when we had choice on phone form. So I'm definitely happy to see it coming back, even if it is slow.
I love this series and get very excited when you release a new video. In 2009 my now ex-wife was resistant to jump on the smartphone bandwagon, especially after seeing me struggle with buggy early Android phones, and bought a Sony Ericsson Tm717 instead. It was a great device that had most of the features of a smartphone in an era when Telenav was superior to Google Maps. I remember her phone routing me around traffic when I was going to the airport one time. It was like magic and saved me from missing my flight.
Excellent video Sir, I felt the same way when I saw Casino Royale! It wasn’t until Quantum of Solace that i took the plunge on the C902 Cybershot… LOVED that phone and it was the last classic ‘candy bar’ phone I ever owned before the iPhone/ touch screen revolution! This video really resonated with me! Thank you!
Michael's videos have always shown the work he puts in but over the last few years there's a polish to the end product that rival network television segments in their production value. This particular series is fun for me, especially being in my mid 40s and getting to relive a lot of these devices and moments. Fantastic as always, thank you MrMobile!
As someone who grew up in Europe in the 2000s, I was genuinely gobsmacked you had to mention Sony Ericsson as something unique for your American viewers 😳🤯🤯 They were so prevalent I thought they were a worldwide phenomenon!!
Loved this. It’s like LGR but for mobile phone haha. Not to compare since both of you produced fantastic contents anyway but man I felt nostalgic for a product I didn’t even own. Great job Michael!
Very nostalgic!!!! I always love gadgets from the past since they were all amazing you'll love their advantages and disadvantages. Their designs and their simplicity were way better than todays gadgets.
This series made me realize how underserved the American cellphone buyers were during that era, same with cars. It seems like I wouldn't have been able to buy any of the fun phones I had at the time if I lived there.
Nokia, Ericsson, Sony Ericson, Siemens, Sagem too had cool phones all stylish with cool features and visually looking more like fashion accessories new smartphones all mostly similar and bland.
I watch The Big Leap for work (scanning for product placement) and I can tell ya Rob's performance is easily a standout, he's wonderful in that role and I'm excited to see more from him in the future! Additionally this is a fantastic video, excellent job!
As a gadget lover myself, I became overwhelmed by emotion listening to this latest video of "When phones were fun" seeing the Sony ericsson K-series phones we all loved when they were around. The narration and way of presentation of this video is Outstanding!! I hope all upcoming videos on this series follow this same pattern being high on nostalgia...!!! 👏👏👏
Man, seeing this phone with your narration takes me back so far that I forgot about the present. Plus the mention of the M600i, that was my first PDA, I love that device so much, until it broke that I had to replace it with a P1i
Back on 2006 I had a motorola razr V3, with the 1.3mp camera, 3.2mp was mind-blowing resolution for a phone, my digital camera, at that time, from olympus, was only 2.0! As always, great script and video Michael
This is hands down my favorite series to follow. Being someone who grew up on Sprint in VA I feel a certain connection to the Sprint call backs referenced in the videos. Keep it going and thank you!
I still don't know what happened to my last Sony Ericsson which I lost in 2010 or 11. I kind of want to buy one to remember what it feels like to have it in my hand. But they're like 80 bucks on eBay
@@michaelcorcoran8768 Sadly I don't have my Sony Ericssons anymore either. My favourite ones I had was the W995 and Xperia X8 (Which was also my first smartphone), both of which I regret getting rid of.
I just watched No Time to Die on Monday and it was the best of current Bond series. It's probably in the top 5 of all Bond films. Go see it everybody! Excellent video as usual, Señor 2Phones. 📱🇺🇸
I disagree I think it is one of the worst of Daniel Craigs Tenure. The plot is very weak and the villain is terrible. Skyfall Casino Royal Spectre No Time to Die Quantum of Solace
Thanks Michael for this amazing video. 2006-2010 were the golden years of Sony Ericsson and I'm glad I fully expirenced that period of time. Good ol' memories.
I think Sony has had a really consistently great design language, and I was always reminded so by Daniel Craig. I was very surprised to see Nokia in the most recent movie lol.
Except majority of Sony Ericsson designs weren't Sony styled, the Iconic T68i, and the P800 which Steve Jobs admired so much before conceptualizing the iphone were made with Scandinavian design philosophy.
96X!!!! Were you listening to this radio station in the late 90’s when late one night a dj started to rant for a minute and started cussing and then said he quit and just walked off in the middle of his show? Love your videos and your honest take while still being well pre written and well produced.. thank you for all your hard work.. love New York but only to visit… keep up the awesome reviews love your honesty about windows and apple … take care
I know this phone very well. My dad had it for years. I played that golf game all the time. Alot of my family memories are shot using that camera. We we're looking at the pictures from back then, and boy i was surprised by the image quality. If you didnt shake while taking pictures, they would've looked great. And yes i remember playing with all of those themes and wallpapers, they we're gorgeous. Oh man this video was soo nostalgic for me. My dad had the black model it looked much better compared to this silver james bond color. Beautiful script as always michael, loved the video ❤️❤️
The bond phone I really wanted was the one the one from Tomorrow Never Dies that controlled Bond's car....Now the Tesla app does that, the more things change, the more they stay the same
My first "real" phone in Sweden (which I bought in my grandmas company name due to taxes reduction ;). I had a Nokia 3310 previous to this one, a sturdy one that got alot of beating but still managed to preform without a hesitation. The k800i phone was a real flagship and outshined all of my friends phones. We had alot of fun making videos/photos at paties while sharing them on various community sites. All and all I think it died to a second water filled activity back in 2012... RIP (the first death was solved with rice and sunlight) :P Keep up the good work! Cheers from Umeå, Sweden!
I don't know who need to hear this, investing now is a wise decision to take! Despite the pandemic, cryptocurrency has grown in popularity and is predicted to do so in the future as it has changed a lot of lives
@@frncoisebullard8083 People like me are scared of investing in commodities because of the rate of unprofessionals probably confused by fluctuations in price
Man, this one took me down memory lane! I bought a K800i when I was 17 and had it for 7 or 8 years. I loved it and worked without any issues. At the time it was one the best (if not the best) phone any of my friends had. I used to host semi-regular mini golf tournament on the phone; each one of us would play, get a score, and hand the phone to the next contestant 😂 Feels like yesterday!!
I had a Sony Ericsson (W302)! Back in the day, they were all the rage in Brazil (especially the W380), the focus on audio was enough to go make every other teenager go crazy and save up every single penny they had just so they could listen to Nirvana and My Chemical Romance on the best phone possible.
I had a k800i in black and it was my best phone until I entered the smartphone universe. Amazing photos with real flash, that sliding thing to open the camera was very very useful as I'm a car guy and this feature made it faster to capture one if passing by. As a music player it was great with the extra memory card and also it had a side button to play/pause. The building quality was top notch, very solid buttons and great design. @MrMobile, it probably went unnoticed, but those 2 little rectangle chrome things next to the earpiece are actually buttons as well (shortcuts). Thanks for the video, very nostalgic! 😀
Great mix of videos. From past to present. And not just specs and features. Great stuff! And I loved my Sony Ericsson phones from w800i (orange and cream style), p900 (the gadget phone!) w950i, w960...
A great video which just made me take a trip down memory lane with some of the Ericsson/SE handsets that I had from late 90s to early 2010s. Some true classics in their lineups all the way through, I think I must have had a good 7-8 over the years. The K800i was an amazing handset at the time, nice size in the hand, made use of some well places, functional buttons and the camera images, especially well lit outdoors, were amazing. I was sad to see them leave the market when they split.
I remember my dad owning a k800i when it came out. The golf game was like the best mobile game ever for me at the time.The best feature the K800i had was probably it’s dedicated camera shutter button. They were bulky like a brick though. I miss those old times when every dad had a belt clip for their phones like they were handling a weapon. It truly was a different time and phones were more fun. Growing up in that era of tech, It’s strange to see these as nostalgia now. It feels like it was just a little while ago.
I had the regular black K800i (on two different occasions actually). It was perhaps the best phone I've ever owned for its time. I had quite a few Sony Ericssons in my childhood and early teen years, I always loved their user interfaces compared to other phones and little hardware features that always made them feel more useful and special.
Seeing you go through the phone's UI is hitting me with so much nostalgia. I had the same phone model growing up, along with the K750i. I, unfortunately, lost it when the repairperson my dad sent the phone to disappeared and stole the phone along with it, which is probably one of the most frustrating memories I had because I loved the phone a lot lol. I always liked Sony Ericsson phones, that's really the only phone brand my family was ever loyal to. My K750i even last so long from my middle school years until my final high school years (and it's only because I was forced to switch to a smartphone).
Only just found your channel, love this video especially. I worked for Sony Ericsson for nearly 10 years, from K800 to the Xperia Z4. I have an M600 that Vespa used and to the best of my knowledge, it works I think. Fun fact about Casino Royale, good guys had the new phones, bad guys had dated phones.
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Micheal, this has to be the only series on this entire website that I actually look forward to, you're not just showcasing an old product from a by-gone era, you're telling a story and I simply love the way you intertwine you're own history in with that of the products, amazing, can't wait to see what you review next!
Thanks very much! These are some of my favorite videos to do, so that's lovely to hear.
Agreed
I couldn’t agree more, his videos and especially this serie has really high production value and the script is spot on!
@@TheMrMobile Are you still looking for an m600i?
Couldn't agree more!
Ooh the nostlgia. Those were the days, more fun and just about enough tech to get you through the day without being lost in the cyber world. Thank you Micheal!
This is Michael Fisher’s poetry in motion.
The way she turned her eyes to me.
As deep as any ocean, as sweet as any harmony.
I love tech, but the charm is incredible
he missed the chance of saying "shaken, not stirred' tho ahahaha
Agreed the man as a way with words 🤣
Thought that too.
it still feels like yesterday 2007 when i used have sony k800i , wow how fast time passes away
“When Phones Were Fun” is possibly my favourite running tech series on TH-cam. Nostalgia and seeing the evolution of technology? Two thumbs up 👍 from this nerd here!
Seriously. There were some neat phones that came out years back, but especially in the years leading up to smartphones. That was when computer tech was getting to the point that screens, CPUs, and other hardware could be miniaturized to the size of a handheld phone whilst retaining a lot more functionality, but not completely breaking the bank so any average consumer from a prosperous country could afford to get them if they really wanted to.
That said, nowadays it honestly is better, overall. Sure, most phones are basically the same as any other smartphone, just varying in degrees of quality, but phones are cheap to the point that even people from poorer regions or crippling debt are as likely as not to have at least a basic smartphone, if they want or need one. Though there is some absurdity in the notion that some people are living very rough, but still have what would have been basically something straight out of a sci-fi not too long ago.
I had a Sony Ericsson K850i which had an awesome 5MP camera, Automatic Lens Cover and a Xenon Flash which I carried in through my college.
PS: It makes an appearance at 02:08
I think I finally understand why I like these videos. You give the device, whether it's an old phone or the z flip or whatever...you give it context. You put it in a frame and hang it on a wall and show us how great it is. You go over the specs, but incidentally, almost as if you're embarrassed to have to do it -- and then you get back to telling the story of the device. That's what makes you better than all the other tech guys out there.
Keep up the good work.
Every one of these phones were fun videos makes me sad and nostalgic. Please don't ever stop doing this series! ♥️
As a Brit i now only realise how lucky we were to have access to Sony Ericsson phones, i had the K750i and then the K800i. Both were light years ahead of anything else available. Fantastic video which took me right back down memory lane.
If I remember correctly, Sony Ericsson phones were the only non-OS phones where I could minimize the web browser, change the music playing in the background, and continue where I left off. And when I found that out, I sold my Nokia for one of these hahaha
My sister had one of the sony ericsson walkman phones shown in this video (I'd recognise that weird bent shape anywhere), it was pretty great for the time.
Y'all were way beyond lucky lol. Outside of a few standouts, devices released in the states extremely paled in comparison
Oh yes I remember how I had a Sony Ericsson and my best friend had a Nokia and we would always argue which one is better. Later I had to choose between a W880i and a K800i, I chose the W880i just because of the D-pad over the annoying joystick. Sad that a tennis ball hit it and it died, I had good 2 years and a half with it.
Did you ever have any problems with this one? I had it from o2 and had to send it back numerous times because of a software fault that bricked the phone. In the end, they recalled the phone completely and gave me a totally different phone.
I absolutely adore this series. It makes me feel nostalgic for a time that I thought I genuinely hated. Thanks for that; and keep it up!
Kudos to the absolutely stellar storytelling! Nobody builds the script quite like Michael does, which is so endearing.
Tech videos done right. Everyone else pales in comparison.
❤️
This video has such tremendous repeat value ! Happened to land here again after almost 2 yrs (thanks to the algo) and dare I say, breezed through the video w/o any hitch.
As always Michael, thank you for such masterpieces scattered amidst the usually mundane world of tech reviews. Love from 🇮🇳, as always.
Michael, thank you so much for putting Sony Ericsson in the spotlight! As a Swede I’ve gone through a lot of Ericsson/Sony Ericsson-phones and I still have a lot of kept in the attic. It’s really interesting to hear an Americans view of our beloved phones and I got really sad when they announced that Sony And Ericsson had broke up 💔 I also had the K800i and I loved it so much!
Sony ericsson phones where huge in mexico, I had a w810, my sister had a w800, with good old memory stick pro duo support haha.
2:45 I have a crazy amount of old Sony phones, Including a Walkman and cyber shot among others, but they all suffer from either swollen batteries… OR RUBBER REVERSION!
Back in the days I always swore by the Sony Ericsson brand. The fluid user experience was just something else. Thank you once again for a great series, Michael and most importantly a trip down memory lane. This one really hit home for me
Around this era, I bought unlocked phones from Amazon. I bought two Sony Ericsson, the W900 and the W850. I liked them both but the former wasn't really usable in America (I didn't understand the different cell bands at the time), and the latter was nice but I ended up not using the Walkman feature a lot. But overall, I really like their design and still had fun with them.
My entire family used Sony Ericsson phones back then... And it's the only time we shared any sort of "ecosystem". This comment also brought me back to those times as well :')
Same here, that UX was silky smooth. All the polished little animations scrolling through menus etc.
Friends of mine who mostly had clunky Symbian based Nokias just didn’t get it. Watching elements getting drawn on screen, yuck!
I'm still a Sony phone adherent after owning the W850i when I was at school, then a slew of Xperias. Despite clearly being android devices nowadays, they still have proper EQ function for music and a really nice UI. It's also just nice to be a little bit different, especially when they are still properly bleeding edge phones in a lot of cases. The only real downside is the lack of peripherals such as cases. My old XZ3 was a genuine game changer - one of the first phones with a 4k display and one of the first with wireless charging. I still have it as my backup after it put in a healthy 4 and a bit years of service and it still works perfectly, albeit with a bit of battery degradation.
I went from 3310 to Sony Ericsson T620 and I was so blown away I was scared to show it in the school for it might get robbed. W800 was next.
This was my first proper phone. I used to have old and cheap Nokias and Siemens phones that I got from my parents as a kid, but I saved up whooping £80 to get this phone, and was so proud of it.
I was amazed by the stylish look, it’s OS with animated backgrounds, great camera and powerful hardware that allowed me to play games like galaxy on fire, deep submarine odyssey, rally master pro and blades n magic (I was a massive fishlabs fan at the time, but games like sola rola also deserve a shout out).
I still have this phone to this day but unfortunately with a smashed screen
The pause after the: "shaken", clearly shows how much you wanted to say stirred afterwards. Congrats for self-control...
Did you have a close look?
@@heinerguppenhuber7064 Yeah, but he didn't said it, and i think that was hard...
Amm... I didn't have the self-control.
I had (actually still have somewhere) a Sony Ericsson S700i. It had a 1.3 megapixel camera and a weird twist to open design that confused everyone. The utility of having a camera like that with me all of the time was amazing, and being able to transfer via Bluetooth was great. Had to use the IR to transfer to a laptop a few times which was…slow.
S700i was my first phone! I remember everyone being surprised by how it opened up, expecting a typical lift like phone. Still sometimes miss playing tennis there.
4:24 that photo has a really classic look
Absolutely the best Series - Tech / Non Tech on TH-cam. I still remember using my mom's sony ericson S500i (which she has still kept btw) and yep those phones were fun and amazing, just like this series. Hats off Michael 👏
Michael, you've hit me with the nostalgia train. My first 'fancy' phone was the K800i. I loved it and I felt so proud to finally be able to afford something wonderful at the age of 18......when smartphones didn't exist within normal parlance and this was about as special as you could get in the mainstream sphere.
Now, it wasn't perfect. The battery life was dicey (but I had come from a Nokia 3310!), the chargers seemed to give up every 2-3 months without fail and the camera slide cover tended to become loose over continued use and eventually would pop open by blowing on it.
None the less, I revelled in owning it! Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it.
Love this series one of my favorite on TH-cam. Would love to see you cover some of the sony ericsson walkman phones like the w580i or the w910i. These were some of my favorite phones growing up
Easily one of the best phones in the 2000s! I remember one of my classmates having it and me being kinda jealous but I guess that's life 😂
Definitely the best episode of this already delightful series. Fisher is the most underrated tech reviewer today.
Its so good living the Nostalgia of our past, When life and Tech, were both awesome and less of a hassle. Thank you Michael.
My dad had a T68! I was amazed by the fact that you could have COLOUR on a phone...whilst I had a Trium Geo. But that was OK; that had WAP (not that WAP!)
SIMENS MADE ELEVATORS
I had a monocrom motorola v60i when this phone came out but that okay it had the game falling numb3rs nothing could beat that
I briefly had a color phone after but it fell once into the sea and had to go back to my motorola that had survive 4 encounters with the water xD it went on to survive another dip in the water and a fall from a second floor xD
OMG, so much memories with Sony Ericsson T68. It was my parents' first cellphone with color screen.
My dad gave me his T230i. Loved it so much. It has a color screen of 4000 colors compared to millions now. But for me it was so amazing. Oh and I also had a Star Wars III T shirt that came with it.
@@tanchoonnee Siemens makes a lot of things, like for example locomotives. They don't make mobile phones though anymore, which is a bit of a shame since their phones were pretty cool.
I had it, I loved it, I miss it. Even though the only thing I remember about it is that awesome (for the time) 3.2 MP camera, coupled with a xenon flash. I'm barely 52 seconds into the video, but I already know I'm gonna enjoy it. Thank you for bringing back memories.
Am avut și eu unu la fel ca cel din video. L-am ținut vreo 7 ani din 2008 până în 2015. Acum trebuie sa schimb telefonul la 2 ani 🤣🤣🤣
I was fully expecting the camera samples to look like complete garbage, but I was shocked at how good, clear and colourful they were for the era, even in the night shots!
Honestly one of the best phones (for the time) I ever owned it was the first phone I ever used as a real camera and the first one I ever made a video call on, made custom themes for and put apps on truly brilliant peace of hardware at the time
I still have the phone however it's not working, this phone was very unique
Never follow the crowd and this is what Michael does best. I eagerly wait for these kind of unique videos which bring back so many old memories. A huge thumbs up to you Mike!
I had and sold this phone, the all black version. This is one of the best phones I ever experienced. This series is really well named. Because at the time, phones were fun, were different and it was always an experience to discover and test. Now like most things, everything looks alike.
Another brilliant video, Michael. As someone else said, this has to be the best channel. Even watching you do the ads is a joy!
DAMMMMN i remember salivate in the presentations of this phone. I had instead the LG renoir with its 8m pixel, xenon flash, divx player, dolby audio, auto focus... released later. But this one was amazing. Thanks for the reminder
Okay but that Microsoft mouse in his flashback of his Virginia office REALLY brought me back.
Damn, this video hit me like a truck, just pure unadulterated nostalgia
This video remembered me the good old days when my father used to borrowed me this exact phone while we were waiting my mother to get out of her job, and I would spend hours playing the mini golf game, and taking photos of everything I encountered, thx for the video you really made me remembered those times!
Funny to think that Sony still _are_ at the bleeding edge of smart phone tech, especially with cameras. That Sony Xperia 1 III from earlier with the highly customisable camera features, a luscious 4K ultrawide screen with 120hz and 240hz motion blur reduction? Best phone this year _by far_
It deserves to be a Bond phone in the same way as the K800i! Great video, dude!
Sony has a much bigger problem then producing "the best phone" (which clearly isnt the case if you watch mr mobile and other youtubers, since hardware isnt everything). Sony does release phones that some people want, but then sell them 6+ months later when the next phone gets released. Thats such a shame.
(8:49) That's a sad ending, but at the same time, it's somehow reminding me of Galaxy Themes. Thanks for showing us that so that none of us would have to do it ourselves, though it might've been a O2 thing to make the special theme a trial. Meanwhile, around that time, I was free to switch to whatever themes I wanted on Windows Mobile, including a theme that mimicked iPhone OS 1.0 as far as Windows Mobile theming at the time would allow.
This made me nostalgic for 2006 and I was literally eight years old at that time and could barely remember any of your references
Total goosebumps from 0:43 to 1:00
My god, you sir are an artful director
Great to see another installment in one of my favourite series on the Tube.
I love to see some of your Shakespeare escapades! Especially as I am in rehearsals for a production of Richard III. I am very grateful for your love of both theatre and mobile tech, a Venn diagram that seems to have rather few in the center.
I was surprised when I saw that footage, but I can’t say it was completely unexpected! That comfort in front of the camera, and the storytelling abilities both in script and voice clearly came from there
Tears of joy for WPWF coming back!
Wonderful job as always.
These videos definitely bring back the memories! I loved SonyEricsson, had the W380 and the W500 Walkman phones. I do miss when we had choice on phone form. So I'm definitely happy to see it coming back, even if it is slow.
I love this series and get very excited when you release a new video. In 2009 my now ex-wife was resistant to jump on the smartphone bandwagon, especially after seeing me struggle with buggy early Android phones, and bought a Sony Ericsson Tm717 instead. It was a great device that had most of the features of a smartphone in an era when Telenav was superior to Google Maps. I remember her phone routing me around traffic when I was going to the airport one time. It was like magic and saved me from missing my flight.
Excellent video Sir, I felt the same way when I saw Casino Royale! It wasn’t until Quantum of Solace that i took the plunge on the C902 Cybershot… LOVED that phone and it was the last classic ‘candy bar’ phone I ever owned before the iPhone/ touch screen revolution! This video really resonated with me! Thank you!
Michael's videos have always shown the work he puts in but over the last few years there's a polish to the end product that rival network television segments in their production value. This particular series is fun for me, especially being in my mid 40s and getting to relive a lot of these devices and moments. Fantastic as always, thank you MrMobile!
I remember this phone being the icon! Was only 8 at the time and eventually my mum gave me her K750i after upgrading. These Sony Ericssons were epic.
Glad to see this series make a comeback it's like stepping in a time machine this is genius
As someone who grew up in Europe in the 2000s, I was genuinely gobsmacked you had to mention Sony Ericsson as something unique for your American viewers 😳🤯🤯
They were so prevalent I thought they were a worldwide phenomenon!!
Totally agreed. I live in Asia and have the same thought!
From UK - same here. I assumed they were as big as Nokia@@StudioAZ08
Hands down - THE best fuckin phone I ever had. So much memories, just a timeless device
Loved this. It’s like LGR but for mobile phone haha. Not to compare since both of you produced fantastic contents anyway but man I felt nostalgic for a product I didn’t even own. Great job Michael!
This video, for many reasons, is a work of art.
I LOVE when you show pictures of yourself, it gives US a real visual/feel of what it was like then. 💓
You have lightning in a bottle with this series brother! Awesome content!
Very nostalgic!!!!
I always love gadgets from the past since they were all amazing you'll love their advantages and disadvantages. Their designs and their simplicity were way better than todays gadgets.
This series made me realize how underserved the American cellphone buyers were during that era, same with cars. It seems like I wouldn't have been able to buy any of the fun phones I had at the time if I lived there.
Exactly! Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones were the best for those times and US market didn't even knew about many of those phones.
Nokia, Ericsson, Sony Ericson, Siemens, Sagem too had cool phones all stylish with cool features and visually looking more like fashion accessories new smartphones all mostly similar and bland.
@@harshvaghela47 just like now, while xiaomi, samsung, oneplus, huawei have better value, they only know LG, google and apple
I was always shocked at the US cell phone scene during my trips to America… till the iPhone rolled around
@@richard35791 All that people know in Europe, specifically The Netherlands, is Samsung and Apple. With Android being called "samsung" very often 😂
I never knew it was possible to feel nostalgic for things that I was too young to remember.
I watch The Big Leap for work (scanning for product placement) and I can tell ya Rob's performance is easily a standout, he's wonderful in that role and I'm excited to see more from him in the future!
Additionally this is a fantastic video, excellent job!
4:03 love that phaser on the table next to classical clock and modern day 3310. Wish I could own one though. phaser not the other two things ;)
I remember one of my cousins had one of those K800i in 2009. & Boy I was jealous even as a 10 year old kid. Phones were really fun. ♥️
As a gadget lover myself, I became overwhelmed by emotion listening to this latest video of "When phones were fun" seeing the Sony ericsson K-series phones we all loved when they were around. The narration and way of presentation of this video is Outstanding!! I hope all upcoming videos on this series follow this same pattern being high on nostalgia...!!! 👏👏👏
Man, seeing this phone with your narration takes me back so far that I forgot about the present. Plus the mention of the M600i, that was my first PDA, I love that device so much, until it broke that I had to replace it with a P1i
5:21 He looks like a deep fried meme here...
Back on 2006 I had a motorola razr V3, with the 1.3mp camera, 3.2mp was mind-blowing resolution for a phone, my digital camera, at that time, from olympus, was only 2.0! As always, great script and video Michael
V3i*. Regular V3 had a vga camera. But I agree with you bro, mind-blowing.
Production quality is off the charts.... seriously man absolutely amazing.
This takes me back! I really wanted one of these back then.
This is hands down my favorite series to follow. Being someone who grew up on Sprint in VA I feel a certain connection to the Sprint call backs referenced in the videos. Keep it going and thank you!
I used to be a big fan of Sony Ericsson phones back in the day, to the point I knew most of them at the back of my head.
Those were the days.
I still don't know what happened to my last Sony Ericsson which I lost in 2010 or 11. I kind of want to buy one to remember what it feels like to have it in my hand. But they're like 80 bucks on eBay
A hand-me-down Ericsson was my first “modern”
phone. I’d had rather flakey mobile usage before that. Only one I remember was the the Nokia 3310.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 Sadly I don't have my Sony Ericssons anymore either.
My favourite ones I had was the W995 and Xperia X8 (Which was also my first smartphone), both of which I regret getting rid of.
@@blunderingfool Just "Ericsson"? Then I suppose that's like late 90's or early 2000's then.
Another masterpiece of an episode. Always look forward to the latest episode in this series. Hope you do not grow tired of it, Michael. Stay safe.
I just watched No Time to Die on Monday and it was the best of current Bond series. It's probably in the top 5 of all Bond films. Go see it everybody! Excellent video as usual, Señor 2Phones. 📱🇺🇸
I disagree I think it is one of the worst of Daniel Craigs Tenure. The plot is very weak and the villain is terrible.
Skyfall
Casino Royal
Spectre
No Time to Die
Quantum of Solace
@@mickaldinho agree
Thanks Michael for this amazing video. 2006-2010 were the golden years of Sony Ericsson and I'm glad I fully expirenced that period of time. Good ol' memories.
I think Sony has had a really consistently great design language, and I was always reminded so by Daniel Craig. I was very surprised to see Nokia in the most recent movie lol.
Except majority of Sony Ericsson designs weren't Sony styled, the Iconic T68i, and the P800 which Steve Jobs admired so much before conceptualizing the iphone were made with Scandinavian design philosophy.
No other youtube reviewers came close to your videos, Michael.
Kudos.
Another Michael Fisher masterpiece. One of the few tech reviewers of which I’ll watch and enjoy every single video he makes. Thank you Michael.
96X!!!!
Were you listening to this radio station in the late 90’s when late one night a dj started to rant for a minute and started cussing and then said he quit and just walked off in the middle of his show?
Love your videos and your honest take while still being well pre written and well produced.. thank you for all your hard work.. love New York but only to visit… keep up the awesome reviews love your honesty about windows and apple … take care
You know that TH-cam is integral for humanity when Mr. Mobile's when phones were fun series goes online. I hope the series of videos never ends.
I know this phone very well. My dad had it for years.
I played that golf game all the time.
Alot of my family memories are shot using that camera. We we're looking at the pictures from back then, and boy i was surprised by the image quality. If you didnt shake while taking pictures, they would've looked great.
And yes i remember playing with all of those themes and wallpapers, they we're gorgeous.
Oh man this video was soo nostalgic for me. My dad had the black model it looked much better compared to this silver james bond color.
Beautiful script as always michael, loved the video ❤️❤️
The bond phone I really wanted was the one the one from Tomorrow Never Dies that controlled Bond's car....Now the Tesla app does that, the more things change, the more they stay the same
My first "real" phone in Sweden (which I bought in my grandmas company name due to taxes reduction ;). I had a Nokia 3310 previous to this one, a sturdy one that got alot of beating but still managed to preform without a hesitation. The k800i phone was a real flagship and outshined all of my friends phones. We had alot of fun making videos/photos at paties while sharing them on various community sites. All and all I think it died to a second water filled activity back in 2012... RIP (the first death was solved with rice and sunlight) :P Keep up the good work! Cheers from Umeå, Sweden!
What a video 👏👏
Dear God man the music, effects, and narration are top tier on your videos.
I don't know who need to hear this, investing now is a wise decision to take! Despite the pandemic, cryptocurrency has grown in popularity and is predicted to do so in the future as it has changed a lot of lives
A lot of people with high IQs are terrible investors because they’ve got terrible temperaments. You need to keep raw, irrational emotion under control
@@mariajames4040 It’s not how much money you keep, but how much money you make, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for
@@frncoisebullard8083 People like me are scared of investing in commodities because of the rate of unprofessionals probably confused by fluctuations in price
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Forgot I was even waiting for this
One of the best series on TH-cam!
Nicely done yet again
I used to have a Sony ericsson when I lived in Haiti. This video is bringing back nostalgic feelings
Living in Sweden, I had both Bond and Vespers phone. This brought back sweet memories. Thank You.
My older brother owned one of these! I have fond memories playing the mini Golf game for hours when he wasn't using it
Man, this one took me down memory lane! I bought a K800i when I was 17 and had it for 7 or 8 years. I loved it and worked without any issues. At the time it was one the best (if not the best) phone any of my friends had. I used to host semi-regular mini golf tournament on the phone; each one of us would play, get a score, and hand the phone to the next contestant 😂
Feels like yesterday!!
I had a Sony Ericsson (W302)! Back in the day, they were all the rage in Brazil (especially the W380), the focus on audio was enough to go make every other teenager go crazy and save up every single penny they had just so they could listen to Nirvana and My Chemical Romance on the best phone possible.
I can remember my dad having the C905 Cybershot. I seriously wanted that phone.
I had a k800i in black and it was my best phone until I entered the smartphone universe. Amazing photos with real flash, that sliding thing to open the camera was very very useful as I'm a car guy and this feature made it faster to capture one if passing by. As a music player it was great with the extra memory card and also it had a side button to play/pause. The building quality was top notch, very solid buttons and great design. @MrMobile, it probably went unnoticed, but those 2 little rectangle chrome things next to the earpiece are actually buttons as well (shortcuts). Thanks for the video, very nostalgic! 😀
Loved this, thanks. Always informative and fun, one of the best tech reporters on this platform.
I felt nostalgic watching this as if I'm living my life to the fullest in 2006 even though I'm only 6 in 2006
Great mix of videos. From past to present. And not just specs and features.
Great stuff!
And I loved my Sony Ericsson phones from w800i (orange and cream style), p900 (the gadget phone!) w950i, w960...
A great video which just made me take a trip down memory lane with some of the Ericsson/SE handsets that I had from late 90s to early 2010s. Some true classics in their lineups all the way through, I think I must have had a good 7-8 over the years. The K800i was an amazing handset at the time, nice size in the hand, made use of some well places, functional buttons and the camera images, especially well lit outdoors, were amazing. I was sad to see them leave the market when they split.
Man brings back memories, it was one of my first phones.
I remember my dad owning a k800i when it came out. The golf game was like the best mobile game ever for me at the time.The best feature the K800i had was probably it’s dedicated camera shutter button. They were bulky like a brick though. I miss those old times when every dad had a belt clip for their phones like they were handling a weapon. It truly was a different time and phones were more fun. Growing up in that era of tech, It’s strange to see these as nostalgia now. It feels like it was just a little while ago.
I had the regular black K800i (on two different occasions actually). It was perhaps the best phone I've ever owned for its time. I had quite a few Sony Ericssons in my childhood and early teen years, I always loved their user interfaces compared to other phones and little hardware features that always made them feel more useful and special.
You are the best Story teller in the Tech TH-cam world, :) thank you for this Michael Fisher
Seeing you go through the phone's UI is hitting me with so much nostalgia. I had the same phone model growing up, along with the K750i. I, unfortunately, lost it when the repairperson my dad sent the phone to disappeared and stole the phone along with it, which is probably one of the most frustrating memories I had because I loved the phone a lot lol. I always liked Sony Ericsson phones, that's really the only phone brand my family was ever loyal to. My K750i even last so long from my middle school years until my final high school years (and it's only because I was forced to switch to a smartphone).
Only just found your channel, love this video especially. I worked for Sony Ericsson for nearly 10 years, from K800 to the Xperia Z4. I have an M600 that Vespa used and to the best of my knowledge, it works I think.
Fun fact about Casino Royale, good guys had the new phones, bad guys had dated phones.
Good job capturing the landscape of the time the phone came out in. Takes me back to simpler times!