The worst iPhone Apple made.

[@heatedpoolandbar]

Back when Apple Maps came out there was a joke going around "An Apple Maps user walks into a bar... or a gym, or a field, we aren't really sure"

[@Peron1-MC]

i remember when it came out and clouds covered alot of the town i lived in XD

[@filipwassen7947]

I’ve always wanted to like Apple Maps, but I have found it hard to especially since I live in Sweden. But recently Apple have started to give more official support for Sweden, so I’m slowly transitioning to it now!

[@Ferrichrome]

I use Apple Maps daily for navigation and I gotta say I love it. The 3D maps looks beautiful. Sometimes I just go to a city and explore it using the maps app on my MacBook. And it does a great job with the interface, super easy to read the directions when driving and it gives intuitive voice directions. All that said, in terms of raw information, Google Maps will always be king, so I still have the app on my phone.

[@EroticWhale]

I always heard the jokes but I’ve literally never had a single issue with Apple Maps. Of course I can understand in a place like Australia it could be hard. I think the iOS developers, who are probably American didn’t think about places like Australia having different suburbs lol.

[@Josh-qd7lq]

Man I’m an Apple user and in terms of ui and experience it still sucks. The satellite location has defo gotten better

[@caranook]

My first smartphone was a 5C, and I loved that little phone to death! Trust me, going from a cheap Motorola flip phone to an iPhone was like heaven.

[@BardicRJ]

I loved my 5C too! I went from the iPhone 4 to this, and loved it!

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

I had a 5C as well!!! absolutely LOVED that phone to death and ironically in green like the one Dank shown. It was a very short time with that phone before upgrading it but I loved it.

[@GurrenWing]

I went from a htc pile of poo to the 5c. Talk about feeling bougie.

[@asanajp3981]

yeah! my experience exactly, I remember just fucking yeeting this thing with my friends in high school, thing never broke ps this was back in 2018-19 , I had this thing for a while

[@ЛентяйЁпта]

Yup, everytime I see somebody bash some iPhone they're just taking a certain level of standards for granted.

[@notgray88]

I remember as a kid, if you were one of the lucky few that actually owned a smartphone AND could afford the iPhone 5 with Siri, you were basically a celebrity during lunch break. We would spend the whole time telling Siri poop jokes and asking dumb questions.

[@aztekarchive]

Siri came with all iPhone 5 it’s the 4s that introduced Siri

[@groove.mp4]

@@aztekarchive yessss 😭

[@cauwama]

I found the touchless gestures on a kid's Galaxy S4 so cool back then

[@forkforgot]

i got my first phone when i was around 8 (my mom's old iphone 4) and i flexed on ALL my friends at school and asked siri the dumbest questions

[@notgray88]

@@forkforgot Damn I didn't get a smartphone until 13. I was still using a little verizon flip phone.

[@michiganman4398]

My dad was still using my old 5c up until last year. The kid at the cellphone store didn’t know what it was when he went to upgrade.

[@christopher9727]

... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@pyeltd.5457]

Yea he was 10

[@whoishim2998]

I used to have one in middle school, lasted a while

[@christopher9727]

... Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@4ddie8]

@@whoishim2998vince

[@Crusty783]

atleast it has a headphone jack

[@Kobi-yy2ly]

Fr 😭

[@thatguyfrye]

Best feature tbh

[@FOLLYSREALWIFE]

LMAO

[@uncertifiedloaf]

LMFAOOO actually made me laugh dude

[@GroupNebula563]

JACK AND DAC JACK AND DAC JACK AND DAC JACK AND DAC JACK AND DAC JACK AND DAC

[@sodapone]

I was in an Apple Store today and overheard an older lady presenting a green iPhone 5C to a Genius Bar employee and asking why the Mail app stopped working (something about it not working due to her iOS version being too old). So this is an absolutely wild coincidence.

[@TorutheRedFox]

it actually does just some mail providers require some additional set up to make it work (I can use GMail on my iPhone 4 running iOS 6 just fine, I just needed to generate an app-specific password for it)

[@cirkulx]

@@TorutheRedFox i use apple mail on iphoneos 3.1.3 :P

[@sodapone]

Might've had something more to do with the particular emails she wanted to view or something. I wasn't able to hear all the details, naturally.

[@MrAeral]

Fr, a wild coincidence

[@heggy_69]

Planned obsolescence is crazy

[@matthewmspace]

I was in high school at the time and these were absolutely everywhere. People loved the color options compared to the “bland” 5S. Meanwhile, I got a 5S and loved it. I still think the 5S has one of the best designs of an iPhone to this day.

[@ashmakes21]

5S was my first iPhone Can’t imagine a life with the 5 or 5C and no touch id

[@matthewmspace]

@@ashmakes21 Well when I first entered middle school in fall 2007 (6th grade), the iPhone had just come out the summer before. We all had flip phones. Good times. Until you accidentally tried to use the internet and got smacked to a stupidly expensive $200+ monthly bill, lol.

[@RUMADD69]

just wished it had the same black color as the iphone 5 the black color never really was a deep black again

[@matthewmspace]

@@RUMADD69 Honestly, same. That Black was so good.

[@pablo4yu]

The 5c blue was so fucking cool

[@oxedward4738]

I had a 5c as a young teenager/ preteen and I loved that thing. I have a lot of nostalgia for those neon colors and that blocky shape.

[@100_funsshatta]

Being a teen during the mid 10s was so special

[@solarbirdyz]

I _loved_ my green 5C. It was the first smartphone I bought after leaving Japan and I loved it. The only reason I upgraded was because they stopped dropping security patches for it. SOME OF US HAVE SMALL HANDS OKAY

[@Blueeyesthewarrior]

Me and my iPhone SE

[@vusun123]

@ZaHandle12 mini gang here. If Apple releases another mini phone then I will upgrade to one.

[@Chzydawg]

I had a 5s up until about 6 months after the 11 released. Finally all the software updates caught up with the little g. I think it was around the same time Apple were exposed for purposely bricking old phones with updates.

[@xamava]

12 or 13 mini. even tho battery on the 12 mini is quite bad, i'd personally still go for it and use it as a secondary phone lmao ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT STUNNING STUNNING PURPLE

[@jasonalec6573]

13 mini gang

[@iconredesign]

I loved how dense the polycarbonate plastic is, it’s still solidly built, still love my blue iPhone 5c

[@net_news]

it's beautiful and iconic

[@themrwinston9570]

they just weighted the frame... but you're right, they did feel surprisingly solid just picking one up for the first time

[@braedonmorrissey7548]

i am so glad I got the iPhone 13 in that nice blue I missed it from the 5c it is pretty similar

[@hiddenguy67]

beauty phone😊

[@toby8266]

L

[@leobreaker3983]

The 5C was severely underrated. Loved how it felt in the hand (that plastic!), a fantastic utility device, and that little boarder of color around the black glass is a nice little touch. It was the only phone I felt like no case was the premier way to use it.

[@angeldemore6922]

yeah i loved the 5c I had a white one but I def wanted the green one

[@TorutheRedFox]

mine still feels great after years upon years of sheer abuse (and somehow it has zero cracks on the display)

[@enamouredwiddit]

the plastic really did feel so nice

[@jasminappleby779]

Yes! I had a case for mine but I regularly kept it off because it just slid into my school uniform blazer pockets nicer. Case was rubbery so it always got stuck. It was great in the hand

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

yea, people forget this was never meant to be a flagship phone... It was a one year old Iphone 5 with actually some improvements...

[@topicvideosguy]

7:44 "If you live in a tiny little city like Adelaide" As a resident of a city 11 times smaller than Adelaide (Columbia, MO, USA), this made me audibly laugh. I remember a friend's mom using Apple Maps to get to my house back around 2015 and it took her to an abandoned building in an industrial park.

[@Nishikar17]

Lol

[@christopher9727]

.... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@hudsonfeely207]

As a resident of a town 130 times smaller than Columbia, I am audibly laughing as well.

[@Junichsen]

Baffles me on how he considers Adelaide a small city despite there being 1.4 million people, but to be fair, there is only 8 cities + Alice Springs in Australia

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Another possible issue with the IPhone 5C was that the color of these plastic phones (especially the red ones) would sometimes fade over time, just from being exposed to the sun! This is a big oversight due to the fact that people brought these everywhere! It also brings the topic back to those strange phone cases. I knew someone who used their phone, with the case on, all the time under fluorescent lighting and probably on a car dashboard, and later removed the case and ended up with pink dots on their red phone! To be honest, it looked kind of cool, and almost intentional!

[@progect3548]

I’m pretty sure that happens with basically every dye tho

[@copyer9088]

They never had a red colour option 😂

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

@@copyer9088 You’re actually right. The confusion was that Apple made a salmon or coral like tone somewhere in between red and pink. However, they called it pink, not red. The dots left on the phone by the U.V. Shining through the case were slightly brighter: closer to the color of bubblegum.

[@copyer9088]

@@djijspeakerguy4628 fair enough

[@animeloveer97]

​@@copyer9088 there might have been a (product red) one

[@sabersz]

I bought a blue 5C a couple years ago because of the nostalgia your channel brought back. Still works, fairly decent condition too! I use it as a backup phone occasionally

[@antiseth3964]

I purposefully purchased an iPhone SE 1 because it was the last of that iconic initial iPhone design generation. It’s such a beautiful piece, and honestly I’m glad they brought the flag edges back in recent versions. I just wish they would flatten the camera bump.

[@AttorneyBCollins]

Still using mine as my phone. I will have no problem switching when apple screws it up with no usable apps in itunes, but it serves me fine for now. I use an older Pixel for photos.

[@andrewduong2740]

The iPhone, starting from the 4, is a staggering piece of modern industrial design and one of the most influential devices of our current tech age. Apart from HTC for a few years, nobody has come close.

[@Terminal_Apotos]

In 2019 I bought myself a 64 Gig iPhone SE which I loved, sadly it was stolen at school when I was in PE. A couple years later I bought one just to have it because I love it’s design so much.

[@andrewduong2740]

@@Terminal_Apotos I never had an HTC One when I was in school, but the M8 was so striking that I bought one last year just to keep it. I even played around with LineageOS on it.

[@Lizlodude]

Still have my SE1, still works great honestly. My 13m feels fast compared to it, but the SE doesn't feel slow compared to the 13, if that makes sense.

[@mr-dan-coleman]

I loved my 5C. Sadly it was cheap (by iPhone standards) and was generally pretty nice to use. Sadly it succumbed to the common battery swelling issue that the 5C experienced.

[@FuckFistingAss7osuFF7osu]

my battery ballooned too lmao

[@beni5149]

Honestly it's basically what apple did with the current iPhone 15 They recycled the components from last gen iPhone 14 and put them in the same case and everything but now it's "titanium" and increased its price while it has actually nothing better over last year. Even the pro max which is the only one with an updated processor still looses to android phones like the OnePlus 12 in performance, gpu, and battery life. And in terms of camera it's comparable to Samsung and the pixel 8 is better. This year i would suggest is the worst iPhone apple ever made Because usually they have better performance and much better battery atleast This year they loose in absolutely every way.

[@tommyjones1357]

Big fan of the 5C and 5S form-factor. They could release another iPhone SE Gen1 body type and I would buy it. Phones are too slipping big these days.

[@Iridiumcosmos]

Didn't even know these had battery swelling issues. My 5C is still perfectly intact. Lol.

[@WigWoo1]

I worked at walmart when this came out and when parents came in to buy their kids an ipod touch i would instead sell them a prepaid iphone 5c for like $129. It was cheaper than the latest ipod touch and i told parents to just buy it and dont activate it. That way it's the same thing as an ipod since the phone part didn't work

[@nivekross]

The 5C was my first smartphone, and it’ll hold a special place in my heart. I wish it had lasted longer but I dropped it and had to replace it with a 7. Now on a 12 Pro and it’s crazy to think I actually used that damn thing for so long lol

[@catwacatwa]

ok

[@kindahonourablecanadian]

The 6S holds a special place in mine. My first phone, ever. Please come back, 6S. I know you’re still here

[@carmadme]

I knew someone who was still using one in 2021

[@Genevisid]

It was my first phone too!!

[@aromanticfranziskavonkarma]

@@carmadme I was using a 5S until 2020 lol

[@szimre95]

Still got my 5C as an extra alarm phone, works flawlessly, original battery and all. It was bulletproof, never used a case and it might be in better shape than the 7 which was always in cases. Loved the color & material as well. When there were rumors that they might bring back a plastic phone recently I was actually thinking about finally upgrading the 7.

[@newp0rt]

this is so funny cause i use it as my alarm phone too. he was talking price but carriers (at least in the US) had these SUPER discounted. got mine for 50 bucks.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

"Alarm phone"? Have you ever heard of, you know, _clock radios?_

[@hockeycrafter6086]

My 5c back in the day was an absolute beast I’m a farm kid, it’s been run over by multiple cars, and a tractor, and was left in a super wet, muddy field for a whole week and it worked just fine. Screen didn’t even crack.

[@tuqchino2691]

*tank

[@kingpotato7183]

What a unit.

[@Jakobly]

i’ve had five different iphones over the years, the 5C was my favorite by far. easiest to hold and it was so durable. plus it looked the best

[@Azeria]

I’ve always heard that the ‘real’ reason they didn’t keep the 5 around was because the chamfered edges Jony Ive insisted on were too expensive for a cut priced phone. The later SE didn’t have them.

[@hiddenguy67]

realy

[@ivanalvarado3646]

I believe it was because they were supply constrained for the aluminum, so they went with plastic to have the aluminum entirely for the 5S. Plus plastic is cheaper which means bigger margins.

[@xerzy]

@@ivanalvarado3646 ...and then they priced it the same as they would have if they had just kept the 5 on the market. Genius.

[@alexandreb.1101]

​@Tong Zou if you look at the edges, they have a mirror finish in the 5S, and matte in the SE

[@blakesooly2722]

@@alexandreb.1101 because the mirrored edge wasn’t as durable

[@Rilch]

I remember for a while, a lot of carriers were trying to get rid of these for like $100.. Albeit probably with a contract and such. They were practically giving them away.

[@carrot7143]

$100? i think my carrier charged $0.99 with a two year contract lol

[@skrimpdick5583]

Lol I got an iPhone SE 2020 model for 50 bucks on a two and a half year contract. The contract ended last year and I could totally get something else if I wanted to but I don’t plan on getting rid of it anytime soon

[@matthewmspace]

I remember that. They did that with a lot of phones before everyone switched to installment plans instead of contracts. First time I remember that happening was towards the end of the 4 lifecycle, the 3GS was only $50 from AT&T, which was a great deal at the time for a phone that was the main one only a year earlier.

[@theojjuiceisloose]

yep thats about how much my parents paid for mine just a few months after launch 😅😅

[@burger7614]

Well with my carrier the phone 14 pro is only 170$ with a two year

[@sincere9100]

Brat theme she’s so Julia 💚

[@layeredchip3220]

The 5C was my first smart phone. I remember my family got it because we didn’t have a lot of money and my old flip phone had died. Unfortunately we couldn’t get a laptop and another flip phone (which was the original plan) because the tiny little town we lived in only had one phone store and they went all in on the new smart phones. So for the end of my middle school and the majority of my high school life I had a cheap little iPhone as my “computer”. A significant amount of the papers I had to write in that time were done on a 5C with a Bluetooth keyboard. It was a really good little phone.

[@tonitrus553]

This teaches me a little bit about being grateful for what I have, or had in the past. I hope you've been experiencing better days since then!

[@chrisgg80]

i actually really miss the 5C. I was in elementary school when it came out and it was huge solely because of the colors. I really wish apple could go back to this instead of those washed out, ugly colors they use now. The colors on the 5C were so superior to anything apple has spit out after it. Although, my first IPhone was the gold 5S, I was in the fifth grade when it came out and everyone loved me because my phone was so cool lol. Apple needs to make these fun, simple phones again. Everything now just has to be better and better each year regardless if the shit added has any practical value.

[@odehetheone3681]

There was the XR

[@kaitlyn__L]

I don’t like the colours on the 14, but the 12 and 13 ones were great imo. But it sounds like maybe you don’t like pastels at all which is fine

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@imelliam well, sorta. The green was stronger than pastel. The yellow was a bit too. The purple and blue were a bit pale but still not super pastel

[@pyeltd.5457]

Apple wants you to love SPACE GREY and be depressed

[@cole4987]

I think the colors look childish and hideous on the 5C, I enjoy the newer more professional colors but at the end of the day it's all opinion.

[@abdelali9279]

7:31 infrarred was so terrible you literally had to have the phone's infrarred ports kissing each other otherwise they'll lose connection, I do remember when I had my first phone, all the older people told me to keep both phones stuck togheter while using bluetooth, even though that was unneccesary, but when I learned about infrarred I realized they were just conditioned by it and were paranoid that even by the time reliable BT connection may fail if the phones were 1 cm apart, crazy times.

[@CheezMonsterCrazy]

I still remember the infrared link system on Gameboys. It was so bad that many people didn't even know it existed, and wouldn't work if there was a mote of dust within 30 kilometers. even with the sensors pressed up against each other.

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

​@CheezMonsterCrazy pretty sure a single atom of dust from SPACE would break that garbage

[@ffaenger19]

that's literally brat phone so i'd love it

[@bowtieseal]

😭😭

[@pumpkin.107]

real

[@TheDigileet]

I remember seeing news about an Australian police department warning people not to use Apple Maps. They issued that warning after they rescued people who were stranded in the outback because they ran out of gas thanks to bad directions.

[@stuff31]

The 5c should become the centre of a "dank shorts" set where everything is smaller. It goes with the Shrek Green iPad beautifully, they are like lost cousins

[@garryghibli5993]

Always love seeing a fresh Dankpods video! Keep them coming!

[@BiohazardJezz]

My dad had this exact phone in that exact color and then handed it down to me as a present for graduating middle school. I still even have it on me even though I don’t use it anymore, but just to use as a prop for making skits on TikTok. And I can agree with EVERYTHING you mentioned about it in this video, it perfectly summarizes my experience of nothing but complaints and aggravation for it’s horrible quality and condition.

[@OrangeDied]

2:50 GUYS WE FINALLY GOT A NEW DANKPODS CHARACTER! *A N T !*

[@SWISS-1337]

3:08 - ah yes the most important stage of any phone manufacturing process. SPIIIIIN.

[@spencerd3696]

A 5C was my first smartphone, and the jump from a Sidekick to this was so massive that I didn’t care if it was behind the curve. It was worth it to me

[@ChunkyDogWater]

Slander it all you want, the 5c was the peak of iphone design to me. At least when i was in middle school. Seeing a bunch of your friends repping different colors made you feel like you were part of something

[@jakemichels794]

I loved these when I was in college. I could pick them up for super cheap because of the surplus for like $150. I did it well past Apple's software support and they operated fine for a kid in school. The only issue I hated was the plastic case, because when you cracked the screen the plastic wouldn't hold on to the screen and would lift off the phone. If you did replace the screen, you would constantly be worried about it lifting back off because the repair never quite seated as good as the brand new phone. Wonderful memories, terrible camera.

[@TH700R4]

My first iPhone was a 5c in white. Considering I wasn’t(and still am not) up on current Apple phones, I loved it. The battery started heavily losing range after a year, but it was great! Currently writing this on my 7+ I got after upgrading and have had ever since haha

[@totalphantasm]

The 5C was so baller. I loved my pink one. Indestructible, cheap as hell. Perfect. The 8 gig was TOTALLY usable I didn’t even reach storage limit on it. I used it for 2 years before I got the 6s+ I used for like 6 years

[@Jakepearl13]

That’s a mood,if this was Elite: dangerous,the 5c would be apple’s sidewinder

[@christiely5832]

Lol pretty much the same story here but with a 16GB it was my first phone as a teen but it couldn’t handle the amount of memes I had. Then I had a 6s for like 8 years still perfectly functional but less battery capacity, glitchy and laggy at times. Now I have a 14 and it low key kinda sucks I miss the headphone jack and it does have a little bit of glitching that my 6 only had after a few years of use but nothing serious where it hinders tasks tho

[@Jakepearl13]

@@heykarimu it was kinda hard to do something like that back then…we have cheaper phones nowadays,but apple’s phones always tend to be more expensive,even the budget models (believe me,I’m writing from an SE gen 2) are more than their android counterparts

[@totalphantasm]

@@christiely5832 lowkey I would probably still have the 6s but I made the mistake of updating IOS so I could use the chic fil a app. Avoided IOS updates for like 3 years and that one bricked it.

[@KiraSlith]

I'm guessing you didn't really use it for the thing Apple is actually known for, music?

[@garvprakash]

'This is the worst iPhone we have ever made.'

[@goiterlanternbase]

8:13 I asked Siri for Ikea and she routed me to Sweden. I'm not kidding. I got a 1000 mile trip. Luckily for me, the Ikea i wanted to went to, was on that route😂

[@KeiTh0r]

We do have the best Ikea's

[@PapaScorch22]

My sister had the exact same green iPhone 5c. I liked it, thought the color was neat, and she kept it for a while. The only complaint I heard from her was that they tended to get really hot under heavy cpu load, like playing a game, or something like that. We had 5’s then when the family upgraded in 2014 (I think? Not too sure about iPhone release dates) my parents went to 6s’s, my sister chose the 5c, and I got the se. I like to think I won that generation lol. Kept the se for 5+ years then finally upgraded to a Xs in 2019. Rocking a 14 Pro now and I’m loving the camera.

[@thexgamer8240]

My family bought this for me as a graduation gift and I loved it to bits. I used it for 3 years then traded in for an 8 Plus.

[@gimoon0125]

Design was really good The only problem was they reused previous AP chipset.

[@pyeltd.5457]

That would have been the same if they kept selling the iPhone 5

[@andtipidee]

My grandfather had this phone last year (he just switched to a 7). We knew this as “Grandpa’s phone” because it was such a bright, green phone. I kind of miss it.

[@jedicookie7373]

Ahh my first phone. I’ll always remember taking a few pictures and downloading like 5 games until I found out my 8gb storage had already ran out on the first day. Truly one of the phones of all time.

[@toastforlunch]

Lol, I am using an iPhone 5C, got the 16gb storage model, I can guarantee it lags and shucks but not too much though

[@adrianfernandez7930]

I like how Wade casually uses his friend’s Molotov Cocktail as an example of slo-mo

[@JWUniverse]

iPhone 5S is where I came in… I had the White version! Loved that phone. Now onto the 15PM in White or Silver….

[@henryatkinson1479]

Nylon with glass or carbon fiber fill is actually an incredibly expensive and durable plastic. Its what things like Pelican cases are made of.

[@awesomearsam1890]

This video brought back some memories. my first ever iPhone was 5s, the gold color. I remember that I had a Galaxy note 1 before that and I asked my dad if I can get an iPhone. he said that he couldn't afford one at the moment so I just gave up. then out of nowhere he surprised me on my 15th birthday, fooling me that the boxed present is a cologne at first (never change dad). I got it right when the IPhone 6 came out but the 5s was amazing for me. unfortunately after like 2 years later it got a malfunction and I was told the drive was fried or something. thank you for the nostalgia Mr.Dank.

[@aboveaveragebluesenjoyer9953]

My grandad had one…it was an interesting experience helping him with it and seeing what was open in Google…

[@Tigertamer01]

so many children have lost their innocence troubleshooting their grandfathers phones

[@DiegoAlejos-ti5vo]

It’s brat themed

[@_Zer0Gr4vity_]

I'm just sitting here, with my same snot green 16gb 5C in my hands watching this (I got her out just to watch this video). This was my first iPhone, got it from my parents after they surprise visited me on my birthday after a few months of moving to an other city - so it has a special place in my heart. And the phone is sturdy as hell, I've never used a case on it, as I love the color, and this plastic is still in a great condition.

[@RogueSquadron65]

The 5c was my first iPhone! It worked pretty good for about 2 years until the battery shat itself, it just stopped working without being plugged in eventually :(

[@orangehedgehog2012]

I remember buying one of these back in the day. Loved the phone, but my god. The storage capacity was abysmal. A mere 8GB! It still set me back a good £300 or so.

[@batuemirseven]

0:42 “iPhone 11 max pro” 💀

[@boss862]

My absolute favorite iPhone. I got it second-hand from my dad. It was the perfect pocket size, weight, and at the time had great apps. I carried this iPhone throughout all my days at college and most of my military career. I used my 5c right up until the battery wouldn't turn on anymore. I swapped the battery out and then kept using it some more. I eventually upgraded to the iPhone XR right after the 11 came out for really cheap and it felt like I had just come out of the stone age. Got my wife an iPhone 12 Pro Max as a gift on a "buy one, get one" deal through my cellular provider and I will look at upgrading from my 12 probably around the iPhone 17 haha.

[@xsleep1]

Thanks a lot for reminding me of my painful history with my 5s (in gold and beautiful). The only iPhone I had crap out on me entirely (after 1.6 years) and the only one for which I forgot to get AppleCare. Amazingly, I had purchased it with an Amex card and that included an extra year of warranty. They gave me back my purchase price and I bought a 6s which was one of the best iPhones I ever had.

[@buttfuqer]

Out of curiosity did they have you send them the old one?

[@pranavsomayajula5265]

Wow I didn't expect expect for that to happen especially since I still have mine in Gold with the 16GB and it works flawlessly. Only thing i had to do was replace the screen once in the past 10 years and well I mean its still on the original battery so it lasts only about an hour, but it's still going strong.

[@xsleep1]

@@buttfuqer Amex? No.

[@junelawson6708]

The iPhone 5C was the first iPhone I had. I got it as a test device for learning iOS development, and I started using it as a main phone, largely due to the today view widgets, which I found to be a convenient way to view information. I quite liked the polycarbonate body, it's an attractive material that feels good to hold.

[@melo4777]

"I think the apple is rotten to the core"

[@samuelhere41]

I remember when i was a kid, someone had the 5c in pink, and i was so amazed by how the phone looked, i really wanted one at the time.

[@JaquesBobè]

I'm still rocking the original SE. Aka "iPhone 6S guts smashed into a the chassis of iPhone 5S". It is a beautiful little device and still does anything I need it to do. And supports up to iOS 15, which is crazy to me.

[@elizabethbeckz55]

My first phone was the SE too, in rose gold. It was 2016. I remember like iOS 10 or something was like so different to 9 and I didn’t update to iOS 10 purposefully until 2019 because I have ocd and liked the way my phone software was 😂😂😂 it got to the point where Skype wouldn’t open and all that stuff and I have to give in 😔😔😔😂

[@hajilee4539]

I really miss all the apple/iPod content. Glad to see it make a baby comeback!

[@damienxenon]

that's so julia

[@Hydraina]

No matter how bad a phone is, NOTHING can compare to the awful design flaw of not having a headphone jack.

[@AstroKlaus]

Wrong IMO. The worst design flaw is being an Apple product. :(

[@abrahamm7275]

​@@AstroKlausyou don't need to share your experience of being broke to us.

[@AstroKlaus]

@@abrahamm7275 Not liking Apple products doesn't mean I'm broke. Yikes. Sounds like projection so you have to call other people poor.

[@alxmstrr]

​@@abrahamm7275 either the most pathetic swing ever or 0 effort trolling attempt

[@hajidle]

​@@abrahamm7275LLLLL

[@deividasb]

Back in 2013/2014 I got my first smartphone which was an Iphone 3gs, as plasticy as it was it was a decent phone even though it was really outdated by then. Also its curved shape meant it was pretty easy to slide in and out of your pockets for the time. I think plastic phones can be really good if done correctly.

[@TorutheRedFox]

and imo the 5c was done correctly mine when it was brand new felt amazing to hold, until i dropped it like 30 times over the 5 years I used it and dinged it up

[@thelonesculler]

I had a Shrek green 5C 8GB. It was ok for about 18 months, really nice in the hand, but but I wasn't a huge photographer at the time so the storage wasn't a massive issue until the latter days. Then I upgraded to a 6S which was a quantum leap. Then 2 years later I switched to a Note 9 which I am still using 4 years later Edit: upgraded to an S24 Ultra when a really good deal came up

[@bamgut]

Thats literally brat iphone

[@thytom8534]

Smashed phone screens were a common problem back then but this phone was really vulnerable to it. I was quite good at taking care of my phones but within a month of getting a 5C, I dropped it 2-3 inches off of a stone countertop and the screen smashed immediately. The polycarb was quite cool though I also remember it being a grease magnet.

[@blairjparker]

I had a brief interest in iPhone as a child and the one I ended up getting was the hot pink 5c, probably in 2015 or so, so it was super dated by the time I got it. I had no windows or mac computer access at the time, only a Chromebook, and the pure anger I felt just trying to put MUSIC on the damn thing was insanity. I had grown up with Android and had just gotten used to downloading MP3 files off the phone itself, but iPhone didn't allow that. I went through about 7 or 8 different third party music apps before finally finding one that worked, and that just soured the experience for me completely. Combine that with the tiny screen and lack of emulator support (again, grew up on Android with a bunch of old Nintendo emulators), and as soon as I could afford it I dropped that bad boy for another Android. I still have it in my junk drawer and I'm sure it would work if I plugged it in, but I have no interest in doing so.

[@ej22_gc86]

I had a shady browser app to download music but I totally feel you on the emulation side of thongs, it’s pain to get that running (and even then, only for a few days at most because revokes)

[@randomaccount3364]

Music shouldn't be that bad, although it is still way more annoying than Android and kind of impossible if you don't have a PC. I have an iPod Touch 4th gen from when I was younger and after leaving it to die for a decade, last year I wanted to turn it into a DAP. You can link your device to iTunes on PC and put music files on your device that way. Doesn't like FLACs though. The annoying part is that I couldn't get the music files off of the iPod without a third party software such as 3u Tools, which apparently is notorious for being data stealing software. iTunes allows you to put music onto the device but doesn't let you take music off of it, so you best not delete your original copy after you load it onto your device. In the end, if your purposes are loading your own offline music files from your private library or collection, or emulating games, Apple isn't for you. Apple is for people who are willing to pay subscriptions to music streaming services and play whatever mind-numbingly stupid crap the mobile gaming sphere comes out with now.

[@CrankstaWho]

The way Apple limits their devices to only work on other devices that are Apple or Apple-adjacent is the #1 reason I will forever remain on Android. Sony Xperia lineup FTW.

[@tetranymous9300]

Seconded! I tried an ipod for a while and HATED that you couldn't just drag and drop music onto it. It actually caused me to go back to burning CDs, despite the fact that my portable CD player chewed through batteries like crazy, this was in 2009. Eventually got an Xperia and have never looked back! Still using my Z5 premium as my phone and audio device to this very day!

[@CH-su5vj]

​@@CrankstaWho yeah i feel you, my money is on the google pixel running grapheneos though, probably the most secure without abandoning too many features a phone will ever get

[@Imseeking]

7:38 Finally! People notice us Chicago peeps!

[@fairyball3929]

Hellooo, I mean, there are a bunch of other cities... but yes, we do exist. 👋

[@Imseeking]

@@fairyball3929 it’s always somewhere in CA or NYC, I’m just glad we’re seen somewhere outside of the Midwest

[@reaperskeeper8259]

When I was a teen I had a white 5c and loved it. Genuinely awesome device.

[@shieldcaptain54]

i had one of these as a kid. never put it on a phone plan just used it as a glorified ipod touch. one of the last quality bricks apple ever made

[@excalibur2038]

wow surprised the back plastic isn't covered in scratches, never seen one that actually looks new

[@the-shork]

I really wanted one of these at the time, simply because I loved the bright colors and the feel of the plastic. Ended up getting a used iPhone 5 some time later and slapping a bright green leather case on it which looked really nice

[@elizabethpeterson1644]

I had an iPhone 5c in blue. It was my 1st iPhone. Even my mother had one in yellow. I had it a little bit over 3 years. I got it on my birthday in late July 2014. Even the SE(2) is plastic. As I still have it as a backup.

[@alexanderfranklin2476]

I had a white one that when you pressed on the front in a specific spot it would make a nice plastic popping noise. Well after 3 years of that the screen basically feel completely out. I recently got the screen fixed a few months ago to get my nugget working again.

[@alphaLONE]

I loved the vibe and look of the 5c, really fun, especially with those cases. Too bad that that Apple is gone now, they seem to be very reticent on the use of polycarbonate.

[@NIRDIAN1]

I kinda love how Neoteny (features like eyes and paws being proportionally larger on young animals), which is also known as "baby cuteness" can just sometimes backfire on certain species (owl chicks being THE example)... Frank looked a lot scarier as a baby Lawn Noodle than as an adult. Still cute, but a little scary! :)

[@snakewithapen5489]

not to be pedantic but i don't think neoteny is the right word for that. Neoteny is the retention of baby features into adulthood, for example axolotls are neotenic bc they never metamorphosize and keep their baby gills their whole lives. I could fully be wrong tho I think boas/pythons are the cutest snakes lol they just have friendly looking faces

[@LutraLovegood]

But they're just little guys

[@projectilevomit1387]

I had 2 of these at various points, one was red but faded kind of pink, the other was blue I think? These were awesome.

[@dj.bonfire]

the brat iPhone

[@orwellianwiress]

Not a tech savvy person but the color is so adorable! 1950s vibes for days, I wish more modern things like this had nice colors

[@jakedeutscher]

Life was pretty alright when the 5C came out. Phones were fun, and the 5C's were iconic. Everyone at my school had the blue one it seemed, but the white one was probably my favourite. closest thing to a 3GS.

[@apple-de8tx]

I wish phones were still made out of colorful plastic

[@jacobbeattie650]

I worked at the Apple Store in 2013 when this came out. Customers were playing on the 5C name and calling this one the ‘5 Cheap’ because it of its plastic cheap feeling compared to the 5S

[@GrifKilla97]

At my work I get to see all types of phones and tech and it's absolutely insane how used to massive phones we are now because we got a 5C in recently and I forgot how insanely small they are!

[@thatsitthatsit6835]

0:20 He saw the Smasnug video.😂

[@Dripzy_Y]

I kinda like the idea of the 5c. It added a little bit of color to them. I thought it was cool

[@joshuamiller-le753]

The iPhone 5C was a version of the iPhone 5 that didn't have the manufacturing defect on the board that caused the charging circuit to fail. When this happened, if you charged the iPhone 5, it would only wake and not charge. It was a widespread defect and it gave Apple an opportunity to do a new colorful design to differentiate it from the flawed model. The 5C was honestly better than the 5.

[@spiker_rider10]

I had one of these, it was my first phone when I was 11. My mum bought it new in 2013 used it for a couple of years and then it was passed down to me when she got a 6+. I ended up using that phone all the way up until 2019 when the battery died. Fun fact: mine was also in nuclear snot green

[@fitchyyboi]

Exactly same story for me that's actually scary. Except mine was blue lol

[@musicalpop-tart4869]

This was my first ever phone. I got the 8GB model when I was 13 and this thing was an absolute nightmare. Could barely install a game. Had to offload my photos onto Google Drive. But I still love that design. The plastic made it where a case wasn’t a requirement and dropped this thing a million times and it still looked good.

[@DeadBunnyXvX]

We are never gonna get an iPhone that is THAT green ever again

[@Sonic-gy7kq]

Had this exact phone and it was not the worst by far. Plastic edges made it so it was less prone to stress on the corners leading to cracked screen on drops.

[@freemansfreedom8595]

3:20 phones with plastic backs were the best. As long as the manufacturer didn't cheap out on the plastic used that is.

[@1_ElFox]

When you got the dingus pod i decided to go out and get one myself and i still use it to this day, definitely underrated, but with end of support its time is limited. I will also mention that at 1000 battery cycles it’s basically done its job but its still going!

[@wingedfish1175]

5:12 I was under the impression iPhones didnt have touch id anymore

[@Ph1syc]

The iPhone SE line is the last remaining iPhone that uses it, but the macs and lower-end iPads still have it

[@Icyb615]

Fiddle sticks

[@LolBalls]

Se 2022

[@Hoclem]

The green 5c is so BRAT

[@GLCParakeets]

My mom used to have that exact phone in that exact color before she passed away. Funny how it's the worst iPhone, but also nostalgic.

[@frtls]

Couple things, first I miss smaller phones, the Nexus 5x was probably my favourite. Second plastic can be a much better material for phones; it wont shatter, if scratched it retains its colour, and it is rf (wifi and cell data signals) transparent. So yes, I would take a small plastic phone over a glass and metal sandwich any-day.

[@caiuslennary8671]

I remember in my freshman year of high school, my home boy got a green 5C and I decided to stick with my 4 instead of upgrading, only for him to drop it perfectly and made the screen pop off in addition to shattering. It was wild, best memory I have of this 😂

[@ganymedehedgehog371]

This was huge in high school and a nice cheap gateway into iOS. It’s like the SE but with colors. I think this was successful to give to kids/teens especially given the time period where everyone got a cell phone. Easy to hate on it as a tech reviewer without a budget, but I’m sure a parent in 2013 saw it as a good way to get their kid an iPhone.