I paid $10 for the TORQUE DROIDZ SWIVEL - A Budget Smartphone from 2015 with a Flippy Camera!

Warning: This video may not be that interesting and the LCD is barely visible through the review but I hope it's ok regardless.
Timestamps are integrated into the video for each segment.
I rambled about this phone for way too long so if you need to skip through the video then that's completely understandable!
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Greetings and welcome to another Cheapo Phone Review or is this Attack of the Clones?
I am not sure but lets just roll along with it.
Today I bring you another phone rescued from ewaste and for a total for ten dollars I present the TORQUE DROIDZ SWIVEL!
A budget smartphone from a company based in the Philippines and made in 2015.
It would just be a normal generic smartphone but it has ONE Gimmick...
The main camera module flips 180 degrees. Which made me think of the TIMMY M9 that I reviewed years ago that had the same thing.
And the whole flippy camera thing was popular on older phones but died out on smartphones.
The OPPO N1 was one of the first phones to bring it back on smartphones, after that only a few used the flippy thing and then it was motorized pop up cameras and now back to them being boring.
But I thought I'd look at this phone to see if it is any good and honestly for a 2015 budget phone - it's not bad.
And I'll be number 3 that has made a video on this which is something.
If you've heard of the company TORQUE before, please let me know.
And if you want to count how many times TORQUE is mentioned and do a drinking game uh feel free :)
Sit back and enjoy the TORQUE from the TORQUE DROIDZ SWIVEL. What a tongue twister of a name!
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Applications:
CPU System Info: bit.ly/3BYfdaZ
Device Info HW: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Geekbench 5: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
QuickShortcutMaker: bit.ly/3wAC6jm
System files from the Torque Droidz Swivel are here:
archive.org/details/torque-dr...
INTERNET ARCHIVE: archive.org/details/@smoorez
TIMESTAMPS:
Intro & Disclaimers: 0:00
Who is Torque & Advertising: 1:40
Original Pricing, Quick Specs & Torque Website: 3:20
TIMMY Remake, The Torque Phone & The Gimmick: 5:35
The Back Cover & The Battery: 7:39
Power On, The LCD Damage & Stock Android: 9:07
Shortcuts, How Flippy Works & Testing Calls: 10:31
Networks, Audio, Display, Storage, Battery & System Apps: 12:01
Voice Unlock: 13:58
About Phone & What the phone looked like new: 15:19
Browser Test & KZbin Test: 16:38
The Camera, LED Flash & Rambling: 18:42
Camera Test - Photos: 20:59
Camera Test - Videos: 22:32
Camera Quality & FM Radio: 25:41
Movie Studio & Speaker Test: 27:30
What is left & System Update: 29:10
Quick Gaming Test - Grand Theft Auto III: 30:06
Double Checking Specs & QuickShortcutMaker: 31:18
Rambly Conclusion: 33:22
Teardown Fun & Inside Flippy: 34:58
It still works, Proper Spec List & Final Thoughts: 39:11
Finally the video is over, thank you for watching: 40:49
Outro: 41:40
Be good people!
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SOCIAL:
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Email: [e-mail]
My second channel that had a mosquito leech my blood:
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Music/Video:
Outro:
Mick Gordon - Cultist Base (Doom Eternal Soundtrack)
Speaker Tests:
Mick Gordon - BFG Division (DOOM 2016 Soundtrack)
SMOOREZ - Event Horizon (some EP I never made)
Camera Test Background:
Andrew & Simon Hale - L.A Noire Main Menu Theme
Video Test:
4K Video In Costa Rica by Jacob + Katie Schwarz
• COSTA RICA IN 4K 60fps...
Other:
Mudvayne - Dig: • Mudvayne - Dig (Offici...
Fast & The Furious Final Race: • The Fast and the Furio...
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*All images used in the video belong to their rightful owners but are used under fair use/demonstration.
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#Torque #Smartphone #Review

[@SMOOREZ]

Greetings everyone and welcome back to another cheapo phone review...or attack of the clones? Not sure what to call this as it kind of looks like the Oppo N1 (or another variant) I'm not sure, let me know and hopefully the LCD didn't bug you too much. If you want me to re-review TIMMY let me know :) Also System Files for this is in the description if you want to go through them and see what you find! Thanks again for watching, be good people! TIMESTAMPS: Intro & Disclaimers: 0:00 Who is Torque & Advertising: 1:40 Original Pricing, Quick Specs & Torque Website: 3:20 TIMMY Remake, The Torque Phone & The Gimmick: 5:35 The Back Cover & The Battery: 7:39 Power On, The LCD Damage & Stock Android: 9:07 Shortcuts, How Flippy Works & Testing Calls: 10:31 Networks, Audio, Display, Storage, Battery & System Apps: 12:01 Voice Unlock: 13:58 About Phone & What the phone looked like new: 15:19 Browser Test & KZbin Test: 16:38 The Camera, LED Flash & Rambling: 18:42 Camera Test - Photos: 20:59 Camera Test - Videos: 22:32 Camera Quality & FM Radio: 25:41 Movie Studio & Speaker Test: 27:30 What is left & System Update: 29:10 Quick Gaming Test - Grand Theft Auto III: 30:06 Double Checking Specs & QuickShortcutMaker: 31:18 Rambly Conclusion: 33:22 Teardown Fun & Inside Flippy: 34:58 It still works, Proper Spec List & Final Thoughts: 39:11 Finally the video is over, thank you for watching: 40:49 Outro: 41:40 Keep being awesome!

[@thewubmachine840]

get ready for monday for luner

[@flebnard]

The lcd looks like its been in a fishtank or something.. That same effect happened to me when a phone was dropped in water

[@Yippeee5959]

I saw a rugged torque phone before this vid, what a coincidence

[@Noah-to9ei]

Did anyone notice the fact that this was using a kernel from conanical ubuntu

[@yajbgaming]

As a Filipino, I am familiar with Torque brand, but not so much popular back then, this is the first time I saw this phone, thank you for sharing Smoorez.

[@aceacejo6114]

Hi kababayan!

[@yajbgaming]

@@aceacejo6114 hello kabayan!!

[@scotcheeP]

The most common ones are cherry mobile, torque, cloudfone, O+, and myphone lmao

[@blakegriplingph]

​​@@scotcheePCloudfone also no longer seems to be around these days. Same with O+.

[@blakegriplingph]

Torque was one in a sea of Filipino cellphone startups in the 2010s where it isn't uncommon to see stalls in malls hawking rebadged welcome phones, an egregious example of which is O+ who claims to be a "USA" brand but appears to have next to no presence outside of the Philippines. IIRC they hired a couple or so celebrities to shill for the brand but the oversaturation of these bargain bin brands seem to have costed the likes of Torque as more established firms were patronised by the public instead of some random fly-by-night brand. I wouldn't be surprised if this particular example once belonged to an OFW or expat who bought the device in the PH and brought it along there in Oz.

[@scotcheeP]

I never used torque but i did use O+ back then. It’s a bit popular? But torque isn’t but i saw a lot of ads back at showtime and O+ ads at eat bulaga lmao

[@hhgttg69]

yes to the Timmy review

[@005MDS3]

I'm a Filipino and I ngl see this brand on malls everywhere before. But it slowly faded away in malls and the pandemic seems like it's last straw cuz after the lockdown, there's no more stalls of torque in any mall I go through.

[@kennethpaulcalangi4122]

I have had several Torque phones before. along with Torque also was MyPhone and Cherry Mobile which all was released in the Philippines. Torque devices usually are fairly god devices but somehow gotten left out by other famous brands better specs...

[@Shiawase813]

Smoorez, as a Filipino, you made us proud trying out our product ❤❤❤ 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 Edit: I used to own Torque DROIDZ Mini D back in 2015 and at that year I consider it as my high-end phablet which it has 512mb RAM, veri fast...

[@Langtree]

i've been bingewatching your channel for a week now, someone looking at cheapo budget phones and bootleg products is exactly what i have been looking for lol

[@johnperalta9415]

This is quite a popular brand in the Philippines. Its main competitor is a brand called cherry mobile. But after a little bit digging, both are just rebranded devices from other manufacturers like aniol etc...

[@myrmeko]

For a moment i tought it was the same phone as the Allview P7 Xtreme, but the buttons are on the other side. That's really interesting. I had no idea there were so many phones with a flip camera. You should most definitely get one of these. This was something like a flagship here, in Romania. I knew so many people who had one. The camera was actually decent and the whole OS had a nice skin.

[@mattdavis9601]

I unironically like it for what it is. Seeing stock Android Kit Kat again brought back some warm and fuzzy memories of my old Moto E1. Holo 4 Ever! And I've always liked the flippy camera thing. I'd be interested in seeing a review of both Timmy and that Galaxy A80 you briefly showed on screen.

[@Rageingmad]

I would be interested in seeing a review of the TIMMY!! Also just want to say Thanks for all the videos you do. IDK why but I find your videos very relaxing after a long day

[@jkedel]

7:20 honestly love the design of the phone, the square edges, pearly white color, and even the swiveling camera aesthetic reminds me a lot of 2000s japanese flip phone / keitai design language but if it was applied to a smartphone✨

[@DrBagPhD]

Love this channel, greets from Scotland

[@KingBlueDood]

As a Filipino i have never heard of this brand, also love from Philippines ❤ you're awesome man

[@aceacejo6114]

Another kababayan!

[@johnperalta9415]

Sikat yan. Kalaban ng cherry mobile noon.

[@d.j.manjares9830]

Filipino pride hahaha

[@KingBlueDood]

@@johnperalta9415 I remember the brand now, I used to have a white Torque tablet. It ran pretty well until the battery stopped getting charged..

[@HeyImRancover]

@@johnperalta9415talaga?

[@VastavikYT]

Love that you've added inr too in price conversion

[@stevenspencer5367]

Cracking video. I kind of like the phone. Rather impressed by the camera in both photos and video. Especially for its age. The sound is good too. I've had a few mp3 players advertised on Facebook. They are on Amazon and have a touch screen but you can't download and install new apps. So possibly way old stock sold as music players. I've seen a few with android 6 but nothing this old. As for the Timmy I can only think of South Park. Not PC but I'm a wheelchair user and it makes me smile.😊

[@oneonlycargeek9057]

Keep up the good work

[@alchemist_x79]

I literally stood and clapped after that boot sound. Bravo.

[@vivekanandan5093]

Thank you bro for including Rupees currency in your videos! I had requested and you did it ❤❤❤ means a lot!!! Love from 🇮🇳

[@AguevadoConCaraDeSonso29]

Oh god I really want to see another review on the "TIMMY" phone, like, it appears to be related with the manufacturers of the "SUSAN M5" phone because of the whole "hidden boot animations" and "using real names as brandnames" stuff

[@z_o_di_a_c_]

Glad you included INR🤩

[@Darkest_matter]

You know it's an old phone when 8GB is the STORAGE, not the RAM.

[@user-hnjga8is1zr6u]

Smoorez! Have you ever considered flashing old android (like kitkat or lower) on touch screen java/nokia etc phones? Wanna know if that even works

[@SMOOREZ]

Nah that would never work unfortunately, well as far as I know it's never been done.

[@gtrxAC]

Not possible. In most cases, those phones are not powerful enough to run Android. Also, Nokia phones have protection measures in place to prevent flashing custom operating systems.

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

This is a good design, and i considered something like this at the time, but the problem is they never had waterproofing. I touch grass and sometimes the grass is wet. But it would be nice to answer a call and not risk getting face grease (or makeup?) all over the screen. It also solves the problem of the selfie cameras often being terrible due to limited space. The brick design is somewhat common at the time, and i think it looks clean and neat.

[@HistoryChannel80]

Please make one more time a review of the Timmy Phone. 😁

[@tonyapole408]

Yes from Philippines. But not as popular as our local mobile giants, Cherry Mobile, MyPhone, and Starmobile.

[@Xitecar]

ur vids are great

[@barneyDcaller]

Yep! Torque is sold in the Philippines. It copied the Oppo N1 which is a revolutionary feature smartphone

[@ramboti6402]

The first flip camera review wasn't horrible, it was quite fine. But a new look is always interesting.

[@wheelotime2581]

Yes you should review the timmy again smoorez

[@David-gr8rh]

When you unlocked that, phone with your video I almost fell off my sofa ha. Sick

[@soniccdx]

like the oppo n1 and n3 , the n3 with a auto rotating camera module though .. the auto rotating camera module in the n3 made making panorama shots so much easier

[@yajbgaming]

If you want to replace the battery, the battery model is BTM-93, I recommend you buy MSM-HK brand because it's a good class A products.

[@RhonnelAlcaraz]

their logo looks interesting. its just like the old cherry aqua logo (cherry mobile)

[@gregalss]

im drinking a tinny while using my torque wrench

[@ThisHandleIsNotTaken.]

I have that same screwdriver. I still can't believe it's better than a brand name husky.

[@RhonnelAlcaraz]

Im from the philippines and i never even heard once about this

[@ZEK-GM]

Sir Smoorez, Torque is the Philippines gadget company since 2008 and now they are inactive... This is my first time that you review the Philippines phone (Torque) in your video ;)

[@Retronyx]

🤢 peenoise

[@acrossjapan]

it was on 2008 when they started the company

[@ZEK-GM]

​@@acrossjapanThanks for remind me :)

[@darling_yext]

Please do a re-review on the Timmy as well!

[@intheeyesofrevin]

i did own a torque phone called droidz trend or something. Since im from ph it is very fammliar

[@TheJames-Edward]

It reminds me most of an old LG phone from almost 10 years ago.

[@jonsku03]

totally lost it at the mudvayne - dig part

[@s6edge7]

does your ewaste outlet have an ebay store or anything? Im interested and also in the land down under

[@nahpets2345]

Can you make a video for the galaxy S5 welcome clone?

[@Yippeee5959]

Just saw torque phone video claiming to be shock proof with huge case around it in Facebook and i see this

[@lillywho]

Didn't that Oppo phone that came with CyanogenMod preinstalled before OnePlus was a thing also do the same trick?

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

Dimming the lights and adjusting the camera brightness would have helped, because i can't see anything on the phone except the reflections.

[@Anonymous_cat1]

tiiimmmyyyyyy!!!!

[@meetoo594]

I used to have a clone of that Timmy phone. It came with a rootkit/rat type thing embedded into the system files with access to everything and at the time there was no way to root the thing to get rid of it so i could never use it for much. It was horrendously slow and glitchy, probably due to the malware and the swively camera was garbage as well. Quite a large screen for the time though.

[@ricardopuerta6642]

I remember a Zuum p360 one that was pretty similar to this one

[@seanet1310]

This would likely have met or smashed anything $125-150 phone I could have got in Australia back when this was released. Bring on Timmy.

[@Fnf_playerxd123]

Im a filipino and i have seen that once in my lifetime at my cousin's house and i was thinking that it was so cool back in the day

[@malikmatatv.1476]

That was a Philippines brand way back 2013 -2016 one of competitor of cherry Mobile

[@raduicamarius3695]

That reminds me of Allview X7 Extreme. This was just a rebranded Gionee under Romanian brand Allview.

[@RandomStuffByMike]

Hello Romanian lad!

[@gilbertgalvizo8623]

Next video Cherry Mobile Flare S1 please thanks

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

18:47 is the phone haunted? A ghostly hand appears multiple times in the video, it just hit me that's what it is, i thought it was just the screen glitching at first..

[@SMOOREZ]

It's a tutorial thing for some camera apps on older phones, showing you how to change options etc. No haunted phone unfortunately :(

[@saytwo131]

the boot music sounds like bejeweled

[@AngusYoung1973x]

The Battery go weeee throughout the Video for dang sure 😅

[@burnutec3]

Yes to timmy :)

[@pvisit]

It's a Filipino company and the phone was for sale for 4500 php which is 80 USD.

[@burnutec3]

I have a Torque Droidz 3G, 3.5" inch mt6572 phone 512MB / 4Gb , got it as part of a lot i bought, kept it, no value, just sitting in the collection. 😅

[@gb9727]

I've seen the bootanimation

[@gloriacatubig370]

I have a torque tablet it's still rocking hard until now but it's have an crack so I don't use it anymore

[@parshathedoge6016]

Torque brand phone my first android phone

[@ChrisW2024]

review the timmy phone and i have never seen this phone as I'm from new Zealand

[@pcc404]

i recognize the torque logo... but idk from where...

[@keraptus9816]

Early

[@acrossjapan]

I owned one before it was like a Blackberry clone or Nokia E5 clone from Torque

[@positiveplay1]

Bro i remember this phone we had lots of these in middle school and loads of fun with the spinning camera it was the hottest thing back in 2015 and i hope you know im a liar...ive never heard of this garbage

[@michaelturner4457]

The flippy camera on the Oppo N1 is motorised.

[@joenathanz7474]

It sounds North Korean phone’s boot sound 😂😂😂

[@the_mariocrafter]

You forgot to publish the system files of the old Android laptop!

[@SMOOREZ]

That's because I can't dump the files from it because I don't know how to connect it to a PC to use adb.

[@the_mariocrafter]

@@SMOOREZ OK.

[@SVthebeast896]

The last time I saw from Torque is that they also selling e-cigarettes.

[@passerby184]

Webone proxy allows old device access modern web

[@smileyface8124]

try and fix that LCantseeD

[@AlKaseltzer87]

Their logo is a mandalorian helmet.

[@rzzcp]

hi

[@Shiawase813]

14:44 "brbr deng" ~Ryan Martinie, 2010

[@mohamadrezanakhleh9644]

I love cheapo phones! especially when they serve more than their price, what can you get for 10$ ? maybe a sandwich !

[@lavandoconfabian]

LG Optimus

[@TabbyEgg312]

37:55 😂

[@noire6845]

This phone do looks like the OPPO N3 from 2014

[@mattBLACKpunk]

Beauty Mode you look like an anime 💀

[@lavandoconfabian]

Torque Droidz Original

[@KendrixxPlayzzVR]

13:57 fr

[@immameme]

Phone and TechImma1st

[@anthonyshiels9273]

Timmy please.

[@AllayPlayzAndroid811]

Made in Philippines

[@notion8759]

Torque MyPhone Cherry Mobile StarMobile My childhood phones LMAO

[@Willow1w]

Android 4 tells you everything you need to know about this phone.

[@ryze3715]

I NEED THAT RINGTONE IN 11:31 plzzz

[@SMOOREZ]

You'll have to dig through the system files in the description to find them.

[@shubhajitsen2416]

Love from INDIA ❤

[@der_kluger_gunther8391]

well for the price it wasn't bad, but in 2014/15 there were way better devices to go with. the camera was good enough and the speaker had way too much top ends. and i have to say this, sorry: don't let timmy show the pipi or ainol XD. ok this joke was pretty bad but i had to say it... just scroll down please.

[@z_o_di_a_c_]

Can i get that phone... Please... Please....please....please... Please... Please... Please... 🙂🙃

[@MinecraftAndRetroPCs]

101th comment and 669th like

[@user-wg6sb1fc9v]

I bought FAKE OPPO N1!

[@sasuke96515]

How does he get it for $10??!!