iWish: The HINDETEL H1 is a $170 Smartphone that's kind of a Home Phone...

[@SMOOREZ]

*If you know how to map the keys to work for inputting letters, please let me know!* Greetings everyone and welcome back to another installment in my iWish series! I am currently on my break and this video has been in the works for a month and a bit. Thanks to the folks that did donate towards seeing this on the channel, I do appreciate it! I hope this review will be entertaining for you all and hopefully I wasn't too harsh on this in the video. It's targeted at a specific audience but I went into this using it as a normal everyday Android Phone. Anyways, that's pretty much it for now. Keep being awesome and I'll see you all soon! TIMESTAMPS: Last Minute Information: 0:00 Proper Intro, Thanking Folks & Disclaimers: 0:47 Current Pricing & Quick Specs: 2:07 Advertising in the listing: 3:32 Trying to Unbox this: 7:13 Actual Unboxing: 8:33 Around the Phone & Quick Power On: 10:43 Proper Power On, Functionality, Display & Buttons: 13:08 Applications, WiFi, Keyboard, Mobile Networks: 15:29 System Apps, Battery Test & Charging Speed: 16:40 Notification LED, can this be powered only with USB etc: 18:41 Security, System & About Phone: 20:10 Call Quality & Scenarios: 21:33 Tuya Smart: 24:35 Browser Test: 25:37 Attempted KZbin Test, Video Playback & Typing: 27:13 Speaker Test & More Functionality with the handset: 29:30 Sound Recorder & The Camera: 32:22 Camera Test: 33:47 Camera Quality, Multi Touch does work & FM Radio: 36:05 Other Apps & General Rambling: 37:57 Geekbench Test: 40:15 Checking the Specs: 41:42 QuickShortcutMaker Time: 43:31 Gaming Test - DOOM: 44:59 Gaming Test - GTA San Andreas: 46:44 Gaming Test - Grand Theft Auto III: 48:23 A rather lengthy conclusion: 50:32 Teardown & Investigation: 52:37 Testing OTG Support, Reassembly & Full Specifications: 57:59 Final Thoughts & More Rambling: 59:29 Thanking Folks for donating towards seeing this: 1:00:51 Outro: 1:02:05 System files and Apps to test your phone are in the description also Be good people!

[@StuffJason437]

I'm pretty sure the phone is using VO-LTE, hence the dial tone. Also, I have a 4G LTE router that has both Internet & allows you to connect legacy/old landline phones into it and the router has built-in answer machine as well as Vo-IP ability over the 4G network.

[@SMOOREZ]

Yeah it's VoLTE but I couldn't do anything else from there

[@HW_Printing]

Smasnug smart fridge

[@app0the]

try installing the TraditionalT9 keyboard, that might get it done

[@dismalbreadmaps]

You can possibly enable the lockscreen using settings database editor.

[@JoeyBaldacchino]

I kind of like it, honestly. It'd be good for, like, giving your grandparents so they can have a "home phone" but also video call and such.

[@beardsntools]

Yeah to answer his conclusion, this would be great if you want to use whatsapp to call your grandma and her experience would be just like using a landline, which she is used to. That said, outside of using whatsapp, a normal landline phone would make more sense. Another use for this would be in rented apartments, where you do not have a landline socket(rj11) but you still want a "landline phone". This thing is basically just a mobile phone, so it needs zero new cables added to work.

[@lastotallyawesomebleach204]

I would like to mount one of these to my dashboard and use it as a car phone.

[@seanet1310]

I must admit, when I saw the thumbnail, I wondered the point but this would have been great for my Grandfather. He was a retired farmer who never really used technology beyond a remote control A feature phone was a struggle to get use to when he needed to go into care and the place didnt have a land line

[@scottcol23]

In your head it sounds great. My father who is 75 and spent his whole career in computers (from 1972 - retired in 2013) even struggles to understand and want to use these new applications (whats app etc.) . I can try to make him use them. But they will eventually log him out and then want some sort of 2FA to get back in. You will get a normal call from them to say that its not working. lol I can only imagine trying to get a person that never used technology, to use one. you would have to write step by step instructions for them to follow, with a FAQ section and tech support line.

[@quicksilver2140]

Damn, the camera quality was really good. Did not expect that.

[@beardsntools]

He said he will show pics of his ugly mug. He didn't lie. He's fat, plus earholes, plus trashy tattoos, xD

[@beardsntools]

Camera is good, but he does have ugly mug, as he promised xD

[@McLovinMods]

Streaming in a higher resolution than your display supports on KZbin definitely makes a big difference in video quality. It massively increase the bit rate of video which gives you better colors

[@ImigrentfromMars]

I know old people who live in the country with wall phones and no cell and this would be great for them when the power is out, Last time the power went out they could not call because there phone had no power, So this at least has a battery so they can still call us for help, If this was like $50 Id get it and maybe get one for myself as well just because it look's like a real home phone, I have a old school dial phone on the table just for looks next to my 1940s sewing machine and typewriter, ... Keeping the past alive lol

[@LatitudeSky]

That's the thing, though. This is just a cell mobile device in what looks like a deskphone case. You need cell service to use it and it doesn't work with landlines. So it would actually do nothing for the problem you describe.

[@bigdude101ohyeah]

I bought an Anko (Kmart Australia/NZ) smart kettle (because it was the cheapest kettle with multiple temperature options at the time), and it also uses Tuya. From what I can gather, it seems like common software for cheaper home automation products.

[@The.Richard.Family]

the market is senior citizens in a hospital or long term care home. i used something similar for my elderly in laws when they had to go into a care home. the home wanted to charge about $ 50 per month for a phone on their system plus all incoming calls would go through their voice switch board. . i install this system , transferred their old house phone number to a sim card. and for only the cost of the phone and the cheapest plan available ( about $ 20 monthly ) their friend s could call them as usual and they understood how to make calls. even near their end . they both could still work a Old Fashion Phone. . big buttons are great for trembling fingers.

[@pjuk]

In the UK with the digital landline switchover if there's a power cut or loss of broadband the landline is lost. One major provider Virgin Media gives a back up landline phone that contains an O2 network sim if a customers is vulnerable. Not sure it's amazing as your one though! Loving the Photoshop pictures, great commentary haha. After watching it in use, I really want one to take with me to just use in a coffee shop or on the beach or something 🤣

[@DrBagPhD]

Can't believe you nearly called the UK emergency services ;P

[@MrThomashaden]

FIRE!!! Now that I have your attention, I would like to report that there is a fire on the premises. Yours sincerely, Moss.

[@Martipar]

I know, can you imagine the cost of the call? It's free inthe UK ut international rates aren't cheap.

[@starsINSPACE]

My grandmother has a phone that looks similar-ish to this one in that it has the screen on top and large buttons. Hers has some proprietary system that puts up a transcription of the conversation to help her follow the call on the screen (speech to text). It transcribes with just a bit too much of a delay and doesn't guess what you are saying all to well so although it helps some, it is still a pain to deal with. Maybe there is a better company out there somewhere idk. The one she has was picked by her health insurance company I think.

[@Lucas-yp6bm]

I’m from Spain and when I was working in papa Johns we had those with a custom rom from managing some stuff that I never used, I only answered the calls and also now I’m working in a school as a supplementary teacher and recently I saw on the teachers desk one of those

[@amazeyourself_]

Wow, your videos are getting better and better day by day! ♥from India

[@G_Fresh_UK]

Tyua is also often used as a video doorbell

[@charlesdoesmore5488]

It's basically an IOT Smart Home platform.

[@smadge1]

I use it to turn my air conditioner on and off with voice commands, or remotely from my phone. Using a wifi IR blaster.

[@charlesdoesmore5488]

@@smadge1 me too

[@309electronics5]

Tuya hosts one of the largest iot cloud networks in the world so its pretty obvious. video doorbells running linux usually use their app stack or tuya os which is based on linux having every thing needed to communicate with the tuya cloud

[@fwoppydwisk]

13:56 watching you type this number made me laugh lol

[@Alexlfm]

Where this phone works great is care homes. Most provide cable TV but not phone (or internet). For basic phone cellular is the cheapest. On top of the cost, when a persons mind starts to go, using even a normal non-smart phone can be tricky. A handset with big buttons really is the best, though it would have been nice if this had favorite/speed dial buttons as that’s really the best. When my grandma was at a care home I used a cellular to landline converter with a landline phone but this is a nicer/all in one package.

[@DiestroCorleone]

Great phone for a "you're my favorite pizza place" call.

[@imark7777777]

10:00 as somebody who currently has a rotary dial car phone, well hands-free I don't really want to find out. but they can't argue I'm texting while driving because that's well totally impossible.... I'm using an XLink Bluetooth Gateway, I also have one at home so all my home phones ring to my cell phone. I set up the car phone as a gag/easily removable device for demonstration. I also got totally annoyed with the built-in Bluetooth in the car always overriding my music or podcast cutting things off and the slightly updated voice dialing just plain didn't work it was five steps before it would actually dial because it's not using the built-in cell phone voice dialing which only slightly works better. I pick up the rotary phone and hook flash and depending whether Siri wants to talk to me I can usually make a fairly undistracted call, answering is so much easier. I also had a AT&T home phone box with built-in battery I just plug in a corded phone and tried that for a while it's kind of fun other than AT&T never canceled our service and tried to double or triple charge when we changed carriers.

[@thany3]

Watched the whole thing. It's good content to put on me second screen while playing a game. Enjoy your break, mate.

[@yannick7230]

A really versatile VoIP phone, for not that much money. And it can still be used if the wifi or power goes out. I could see this being used in offices.

[@MissMissMM]

👏👏👏👏 At last. I purchased a similar one on Ebay for an elderly relative. They also have the HIHI phones with tablets running android 8.1 to android 10 on Ebay. I had have tested mine with a 4G sim but i had difficulty connecting to Wifi.

[@loganmacgyver2625]

Itd be hilarious to install it in a car like an 80's car phone

[@stevenspencer5367]

I'm really quite impressed. Well overpriced but it does have some great points. The camera was surprisingly good both photos and video. A video call would be acceptable over WhatsApp bit I didn't see if Facebook Messenger was installed or if you would just have to use the Facebook app to call. Volume was impressive. I did think of doing an Espesso drinking game for everytime Andriod appeared, but not allowed caffeine these days lol. Good to see Ripley. ❤

[@user-rh4km4eu8c]

Whoah! This is cool actually. Imagine playing subway surfers on your *home* phone. Loool

[@Martipar]

No NFC though. That one feature would've generated a huge amount of sales by all sorts of people.

[@MeCantSpell]

There is an alternative universe out there where Smoorez is a breakcore artist.

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

Funny I was just checking for a new video last night, must have been barely too early! Also, I remember being in the live stream for this. It is surprisingly hard to find smart home phones, and I always wondered why. We have smart everything else - fridge, toaster, stove, shower... Phones actually make the most sense! So I'm very interested in this review even though it's likely shoddy Chinese garbage. I'd like to see a reputable phone company take a stab at it, though.

[@slapnut892]

Actually kind of cool. It's got that real new tech and retro vibe.

[@allenrussell6135]

Thank you for this cool video. Ill keep an eye out snd if it ever drops to 100 or less ill grab it.

[@Gurdia]

Honestly for a 100 bucks thos isn't bad. Usually things targeted at seniors are wildly overpriced for what they do. The design on this is pretty great, the ui is the only place i feel needs improvement.

[@hmklegend2791]

11:51 Lmao I thought about that too that the telephone was yelling at you

[@LordGryllwotth]

Great phone! VoLTE is great that it works for you there. I guess here in Norway each modem needs to ne certified somehow. Wishing for a NB-VoLTE phone in the future. Long bat time.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

This unit still has a better camera than my old nokia did! xD

[@7stargr]

You should definitely try swapping the handset that it came with with some older one from an actual landline phone. Would be interesting to see if it would work since it uses the same cable/adapter as most phones from the 90's did.

[@rubeusvombatus]

Opel is a car manufacturer here in Germany, they used to sell rebranded versions of them as Holden in Down Under land when both brands were still owned by General Motors Always thought it was kinda funny that Opel sold cheap tat in Kangarooland

[@urwaifuisntreal]

HI SMOOREZ GREAT VIDEO!!!! just a reminder to love yourself!!!

[@MissFoxification]

I imagine it could be useful in a factory or other location where there's no other form of communications to the office. It's certainly loud enough to be heard.

[@jimsmith9056]

I have a 2g version sat right next to me on my sidetable and it works great as a phone. I wanted to detech myself so it was this and a Nokia feature phone about 18 months ago and I'm so much happier.

[@IraQNid]

In the USA, a telephone jack in the wall carries enough power to operate a wired telephone even during a total power loss to the house. This also means that it might not be safe to operate a wired telephone during a lightening storm. I believe newer homes no longer include a wired phone jack in the walls or kitchen after the mass adoption of mobile phones. But they can be installed by service providers for customers who must use a hardwired phone for various reasons where reliability and security are paramount.

[@afan64]

In Bosnia too. Some phones only have a landline jack.

[@Em.2403]

Honestly, if the buttons were a little smaller i would love this. I remember when we had the real deal when i was young. i used to just call random numbers when i was young haha.

[@JeniousJustin]

As someone who works for a construction company, this might be a good idea for some sort of jobsite trailer phone if there's no phone or internet lines run yet.

[@jjcoolaus]

Great idea, but it doesnt have external antenna inputs? In a poir receptio area, with antenna inputs you could put this in place and it could give you wifi as well

[@Five_31]

There used to be a color screen home phone that had a bunch of features and even had advertisements. My friends mom used to own one in the early 2000s

[@usagold8]

I’ve heard that some sellers on Aliexpress misspell trademarks on purpose because they crack down on any potential trademark infringement.

[@Mizai]

often you still get a product with the actual logo

[@CanizaM]

I see that happening a lot with knockoffs, but given that this is really an Android phone, the seller is probably just really bad at English. They're Chinese, after all.

[@AronBezzina]

I’d love to see someone using this on a train / in a cafe / walking through the city 😂

[@wimvandam2294]

Danke!

[@Ibrahimdude]

1 hour video is worth to Watch 😅

[@LatitudeSky]

No landline jack? Sigh. My workplace has a Nortel Meridian PBX and we sometimes have to call places that expect the caller to be on mobile. So they want to send us text messages and links to click and I have to explain it's a wall phone that doesn't DO any of those things. It's just a phone. A landline-plugable POTS phone that CAN do SMS would be amazing and useful. And this one can't. Yes I know a PBX can't use POTS devices. We have the adapters for that.

[@ItsSoDane]

A “land mine phone?”

[@SMOOREZ]

landline

[@mickc.4992]

Actually went "what the heck" when I saw that thumbnail lol xD

[@WXLM-MorganNicole619]

Wow! That’s insane

[@imark7777777]

37:00 Yes? Although I really do prefer an audible chime whenever there's on screen text in case I'm not fully engorged in the video. Then I also know if I need to rewind it to catch what it was.

[@kbhasi]

(15:31) I presume that's installed because a lot of cheap off-brand smart home devices use Tuya IoT Platform and that's one of the apps to control those devices, and the manufacturer probably expected the user to have some of those devices. Most of the other apps, including Browser, Clock, and Search, all appear to all be old AOSP apps left over in AOSP builds of Android. If I recall correctly, development of those stopped after various Android versions over the years as each of them were replaced with Google Nexus/Pixel and/or device manufacturer UX apps on GMS certified devices. For example, Search was replaced with the full Google app, Browser was replaced with Google Chrome, Calendar was replaced with Google Calendar, Email was replaced with Gmail (when it gained the ability to access non-Gmail e-mail accounts), then Phone, Messaging, Calculator, Clock, and Sound Recorder were all replaced with equivalent Google Pixel apps that would then be replaced by some device manufacturers in their UXs.

[@Usagi98962]

The board with the chipset, the smaller one is literally the average motherboard and the larger board it is glued to is literally like the average subboard in the lower part of most phones that is connected by the main flex on typical phones, here its done with soldered legs.

[@nolanmales]

You should do a clover/square point of sales unit and review it like a business and a normal device. I also think you should make some business accounts so that you can log in and experience what a normal person would use that type of stuff for.

[@Veta_YT]

i remember you ordering it on livestream

[@Zodliness]

They only called them 'smartphones' because 'Pocket-sized miniaturised computer and cellular communications device' wouldn't fit on the box! 🤔😂

[@ValdikSS2]

The aging test you run testing the durability of NAND flash by constantly writing to it. Make sure to disable it, or your device's flash will die in weeks, months at most!

[@gentuxable]

2:11 I always have some guy in my head that screams those words across a medieval market to attract buyers. :D

[@darrinlong8038]

you sound familiar so i subscribed

[@glaubhafieber]

I have a tuya window blinds motor that can be connected to wifi ( which i don’t do, but using the IR remote). Guess that’s what they meant

[@gamer101stopmotion]

Oh wait I remember this from the live stream

[@soniccdx]

this brings new meaning to running doom on a phone . lol

[@joltdude]

Tuya is an oem for a lot of other brands cheap smarthome devices … feit lightbulbs and ink bird sensors for instance

[@309electronics5]

They also have a big cloud network service for a lot of manufacturers to hook into

[@AguevadoConCaraDeSonso29]

For whatever reason it reminds me of those Fritz-branded home phones because of the whole color screen/other smartphone stuff gimmicks

[@PhilatelistWolf]

@SMOOREZ I've been watching your joblot videos. What app is it that you use to keep stock of your phones i keep seeing you use to see if you already have the phone or not?

[@davep5698]

Haha maybe like the Desert Bus for Hope style charity streams, But of Doom on this. Would be funny in that, but yeah.

[@furhad]

that would've been a very great phone if it was actually a LANDLINE, i would've loved to use truecaller with it or something

[@smadge1]

I wanna know if it handles Bluetooth accessories like speaker, headset, keyboard, mouse or game controller.

[@TSNESPNnascaricecream8]

22:59 why so walking distance away from phone samcraft called me back

[@johnl3230]

Another hour of smoorez! Woohoo 😊

[@paranoiia8]

It remind me when one time I bought that wired handset that look like old phone and when someone called I could just take out it from my jacket and see how people react... It was actually fun as hell but sound quality was tragic.

[@Cvsor1]

I made something like this DIY, but it was just a android screen contented to a mobile telephone

[@erickbalderrama1451]

Imagine the faces of the people if you are to take this one out of your jacket, (I can imagine a huge jacket probably, with the size of this landline "andriond" phone) and taking a selfie with your girlfriend! Awesome! Just shut up and take my money like Fry said! Congrats on the channel! Always with awesome and fun content!

[@2038Ounnak]

0:05 that triggered my Siri. You dingus.

[@chat-nior4617]

Can you sideload google play services onto a non google play device?

[@SMB1568H]

Me who uses a Singapore Number (+65) YOU CAN'T CALL ME HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[@lschmitt]

❤

[@TweeterMan287]

We might be hitting peak weird Android implementation

[@bertfarry3793]

Probably there's a setting in the browser to allow zoom

[@racingshtposting5904]

I know I'm 10 days late, but I believe it's running AOSP Android 9. It's like an Android Generic System Image: Pure stock UI, and no GMS (Google Mobile Services)/Google Play Services.

[@123cinoche]

hi thanks for testing, A google account doesn't work ? To use google online contacts for exemple ?

[@gnic76]

Grab phone off the wall and go sit by the pool. Lol

[@shadowxthevampiressofficial]

this is like the video phone from Pokémon Indigo League

[@CityLifeinAmerica]

Why the heck are there car instructions?! Lmao.

[@voltare2amstereo]

This of off the hook

[@zenny1884]

the camera doesnt look that bad tho. very usable for a video call or something

[@gentuxable]

Imagine some call center managers like: "Let's buy some H1 phones for our agents so they don't play games all day long" ... call center agents play Doom and GTA III all day long.

[@julhizantwo2277]

Well, it had bt so technically you can play n64 or any retro system with wireless controller

[@woolium]

My only question can you install custom roms on it?

[@Spikemonkey80]

I'd want to find out how to put my google voice number on this and have a "home" phone in case I leave my mobile somewhere.

[@x.xlx.x]

Ah, the two phones, Andriond and the iPohen

[@salatprinzvegg]

Alexander Markus mentioned

[@ILikeBlackholes77]

Now we need smart books

[@Jdbye]

Not a bad device. The idea is good, and the execution is decent. If the handset was wireless bluetooth, it would be better. But maybe the higher end model has that. Either way, it's easy enough to use for people that can't figure out smartphones, at least for basic functionality. I could imagine people being gifted this by their children or grandchildren and getting quite a lot of use out of it. The camera seems useless, and the battery is too small. They could've left out the camera and put a bigger battery instead and sold it for the same price. But realistically the battery will almost never be needed so no biggie. It is a little expensive though.

[@danielmcgee813]

I can't lie I kind of hope you will check out the better version as well

[@retsamyar]

you could always use a bluetooth controller to game on it with your office desk phone ... idk why anyone would though.

[@richfiles]

Aw shit, here we go wheeeeeeeeeee

[@mattboi584]

14:17 THAT ACTUALLY FUCKING SCARED ME LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Crazy-Games]

Here’s my question If it can run as a wireless phone why did they include the phone cord ?

[@der_kluger_gunther8391]

well, i kinda like it but yeah today's smartphones are really capable of doing almost anything (even the lowest sh!t, aside for the welcome ones...) but it's kinda useless unless you are in an office maybe? btw it was really funny to see the teardown lol.

[@user-ci8zu1wx2z]

ripply looked mad