The Disney Cell Phones

[@maamokun]

Being from Japan, some newer smartphones are actually able to recieve full quality terrestrial TV! But most modern phones for sale have now dropped the feature

[@ZX3000GT1]

IIRC South Korea still have the service (is it DVB-H2 now? I forgot) and a lot of phones still have the feature to receive TV.

[@aribantala]

Really, a phone with DVB-T2 receiver? Well, that's something to add into my bucket list

[@AlexandruLipan]

@@aribantala During the 3G hayday in Italy were available "TV-phones" whose screen was able to be rotated in landscape. They used DVB-H to tune in. But they were fastly retired.

[@andreaspeter8687]

@@aribantala no japan not use dvb t2

[@soniccdx]

@@AlexandruLipan like the short lived Nokia N-92

[@jhorenmihawk]

My guess is that the stamp is in the Japanese calendar format which represents the reign of the emperor. The year on the stamp is 21.11.22 which corresponds with November 22nd of Heisei 21 (or the 21st year of the reign of Emperor Akihito). Heisei 21 would be equivalent to 2009 CE.

[@MichaelMJD]

This is correct. I've updated the description with a correction.

[@samwang1439]

Was about so say that the year is one of the tennou’s year and saw this comment.

[@andrewsadach3194]

@@MichaelMJD this service is basically T-Mobile & Virgin Mobile in a nutshell. Every prepaid phone, and most phone services use the unstable T-Mobile network. MetroPCS, BOOST, MINT, etc... all use it. Sprint of course got bought out by T-Mobile (after Sprint's unstable network made them go bankrupt), and somehow former Sprint customers have worse service now even though T-Mobile by purchasing Sprint doubled their so-called "coverage".

[@andrewsadach3194]

@@MichaelMJD fun fact: most of these phones, prepaid phones, & Asian market keyboards from AliExpress use the same Samsung battery pack.

[@andrewsadach3194]

@@MichaelMJD so you can just buy a prepaid flip virgin mobile phone, and use it's battery.

[@ExtremeBirdTypography]

The silver phone is actually beautiful. It has a lot of subtle Disney bits that give it that childish Disney magic... Even if it's just a regular phone with some shiny flourishes.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Yeah the design of Japanese flip phones from 2007-2010 is so strong. Hardly any curves, but shiny monoliths.

[@murakami2346]

@@kaitlyn__L sometimes i ask myself if using phones with that aesthetic in modern days would be good, i feel like those flip phones be having more personality and "spark" rather than the glass rectangles we have rn

[@AxelXionSora]

When I saw the flip phone my inner younger self was foaming at the mouth with the desire to have a phone like that

[@Velo1010]

I’d use that phone, of course I’d keep my iPhone.

[@paulcarmi8130]

Disney hasnt been magical for about 4 years now 😂

[@bloxycola8272]

Note: For devices that haven’t been charged in years, you have to leave it charging for 2+ hours then it may turn on.

[@-throat-]

Thank you =)

[@jishan6992]

I am pretty sure he did that

[@bloxycola8272]

@@jishan6992 yeah I know

[@bloxycola8272]

@@-throat- np

[@caoimhinyay]

@@bloxycola8272thought you said “no” 💀

[@claudiobizama5603]

I'm from Chile, one of the countries that uses the same tech for HDTV. You made me search for a 10 year old phone with antenna I had, and the TV still works. Dunno about Japan, but here, those phones disappeared from the market half a decade ago. But since 1seg is just part of the HDTV signal, it still works.

[@thiagotrujilho3058]

also Brazil, here, when digital TV start to takeoff in 2009, theres a huge discussion to decide if we will use the japanese system or the european system, as far i remember, we keep the japanese system for the higher resolution (1080i instead of 720p of european) and the 1seg signal for portable devices

[@NewRepublicMapper]

In the Philippines, there's alot of TV Channels are using 1seg technology especially GMA7 and TV5

[@tag27]

@@thiagotrujilho3058 Lembrei que eu já peguei em dois celulares que suportavam sinal de TV. Um usava a antena normal, e a outra funcionava por um adaptador que utilizava a entrada dos fones de ouvido (E este não era muito bom, não).

[@evefavretto]

Brazil, as already said, also uses ISDB-T (actually, a slightly improved version, ISDB-Tb/ISDB-T International), but with H.264 instead of MPEG2 and a few other small differences. In the late 2000s and early 2010s there were quite a few phones (even Androids) with TV capabilities, partially because of tax incentives. The first Samsung Galaxy S for Brazil had an antenna like that, but later phones(Motorola ones first) just used the 3.5mm jack as the antenna, and even used the full 1080i ("full seg") image. And you can still buy USB OTG tuners for Android phones today(search for MyGica PadTV), and not only for ISDB, but for DVB-T2 and even the american ATSC, and there are even some Wi-fi ones that can work on iOS too.

[@ronweasley496]

Chilean here too (weeeeena hno) I was about to comment the same thing!

[@callmecaiti]

Unfortunately because of transport restrictions, lithium batteries cannot typically be shipped on their own unless they're packaged with the phone itself (or in surface mail, which to get to you on a boat would take forever and could be expensive, assuming it's available at all). Very cool little collectibles that the Disney junkies in my life loved to see!

[@imark7777777]

I ordered digital calipers they came in a one by one by one cube box with a big giant warning lithium battery sticker! What kind of battery did it take a watch battery (sort of CR2032) those aren't even class does lithium half the time. edit: when the package arrived I'm like I didn't order any lithium batteries as I was expecting just a small little package.

[@steelplasma256]

I highly recommend getting a universal Li-ion camera charger. They have battery contacts that slide on a rail and can charge any rectangular li-on battery. Especially useful for 2000s era rechargeable devices with removable batteries. Also, the bloating of Li-ion packs can SOMEWHAT be reduced. It's caused by gas being generated after not being charged for years. If you charge discharge several times, some of the gas gets absorbed back into the cells. I have a 2001 PDA with its original battery that still holds a usable charge for weeks.

[@michealpersicko9531]

The easier way is to just take a pin and barely prick the bloated part of the battery to release the pressure. /s

[@LambdaMiscellaneous]

Huh! Both of those facts are very interesting. Thanks for the information!

[@jordanwhite352]

As someone who had to keep covering this in my life presentation about weird technology facts about Disney thank you so much for covering this! Totally going to use parts of this and future presentations and link back to your Channel.

[@Evansmustard]

my man Michael dropping an absolute BANGER for my Saturday morning cold pizza

[@K9arcade]

and for me my sunday morning homeade pizza XD

[@3kstra71]

In Indonesia, you can quite easily find these Disney phones. Story goes that used phones from Japan are sent to needing countries. In online stores of Indonesia, you can find Sony X, Z, XZ, Disney Fujitsu phones, Sharp phones, and LG phones. They are sold quite cheaply. AXZ3 4/64 is now cheaper than $120.

[@AzamMujahidProductions]

that's my country! ada indonesia coy!

[@sargera1]

How is it now then.since the IMEI issue on BM phones

[@sakuraiakari]

wikwok

[@FoBro91]

I don't know why I thought this was a DankPods video, but the fact that it's MJD makes this topic 10x funnier

[@thiagotrujilho3058]

Fun fact: here in Brazil, we use the japanese digital TV System with the 1seg signal, in 2010~2013 there's a crazy fever here with smartphones with digital TV, its a huge selling point to any device to have "Digital TV", its really funny, and as Michael said, still to this day, a lot of people still use portable TV devices, most of them are old car GPS that have 1seg reception, of course, year after year the people eventually will change to streaming (a lot of TV channels here have free streaming signals to TV apps), but, the 1seg signal will continue to be broadcast as part to standard 1080i digital TV open air system.

[@slicktrickph]

Same standard here in PH, some phones here around 2015 has isdb t tuner.

[@darkestlost]

Dá até saudade desses smartphone com tvs

[@kyflo]

The differences between the Brazilian and Philippine 1seg vs Japanese 1seg is frame rate. The former can broadcast up to 30fps while the latter is locked at 15fps.

[@FG-gu9rn]

Does that mean that any TV or a TV receiver box from Japan will work with the Brasillian digi-TV system, or there may be some problems with the frame rate as the guy said? Did someone try working the Japanese TV set on a Brasil TV system?

[@heart_locket2]

@@FG-gu9rn brasil, r/suddenlycaralho?

[@livefreeprintguns]

Honestly, I unironically miss having antennas on everything... maybe it's just all the nostalgia from growing up around radios and other devices (ie: the Game Gear tuner) but it was such rad to see what signals you were able to pick-up in different locations.

[@jonnysixx]

Mickey in the mirror is a reference to an old old short that featured him called “through the looking glass” it was his little version of Alice in wonderland. That’s why he is stuck in the mirror 😂

[@slight3814]

I love old packaging it just gives you a little visual snack before the thing you're actually getting.

[@tryharddoge]

I genuinely wouldn't have expected Disney to make a phone, but they did also make a netbook sooo...

[@gooseinred]

they also had their own tablets sold at parks the smart tab things!

[@qlum]

Well make is a strong word here, the first one is made by sharp just rebranded to disney.

[@tryharddoge]

@@gooseinred Wow, I didn't know that, I'll go look that up later

[@CDRiley]

I heard they made an amusement park. 😂

[@LiDAAR]

Some friend told me they made some toys aswell

[@PinkAgaricus]

I think even within US borders it's extremely difficult to ship batteries by themselves as a consumer. For us I think it's if it's in a device or as a powerbank then it can be sent. I remember when mom tried to order a laptop battery and they wouldn't fly it over to us (standard shipping). I think since the battery is being flown a long distance that's why it won't ship, when ordering a domestic phone battery it will ship, since that shipment of batteries is probably going through the official physical store for the phone manufacturer and not being sent from 1000's of miles away. (meaning it got delivered to them from the battery manufacturer [who also made the phone] themselves.)

[@saxwastaken]

Yep it's some thing where batteries with their intended device are allowed to be imported, but not on their own.

[@andrewsawesome]

I believe batteries usually can only be shipped via ground in the US.

[@katrinabryce]

@@andrewsawesome Same in Europe. I ordered a laptop battery from Poland to the UK a few years back, and it had to come via ground shipping.

[@Ninjisy]

Piggybacking on so Michael can see - I work in the UK postal service and every day I post batteries - even within domestic mail in most countries it is prohibited to send batteries alone, let alone international. Many countries also entirely prohibit lithium-ion batteries or devices containing them! They are a heavy explosion/flammable risk when being shipped by air (which happens even domestically). Only NiMH and NiCd batteries can be shipped alone in most countries. From what I understand, it's safest to send batteries inside of electronic devices - this is a specific question I am trained to ask, and when sending batteries on their own, they must be alongside the device. In Royal Mail, the restriction is 'enough batteries to power the device plus two spares', the reasoning is that sending exposed batteries heightens the risk of conductivity with anything metal or such during the sorting process, with staples being a huge culprit for this. If the batteries are with devices, they are probably insulated in packaging (as seen with the phone here in this video) and so the risk of conductivity is lower, as is risk of damage if the parcel is torn or cut. I will admit I do not know the full story on why it's prohibited in this manner, but that's my understanding. I am also trained to ask if the spare batteries are properly packaged (and/or in original packaging) and insulated, so this supports my thoughts. I have to place battery warning stickers on any parcels with Li-ion batteries not inside a device, which very clearly show the flammable risk. Parcels do get destroyed for this quite regularly, so it's serious enough for the postal carriers to care. So for Michael, the only option may be buying another new old stock, or seeing if anyone is selling a refurbished model with the battery already replaced, as that would be able to be posted. Hopefully someone out there has such a thing for sale!

[@lookstothetroon]

this is just like george orwell's book, nineteen eighty-four

[@anshulsinghai]

That parsing error usually occurs when you try to install modern apks on an unsupported android version

[@HuseynMemmedov]

Ah yes. I still get these a lot. Especially on my Samsung GT-S6802

[@bloxycola8272]

Ah yes it always a pain

[@aleksandersats9577]

@@HuseynMemmedov Custom rom it. You can get a newer android version on it

[@HuseynMemmedov]

Sadly, there are not many Custom ROMs for it. Most of them are reskin of Android 2.3.6. I only found Cyanogenmod 9 and Cyanogenmod 11 Alpha. Both of them were unusable.

[@scdu]

​@@HuseynMemmedovwhy are you still using that phone in 2023?

[@AIOctober]

I found out about these not too long after Disney Mobile launched in Japan when I was more of a dedicated Disney-fan *and* more of one of those annoying Western Japanese culture fan types and always was curious to try them out. I even tried to run some stuff that was avaliable online software-wise that was avaliable of the Disney Mobile Android ecosystem once I realised BlueStacks was a thing that exists to disappointing results, so seeing a proper look into some of these in this way's really cool. :D Thanks, MJD!

[@michealpersicko9531]

When did you try this? Bluestacks has gotten a lot better in recent updates so maybe the version of Bluestacks you were using was to blame.

[@Larcansil]

I live in Ireland and the battery thing is a plague. Amazon displays some items but when you open the page, it cannot be shipped to Ireland. It's so frustrating ^^

[@BloominFleury29]

Same thing mate. Here in the north it’s hard too. I hate it

[@andreaspeter8687]

hmm can use with nokia baterry?

[@datachu]

That's so dumb. I've never had a problem importing them to the US and it's not like they randomly explode while being shipped. If they did it'd be just as risky to do it in a product as it is with just the battery as long as it's packaged properly... Makes no damn sense.

[@sarowie]

@@datachu there are famous incidents of battery thermal runaway reaction in airplanes. What you mean: One battery does not blow up an airplane - which is true. What the reality is: If you have a full pallet of batteries, one starts to runaway because of temperatur and pressure, then all of them burn. Now imaging being a pilot. Would you like to fly with batteries on board?

[@teo2157]

Ikr.

[@AlexTenThousand]

Italy and other parts of Europe also tried their hand at handheld digital TV broadcast through the DVB-H standard, one of the earliest attempts at mass digital broadcasting over here, through the support of mobile network operators, and we had several Samsung and Sony phones with aerials, but by 2011 all DVB-H services were discontinued.

[@CokeZorro]

Well yea, streaming services lobbied to make sure over the air broadcast never went mobile

[@LeoTempest]

“Go go gadgetcopter” I'm living for that Ashens moment, that took me back.

[@AlexandruLipan]

From the images I see in the manuals, disneymobile was a modified interface of NTT DoCoMo's iMode, that was a web service that was present also in Italy until 2010, mediated via Wind. The 1seg TV signal is very interesting. The ISBD-T standard uses a frequency allotment of 300 Mhz, divided into 50 channels (13-52) divided into 13 segments. Is a TV transmission that sends data as packets, and the 13th segment literally uses XML to transmit data about program type, title, EPG, etc. Because of the reductive bandwidth of 1seg, the maximum resolution is 320x240 and the quality is not the best. DVB has DVB-H standard as mobile television, but it's a completely different format, while 1seg is a integrated part of ISBD. 1seg is omnipresent, and there are even digital dictionaries (Sharp Papyrus) that can recieve TV signals.

[@LegoWormNoah101]

In 2011, 1SEG was put to the ultimate test in the Tohoku earthquake. EEW kicked in seconds before the first seismic activity, and when that tsunami hit, 1SEG sent an override signal, which immediately activated just about everything that received the data.

[@kbhasi]

Yep, it was also on the DS and PSP via external attachments, and domestic versions of Kohjinsha UMPCs also had 1-seg tuners.

[@nigasasdasfasf]

Could you make it sound anymore boring?

[@farhanatashiga3721]

@@LegoWormNoah101 yeah that was one of the first things that came to my mind when I heard Michael explaining the 1seg system, I guess it's still good to keep around nowadays considering how volatile internet connection systems can be at times.

[@mon9519]

i think i've learned more stuff from michael mjd more than my tech class i swear

[@kalarse]

The antennas, saved us back in high school in my country, as they broadcasted the Fifa World Cup on air channels, and somehow, there were some peeps which had them back in 2010 and we watched some games in class. It was not the best, but they were serviceable

[@planetminecraft411]

How ironic you didn't get a charger in the box! Great job on the video! I love seeing your content on unique smartphones As well as other electronic devices.

[@AttractionSpot]

I actually remember Disney mobile. They have kiosks at the park advertising for it. I always wanted to get one LOL. Another interesting thing is the Disney Card Club in Japan is actually still a website.

[@mysideacc2770]

the mirror supported by mickey's bottom half might be a reference to that one classic mickey cartoon where he goes through a mirror. that one seems somewhat popular in japan since the disney gacha game (jp-based and only playable in jp and usa) has an entire subplot where the player sees and talks to mickey through a mirror, which is also based on the same cartoon.

[@rogero8443]

Please keep going through the entire box, it's so much fun to react to the feelies with your commentary. Whomever doesn't like it can skip it!

[@BlindingWulf]

Mickey house on the box doing the “MrBeast”

[@JimBobSr]

Back when I was in High School (or around that age), I used to have an imported phone that had an antenna on it and it was great. I used to watch it at breaks, and when I was bored in class. These phones reminded me of them.

[@CamdenBloke]

First mobile phone back in 1998 had a desk stand/charger that slotted into. It was really great because then my phone became a sort of desktop clock. Now I have one of those stand-up desktop wireless chargers that I prop it up on, but even on those first came out at the number of years before they're actually useful.

[@rv3mrazr]

If I recall correctly, Verizon Wireless actually attempted this in the United States, but you had to be in limited metro cities, with certain phones that had a pop out antenna.

[@chrisskelton]

Yes! I had it on my Verizon Voyager!

[@-throat-]

22:01 - Thank you for this wonderful Ashens reference X)

[@arcee420]

I wish we got that tv feature in the US. I was obsessed with phones that could receive FM Radio (my current phone can) and I could only imagine what my thoughts would be if US phones could accept digital air channels

[@Imezita]

I'm shocked that in the US that feature wasn't a thing. Here in Brazil some older phones can do that too xD

[@JamesLustre]

You can use a universal battery charger for the batteries, btw. Good video, Michael, and some of the Japanese phones are interesting to collect.

[@georgeh6856]

You could try hooking up a voltmeter to the battery terminals of the phones which are not powering on to see if the battery can hold a charge. I had a phone, I think it was a Blackberry, which would not power on unless the battery had a certain charge level. It's a longshot, but if there were some software hang, try finding the hard reset methods for the Sharp phones these are based on, online. There used to be a pinhole reset on phones. Otherwise, it could be some combination of holding down power while pressing volume down, etc. Set up your own rogue Japanese TV station. I won't tell the FCC.

[@eightyuh]

if ur curious about a portion of your returning female viewer demographic, i can attest that i like putting ur vids on in the background cus ur weird tech finds are cool, ur voice is down-to-earth, and ur tone isn't condescending. keep up the great work! ^^

[@stephanieiwaniuk6088]

I can actually shed some insight into shipping batteries! At least when shipping from Canada to the US, you can ship a phone with the battery securely in it without issues, as long as everything is correctly connected. However, if the battery is outside the phone or not set properly (ex: in an old computer where there is a good chance the battery will become dislodged during shipping) you need special materials, special packaging, as well as dangerous goods stickers and and paperwork. I have been doing some research into shipping lately, but take what I say with a grain of salt. Your best bet for correct information would be reaching out to the courier company directly and following their instructions, as rules and regulations tend to change.

[@TRLTheRandomLab]

There was also a mobile DTV service designed for the North American market, but it never really took off. It was really only available on a handful of TV stations across the US, mostly PBS. And as far as I know, there werent any retail Mobile DTV devices sold.

[@Allidoiswinwinwinnomatterw-t2u]

North America wack job of a continent anyway! Free Australia from us control 🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@kbhasi]

MJD reviewing a Disney laptop, Nickelodeon laptop, and now Disney mobile phones. Wow. (3:24) There was a Disney credit card in Japan?! (4:02) I think that date is based on the Japanese calendar, not Gregorian calendar. (23:22) You want to do a video about ISDB 1-seg?! That would be interesting… maybe also DMB (used in South Korea)? I remember KZbin user "DIY Dr K" did a video on an LG PDA that had a DMB tuner, and I remember that domestic Korean variants of Samsung Galaxy flagship phones in the early 2010s had DMB tuners, based on third-party case designs I saw for stuff like the Galaxy S4 and Note3.

[@MatthewGAlfaro]

Disney: “A communication error has occurred” Nintendo: Hey! That’s my line!

[@TheLivingCatastrophe]

Disney: This service has been discontinued Nintendo: **Gritting Teeth sounds**

[@pdrouk]

Many phones are able to receive Full HD TV signal, just using the embedded antenna. Many Samsung phones can do it. They still sell it here in Brazil. What surprises me more than this, are the old Japanese phones with full ANALOG TV receivers built-in (and this is what I thought you would show on those phones - as they're old). This really excites me way more.

[@hunyesmith03]

@ 8:29 TBH that flip phone honestly is pretty damn beautiful, I would’ve loved that as a kid

[@kFY514]

When I was in Japan with friends in 2016, we stayed at a couple of AirBnB sites and the apartment we had in Osaka had no TV... or so it seemed. On a desk, there was a little thingy that looked like a digital photo frame / clock / thermometer / etc. And at some point we realized it actually had a 1seg TV tuner! It was pretty cool to see it in action. The quality was pretty atrocious though. 240p at 15fps... A far cry from what you could get even on a phone through KZbin or something at the time. So yeah, a pretty cool tech, but didn't age well...

[@DABUNGINATOR]

I didn't really grow up with a smartphone back in 2012, so it's cool to see ones like these with all sorts of nifty things. I just want a phone with the power & battery life of a new one & the appearance of an old one.

[@NALTOHQ]

I knew about Disney mobile, Michael. Never used it but definitely heard of it. What I didn’t know was that Disney mobile actually shut down, how they shut down, and how they came back. In hindsight, knowing Disney, this was probably for the best.

[@shaysela6989]

27:00 You just unlocked a hidden memory I had with those live wallpapers. I loved these as a kid and would change between them on my phone about once a week

[@SEFSQklOR0VS]

Bit late to the party but the phone with Mickey going through portals and going through the mirror is Epic Mickey themed! The mirror stand is especially hilarious in context 🤣 I'd kill for a more modern Epic Mickey phone, I'm not gonna lie, it looks incredible!

[@StanleyMOV]

Mickey is really doing the "MR. BEEEAAASSTT" pose

[@VIRACYTV]

These are likely demo display units. Usually older phones and devices won’t work unless they’re wired into a larger computer or host device. This was to further prevent theft.

[@FirstName-kl8mx]

it's kinda sad when windows xp from 2001 can run modern websites on new moon, but a 10 year old phone cant.

[@iesx_leg1on]

Found the smartphone (same Disney model) in an online store for around $16. Still good for casual use

[@maeganmonster]

Battery has to be inside the object that uses it to ship. It's such a pain. I remember hearing about the Disney mobile in US. Kind of reminds me of the Firefly phone. Disney also did some branded Walkmans in the 00s.

[@soniccdx]

Disney did have more Disney branded phones in japan , seen some being sold as used(refurbished) phones where i live ..mostly android based .

[@シルバクロウ]

Your assumption is correct, postal/courier services now refuse to carry loose batteries - but a battery included with the device that uses it is A-OK. It obviously doesn't make any sense but, that's the state of things.

[@cwfqayin]

1-Seg is still broadcasting there. It just that, not many current phones have it anymore. If you want to collect the Japanese Disney Mobile phones you should consider the LG DM-01G. It's one of the most beautiful phone I've ever seen. It's a variant of the LG G3 and almost have the same spec i.e. SD801. Its case with circular cover cutout in the shape of Mickey's head is fantastic!

[@asiano3385]

I think that every phone or most of them does not power on without battery (or with dead/copletely flat battery). You could try to directly connect an external power supply with 4.2V output to the battery input connectors with alligator clips to try if it works. Also it may not be the safest thing to do but sometimes when phone does not want to charge the battery because it is bellow certain voltege and the battery cuts off you can try charge it externally by connecting a power supply with 4.2V output to the battery terminals to raise the voltage above 3V. (No soldering)

[@Fridelain]

directly feeding 5volts to the battery contacts works, as long as the battery is in, because the phone wants to see the sense/overtemp resistance.

[@asiano3385]

@@Fridelain 5V to the battery contacts when the battery is in? I would only put 4.2V max to prevend overcharging. (If all of the terminals are connected) But to my knowledge you can remove the battery completely and just power it using the positive and negative battery terminal.

[@Fridelain]

@@asiano3385 The battery has over voltage protection, it will charge to 4.2 -- 4.35v and disconnect. To power the phone without the battery in, you'd have to also place a resistor of the appropriate value between the sense contact and the (-) contact, otherwise the phone will refuse to operate at all.

[@Fridelain]

you could tape over the (+) contact of the battery as an extra precaution

[@elsombero1747]

8:05 When I looked at this phone right now, it reminded me of my old LG phone that also had a built in TV feature with a small antenna and when I got on the mountain in my city, I could get quite a lot of TV channels here in the EU. Not only from my country but also from other ones.

[@L0tsen]

Wow I didn't think that a company like Disney would make phones

[@Solomonwo]

Lol same

[@sparkly_1]

Same

[@Windows7Animations]

Same!

[@jackandfamlifestyle2053]

IKR

[@Nekoszowa]

Yall acting as if Disney doesn't own half the industries and franchises in the world already.

[@Fridelain]

I have messed with old phones and their batteries in the past. I'll give you the short and the long on it. Take a USB cable, or a (5 volts or 4.5v or 4.75v) phone charger with a built-in wire, cut the end that goes in the phone off, and peel a section of the remaining wire to expose the smaller wire within. You want the red and black. Peel off 5 mm off of each of those to expose the copper strands. For each of the red and black, roll the strands together so they are not loose. The presumably dead battery has (+) and (-) markings. Place the copper of the black wire between the (-) battery contact and the matching one, likewise for (+) and red. You want to hold them in place as you plug in the battery, which will hold them in place. Once you plug it in, the phone will see a 100% charged battery, and operate correctly. You can also try to resurrect a dead, non- bloated battery. This also works for laptop batteries. First place it in a ziplock bag, a jar with a tight fitting lid, several layers of saran wrap, or other waterproof containment method. Then put it in the freezer, overnight or longer. When you take it out, wrap the containment in a towel or kitchen roll sheets and allow to come to room temp. The place it in the device, which if at all possible should be turned off, and allow it to charge fully (4 hours should be enough). If this doesn't work, you can try charging it directly. Battery over discharge protection means once the battery voltage goes under 2.5 or so, it will cut off and read as zero. You can use the continuity tester mode of a multimeter, which puts out 3 volts at a very low amperage, to gently trickle charge it above the cutoff, then the phone will charge it normally. Or you can zap it with 9 or 12 volts from say, an old router power adapter for a few seconds, that does the trick also, at the cost of some durability. It is fast though.

[@Annatomova7]

The silver phone is gorgeous. I hate the plastic used in a lot of modern phones these days, but that phone looks like polished metal with Mickey Mouse engravings.

[@KawashiVR]

every new video from MJD im getting cheer up ❤️

[@HuseynMemmedov]

MJD never disappoints…

[@CamdenBloke]

For Christmas I got a raspberry pi robot dog, and I had to buy a few parts for including a set of particular rechargeable batteries (and charger). A few days ago I got an email from eBay about a recall notice. It was a safety notice for those particular batteries, specifically they aren't allowed to be sold without being paired with a product using them. 🤪🤪🤪

[@hrq007]

We also have 1seg in Brazil (as we use a DTV system based off of the Japanese ISDB-T standard), altough it was never really popular like it was over there. Few handsets supported it. Funny thing is that I was setting up my grandma's new TV the other day, and for some reason its channel scan picked up all the 1seg broadcasts along the normal HD DTV channels. It was hilarious seeing that low-res transmission stretched on a 42" screen. 😂

[@ninasuperbass]

mas muitos telefones possuíam TV analógica e digital nos anos 2000 e 2010. eu tive uns 3 ou 4 com essa função kkkkk

[@hrq007]

@@ninasuperbass Pessoalmente, na mão de conhecidos, vi uns 2 telefones com DTV só. ATV lembro de ver uns quantos antigamente. Acho que foram bem mais populares que aparelhos com DTV (ao menos aqui na minha região).

[@heart_locket2]

r/suddenlycaralho?

[@blathablather]

I knew that Ashens reference was coming up as soon as you pulled out that antenna haha 😂

[@speedytruck]

You should archive those preinstalled apps online. People can reverse engineer them and find out more about them.

[@jabinstech]

Thanks for letting us know about Disney's smart phones. This reminds me of that video you made on the Disney laptop.

[@mvsv12]

I had a Lumia and a Moto G with digital TV, the Moto G even had HDTV support. It was a neat feature but unfortunately today is very rare to find a new phone with digital TV.

[@willcookmakeup]

That first phone is actually really pretty

[@lup6483]

Check the battery voltage, if it is below 3.70 try charging the batteries with an universal charger and then they will work normaly if the batteries are decent

[@kylespevak6781]

I think something like a Disney mobile in today's smartphone age with toddlers having access to the horrors of the internet would be great. Of course most phones already have some kind of parental lock but it's honestly not too hard for a child to outsmart a parent with technology and figure out ways around it.

[@abeesyah.k]

I still have one of these, a fujitsu f03f to be precise. The camera app is quite unique, it has this mickey mouse voice thingy as the shutter sound. The phone also has the terrestrial tv feature (1seg tv), but without the antenna (uses external antenna via 3.5mm jack instead)

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

The one guy in the comments who is like "um actually..." Hilarious commentary. Great video.

[@CoteaGeorgeC]

It's insane to me that the Sharp flip phone had basic NFC.

[@9Tailsfan]

The attention to detail. The packaging, the accessories, even the warranty card is cute! 🥰

[@DerekLippold]

I think you’re right about the phone batteries - they’re pretty picky about shipping they kind of thing cause they can explode.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Michael's "Go, go, Gadget-copter!" sounded vaguely like Hollywood's idea of a British accent.

[@LinRuiEn]

I'd love to see a video about the TV signals in Japan!

[@kaitlyn__L]

Techmoan discussed it briefly in his video about DVB-H, which might tide you over, but yes I’d love Michael to cover it!

[@JamieLikesGames]

Immediately thought of Ashens when you pulled the antenna out. I respect the reference

[@diegosalgo]

Here in Brazil we had tv capable phones too, even some generations of the Moto G had this feature

[@andrew8293]

If anyone will had a question about the TV thing the standard is called ISDB-T and it is the digital TV standard used in Japan and many parts of South America where DVB-T is not used. As Michael said this technology is called 1-seg and is mostly used for mobile TV. Since ISDB-T is still used in Japan today and since 1-seg broadcast is just part of the same signal there was no reason for many TV channels to shut it down if they were still operating and that's why it works today. I feel like this technology would have been really good in North America instead of a ATSC since ATSC cannot function on mobile devices at all.

[@iLife64]

Babe sorry I can’t, MJD just dropped another another video on obscure tech

[@pac-kikin]

0:24 Mickey is doing the Mr.Beast pose.

[@xerxesYt123]

Its nice to be able to keep those original packaging and paperwork. I for one also collected the Japanese phones my parents used to have when my father was working in japan. And 1seg actually works in the Philippines, but id get japanese channels lmao

[@nezu_cc]

The reason importing stuff from japan is hard is because their postal service (anything government related really) is like 10-15 years behind the rest of the world. They legit still use floppy drives in the government. Whether something passes their customs is only up to luck. If you get an old lady at the office to have fun sending a postcard abroad and if you get someone younger willing to bend the (very strict may I add) rules then you have some chance of shipping it. Even for proxy shipping services, It's hard.

[@AronBezzina]

you may be able to inject 4v into where the battery is meant to go with a benchtop power supply

[@gazvlogs7459]

Hey Michael! I'm an electrical technician and I just wanted to say that you could get those phones to power up with a lab power supply. You just have to connect the terminals to the battery pins on the phone and give it 3.7v. If you look at 12:23 the battery even has the polarity labelled. Leftmost pin is positive and and second to last on the right is ground. If you can then solder 2 small guage wires to each terminal and give it power from a AA pack of batteries even. I'm curious about the GUI and functions. If you ship them to me I can build a battery and solder connectors on the phones and ship them back to you for a video!

[@bruhgamingnl1315]

I am not sure, but maybe the mickey mirror thing was a reference to the epic mickey game(s)? That seems like the only thing I can relate that to.

[@SnepperStepTV]

The version they have of this on the cruiseline to keep families together was a lot of fun to mess around with.

[@livefreeprintguns]

You should do a video on these phones if you are able to upgrade them to a more recent version of Android! The XDA forums is a great place for ROMS and other files for out-of-date/discontinued/unsupported phones.

[@ShadowGD_OfficialYT]

But limited edition phones don't have support for Custom ROMs, only standard edition ones.

[@livefreeprintguns]

@@ShadowGD_OfficialYT These phones don't have any esoteric hardware... they probably have the same ARM chips used in 99% of your average Android phones.

[@ShadowGD_OfficialYT]

@@livefreeprintguns Yeah, but I don't think that ever existed a Custom ROM for them.

[@bradygiltz5160]

Wow the unboxing experience is amazing

[@HyunMoKoo]

Year 21 on the warranty card is probably Heisei 21 on japanese calandar which should be 2010 on western calandar.

[@Thewindowsguy-88]

i am first

[@MichaelMJD]

Looks like 22 corresponds to 2010, and 21 to 2009, so that makes sense assuming the phone was sold in one of those years. I was going by DD/MM/YY when reading the date, but it could also be written as YY/MM/DD.

[@near5148]

@@MichaelMJD mickey mouse is coming for you

[@HyunMoKoo]

@@MichaelMJD I'm not 100% sure but if Japan uses similar date order to other east Asian countries it should be YYMMDD.

[@RealTheCrasher8]

Ayo! New Michael MJD video!

[@douglas9630]

Well from getting some used japanese imported,you can only import 2 phones at a time with the battery, as they kinda have fear of the battery exploding from the galaxy note 7 Era. Was going to ask have you tried charging the battery only though a battery charger? Also I guess you have the sim cards inside the phones because the flip phones kinda are iffy about it

[@BeerusGlazer]

“And inside we have a thing that tells you about some stuff” Thank you for this in-depth review ❤🐱

[@myrmeko]

The DM001SH, if i remember correctly, it runs Brew OS, which is far superior to Java-based OSs. You can run PS1-quality Brew OS games on that phone. And there are A LOT of them, including Resident Evil 4. But, god damn, the shell is absolutely gorgeous on that one.

[@TheLivingCatastrophe]

Brew OS is incredibly locked down, and Java is superior if you want freedom of- well, everything. If you can mod your Brew phone, that's great. I can't!

[@myrmeko]

@@TheLivingCatastrophe I don't have a Brew phone. I wish i did. BUT, if i remember correctly, there is a Brew emulator being developed right now.

[@mizonokuchi029]

Your guess about the battery shipping is correct. We cannot ship or even flight with a battery that is bigger in capacity than some restriction if and only if it is not installed to a device, because it could be shortcircuited en route and gets fire.

[@novatiberium]

Before Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson were Disney characters...