The $37 NEWMAN V998 Weird Android Flip Phone looks like a cool novelty! It's definitely not...

Timestamps are integrated into the video for each segment.
I tried to condense this down as much as possible but it ran longer than I had anticipated so if you need to use the timestamps to skip along then that's completely fine!
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Greetings and welcome to another installment in the iWish series, a series in which I purchase various questionable products to see if they are any good...most of the time they are not but I buy this stuff so you don't have to!
This is the second item that was selected by you folks on a Live Stream I did and once again you folks generously donated towards seeing it reviewed on the channel! I appreciate you all so much :)
Thanks again to Everyday Blind/King Cobra for his massive donation he did. Absolute mad lad!
And I have known about this for a LONG time. It's been sitting there on AliExpress just waiting for me to purchase it but I kept putting it off and finally here it is, the full review of the NEWMAN V998!
Do I feel like a "NEW MAN". No...not at all.
This phone is at it's current price for a reason...there's a lot of things going on with this that are pretty dodgy.
I won't spoil much here so strap in folks because you are about to witness the power of the NEWMAN.
(Add NEWMAN to the list of weird phone manufacturers)
Feel free to look at the listing for this thing: www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...
(Not an affiliate link, just there if you want to have a look at it)
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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 NEWMAN V998 are here:
archive.org/details/NEWMAN-V998
INTERNET ARCHIVE: archive.org/details/@smoorez
TIMESTAMPS:
Intro, Disclaimers & Thank you to folks: 0:00
Listing, Pricing & Advertised Specs: 1:16
Stupid Advertising: 2:54
Unboxing: 4:47
Around the Device: 6:06
Power Up, Terrible Display Quality & Flippy: 7:49
UI, Shortcuts, Amazing led & Wallpaper: 9:23
Networks & Mobile: 10:56
I had an accident: 11:55
The Aftermath & Silly usb design: 13:34
Some weird app, Sounds & Apps List: 14:31
Storage, Battery, Memory & Face Unlock: 16:05
Typing on this, Identity Crisis & About Phone: 17:09
The Camera: 19:04
Camera Test - Photos: 20:19
Camera Test - Videos: 21:25
Camera Quality: 23:37
FM Radio, Calculator, Buttons, File Manager & Play Store: 25:13
Sound Recorder & Browser Test: 26:15
Speaker Test: 27:20
Painful KZbin Test: 29:03
Installing apps and a slight problem: 31:37
Geekbench & Doubting the Specs: 32:41
QuickShortcutMaker & The Dodgiest App: 34:55
Gaming Test - GTA San Andreas: 38:02
Conclusion: 39:43
Teardown & Investigation: 41:15
Full Specifications & Final Thoughts: 44:46
Thanking folks once again & Rambly Outro: 45:52
Be good people!
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SOCIAL:
Instagram: s.moorez
Email: [e-mail]
My second channel that is currently getting sick again I think:
/ @smoorez2
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Music/Video:
Outro:
Mick Gordon - Cultist Base (Doom Eternal Soundtrack)
Speaker Tests:
Mick Gordon - BFG Division (DOOM 2016 Soundtrack)
SMOOREZ - Shifter (Some EP I never did anything with)
SMOOREZ - Event Horizon (Some EP I never did anything with)
iWish Theme/Camera Test:
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...
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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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#AliExpress #Phone #Review

[@SMOOREZ]

*Small mistake in the camera test. The night video says 720p. It's 480p. It is a leftover from an old template. Sorry for the stuff up there!* Greetings everyone and welcome back to another installment in my iWish series! I appreciate everyone that donated on that live stream, thank you so much and I hope you'll enjoy this video! Let me know what you thought of this one down below and about the various "things" about it. Keep being awesome and I'll see you all soon! TIMESTAMPS: Intro, Disclaimers & Thanking you awesome folks: 0:00 Listing, Pricing & Advertised Specs: 1:16 Stupid Advertising: 2:54 Unboxing: 4:47 Around the Device: 6:06 Power Up, Terrible Display Quality & Flippy: 7:49 UI, Shortcuts, Amazing LED & Wallpaper: 9:23 Networks & Mobile: 10:56 I had an accident: 11:55 The Aftermath & Silly USB Design: 13:34 Some weird app, Sounds & Apps List: 14:31 Storage, Battery, Memory & Face Unlock: 16:05 Typing on this, Identity Crisis & About Phone: 17:09 The Camera: 19:04 Camera Test - Photos: 20:19 Camera Test - Videos: 21:25 Camera Quality: 23:37 FM Radio, Calculator, Buttons, File Manager & Play Store: 25:13 Sound Recorder & Browser Test: 26:15 Speaker Test: 27:20 Painful KZbin Test: 29:03 Installing apps and a slight problem: 31:37 Geekbench & Doubting the Specs: 32:41 QuickShortcutMaker & The Dodgiest App: 34:55 Gaming Test - GTA San Andreas: 38:02 Conclusion: 39:43 Teardown & Investigation: 41:15 Full Specifications & Final Thoughts: 44:46 Thanking folks once again & Rambly Outro: 45:52 System files and Apps to test your phone are in the description also Be good people!

[@Boogie_the_cat]

you should return it because you may end up blind with how bright the LED is

[@Yodaboi]

PLEASE ADD PKR

[@GraveUypo]

don't. you bought it, you used it, even made a video on it. if you return it now you're just abusing the system and effing the honest seller that sent you this in good faith. have integrity, don't punish people who are doing an honest job.

[@LucasPereiradaSilva]

Please change the BRL conversion, there's a 92% import tax on all imports, so the price should be doubled.

[@Emil215p]

​ @GraveUypo "honest seller that sent you this in good faith." The listing was lying through its teeth about the device, he is in his full right to return it. Android 8.1 is a lie, the flashlight range is a lie, the camera resolution is a lie, metal frame is a lie. There is no honesty, there is no good faith. Its not abusing the system to return a scam.

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

I think the recent feature phone reviews have broken me. Now I'm looking at these photos like "oh, that's pretty good!" 😂

[@Carcosahead]

Same lol, I seriously thinking of getting one just to play around

[@evickaklierova3107]

Same! :D

[@TechBaffle]

Unusual design aside, the old android sounds, the poor viewing angles, low res display, the three buttons on the bottom. It's like a time capsule phone, but with 4G!

[@ram89572]

Aw man. I think that's exactly what my S24 Ultra is missing - Good ole The reappearance of the business charm of the jazz. And it has that glorious HD screen that puts 4 digit resolution numbers to shame.

[@SMOOREZ]

OH MY GOD! Thank you SO MUCH for that huge donation you absolute legend. I appreciate this so much. I honestly don't know what to say as this is just so generous of you to do this. I think I may have to say thank you to you in an upcoming video, I wish I could do more than just say thank you over and over. You are awesome and I appreciate you so much for this :)

[@ram89572]

@@SMOOREZ You're welcome. I've been watching these phone videos for a while so I wanted to properly compensate for all the ones I've watched and help you to keep getting new ones to review

[@RoadTripAu]

That back cover in red plastic leather just reminds me of a christmas tree decoration

[@Boogie_the_cat]

dreaming of a leather christmas, mate? I prefer PVC

[@myrmeko]

21:07 This probably has the best dynamic range out of all "welcome cameras". Wow. The video quality is actually very good. Sound, image and framerate. 24:23 Yes. Definitely. That's a scene that even high end smartphones from a few years back struggle with. Like, whoever made the software for that camera is a REALLY GOOD developer. 26:00 That's CyanogenMod file manager.

[@freddieastaire6312]

I agree with everything you said, because honestly, the camera quality is at par with the old fixed focus cameras that nokias had sometime 2006ish, I have a lot of old phones still in my collection. 😂

[@NekoMichi]

Whoa, good to see Newman's still around. I remember buying one of their MP4 players while visiting Beijing some time in the mid-2000s.

[@Benzo97]

The poor viewing angles gives me... vivid flashbacks of trying to watch a video with a college buddy. Nobody except me (barely) could even see it. Good times!

[@300maze]

looks like they slapped the cheapest TFT display they could find

[@Mariuszgamer]

That flash light is genuinely the worst I've seen but that made me laugh out loud

[@Night_blade258]

Im not going to lie but i thought your hand was a tree for a second because how bad that flash is

[@janchapman3445]

IMEI is actually correct, shows as the Shenzhen Niuman Qihang Technology Co Ltd Newman V998(X9)

[@SMOOREZ]

Wow. That's amazing. I wonder why Oukitel kept popping up then.

[@channelname9843]

​​​ I think they stole build.prop info from another device so it would show as Google certified or at least bypass the thing that makes you manually register uncertified devices. You have had at least one other cheap phone show up as a different one when signing in to Google, probably also for this reason. I remember also noticing that the build fingerprint on the Protruly phone was stolen from an LG phone.

[@channelname9843]

​@@SMOOREZit's spoofed as another device to avoid Google requiring registration of uncertified devices when you log in. You have had other devices that did this

[@spirowalkman]

Ah, the good ol' Moto MING relic. I have the A1200e

[@jubylam7108]

I had one in black, what a beautiful phone

[@spirowalkman]

@@jubylam7108 I have it in black too

[@Saluteme10288]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I got nostalgia for it

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

I'm a simple man. I see a SMOOREZ phone review, I click.

[@AlyxMSC]

The lemon footage at night looks oddly pornographic

[@kjur18]

I think when they say that light has let's say 20m range they mean that you can see it's light from 20 meters away, not light object that is 20 meters away.

[@Nelson_C_KNOWS]

I like these kinda of reviews where you only show your hands and the device. Or the ones that are quiet with text. More details and gives an idea of the actual device 😊

[@stevenspencer5367]

I was so excited to see this. There is something about phones that have a passing resemblance to the communicators from Star Trek ( the original series). If this had a gold mesh flip up I would buying one. Yes I know earlier mobile phones were designed to look like communicators. Lol. Science Fiction did have a major role in pushing technology along to our dreams. I am totally with you in why do they lie about the specs on these cheapo devices. It's just not necessary. I guessed it was a rebranded Welcome device as soon as you turned it on. That startling sound is on all these devices. Oh boy that screen is atrocious. I know there was some issue with the frame rate and the camera filming causing that flickering. I could barely make out the apps and in settings I just couldn't anything. They were awful. I nearly wet myself laughing with you at the led "torch". The :accidental" drop test was funny. Quality build. 😂 The camera/video test did produce a few decent photos. The Devine Miss Ripley looks awesome as purr. Lol Still a netter camera/video test than the one on the knockoff IPhone 15 clone. The big sperker wasn't too bad. Not all that distorted. On a side note I saw an advert for Doom: The Dark Ages earlier coming out in 2025. And immediately thought of you. Speaking of gaming. It's just not up to the task lol. That poor screen really doesn't help. To answer your question about sending it back to Aliexpress then I would do. It just wasn't as described and that drop test just proved it. If you ever come across something that does look more like the Star Trek communicators can you test one please. The nostalgia is strong. Yes I know wrong franchise lol 😆 😂

[@anthonysullivan5197]

The kind of flip dumb with Android phone I wouldn’t want! Sticking with my RAZR 40 Ultra.

[@AliHabeb]

Imma be watching a few vids until my E-Scooter charges so i can go out for a bit

[@OlexanderZnaharenkoUA]

Very effective torch. 😂😂😂 Laughing loud. 😅😊

[@ThomasFarmer21]

You should enable the 'Stats for Nerds' overlay when testing videos in KZbin to check the framerate.

[@hudde814]

I straight up wheezed when I saw the Panorama shot 🤣

[@johnperalta9415]

Reminds me of my old cherry mobile spark tv. It had the same LCD and the OS looks like jellybean🤔 hahaha

[@bm1066]

I was about to get sea sick watching the selfie video clip wobble that badly. lol

[@jpprice14duh]

If someone had this on the school bus back in 2006 it would have blew our minds! We all had Motorola rzrs or SLVRs

[@xPaulRulesTheWorldx]

Reminds me of the Motorola Krave ZN4, I got one on ebay not long ago!

[@issyahboii28]

Love from SA, keep up the vids bro

[@DeadNoob451]

Cant wait for a full release of event horizon. Dont sell yourself short mate, that one is a nice old-school banger.

[@hilliard665]

You say the lcd is an eye sore but almost seems retro? Reminds me on an ipod touch rip off i had back in the day

[@AlexandruLipan]

I had in 2014 a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 lite. The screen was terrible. After I broke the screen I sent it to a repair shop. The off market screen was _better that the original panel_

[@PrinsessePeach]

14:33 According to Google, the Chinese translates to “Simple Desktop”

[@epiciphones]

smoooorz thanks for those vids keep saving phones from ewaste! i working at ewaste lol every day dumpster diving love it

[@DJdoppIer]

God I love those AI-generated Google-translated nonsensical descriptions! XD

[@noahandthefurry4573]

the song on the radio was Hozier- Too Sweet.

[@agustinusreynaldi7101]

I like random tacky android stuff And the notification sound always did the jumpscare

[@christosath8132]

You can increase "Smallest Width" in the developer options to fit more stuff in display, possibly the button to apply the CPU model thing too. Obviously would be ever harder to see the display tho. I'm also not sure if android 7 has that option, though it should, dpi is a thing since android 3.

[@christosath8132]

Cameras are also both 2mp. One is a GalaxyCore GC2385. Having a look at how terrible the 5mp gc5035 on OnePlus is even in daylight, it sounds right. Fromt is also 2mp, a "BYD BF2206" (?), same brand that does cars?

[@gitawrongtranslation-youtu9701]

20:38 ohh yes .. Nostalgic feeling about those photos

[@FlamJongUn]

Yay!! You delivered!!

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

Captain Kirk & Dr. Spock Would Love This Splendid Device...

[@AguevadoConCaraDeSonso29]

I would like to see a new video on the NEWMIND phone because the specs of that NEWMIND idiot makes me remind of the infamous "SUSAN" M5!

[@Boogie_the_cat]

that graph in the advertising, was part of the color spectrum\wavelength chart. visible colors for humans starts at 700nm red light (lowest energy) and ends at 400nm blue light (blue light is higher energy light, which hurts eyes more, therefore, blue light blocking mode in phone settings) the graph showed around 400-480 nanometer light, but it didn't make a whole lot of sense, as to display all colors properly, your phone needs to display all wavelengths.

[@raquete0]

can u try the tablet Pritom tab 8? there's nothing too weird or different in the device but the quality and perfomance is pretty good for the price

[@Gairith]

Love your vids! Do you think you could add subtitles for people that speak English though? Thanks!

[@caseyvuen111]

Newman is still around? my first smartphone ever was a Newman N2, back in 2013. it has the same cpu as the international version Galaxy S3. i bought it for $250 from aliexpress.

[@AboutBlank.]

The farting Ant is the funniest thing I've heard today!

[@jubylam7108]

I used to have a Motorola 1200 in black back in the day in 2010 after the palm Tugten t5 That my grandpa gave me died.

[@SMB1568HSneakPeeks]

The Chinese text in the status bar translates to "Screenshot" The one in Settings translates to either "Easy mode" or "Simple desktop" The Chinese symbol is "Total" The file manager was cyangenmod Files

[@DeletedContent]

Is there going to be review on the Thinkphone?

[@ryujicm3942]

Thanks for Weird flip phone review

[@SMOOREZ]

Thanks Ryuji :) appreciate it!

[@musicme148]

Newmen, roll out!

[@tedburnand6516]

13:12 i wonder where they got that tone from lol

[@withercrafter8993]

Speaker is probably one of the better ones I've heard from these cheap phones

[@GhanbariTech]

7:22 the battery name! 💀

[@fede81s]

Hello... Newman!

[@JonnyInfinite]

As long as you don't confuse this with Numan. . .

[@VolivovejVolej]

A mildly uninteresting fact: the shutdown sound is pinched from Sony Ericsson; it used to be called Heavenly Harp or something like that… Otherwise, nothing interesting in the audio department, everything is stock Android.

[@findehasin2507]

For that price, it's a very decent phonE.

[@Hadisabetghadam]

They Took Off Cyanogenmod File Manager Holy Crap 25:52

[@dooleh84]

Has the "hello, Jerry... - Hello... Newman" joke already been made?

[@RXID624]

Hey smoorez. I have an land rover c9 that's only in serbia. But not sure if it's a c9 or other model

[@G_Fresh_UK]

The cat is Ripley, believe it or not

[@wolf33b]

I don't know if others have already tell this but i just found out from another video about an old phone that this is a copycat of motorola a1200

[@MrJ0mmy]

28:21 kinda reminds me of aphex tiwn

[@sazman2000]

im sure captain kirk has one of them....lol

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

Smoorez can you please release that EP already?

[@Saluteme10288]

Reminds me of the Motorola Ming

[@Minitrucker231]

Fuck me.... My Moto G Stylus 5G 2022's torch is brighter than that thing! And the screen..... My God 😂 what the shit were they thinking?!

[@Darkest_matter]

HTC wildfire with a flip

[@STAYHIGHMYGUY]

Its an interesting device but you could get the moto e 6 for about the same price or less and get more for your money

[@Hotrod-05]

Man that LCD display kinda reminds me of my acer liquid z200 those viewing angles are kinda bad too

[@jaymen31]

You made it better

[@hakureicirno6059]

Newman used to make a lot of MP3 nuggets.

[@GF-mf7ml]

2mp back 0.3mp front, I've played a lot of laptop camera I know.

[@Butler195]

Looks like a tos star trek communicator

[@thearousedeunuch]

The flip cover is a great idea, as a screen protector. Everything else... isn't.

[@LayneCox345]

This looks like one of those Motorola phones

[@So1]

Ive never seen wiggling thing on a 30 fps video on the camera test, actually makes me wanna vomit lol

[@healspringy6300]

rip lemon tree ?-2024, you will b missed

[@1talianPh0n3sArchiv3]

Newman! A Sony walkman clone

[@Emil215p]

Honestly pretty cool, can get a lot worse for 37 bucks.

[@onceagain77]

I use a Samsung Galaxy A03s that I paid $49.88 for.

[@nothingtodo5987]

is this support OTG? 🧐

[@x.xlx.x]

❤

[@TechBaffle]

I could imagine this design looks fun for a kid's first phone, but then again if it's that fragile, probably not 😂

[@hilliard665]

*launch launching 😂

[@_snaiio5492]

The samsung a05 has a hideous display. They tried hard to make it awful. Atleast thislooks fun!

[@rchltmedia]

samsung have better displays than this...

[@_snaiio5492]

@@rchltmedia the A05s is a shockingly awful display, try one. It was cheaper than a 4g router so grabbed one but damn, that screen.

[@soniccdx]

maybe the designers were "inspired" by the old motorola phones (a1800/a1200/MING)

[@SMOOREZ]

Yeah I mentioned that at the start of the video cause I've got an A1200 in my collection.

[@soniccdx]

@@SMOOREZ those were the days when battery replacements were easy

[@viktorbaresic4180]

Twisted nematic

[@dainisgromskis6252]

I got my Redmi note 10 for 60 eurs :D And im happy 😂

[@hilliard665]

I honestly like the design. Shit product, but i like thw cute deaign and colourway

[@hilliard665]

Would have been a cute phone 10 yeara ago.. maybe 15 years ago 😂

[@positiveplay1]

Is this a knock off black berry?

[@chrism2964]

Wow that screen is so bad its only a bit better than a basic HP laptop!

[@gilesmillington4113]

I might get this phone for the comical info mation and the really crap quality screen and the bad quality of the build as well just for fun😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Night_blade258]

I acn confirm that is the worst display and light i ever seen on a device

[@maxxbbie69]

bring in uah to currencies)

[@TechBaffle]

10:16 You need it to have no wallpaper because imagine trying to find your icons 😂

[@Basstestchanel-qd3ri]

Where is Indonesian rupiah asking day 1

[@eshkere_eshkere69]

Pocq

[@jennid8123]

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