The Panasonic A100 was one of the SMALLEST Phones Available in 2004! (THE_PHONE

The Panasonic A100 was one of the SMALLEST Phones Available in 2004! (THE_PHONE_ARCHIVE)

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Timestamps are integrated into the video showing each segment dedicated to this phone. There's not a whole heap of features with this but a decent portion is dedicated to the ringtones so if you need to skip through - that's not a problem!
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I am back with another installment in |THE_PHONE_ARCHIVE| - a series in which I take a look at weird, strange, obscure and unique phones (or devices) for your entertainment! This series is made to look back over older devices that don't run Android and serve as a lookback and retrospective of a certain device.
And today I bring you the smallest phone of 2004 - the Panasonic EB-A100!
It's interesting in its own regards but it is lacking on features.
It's not the worlds smallest phone but back in 2004 it was one of them.
The EB-GD55 from 2003 was slightly smaller than the A100 and had pretty much the same features.
I've had this in my collection for years and the other day I thought "I'd love to take a look at one and see what it can do"
And here we are!
Apologies if it's not too interesting but it's a lookback on something from 20 years ago!
I do hope you enjoy this lookback and it will be interesting to hear if anyone used one of these :)
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TIMESTAMPS:
Introduction: 0:00
Quick Specs, Phones of 2004 & One from 1999: 0:58
Other Small Panasonic Phones & Another Small Phone: 2:20
A100 is small and Around the Phone: 4:04
Power Up, The Tiny Display, Buttons, Keypad Lights & Key Lock: 5:48
Menu, RINGTONES & Other Sounds: 6:51
Display Settings, Animations & Wallpapers: 12:49
Other Settings & Games: 14:17
Contacts, Calendar, Messaging Features & Typing: 15:56
Pocketnews definitely won't work, Clock, Calculator etc: 18:05
Melody Composer, Calls & Records: 19:06
Conclusion & Other Weird Panasonic Phones: 20:34
Teardown of the A100: 22:43
Quick Teardown of the GD55 & Mad Hax I guess: 25:31
Final Thoughts: 26:59
Fairly rambly Outro: 28:03
Be good people!
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Music:
Outro:
Mick Gordon - Cultist Base (Doom Eternal Soundtrack)
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*All images/audio used in the video belong to their rightful owners but are used under fair use/demonstration.
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@SMOOREZ 4 ай бұрын

*Small phones are awesome. I wish there was a lot more flagship phones around in a tiny form factor* Hey another random Phone Archive video! Bringing you all a lookback at one of the smallest phones in 2004! The Panasonic A100 lacks on features but is still an interesting phone honestly. Let me know what you thought of this one down below and if you ever used one of these! Thanks so much for tuning in and I'll see you all soon :) TIMESTAMPS: Introduction: 0:00 Quick Specs, Phones of 2004 & One from 1999: 0:58 Other Small Panasonic Phones & Another Small Phone: 2:20 A100 is small and Around the Phone: 4:04 Power Up, The Tiny Display, Buttons, Keypad Lights & Key Lock: 5:48 Menu, RINGTONES & Other Sounds: 6:51 Display Settings, Animations & Wallpapers: 12:49 Other Settings & Games: 14:17 Contacts, Calendar, Messaging Features & Typing: 15:56 Pocketnews definitely won't work, Clock, Calculator etc: 18:05 Melody Composer, Calls & Records: 19:06 Conclusion & Other Weird Panasonic Phones: 20:34 Teardown of the A100: 22:43 Quick Teardown of the GD55 & Mad Hax I guess: 25:31 Final Thoughts: 26:59 Fairly rambly Outro: 28:03 Be good people!

@konm08 4 ай бұрын

among us

@amethystdene 4 ай бұрын

mini fon

@ardcollectsphones 4 ай бұрын

i love the size of my s10e

@ingrowntoenailiv 4 ай бұрын

do a video on the sl55 soon, I have one and its a really good phone for its size

@gamer101stopmotion 4 ай бұрын

@SMOOREZ send me all those crappy earbuds

@bigdude101ohyeah 4 ай бұрын

My Dad had Panasonic phones, they looked like miniaturised versions of their landline phones. I never cared about them because they didn't have games, but then they'd have features like a voice recorder that could be used to make ringtones, in like 2000.

@arifhossainshikder8555 4 ай бұрын

You could compose 🎼🎵🎶BFG division on this phone 😮

@RoadTripAu 4 ай бұрын

24:45 Just a tip about the numbers on the chips - the 4 digit numbers beginning with 03 and 04 are batch numbers for that particular chip shown in year and week so 0349 would be 49th week of 2003. I saw an 0417 earlier in the vid - yep, 17th week of 2004. These can give a rough guide of how old something is and when it was made.

@kennethpaulcalangi4122 4 ай бұрын

I had an A100 before, it was small but when it comes with the ringtone it's quite loud... but cute. as during that time, the smaller phone you have, you're unique, here in our country... I also remember during the dumb phone era, it's also trending to have an transparent acetate film inserted to the lcd screen with your chosen design or photo/ to make your phone look unique...

@BlakaD 4 ай бұрын

these kinda of older phones its crazy how much cute small pixelart they used to have

@thedarkknight1971 4 ай бұрын

Sagem made a quirky jelly buttoned mini phone with a blue backlight (I had one) the - 'MW3020', weird little jelly bean shaped thing! 😎🇬🇧

@WATPLightness1 4 ай бұрын

Great phone you have there! I actually wanted a Panasonic GD55 or G51, but they are pretty rare & hard to find from where I lived. However I do have the Sendo M550, SL55/SL56, and Pantech C300 which to be fair, the smallest phones in my collection and I loved their sizes of them, specially the SL55.

@bramvandenbroeck5060 4 ай бұрын

I had a friend who had an A101 and he let me play on his phone for a bit and i was amazed by how small it felt, but yet, it fitted nicely in my hand, typing was surprisingly easy with those clicky buttons! I had a 3510i in 2004 and going back to a monochrome screen was weird! My last panasonic was also a really cool phone, it was the TX 310, it had a monochrome screen, but colors at the same time, because the backlight could change colors, it was a nice gimmick, even the keypad light changed, so yeah, rgb in a phone from 2001 (though i got mine in 2003) :p thanks for bringing back so many memories man!

@frieds0ul270 4 ай бұрын

Found a review on this one from 2004, it says A100 was a straight up clone of GD55(released in 2002) and had an inadequate price of 100 usd

@VolivovejVolej 4 ай бұрын

Running through the ringtones as one of the first things when I get a phone in my hands? I still do it today 😊

@Smoke824 4 ай бұрын

I was rocking a Siemens S55 at the time which also supported that camera, still one of the best phones I had as it also ran Java apps so I could play Tetris or log on to IRC with it, and it did a pretty good job with MIDI ringtones. Mine also came with a serial data cable for synching and transferring data. I still have some of the wallpapers I used on it somewhere in an old backup.

@CanizaM 4 ай бұрын

AD6525 is indeed the SoC in this. A service manual for the LG C3100 which you can find online also uses this SoC, and it has an ARM7TDMI CPU. Looks like a member of the AD6521/6522 family, might've been relatively common before Mediatek's single-chip solutions took over.

@peterb666 4 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the Siemens C25 I had around 1999. This Panasonic has a lot more features.

@lord_hormiga 4 ай бұрын

i don't know about others but it definitely made me want to have a phone this small for when I go outside :)

@SammyRenard 4 ай бұрын

The good old nokia battery

@ardcollectsphones 4 ай бұрын

you really should make more of these

@KiraSlith 4 ай бұрын

I know these 2000s devices weren't always built to the best durability, but the design an pick of functions is perfect. Not too much, not too little, just enough to be useful, reliable, and kill a few moments in an emergency. I can't help but miss tech like this.

@retrogamer33 4 ай бұрын

I used to have a GD55, cute little which I loved. Then my next phone was a Mitsubishi Trium 110.

@djlim4612 4 ай бұрын

great video. if you like unique phones, try to look for the Neonode N2 (2 of them are in my collection). Fantastic design, nice to use. For the modern smartphone, try looking for the Doogee S Mini (my current daily driver :D )

@cameronlovesevolve 4 ай бұрын

I remember looking at these on ebay back in the day and always wanted to buy one... they were some cool at the time! I mean even today they're still pretty unique!

@GeorgeSaulot 4 ай бұрын

I had this one, loved it at the time! the only reason I moved to another is I wanted to play mp3s on my cell!

@chennoufiaimen6021 4 ай бұрын

What about battery🔋 life ??

@SPARTAN_Cayde-26 4 ай бұрын

Damn I tought 8210 was small, but dang that Panasonic is small same with that Siemens…

@JessicaFEREM 4 ай бұрын

Such a cute lil phone. I love it

@NcWcN1 4 ай бұрын

My dad bought two of those, one for him (it had a color screen) and a red-and-white one for me. His got bust shortly after, so he ended up borrowing mine. Never saw it again 😅

@psistis80 4 ай бұрын

When phones were starting to become big again, there was a joke that came out that time. The joke was that the reason people started getting big phones, was because they realized that they can play p**n on them. Another small phone from that era (kind of - 1997) was the Ericsson GF 788.Even if the door was removed, you could still talk.

@AfterBurnerTeirusu 4 ай бұрын

Lol the christmas midi’s drum track almost makes it sound like a mid 00s metalcore breakdown.

@samocooper9070 4 ай бұрын

cmon man can we get some reviews of phones on sale right now

@jayuno3009 4 ай бұрын

I found an old forum from 2005 about the A100, someone said they bought it used for 2000 baht, which the exchange rate to USD would’ve made it about $50 used, so I’m assuming the price new would’ve been $100-125.

@stevenspencer5367 4 ай бұрын

A really cute wee thing. I can remember someone calling something similar as Dinky Butch. I was surprised that it didn't have a camera in it. But talk and text was enough back then. I do like the little extras that help you interact with the device. Not we are not happy u less our noses are stuck in the screen full time. 😂

@freemasonry666 4 ай бұрын

Please teardown sony ericsson feature phone like j230i

@joedarkness808 4 ай бұрын

Some of Japanese PHS phones are smaller like the WX03A ..

@SMOOREZ 4 ай бұрын

I know but for 2004 this was one of the smaller phones available.

@samholdsworth420 4 ай бұрын

It's like Zoolander with the tiny phone 😂

@thedarkdragon89 4 ай бұрын

Seriously, if anyone here hasn't seen "IT Crowd" you need to fix that fast.

@OmegaWolf747 4 ай бұрын

That's a cute little phone. I wonder why Panasonic stopped making phones.

@gentuxable 4 ай бұрын

According to a web search Panasonic stopped selling at the local market because NTT Docomo stopped promoting their devices. For traditional cell phone makers that was a huge deal. I guess they then outsourced international business.

@So1 4 ай бұрын

@@gentuxableI feel like for their phones they were more well known for their landlines for a very very long time. i think some people still use them too.

@Sunscreen723 4 ай бұрын

That's a cute phone !

@chryschrysostomou5392 4 ай бұрын

Is the Panasonic smaller than the Sony CM R111? I had that as my first phone and it was awesome. It had a microphone on a stalk that flicked down. There was no LED or LCD display, just a couple of LED lights. To call, you could use the separate remote display and keyboard, that was extremely thin and the size of a credit card. And it had an earpiece so you could use it hands-free. Unfortunately, it was analogue, so, it became extinct. 😊

@pjuk 4 ай бұрын

That was my first ever phone too, loved it and I don't think any has ever been smaller. Maybe the Nokia 8210 or Sony Ericsson W890 in later years! Love the smaller phones, recently got the Servo BM10 5 dollar phone on AliExpress and basically like a mini Nokia!

@spring_load5515 4 ай бұрын

You should do a phone from temu like a whole series

@JoCaTen 4 ай бұрын

Melody 15, is that små grodorna? the traditional swedish midsummer song?

@Ibrahimdude 4 ай бұрын

Yes. I have this one since im 7 years old And indeed im just go through ringtone and listen all of them just to pick up wich one is good

@AltonTRU 4 ай бұрын

Your 7?

@Bu11er_Dawg 4 ай бұрын

@@AltonTRUYou’re*

@So1 4 ай бұрын

I wish i was 7 again lol.

@SolidCoreBlack 4 ай бұрын

I 💖 BL-5CBattery, Did many thing with it

@savneetsinghrairai6823 4 ай бұрын

Once I got two of them n ringtone of steam train 🚂 back in 2003/4

@julhizantwo2277 4 ай бұрын

8:00 it sound like nds games music

@matthewgatskie1287 4 ай бұрын

I had the GD55

@burnutec3 4 ай бұрын

We say it like this: " sea men's " that helps...

@LayneCox345 4 ай бұрын

Just got me yesterday a Motorola v 120c on tracfone and a Pentax k1000

@LayneCox345 4 ай бұрын

Basically a v60 for a muggles

@maltronics 4 ай бұрын

Wow I had one of those back then, here in the UK best phone ever

@6sicSIX 4 ай бұрын

I wanted this but my mom said no 😢 Ended up with a Sony Ericsson T300 instead 😅

@kieranblackburn 4 ай бұрын

they where around $199 when they came out

@Yippeee5959 4 ай бұрын

Finally got a welcome device and let me say, the experience is...... HORRIBLE

@voltare2amstereo 4 ай бұрын

No gsm You wouldn't be able to call emergency

@soniccdx 4 ай бұрын

and its smaller then the ericsson t66,which i thought was pretty small already ..

@youria2559 4 ай бұрын

Almost the size of prison phones.

@niknuj 3 ай бұрын

Omg i have the panasonic x300

@der_kluger_gunther8391 4 ай бұрын

i agree with you, it's so cute it's just too frikin adorable! i love mini tech too so it's a 100/10 for me. and i would love to see more compact smarphones too, i know that apart from apple and asus they are out. i do own a note, and it's heavy af. i wish i could have just changed the battery on my old asus which i still love to use. bring back the compact phones you cowards!! or is that you like to have it bigger than the others lol?

@ZX3000GT1 4 ай бұрын

Apple tried with 12 and 13 Mini Nobody bought them And even Asus is out of the compact phone game with Zenfone 10 being their last. It's just not selling. Base level S series Samsung is fairly compact at least (S23, S24, the likes)

@der_kluger_gunther8391 4 ай бұрын

@@ZX3000GT1 yeah i forget about samsung! well, consider they are flagship people will prefer them over the others. that's probably why the others doesn't even bother lol.