The PlayStation phone is crazy.

[@JackRoberts]

Unfortunately companies are restricted from creating gaming phones like the Xperia Play due to Sony patenting the slide out gaming controller concept starting in 2006.

[@vinniethedrifter]

Oh man what a bummer. I was thinking companies are not doing this because people would figure out how to mod those phones the second they got them, and they're scared of that. This is even worse 😢

[@Ratersen]

What about creating a gaming phone that can magnetically attach instead? Or rotate instead of slide out

[@pawepiat6170]

Patents expiere after 20 years iirc, so we could see one in the near future

[@YoloTub3]

There's someone making a sliding controller, it's m-con v1

[@mr.number9279]

Controller patents don't work or Nintendo wouldn't have been allowed to make the Nintendo Wii among other devices they whole-hogged from other patents. The truth is no one would use it to warrant the effort. It's nearly 2025 and no native mobile game would benefit from a controller over the touch screen. Even the Hoyoverse clone games like ZZZ or Genshin or the other same shits don't matter because the game registers input so glacially slow (because, remember, it expects a touch screen where fast inputs just aren't possible) that a controller wouldn't even work good.

[@Samsung_Galaxy_M34]

The OG gaming phone

[@EdvardLaub]

That would be the Nokia NGage and NGage QD

[@foreveralone4015]

Nope N gage did it first

[@skaterboi65]

Imagine this as a new age phone? Snapdragon 8 gen 2/3, oled display, 16 gigs of ram, nice battery, and solid first party Sony support. That'd be pretty cool. Even tho it won't ever happen again. Smh

[@jedimastu]

3:08 Ryan you should know that Andorid requires ZERO hacking or rooting to run emualtors. Always been that way

[@maciejgada740]

You needed hacks and mods to use Sony app to run your PS1 ISOs if you wanted to run own copies instead of buing them again.

[@nadirh902]

5:24 It's a good thing the EU are enforcing the return of removable batteries from 2027/28

[@handlemonium]

Ah, so that's why HMD Global is trying to get ahead of the curve by joining Fairphone and Shiftphone is ultrarepairability.

[@SP95]

There is no reason that format should remain obsolete, it still makes sense as of today. It's not the concept itself that was disregarded but Sony phones themselves since Android was already taking off. Now that displays are much bigger, there is far more performance and games look nicer while also being cheaper this concept makes perfect sense in a modern android environment.

[@MrHauiiiii]

I just wanted to tell u that I really enjoy your "revisiting old phones" series and wish you all the best for the future

[@pneuma23093]

Man I wanted to own one of these when I was a kid. The UI looked amazing back then to me.

[@misiek_pmt]

i would love to see a video about Nokia N73 or symbian system in general

[@dankvader420]

Kind of unrelated, but the UI of Sony Ericsson phones back then looks better than current era Android.

[@virtualomar]

drinking game: take a shot every time ryan says “heaps”

[@aadeshsingh2053]

0:42 Thought my screen was dirty

[@nodnarb4064]

yeah lol i was trying to clean my glasses and was confused at 6:31 for a second

[@RohinNair]

2010-2011 is one of my fondest smartphone eras. Companies hadn't settled on a de facto form factor yet so everything and anything was fair game. So many weird and interesting concepts came out in this era and that's what makes me sad now. I remember thinking back then "Wow, if we can achieve this with our limited tech now, imagine what these concepts would look like in the future with more powerful tech". I used to imagine what the Xperia Play of the late 2010s or the 2020s would look like. Sadly we never got to see it even when our tech is more than capable now.

[@LG_SmartFridge]

I remember when it came out, I wanted one so bad, these days I prefer to have separate devices for separate stuff but I can't fail to admit that it is really cool

[@dottyorb]

I'd love to see eventual videos on not just the Sony handhelds, but every mainstream handheld ever released, I feel like it would make for a very fun and informative series of videos.

[@JuanD817]

I really love how since the Xperia Play released back in the day I keep getting recommended at least one recent video about it each year, I really thought the streak would have been broken this year but yet again here we are 😂

[@SuperSZ]

It would be awesome to see someone modding the hardware of this phone; keeping the controller, the screen, but replacing the interior with some powerful SoC which has something like a Snapdragon 8 gen Gen 3

[@devsirat]

Id love more Playstation handheld videos and even older Nokia/ Sony ericsson phones for that matter

[@lelkasa361]

I like ur phone videos, u tend to explore the phone's community that customise it while most other reviwers skip it

[@ToCosma]

Another great video, mate!

[@wasimakram93]

You are slowly becoming my favorite youtuber ❤

[@thibaldus3]

I want this design back on modern phones.

[@TokenTech]

there is a guy on youtube making a blutooth controller that attaches to the back of an iphone and works just like the way that sony phone works

[@bakedandsteaked]

who cares. I've been clipping my androids onto dual shock controllers since mid 2010s lol

[@sembadabimo]

Ryan you're quick! Did you produce a video every 3 day or you have them ready and just dripping them once every 3 day?

[@theryanthomas]

I produce between 4 and 6 full length videos a week evenly split between work channel and this. I work late into the night some days and definitely on weekends 😅

[@andreydavydov6417]

@@theryanthomas You are a legend, mate

[@eternalprogression]

I want one so bad😭😭😭 For now I’ll just keep making my controller thinner. Maybe one day I can partner with Nothing.

[@Dominant1mw]

I had this unit back in the day,I had it till it died,I enjoyed it so much

[@beyondu77]

Great job! Thanks for all the work you put into these videos!

[@jedimastu]

This was my first smart phone!

[@bakedandsteaked]

Mine as well 🤘

[@MuaadElSharif]

A buddy of mine had one. Never a dull moment!

[@appledoc2519]

Was my first smartphone have some golden memories together

[@ekimolaos]

Wish sony released a similar phone with current tech. Good video man, keep it up!

[@valentine1079]

My brother has one of these phones back then and i remember playing deadspace on it, things have really changed huh

[@Jbrimbelibap]

Unrelated, I bought a rabbit R1 for 80€, for the purpose off installing proper android on it Should I try to use that as my phone for a week instead of my Sony 1 V ? is it even possible ? Probably needs a bigger battery

[@ShiroKumaCh.]

The first gaming smartphone

[@ashikrahman4055]

My older brother still has his and plays with it from time to time

[@binchsoda]

Would love to see more vids on Sony handhelds! Have u thought about covering any of the Nvidia stuff? Like Shield Portable?

[@theryanthomas]

It all sorts depends on interest and I'm not seeing heaps around that ATM. Will have to see

[@HugoLacchiaOfficial]

Make it 6.5in, slap an Snapdragon 8 Elite in it, and bam! New banger 👏🔥

[@zaclumley7553]

who needs the red magic 10 when we got the playstion phone🙏

[@SilvioBritto]

I really miss sliders in phones, specially keyboards (RIP Moto Droid)

[@SilvioBritto]

Did you saw the new landscape mode in OneUI 7? Imagine that with a keyboard slider.

[@Александр-п5з6ж]

Swtich Lite with Emulators - is best portative RETRO combine nowadays.

[@ajibolasaka573]

Because you asked nicely I'm following you ✊🏼

[@toraktech8731]

This was a triumph

[@mazenyasser7208]

I don't see how is this better than an external controller like the Razer Kishi or similar.

[@theryanthomas]

Because most people don't want to carry an additional piece.

[@thibaldus3]

Don't have the room to carry an external controller with me. ANd for a quick play session in the subway, I don't have the time to set up the external controller. It's tiresome.

[@jaydoubleyubeatz9154]

i had this phone, the issue is with the flex cable. with just a few open and closes the flex cable will break making the gamepad unusable. i had to fix my flex cable over 3 times

[@dhuwdhuwdhuw]

I think it can upgrade to ice cream sandwich, because my Xperia neo can, which basically the keyboard version, but ice cream sandwich is very slow with Sony custom interface.

[@joaolourenco2742]

My first phone

[@ezsog8903]

Yes, playstation hand helds is something I'd like to get into, remember them in middle school and I'd love to get one. So please do make some vids.

[@zdanee]

♫ ♪ This was a triumph! ♪ ♫

[@coolmedina117]

its crazy they never made something else

[@viniciusottoboni4039]

Amazing phone. Always wanted one of these

[@IkeSant]

La peor falla de este teléfono es su flex de pantalla táctil se daña por estar abre y cierra el teléfono.

[@bakedandsteaked]

I have kne of these things but it hasn't been booted up in probably 10 years

[@noremori]

i had saved some money and bought this 3 years after it's launched but i kept getting issues with the flexible cable(?) for the slide out mechanic. loved the phone but i can't afford to keep it because the repair cost was just too much for me when i was still on a middle schooler's budget

[@Brixman]

Paguei 200 reais no meu NOVO na loja da Claro lá pelo ano de 2014 porque já era considerado velho. Está funcionando perfeitamente até hoje, já que comprei uma bateria novinha original no ML. Jogo SNES, NES, PSX e GBA. E eu NUNCA usei ele como telefone kkkk

[@pneuma23093]

Any chance you’ll be reviewing the new Oppo phones and maybe the oneplus 13 as well?

[@theryanthomas]

Pretty much all my reviews are on Android Police. This channel is for retrospectives and features.

[@pneuma23093]

@ thanks. I’ll check it out.

[@DAMNBros]

I used to have this

[@_thejager]

what is the closest thing that exists that is modern?

[@adnanalam6201]

One of My school friend have this :) alas we ain't friend.

[@canada3375]

I love my vita

[@iM4GIX]

Eigentlich war das Teil schon cool ^^

[@Thierry-m9e]

Putain comment j'ai adoré ce smartphone ☺️

[@Josehartford253]

playstation awesomes cell phone

[@jo0eleneldesmadre]

Spanish??