The Samsung Galaxy Beam in 2024? Let’s Explore!

Let’s explore the beloved Samsung Galaxy Beam! From 2012!
Here is the fake iPhone i reviewed in my last video for people who wanna looky:
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Here is a dumb phone you can game on, the Cat S22 Flip:
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Here is my favorite mini smart phone, the Jelly 2:
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Here is another mini smartphone I love, but a durable version, the Atom Mini:
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Music Credit:
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Artist:
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Songs:
Mining By Moonlight, Apero Tour

[@Jason-fm8gu]

i just had a though imagine you're a phone. Your life span is 10 years 1 year of phone is equivalent to 10 human years and your a 1 year old phone or 10 year old person and you're suddenly went into a box (capsule) and 10 years later you wake up again but with a s24 ultra and all your buddies and family are dead or in the landfill as a 12 years old tech or should be 120 in human years are well alive as 10 years old cuz you're in isolation and you're alone and was awaken into a future world and probably scared and after few hours you went back to isolation again cuz the person not gonna use you cause your old and weak and you'll sleep for another 10 or so years (100human years) just to be waken up again to see the same process of being reviewed

[@dylanrice69]

F

[@johnzoid74]

random comment award. i either strike terror or joy into the smartphone time capsules 😆

[@erno4.20]

My man give me your plug's contact, I want to smoke the same shit you did

[@p1xlb522]

Well some old brand new phones got dead batteries, so they already kicked the bucket 😂.

[@tyler6602]

​​@@erno4.20you cant smoke yourself onto his plane of existence, you have to truly believe man

[@joao73438]

This smartphone with Samsung Dex and support for controllers, keyboard and mouse would be an absolute beast. Let's start a petition for Galaxy Beam 2

[@burakturksever]

Galaxy Beam 2 actually exists! We need a 3rd gen for sure though.

[@JohnLee-vq8ze]

It would be great for business people, especially for working on the go

[@ApertureApex]

Where do I sign?

[@StormChild]

Unihertz (8849) Tank 2 has a way better projector - yeah, it's a lot bigger than the Galaxy Beam, but other than that it's better in every other aspect.

[@burakturksever]

@@StormChild yeah, probably. The Beam is quite old now.

[@alanhalsey8006]

In 2012 we had a removable battery, headphone jack and a projector. The year before I believe Sony released the xperia play. I really miss this era of smartphones so much creativity.

[@cauwama]

don't forget IR blasters and FM radios. Back when you could identify a phone just by the front

[@Hydrone]

The IR blasters were a nightmare in schools tho haha@@cauwama

[@cumjesus]

​@@cauwamaIR blasters exist on every xiaomi phone i believe

[@shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322]

Word now everyone fallowing iPhone stupidity

[@CHILLINGRobo]

Dont forget chargers!

[@y-toolsgames8771]

The previous owner had rooted this phone and edited the android version with BuildProp editor

[@johnzoid74]

ahhhh that makes sense. Thanks!

[@darkerthandarknessbl]

By the way the phone status is today it will be practically impossible because the phone is so thin now they would have to make it huge like this phone

[@LES_OFFICIAL]

You cannot edit the entire Android version with buildprop. Just the name texts. And this phone wasn't rooted.

[@darkerthandarknessbl]

@@johnzoid74 I ment impossible

[@pladampa]

Nice

[@Yourfavpersonkk]

This phone was definitely way ahead of its time

[@deltaechomusicnh555]

No it wasn't clearly. Since no modern phone has this. Lmao

[@GRiiZZ]

@@deltaechomusicnh555 then it is way too far ahead of its time

[@deltaechomusicnh555]

@GRiiZZ Way ahead of its time means something a company did that wasn't the norm back then, but is the norm now. Tell what modern phone has a buit in projector today? If all modern phones had projectors today then sure you could say that phone was ahead of its time...

[@VioletPrism]

I can see this becoming standard one day imagine 8k projector 120 fps the size of a normal phone camera. Gotta dream!

[@shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322]

​@@deltaechomusicnh555modern phone are lame and boring phone back in the days was more creative

[@elijahlevi]

this came out when I was at uni time , one of my friend had it and every night we used it to watch movies together. we will torrent a movie on laptop. transferred it to the phone & beam it on our wall in our dorm to watch movie together. im telling you that phone was ahead of its time. it was amazing ! hahahahaha

[@johnzoid74]

you guys were winning. Love to hear it

[@ambarsarwala]

We Used To Watch Porn In Hostel With This Phn😂

[@Matt-jc2ml]

Last year I got a 512gb sd card for around 20 bucks. Imagine modern day storage with projector capabilities!

[@HairyNjqqa]

Samsung became what they swore they would destroy. From calling apple out for releasing the same phone and trying new stuff with every model to releasing phones with almost no change every year... LG died as a hero, Samsung lived long enough to become the villain.

[@TylerMBuller12]

Well it's been clear for a while samsung is just trying to be the apple of the android world.

[@HairyNjqqa]

@@TylerMBuller12 ...while claiming to be different

[@TylerMBuller12]

Yep it kind of makes me sick tbh. They will bash apple then a year later do the exact same stuff they bash apple for.@@HairyNjqqa

[@stevemclovin1566]

The same shit Happened to Sony.

[@jinc.6180]

That's because Samsung saw how stupid buyers are. "There's no way people are stupid enough to buy a phone with no removable battery," then the iPhone did it and Samsung thought there's no reason to care. "There's no way people are so stupid that they'll spend money on a phone with no headphones jack and then spend another hundred dollars on Apple earbuds," and people sure did so Samsung copied. I don't blame Samsung for taking advantage of dumb buyers if it's what they want. They keep removing stuff and charging a premium and people keep buying.

[@ahmettcavus]

I wish a projector phone came back. I would like to own something as portable as this.

[@Supraboyes]

Did you not see the Motorola z phone, with its mods. You could get a projector, gaming pad, optical zoom camera and also batteries. Shame it never took off was a decent phone.

[@afrolintin]

​@@Supraboyes it took off for luke 2 iterations, should have lasted wayyyy longer though, moto z and the mods were wayy better than the dumb foldables we have now, I'd love if samsung made a s series with attachable mods.

[@esqkronic]

Look up the tank 2.

[@cornkiller534]

You can literally plug one in via USB-C

[@cheeeeezewizzz]

Nah, that's not fair. My zfold 5 is by far the best phone I've ever used. The screen is finally big enough for the pen to be really really useful. It's my tiny portable photoshop tablet (you can use it as a windows display with full PEN support with pressure and it works amazingly well as a photoshop tablet on the go) and I have taken dozens and dozens of hours of handwritten notes on the screen that are automatically synced to all my galaxy devices AND OneNote for safe keeping and backup. It's a goddamn productivity powerhouse. Using Dex I even replaced my desktop at work with it for over a month and used it for photo editing, video editing, shooting said videos, a webcam for someone else's computer, graphic design, and more at my actual job. Fuck you and everyone else who disses foldables. This is the first goddamn time a fucking phone has ever actually been USEFUL. @@afrolintin

[@collinabrams262]

This is a really neat old phone. I always associate tech with strange gimmicks with the early 2000s, crazy this was in 2012. Would be cool to have one of these things for movie nights or something even today. I know you seem to do full videos on more unusual phones, but I think it would be really cool to see a video on the Galaxy S3, it's a really nostalgic phone for me.

[@Natsukashii1111]

Yeah I could say I'm pretty interested, now to see to get some sort of KZbin on it or streaming app...

[@johnzoid74]

hey I’ll for sure do entire lineup of old Galaxy lineup including S3 ❤ stay tuned

[@heyblisters]

5:45 god damn hearing that alarm brought me back

[@johnzoid74]

😂

[@SirFaceFone]

So many memories of sleepless nights flashed before my eyes.

[@Hellu_im_Yoshi]

One day this will come back , i can just feel it

[@Kazz7420]

2:30 Lmao I was expecting them actually update this to Jelly Bean lol, since the i8530 did get an official Android 4.1 update

[@JustinDaniels]

They need to bring this back on a modern gaming phone. Would be the perfect phone for watching movies on the go, or connecting a controller and playing on the projector.

[@TheMainDrug]

Imagine the phone screen then displays the controller, and the projector is on the side of the phone (or rotatable?) and the game then shows in large on the wall

[@geldoffhuygelberghs6533]

We have this already... Samsung freestyle projector with batterypack. U can cloudgame on the go or use ps remote play

[@HAWXLEADER]

With a gimbal that stabilizes the landscape mode gaming motion and vibrations when handheld

[@kylespevak6781]

Steam Deck/Switch 2.0

[@therunawaykid6523]

They have now glasses with a full hd screen in both lens that project a big screen in front of your face

[@AboringFordSedan]

I think Dankpods will get his hands on this Smasnugget 🙂

[@robinprivat3024]

Oh my Pkcell

[@eyvindhaugstad3085]

Power On: Aux Mode😂

[@robinprivat3024]

@@eyvindhaugstad3085 oooh yeah thats where you want your aux in... RIGHT NEXT TO THE POWER

[@TylerMBuller12]

I would love to see a new one of these made. It's still a really cool idea. I wanted one back in the day but I was still just a kid so was never able to get one.

[@willcookmakeup]

Ngl, the alarm clock projection is actually sick

[@AdamG1]

I've got a Miroir MP30 projector from about 10 years ago. Surprisingly it still works great. Battery even keeps a charge. I remember wanting this phone but got the projector on sale for $99 and use it all the time. I'm not stuck with an out of date phone and anything with hdmi output works

[@OtisSeries1]

imagine a note version of this, except the pen would have pressure sensitivity, two buttons, and a touch sensor for scrolling, then a laser pointer for example, a presentation

[@GierlangBhaktiPutra]

2012 is such a cool year. Manufacturers experimented with lots of features. Sony Experia is still a thing for consumer market. Innovation flourishes as people still trying to speculate with the future of smartphone and android in its infancy years. Now those experiments and features are gone because we know what market really wants. Market research has narrowed down smartphone features into marketable products. I just wish that smartphone manufacturers are going to release experimental products once in a while though!

[@iknow007]

Damn! The picture quality looks really good for such a tiny projector. What's the resolution of that thing?

[@earthling1984]

From what I remember it is just 800x480. But it does look pretty nice. The most amazing part is that it is bright enough from such a small projection device. No projector is great during the day. But this image looks very good in lower light.

[@kydabt582]

Love that Owen Wilson has branched out into mobile phone reviews

[@krude-ck3wy]

I had one of these. I remember being on holiday in Spain watching films on my balcony wall.

[@therunawaykid6523]

That is cool

[@tchais4696]

I swear I'd use this phone everyday

[@abc-oo8ce]

For playing GD in front of the class lmao

[@Henryy06]

​@@abc-oo8ceif i were that crazy i would absolutely do that

[@AchiragChiragg]

​@@abc-oo8cewhat's gd?

[@airfryered]

​@@abc-oo8ceu can just connect with a controller to play on big screen... If it was a new phone 😅

[@therunawaykid6523]

@@AchiragChiraggmaybe geometry dash?

[@user-zw6zt3pc6u]

I wanted a tiny projector but projectors in my country is expensive as heck. Thinking of buying this second hand

[@dennistimmermans6368]

This reminds me of my old Lenovo tab it had a build in Beamer to! That ging was crazy

[@WeeeAffandi]

tbh I'm blown away by the project's performance. I was NOT expecting it to be this good

[@MathieuTechMoto]

We'd need an universal usb C projector case like this

[@internetghost-jq6fz]

I had a Motorola once with a projector, it was the one with the removable magnetic backs. That one was Amazing!!!

[@voicessamples7396]

That ambiance feature is insane. I want that so bad

[@notrealya_youtuber]

I actually really like that it projects your alarm clock. If the projector was off until the alarm went off, it would be perfect for people that like a pitch black room to sleep in. Project some nice sunny orange glows on my wall to help me wake up in the morning. I like that a lot

[@nate_d376]

I so wanted one of these. It was insanely expensive back then.

[@koopdawhoop.]

i had this phone back in the day!!! also that alarm noise is nostalgic :3

[@qwertylesh]

The little white and black spots on the projector image is due to the technology of the time, where it projects using hundreds of tiny mirrors within a chip that the light passes through (or reflects off of) to create an image, when these jam up they no longer display the image but a solid white or black instead.

[@nionicja]

The version you have on this phone is 2.3.6. I guess the refurbisher edited the version number to show 4.0.4. Also, there's a leaked 4.1.2 ROM for this phone. For some reason Samsung never released it. I also have the Galaxy Beam. I'm working on a custom ROMs for it. I got Android 6 to boot, but it was buggy and I don't feel like working on it right now. Android 4.4 is stable on this phone though.

[@kral3046]

Hi, how does one just work on a custom ROM by themselves and how could i get started on it? Just a curious layman here.

[@nullmind]

If you could get android 5 on it with drivers for the projector that would be extremely sick

[@nionicja]

@@nullmind I got Android 5 to boot as well, feels fresh on this phone. Getting projector to work on this phone wasn't actually hard, it just worked. I needed to write an app to control it though

[@nionicja]

@@kral3046 The best way to start would be building a custom ROM from source for a phone that already has custom ROM support. Then you can start to experiment. In my case i took device trees from Galaxy S Advance and adjusted them to work on Beam. There are many resources on the internet

[@lefteris.adamou.1]

@@nionicjahow? Then upload the rom somewhere

[@SWISS-1337]

This was amazing for what it was. Just got the S24 Ultra which is amazing but wish it came with a projector... Lol even a portable one you plug in.

[@tyler6602]

I use a s23 daily and still have my "old" s21, if you havent messed with samsung dex its pretty cool, ive been using it on my s21 with a usbc dock to use instead of my desktop for media consumption, its had no problem playing 4k video on a 1440p display although i had to install 3rd party apps to display higher than 1080p

[@earthling1984]

There are a ton of small portable battery powered projectors that would work.

[@mustfa01ise]

I think there was a Beam 2 model as well. It would be a great video topic to compare them.

[@richieep]

the concept of this phone has so much potential in 2024 technology

[@jbholland1987]

i remember when this launches. and i saw it in stores. It was great ! and tbh it still is great. who doenst wants to show pictures on a phone with a projector instead of sharing a phone?

[@moonlambo5229]

Had no idea this existed! So cool.

[@Dan00tz]

You should clean the projector lens and get a new battery. maybe installing a new android version which supports the projector app.

[@peebeezen1893]

this was so entertaining to watch! thank you for this video!

[@THEINVISIBLEWARRIORR]

I remember when it came out, in my country it costed around 800 dollars so it wasn’t affordable for me, but damn it was so cool. I wish Samsung would make a third gen of this device with its latest projector tech, that would be so great

[@meskiuka1]

I had one, it had an additional battery charger with a stand that pointed to the ceiling, I still have it.

[@JoJo-gq7ki]

My first assumption to the red stand was that it screams “I’m 3d printed af” and I feel like you should be able to use the flashlight when doing the camera projecting.If not then that ain’t very innovative but this thing would have big potential if they did some more testing. The size isn’t even an issue imo. Cool review though!

[@parker73724]

I'm suprised how usable this projector looks. Obviously it's not the best screen ever but if you ever want to watch/play something and don't have a tv this looks perfectly usable.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Such a cool idea for something as portable as a phone I remember wanting one of these when I was younger

[@SullySadface]

That's honestly an impressive projector

[@guaiqueritech]

Back then I had a plan to start a training company; I had this phone in my sights as a backup projector in case the dedicated projector failed or there was a power outage (common and unpredictable in my country)

[@hawdgeal]

I remember wanting this phone so bad back in the day!

[@Candidatescaler]

Watching adult films in that phone must be fun ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@therunawaykid6523]

Haha yeah boi 😉

[@DrogghenTV]

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[@Tonymutisya]

Under rated comment

[@3DJapan]

I still miss the IR Blaster they used to include.

[@alexhask8523]

There are some new-ish Chinese phones that still have the IR blaster. The one off the top of my head is the Redmi Note 11 Pro.

[@sonofagun1037]

I had the Motorola modular phone and had the projector mod for it, I still have it in storage, it was a great phone.

[@axa993]

Well damn that looks much better than I expected

[@CaryGordon3k]

I had the projector mod for the Motorola Z2 Force. I think I used it twice. Actually never thought to game on it with the mod attached. I don't have a lot of empty wall space where I live, so I ended up playing with it at work when I did use it.

[@SilverSmrfr]

My Motorola Z2 Force has a "Moto Mod" with a projector build in. Some of that cool 2012 tech was still around years later.

[@tajemniczepulchnecos2074]

I remember playing Minecraft pocket edition even on my lg e400 with 800 MHz 1 core processor and 384 megabytes of RAM. It was even smooth if i remember correctly.

[@hafthorkristjansson2436]

Got one, still works great today ❤

[@ghayyursalman241]

Back in the days when we were in school. My richy rich classmate had this phone and we used to play Subway Surfers while projecting. People got soo excited to see the projector

[@johnzoid74]

haha that’s so cool. I would have died 😂

[@d.j.manjares9830]

It's always a good day when the Zoidman uploads

[@issatr5p]

My grandpa had this phone and let me play games on it, I'd also watch videos on the projector and it was awesome. He still has the phone but I don't think it works anymore

[@Hikari3.0]

Looks cool, but if the projector is on long, it could make the battery and cellphone heat up fast 🔥

[@SectorfiveYT]

I guess you can put phone on stand to project minecraft to the wall, but use a bluetooth controler to play.

[@user-wh8pb8er6x]

We need to see him zombiefie this phone to a modern phone 😂

[@MaDKrEvEdKo]

The tech is insane. Imagine getting KZbin or netflix going on your phone, connecting a controller, a bluetooth speaker and just projecting it onto your wall. Crazy.

[@daniko-land]

you can try to put a mirror and tilt it at a certain angle and point the projector at the mirror (it seems like this should help you)

[@rishillan]

I JUST ALMOST WATCHED ALL YOUR VIDEOS...THEY'RE THE BEST...KEEP UP ❤🎉

[@johnzoid74]

Glad you like them!

[@diakod3249]

I had this phone back then. You can connect a ps3 controller on this, just change the bluetooth address of the controller so it can pair up. I mostly use this to watch anime and I'd say it's best to watch anime with this rather than watching movies or tv shows if you don't have a 40" tv. There was also a released galaxy beam 2 but it didn't sell well.

[@RadOpsTV]

Good to know! I’m consodering this as a retro emulation device with PS3 controller now.

[@cristibratu5616]

You are close to 300K subs!!

[@johnzoid74]

so close.. so close 😎 you guys are nuts ! Much love ❤️

[@josephbennett3482]

The answer to your question about the Zombie art by Jack Larson is that it's on all phones that run on the 2.3 Gingerbread software version , all phones that old cannot be updated especially ones that are discontinued such as that one.

[@arslanrasit]

I would still use this phone holy shit

[@rick-2414]

look up the Unihertz Tank 2

[@BRUHMANSPONGE]

You are the friend im searching for i freaking interested old versions of games like subway surf, Minecraft,temple run

[@rick-2414]

I had one back then and used it for 4 years, untill android 2.3.6 didn't support whatsapp anymore. I loved that phone. I still have it somewhere.

[@lefteris.adamou.1]

And not even youtube from the browser. But you can upgrade it to android 4.something

[@the_mariocrafter]

I would definitely use some sort of vnc thing to stream modern Android from a computer.

[@Guy_Sandler]

this is actually a really good concept

[@originalgameboy]

7 years later moto came out with the projector mod for the moto g and it's a really nice project all this given. I own one and still use it from time to time.

[@funway3232]

One of my freind father used to own it and my freind showed me this once and i was quite surprised 😅 Like i am indian and these kind of tech back then in india was rare .

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

5:28 Millions of projecting alarm clocks:

[@NAW32Nicoisme]

Great concept on 2012😮

[@nukfauxsho]

Those black and white dots are the DMD micromirrors failing. I have repaired many DLP TVS/Projectors with that exact issue lol. Micromirrors move one way to be white, and one way to be black, and to simulate shades the mirrors move very fast. As they fail they start to flicker or they get stuck on one or the other.

[@liquidsnk]

Is there any way to fix it?

[@nukfauxsho]

It’s an easy fix on rear projection DLP TVs. In regards to this phone it’s probably toast.

[@liquidsnk]

Yes, i saw on projectors that is basically change a crystal chip but in this case as it has more than 12 years an exchange can cost more than the residual value of the phone @@nukfauxsho

[@Kolektibel]

Ah yes,imax in a phone.

[@daltanwerre8277]

Remember seeing this on a commercial couldn't believe it was a real thing also never got it cuz of durability concern

[@IrisFox97]

This phone is so cool there is a phone that had mods that you can but on it was called the Motorola z and one of the mods was a projector my grandma uses a Motorola z Droid and it does have the connection thing on the back

[@user-wp3zh9xy7g]

Never knew these were a thing. I wish my S23 had a projector.

[@wildyato3737]

3:26 This is super thing back in time..

[@cainagnascimento]

I had a middle school professor who had this. She would use it at classroom to show us students some stuff. It was kinda cool ngl

[@askjeevescosby2928]

This thing would be great for emulators. The motoroloa had a addon mod that was a projector. It was amazing. I always wanted to hook a projector to my car and just be able to park places at night and play games on the wall of a building. Problem is you need a really bright projector so you cant use one of those tiny projectors.

[@frogfarmer3551]

Imagine waking up to the alarm and the projector is pointed directly at eyes

[@SongZee]

You should be able to plug in any usb controller mouse or keyboard into this phone using an OTG adapter. Even an usb floppy drive will work

[@HuseynMemmedov]

This still looks superior than modern phones that looks like a brick with a screen attached to it. The only interesting Samsung phones are foldable ones today. As for the Android 4.0.4 thing, it looks like previous owner rooted the phone and changed the version string from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4 by editing build.prop file inside system files.

[@beanmasterz]

Shut your mouth

[@Steve21_harris]

What is this clown🤡🤡 yapping about

[@weltvonoben]

I can tell that the foldable phones are dead after nearly two years, or have screen issues even before.

[@Smok_win98]

I still use a projector from 1999 lol😅

[@Gamingattack1]

You know that soyes x11 that you have well I just bought a soyes xs11 and I was wondering if I have to get a specific charging brick for it. Can you tell me what charging brick you use for yours?

[@earthling1984]

Can see the white and black dots on the screen. Sadly, most projector lights don't last very long. I've had my in home projector replaced twice now in the past 3 years, because it keeps going out. I doubt they'll let me warranty it a 3rd time. The lights simply don't last more than a few years of consistent use. My last projector did this same thing, black and white spots everywhere, worse and worse and more and more, until it was unwatchable. Amazed this is happening when it is 'new'.

[@johnzoid74]

this is good to know.. dang that sucks sorry to hear. I thought it was the glass! good to know it’s the projector.. several have commented similar. Dangit

[@liquidsnk]

@@johnzoid74 if you bouthg it from Aliexpress, is there any kind of warranty?

[@theolotera1075]

This would be so awesome if my Tablet could do that

[@aditya127s]

This is very useful best technology smartphone companies needs to develop this 🔥🔥

[@Ahm3d_Z4karia]

Cool , I didn't know this phone existed 🧡

[@geldoffhuygelberghs6533]

Samsung freestyle + a battery pack is basicly the same upgraded projector, u can cloud game or hook hdmi on it + u can use bluetooth controllers , with the battery pack and a hotspot u game on the go. Or take ur nitendo switch and hook it up with hdmi ;)

[@victic6679]

It's really not like you have a flashlight on the phone, next to the camera to brighten the area you want shown on the projector

[@synthwavesoundscape1893]

I have one of these, and it is so fun to use to watch movies. Its not the greatest, but- its fun.

[@kevinfightsbears]

This was my main phone back in the day, I miss it 😢

[@arielamaya4177]

The phone just look really cool. Imagine just pulling up meme on the wall with projector phone. Like who’s going to stop you from showing offense memes

[@crimsonlion100]

The only reason I can think of for the easter egg being there is maybe they used the settings app from a gingerbread build.