Retro Review: My First Mobile Phone!

[@TheMrMobile]

Hey everyone! If you want more phone nostalgia check the description for links to other KZbinr throwbacks that also went live today!

[@trarroyo]

Mattituck! Long Island boy.

[@Bozzyman2]

Samsung mantra by virgin mobile lol

[@kulapik43]

Linus uploaded one too

[@JoostterLaak]

best video ever xDxD

[@Believess-jw6uw]

Ok this is weird I watch 3 videos about peoples first phones today that were released today. I watched ijustine,Linus,and now you!.

[@JerryRigEverything]

Oh man! I totally forgot about night and weekend minutes! 😂

[@TheMrMobile]

The. Worst.

[@SamtheCanuck]

I paid $5 extra per month for the free minutes to start at 6pm.

[@thejinnstories2076]

I like zacks channel

[@NamesDontMatter1992]

Hey found you at 3:06

[@vh4690]

Lier

[@LGR]

Man this thing's looks and AIM messaging _still_ seem futuristic! Somehow. And yeah that rubber reversion is getting to be a big problem for collecting tech from this era. Certain game controllers, IBM ThinkPads, the Gizmondo... blegh.

[@TheMrMobile]

Blegh is right! I first saw it on the rubber stoppers below the keypad on a Samsung A460; when I pulled the clamshell open for the first time in years the stoppers were basically liquid; they just stretched out into two Hershey's kisses. Fascinating (and sad) process. Thanks for paying me a visit; been loving your videos since I found your channel last year!

[@thewatcherofawesomecontent]

@@TheMrMobile Do I sense an impending collaboration?! Eh? EHHH??

[@jcfawerd]

Use water with baking soda can help to remove those sticky rubber

[@DarrenPersad]

Heh, reminds me of the sticky button issue on all the Italian exotic cars of the late 90s and early 2000s as well. Can’t tell you how many times I’d press a radio button and leave a mushy finger mark on those things - yuck!

[@Slash18622]

Dang. Right in the nostalgia feelings! I’m absolutely thankful that I also walked through that time! Everything was so exciting about the upcoming new technologies

[@jakublulek3261]

First time I ever saw "mobile" phone in action was in 1987, 1988, my grandfather, army officer, had his car outfited with a radiotelephone from Nokia, and it was like something from a TV show. It was installed into rear armrest, it was metal box with regular receiver and dialpad, you could remove it and carry around on a strap but it was too heavy and needed external antena to be able make calls. And blimey, with networks back then, you needed to dial operator (1056, I remember that even today) and than say, what number you actually want to connect and call was than carried by regular, wired network, your only wireless connection was to the operator. But it was awesome, to call my mum from a moving car on the other side of a state. And my first mobile phone was made by Bosch, because I couldn't afford my real winner, Motorola StarTAC.

[@ShashwatPanda]

Nostalgia overload for me(not that I am complaining ;) ) That ringtone brought back so, so many memories . You have this uncanny ability of understanding what kind of throwback/nostalgia videos do your subscribers want, and almost always the timing of such videos is spot on!

[@missredhood5733]

The Ringtone brings nostalgic feelings

[@Lostintheriot6]

wow I remember my first mobile phone. It was a Samsung SGH-X426! I remember being so happy when I downloaded a polyphonic ringtone, It was all 2004 me wanted and needed at the time.!! Great video!!! Love the fact that you always put out quality content. Great ID card flashback! What a simpler time we used to live in! Keep up the good work!!!

[@xplmr1]

Who else remembers T9 text input? I dualing loved it. Except for the occasional word that had a more common word that used the same keystrokes. To this day my best friend and I use T9's F-word in conversations as in "... Dude, I just ate In-N-Out for lunch!" To which I usually reply "Dual you man, I would love to have that but there aren't any in Tennessee!" Haha, the good ol' days. This video makes me wish I still had my Motorola StarTac.

[@nolsp7240]

Still using T9 today with a custom keyboard app. Some phones even let you pick T9 as an option in the keyboard settings.

[@Matanumi]

@@nolsp7240 I.use smart keyboard pro.as a typing apparently and it has compact two and 3 letter button modes

[@MintdowsOnYT]

Dual you, you dualing suck!

[@Coffee_Addict981]

T9 texting is what I call piss you off texting

[@SirFreddington]

What in the world does dual mean

[@luckystar7n]

Happy to see a video from you no matter which thing or topic you choose [EDUCATIONAL AND GREAT VIDEOS]

[@Riccardo_Mori]

My first phone was a Philips Genie (1999, if I remember well). Really great reception, and one thing I've always loved about its interface is that every menu item was number coded. So, if Messages was the fifth item in the main menu, and 'Send SMS' the second item of the Messages menu, its corresponding code was '52'. Instead of navigating through submenus, you could just 'speed-dial' 52 and you were taken directly to that function. It sounds convoluted, but it really wasn't. Once you memorised the most-used commands, you did things really quickly. Too bad the keypad was mushy and wasn't built to last at all. I went through two Genies in just 18 months at the time! And mobile phones weren't cheap back then, at least for a student like me. I had missed your retro reviews. Michael! Happy 2019!

[@ChrisDelArc]

I still remember how advanced and impressive tha first samsung phones were, back in the late 90- early 00's. Super fine resolution in their screens (for those days) , premium design, and features like voice dial, vibration, active flip, notification light, all in a super small size (again, comparing to the competition of those days) .

[@kenny_closes]

This was also my first “digital” phone, picked it up as a 20 year old working at Best Buy back in the day. Thanks for bringing back fond memories, Michael!

[@caxzrockz]

I think we all can say that was the best 129$ you have ever spent?☺️

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

My first experience with a cell phone was when my boss at the time put a phone in the wrecker I drove since that was the only way to get a cell phone, it had to be mounted in your vehicle on a stand with a cord attached to the base and an antenna mounted on the roof. LOL! I absolutely loved it, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. The phone and installation cost about a $1000 at that time which would be at least $1500 in today's money. All you could do is make calls on it but it was great.

[@SolomonLi]

LOL... That Wrath of Khan bit... KHAAAANN!!!!

[@micah4255]

What order who is taking gebesis

[@macs006]

3:29 that is nostalgia

[@covlinuxguy]

Oh the memories, My first device was a Motorola Star-Tac on the early Vodafone network in the UK. It had a display that would rival most modern day scientific calculators, would drink its battery over the period of a week on stand-by, but make a call, and you'd be charging it once if not twice a day. You even had to slot the whole (and I mean whole) credit card style sim card into it, into a slot between the battery and the main body of the machine. Old Tech but was so revolutionary, that was in 1997 (before that I had a pager....yep....a pager). Great video Mr Mobile, Will be joining you on here soon:-)

[@mineral520]

I just love your use of Star Trek references and quotes! So good.

[@gunwantjain]

Great and unique video! Original content as always. This platform needs more content like this. Especially the retro stuff. May this year bring joy to you.

[@tribalstyle138]

HAHA! Who is taking genesis??? I spit my coffee out...

[@javianjohnson8746]

Being born in 1999, when I hear someone say “2001” or “2002”, it doesn’t sound or feel like that long ago… But when I see cell phones/computers/fashion from the early 2000s, I say “man, I’m so happy I didn’t have to live with using stuff like this, it seems old asf,” lol

[@MarvinNeumannOfficial]

Handsome man back then, handsome men now. ;)

[@Matanumi]

I'm a guy but Mike is a fine example of men getting older and looking better then when they were younger

[@kindofanmol]

**man*

[@sarmadabrar185]

My first smart phone was the iPhone 4s and I still have it stored in my closet along with all the older phones I used to own, you can call it a sort of my personal smart phone museum

[@sithkunprom2026]

I love how he positions himself among other tech reviewers. The script, the tone of voice, his personality and not too cinematic clip = 10/10.

[@MrFloryn88]

My first phone was Ericsson a1018s and OMG i was so happy with that brick ! Even if it was destroying my pants and sometimes my pants would fall down, I was super happy with it but just like you, I had to talk just a little because of the poor offers . Thank you so much for this video Mr. M, I love so much when yoh do retro videos.

[@MrFloryn88]

@asiandoestech thanks, I saw the video already:)

[@mostafawael1998]

Jeez, that made me feel too old all of a sudden with my birthday around the corner. I did enjoy watching this video though. Thanks for the trip down the memory lane!

[@RDalton93]

I’m so old I remember using the term “Call me after 6 when my phone minutes are free”

[@grantcai5971]

I don't know if you come to this comment out of the hundreds of others in the comments section, but... The words you said about walking into RadioShack and buying a phone put a huge smile on my face. I just cannot express my happiness of going out to a store and returning with a phone, freshly boxed and ready to unbox. I have no idea why either.

[@BohdanWynnyckyj]

0:48 OMG, I suddenly remembered how I counted pixels on mine first Nokia. What a boring time it was...

[@mannydejesus3156]

My first phone that I bought was a Qualcomm QCP860 it looked different from others and was thin kinda reminded me of a cordless phone love your videos Mr mobile keep up the good work

[@cecilandrews]

Great retro themed review!! Really enjoy the quality content you keep putting out

[@PolarHacker]

This has a slightly different feel from your other videos, but I absolutely loved it! Would love to see more in the future!

[@vadardosky]

I love your content MrMobile You are right there with MKBHD and Unbox Therapy and usually the quality of your videos surpasses theirs and I am sure this year will be yours to shine! ❤️ From Kurdistan

[@dtoney1182]

I had the exact same phone back in 2001. It was my first cell phone also that I bought on my own as an 18 year old kid fresh out of high school!! I had Fur Elise as my ringtone also!! Thank you for bringing back some great memories!!

[@bambam8774]

AMAZING. My first phone experience was some old nokia. I love your videos man keep it up.

[@kelcar75]

My first phone was a Motorola MicroTAC 650E. My parents bought it for me for college. That thing was massive.

[@TheMrMobile]

Truly one of the more ironic model names in mobile! Haha

[@kelcar75]

@@TheMrMobile Wow you replied. I could die a happy girl now :-).

[@manthe3711]

> BlackBerry user > Friends references Now that's someone I can respect.

[@rohitumeshdicholkar491]

After a long time a retro review.... and i love love that retro intro for this series

[@jerkytoo8184]

The very first cell phone I saw "in the flesh" was the StarTAC, but the second one I saw the Samsung SCH-3500. My former college roommate had just bought it and was showing it off and I was amazed at how modern it looked. I sat there mesmerized.

[@tessstundis4914]

I found your videos the other day and they are awesome, but the thing I love most are the little bits and memories from LI where I’m also from haha

[@pedrorodriguez7070]

I love the way this guy speaks. He sounds smooth asf. Almost like a movie/commercial announcer from 2007 lol

[@minaikkamina]

First was Motorola Talkabout 180. Man, its buttons were so stiff that after quite some SMS typing my fingertips literally hurt. Great series, keep it up!

[@DarrenPersad]

Man, what an image - younger you, decked out in 90s kit, rocking a convertible LeBaron. If that ain’t a retro vibe, I don’t know what is!

[@SeanTran117]

3:28 OOOHH The ringtone!! Brings me back SO many memories!

[@ForbinsColossus]

You get mad props from me for “Who’s taking Genesis?” The video was effectively over for me because I couldn’t stop laughing 😂

[@Francis_Cruz]

You are definately one of my favorite! Your reviews are flawless! Keep doing your excelent work :)

[@minjod]

I'm proud to say my first mobile phone was Nokia 3310

[@FaheemProductions]

Same here!!

[@CHRISINCOGNITO]

Wow, did this video take me back lol I remember my Motorola I-1000 back in 2001. I remember thinking how cool it looked compared to everyone else's brick phones. Thanks for the trip down memory lane 😁

[@fahadalhazmi90]

Your videos are so underrated, you're definitely as good as MKBHD and Unbox Therapy!

[@devsenguptajavawarrior]

You mean better?

[@AgentStarke]

Ah the memories. My first was a Samsung N400, on Sprint, which I also bought from Radioshack when I was 18. Color screen, wireless internet, even a detachable camera...it was so futuristic back then.

[@ccroy2001]

My 1st phone was some unknown flip phone from Page Plus Wireless. All I can remember about it is mostly I had no service and travelling with it got very pricey b/c of roaming. Before that my job gave me a pager and phone booths were still plentiful!

[@shethsa]

Mine was a Sammy too - gifted to my newly married wife ! Similar model except mine flipped open downwards . Today she’s on the iPhone X and I’m on the mate 20 pro. Son’s on the one plus 5. What a change !

[@GTechOfficial]

Ahhh the era of old phones. I got my first prepaid Tracphone in 2012 that slid up to reveal the numberpad.

[@KillahManjaro]

I still have that phone. It was at my pop's place. One of the best phone back in the day.

[@TonySalazar933]

This was my very first phone too! I was in college and I felt so cool with my flip phone and leather (LEATHER!) holster. Lol Also love the Odo reference. Have all my Likes, sir!

[@taltigolt]

why did everyone suddenly upload videos of old phones like literally the same hour

[@redcowcat8705]

Hive mind

[@Linus7671DX]

MrMobile: ,,What order? Who is taking Genesis?" LOL

[@pradheeshmohan4079]

One of the best creative tech reviewer!

[@MrFeelGoodJson24YTP]

That phone reminds me of that MadTV skit featuring Mo Collins impersonating Catherine Zeta-Jones promoting Sprint instead of T-Mobile. 😂😂

[@richtaylor6039]

"What order? Who's taking Genesis?" Genius! Comedy gold. Had me on the floor. Great video by the way :-)

[@ShoobedoobeOG]

Love stuff like this. My first phone was a Moto RAZR V3, the freebie gold one from Sprint which was a whopping $20 per month for the line. Loved that thing like a son. It really was the beginning of my interest in mobile tech, but that's like a million other stories lol.

[@Chemy.]

It's always nice and funny to watch your videos, nice to see you are working with Joshua and David 😋

[@kevinbailey9036]

Awesome video what a blast. Totally forgot about nights and weekends .

[@paracha3]

Enjoyed this video. Very nostalgic. My first phone was Samsung VI660 back in 2004

[@JessicaMartinez-jo6nn]

My first cell phone too! What is crazy is that I still have my original cell phone number 😎 I’ve kept my phone number for 23 years!

[@BladeRicsi]

My first GSM phone was a SIEMENS S4, it was great mobile in 1996. But i had an SIEMENS SL-10 in 1998, as i know it was the first multi colour LCD phone in a market (or at least on the european market)...man i was so proud for this SL10

[@abhishekagarwal787]

My first phone was a Nokia 5233. It was a touch screen and i adored the design. Some of which I tried to replicate on my later Android phones. Like a button to pop open a menu of most used apps, or everything is clickable including the clock in the corner and it would all behave exactly how you anticipated.

[@ebiedog]

I remember When this phone first released, it was like an alien space ship that just landed on your front lawn. It was that much more advanced and cool looking than any other phone at that time!

[@seanc.5310]

Sweet Chrysler Le Baron convertable! My first phone I bought in working at best buy in high school circa 1999 was a Nokia 5190 with a super rad pot Leaf faceplate swap.

[@rickybrunet2852]

I love you man. You make these videos so much fun!

[@captainsparkle-fingers2744]

I remember having this!!! Hands-free was connecting the earbud headset the phone came with in the box while driving in those days😆. Long cord dangling from ur ear to phone!

[@muhammadbello8667]

Fur Elise, ringtone.. Such a tune! 😂 Loving these throwback videos.. Keep them coming! 👌✌🏾

[@OnlineEarningDecoded]

Even if you hadn't put Chandler's photo in the corner, the huuuge FRIENDS fan inside me would've known.

[@bigmaxcc]

Mohsin Raza friends fan here as well

[@tornow1500]

I'm young so my first phone was a hand me down Samsung Discover. I ended up having it stolen. But it got me through presisely 2 months of 6th Grade.

[@tornow1500]

And the kid who stole it beated me up because he reset it, And he couldn't set it up because I custom rommed it to Android 5.1 and he couldn't set it up anymore.

[@donnation]

I had that exact same phone! I’ll never forget the feeling of power I had when I walked out of the store with my own phone and plan hahaha.

[@KatzenwagenTV]

speaking of crosstalk, I remember back in 1997, while I was listening to my analog (AMPS) network’s free news service while on a bus, there was some static, and then what I’m hearing next was a middle-aged lady complaining about her shipment of a truckload of pineapples 😹

[@CEKROM]

0:02 Young Mr. Mobile looks also not bad =D

[@LuvvSURYA]

It’s sooo nostalgic. And I didn’t know that ringtone originated there. It’s ubiquitous on Aquaguard water purifier and RO here since, well, as long as I’ve ever known.

[@Pasadenaboy27]

My first cell phone back in 2001 was the Motorola Star-Tac, and my first smartphone years later was a HTC Thunderbolt.

[@deepee1544]

In 1998, I was 20 years old and got a pager, (ya revolutionary right)! Sometime in 1999 I got a Sony CM-B1207 on the Clearnet PCS network in Canada. This is now the Telus network. Oh how times have changed...

[@sharksfan7]

This was my first phone as well. Got it in 2000. Had a sweet Body Glove neoprene "case" with a belt clip. Damn, it was cool! Good times.

[@razorr527]

True words are never been spoken. Bro you reminded me of old times 😃

[@leonSeattle]

Awesome. That was my first phone too ! Feb 2000. I had 500 day and 500 weekend. I miss that phone.

[@itxofficial8281]

As a european, it's so refreshing to see people presenting other devices than the usual Nokia 3210/3310 as their first phones! Thank you for this amusing insight, I never heard of this phone before but it really looks cool and kind of futuristic, even by today's standards! ;)

[@paulcusentino4917]

I had the Audiovox PCX 1000XL-E on PrimeCo back in 1998. Loved the fake wood grain and champagne color.

[@bandhanjha8563]

Today's intro music sounds amazing. And yeah great video as always 👍 P.S. Lone Ranger is gonna be my new ringtone

[@kraizyace2612]

Being an early 90s kid I didn't become an adult until the release of the iPhone 3GS/iPhone 4, but I do remember my first phone at the age of 14. The Nokia 1100 and boy did it live up to its reputation for durability. I didn't get to truely buy my first phone until 2018 with my purchase of the Galaxy Note 8, only because Sprint was the only company that would let me finance without credit. Boy oh boy did I truely miss out on the early days of mobile tech...

[@zhenya2055]

I bought my first phone at Radio Shack as well and also on Sprint for exact same reason. And I still have that same phone number to this day.

[@casualsuede]

I have an lgc-330w with rubber reversion. I thought it had melted in the sun. I still have a bunch of ancient LG phones when I worked for them decades ago.

[@tonyolshansky9288]

LOVE the ds9 odo reference, definitely my fave show of all time

[@arielvillanueva1127]

I love the tech community cooperation. Pls moar

[@maxgreece1]

Your first phone was high tech. Mine was a car phone that was bolted in and cost pounds per minute to use. My first truly portable phone was the Nokia 2110 in '95 (?) I think. 8 hours of standby. 30 minutes of talk and 9600 bps data via a pcmcia card in the laptop.

[@LOTR_BTTF]

LOL the Nokia 252 at the beginning of the video. That was my first cell phone. All it would do was phone calls. No games. Couldn't even send texts.

[@JayPoole1986]

Had a Kyocera in 2003/2004 with a blue monochrome screen. The blue really made me feel special lol

[@AstralPhnx]

My first phone was a LG A100 feature phone I got for my 13th birthday. New Zealand was always behind on phone technology until recently so feature phones were still a common sight here. The keypad was mushy, and it has no camera or media playback stuff at all and it tended to not receive texts properly half the time so most of my memories of the thing are of frustration more than anything else. It wasn't long before I jumped ship to my second phone, a Huawei U2800, a bright green feature phone with media playback support and a camera. I was using that until I got my first smartphone, a Nokia Lumia 800

[@lefty2007]

I still use my grandma’s old LG Cosmos 3 that she bought around 2011ish. Now she has an iPhone and I use this little thing every day.

[@timm2003us]

My first mobile phone experience was in 2001, I think, with some raggedy Audiovox cell phones my parents bought as part of a plan. The reception was horrendous and the call quality was questionable at best, but I remember how thrilled I was to borrow it for homecoming night! My first personally owned phone was a Nokia 3520, and it was amazing to me. With that color screen, no antenna on the outside, and good sound, it was perfect for me. I find myself missing that a lot nowadays. Wish that 3310 was available for Verizon.

[@bulletpointmediadotnet]

I remember this as my first and I think only Samsung phone on Sprint. It was great for the time I got it in 1999 or 2000, but Sprint soon got their line of Sanyo phones which I loved so much more for the cameras and color screens.

[@DarkZerol]

Lol that would still be considered "cutting age" like over 20 decades ago. Back in the 80's and early 90's, grown-ups around me was lugging around those Alcatel, Sony and Ericsson (before Ericsson merged with Sony to develop and market phones) brick phones that weighted close or over a kilogram and the lithium battery inside was highly susceptible to damage so much so that manufacturers discourage people from unplugging them in a middle of a charge, so if there were a blackout or storm then the battery in your phone would be mostly screwed while still being charged.