I’ve worked with that sort of phone at the end before, I think one of my relatives had one similar and then passed it down to me. I doubt the battery works anymore. I’ve always liked those rugged phones with the MP3 and PTT functions on them. If I hadn’t gotten an iPhone years ago I would’ve gotten one of those.
I'd vote on it working still. There seems to exist a [mis]conception that lithium batteries have a very limited shelf life. I have not found that to be the case.
In the late 90s we had a Motorola StarTAC flip phone. It was very hard to learn the functions. I kept it for years with the box and all the paperwork. I gave it to Goodwill. What a dummy. 🤣
It's starting to get to the point where some technology from the 90s is reversing in trend from obsolete to collectible. I suspect the trend towards collectible will increase drastically very soon.
Actually you can put a sim card (at&t preferably) in the Motorola TracFone with the external antenna and make calls on it (As long as the sim is activated)
There were several of those TracFone Motorolas in the family years ago, some were flipping phones and some not, but they all had that same OS give or take a few nuances. I remember all the games fondly. It's kind of odd how when it comes to landline phones, you vastly prefer quality even if it comes at the cost of range loss, but with cell phones you vastly prefer range even if it comes at the cost of quality loss lol. In my opinion 4G is an excellent compromise of both things because when you're at a lower level of a building where there's no signal, you can use Wi-Fi calling, and either way you're getting outstanding quality. 2G and 3G call quality is just unbearable, and 5G is so high frequency it barely penetrates a tree. In other words, for a few reasons, we're just now leaving the era of the golden age of cell phones. But either way, it's still terrible that these mounds of phones made in the 2G era are now nothing more than glorified unintuitive tip calculators; what a waste.
The landline phones and the cellular phones serve two entirely different use cases. When I use a landline, I expect the call quality to be lifelike and of utmost reliability with the understanding that such performance will only exist within a very limited range of the nearest phone jack. When I use a cellphone, I expect it to work everywhere and anywhere that a call may need to be made or received with the understanding that such performance comes at a limited quality. There are numerous backroads I travel regularly that are in rural areas, but they're far from 'off the beaten path'. The old cellphone used to work flawlessly on each one. The new 4G phone has multiple areas where it will not get a signal. If I am in one of those areas and a situation arises where a call needs to be made, that new phone is totally worthless. I would argue that the call quality of the CDMA network is far from unbearable. I would certainly not want to try reading off a string of alphanumeric characters to someone through it, but for regular conversations, I've never had an issue understanding what people are saying. At least not when using a proper handset and speaking into the microphone; there are tons of people that call from an I-Phone and don't speak into the microphone properly and that call will be totally unintelligible, it still is even on a 5G network. You make a valid point about the use of the WiFi calling indoors, but it doesn't apply to me. When I go into a building, the last thing on my mind is checking to make sure my cellphone is connected to a WiFi network and ready to go. I'm only going to think about that when I've missed calls I was supposed to get, or an emergency situation has arisen where I need to make a call and now cannot due to not being connected. I suppose if you're operating on a smart-phone addiction like the majority of the population, the WiFi connection is the first thing done when entering the building, and in that case, your point is completely valid. In my opinion, the era of phones that used 3G for data and CDMA for calling were the 'golden age' of cellphones. That technology combined excellent, reliable coverage with a speed that, from a practical standpoint, should satisfy the overwhelming majority of what would be done on such a small device. I agree about the waste; sadly this is the case with almost every piece of technology ever known to exist, and it's a continual cycle I don't see breaking any time soon.
40:10 If you turn fake call on, the phone will receive a fake call from a private number. (You must set the time when the phone will receive the fake call.) Also, don't forget that you can't answer those calls because they are fake.
I have a slightly different model to that phone and it's on the same network as the same phone as you and it has the battery in it but I don't know if you can find the adapters for anymore could you find one like that anymore Jordan
The one that had service was the Samsung Convoy 4, it was made in 2016, which i am surprised it was made with 3G/1X on it to begin with and not LTE, it could be the last Verizon 3G phone ever made
This era of cell phones was the best. The phones were simple, powerful, worked well and were built to last. As I explained in my previous commentary, me and my dad both had LG C2000 flipper phones back in the day, and to this very day, they still hold a charge, get a signal and are still in great condition, plus my grandma had an LG Cosmos 2 for over 10 years until recently when she upgraded to those puny I-Phones because of the CDMA network scare. I would still be using that phone or something similar to it if it wasn’t for AT&T no longer activating devices that run on the 2G network even though the 2G network still exists.
It would be nice if the 2G/3G spectrum were to never shutdown. I use Verizon and apparently I still have 1X (I think it is the same as 2G. Correct me if I'm wrong.) and 3G service still available in my location.
@@Sonic_X_Freddy_Lover001 Probably, that seems to be a running issue lately. What I said in the reply was that 2G is not the same as CDMA, they're 2 different bands.
This was an amazing video. Thank you so much for the production. I *love* old flip phones.
Thanks for letting me know.
I’ve worked with that sort of phone at the end before, I think one of my relatives had one similar and then passed it down to me. I doubt the battery works anymore.
I’ve always liked those rugged phones with the MP3 and PTT functions on them. If I hadn’t gotten an iPhone years ago I would’ve gotten one of those.
I'd vote on it working still. There seems to exist a [mis]conception that lithium batteries have a very limited shelf life. I have not found that to be the case.
I love flip phones I love collecting them I have a a lot of them I found a bag of them in the trash
Thanks for letting me know.
In the late 90s we had a Motorola StarTAC flip phone. It was very hard to learn the functions. I kept it for years with the box and all the paperwork. I gave it to Goodwill. What a dummy. 🤣
It's starting to get to the point where some technology from the 90s is reversing in trend from obsolete to collectible. I suspect the trend towards collectible will increase drastically very soon.
Actually you can put a sim card (at&t preferably) in the Motorola TracFone with the external antenna and make calls on it
(As long as the sim is activated)
Will that work with a w175g because it and my sght105g never came with SIM cards just the phone and the batteries
I don't believe we have that network around here anymore.
@@awesomeiphone597 yes it should
@@JordanU TracFone does exist still
@@kujotheflufferwuff9962 ok thank you :)
Where did you get your black and silver older new cellphones
I like old flip phones
OK
Loved my Razr!
I remember those.
There were several of those TracFone Motorolas in the family years ago, some were flipping phones and some not, but they all had that same OS give or take a few nuances. I remember all the games fondly.
It's kind of odd how when it comes to landline phones, you vastly prefer quality even if it comes at the cost of range loss, but with cell phones you vastly prefer range even if it comes at the cost of quality loss lol. In my opinion 4G is an excellent compromise of both things because when you're at a lower level of a building where there's no signal, you can use Wi-Fi calling, and either way you're getting outstanding quality. 2G and 3G call quality is just unbearable, and 5G is so high frequency it barely penetrates a tree. In other words, for a few reasons, we're just now leaving the era of the golden age of cell phones. But either way, it's still terrible that these mounds of phones made in the 2G era are now nothing more than glorified unintuitive tip calculators; what a waste.
The landline phones and the cellular phones serve two entirely different use cases. When I use a landline, I expect the call quality to be lifelike and of utmost reliability with the understanding that such performance will only exist within a very limited range of the nearest phone jack. When I use a cellphone, I expect it to work everywhere and anywhere that a call may need to be made or received with the understanding that such performance comes at a limited quality.
There are numerous backroads I travel regularly that are in rural areas, but they're far from 'off the beaten path'. The old cellphone used to work flawlessly on each one. The new 4G phone has multiple areas where it will not get a signal. If I am in one of those areas and a situation arises where a call needs to be made, that new phone is totally worthless.
I would argue that the call quality of the CDMA network is far from unbearable. I would certainly not want to try reading off a string of alphanumeric characters to someone through it, but for regular conversations, I've never had an issue understanding what people are saying. At least not when using a proper handset and speaking into the microphone; there are tons of people that call from an I-Phone and don't speak into the microphone properly and that call will be totally unintelligible, it still is even on a 5G network.
You make a valid point about the use of the WiFi calling indoors, but it doesn't apply to me. When I go into a building, the last thing on my mind is checking to make sure my cellphone is connected to a WiFi network and ready to go. I'm only going to think about that when I've missed calls I was supposed to get, or an emergency situation has arisen where I need to make a call and now cannot due to not being connected. I suppose if you're operating on a smart-phone addiction like the majority of the population, the WiFi connection is the first thing done when entering the building, and in that case, your point is completely valid.
In my opinion, the era of phones that used 3G for data and CDMA for calling were the 'golden age' of cellphones. That technology combined excellent, reliable coverage with a speed that, from a practical standpoint, should satisfy the overwhelming majority of what would be done on such a small device.
I agree about the waste; sadly this is the case with almost every piece of technology ever known to exist, and it's a continual cycle I don't see breaking any time soon.
Cool phones.
Thanks
40:10 If you turn fake call on, the phone will receive a fake call from a private number. (You must set the time when the phone will receive the fake call.) Also, don't forget that you can't answer those calls because they are fake.
I have a slightly different model to that phone and it's on the same network as the same phone as you and it has the battery in it but I don't know if you can find the adapters for anymore could you find one like that anymore Jordan
I don't understand.
The one that had service was the Samsung Convoy 4, it was made in 2016, which i am surprised it was made with 3G/1X on it to begin with and not LTE, it could be the last Verizon 3G phone ever made
Thanks for letting me know.
Everybody gangsta til he laughed at the 111 in the notepad.
That doesn't make sense.
i like cell phones so much! and also i like youre videos!
Thanks for letting me know.
30:34 WOW EVDO, before it shut down it was in very few areas
My first phone was a flip phone. It was the Motorola W385. I still have it. I just don't use it.
Thanks for letting me know.
This era of cell phones was the best. The phones were simple, powerful, worked well and were built to last.
As I explained in my previous commentary, me and my dad both had LG C2000 flipper phones back in the day, and to this very day, they still hold a charge, get a signal and are still in great condition, plus my grandma had an LG Cosmos 2 for over 10 years until recently when she upgraded to those puny I-Phones because of the CDMA network scare.
I would still be using that phone or something similar to it if it wasn’t for AT&T no longer activating devices that run on the 2G network even though the 2G network still exists.
Amah is in Motorola until 1995
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That Samsung. Flip phone probably was one of the best. Mostly LG had good cameras on them. Samsung were classic's.
Thanks for letting me know.
I never knew some flip phones had a flash light feature.
I think a lot of them did, the current phone I have and the last one I had both had the function.
31:16 Which model is that?
Samsung Convoy 4 (SM-B690V)
Could you do another video of those phones
No.
@@JordanU where did you get them from
Nice flip phones
OK
Do you still have those phones
Yes
Almost all my devices work I just need to order some batteries.
What does that have to do with the video?
Hi Jordan ima also love ur vids. Good luck
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I am confused
@@JordanU based
From where. School? Roblox?
I like it
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verizion delayed 3g shutdown to 12/31/2022
That's outrageous.
@@JordanU its going take them long time to removed all old equipmentin all locaions
It would be nice if the 2G/3G spectrum were to never shutdown. I use Verizon and apparently I still have 1X (I think it is the same as 2G. Correct me if I'm wrong.) and 3G service still available in my location.
@@JordanU How come your reply to me got removed? Was it RUclips again?
@@Sonic_X_Freddy_Lover001 Probably, that seems to be a running issue lately. What I said in the reply was that 2G is not the same as CDMA, they're 2 different bands.
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