@@KevoIogy Samsung dropped a perfect smartphone in 2018, the Galaxy Note 9 packed with full of features. I'm still using it as my secondary. Never ever upgrading from that until Samsung returns the headphone jack at least.
That's why I love my Xperia. Has a hi res headphone jack. has a mciro SD card slot. And most importantly, doesn't take artificial images with tons of over processing.
@@Techsnowballabout overpowered processors. They are not overpowered. They are the bare minimum in the age of completely unoptimized lazy apps like Facebook messenger and Google maps. They are the bars minimum to ensure the virtual keyboard shows up fast when you tap the typing box and not 7 seconds later like in some snapdragon 6 or lower phones. I want to keep my phone 3 years or more - therefore only 8 elite will guarantee I will not throw it out the window when it lags. Even snap 8 phones lag, Apple devices too
@@micha3624 This. Whatsapp is such a simple app which lags heavily on my 4 year old phone with SD 660 SoC. A 10 year old phone was capable of playing Asphalt 8 at the highest graphics setting smoothly. We're kind of forced to upgrade just because these new versions of apps doesn't have any optimization.
Old stuff only seems better because you forget the bad old stuff and remember the good ones. In 10 years people will look back on smartphones of this era, only remember the good ones, and talk about how good they were compared to the ones they have in the future
I agree to some extent, these old phones had worse battery life even when they were new because the battery size was simply not big and the efficiency was worse
i really miss notification RGB led , if you had a notification on facebook it will blink blue, if it is on instagram is purple or orange , whatssap ? green , etc , it was so nice
List of things smartphone manufacturers shall do: provide microSD storage, provide replaceable battery, provide connectivity port for wired headphone, provide root access for advanced user without the need to turn the firmware inside out
> provide root access Objectively wrong, that's an insecure and sloppy way of doing things for pretend power users. The correct manner is to build your own Android forks with whatever modifications you want solidified into it, and manufacturers must provide support for you doing that by allowing you to unlock and *re-lock* your bootloader and a lot of other utterly basic small things they don't do. This way you could have your custom Android OS while preserving security unless you do insane modifications to your fork like enabling root access.
- microSD storage Pretty much all modern phones come with at least 128GB of internal storage and a lot offer 256GB, 512GB or more, even low- or mid-range models. In the age of streaming and cloud storage, why on earth would you need to carry around and/or have direct access to more data than that? On the rare ocasions you actually do, like on a long haul flight, just get an USB-C stick! - replacable battery I take it you mean user-replacable batteries. For that you would need to impelent some sort of opening mechanism, cover the internal electronics and encase the battery - all of that would either make the phone larger or the battery smaller and either way, make the whole thing more expensive to produce. You also can kiss wireless charging goodbye! - port for wired headphones That's called USB-C with Audio Adapter Accessory Mode which provides an analog output/input (mic) to an internal DAC and provides the same functionality as the 3.5mm jack but at a smaller footprint and with more functionality. - root access That's a huuuuuuuuge security risk! You're basically begging hackers to brick your phone in a ransomare attack or to turn it into a bot - don't even think about it!
"Nowadays, every phone looks the same" - proceeds to show an image that perfectly illustrates how phones can have a nice and distinctive design even today
I hate the idea of removing the audio jack and memory slots, it's ofcourse a business strategy but it's complete nonsense at the same time. Why can't they just keep things simple? to make things more techy they literally removed essential stuff
If im going to be honest i think those werent bad decisions, u could get usb c earbuds and phones already come with enough storage (not to mention nobody uses them and majority of phones today still have sd card slots)
@@zeenxdownz I partially agree with you, but I meant the idea of removing audio jack and memory card slots is kinda absurd. I mean imagine you stored your favourite songs, photos and videos in a memory card and now that you need to buy a new phone you realize that it has no slots for your memory card, like yeah you can transfer it or whatever but that's just makes it difficult if you know what I mean. Yeah, today we do have phones with those features but soon we won't and I feel it's really unnecessary. Why can't keep those things and improve processor and design more? or maybe, I'm just an old soul and like simple things more lol.
By getting rid of extra features companies reduce the production cost and say it's for the environment, in the end, we as consumers suffer the downgrade of phones. I really miss when I didn't need to look after a phone like a baby and just use it without worrying if it'd break, or of if the battery would last. Alongside many features also the joy and excitement of using a phone just vanished. Once they were simply convenient rather than nowadays basically glass sandwiches that empty my wallet...
@@ejakaegypt real. I miss a couple of old features as well, but doesn't mean I'll replace my S24U or my Xperia 1 V with a Redmi Note 4 or an S7 Edge..
@@tiagomachado5360 sir if those old phones had a snapdragon elite or snapdragon 8 gen 3 or A16 Bionic chip or a m4 chip in them you would definitely go back lol😂 So why is Sony still using head phone Jacks & expandable storage by default and available while still having the latest gpus & cpus in the phone???? Your Xperia 1 V has a headphone Jack & storage expansion and yet the phone is selling for the same price as a galaxy s24U & IPhone 16???? Explain it to me genius???
@@tiagomachado5360 it’s not bout saving the planet or cloud storage being better than a sd card lol😂 Most of these companies don’t wanna pay while having you pay premium price yet my Samsung a14 & Samsung a54 have a head phone Jack & sd expansion and cost 200$-400$ dollars 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jordanrayo2425 bruh, I'm not saying Sony is perfect. In fact, if anything, it's a love/hate relationship (almost like some irl cases). However, it's the full set that makes it special: like you said, top of the line CPU/GPU along with all the specs possible: 4k screen, headphone jack, sd card slot, big battery, manual camera controls, and the list goes on while having a solid stock Android ROM. It is indeed very expensive, and they're so stubborn for not shipping the big sensors that they make, and they support the devices for 2/3 years (although updates are monthly and right on schedule). But there aren't any real flaws or lack of features, the cons you have on other devices are usually from personal preference like pic/video processing, fav skin, AI features, etc. So, I'd rather rock Sony all day, no bs or services attached to them, and you actually feel like the owner of a product.
@@ejakaegypt try clearing your Instagram or RUclips data lol 😂 you have to delete the app to clear the data off your phone RUclips was taking up 10 gbs worth of storage on my phone because clearing data on iPhones isn’t possible without deleting the app and then installing it!
@@BostanMaxim Oppo Find X series have bloatware, S24U (one of my devices) has a TON of bloatware and trackers, Xiaomi has them too... so idk what you're talking about
If a spoon serves its purpose, you don't discard it in the name of 'courage'. And we still use spoons. The same didn't happen with the headphone jack, or removable storage, or battery. Seems like technology is tied to sustainance of business, not by its practicality or usefulness. Hence, technology always creates problems as it tries to solve some.
I still use my Galaxy Note 3 with a custom ROM running Android 12 and don't feel like I'm missing out on much not having the newest phone, it does what I need it to do.
@@lolcathost not yet, ive been thinking about it a lot, but i only replaced os. I just have lack of info. I think i would sort my enormous gallery and make backup first. It would be nice of you to give some hints of this topic. What i tried is xxTr kernel manager and magisk, but its more about ui than kernel
They could give good processors of today and still give the durability of the old phones. In fact there are now Rugged phones that have decent processors and a lot of features such as wireless charging, SD card slot and , headphone Jack.
@@dmandman9 Ah yes, the proud declaration of someone who just discovered rugged phones exist, like they've stumbled upon fire in the Stone Age. "Decent processors"-because nothing screams cutting-edge like hardware that was state-of-the-art three years ago. Wireless charging? Wow, groundbreaking-welcome to 2015. SD card slot and headphone jack? Congratulations on championing features regular phones phased out to keep up with the times. Next, you'll be telling us they come with "a screen and buttons too!" Rugged phones: for when you need your tech to survive a fall better than your ego does.
had samsung phones since the galaxy s2 still have yet to experience AMOLED burn lmao. are you just sitting there on the hub for 9 hours so that it gets burned in 🤣
Wow I was just looking at my HTC One M7 the other day. It's so aesthetically pleasing. The front facing speakers were giant, loud, high quality, and exactly symmetrical. The bezels were large but also served a purpose. When the M8 came out and shrunk the top speaker, I knew where things were headed... Now every phone claims "stereo" speakers but they are horribly unbalanced and use software to try and fix it, but it's not the same. Maybe make the back a little bigger and ergonomically shaped so it's easier to hold and you have more space for components? And release selfie cam-less variants for those of us who'd rather have the uninterrupted screen.
@lilacghoste8366 What if you get stranded hiking with a friend or something and use an iPhone with emergency SOS via satellite to get help? That's definitely a memory involving a modern phone.
@@ray06190Crash Detection is a help too with a car accident so if you’re knocked out unconscious from the forces then after 20 seconds the phone calls emergency services for you and shows them your location. Of course this is for the 14 and above just like the satellite feature but still very helpful
What if… instead of this being one of the two million similar comments on ANY video of something being “old but better”, two things can be true at once?
Spitting facts. Capabilities to modify software also over time went worse and worse, that's annoying also. Personally I refuse to use wireless headphones and have second pair of headphones with permamently attached usb c dongle
Nowadays people only want to buy the shiny trendy new phones. If people really wanted all the practicality and features that they seem to tout about, we would all be buying rugged or business phones like the Samsung xcover 6 pro or ulefone armour.
The first thing I do with every phone after setting it up. Is disabling absolutely every notification at OS level. Just my email, WhatsApp, sms an call apps are allowed to send me notifications, everything else, I need to make the first interaction to open the app. Life is more peaceful this way. You guys should try
Some say it's nostalgia and I wish it was but it's not really. Newer phones are Harder to repair Harder to Replace Break Easier Remove features we liked Removed headphone jack Removed expandable storage Removing physical sim Removing accessories from the box for "environmental reasons" then proceed to sell them to you in separately in a separate box for a *seperate* price Price getting higher Ecosystems becoming more closed in Ability to modify software is going down More bloatware Harder to replace battery This isn't to say that phones haven't gotten better we have better ui, better software support, more apps, better batteries, better cameras, better screens, and many cool new features. But there are many things that companies have taken away from us for no good reasons. It comes down to companies changing things to be more profitable. Companies such as LG who tried to be different and give something good to their customers just couldn't compete with some of the bigger players, so sadly LG has departed from the smartphone market. LG Mobile, you will be remembered 🥲 At the end of the day thats just how business works, but that isn't to say it's entirely good or bad. It's up to the companies, and us to change things for the better.
About better UI I disagree. I don't really like the minimalistic UI we have... literally everywhere. I prefer the more detailed and stylish UI of, say HTC or even old Iphones with skeumorphism. But hey. It's all subjective and if you like the simplistic UI that's totally fine.
@@dmytroshutov1444 What I meant by better ui was that like ui has gotten easier to use (mostly) and that it's more capable. And yeah I do to miss the days when there was actually character and there was detail, not everything flat and boring.
whoosh, the nostalgia... bro, i miss the times when phones where innovative and they had a different design. now all the phones are a black slab of glass (front) with a few black circles (cameras) on the back, among more glass, with too many features that i may not even use.
Technology should be forward not backwards, it just so happened that those important features way back then need to be removed for some products to be marketed, which is anti-consumer. That is why companies should still be monitored and held liable anytime they try some sketchy plans to consumers.
tbh, for me, older phones, the biggest thing was the lack of performances, every new phones I got got me a new generation of consoles to emulate, on my iphone 4s I was playing gba games, on my samsung j5 2016 I was playing n64 and ps1 games, on my xiaomi redmi note 8 I was playing gamecube games, and on my curent xiaomi mi 11i, I can play switch games, but tbh its kinda still not enough, I want my phone to have pc like performances while still being small and compact and practical
The perfect solution to your problems is the Fairph- oh wait... they removed the headphone jack... ...oh well, nothing a pair of Type C earbuds can't fix!
@@AjalaKingsGreenstream on top of that the quality of the port matters and most usb c head phones don’t sound as great as say my LG v60 with Daq Support😮💨
They're better than ever now. 120hz screens, amazing cpus (actually fast now), very good battery life, etc. I wouldn't complain about a headphone jack, but S24 Ultra is the best phone I've ever had. Can't complain about 7 years of updates either
@@DenisLiasis i agree with the headphone jack and the design. Micro sd card for expandable storage however, No. they are slow and prone to failure. We probably need some sort of removable Nand chip for innovation instead of using them. Sd card when you install android apps into them is so slow and laggy. And your data stored in there will disappear if it fails.
@@kaguraschimizu4609 depends on the usage of said phone, snd the brand. Sony for example is all about durability. I still use my xz premium of 2017 and it's not laggy at all. Sure I'm careful with it because I'm unemployed and don't have money to get a new one, but really, i don't need one. If i was to get a new one it wouldn't be for speed. It would be for ram and camera, and it would be a Sony. They keep both the jack and msd slot. Can't lose with Sony
@@kaguraschimizu4609those are old days though sd cards right now are reliable these days my 5 year sd card still lives to day and the app or game moving to sd card feature where removed since android 10 sd card nowadays are for storing files not apps and games due to security
I've rarely ever found myself needing expandable storage since most phones these days carry a pretty good amount of internal storage. Never needed a headphone jack because Bluetooth earbuds are easier to use and sound just fine. Phones have fast charging now so you can top up in only 30 or so minutes, or the battery life is so good that you don't even really need to recharge. We live in a time now where there really isn't such a thing as a bad phone, even budget models are good. I don't miss the older phones, not at all.
That wasn't a problem at all, they simply cost too much and cameras were controversial and not marketed well. People saw 4MP and thought that they sell antiquated crap instead of actually bringing a genuine improvement.
Tbh this has just made me realise how we went from using phones for communication to now basically doing everything on them and to the point of addiction in some cases, I just think unless you use your phone for work, you’re probably wasting a lot of time on it!
Unihertz deserves a mention for making a brand out of cool phones. I got myself a Jelly Max the other day; the size (5.0") is perfect and I like the camera, it's decent with no post-processing. No bloatware either.
My very first phone back in 2015 was a ZTE budget smartphone running on Android KitKat. After 1 year, I switched to the iPhones. I currently have an iPhone 13 which I upgraded to after owning the SE, 8, and XR. Since after upgrading to iPhone 8, I got myself a headphone jack adapter and wireless iPhone charger. Since after upgrading to the XR, I was able to adjust to the 19.5:9 aspect ratio of smartphone screen.
CASES make phones more durable, not planned obsolescence batteries or lack of expandable storage and no headphone jack. That's why I sport the Xcover6 Pro.
Bro I use my almost 6 years old S10 and I don't see a reason to upgrade to some new crap. I might replace the battery because it's degraded and don't last as long.
Same with my LG G8. I've been using it for almost 5 years. I have tried some of the new releases but I always find myself coming back to the g8: maybe because of the convenience of the headphone jack and expandable storage.
@@richardalvarado1877you should try and get a hand on the Xperia 1 V. It's still expensive, but you'd feel right at home, with only the essential upgrades that really worth it such as CPU, battery, etc.
8:27 photos that were taken in smartphones during 2014 up till 2019 had a life to them good after 2020 there has been increasing Reliance on AI in every aspect of smartphone I think companies need to dial down on AI enhancements
10 years ago my iPhone 3GS was on its third replacement battery. I hate getting reminded of the new phones of that time. Dying of envy of even the lowly iPhone 4s.
thankfully i never caught on with the trend i still use my Xperia xz premium as my daily phone it does exactly everything i need, doesnt lag which is impressive for a 7 yr old SOC If the newer sony phones follows the same principles as this one i will buy it from them again once this breaks or gets completely obsolete
I agree with you on the apps, but the old phones themselves were crap. Constant crashing, freezing, lagging, no tolerance for an accidental water drop, and they lasted just 1/2 as long as the modern ones
People were complaining about constant notifications over a decade ago. That said I used to have that HTC phone, it was pretty cool, the speakers were great and it even had an IR blaster, meaning that I could control tvs with it.
Back then every company tried to find the „perfect receipt“ to get the „perfect smartphone“. And it‘s like evolution - things disappeared that seemed to be a good idea but were not and good things stayed.
What I really really want from manufacturers is a decent specced phone with 5.5" or lesser display, a headphone jack and a micro SD card slot. Why have whole world has forgotten that handling phones with one hand is actually convenient, especially when you are not sitting ? Can't blame the manufacturers for this as the whole world seems to be going after bigger phones, the one we used to call phablets back in the day seems to be smaller than most phones of today!
I miss bezels and home buttons so much. I miss being able to pick my phone up without mistouching everything. But apple and youtubers convinced everyone bezels are worse than Hitler
my last few phones have had a multicolor led charge indicator on the top edge of the screen/frame that is only used during phone-off charging. this is something i loved in blackberry days to identify who or what service a message was coming from without having any interaction with the screen. i would love to customize this to 'tethered connection with transcoding' status link and perhaps some sort of message notifications. i remember when the moto razr v3 seem editor tool leaked and you could customize EVERY aspect of the device- logos, sounds, splash screens, carrier locks, volume limits and more. im not asking granular access on an android device, but if the feature is there (and i swear it was part of the worldwide product launch) i want to customize it.
No doubt. The best time to buy phones was 2010 to 2017. Phones were powerful enough. batteries were replaceable. We had the good headphone jack & card slot. Many brands actually tried innovating. Like xenon flash, modules etc.
I totally agree with this video. I think from 2008 to 2015 phones had their own identity. Phone makers actually competed for market share. All phones especially the iPhone looks the same every year now.
I used to Defend the headphone jack cause I thought the same about having to charge them but then I tried the wireless headphones and there is no turning back, they are super convenient to use cause I don’t have to untangle them every time I want to listen to something
As someone who likes running PS2 and Gamecube emulation on my phones I've definitely noticed the difference in better Graphics compared to playing on the original console and that's why its worth time and dedication of experimentation.
Nowadays you need an adapter for everything the same thing with Laptops they are just cheaping out with ports because everything now is wireless but cable is better because you never have to charge it, wired charging is faster, wired headphones have no delay and no batteries and the same with Keyboards and mice
I remember getting the htc desire eye with a front facing flash it was the one and only phone I’ve seen with this and wish it became mainstream. Phones are more restricted than ever before and all the same now.
Unpopular opinion: does anyone remember the iphone 7 black piano color? it had the same glossy finish as glass but is durable and sturdy like metal , no more broken back glass on our phones would be a dream for humanity
Valid points. It's a shame we had to part with removable batteries, micro SD cards and 3.5mm jacks, but this also lead to having more room for larger batteries, waterproof designs and better cameras (even if we don't count software improvements, hardware ones are great to have). Lastly, phone screens are better than ever.
No they aren't valid. also crying about removable battery or headphone jack at this point, is exactly like people who were crying about the floppy drive, when that was finally removed and later about the optical drive removal too xD
@@beardsntools Don't be funny. This year I had to change my phone's battery (which is now 3 years old) and had to pay at least twice what it would cost me if its battery was removable. Also, if it wasn't for this phone I wouldn't have bought wireless headphones that cost 10 times more than my wired ones (that still work fine and I occasionally use).
The fact that I am buying the old phone from local online shop (Malaysian Shopee), is the symbol that this video spitting facts.. I am buying not as secondary phone but main phone because I missed the old school system.. I am buying the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 so I can customize it.. the custom rom, Headphone Jack and etc.. oh and by the way, next year is the 10 anniversary of Samsung Galaxy Note 5, so I'm so glad to use that phone again after 10 years..
There are things I can put up with, like the lack of a headphone jack. But if it doesn't have an SD card slot, I'm not buying it. This wouldn't be an issue if 1TB of storage were the base configuration.
I wouldn't say that older phones were overall better than phones nowadays, but: 1. Some of their features were better - like the removable battery. 2. The difference between a Galaxy S2 and a Galaxy S5 was probably way, way bigger than the difference between a Galaxy S21 and a Galaxy S24 (ultra or not). 3. The best smartphone in 2009 cost a few hundreds dollars. The best smartphone today costs way 1,200 dollars or more. Smartphones have gotten better in large part because they've gotten more expensive - not so much because the technology improved.
Tbh, We have all screen phones now, Unique camera systems that have extremely different looks from Pixel to iPhone to Huawei. My current phone from Motorola 50 ultra has a leather back. Almost all high end phones have dual speakers. Mostly lag free experience on every phone. Good battery life. We have foldable phones from 2 screens up to 3. We don't have an audio jack but we have Bluetooth so seamless that I would not go back. Headphones for the phones that are so small I put in my wallet. Phones today are so much better in every single way but people became bored with them.
9:40 ''Obviously you can go back and enjoy the old games...'' No, you can't, because your new shiny phone becomes (for some reason) incompatible with your old games: Mass Effect, Dead Space, Batman, Tomb Raider, just to name a few.
My first premium phone was the iPhone 6s, and at times I do prefer the natural feeling of photos, the design is still good like the metal back is just awesome! I'm currently using a Pixel 6a and sometimes I just wish the photos didn't look so.. artificial. I plan on getting a Sony for my next phone because of the headphone jack and SD card alone!
All I use is tools to lighten or darker certain photos and a smoth filter. Sometimes I use a few others in photos, but rarely. I use a app simler to Photoshop to cut out backgrounds, or make new backgrounds. I don't think I use AI. Iv used it once or twice on writing descriptions to help me make my point and help with spelling. Thats about it.
Everything has to peak at some point honestly. I don't know what else could phones do nowadays that can actually be useful. They have excellent cameras, even budget phones are USABLE and not lag to death, they have excellent displays and whatnot. They just peaked.
This seems like more of a nostalgia trip, the bad stuff that came with replaceable batteries were cheap off brand batteries as well as battery connectors could corrode before it came about planned obsoclecne. Don't fall for survivorship bias dude. Also, apple has always had their batteries non-replaceable, and forget the whole reason we switch to glass is that glass is better at receiving radio waves. Also hte pixel features sound convenient like the magic earasier
Need an old ish phone but with new tech, like one thing we need i think is just front facing speakers, like idk how you would on a modern phone but front facing speakers are just a good idea
I sold my iphone and using a chinese midrange: realme 9 5g se, which costs only about $220. It has a snapdragon 778g, nice cameras, headphone jack, great battery, good speed. I'm happier with it than i ever was with my iphone 12 or 13. I Don't want to buy a super expensive flagship ever again. At the end if the day, you can get everything you need from a phone in a good midrange.
They were more interesting since each brand did their best to differentiate themselves from the competition, and specs were changing at a fast pace. Either way they had much limited batteries, and as stagnant the market has become these last year, pretty much every phone looking like an s20 or iphone, I believe phones just have started to get good just recently. You no longer need to spend even as "low" as 400 bucks for a good package. A fairly powerful chip, oled screens with 120hz, 256gb of storage and a 5000mah battery with quick charging is easy to get. No sd slot or 3.5 jack though.
With you completely, I brought a 15pro last year, didn’t feel it added anything over my iPhone 12 mini. As for gaming I already gave up on my Xbox, brought a Nintendo ds lite £25 way more fun (Mario kart). Ps my wireless £200 headphones have been sent for warranty repair, my basic headphones I use on my ds £12 work just fine. Nice video by the way:)
I hate those people as much as companies who gaslight themselves as well as others into saying that we don't need them anyways or its to make it more water resistant or only poor people need those removed features or some other bs.
No, because we now have usb-c Also, the fact that all phone designs converged into the rectangles we have now just means the optimal design has been found
In the video just bugs my mind. I must comment on the “premium” glass trend, all started with Sony Industrial Design and the iPhone 4. Samsung was mocked for the cheap plastics for years, the decided to turn up the game after 3 generations of “Premium” Iphones. This is a big plot-hole in the story for me.
for games, I play consoles game by emulation or pc/console games ports like genshin and hsr and zzz and hi3, those games looks absolutely amazing and looks good
upgrading every year was useless after 2019
...after *2020 , the last year of LG mobile series (exception for some Asus Zenfones and Sony Xperias)
2018 if we're being real. You can still use a S8
I have never upgraded every year 3-5years is my cycle when old is just tired and battery degraded
@@KevoIogy Samsung dropped a perfect smartphone in 2018, the Galaxy Note 9 packed with full of features. I'm still using it as my secondary. Never ever upgrading from that until Samsung returns the headphone jack at least.
@arjunkrishna1
I'm still using the Note 8 as my secondary lol
That's why I love my Xperia. Has a hi res headphone jack. has a mciro SD card slot. And most importantly, doesn't take artificial images with tons of over processing.
yeah i forgot to mention, sony doesn't have as much processing
And I love my Redmi Note. It has a 3.5 mm jack, micro SD card slot and a decent camera to go with
@@Techsnowballabout overpowered processors. They are not overpowered. They are the bare minimum in the age of completely unoptimized lazy apps like Facebook messenger and Google maps. They are the bars minimum to ensure the virtual keyboard shows up fast when you tap the typing box and not 7 seconds later like in some snapdragon 6 or lower phones. I want to keep my phone 3 years or more - therefore only 8 elite will guarantee I will not throw it out the window when it lags. Even snap 8 phones lag, Apple devices too
LG V series quad dac audio
Watching v50s here
@@micha3624 This. Whatsapp is such a simple app which lags heavily on my 4 year old phone with SD 660 SoC. A 10 year old phone was capable of playing Asphalt 8 at the highest graphics setting smoothly. We're kind of forced to upgrade just because these new versions of apps doesn't have any optimization.
Respect to Sony for creating modern phone that still have a headphone jack and a damn SD card slot❤
As headphones start to become usb c this problem will be solved right?
ROG has an aux port (yes i call it that)
So hows sonys samrtphones sales?
@@user-dj7xq1qh9e no headphones will become type c everything else still has an aux port
@@Febald i think earpods w/ c work with androids, but idk if dongle is necessary
Old stuff only seems better because you forget the bad old stuff and remember the good ones. In 10 years people will look back on smartphones of this era, only remember the good ones, and talk about how good they were compared to the ones they have in the future
Survivorship bias
ooh, that's a good point
true
Fax 🗣️
I agree to some extent, these old phones had worse battery life even when they were new because the battery size was simply not big and the efficiency was worse
finally an up and coming channel that isn’t AI slop but just good commentary
Thankss
i really miss notification RGB led , if you had a notification on facebook it will blink blue, if it is on instagram is purple or orange , whatssap ? green , etc , it was so nice
List of things smartphone manufacturers shall do:
provide microSD storage,
provide replaceable battery,
provide connectivity port for wired headphone,
provide root access for advanced user without the need to turn the firmware inside out
you forgot to tell them to PROVIDE A FRIGGIN HEADPHONE JACK I STILL USE AN IPHONE 6S FOR THE HEADPHONE JACK
@@jaydenthomas820"provide connectivity port for wired headphone"
> provide root access
Objectively wrong, that's an insecure and sloppy way of doing things for pretend power users. The correct manner is to build your own Android forks with whatever modifications you want solidified into it, and manufacturers must provide support for you doing that by allowing you to unlock and *re-lock* your bootloader and a lot of other utterly basic small things they don't do. This way you could have your custom Android OS while preserving security unless you do insane modifications to your fork like enabling root access.
- microSD storage
Pretty much all modern phones come with at least 128GB of internal storage and a lot offer 256GB, 512GB or more, even low- or mid-range models. In the age of streaming and cloud storage, why on earth would you need to carry around and/or have direct access to more data than that? On the rare ocasions you actually do, like on a long haul flight, just get an USB-C stick!
- replacable battery
I take it you mean user-replacable batteries. For that you would need to impelent some sort of opening mechanism, cover the internal electronics and encase the battery - all of that would either make the phone larger or the battery smaller and either way, make the whole thing more expensive to produce. You also can kiss wireless charging goodbye!
- port for wired headphones
That's called USB-C with Audio Adapter Accessory Mode which provides an analog output/input (mic) to an internal DAC and provides the same functionality as the 3.5mm jack but at a smaller footprint and with more functionality.
- root access
That's a huuuuuuuuge security risk! You're basically begging hackers to brick your phone in a ransomare attack or to turn it into a bot - don't even think about it!
@@lownitro1385 we found the guy that drank the "security" kool-aid
"Nowadays, every phone looks the same" - proceeds to show an image that perfectly illustrates how phones can have a nice and distinctive design even today
I was in a t-Com store recently and all the phones looked the same
I hate the idea of removing the audio jack and memory slots, it's ofcourse a business strategy but it's complete nonsense at the same time. Why can't they just keep things simple? to make things more techy they literally removed essential stuff
If im going to be honest i think those werent bad decisions, u could get usb c earbuds and phones already come with enough storage (not to mention nobody uses them and majority of phones today still have sd card slots)
@@zeenxdownz I partially agree with you, but I meant the idea of removing audio jack and memory card slots is kinda absurd. I mean imagine you stored your favourite songs, photos and videos in a memory card and now that you need to buy a new phone you realize that it has no slots for your memory card, like yeah you can transfer it or whatever but that's just makes it difficult if you know what I mean. Yeah, today we do have phones with those features but soon we won't and I feel it's really unnecessary. Why can't keep those things and improve processor and design more? or maybe, I'm just an old soul and like simple things more lol.
@@nemo0606 it's called business trick/scam not strategy..
@@zeenxdownz they dont have nough storage. For poeple who have lots of photos and videos its never enough.
@@nemo0606 fair point
Making it harder to repair
Making it harder to replace
Making it out of less durable materials
Removing features
Equals more money
And making it harder to install custom rom
@@MEGARUSHBASE Or Just lock bootloader , WHERE is freedom AMERICA 🇺🇲🦅.
( FBI please don't kill me I don't want to lose my root ) .
Sounds like Apple
@@dumbstuff1337 Sounds like a lot of companies.
@@spede1 but im sure they do it cause apple does
By getting rid of extra features companies reduce the production cost and say it's for the environment, in the end, we as consumers suffer the downgrade of phones. I really miss when I didn't need to look after a phone like a baby and just use it without worrying if it'd break, or of if the battery would last. Alongside many features also the joy and excitement of using a phone just vanished. Once they were simply convenient rather than nowadays basically glass sandwiches that empty my wallet...
You can always buy the phones he’s mentioning since they’re so much better, they’re still available
@@ejakaegypt real. I miss a couple of old features as well, but doesn't mean I'll replace my S24U or my Xperia 1 V with a Redmi Note 4 or an S7 Edge..
@@tiagomachado5360 sir if those old phones had a snapdragon elite or snapdragon 8 gen 3 or A16 Bionic chip or a m4 chip in them you would definitely go back lol😂
So why is Sony still using head phone Jacks & expandable storage by default and available while still having the latest gpus & cpus in the phone????
Your Xperia 1 V has a headphone Jack & storage expansion and yet the phone is selling for the same price as a galaxy s24U & IPhone 16????
Explain it to me genius???
@@tiagomachado5360 it’s not bout saving the planet or cloud storage being better than a sd card lol😂
Most of these companies don’t wanna pay while having you pay premium price yet my Samsung a14 & Samsung a54 have a head phone Jack & sd expansion and cost 200$-400$ dollars 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jordanrayo2425 bruh, I'm not saying Sony is perfect. In fact, if anything, it's a love/hate relationship (almost like some irl cases). However, it's the full set that makes it special: like you said, top of the line CPU/GPU along with all the specs possible: 4k screen, headphone jack, sd card slot, big battery, manual camera controls, and the list goes on while having a solid stock Android ROM. It is indeed very expensive, and they're so stubborn for not shipping the big sensors that they make, and they support the devices for 2/3 years (although updates are monthly and right on schedule). But there aren't any real flaws or lack of features, the cons you have on other devices are usually from personal preference like pic/video processing, fav skin, AI features, etc. So, I'd rather rock Sony all day, no bs or services attached to them, and you actually feel like the owner of a product.
You should also include how products these days have more bloatware.
I disagree, most flagships have no bloatware, however the cheaper the phone is the more bloated it is
My iPhone doesn’t
@@ejakaegyptiphones still have 'bloatware'
@@ejakaegypt try clearing your Instagram or RUclips data lol 😂 you have to delete the app to clear the data off your phone RUclips was taking up 10 gbs worth of storage on my phone because clearing data on iPhones isn’t possible without deleting the app and then installing it!
@@BostanMaxim Oppo Find X series have bloatware, S24U (one of my devices) has a TON of bloatware and trackers, Xiaomi has them too... so idk what you're talking about
If a spoon serves its purpose, you don't discard it in the name of 'courage'. And we still use spoons.
The same didn't happen with the headphone jack, or removable storage, or battery. Seems like technology is tied to sustainance of business, not by its practicality or usefulness. Hence, technology always creates problems as it tries to solve some.
This is just spot on. Thank God Xperias still exist
Random comparison but actually true
@emerald1337 Analogy
I still use my Galaxy Note 3 with a custom ROM running Android 12 and don't feel like I'm missing out on much not having the newest phone, it does what I need it to do.
chad
Same here I also use my Galaxy S4 with a custom ROM running Android 10 Lineage OS 17 and it's working fine without problems
Magah😭, im using galaxy s9 with LOS A13 and feel like i would downgrade for battery replacement ability, my phone is out in halfday
@@Алексей-ы5н9ь so it reduced battery life, have you tried using custom kernel?
@@lolcathost not yet, ive been thinking about it a lot, but i only replaced os. I just have lack of info. I think i would sort my enormous gallery and make backup first. It would be nice of you to give some hints of this topic. What i tried is xxTr kernel manager and magisk, but its more about ui than kernel
Remember that even the internet is more complicated than before and the old phones with weak processors will give a terrible browsing experience
They could give good processors of today and still give the durability of the old phones. In fact there are now Rugged phones that have decent processors and a lot of features such as wireless charging, SD card slot and , headphone Jack.
@@dmandman9 Ah yes, the proud declaration of someone who just discovered rugged phones exist, like they've stumbled upon fire in the Stone Age. "Decent processors"-because nothing screams cutting-edge like hardware that was state-of-the-art three years ago. Wireless charging? Wow, groundbreaking-welcome to 2015. SD card slot and headphone jack? Congratulations on championing features regular phones phased out to keep up with the times. Next, you'll be telling us they come with "a screen and buttons too!" Rugged phones: for when you need your tech to survive a fall better than your ego does.
Problem of many phones.battery degrading AMOLED burn , software updates, crack screen no microsd cards no headphone jack
Not my Xcover6 Pro.
had samsung phones since the galaxy s2 still have yet to experience AMOLED burn lmao. are you just sitting there on the hub for 9 hours so that it gets burned in 🤣
I think today's phones are better specwise, but so many useful features were removed that it kinda offsets it.
Wow I was just looking at my HTC One M7 the other day. It's so aesthetically pleasing. The front facing speakers were giant, loud, high quality, and exactly symmetrical. The bezels were large but also served a purpose. When the M8 came out and shrunk the top speaker, I knew where things were headed... Now every phone claims "stereo" speakers but they are horribly unbalanced and use software to try and fix it, but it's not the same. Maybe make the back a little bigger and ergonomically shaped so it's easier to hold and you have more space for components? And release selfie cam-less variants for those of us who'd rather have the uninterrupted screen.
5:45 "Haram videos"💀
The greatest phone ever made was the Nokia 3310 and the greatest game ever made was Snake, it’s crazy how phones don’t have anti shock anymore
Old phones are not better than new phones it's just the memory of the good things in old phones that makes it better than new phone
There is no new phones will create the memories, foldable phones are new thing but it can't be used without worries or in dusty area
@lilacghoste8366 What if you get stranded hiking with a friend or something and use an iPhone with emergency SOS via satellite to get help? That's definitely a memory involving a modern phone.
@@ray06190Crash Detection is a help too with a car accident so if you’re knocked out unconscious from the forces then after 20 seconds the phone calls emergency services for you and shows them your location. Of course this is for the 14 and above just like the satellite feature but still very helpful
What if… instead of this being one of the two million similar comments on ANY video of something being “old but better”, two things can be true at once?
@@lilacghoste8366foldable phones are a 2000s concept Nokia had the first folding phone back in 2003.
Spitting facts. Capabilities to modify software also over time went worse and worse, that's annoying also. Personally I refuse to use wireless headphones and have second pair of headphones with permamently attached usb c dongle
Nowadays people only want to buy the shiny trendy new phones. If people really wanted all the practicality and features that they seem to tout about, we would all be buying rugged or business phones like the Samsung xcover 6 pro or ulefone armour.
Not me. I love my new Samsung XCover6 Pro, screen feels so much better to type on, and less error-prone than slippery glass.
@@heroninja1125 I want the sidekick back lol keyboard with the slide screen OMG😮💨😅
I miss the 16:9 resolution. I don't know why they changed that and nobody ever made this form factor again.
The first thing I do with every phone after setting it up. Is disabling absolutely every notification at OS level. Just my email, WhatsApp, sms an call apps are allowed to send me notifications, everything else, I need to make the first interaction to open the app.
Life is more peaceful this way. You guys should try
I disabled most of my notifications as well, and all my devices are on mute and do not disturb. Very good idea
Some say it's nostalgia and I wish it was but it's not really.
Newer phones are
Harder to repair
Harder to Replace
Break Easier
Remove features we liked
Removed headphone jack
Removed expandable storage
Removing physical sim
Removing accessories from the box for "environmental reasons" then proceed to sell them to you in separately in a separate box for a *seperate* price
Price getting higher
Ecosystems becoming more closed in
Ability to modify software is going down
More bloatware
Harder to replace battery
This isn't to say that phones haven't gotten better we have better ui, better software support, more apps, better batteries, better cameras, better screens, and many cool new features. But there are many things that companies have taken away from us for no good reasons. It comes down to companies changing things to be more profitable.
Companies such as LG who tried to be different and give something good to their customers just couldn't compete with some of the bigger players, so sadly LG has departed from the smartphone market. LG Mobile, you will be remembered 🥲
At the end of the day thats just how business works, but that isn't to say it's entirely good or bad. It's up to the companies, and us to change things for the better.
💯
About better UI I disagree. I don't really like the minimalistic UI we have... literally everywhere. I prefer the more detailed and stylish UI of, say HTC or even old Iphones with skeumorphism. But hey. It's all subjective and if you like the simplistic UI that's totally fine.
Amen 🙏
@@dmytroshutov1444 What I meant by better ui was that like ui has gotten easier to use (mostly) and that it's more capable. And yeah I do to miss the days when there was actually character and there was detail, not everything flat and boring.
@@dmytroshutov1444 you can customise your android like old ui of iphone or android 4 it's really not that hard ..
whoosh, the nostalgia... bro, i miss the times when phones where innovative and they had a different design. now all the phones are a black slab of glass (front) with a few black circles (cameras) on the back, among more glass, with too many features that i may not even use.
Technology should be forward not backwards, it just so happened that those important features way back then need to be removed for some products to be marketed, which is anti-consumer. That is why companies should still be monitored and held liable anytime they try some sketchy plans to consumers.
tbh, for me, older phones, the biggest thing was the lack of performances, every new phones I got got me a new generation of consoles to emulate, on my iphone 4s I was playing gba games, on my samsung j5 2016 I was playing n64 and ps1 games, on my xiaomi redmi note 8 I was playing gamecube games, and on my curent xiaomi mi 11i, I can play switch games, but tbh its kinda still not enough, I want my phone to have pc like performances while still being small and compact and practical
The perfect solution to your problems is the Fairph- oh wait... they removed the headphone jack...
...oh well, nothing a pair of Type C earbuds can't fix!
The thing i hate about type c earphones is that they help wear out your port much faster than if you were only using it for charging.
@@AjalaKingsGreenstream on top of that the quality of the port matters and most usb c head phones don’t sound as great as say my LG v60 with Daq Support😮💨
They're better than ever now.
120hz screens, amazing cpus (actually fast now), very good battery life, etc.
I wouldn't complain about a headphone jack, but S24 Ultra is the best phone I've ever had.
Can't complain about 7 years of updates either
No headphone jack, no expendable memory, no unique designs.. it's what he said it's not practical.
@@DenisLiasis i agree with the headphone jack and the design. Micro sd card for expandable storage however, No. they are slow and prone to failure. We probably need some sort of removable Nand chip for innovation instead of using them. Sd card when you install android apps into them is so slow and laggy. And your data stored in there will disappear if it fails.
@@kaguraschimizu4609 depends on the usage of said phone, snd the brand. Sony for example is all about durability. I still use my xz premium of 2017 and it's not laggy at all. Sure I'm careful with it because I'm unemployed and don't have money to get a new one, but really, i don't need one.
If i was to get a new one it wouldn't be for speed. It would be for ram and camera, and it would be a Sony. They keep both the jack and msd slot. Can't lose with Sony
@@kaguraschimizu4609those are old days though sd cards right now are reliable these days my 5 year sd card still lives to day and the app or game moving to sd card feature where removed since android 10 sd card nowadays are for storing files not apps and games due to security
Exactly, this is why these kind of nostalgia bait old is better videos are kust stupid and make by tech illiterate
Bring back front facing speakers!
I've rarely ever found myself needing expandable storage since most phones these days carry a pretty good amount of internal storage. Never needed a headphone jack because Bluetooth earbuds are easier to use and sound just fine. Phones have fast charging now so you can top up in only 30 or so minutes, or the battery life is so good that you don't even really need to recharge. We live in a time now where there really isn't such a thing as a bad phone, even budget models are good. I don't miss the older phones, not at all.
Speak for yourself 🤣
I had the HTC M7 and M8 and the only thing that held them back was the chip and software if they were to be released today it would be a bestseller
That wasn't a problem at all, they simply cost too much and cameras were controversial and not marketed well. People saw 4MP and thought that they sell antiquated crap instead of actually bringing a genuine improvement.
Can you make a video about how Apple hardware locks their products?
I still have my hTC One M7 shell on a display shelf, such a timeless phone design.
I bought a brand new one last year. Such amazing phone.
Xiaomi phone's still got the headphone jack 🎧 and micro sd cards. I just bought one
Tbh this has just made me realise how we went from using phones for communication to now basically doing everything on them and to the point of addiction in some cases, I just think unless you use your phone for work, you’re probably wasting a lot of time on it!
Unihertz deserves a mention for making a brand out of cool phones.
I got myself a Jelly Max the other day; the size (5.0") is perfect and I like the camera, it's decent with no post-processing. No bloatware either.
this video was awsome, the first i shaw from u. i was thinkin about that topic and somehow u got in my FY page lol. big love from greece my dude
youtube doing its job i guess lol. Welcome to the channel
My very first phone back in 2015 was a ZTE budget smartphone running on Android KitKat. After 1 year, I switched to the iPhones. I currently have an iPhone 13 which I upgraded to after owning the SE, 8, and XR. Since after upgrading to iPhone 8, I got myself a headphone jack adapter and wireless iPhone charger. Since after upgrading to the XR, I was able to adjust to the 19.5:9 aspect ratio of smartphone screen.
CASES make phones more durable, not planned obsolescence batteries or lack of expandable storage and no headphone jack.
That's why I sport the Xcover6 Pro.
Bro I use my almost 6 years old S10 and I don't see a reason to upgrade to some new crap. I might replace the battery because it's degraded and don't last as long.
Same with my LG G8. I've been using it for almost 5 years. I have tried some of the new releases but I always find myself coming back to the g8: maybe because of the convenience of the headphone jack and expandable storage.
@@richardalvarado1877you should try and get a hand on the Xperia 1 V. It's still expensive, but you'd feel right at home, with only the essential upgrades that really worth it such as CPU, battery, etc.
8:27 photos that were taken in smartphones during 2014 up till 2019 had a life to them good after 2020 there has been increasing Reliance on AI in every aspect of smartphone
I think companies need to dial down on AI enhancements
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Tech Channel with a humour is really refreshing
Hope this channel blows up
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10 years ago my iPhone 3GS was on its third replacement battery. I hate getting reminded of the new phones of that time. Dying of envy of even the lowly iPhone 4s.
thankfully i never caught on with the trend i still use my Xperia xz premium as my daily phone it does exactly everything i need, doesnt lag which is impressive for a 7 yr old SOC
If the newer sony phones follows the same principles as this one i will buy it from them again once this breaks or gets completely obsolete
I agree with you on the apps, but the old phones themselves were crap. Constant crashing, freezing, lagging, no tolerance for an accidental water drop, and they lasted just 1/2 as long as the modern ones
You got all the points. Phone makers need to hear this.
People were complaining about constant notifications over a decade ago.
That said I used to have that HTC phone, it was pretty cool, the speakers were great and it even had an IR blaster, meaning that I could control tvs with it.
Back then every company tried to find the „perfect receipt“ to get the „perfect smartphone“. And it‘s like evolution - things disappeared that seemed to be a good idea but were not and good things stayed.
I paid full price for my CAT S61 in July 2018. I using it as long as I can.
What I really really want from manufacturers is a decent specced phone with 5.5" or lesser display, a headphone jack and a micro SD card slot. Why have whole world has forgotten that handling phones with one hand is actually convenient, especially when you are not sitting ? Can't blame the manufacturers for this as the whole world seems to be going after bigger phones, the one we used to call phablets back in the day seems to be smaller than most phones of today!
I miss bezels and home buttons so much. I miss being able to pick my phone up without mistouching everything. But apple and youtubers convinced everyone bezels are worse than Hitler
would be cool if you made a video explaining why apple collaborated with hermes
not sure if the video has potential
Dude,most respect for your sincerity!!!!
Greetings from România!!
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my last few phones have had a multicolor led charge indicator on the top edge of the screen/frame that is only used during phone-off charging. this is something i loved in blackberry days to identify who or what service a message was coming from without having any interaction with the screen. i would love to customize this to 'tethered connection with transcoding' status link and perhaps some sort of message notifications. i remember when the moto razr v3 seem editor tool leaked and you could customize EVERY aspect of the device- logos, sounds, splash screens, carrier locks, volume limits and more. im not asking granular access on an android device, but if the feature is there (and i swear it was part of the worldwide product launch) i want to customize it.
"A.I." nowadays is like the term "cyber" in the 90s. You can find it everywhere, and most of the times for no reason.
Man your going back to the past I have a samsung galaxy s23 pluse and I love everythingabout this phone it does everything I need
old phone are fun...nokia n90, blackberry bold, htc one m7, iphone 4s, galaxy note 4, xperia z3 compact, just miss them
No doubt. The best time to buy phones was 2010 to 2017.
Phones were powerful enough.
batteries were replaceable.
We had the good headphone jack & card slot.
Many brands actually tried innovating. Like xenon flash, modules etc.
I totally agree with this video. I think from 2008 to 2015 phones had their own identity. Phone makers actually competed for market share. All phones especially the iPhone looks the same every year now.
I used to Defend the headphone jack cause I thought the same about having to charge them but then I tried the wireless headphones and there is no turning back, they are super convenient to use cause I don’t have to untangle them every time I want to listen to something
Btw, the discord link in your channel profile doesn't work anymore.
Oh yhhh I need to update that, the one in the description should work tho
@@Techsnowball When making a link you could set it to never expire and just re use it
As someone who likes running PS2 and Gamecube emulation on my phones I've definitely noticed the difference in better Graphics compared to playing on the original console and that's why its worth time and dedication of experimentation.
Bro cooked the whole smartphone industry in less than 14m
Nowadays you need an adapter for everything the same thing with Laptops they are just cheaping out with ports because everything now is wireless but cable is better because you never have to charge it, wired charging is faster, wired headphones have no delay and no batteries and the same with Keyboards and mice
The pop out keyboard was ahead of its this time
I remember getting the htc desire eye with a front facing flash it was the one and only phone I’ve seen with this and wish it became mainstream. Phones are more restricted than ever before and all the same now.
Unpopular opinion: does anyone remember the iphone 7 black piano color? it had the same glossy finish as glass but is durable and sturdy like metal , no more broken back glass on our phones would be a dream for humanity
they should bring it back
Valid points. It's a shame we had to part with removable batteries, micro SD cards and 3.5mm jacks, but this also lead to having more room for larger batteries, waterproof designs and better cameras (even if we don't count software improvements, hardware ones are great to have). Lastly, phone screens are better than ever.
No they aren't valid. also crying about removable battery or headphone jack at this point, is exactly like people who were crying about the floppy drive, when that was finally removed and later about the optical drive removal too xD
@@beardsntools Don't be funny. This year I had to change my phone's battery (which is now 3 years old) and had to pay at least twice what it would cost me if its battery was removable. Also, if it wasn't for this phone I wouldn't have bought wireless headphones that cost 10 times more than my wired ones (that still work fine and I occasionally use).
The fact that I am buying the old phone from local online shop (Malaysian Shopee), is the symbol that this video spitting facts.. I am buying not as secondary phone but main phone because I missed the old school system.. I am buying the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 so I can customize it.. the custom rom, Headphone Jack and etc.. oh and by the way, next year is the 10 anniversary of Samsung Galaxy Note 5, so I'm so glad to use that phone again after 10 years..
The HTC M7 was a brilliant phone. The speakers were phenomenal for a phone.
There are things I can put up with, like the lack of a headphone jack. But if it doesn't have an SD card slot, I'm not buying it. This wouldn't be an issue if 1TB of storage were the base configuration.
New subscriber hopefully Benji is now happy 😂
Benji is celebrating
Excellent video. Loved the humor, pacing is good, editing is great, keep on man!
thanks man
I wouldn't say that older phones were overall better than phones nowadays, but:
1. Some of their features were better - like the removable battery.
2. The difference between a Galaxy S2 and a Galaxy S5 was probably way, way bigger than the difference between a Galaxy S21 and a Galaxy S24 (ultra or not).
3. The best smartphone in 2009 cost a few hundreds dollars. The best smartphone today costs way 1,200 dollars or more. Smartphones have gotten better in large part because they've gotten more expensive - not so much because the technology improved.
Tbh, We have all screen phones now, Unique camera systems that have extremely different looks from Pixel to iPhone to Huawei. My current phone from Motorola 50 ultra has a leather back. Almost all high end phones have dual speakers. Mostly lag free experience on every phone. Good battery life. We have foldable phones from 2 screens up to 3. We don't have an audio jack but we have Bluetooth so seamless that I would not go back. Headphones for the phones that are so small I put in my wallet. Phones today are so much better in every single way but people became bored with them.
Galaxy S7 was the peak of smartphone design
Samsung A series: we never fail
😢 I'm only replaced my battery with no more new 📱 until 2030 maybe
9:40 ''Obviously you can go back and enjoy the old games...'' No, you can't, because your new shiny phone becomes (for some reason) incompatible with your old games: Mass Effect, Dead Space, Batman, Tomb Raider, just to name a few.
Keep up the good quality video
thanks bro
My first premium phone was the iPhone 6s, and at times I do prefer the natural feeling of photos, the design is still good like the metal back is just awesome! I'm currently using a Pixel 6a and sometimes I just wish the photos didn't look so.. artificial.
I plan on getting a Sony for my next phone because of the headphone jack and SD card alone!
All I use is tools to lighten or darker certain photos and a smoth filter. Sometimes I use a few others in photos, but rarely. I use a app simler to Photoshop to cut out backgrounds, or make new backgrounds. I don't think I use AI. Iv used it once or twice on writing descriptions to help me make my point and help with spelling. Thats about it.
That's actually a very good explanation about the old phones,ur actually very underrated and i hope u get 100K at least subs in a very short time.
thank you bro
Everything has to peak at some point honestly. I don't know what else could phones do nowadays that can actually be useful. They have excellent cameras, even budget phones are USABLE and not lag to death, they have excellent displays and whatnot. They just peaked.
This seems like more of a nostalgia trip, the bad stuff that came with replaceable batteries were cheap off brand batteries as well as battery connectors could corrode before it came about planned obsoclecne. Don't fall for survivorship bias dude. Also, apple has always had their batteries non-replaceable, and forget the whole reason we switch to glass is that glass is better at receiving radio waves. Also hte pixel features sound convenient like the magic earasier
Need an old ish phone but with new tech, like one thing we need i think is just front facing speakers, like idk how you would on a modern phone but front facing speakers are just a good idea
The M7 will forever be my favorite phone.
I wish HTC would remake it. 😭
I sold my iphone and using a chinese midrange: realme 9 5g se, which costs only about $220. It has a snapdragon 778g, nice cameras, headphone jack, great battery, good speed. I'm happier with it than i ever was with my iphone 12 or 13. I Don't want to buy a super expensive flagship ever again. At the end if the day, you can get everything you need from a phone in a good midrange.
They were more interesting since each brand did their best to differentiate themselves from the competition, and specs were changing at a fast pace.
Either way they had much limited batteries, and as stagnant the market has become these last year, pretty much every phone looking like an s20 or iphone, I believe phones just have started to get good just recently. You no longer need to spend even as "low" as 400 bucks for a good package.
A fairly powerful chip, oled screens with 120hz, 256gb of storage and a 5000mah battery with quick charging is easy to get. No sd slot or 3.5 jack though.
With you completely, I brought a 15pro last year, didn’t feel it added anything over my iPhone 12 mini. As for gaming I already gave up on my Xbox, brought a Nintendo ds lite £25 way more fun (Mario kart). Ps my wireless £200 headphones have been sent for warranty repair, my basic headphones I use on my ds £12 work just fine. Nice video by the way:)
ty :)
I hate those people as much as companies who gaslight themselves as well as others into saying that we don't need them anyways or its to make it more water resistant or only poor people need those removed features or some other bs.
No, because we now have usb-c
Also, the fact that all phone designs converged into the rectangles we have now just means the optimal design has been found
In the video just bugs my mind. I must comment on the “premium” glass trend, all started with Sony Industrial Design and the iPhone 4. Samsung was mocked for the cheap plastics for years, the decided to turn up the game after 3 generations of “Premium” Iphones. This is a big plot-hole in the story for me.
id honestly prefer having a thicker, blockier phone if it meant having aux and removable storage back.
for games, I play consoles game by emulation or pc/console games ports like genshin and hsr and zzz and hi3, those games looks absolutely amazing and looks good
Phone screens are so big nowadays to the point that you can accidentally touch home if your palm accidentally lands on it.
old phone is about innovation, current phone is at it peak economically matured.