I miss when cell phones where like this. Companies were making so many different phones then. It was actually fun to go to the store and get a new phone because you never knew what you were gonna get. I remember my Dad used a Razr and I was amazed by that phone.
Back when phones were exciting. The new razr+ 2023 sparked alot of interest in these newer foldables for me. It's the first one in the America's that actually looks like it isn't just a proof of concept. I'm picking it up and I've got that feeling I used to get back in the day. Y'know, when grabbing a new phone actually felt like an upgrade and gave you excitement.
I'm weird, I kept every cell phone I've ever had. One time I plugged one into see if it still worked for the hell of it, and it did! It was pretty surreal reading texts from 12 years ago 📱👀
I think most people keep their old cellphones, what else to do with them? If you don't change phones every year, your old phone is not worth the time and effort to sell. Also, why would it not work? People have gadgets for 30+ years and they still work. You are not weird, you are like everyone else.
Yes same here, I got a box with about twenty five or so phone's from the last fifteen or so years, and they really are neat little time capsules for some nosetalgia, reading old Texts, looking at old pictures of friends and family, some that are gone or moved on.
@@AyratHungryStudent I know a few people that just throw them away, or send them to a recycling center, a lot of people I've seen throw them in those recycling boxes that they have at targets and a few other stores that I've seen.
I've also kept some of my old phones(mostly pre Android, and couple backup Android phones) that were not trashed, and had some memories attached to them, but now that Google transfers my text from one phone to the next, along with everything else, it's less of an issue to keep so many of my old phones, and I end up either giving them to family who can use them, recycling them, or donating them to "Cell Phones for Soldiers"
I talk about the Razr at least once a month. I miss that phone so much. If I could have that phone, and still get GPS, Spotify and play GBA Roms on it, I'd switch tomorrow.
I absolutely LOVED my Razr. It was in my pocket and I was outside when it was raining and it ruined the phone. I never got another one, but it is still one my favorite phones I owned.
These were hugely popular in the mid 2000's. Self incriminating story: I used to work for UPS during those times and partaking in easily stealing/sneaking them out the warehouse. Sold them for $60 each.
The original is why i have rhe new one now. I wanted one but never got the chance, but since purchasing the latest one, i have dound my dream cell phone., rhank you Motorola
Some of the best phones I ever had were Sanyo Flip phones. I always had Sprint, so didn't have any Razr. I did have the HTC Mogul that was basically a pocket PC. When it worked. Wasn't the most reliable phone, but ahead of it's time
Very nostalgic, great video I will say the brand new one is amazing too foldable phones are becoming way better and affordable I switch to one and love it
my dad had a silver one and my mom had a pink one when I was a kid; had them on 'Cingular' which I believe is gone. Thought they looked so futuristic lol
The Razr was my first cellphone back when I was a freshman in high school. When I first saw one I knew I had to have it. It was actually quite practical for school too in that it fit nicely in my pockets without feeling awkward and clunky. It really seemed like the future back then, when phones were getting smaller and thinner. It seemed that the future of phones would eventually culminate to being phones that were essentially a sheet of glass, thin and small. And yeah, just about everyone was carrying Razrs back then. Then the first iPhone came out during my junior year and the paradigm at school shifted wildly. When once upon a time everyone seemed to be carrying Razrs they now all seemingly carried iPhones after its release. It was an interesting time seeing the birth of modern phones as we know them today. At present I'm waiting for my new Galaxy Z Fold5 to deliver and so I'm taking a waltz through memory lane thinking back on my first phone. The Fold5 kinda reminds me of my old Razr in many ways. Thanks for this video as it was a nostalgic treat. I will have to find my Razr one day, it's boxed away somewhere at my place in some forgotten corner.
One of my first T-Mobile phones was a Motorola Razr2 V8. I loved that lil thing. A couple phones I wanted, but couldn't afford at the time, were the HTC G2 (a nice early android unit that had a unique hinge system to reveal a physical keyboard for texting & web browsing)... The other one was a white Galaxy S2.
My first personal cell phone(Nokia Cingular work phone before that) was the Motorola C139 puck phone on AT&T GO service at 25 cents a min for calls, and 10 cents a page for text, then a Pantech flip I kept for a long time till I was able to afford a Motorola Razr V3 on AT&T GO Phone, I had it for about a year, and loved it, but sadly while on a family friend's boat coming back to shore, and trying to catch the dock, I forgot my Razr V3 was in my front pocket, it started to ring with a work call, it fell out of my pocket, and now sadly to this day it sits at least 100FT down at the bottom of the Savanna River 😔 Far as the new Moto Razr, I would love one, but it's sadly well above what I'm comfortable spending on a cell phone, and after last year being disappointed by the Motorola Moto E/G line moving backwards in specs compared to the Motorola Moto G Power 2020 when my battery started having issues, I moved to a Nokia G50, and have been overall happy sense.
The OS is terrible partially because it was a Verizon model. Back then the carriers had way, way waaaaaaay more control over the phones, and Verizon would force all the phone makers to deploy this same interface on all phones, otherwise they would not allow it on the network. So this same red banner interface would be found on pretty much every verizon network phone sold until smartphones came along and took over. It was super anti-consumer and used to push services that Verizon would make extra on, such as not allowing you to send a picture over bluetooth, forcing you to use picture messaging as the only way to get photos off the phone, which of course, cost extra. If you find an AT&T sim (doesn't even have to be active) you can pop it in the AT&T model and see how motorola designed the UI, it was a lot different. One of the major reasons the Iphone wasn't on Verizon for several years at the start was Verizon simply didn't want to let Apple control the software, and they wanted to force a bunch of apps and limitations onto the iphone and Apple thankfully said no and went to AT&T. Eventually Verizon saw the writing on the wall (and lost revenue) they eventually relented and let Apple have their way and worked out a deal. This stubbornness did have a bright side though, as it caused Verizon to push Motorola to work on an alternative which became the first really successful Android device in the US, the original a855 Droid, so we have Verizon's greed to thank somewhat for being the reason Android didn't die off with the failed T Mobile G1.
Anyone else remember tv commercials advertising monthly ringtone subscriptions? Like people were so obsessed with having cool ringtones back then, they would pay monthly to get unlimited ringtone downloads and download the hottest trending ringtones.
Wow! Man I absolutely loved my Razr. Sleek metal case with a Dark matte grey finish. Big beautiful screen inside and a cool small outside screen you could set a short video clip on. Played Splinter Cell on that thing for hours. Had a Slipknot ringtone. Still one of my favorite phones that I have ever had. And now I need to go dig it out of the junk drawer and fire it back up for that sweet, sweet nostalgia hit.
I never owned 1 but did get a copy cat style phone years later. My first phone was a pre paid i bought flip phone from walgreens i believe. Razer my aunt had and remember thinking it was neat and idea of a phone taking a picture....lol. But i also wanted that ngage phone at 1 time going to gamestop seeing those cool cases. That was b4 psp....then psp ruled the show even better boxes and games
I still want a Razr v3, but not with a modern smartphone OS. I remember when Nokia users would waste money on a protective case that never lasted as long as the Nokia itself.
I hate to break it to you but those three original Razrs are all fake copies. You can tell because instead of ‘megapixel’ the real ones have “VGA zoom 4x” below the front camera.
I had the Razor 3 as a hand me down. the battery bloated and I stopped using it afterwards. When seeing this video I checked in the attic because my old sock and underwear drawer was where I had lef it. I now have it here. Its missing its back and there is a pin that needs repairing. There's also this weird calcification going on which makes me think its caps leaked at one point. My actual phones like the Nokia 5110 are still fine. I hope I could make it work again. Maybe as a mp3
i still have my wifes Pink cherry blossom Ami James edition razr.. it was cool but borrowing her pink phone really pushed me to finally get my own phone heh
I never owned a Razr, I was already using early smart phones by that time. That being said, the new Razr+ may have changed my opinion on flip style foldable phones
Man the first cel I had was a b/w Nokia. Now I have a LG by Metro and can't complain. Bro you sure had a lot of cels you have a collection of them lol!😂
I never had a flip phone. Not a big fan of the hinges... Same reason I got into GBA SP and NDS only adter their initial life cycle. Its just so annoying if you ned to be super extra cautios of these things get loose or break 😢
The original Motorola Razr was my first phone. When I was in middle school, everyone was using the first gen iPhone but I was still rocking the Razr lol.
On these old phones they had something called wireless village built in where you could use AIM, MSN, icq, or yahoo messenger which is usually in the sms section of the phone. I actually bought AT&T's domain that they used for it so it actually could be possible to make it work again with escargot msn again or even discord without modifying the phone haha.
I remember using a similar program called Trillian on PC as early as 2001. I remember it had an early Android app version that I downloaded on my Sprint hero the day I got it
I had the same exact Razr! My first cell phone I got to pick out when I was a senior in high school. I had it for like three years or so. Solid phone and so many memories.
*_The RAZR wasn’t my first phone, but it was the first phone I bought with my own money. $200 back in 2005. While the phone was great, my memories of it were more centered around the tech. Wireless technology was changing so fast back then, and people didn’t have the understanding of it like they do today. I remember I had to drive to the city and park in a parking lot to download Doom RPG because it was the only place around that had 2G fast enough to do so. LOL I remember having it sitting on a table and my Uncle asked what it was. I told him it was my phone. Being completely serious, he replied, “No, really… what is it?” He couldn’t believe a phone could be so small. The RAZR really was the iPhone before the iPhone. Everyone either had one or wanted one._*
I loved my Razr phone, it always reminded me of early Star Trek communicators, and incidentlly I came across it the other day while looking for something else. They're so small and light compared to the massive phones we have today. If you just wanted a tiny phone to make and receive calls and not be distracted by anything but a phone call, it could work today as a second phone.
Honestly, technology peaked in terms of designs here. There's a reason they're trying to bring back flip phones back again, lol. Also this has been driving me nuts, did anyone else have a messaging app on their Motorola named Apex, or Apic Join the Party? I forget if it's Apex or Apic but I know it had "Join the Party" after it. I can't seem to find anything about it online. I know I'm not crazy, if anyone else knows what I'm talking about please provide more information, lol.
You know this still works? I have one and it works with 2g still on T Mobile. I love mine! I also still have a rainbow StarTAC. That one is jacked to still work.
My Daily Drivers In Chronological Order 1999 - Audiovox 9155-GPX 2000 - Qualcomm QCP-1960 2001 - Nokia 3360 (AKA 3310) 2003 - Nokia 3595 2004 - Sony Ericsson T616 2004 - Sanyo SCP-5500 2004 - Motorola V600 2006 - Motorola RAZR V3 2008 - Nokia N82 2008 - Apple iPhone 2010 - Apple iPhone 4 2011 - Google Nexus One 2011 - Samsung Focus 2012 - MyPhone QTV38 2012 - Cherry Mobile Flare 2013 - HTC One M7 2014 - Xiaomi Mi 3 2015 - LG G3 Beat 2016 - Microsoft Lumia 640 2016 - Motorola Moto E 4G 2016 - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 2017 - LG G5 2017 - Google Pixel 2017 - Samsung Galaxy S7 edge 2017 - LG V20 2017 - Apple iPhone SE 2018 - Motorola Moto E4 2018 - Essential Phone (broke it) 2019 - Google Pixel 2019 - Essential Phone 2021 - Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 2021 - Motorola Razr 5G 2022 - Apple iPhone SE (3rd gen) Ranking All My Phones I've Owned 1. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 (2021) ☑️ 2. Motorola Razr 5G (2020) ☑️ 3. Apple iPhone SE (2022) ☑️ 4. Google Pixel 3 (2018) ☑️ 5. Apple iPhone X (2017) 6. Apple iPhone 7 (2016) 7. Essential Phone (2017) ☑️ 8. Xiaomi Mi 3 (2013) ☑️ 9. Apple iPhone SE (2016) 10. Apple iPhone 4S (2011) 11. LG G5 (2016) ☑️ 12. Google Pixel (2016) 13. LG V20 (2016) 14. Google Nexus 5 (2013) ☑️ 15. HTC One (2013) 16. Apple iPhone 4 (2010) 17. Google Nexus One (2010) 18. Apple iPhone (2007) 19. Nokia N82 (2007) 20. Sanyo SCP-5500 (2003) 21. Nokia 3310 (2000) 22. Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (2016) 23. Apple iPhone 12 mini (2020) 24. Microsoft Lumia 640 (2015) 25. Samsung Focus (2010) 26. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (2013) 27. LG G3 Beat (2014) 28. Motorola Moto E2 4G (2015) 29. Motorola Moto E4 (2017) 30. Motorola RAZR V3 (2004) 31. Motorola V600 (2004) 32. BlackBerry Bold 9900 (2011) 33. MyPhone QTV38 (2011 or 2012?) 34. Google Nexus 4 (2012) 35. Audiovox CDM-9155GPX? (1999?) 36. Sony Ericsson T616 (2003) 37. BlackBerry Bold 9000 (2008) 38. MyPhone my81 DTV (2016) 39. Nokia Lumia 635 (2014) 40. Cherry Mobile P8 (2012) 41. HTC One M8 (2014) 42. HTC 10 (2016) 43. Leeco Le S3 (2016) 44. Apple iPhone 5 (2012) 45. Apple iPhone 3G (2008) 46. Qualcomm QCP-1960 (1999) 47. Cherry Mobile Flare (2012) 48. Palm Pixi Plus (2010) 49. Sharp Aquos Crystal (2014) 50. Nokia 3595 (2003) 51. Asus Zenfone ZB450KL (2016) ☑️ Currently still have Many phones I own after #35, I didn't own for very long or I didn't use much. So if you see Nexus 4, HTC One M8, HTC 10, and iPhone 5 that low, it's because I didn't have them for very long. It's not because they're bad phones. M8 had a defect. HTC 10 was returned after a day. Wrong color. iPhone 5 and iPhone 3G were hand-me-downs I didn't really use. I did rank my Sanyo SCP-5500 and Nokia 3310 higher since I used them for 2 years and was happy with them. Only the original Pixel ranks high while only owning it for 6 months (Mar-Sept 2017). But I did use it as one of my daily drivers on Verizon next to my Galaxy S7 edge on T-Mobile before selling them both within 3 days. Thinking of re-buying the Pixel 1 again just for unlimited storage in OG quality but I may go the 13 mini route for 5G and wireless charging or maybe an $80 Pixel 4 I can get from OfferUp. Phones I Owned But Weren't Daily Drivers BlackBerry Bold 9000 (2008) BlackBerry Bold 9900 (2011) Palm Pixi Plus (2010) Google Nexus 4 (2012) Google Nexus 5 (2013) HTC One M8 (2014) HTC 10 (2016) Apple iPhone 3G (2008) Apple iPhone 4S (2011) Apple iPhone 5 (2012) Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (2013) Sharp Aquos Crystal (2014) Nokia Lumia 635 (2014) Cherry Mobile P8 (2012) MyPhone my81 DTV (2016) Asus Zenfone Go ZB450KL (2016) Totality = 51 since Dec 25, 1999 Jason got more of the commonly popular phones like StarTac, Nokia 3310, and RAZR. I still do use a Razr and it's the one from 5G. But since moving back to AT&T after 6 years because of ACP, my T-Mobile variant which is unlocked won't work on it. But I take my Razr 5G with me almost daily since it has all of my favorite TV shows. The 2.7" cover display is shaped like a 4:3 TV and is perfect for shows prior to the 2000s. The new Razr+ looks nice but no longer looks like a Razr anymore.
I was the first one in my family to have a Razr when I was in my 20s and before six months every single family member of mine had also gotten themselves one. It was such a great phone. There is a new version out since 2020 that is a foldable screen, and then like a big smart phone when you pop it open.
Yes he mentions that in video about the newer foldable Razr models, but they are expensive, the screens are fairly fragile being made of such thin glass, and finding replacement parts can be a bit hard, plus being a bit tricky to work on as shown by Hugh Jefferies who does a lot of repair, and right to repair videos on his channel.
@@CommodoreFan64’s actually insane how expensive it is. There was a low chance I would upgrade from my iPhone 11 as I am so accustomed to IOS, but seeing that the Razr 2022 was just a touch below $2000 opposed to the iPhone 14 Pro Max coming in at just over $1500 AUD, it was a no brainer. The camera on the Razr 2022 is just mediocre. Razr’s wide angle lenses are not great. Apparenntly the Razr 2022 has the highest megapixel count of smartphones, but despite this, the overall colour depth is not great and the overall phone is not worth 2k asking price. Apple imo, still has the best phone cameras going around.
@@cbgg1585 I've personally never been an iPhone fan, as I like freedom of choice being able to customize my Android experience, to be able to sideload apps, and use alternative apps markets like F droid on Android(yes I actually do that), and I also don't care too much about the cameras on my phone as long as they are good enough. The most I've ever personally spent on a single phone was about 320 USD for a Motorola Moto G3 with a custom back plate, and case, usually I'm well under 300 USD. with my last phone an unlocked Nokia G50 I got for about 240 USD, and it does everything I need a phone to do, and then some.
@@cbgg1585 What about the new Google Pixel smart phones? It's been said their cameras are supposedly better than iPhones camera technology. I honestly doubt that's possible... Maybe better than the iPhone 15 plus's cameras, but I highly doubt it surpasses the iPhone 15 pro max's cameras, which is in comparison to the likes of professional quality photos and high tech video recording like the stuff movies are made of. If you go to Apples website and read the specks on the camera and video of the new iPhone 15 pro max it's quite impressive.
I never had a Razr, though my mother had a Krzr, which was rather nice. The LG Chocolate, T-Mobile Sidekick II(a re-branded Danger Hiptop), and the phones that would open one way for calls and another way for text messages are the ones I'm most nostalgic about. I'm not really big on cell phones, but these are the ones I remember a lot of people I knew in middle/high school having as their first phone.
A phone today is everything- emailer, office docs, scanner, camera, game player, zoom meeting, maps, sd card reader, usb device, I set my Raspberry pi up with it, nearly everything you can think of. Oh ..and it can make calls..😊 unfortunately we needed smart phones.
There are plenty of great J2ME games out there and it's probably one of the most underrated libraries. Quite a few AAA games also got demake such as Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty which I've found to be pretty fun.
Those were good times. I kind of miss the simplicity and not always being truly connected. I only used it to call and text because anything else was painful.
Never seen one irl, never heard of it either. Not popular in Denmark so I'm guessing not a popular phone in most of Europe. At this point in time in EU, Nokia and Sony Ericsson were the big brands.
Appreciate the variety content. But man there is nothing more boring or lame thatnmobile phones to me 😅 Even land line phones have more interesting history and tech in them. Mobile phone for me just spawned so many bad things, human habits and business practices that I have to dislike that technology 😢
The Motorola Razr was my first cell phone.Such good memories and like you mentioned, I'll never forget opening the box and holding it for the first time.
My parents each had a razr. Mom had the res one while my dad had the silver. Remember using their phone just to play that "Hello Moto" ringtone over and over again😂 Those phones were sweet
I had startac, grey with fat battery. It fell off my motorbike with 60 kilometers. it came in three pieces, I put it together right away and it worked! After startac i take Razr black. I am very glad that you made a video about them, greetings from Greece.
I used to have an older Motorola flip phone. It was before the Startac. I bought a car back in the 90's that had a cellphone mount installed. So I got the Motorola flip phone, and man. I think those cellphone plans were you got like only 30 minutes a month. I never really used the phone other than when I wanted to look cool.
@@weeboutthere427 I totally agree with you! WHEN is Apple going to put out something exciting? From the iPhone 6 all the way to the current iPhone 15 very little has changed visually as far as the physical design or shell of the device, for the exception of rounding off the corners one year and squaring them off the following year, then back to the rounded edges design again and so on and so forth. Then they teeter back and forth with the materials from glass to aluminum and back to glass again. I think they threw titanium in the mix a few times, other than that not much as changed, BORING! Unless you're a die hard apple iPhone aficionado, the average person at first glance wouldn't be able to tell if you were holding an iPhone 8 plus from an iPhone 14 pro max, unless the back camera lenses were visable. Black squares is exactly what they are. The Motorola Razr is and always will be iconic & surely was ahead of its time both internally, but mostly by its esthetically pleasing metal design!
I miss when cell phones where like this. Companies were making so many different phones then. It was actually fun to go to the store and get a new phone because you never knew what you were gonna get. I remember my Dad used a Razr and I was amazed by that phone.
Back when phones were exciting. The new razr+ 2023 sparked alot of interest in these newer foldables for me. It's the first one in the America's that actually looks like it isn't just a proof of concept. I'm picking it up and I've got that feeling I used to get back in the day. Y'know, when grabbing a new phone actually felt like an upgrade and gave you excitement.
I'm weird, I kept every cell phone I've ever had. One time I plugged one into see if it still worked for the hell of it, and it did! It was pretty surreal reading texts from 12 years ago 📱👀
I think most people keep their old cellphones, what else to do with them? If you don't change phones every year, your old phone is not worth the time and effort to sell.
Also, why would it not work? People have gadgets for 30+ years and they still work.
You are not weird, you are like everyone else.
Yes same here, I got a box with about twenty five or so phone's from the last fifteen or so years, and they really are neat little time capsules for some nosetalgia, reading old Texts, looking at old pictures of friends and family, some that are gone or moved on.
@@AyratHungryStudent I know a few people that just throw them away, or send them to a recycling center, a lot of people I've seen throw them in those recycling boxes that they have at targets and a few other stores that I've seen.
I've also kept some of my old phones(mostly pre Android, and couple backup Android phones) that were not trashed, and had some memories attached to them, but now that Google transfers my text from one phone to the next, along with everything else, it's less of an issue to keep so many of my old phones, and I end up either giving them to family who can use them, recycling them, or donating them to "Cell Phones for Soldiers"
Me too history 😊
I talk about the Razr at least once a month. I miss that phone so much. If I could have that phone, and still get GPS, Spotify and play GBA Roms on it, I'd switch tomorrow.
This represents a very sweet spot in technology. Just enough but not too much.
No way i could go back to t9 texting in 2024. Ide love to disconnect though.
Motorola Rokr was the first phone I ever got to pick out myself. I really liked that small slide out form factor.
I absolutely LOVED my Razr. It was in my pocket and I was outside when it was raining and it ruined the phone. I never got another one, but it is still one my favorite phones I owned.
My mom still has this in a drawer somewhere. 😂
I always loved the design as a kid.
I had that phone too. A real piece of art.
True!! The phones from the early 2000's had such a class. Gadgets in general, each was unique and easily recognizable
These were hugely popular in the mid 2000's. Self incriminating story: I used to work for UPS during those times and partaking in easily stealing/sneaking them out the warehouse. Sold them for $60 each.
The original is why i have rhe new one now. I wanted one but never got the chance, but since purchasing the latest one, i have dound my dream cell phone., rhank you Motorola
I had the red Razr for quit a long time. It was such a durable phone along with my old Blackberry Pearl.
Some of the best phones I ever had were Sanyo Flip phones. I always had Sprint, so didn't have any Razr. I did have the HTC Mogul that was basically a pocket PC. When it worked. Wasn't the most reliable phone, but ahead of it's time
Very nostalgic, great video I will say the brand new one is amazing too foldable phones are becoming way better and affordable I switch to one and love it
my dad had a silver one and my mom had a pink one when I was a kid; had them on 'Cingular' which I believe is gone. Thought they looked so futuristic lol
The Razr was my first cellphone back when I was a freshman in high school. When I first saw one I knew I had to have it. It was actually quite practical for school too in that it fit nicely in my pockets without feeling awkward and clunky. It really seemed like the future back then, when phones were getting smaller and thinner. It seemed that the future of phones would eventually culminate to being phones that were essentially a sheet of glass, thin and small. And yeah, just about everyone was carrying Razrs back then. Then the first iPhone came out during my junior year and the paradigm at school shifted wildly. When once upon a time everyone seemed to be carrying Razrs they now all seemingly carried iPhones after its release. It was an interesting time seeing the birth of modern phones as we know them today.
At present I'm waiting for my new Galaxy Z Fold5 to deliver and so I'm taking a waltz through memory lane thinking back on my first phone. The Fold5 kinda reminds me of my old Razr in many ways. Thanks for this video as it was a nostalgic treat. I will have to find my Razr one day, it's boxed away somewhere at my place in some forgotten corner.
Never seen one of these in person. Still think they are stylish.
Kudos to whoever came up with the idea for this phone
I’d use one of those today if I could. Sometimes the smartphone is just too much to carry around to be real.
Feeling like a badass when you flip your screen up with one hand
One of my first T-Mobile phones was a Motorola Razr2 V8. I loved that lil thing. A couple phones I wanted, but couldn't afford at the time, were the HTC G2 (a nice early android unit that had a unique hinge system to reveal a physical keyboard for texting & web browsing)... The other one was a white Galaxy S2.
I had the Razr and was the coolest kid on the block. What a great phone
I always wanted this phone as a kidd
This was the first phone I was able to load music on and play with headphones.
My first personal cell phone(Nokia Cingular work phone before that) was the Motorola C139 puck phone on AT&T GO service at 25 cents a min for calls, and 10 cents a page for text, then a Pantech flip I kept for a long time till I was able to afford a Motorola Razr V3 on AT&T GO Phone, I had it for about a year, and loved it, but sadly while on a family friend's boat coming back to shore, and trying to catch the dock, I forgot my Razr V3 was in my front pocket, it started to ring with a work call, it fell out of my pocket, and now sadly to this day it sits at least 100FT down at the bottom of the Savanna River 😔
Far as the new Moto Razr, I would love one, but it's sadly well above what I'm comfortable spending on a cell phone, and after last year being disappointed by the Motorola Moto E/G line moving backwards in specs compared to the Motorola Moto G Power 2020 when my battery started having issues, I moved to a Nokia G50, and have been overall happy sense.
always great videos man i enjoy your work💪
I appreciate that!
The OS is terrible partially because it was a Verizon model. Back then the carriers had way, way waaaaaaay more control over the phones, and Verizon would force all the phone makers to deploy this same interface on all phones, otherwise they would not allow it on the network. So this same red banner interface would be found on pretty much every verizon network phone sold until smartphones came along and took over. It was super anti-consumer and used to push services that Verizon would make extra on, such as not allowing you to send a picture over bluetooth, forcing you to use picture messaging as the only way to get photos off the phone, which of course, cost extra. If you find an AT&T sim (doesn't even have to be active) you can pop it in the AT&T model and see how motorola designed the UI, it was a lot different.
One of the major reasons the Iphone wasn't on Verizon for several years at the start was Verizon simply didn't want to let Apple control the software, and they wanted to force a bunch of apps and limitations onto the iphone and Apple thankfully said no and went to AT&T.
Eventually Verizon saw the writing on the wall (and lost revenue) they eventually relented and let Apple have their way and worked out a deal.
This stubbornness did have a bright side though, as it caused Verizon to push Motorola to work on an alternative which became the first really successful Android device in the US, the original a855 Droid, so we have Verizon's greed to thank somewhat for being the reason Android didn't die off with the failed T Mobile G1.
Anyone else remember tv commercials advertising monthly ringtone subscriptions? Like people were so obsessed with having cool ringtones back then, they would pay monthly to get unlimited ringtone downloads and download the hottest trending ringtones.
Wow! Man I absolutely loved my Razr. Sleek metal case with a Dark matte grey finish. Big beautiful screen inside and a cool small outside screen you could set a short video clip on. Played Splinter Cell on that thing for hours. Had a Slipknot ringtone. Still one of my favorite phones that I have ever had. And now I need to go dig it out of the junk drawer and fire it back up for that sweet, sweet nostalgia hit.
3:36 the one on the left is v3m and the right one is a gsm version which is why the keypad is different
had one of these razrs, awesome
The ringtone played in head when i saw the video thumbnail.
Best flip phone design. I had one
mmm, i have it on 2005 V3, but after bought a sony ericsson Walkman w810 and my world change forever
I definitely had one. Was great for the time
That was my first phone. Jumped with it on the pool and still worked lol
I never owned 1 but did get a copy cat style phone years later. My first phone was a pre paid i bought flip phone from walgreens i believe.
Razer my aunt had and remember thinking it was neat and idea of a phone taking a picture....lol.
But i also wanted that ngage phone at 1 time going to gamestop seeing those cool cases. That was b4 psp....then psp ruled the show even better boxes and games
I had the same version as your red one. There was a Texas Hold Em game that I spent way too many hours on.
I remember those were absolutely what everyone wanted until the iPhone
Mine broke in half, but I do miss it
I had the Motorola L6 back then :)
Love it. I have the 5G (2020) and am dying to get the Plus/40
For me that was the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic in white and red
I still want a Razr v3, but not with a modern smartphone OS. I remember when Nokia users would waste money on a protective case that never lasted as long as the Nokia itself.
I hate to break it to you but those three original Razrs are all fake copies. You can tell because instead of ‘megapixel’ the real ones have “VGA zoom 4x” below the front camera.
This thing was FIRE when I was in 7th grade lol
I had the Razor 3 as a hand me down. the battery bloated and I stopped using it afterwards. When seeing this video I checked in the attic because my old sock and underwear drawer was where I had lef it. I now have it here. Its missing its back and there is a pin that needs repairing. There's also this weird calcification going on which makes me think its caps leaked at one point. My actual phones like the Nokia 5110 are still fine. I hope I could make it work again. Maybe as a mp3
i still have my wifes Pink cherry blossom Ami James edition razr.. it was cool but borrowing her pink phone really pushed me to finally get my own phone heh
The year is 2007 and everyone in your class has a Motorola Razr because it was THE phone to own if you were cool.
I never owned a Razr, I was already using early smart phones by that time. That being said, the new Razr+ may have changed my opinion on flip style foldable phones
Man the first cel I had was a b/w Nokia. Now I have a LG by Metro and can't complain. Bro you sure had a lot of cels you have a collection of them lol!😂
It was my first phone when I was in high school. Had the navy blue one.
I never had a flip phone. Not a big fan of the hinges... Same reason I got into GBA SP and NDS only adter their initial life cycle.
Its just so annoying if you ned to be super extra cautios of these things get loose or break 😢
I had oone of these. Loved it
Ah, the good old "Feature Phone"
I had a pink one I got used from my cousin.
I had to have the one used by Neo in Matrix. Do you guys remember those?
I had the Bentley of razors the gold dolche cabana one!
Whoa! FANCY! 😉
Can I take one to an AT&T store and get a phone number and a data plan? Can I actually still use this?
Well if there was one thing i didn't exect to see from Metal Jesus today, it was a Motorola video, those phones are nostalgic man :)
Trying to mix it up a bit. My iPod video got over 3.5 million views... so I figured I'd try talking about my favorite old cell phone.
@@MetalJesusRocks no problem man, i'll still watch these, it's fun to see :)
@@MetalJesusRocks nokia 6630 that came out the same year as the Motorola Razr was a much better phone
The original Motorola Razr was my first phone. When I was in middle school, everyone was using the first gen iPhone but I was still rocking the Razr lol.
Yeah, frick the iPhone kids, the RAZR was still the best.
On these old phones they had something called wireless village built in where you could use AIM, MSN, icq, or yahoo messenger which is usually in the sms section of the phone. I actually bought AT&T's domain that they used for it so it actually could be possible to make it work again with escargot msn again or even discord without modifying the phone haha.
Any progress on this?
I remember using a similar program called Trillian on PC as early as 2001. I remember it had an early Android app version that I downloaded on my Sprint hero the day I got it
I had the same exact Razr! My first cell phone I got to pick out when I was a senior in high school. I had it for like three years or so. Solid phone and so many memories.
*_The RAZR wasn’t my first phone, but it was the first phone I bought with my own money. $200 back in 2005. While the phone was great, my memories of it were more centered around the tech. Wireless technology was changing so fast back then, and people didn’t have the understanding of it like they do today. I remember I had to drive to the city and park in a parking lot to download Doom RPG because it was the only place around that had 2G fast enough to do so. LOL I remember having it sitting on a table and my Uncle asked what it was. I told him it was my phone. Being completely serious, he replied, “No, really… what is it?” He couldn’t believe a phone could be so small. The RAZR really was the iPhone before the iPhone. Everyone either had one or wanted one._*
I loved my Razr phone, it always reminded me of early Star Trek communicators, and incidentlly I came across it the other day while looking for something else. They're so small and light compared to the massive phones we have today. If you just wanted a tiny phone to make and receive calls and not be distracted by anything but a phone call, it could work today as a second phone.
I switched from iPhone back to android for the new razor plus and it didn't disappoint!! Nostalgia is a heck of a drug lol
I heard flip phones or "dumbphones" are coming back because people are tired of being glued to their smartphones...
I still kept my old Walkmen w995
Honestly, technology peaked in terms of designs here. There's a reason they're trying to bring back flip phones back again, lol.
Also this has been driving me nuts, did anyone else have a messaging app on their Motorola named Apex, or Apic Join the Party? I forget if it's Apex or Apic but I know it had "Join the Party" after it. I can't seem to find anything about it online. I know I'm not crazy, if anyone else knows what I'm talking about please provide more information, lol.
Yup.... i bought the Samsung Fip 4... And i have gotten more comments on that phone than any other phone I've owned.
It was and still is so beautiful. The electroluminescent keypad was so futuristic looking.
Those cell phones are a blast from the past.
You know this still works? I have one and it works with 2g still on T Mobile. I love mine! I also still have a rainbow StarTAC. That one is jacked to still work.
Those games do look awesome ! 4:00
I personally love old tech including phones.
Never had this Motorola myself 😅
My Daily Drivers In Chronological Order
1999 - Audiovox 9155-GPX 2000 - Qualcomm QCP-1960 2001 - Nokia 3360 (AKA 3310) 2003 - Nokia 3595 2004 - Sony Ericsson T616 2004 - Sanyo SCP-5500 2004 - Motorola V600 2006 - Motorola RAZR V3 2008 - Nokia N82 2008 - Apple iPhone 2010 - Apple iPhone 4 2011 - Google Nexus One 2011 - Samsung Focus 2012 - MyPhone QTV38 2012 - Cherry Mobile Flare 2013 - HTC One M7 2014 - Xiaomi Mi 3 2015 - LG G3 Beat 2016 - Microsoft Lumia 640 2016 - Motorola Moto E 4G 2016 - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 2017 - LG G5 2017 - Google Pixel 2017 - Samsung Galaxy S7 edge 2017 - LG V20 2017 - Apple iPhone SE
2018 - Motorola Moto E4
2018 - Essential Phone (broke it)
2019 - Google Pixel
2019 - Essential Phone
2021 - Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
2021 - Motorola Razr 5G
2022 - Apple iPhone SE (3rd gen)
Ranking All My Phones I've Owned
1. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 (2021) ☑️
2. Motorola Razr 5G (2020) ☑️
3. Apple iPhone SE (2022) ☑️
4. Google Pixel 3 (2018) ☑️
5. Apple iPhone X (2017)
6. Apple iPhone 7 (2016)
7. Essential Phone (2017) ☑️
8. Xiaomi Mi 3 (2013) ☑️
9. Apple iPhone SE (2016)
10. Apple iPhone 4S (2011)
11. LG G5 (2016) ☑️
12. Google Pixel (2016)
13. LG V20 (2016)
14. Google Nexus 5 (2013) ☑️
15. HTC One (2013)
16. Apple iPhone 4 (2010)
17. Google Nexus One (2010)
18. Apple iPhone (2007)
19. Nokia N82 (2007)
20. Sanyo SCP-5500 (2003)
21. Nokia 3310 (2000)
22. Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (2016)
23. Apple iPhone 12 mini (2020)
24. Microsoft Lumia 640 (2015)
25. Samsung Focus (2010)
26. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (2013)
27. LG G3 Beat (2014)
28. Motorola Moto E2 4G (2015)
29. Motorola Moto E4 (2017)
30. Motorola RAZR V3 (2004)
31. Motorola V600 (2004)
32. BlackBerry Bold 9900 (2011)
33. MyPhone QTV38 (2011 or 2012?)
34. Google Nexus 4 (2012)
35. Audiovox CDM-9155GPX? (1999?)
36. Sony Ericsson T616 (2003)
37. BlackBerry Bold 9000 (2008)
38. MyPhone my81 DTV (2016)
39. Nokia Lumia 635 (2014)
40. Cherry Mobile P8 (2012)
41. HTC One M8 (2014)
42. HTC 10 (2016)
43. Leeco Le S3 (2016)
44. Apple iPhone 5 (2012)
45. Apple iPhone 3G (2008)
46. Qualcomm QCP-1960 (1999)
47. Cherry Mobile Flare (2012)
48. Palm Pixi Plus (2010)
49. Sharp Aquos Crystal (2014)
50. Nokia 3595 (2003)
51. Asus Zenfone ZB450KL (2016)
☑️ Currently still have
Many phones I own after #35, I didn't own for very long or I didn't use much. So if you see Nexus 4, HTC One M8, HTC 10, and iPhone 5 that low, it's because I didn't have them for very long. It's not because they're bad phones.
M8 had a defect. HTC 10 was returned after a day. Wrong color. iPhone 5 and iPhone 3G were hand-me-downs I didn't really use. I did rank my Sanyo SCP-5500 and Nokia 3310 higher since I used them for 2 years and was happy with them.
Only the original Pixel ranks high while only owning it for 6 months (Mar-Sept 2017). But I did use it as one of my daily drivers on Verizon next to my Galaxy S7 edge on T-Mobile before selling them both within 3 days.
Thinking of re-buying the Pixel 1 again just for unlimited storage in OG quality but I may go the 13 mini route for 5G and wireless charging or maybe an $80 Pixel 4 I can get from OfferUp.
Phones I Owned But Weren't Daily Drivers
BlackBerry Bold 9000 (2008)
BlackBerry Bold 9900 (2011)
Palm Pixi Plus (2010)
Google Nexus 4 (2012)
Google Nexus 5 (2013)
HTC One M8 (2014)
HTC 10 (2016)
Apple iPhone 3G (2008)
Apple iPhone 4S (2011)
Apple iPhone 5 (2012)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (2013)
Sharp Aquos Crystal (2014)
Nokia Lumia 635 (2014)
Cherry Mobile P8 (2012)
MyPhone my81 DTV (2016)
Asus Zenfone Go ZB450KL (2016)
Totality = 51 since Dec 25, 1999
Jason got more of the commonly popular phones like StarTac, Nokia 3310, and RAZR.
I still do use a Razr and it's the one from 5G. But since moving back to AT&T after 6 years because of ACP, my T-Mobile variant which is unlocked won't work on it. But I take my Razr 5G with me almost daily since it has all of my favorite TV shows. The 2.7" cover display is shaped like a 4:3 TV and is perfect for shows prior to the 2000s.
The new Razr+ looks nice but no longer looks like a Razr anymore.
I was the first one in my family to have a Razr when I was in my 20s and before six months every single family member of mine had also gotten themselves one. It was such a great phone. There is a new version out since 2020 that is a foldable screen, and then like a big smart phone when you pop it open.
Yes he mentions that in video about the newer foldable Razr models, but they are expensive, the screens are fairly fragile being made of such thin glass, and finding replacement parts can be a bit hard, plus being a bit tricky to work on as shown by Hugh Jefferies who does a lot of repair, and right to repair videos on his channel.
@@CommodoreFan64’s actually insane how expensive it is. There was a low chance I would upgrade from my iPhone 11 as I am so accustomed to IOS, but seeing that the Razr 2022 was just a touch below $2000 opposed to the iPhone 14 Pro Max coming in at just over $1500 AUD, it was a no brainer.
The camera on the Razr 2022 is just mediocre. Razr’s wide angle lenses are not great. Apparenntly the Razr 2022 has the highest megapixel count of smartphones, but despite this, the overall colour depth is not great and the overall phone is not worth 2k asking price.
Apple imo, still has the best phone cameras going around.
@@cbgg1585 I've personally never been an iPhone fan, as I like freedom of choice being able to customize my Android experience, to be able to sideload apps, and use alternative apps markets like F droid on Android(yes I actually do that), and I also don't care too much about the cameras on my phone as long as they are good enough. The most I've ever personally spent on a single phone was about 320 USD for a Motorola Moto G3 with a custom back plate, and case, usually I'm well under 300 USD. with my last phone an unlocked Nokia G50 I got for about 240 USD, and it does everything I need a phone to do, and then some.
@@cbgg1585 What about the new Google Pixel smart phones? It's been said their cameras are supposedly better than iPhones camera technology. I honestly doubt that's possible... Maybe better than the iPhone 15 plus's cameras, but I highly doubt it surpasses the iPhone 15 pro max's cameras, which is in comparison to the likes of professional quality photos and high tech video recording like the stuff movies are made of. If you go to Apples website and read the specks on the camera and video of the new iPhone 15 pro max it's quite impressive.
I’ve got my razr still. Beat the heck and back but it still takes a charge.
I had that too, and I still have all my phones. Great phone for sure. Good times, good times❤️
Crazy this video popped up today, yesterday I was watching an old NASCAR race and the HTC EVO 4G was the main sponsor. Loved the Razer and the HTC!
I never had a Razr, though my mother had a Krzr, which was rather nice. The LG Chocolate, T-Mobile Sidekick II(a re-branded Danger Hiptop), and the phones that would open one way for calls and another way for text messages are the ones I'm most nostalgic about. I'm not really big on cell phones, but these are the ones I remember a lot of people I knew in middle/high school having as their first phone.
A phone today is everything- emailer, office docs, scanner, camera, game player, zoom meeting, maps, sd card reader, usb device, I set my Raspberry pi up with it, nearly everything you can think of. Oh
..and it can make calls..😊 unfortunately we needed smart phones.
There are plenty of great J2ME games out there and it's probably one of the most underrated libraries. Quite a few AAA games also got demake such as Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty which I've found to be pretty fun.
LOVE collecting 'retro' tech - fascinating that things from the late 90s and early 2000s are considered collectible, but here we are and I love it!
Best looking phone ever made and not even close. I remember my Mother had the pink one and it looked awesome. I loved my silver one.
Those were good times. I kind of miss the simplicity and not always being truly connected. I only used it to call and text because anything else was painful.
Never seen one irl, never heard of it either. Not popular in Denmark so I'm guessing not a popular phone in most of Europe. At this point in time in EU, Nokia and Sony Ericsson were the big brands.
MJ can literally talk about anything and make it METAL AF 🤘🏻
Appreciate the variety content.
But man there is nothing more boring or lame thatnmobile phones to me 😅
Even land line phones have more interesting history and tech in them.
Mobile phone for me just spawned so many bad things, human habits and business practices that I have to dislike that technology 😢
The Motorola Razr was my first cell phone.Such good memories and like you mentioned, I'll never forget opening the box and holding it for the first time.
My parents each had a razr. Mom had the res one while my dad had the silver. Remember using their phone just to play that "Hello Moto" ringtone over and over again😂 Those phones were sweet
As a kid I remember the Nokia N series like the N95-N97, Always loved the look. When a high end phone cost 500 pound
My first phone was a hot pink Razor in middle school! Loved that thing.
I had startac, grey with fat battery. It fell off my motorbike with 60 kilometers. it came in three pieces, I put it together right away and it worked! After startac i take Razr black. I am very glad that you made a video about them, greetings from Greece.
My favorite phone. Got two over a few years (early 2000's). I still have both 😊
Back when phones had true meanings, fast speed, and designs.
The design aesthetic was brilliant, really sleek. Was so slim in the pocket too
I swear to God I would use this if they brought it back. I miss flip phones so much
I used to have an older Motorola flip phone. It was before the Startac. I bought a car back in the 90's that had a cellphone mount installed. So I got the Motorola flip phone, and man. I think those cellphone plans were you got like only 30 minutes a month. I never really used the phone other than when I wanted to look cool.
The Razr and also the Sidekick were so cool. I hope as folding screen technology progresses, phone design gets creative again.
Lmao, how is reverting back to old design “creative”? You see the irony in your comment?
@@cbgg1585Anything is more creative than the black squares we've been carrying for 10 years
@@weeboutthere427 I totally agree with you! WHEN is Apple going to put out something exciting? From the iPhone 6 all the way to the current iPhone 15 very little has changed visually as far as the physical design or shell of the device, for the exception of rounding off the corners one year and squaring them off the following year, then back to the rounded edges design again and so on and so forth. Then they teeter back and forth with the materials from glass to aluminum and back to glass again. I think they threw titanium in the mix a few times, other than that not much as changed, BORING! Unless you're a die hard apple iPhone aficionado, the average person at first glance wouldn't be able to tell if you were holding an iPhone 8 plus from an iPhone 14 pro max, unless the back camera lenses were visable. Black squares is exactly what they are. The Motorola Razr is and always will be iconic & surely was ahead of its time both internally, but mostly by its esthetically pleasing metal design!
I remember this one! A friend had it and I was jealous it looked so cool