When Phones Were Fun: Samsung's "Matrix Phone" (2003)
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- It’s the dawn of a new century. China launches its first manned space mission; the human genome is finally sequenced; and in North America, over 50 million people lose power due in part to a software bug. In short: technology has woven its way into so many facets of our lives that movies like The Matrix are coming out to critique … and yes, consumerize that infestation.
The year is 2003; the device is the Samsung SPH-n270 "Matrix Phone"; and this is episode 1 of When Phones Were Fun! Join Michael Fisher/MrMobile for a throwback retro review of one of the earliest and most elaborate product placements in the history of mobile tech: a mobile device that pulled double-duty as on-screen prop ... and cellphone you could actually buy!
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This is the first in a series of MrMobile episodes exploring the mobile tech world's most vibrant period in design and experimentation. In “When Phones Were Fun,” Michael Fisher re-reviews cellphones from the golden age of the mobile phone, the decade-long span ranging from the turn of the century to approximately 2009.
When Phones Were Fun: Episode 1 features the Samsung SPH-n270, aka the “Samsung Matrix Phone.” The Matrix Phone featured in this video was purchased by MrMobile/Future plc via eBay. No company paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.
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Samsung Matrix Phone Details Released by FCC [PhoneScoop]:
www.phonescoop.com/articles/a...
Matrix Phone Available [PhoneScoop]:
www.phonescoop.com/articles/a...
Mobile Phone Museum:
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Companies Go Extra Mile to Place Brands in “The Matrix Reloaded” [WSJ]:
www.wsj.com/articles/SB105277...
Inside Samsung’s $100M Matrix Deal [AdAge]:
adage.com/article/news/inside...
A New Lease On Life For The Matrix Phone [Small Perturbation]:
www.smallperturbation.com/matr...
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It was kind of fun being a phone salesperson in the early 2000's. All these crazy phones coming in all shapes and sizes, and in different levels of durability.
Phones stopped being fun ever since they removed snake as a factory installed game!
If they preloaded snake nowadays, it would have microtransactions
I agree.
Are you serious
I can't play Doom RPG on my smartphone, a travesty.
Say hey Google play snake
Very disappointed that you didn’t use the agent Smith impersonation for the whole video. Missed opportunity, _Mr. Anderson_
@@whitealliance9540 what the flip is this comment
@@stacia6678 meth
Honestly should have used it for the whole series
@darkdr1fter it Was enevateble
*forgets to lock screen cover*: is that a matrix phone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
What a blast from the past. Seriously looking forward to more from this series. Awesome stuff Mr. Mobile!!
Not to mention the back track, riffing hard on Ace of Base's "I Saw the Sign". It may be the exact right timeframe, but it still acts nicely as a tonal time machine to help reframe your mindset to a couple decades in the past.
Also looking forward to what's next...and what other YT music library tracks he can find that evoke the pop hits of yesteryear :-p
Exactly!
@@instantstupor and I'll see l
There was also a special edition Ducati racebike, 916 i think. The same style as the one in the movie. A creepy movie, Gnostics transhumanists etc
Buying a phone in the early 2000s was magical. It was an adventure each time. You were literally WOW'd by the advancements made each couple of years, from when you got a phone till when it was time to upgrade. I remember getting a moto razr right when it came out in what, 05? I think. Anyway that phone literally seemed like it was from the future. It was....incredible. Nothing has given me the same WOW factor since maybe getting the first iphone. But since then it's been an incremental and almost blurry step forward each time. No clear leaps or advancements stand out.
Get the galaxy z fold 4
"But now it has 15 cameras on it! Isn't that what you wanted?!!"
Yeah, phones post-2010 are lame.
Back when, if forgot to charge before sleep you weren't doomed the next day.
@LazicStefan then you're using the wrong charger. It takes 90 minutes to charge an S7 from completely dead to 100%
@LazicStefan you should change your battery or/and charger, that thing will stop working or explode if you keep your phone like that
Kinda surreal that I've lived through these phases of progress. Technology really progressed so fast
Soooo fast
Now nothing much has changed exterior wise
and yet in term of medical advancements and healthcare you and I will probably die of a preventable disease that has been around for decades, if not a century or two.
Thank the aliens for that
@@DexmexBala yes because there is no money to be made in curing disease. In fact, there are multi-billion dollar companies that depend on you being ill, continuing to live with illnesses and being afraid of more illness.
0:50 seconds in and this is already my favorite Tech series on RUclips already, hands down!
*slide lock broken
"is that a matrix phone, or are you just happy to see me?"
Took me 10 seconds to understand the joke👍😆, I'm a pervert🤭
@@latebloomer2 10 seconds? Damn that's long
This looks like a toy you'd get at McDonalds from the same year
Rather like Power Rangers device
ehh I'd take that over the boring designs we have today
Wendy's lol
@@drekex6767 ya
Still all look better than SmartPhones which don't even have designs.
i could see this being used as a prop in the old Batman movies(Batman 1989), more than in Matrix. Looks cool though i wish modern phones had more style even if they looked like toys or something from a fictional TV show/Movie.
I love how you give a disclaimer on a 17 year old phone! 😂
Haha - gotta stay consistent! :)
@@TheMrMobile ok but what if someone wanted that phone XD
@@pongchannel. Someone did want it. Me.
@@TheMrMobile you know what I ment XD
@@TheMrMobile nokia 6600 review like this 😁😁😁
The whole Nokia N series is dope...
And 'N 95' is still one of my favorites.
I had the N97!!! My favourite!
N95 black edition
People say Nokia was late to the smartphone game, the N series proves otherwise.
I had n73.. best phone i ever had.
@@farhanatashiga3721 they had smartphones before N series, my first was 6600, after that got n73 music edition
Looks cool. Would like to see more cool designs return to phones.
Maybe I'm alone in this thought but the Asus ROG phones are a step in the right direction
The only cool(ish) stylized phone I can think of is when the note was star wars themed and when u took out the s pen it made the light saber noise. Closer to something cool than anything in a long time but still a bit bland
@@Nickles4 Not with eliminating the headphone jack on a "GAMING PHONE". 😂😂😂
Also, ROG Phone III should be 7.1-inches like the Black Shark 3 Pro.
Zero excuses.
All the cool design goes into functionality. You see what we got now? The LG wing. Christ that thing makes me want to rip my hair out
@@davidp6913 Are you trashing the LG Wing???
Z Fold 2 and LG Wing are EASILY the two best phones of 2020. Samsung and LG are on top.
Everyone else is playing catch-up.
1:41 ohhh I remember my uncle had that phone, god how I loved to hold that thing, always wished to bring it to school so I would look like the cool guy
I remember in the late 2000 I went shopping at my local flea market and found this phone complete in box (box was dinged but everything inside was ok) I helped out the owner move some stuff in the stall and the cut me a deal for the phone after , wound up costing something like 40 bucks. I wasn't a huge matrix fan at the time but I bought it anyway because my buddy really liked the Matrix series. I wound up giving it to them as a birthday present and the loved it so much they put on display in the house for years. They moved away but man I think they still have it lol.
That phone is probably worth about $1000 now!
youre a great friend for that
You just sound like a really good person.
I hope that person still has it on didplay
That's so sweet - you seem like a really cool friend
Looks like power ranger's transforming device.
morpher and I was just gonna say this too
@@paulquaresimo9432well thanks
=]]] I thought the same way!
Look up Magiranger or Mystic Force
I was thinking power rangers morpher
7:16 was totally expecting you to shout TRINITY! into the voice dial
I remember seeing the promo in the dvd box last year when i tried to watch it
You launched a new series to justify buying this phone, didn’t you?
(Great video-can’t wait for more!)
It's not a collectable, Now it's a tax write off.
I'm not going to knock an interesting and fun video, but I was always weirded out by this. This could have easily been another Retro Review, so I kinda buy this theory.
Something I'd do
I catch the legendary Motorola Aurora in the intro! Can’t wait to see more from this series!
And the outro! :)
@@TheMrMobile I'm seriously stoked for the moto video to come out. I've always been SO interested in that phone. It's unicorn from what seems like a simpler time
God I was JUST thinking how dull my phone's design was. I mean..more power to the sleek and streamlined, but I grew up on a diet of 90s sci-fi anime and science-fiction where all the technology was at least vaguely japanese and CHUNKY. I miss chunky phones that had a noticeable presence in your pocket. It's why I still have a working Zune: the G I R T H. Though, with the incoming changeover to flac files, it's being even less useful than before and that makes me sad.
I saw the N-Gage, that glorious gaming taco, in the end and got a hit of nostalgia from seeing it. I don't know when but if you could tackle that one, I'd appreciate it.
Phones used to be an extension of your personality.
Twas nice while it lasted
Now they seem to define your personality. The amount of toxic nonsense over what brand of phone you use that all look the same is crazy
UNLIMITED POWEREREREREREREREERERERE!
@@kzero1499 What's also crazy is that there are actually people who will claim that one smartphone looks really good and another one is ugly when they both are just black rectangles and one has slightly more rounded edges.
Now its an extension of your wealth
Love the way how this man does everything in a different way. He was out of crowd then @Captain2Phones... He stays out of crowd now @MrMobile.
🙌No Replacement for him 🙌 kudos!
So, we had a class in high school called “genres.” It was basically a class where we sat, watched movies and analyzed and critiqued them. The teacher for that class was a director’s assistant in LA for a long time. And guess who she worked for then, that’s right...the Wachowskis. She got to keep a copy of the original script when she left and one of the phones they used on set. Hers worked when she brought it into class and she even used it for a little while as her personal phone. 😂
That's so cool, should've ask as she selling.
Wow, I just want this phone now. It's a damn shame that it can't be functional. I'd almost love to see it revived for the sake of the future release of The Matrix 4.
Frick I remember seeing commercials for these and wanting one SO bad.
I wouldn't get my own cell phone until like 11 years later.
YES! 😁
More of these retro reviews please! 👏
It's so nice to look back at a time when phone design was fun instead of flat rectangles. 😁
Love, love, *LOVE* that laugh when you snapped open the lid for the first time !!
Michael, your video editing skills are awesome. My first video from your channel and you really leave us hanging on until the end of the episode!
Congrats on the content! It's awesome!
I think we can all figure out why you had the cat face set as your "friend Courtney" lmaooo
The Sony Ericsson W550i was the gaming phone of the time. I'd love an episode on that. Such an amazing idea and fun phone to just use.
I wonder how practical was phone gaming before smart and apps
The PSP phone and PSP in general was way too far beyond it's time, seriously underrated. I'd love to see someone try a slide out controller style gaming phone today
@@Pandurz i actually had a slide out xperia that had gamin controls instead of buttons under the slide... it definitely felt pretty before its time..
@@danebrownja Yes!!! That's the one I was thinking of, I remember thinking that phone was so dope but it didn't end up taking off because the mobile gaming industry was almost non-existent at the time and phone capabilities were more limited in general. A lot of people still used separate devices for music and photos then, but times have changed and I'd love to see them try it out again. I think it would do a lot better now!
I loved that laugh
He he he he !!😂😂🤣
Me too man, that laugh earned him my like. Don't get me wrong I love his videos and always watched his video consistenly. But I was never a person who gives like to videos easily.
An absolute gem, it brings back so many memories, I love it
I was just looking at a video called good product placements and it talked about the Matrix but now i find this video of all things and it was made 3 week ago dam what a coincidence. Good timing Mr Mobile.
4:10 That's exactly how he would've giggled if he had got that phone as a kid! 😂
This reminds me of the times when phone reviewers were fun. Thanks for this awesome video.
I'm really digging this channel. I'm 41 and I swear every video hits home for me....
So beautiful! Seeing those gif's brought so much nostalgia back.
Here's my list of phones that were fun so you can cover them:
1. Nokia Lipstick Phone
2. Nokia N90
3. Nokia 3250
4. Nokia 3220, which I had and still have
5. Nokia Communicator
and now some non Nokia stuff
6. Telson TWC 1150
7. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, although it's of the modern era
8. Moto Razr V3, how can this not be
oh man, you missed out the rotating trios ; S700i, W550i and W900i from Sony Ericsson, with the W900i having an automatic rotation mechanism... i owned all three, had to gave up two when my country removed 2G signals and then the third broke down after 7 years of usage...
i believed Motorola came along with their Aura shortly before smartphones became a norm...
I thought of the Xperia Play as a phone with a lot of potential...but I think they couldn't get enough games over from the playstation store over to mobile, hence the lack of demand for it. Cool concept though
How come we haven't seen a Surface Earbuds review from you yet? Or the Surface line of products yet?! You are normally right on the ball and I just love watching your reviews.
Sadly, Microsoft has decided not to make me a first-wave priority for review samples.
@@TheMrMobile what a travesty!! Who's making these terrible decisions in Redmond?!
@@TheMrMobile
That does not make a lot of sense. Their loss.
@@TheMrMobile Same does Apple to Lewis from Unbox Therapy yet he still uploads video on an Apple product the first day it releases for the sake of his viewers .. So why don't you do the same with Microsoft products? Is that you have a personal grudge against the company or something ?
@@Bevenanthonydcruze That's not how this works, and if you check out the channel you'd see I have a regular record of posting Surface reviews as quickly as I can produce them. The problem is, Surface has a shorter tail than Apple when it comes to content - so while running an Apple review two months late will still generate substantial views (and therefore income), the same can't always be said of a Surface product. That's only more true when the releases are as iterative as this generation of Surface products is. Based on the engagement we're seeing across other channels, buying the entire Surface lineup just to run a (late) review would be a substantial money loser. If there were something revolutionary or exceedingly newsworthy about them, I'd consider it - but there isn't.
"...back in the days, when phones where fun", love that closure statement...your vids about vintage phones are amazing.
ah.. these were the simpler yet exciting times...!!!
thank you for bringing back so many good memories
Oh man, I loved watching this period of technology unfold when I was too young to buy a phone for myself (except for the N-Gage QD I saved up for). Thank you for making this series and helping me relive the nostalgia!
My fav design of that "nonsmart" era: Sony Ericsson K810i (had a great camera with Xenon flash too)
Istvan Peter I used the w850i and w950i
The latter hd a 5MP camera back in the day and that made me the badass amongst my pack. Ah the simple days!
I always loved the s700, with swivel and a lens cover, I just used to play with it all day...
Just wanted to comment K750i, then read yours😅
I have dat one too... I used it as 2ndary phone until 2016
@@koalamusik the legendary K750i!
This series is gonna be great.. can’t wait To see what else you inbox if you got this bad boy first.. great content!
It’s like this series was made for me. Kid me would be so excited I wanted all these phones
Dude! When phones were fun is an awesome series! I hope you plan to do many, many more.
Back then: all sorts of colors, styles, themes, shapes and sizes
Now: Black cube thing (all look the same)
...and somehow, despite the current phones all being roughly the same design, none of the cases are interchangeable!!!
The samsung galxys look different more curvy but other than that they all look the same
Mine is a dark blue thank you very much.
True
They were colorful and with funny designs, yes, but after the novelty of its exterior design worn off, you were stuck with a crappy phone that could only make calls, send texts, play reeeeally shitty Java 2 Micro Edition games, and take really low-res blurry pictures. That's it!
Most phones couldn't even be used as an MP3 player (that's partly why the iPod was a success) plus most had no Internet at all, and the ones that did could only browse watered down mobile versions of a handful of sites (not the full Internet) and with terrible speeds at that.
Not missing any of that!
Wow, I just found this video, and I am very pleased that you are using footage from Mobile museum in Dobsina Slovakia :) Very well done :)
What's crazy is how I remember the nokia phone from the original but don't remember this phone at all.
Easy. Because it was a PR toy with zero appeal or cool-factor at the time it was semi-released in some very limited markets. Nothing to do with Matrix ether.
I was 23 when that phone came out.... my gosh I'm getting old!
Being in your 40s is not old 😌
Ok boomer!
"Watch from the sidelines" that my descriptions when watching Mr. Mobile review a $ 1000 phone I can't afford. 😅 Nevertheless still fun to watch
If it makes you feel any better; you're not missing out on much. The tangible differences between cheaper phones and more expensive phones aren't really as great anymore. Even for phones like foldables, although they do have more going for them.
Courtney with a cat
"For some reason"
OK
i was thinking the same shit
"Some reason"😏😏
😼💦👅
@@tekdomination8909 fact japan food to meaning signal taste brain
Michael, you're such a gentleman... Thanks for the playlist in chronological order.
I already mentioned this in the live chat, but kudos to Future for that thumbnail! Gotta love it when y'all don't hold back on the nostalgia nerd factor on them.
This is a great nostalgic series. Really looking forward to the upcoming episodes.
How about a Nokia 8600 Luna for a future episode. It was a phone which I loved. Looked so classy with the smoked glass.
This brought back such cool memories when I first saw this released and asked stores about it, each salesperson would say its not worth the cost for the features you get with it.
Great video!! Very well edited and produced!!
Love this, I was thinking about how fun old phone design used to be about a month back and spent a lot of time looking at old phones that I used to own or want. Born in 98 so I missed out on the early days, but was always really interested in phones from when I was around 9 and on.
Yoooo did someone clone me? 😂😂 I'm a 98 baby too and obsessed with Nokia phones from their 'golden age' of 2004-2010
It looks more like an 'electric shocker' when closed
Were you trying to say taser?!
I feel like that's what you're trying to describe there.
@@JohnDoe-yf9wk I'm pretty sure he's talking about a stun gun. images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Y2FSeDPBL._AC_SL1500_.jpg It would have been awesome if it doubled as a stun gun; could have added to the plot! Major missed opportunity Samsung!
Subscribed. Love the work ya put into this series. Entertaining!
I am so happy you have started this series of videos that harks back to the past designs. I am still a sucker for old Nokias from 2000s . There's much gold still left in those models... Can you do a special one on E52/E55 series.? And Sony Ericsson Walkman series ones?
I'm just a hair under 50% completed with Samsung Rising. Phenomenal read. You don't realize how Apple focused it will be from the get, but the inside look of the other tech giant from the Samsung perspective is fascinating. Go read it.
This made my day!
The Matrix Reloaded phone was the coolest thing ever, thank you for this video. ESPECIALLY since you got this on your own off eBay for over $1000!
Ur editing is on another level. A1 quality.
Last time I was this early that I forgot what happened this early
Looks like a great phone, would have loved owning one when the Matrix released.
Lol I'm so happy for this series. Hopefully it ends up influencing the industry to have fun phones again. I even miss a dedicated camera button
The Samsung U740
Sorry if this has been mentioned. It was a flip phone that opened both tall ways and sideways, using the buttons as both a number pad and keyboard.
Great vid! Excited to subscribe to the series.
As a agent of the system, I have to ask... Where did you get this sunglasses? I want answers, Mr. Anderson.
Would love to see a overview of all the "other" Razr models. There were like, 3 others besides the famous one, not counting the new foldable touch reboot.
I had a Pebl and to this day it is the best looking phone I've ever had. And it fit in my hand so perfectly.
love this throwback! thank you :-) Nice video
PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE!!!!!
they are so much fun to watch 😚 I loved my xelibri. Even though it gave me blisters from texting
While everyone in high school was showing off their new slim Motorola razor flip phones i always wanted one of these!
tbh, the razr was pretty nice. wanted it back then and if it would actually be able to connect nowadays, I'd get one even in 2020
4:28 and now I'm watching this review while I'm supposed to be studying
It goes full circle
Just stumbled upon this video and I am happy I did. Cool video keep up the good work.
Wow! Lol like back to the future lol this was so nostalgic! Loved this video! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The A500 was at the dawn of polyphonic ringtones as well. I had it in high school and quickly ran the bill up buying ringtones. Fun times
YESSS!!! Man I wanted one of these when they came out. Verizon only as I remember. I was AT&T. Anyway, can't wait for this review! 👍🏼
Sprint exclusive, actually!
You're making great reviews! Thanks for that!
Also it would be great to see your review about Nokia 8910 with a similar opening mechanism. That phone really was fun(though expensive), and still is!
50 seconds into the video and I'm subbing for this series.
6:57 "stay mobile", nice touch
Yeah, the “collectors” price point, was the thing that cut me off. Like they say in the matrix moves: “Some things never change..” Isn’t it Samsung?
I remember working at RadioShack and selling phones. Sprint always had the best models.
Wow! I remember that blackout, I was 10, Im 27 now, and to this day I never knew what happened! Thankyou Mr. Mobile 😂
Would love to see you do one of these for the LG Voyager. It was my first "feature" phone and what I had before my first smart phone (OG Droid).
The sony ericson p800 was the first fullscreen smart"ish", palm"ish", with apps, dual store, even 3d race and fps games, also with the blue cover and flat pointer was sooo cool, so hacker toy, please take a look!!!
I miss sony ericsons one of those was my fav phone I used it until it died on me after about 5 years from 2007 to 2011ish they were good and unique looking phones pretty much the last breed before smartphones took over
Hey Michael, your video sent me on a beautiful nostalgic memory trip of my own. There is one phone that I think I can tell u about that was definitely "fun". It is the LG KS 360. I had owned it for some time & might still be in a shoebox somewhere... I think it might make a good episode if you can get your hands on it. Keep it up. I think I'm gonna like your series... Just subscribed to you channel.
What a great new concept for a web series. I am going to enjoy this. I used to be a Nokia Kid (3210, 3310, 7110 and 5210) before I moved to then Sony-Ericsson (T68i, Z600, Z800 and CyberShot K200). I'll also mark that I have owned a Phillips TCD308 and a Savvy.
I actually went to a special release event for this when it came out as i worked in the industry at the time. I wish I could remember more details! I do remember they had multiple units behind glass, and lots of fake plastic demo units you could play with and deploy the spring loaded earpiece thing. They also gave one away while we were there. A store near me ended up with a fake demo unit and I wish I would've had the forethought to try and get it!
"You've been living in a dream world, Neo."
You have a very nice voice for this kind of content. Keep up the great work
Doubt hardly anybody got or understood the tiny Easter egg you inserted at 2:43, but I appreciated it. 😂”dodge that.”
Bruh. Cover the OG Stark tech, the LG 9400. My all time fav “flip” phone.
Never knew I needed this. Amazing new series. Looking forward to the next episode.
Suggestion: would love to see LG Chocolate, the first 21:9 phone and HP Palm Pre, the first conductive charging and gesture interface :D
The original Palm Pre was amazing. Underappreciated and ahead of its time.
@@evankrosney6759 It got pretty rave reviews at the time at least though.
@@tams805 yeah, it was super well received. Plagued by shitty build quality and a train wreck of a marketing campaign, though.
I worked in customer service for a major wireless carrier, and at one point, we all trained to operate the Palm Pre. Outstanding phone for the time.
It's a shame it didn't catch on, however, I can understand why, due to its shortcomings.
Man, seeing the Wisconsin from that camera makes me remember when I was forced to use an old phone on a school trip, after my at the time smartphone jumped from my pocket onto the curb.
Love your channel man!
Oh damn, wasn't expecting this. I mean I know they had some deals with companies for wallpapers and the ability to watch the film on the phone but wow I didn't know this existed
How long did it take to watch the movie on the phone? 2 days?