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  • čas přidán 22. 09. 2016
  • In 2003, Nokia declared war on Nintendo with the N-Gage, a Game Boy Advance lookalike with a Series 60 mobile phone inside. The conflict - to put it mildly - did not go in Nokia's favor. With a cumbersome design that required the owner to remove the battery in order to change games, the N-Gage wasn't exactly user-friendly, and with only a handful of available titles to the Game Boy Advance's 1,200, the N-Gage ecosystem hardly justified the device's $299 asking price. Worse still: the phone's earpiece was mounted on its spine, making for a bizarre look and feel when it came to voice calls and leading to the unfortunate nickname "Taco Phone."
    Needless to say, Nokia's N-Gage experiment did not go well. The company launched a sequel (the N-Gage QD) in 2004 and eventually repositioned N-Gage as a gaming platform that spanned its Symbian smartphone line, but it never gained the traction Nokia sought and the brand was shuttered in 2010.
    Today, the original N-Gage is a monument to the days when new form factors flooded a nascent mobile market, and a still-dominant Nokia led the charge to pack ever more functionality into the humble cell phone. Join MrMobile for the Nokia N-Gage Retro Review - and if you owned one of these (or even if you just wanted one) drop a comment below with your story!
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Komentáře • 1,7K

  • @TheDarknight2222
    @TheDarknight2222 Před 7 lety +1409

    Forget about the phone. I'm shocked because the way you looked in 2003

    • @Radnamrok
      @Radnamrok Před 4 lety +60

      Gosh. I revisited that moment in the vid like 2 times.

    • @laleixo
      @laleixo Před 4 lety +28

      Thought it was only me that "WAIT WHAT?!?" at the vid. Now I can't unsee it 😂

    • @JayAyers
      @JayAyers Před 4 lety +51

      I had to pause it and wondered silently for a moment. The early 2000s was an interesting period.

    • @nathandegroot6490
      @nathandegroot6490 Před 4 lety +23

      @@JayAyers emo and goths and stuff is still a thing

    • @djdondatta2784
      @djdondatta2784 Před 4 lety +6

      dude wasnt dude then lol

  • @JerryRigEverything
    @JerryRigEverything Před 7 lety +901

    My VERY first phone was the phone you see at 4:03 - that full keyboard was amazing.

    • @AbhisekSarmah
      @AbhisekSarmah Před 7 lety +18

      Hi Jerry, you're the coolest!

    • @saideivr47
      @saideivr47 Před 7 lety +12

      Why not subject that phone to one of your durability tests?

    • @ganjabobby
      @ganjabobby Před 7 lety +13

      +saideivr47 No way! It's irreplaceable. Even if he's still got it, it wouldn't last any of durability tests he does: it would scratch easily (plastic screen); it would melt under a lighter; it would snap at the hinge depending on how he'd bend it. I think it would perform well in drop tests though as all Nokias did with those external shell casings.

    • @anoopgujjar
      @anoopgujjar Před 7 lety +3

      Jerry, the coolest part was when the backlight of the full keyboard turns on. It was so cool and one of the best-looking phone.

    • @aslamrasheed
      @aslamrasheed Před 7 lety +1

      What was that model??

  • @jeromedanvers8559
    @jeromedanvers8559 Před 7 lety +59

    I had an Ngage, probably one of my favourite phones of all time! Everything you described at the end was why it was such a great phone. Phones back then weren't allowing you to connect via usb and use them like a portable drive and then transfer music and videos over to them. The games weren't the best but they were enough. I do remember thinking how stupid it would be to use the phone like that but you could use with the screen facing your cheek and calls would sound normal.
    I really do miss these days of bold ambition from mobile manufacturers
    Thanks for the nostalgia Michael!

    • @LucasVanderBartlett
      @LucasVanderBartlett Před 4 lety +1

      I used to listen to random radio stations at night for no reason, I played Pandemonium so much on my device.

  • @ardiansyahputra03
    @ardiansyahputra03 Před 7 lety +85

    I miss the time when mobile phones not just square design

    • @GalaxyGamer-qn1mv
      @GalaxyGamer-qn1mv Před 4 lety +5

      I miss the look even though im just a new teen but I can already think of spending days to choose the right phone by its design and looks

    • @brandonporter8509
      @brandonporter8509 Před 4 lety +1

      I still can’t believe that this button layout was chosen given its inspiration

    • @stephenang499
      @stephenang499 Před 4 lety

      They are still not square today. Where do you get square phones, mine and everyone else's is rectangular.

    • @Gandolfini666
      @Gandolfini666 Před 3 lety

      Stfu

    • @geasocool
      @geasocool Před 3 lety

      Lokal banget bro...

  • @tapsumbong49
    @tapsumbong49 Před 7 lety +231

    Damn Michael, mad respect for you for having the courage to share that blunder years photo of you!

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  Před 7 lety +168

      Ha! That wasn't my everyday '03 look; I was in costume and makeup for a student film. Still, I figured it was too good not to share.

    • @Centrinario
      @Centrinario Před 7 lety +11

      I'm gonna see my therapist now

    • @icu___
      @icu___ Před 7 lety +7

      +MrMobile [Michael Fisher] link to student film please. 🎭 I remember waning one of these badly but they were far too expensive.

  • @harismechy92
    @harismechy92 Před 7 lety +289

    2003 version of Michael fisher.. Dang..

  • @shaod.cyvorgz4332
    @shaod.cyvorgz4332 Před 4 lety +22

    I still have one in my cabinet with a blazing fire cover on it. I keep it just to show in my future kids what dad's gaming phone looks like in his younger years. But for now, I need to get a wife.

    • @robertjohn9684
      @robertjohn9684 Před 3 lety

      You will be single forever my friend

    • @ashleyncu
      @ashleyncu Před 3 lety

      I wish I could get my hands on that phone again

  • @collinsgichuhi8255
    @collinsgichuhi8255 Před 4 lety +35

    2003 Mr Fisher: What is life
    2020 Mr Fisher: Is Phone X worth your money?

  • @MohdFawzy
    @MohdFawzy Před 7 lety +147

    Dude this was my favorite gadget of all time, none of today's smartphones could give me the satisfaction the N-Gage did back then

    • @walterboyd1965
      @walterboyd1965 Před 4 lety +12

      You're the first person I've ever heard say this, and that makes me happy.

    • @MeowtronStar
      @MeowtronStar Před 4 lety +4

      I loathe playing games on touchscreens, except puzzle games. My gaming PC is overloaded with games but my phone is pretty empty.

    • @RyanLiwe
      @RyanLiwe Před 4 lety +3

      Me too...

    • @KrodsASMR
      @KrodsASMR Před 4 lety +7

      Same! This was my first phone back in 2004!! I loved it with all my heart!😭🤩💞

    • @dmproduction3304
      @dmproduction3304 Před 4 lety +2

      @@KrodsASMR I had Ngage Qd

  • @danielmaguire4113
    @danielmaguire4113 Před 7 lety +186

    I prefer the burrito phone

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  Před 7 lety +20

      Pretty sure the "Fajita Phone" brand would do well, somewhere.

    • @jccoello
      @jccoello Před 7 lety +1

      @mr mobile is there any chance for you the review that "lipstick" nokia?

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  Před 7 lety +14

      That would be awesome but I don't think it'd make for the most compelling video. It ... it didn't have a screen, did it?

    • @johny1220
      @johny1220 Před 7 lety

      Beat me to it!!!

    • @jccoello
      @jccoello Před 7 lety +2

      @mr mobile... actually it did have a tiny screen! just saw another video reviewing the menu and stuff... i can tell sending an sms was a huge pain in the butt!... another interesting thing is that as of right now its quite expensive... $140 at least on ebay

  • @saifk3597
    @saifk3597 Před 4 lety +13

    I had N-gage QD and it was literally the coolest phone at that time..and I was the guy who possessed the coolest phone in school.

  • @TheNostalgicFuture
    @TheNostalgicFuture Před 6 lety

    Just came across the channel. love it. I had an N-Gage QD for years. Emulators, music, it was a crazy time. I loved it.

  • @realMors
    @realMors Před 7 lety +43

    You can say what ever you want about Nokia. And specialy the young ones among us. If you're a 80's/90's-kid like me, then you know that back in the days, when it comes to gadget, pc's and other stuff. In the mobilephone devision, Nokia was king. But indeed..., they should've gone Android.

  • @Fayyadh888
    @Fayyadh888 Před 7 lety +398

    At least it has a headphone jack..

    • @Matticitt
      @Matticitt Před 7 lety +27

      It's 2.5mm tho, if I remember correctly, so you'd still need an adapter :P

    • @Dennn90
      @Dennn90 Před 7 lety +7

      It has two of them! One is borrowed from iphone 7 probably..
      (Actually one is regular stereo 3 pin, and another is nokia's 4 pin headset).

    • @MegaJoojee
      @MegaJoojee Před 7 lety +2

      no it is audio in and audio out. I got 2 of those. you could use strange cable that was 2.5 to 3,5 and attach it to your music player and record the audio live like you woud do with c caset :D:D just to add that was propably because as you can see there is no usb or anything so even it has an mp3 player how are you actually gonna get music in to it :D that was actually a problem at early 2000 and their solution is pretty clever, I dont know any other phone that coud do that. ofc you could just take the memory card off and put it in pc but again its 2003 and not many pc's have an sd card slot.

    • @Dennn90
      @Dennn90 Před 7 lety +3

      mtkl23 Nope, have 4 n-gage classics and 3 QDs, classic has gray and black jacks on it, gray is a standart nokia mono and microphone, black is 3 pin stereo jack that also works as line-in, stereo is only used in standard audio and fm apps. It also has regular miniusb on the side and works as removable drive so you can upload any files on it, also you can use card reader to place files on mmc card that is also supported.

    • @FlyingV555
      @FlyingV555 Před 6 lety

      Fayyadh suliman unlike the iPhone 7

  • @MrBenediktXVI
    @MrBenediktXVI Před 7 lety +4

    I owned N-Gage QD and I loved every part of it... 2 other people in my middle school class had it and we spent whole year (s) playing Worms Armageddon multiplayer... It was awesome

  • @knightmayre
    @knightmayre Před 4 lety +1

    Loving these retro phone reviews, happy times. It was so exciting seeing the next reiteration of the mobile phone.

  • @ZeSnark
    @ZeSnark Před 7 lety +27

    Man, I always remember seeing the NGage section of my local GameStop back in the early 2000's. It was so small and neglected, haha.

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  Před 7 lety +30

      Sad! I remember thinking "58 games? Well that's not so bad" until I read that at the same time in '03, the Game Boy Advance had 1200 titles. Whoof.

    • @user-vr4nm6yx4i
      @user-vr4nm6yx4i Před 3 lety

      @@TheMrMobile but have you ever heard vbag for Symbian s60v1 ? 😆

  • @nienryu
    @nienryu Před 7 lety +175

    Maybe do a memorial video for the Nexus line

  • @smas06111992
    @smas06111992 Před 4 lety

    These are great videos. Love the retro series

  • @falloutforever88
    @falloutforever88 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for making this, and yeah this was way ahead of it's time.

  • @enzyme20056
    @enzyme20056 Před 7 lety +108

    Show me more emo fisher please. Was this an everyday look?

    • @just__alexa
      @just__alexa Před 4 lety +3

      Knowing 2003 the answer is probably yes.

    • @theo7236
      @theo7236 Před 4 lety +1

      It wasn't. He said in another comment thread that it was for a student project.

  • @TechLineHD
    @TechLineHD Před 7 lety +25

    I remember the times when I had a Motorola Talkabout T2288 and I was a tough kid in the 3rd grade of the primary school.

  • @a7md707
    @a7md707 Před 4 lety

    My childhood phone!! You earned a sub. Thank you for the nostalgic moments

  • @TamagonZ
    @TamagonZ Před 7 lety

    I love your retro reviews, please do more.

  • @lu933964
    @lu933964 Před 7 lety +85

    MrEMObile ha...ha...haa

  • @MusicAndCars1
    @MusicAndCars1 Před 7 lety +15

    As someone who's owned a Nokia N70, an E66, a Lumia 525 and 830, and of course the classic 3210, it's always nice seeing a Nokia video ^^
    Thanks for the vid Michael, I genuinely loved this. It's like a love letter from the past ^^

  • @vjruparel
    @vjruparel Před 7 lety

    this video some old memories are refreshing thank you so much

  • @ninadpunekar
    @ninadpunekar Před 7 lety

    thanks for bringing back my memories. keep it up Mr.mobile

  • @iLYK2PWN
    @iLYK2PWN Před 7 lety +52

    I paused the first 3 seconds for a while. lmao

  • @jerryldavis1823
    @jerryldavis1823 Před 7 lety +268

    Nokia would have kicked everyone's ass if they had chosen android as their os from the very beginning.

    • @hitssquad
      @hitssquad Před 7 lety +4

      There's still a chance. Nokia's coming back.

    • @skeptixgaming4876
      @skeptixgaming4876 Před 7 lety +6

      Haha good joke

    • @mumenraider
      @mumenraider Před 7 lety +11

      ya might be but ..
      Nokia should had focused on Meego Os . I find it still better than than andriod

    • @olumideaanu5403
      @olumideaanu5403 Před 7 lety +6

      +Mukul shah I love my Nokia n9 meego

    • @Dannya2005
      @Dannya2005 Před 7 lety +3

      maemo was awesome

  • @atlas-vista
    @atlas-vista Před 7 lety

    thank you so much for making this video .

  • @itxofficial8281
    @itxofficial8281 Před 7 lety +1

    Oh, and speaking of sharing my memories: I've had the N-Gage from December 2003 to November 2007, until I finally decided to buy a new phone. Not because the N-Gage was dead, it was (and still is) fully functional. I just felt that after all these years, I would've missed the bus in the tech world if I just continued using a Taco, while the glorious smartphone era was about to begin. Today, the infamous slice of bread sits on top of my mobile phone showcase, and it will always have a special place in my heart. You said that it was "way ahead of its time", and I absolutely agree with you.
    Here's just a few things this phone was capable of, while others were still rocking a monochrome display:
    - fully functional MP3-Player with headphone and speaker playback
    - Setting a song from the MP3 Player as your ringtone OR sms tone
    - RealOne Player for streaming audio and video, or playing back MP4 videos from the MMC Card
    - expandable storage via MMC Card (up to 2GB)
    - 3D Games with graphics similar to the PSOne
    - Speakerphone. No, not every phone used to have this back then!!
    - Mini USB port (the QD didn't have that anymore!!)
    - FM Radio
    - Audio recording from FM Radio or external sources via AUX cord.
    - WEB browser (no, not WAP!)
    The ONLY thing it lacked was a camera. But looking at other camera phones back then, this very new feature was more of a toy than a serious photography tool. In Conclusion, the Nokia N-Gage had everything I expected a phone to have. Although calling it a smartphone would be a bit of a joke, to me it always felt more like a Mini-Computer than just a phone. To this day, I miss getting a call on the bus and being the center of attention ;)

    • @jus10rox89
      @jus10rox89 Před 5 lety +1

      ITX Official thank you for that. This was my phone when it was first out too. I still remember all the guys in class asking me to pass them the N-gage and NCAA Football. Everyone enjoyed it. I still pull mine out each day to play a couple rounds of Tony Hawk. It plays brilliantly on the N-gage.

  • @obedchattergoon2780
    @obedchattergoon2780 Před 7 lety +7

    0:03 No way! That is not you, that can't be you. You're just messing with us. Right
    ... right?
    Great video, keep up the good work. Not many people review devices from the past and it's nice to see the life we used to live before the modern smartphone era.

    • @itsPikachu
      @itsPikachu Před 6 měsíci

      Goth Micheal Fisher does not exist he can't hurt you
      Goth micheal Fisher:

  • @ThePowerPCHub
    @ThePowerPCHub Před 7 lety +61

    Tomb Raider was great on the N-Gage.

    • @Nookiezilla
      @Nookiezilla Před 7 lety

      Ash was the shit. We played that local with 4 ppl

    • @Nookiezilla
      @Nookiezilla Před 7 lety

      Ash was the shit. We played that local with 4 ppl

    • @RichdroidJr
      @RichdroidJr Před 7 lety

      LMAO I just watched your latest vid before coming here

    • @PhilFernandes84
      @PhilFernandes84 Před 7 lety +4

      I played Asphalt, Skyforce and Pandemonium alot

    • @GrundkursBouldern
      @GrundkursBouldern Před 7 lety

      I never got used to the controls of Tomb Raider. I still don't get, why you could only choose between auto-running and standing. To me there were far better games like Pathway to Glory or Ashen, which was a solid shooter despite having arkward controls. I even liked The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey more. And this was basically a pile of loading screens. :D

  • @spitemeta
    @spitemeta Před 6 lety +6

    nokia's boldness and durability is why i STILL have a nokia phone today (my mum had a nokia 3310 and this other one where i could play a game where i was a ball of paint and paint buildings) then MY first phone was the 206 then the nokia lumia 930 then the 532 and now the nokia 3 (my dad also reckons nokia was the apple from before apple made phones)

    • @CeruleanStallion
      @CeruleanStallion Před 6 lety

      Nice I had the Nokia C3 then the Nokia Lumia 610 then 930 and Now the Nokia 3 just like you

  • @Sinnicle
    @Sinnicle Před 7 lety

    How am I just finding this channel now? Im so glad youre back!

  • @hobbozzrock
    @hobbozzrock Před 7 lety +25

    I saw a Palm Pre in the background. I loved that phone!

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  Před 7 lety +24

      That's a Pre3, waiting in the wings for its own retro review!

    • @ValenNitto
      @ValenNitto Před 7 lety +1

      +MrMobile [Michael Fisher] would you do Sony Clie? The peg-ux50 was way way ahead of its time.

    • @lawldep
      @lawldep Před 7 lety +1

      +MrMobile [Michael Fisher] can you do one on the god of all phones Nokia 3310

    • @ElPresidenteBuzzard
      @ElPresidenteBuzzard Před 7 lety +3

      one of the best os's ever...

  • @sujaykadrekar4941
    @sujaykadrekar4941 Před 7 lety +31

    Thanks to Nokia's many such "innovations", we have our great smartphones today. And it is the lack of innovation like this, that has brought stagnation to the smartphone market.

    • @Hans.Dewitt
      @Hans.Dewitt Před 4 lety +3

      you can already do so much with phones what else do you want them to do? drive you to work? we are already in the cutting edge

    • @FalconWindblader
      @FalconWindblader Před 4 lety

      Mobile phone tech has already more or less matured, yes, even back when this comment was made. Back then about a decade ago, phones were getting increasingly packed with features nobody knew they would've wanted. These days, phones are getting increasingly packed with features that EVERYBODY knows they WOULDN'T have wanted.

  • @MrCorrectify
    @MrCorrectify Před 6 lety +1

    One thing people don't mention, and Im glad you touched on, is that Symbian was a full OS. You could open up your web browser, go to your favorite band's website, download an MP3, find your download using a system file browser, and play the music using an app you installed from a symbian app database on the internet. That's on top of playing tony hawk with PS1 graphics, all on a smart phone in 2003 (the Iphone premiered in 2007)!
    The average consumer at that time had a flip phone and was jammin out to polyphonic ringtones.

  • @youknowwho5754
    @youknowwho5754 Před 7 lety

    I subscribed to you because of this then expensive N-Gage gaming phone. Being a kid back then, i didnt have the opportunity to buy this but my friend had one. Retro reviews, pls keep it coming. Walkman series, N Series, Razr, Cybershot series n etc. That was golden era of mobile phones.

  • @DCOneFourSeven
    @DCOneFourSeven Před 7 lety +12

    Yo can we talk about that amazing Michael Fisher 2003 picture!

  • @jcif23
    @jcif23 Před 7 lety +25

    Mike did you really looked like that or you're messing with us?

  • @Manu-uz3mp
    @Manu-uz3mp Před 4 lety

    I was waiting for this particular phone since you started this series .

  • @JoelPiccoli
    @JoelPiccoli Před 7 lety

    these retro reviews are awesome!

  • @mohithmaratt8708
    @mohithmaratt8708 Před 6 lety +5

    Nokia N8. 12 Megapixels with XENON flash. USB on the go. FM transmitter. HDMI Output. Anodized Aluminum. Built like a tank.

    • @atillafiliz6591
      @atillafiliz6591 Před 3 lety

      N900 was life. Similar, but with Maemo Linux instead of Symbian, and a sliding QWERTY keyboard.

  • @fightnight14
    @fightnight14 Před 7 lety +6

    Can't wait for the Note 7 retro review. I would BURST in happiness when I watch it

    • @thalamelvin
      @thalamelvin Před 7 lety

      What do you mean by retro note 7😂😂.Are you in 2050?😆😆

    • @sawyerseth9832
      @sawyerseth9832 Před 7 lety +1

      heh heh... burst I see what you did there. I'm EXPLODING with laughter

    • @sawyerseth9832
      @sawyerseth9832 Před 7 lety

      ***** bruh we were being subtle and punny and you just had to go and strait up say it. Dang it man

    • @sawyerseth9832
      @sawyerseth9832 Před 7 lety

      ***** bruh we were being subtle and punny and you just had to go and strait up say it. Dang it man

    • @fightnight14
      @fightnight14 Před 7 lety

      +Sawyer ben is a savage dude haha

  • @JeffDvrx
    @JeffDvrx Před 7 lety +2

    lol that "ring ring ring, banana phone" song is still stuck in my head!
    also: grunge Michael Fisher

  • @DedeFahruzi
    @DedeFahruzi Před 7 lety +1

    this is one of the best gadget that my friend use in when i'm in high school. it's about 12 years ago and i still love it. the design wasn't mainstream. good review bro. hope someday nokia can bring someone special and not mainstream like this one

  • @kendallsmythe8744
    @kendallsmythe8744 Před 3 lety +3

    I remember this. I wanted one when it came out. My friend had one. I wanted it mainly for the games but I was fascinated with the concept of a handheld device that could do so many things. Nokia really was ahead of their time.

  • @Granturion
    @Granturion Před 7 lety +9

    Good old days. You could drop the phone and the ground was damaged :)

  • @zeeshansohail217
    @zeeshansohail217 Před 3 lety

    It was my first gaming phone and I was blown away with the Tomb raider title in it. I bought this phone for 3 times including QD. Your video brought Ngage memories back and again making me buy this phone. 😀👍🏻

  • @o-zone1217
    @o-zone1217 Před 4 lety

    3 years ago,
    YT recommend me in 2020, gad..
    And nGage was cool when i was in school, nice review.
    Btw you deserve more subs and views!

  • @69Solo
    @69Solo Před 6 lety +7

    I was 1 of the 1 million. I had imported from Europe bought it from black market and it's still my fav phone ever. My friend bought qd after my purchase and that's his fav phone till date. Why Nokia why did you ditched us? 😭

  • @mariofeared
    @mariofeared Před 4 lety +3

    One thing I rarely see mentioned when people talk about the N-Gage was all the java programs you could download for your phone. I had one and as much as all my friends would make fun of the taco calls, they would get jealous quickly once I showed them all the different emulators I had installed. Having a phone with mp3 player and a functioning NES, SNES emulators with lots of rooms was definitively what made my Ngage one of my favourite phones of all time.

  • @mrunknown4702
    @mrunknown4702 Před 4 lety

    I was a kid back then, my dad bought the 2 version of this phone and I spent my summer holidays playing on this all day long .. and as a kid I looked at the flaws .. it was just love !

  • @emirismail2001
    @emirismail2001 Před 7 lety

    You are the best tech youtube your reviews are awesome

  • @Commentator541
    @Commentator541 Před 6 lety +47

    You could record FM radio, listen to MP3s, play games, install apps, what else would anyone want?

    • @kerdnerl8588
      @kerdnerl8588 Před 4 lety +3

      Porn.

    • @LucasVanderBartlett
      @LucasVanderBartlett Před 4 lety +3

      @@kerdnerl8588 WAP was the only mobile internet you had back then, it cost a lot to even get ASCII let alone anything else.

    • @raulmontanez3528
      @raulmontanez3528 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah, but batteries for the time were not that good for all that. I had the same phone from the video and i used as a mp3 player, storaged in a 512 mb MMC card (it was 128 mb at first). And i had to charge the phone two times at day at least. To play the games, also you needed to take the battery out and insert the card of the games. I think i change the battery at least twice cause it got swollen. Still, i had this phone for about 5 or 6 years.
      After that i tried to get the HQ version, cause i really liked the phone and i didnt want to get a smartphone. But i juts couldnt get one.

    • @r104world
      @r104world Před 4 lety

      @@raulmontanez3528 n-gage QD???

    • @PhenomsServant4
      @PhenomsServant4 Před 3 lety

      The speaker on the front so you didnt look like an idiot talking into it.

  • @hmm2928
    @hmm2928 Před 7 lety +426

    nokia was more innovative than apple? who agrees??

    • @Matticitt
      @Matticitt Před 7 lety +33

      Of course they were. Not to mention that Nokia phones occupy 8 out of top 10 best selling phones ever, and that Nokia sold more phones in two years than Apple sold all iPhones since their debut in 2007.

    • @Rahul-mv8lm
      @Rahul-mv8lm Před 7 lety +8

      Definitely refining someone else's ideas are never called as innovation..

    • @fotina45
      @fotina45 Před 7 lety +4

      all the innovations that had to be done is done...its just engineering problems now

    • @georgediama5115
      @georgediama5115 Před 7 lety +6

      apple thinks that invents something but nah! the iphone 6,6s,7 are the same and removing the headphone jack isn't an inovation nokia did everything to a phone to be a phone make you to be comfrtable on speaking to someone on the phone but apple improves everything except the phone app, who needs better resolution or 3d touch tell me but you want better microphones earpieces better singnal and that can't be with an aluminum body

    • @highlysuspicious6417
      @highlysuspicious6417 Před 7 lety +2

      Cause way back then. Apple didn't care about making a phone. Till they've decide to make one and unveil it on 2007. There was a huge demand for that phone cause it is the only phone that has an internal storage of up to 16gb. Was there a Nokia phone that has an internal storage and doesn't depend on MicroSD too much?

  • @azh222
    @azh222 Před 7 lety

    OMG!! I used to have the second version of the N.Gage in I believe 2005. I loved it sooooooo much. This brings back lovely memories! Thanks MrMobile for the video.

  • @9392388886
    @9392388886 Před 4 lety

    I was so crazy about this phone, I really wanted one, but unfortunately couldn't afford it. Thank you so much for bringing back such a fond memory.

  • @NoahSturis
    @NoahSturis Před 7 lety +7

    This thing was all over the place in Denmark back when I was in elementary school in '03. Golly games on a smartphone have changed since then.

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  Před 7 lety +3

      Seriously? I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild here in the US.

    • @NoahSturis
      @NoahSturis Před 7 lety +2

      Well the 1 million phones had to have gone somewhere, and Denmark, which is quite close to Finland, is around 5.5 million people total, soooo... Nokia 3310 was and always will be the king though.

    • @rentturaakki
      @rentturaakki Před 7 lety +5

      Have to comment on this as im from Finland. Nokia n-gage was an dalegacy among those rich kids when we lucky ones had Nokia 5110, 3210 and 3310. Unlucky kids didnt have any kind of phone.
      Those days :)
      Thanks for the nostalgia Michael!

    • @noeyewar
      @noeyewar Před 7 lety

      The "unlucky kids" wanted a Nokia but got an Alcatel. I was one of them...

    • @andrequintas2465
      @andrequintas2465 Před 7 lety +1

      My guess is that they've sold most of them in Europe. Back in the day I remember seeing a number of them among university students in Portugal.

  • @PatrickDKing
    @PatrickDKing Před 7 lety +6

    I wouldn't mind going retro on my daily driver.

  • @reehaq
    @reehaq Před 7 lety

    At the age of 13, this phone was my first love. I miss how phones were more than screens where others display their ads back then. I used absolutely every feature from the edit key for copy and paste to the dedicated fm radio button. I truly miss this phone.

  • @ighea
    @ighea Před 7 lety +2

    Thanks for the awesome video! In my opinion N-Gage had two main problems which prevented it's success: the device itself was pricy and games cost too much. I think the main consumer targets were teens and at least I didn't have the money to buy neither of those. I got the device years after the release used and most of the games I still own too. I still miss the typing experience.

  • @gadgetgrl76
    @gadgetgrl76 Před 7 lety +10

    I still have one.

  • @danishscientist
    @danishscientist Před 4 lety +3

    That was my most favourite phone....I cried when they discontinued it

  • @moy2010
    @moy2010 Před 6 lety

    Hey, Michael! I really like your videos, keep up the good work!
    It's worth mentioning that the N-Gage was the first in many other technological areas, though you mentioned them just superficially:
    - The N-Gage was among the first true-smartphones, with a solid Operating System (Symbian 6.1) that was one of the first smartphone O.S. in the early 2000s (let alone the J2RE apps).
    - It was the first Symbian 6.X smartphone to incorporate a dedicated, hardware stereo audio decoder. This took ages for other models to catch up on this, which meant that the N-Gage was the first true music-player/smartphone out there.
    - Even if it seems like an outdated technology today, the N-Gage was the first handheld gaming console with wireless, multi-player capabilities with Bluetooth (local network) and GPRS (wide area network/internet) connectivity.
    - And last, but not least important, you could hold the N-Gage in a less-weird way, by positioning it flat to your face, and the speaker pointing to you ear :P.

  • @PaulUrsachiDumitru
    @PaulUrsachiDumitru Před 7 lety

    I still have in my collection! one of my best phones in 2003, mp3 player, video player, fm radio and games at the same time!

  • @AchwaqKhalid
    @AchwaqKhalid Před 7 lety +8

    I still have it 📱🙌

  • @hellmekun
    @hellmekun Před 7 lety +10

    i owned the NGage-QD and i LOVED it!! :D

  • @vivekaaraga
    @vivekaaraga Před 4 lety

    My first ever mobile phone in college! I loved this phone and I enjoyed using the quick access buttons to the music player and radio whenever I rode my scooter!

  • @tomholton235
    @tomholton235 Před 4 lety

    Loving this series, bringing back fond memories of browsing the Nokia website and seeing all the crazy designs. Can’t wait for the foldable era to really kick off and hopefully make phones fun again!

  • @mrbrightside3771
    @mrbrightside3771 Před 7 lety +5

    I remember I wanted one of these so much. I was poor then.

  • @Neojhun
    @Neojhun Před 7 lety +18

    So Nokia failed to N-Gage Market Demand.
    (cringe intended)

  • @dankhead88
    @dankhead88 Před 7 lety

    For some reason, I pictured you as a NIN fan. Thank you for the awesome review Mr Fisher

  • @danieltrejo937
    @danieltrejo937 Před 7 lety +1

    I had one of those phones back in 2008, and I have to say, it's one of the best phones I have ever owned 😊 great memories there!

  • @theshadowman1398
    @theshadowman1398 Před 4 lety +6

    I have the QD model, that one is fairly tolerable. The design of the first one with the battery removal to swap the game was simply moronic, I have no clue how that was ever greenlighted at R&D.

  • @tanjiehao8125
    @tanjiehao8125 Před 7 lety +3

    Sweet vid
    Interesting phone to revisit

    • @TheMrMobile
      @TheMrMobile  Před 7 lety +3

      Thanks! And agreed ... it's one of the stranger phones I've ever handled.

    • @thalamelvin
      @thalamelvin Před 7 lety

      Mr Mobile if possible review a device called nokia n900 uses the technology that doesnt compare to todays android and ios.

  • @Radnamrok
    @Radnamrok Před 4 lety +2

    Man. This made me have funny feelings in my chest. That was an era.

  • @stevenhartono3876
    @stevenhartono3876 Před 6 lety

    great videos hahaha, love it

  • @XP9724
    @XP9724 Před 7 lety +6

    Lmao Michael looked pretty interesting in 2003

  • @KENNETHCARNIE
    @KENNETHCARNIE Před 7 lety +3

    Man, I wanted one so bad.

  • @eusebioescelante1659
    @eusebioescelante1659 Před 6 lety

    Thank you Michael for the nostalgic review and I still remember my brother playing Tomb raider on that phone. It was a Nintendo switch of that era.

  • @DanielColonONETV
    @DanielColonONETV Před 4 lety

    You have got the best mobile gadget videos!!!!!

  • @dheah03
    @dheah03 Před 7 lety +75

    Can you pls do the Nokia 3310? Thats so iconic!

    • @RelyingWOrld1
      @RelyingWOrld1 Před 7 lety

      Yeah, Hope too some day

    • @pram5532
      @pram5532 Před 7 lety +1

      I hope he saves it for when we are out of phone news!

    • @Dontbeweakvato
      @Dontbeweakvato Před 7 lety +3

      that phone is boring. hope he saves it for when we all have insomnia.

    • @Intellmac
      @Intellmac Před 7 lety +1

      And 1100!

    • @kubiaxk
      @kubiaxk Před 7 lety

      +1

  • @RefractArt
    @RefractArt Před 7 lety +25

    Frankly, i'm still using my N-GAGE QD, solid build, long lasting battery...

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth Před 6 lety +8

      RefractArt Once you nail the aerodynamics you can take out a target at 20 yards and recover it without a scratch. Has some odd spin though at certain angles, but easy kills with some practice.

    • @chrismorse3862
      @chrismorse3862 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Krystalmyth har!

    • @raulmontanez3528
      @raulmontanez3528 Před 5 lety +1

      I had the N-Gage (the first one) in 2006. A friend used to work in a Call Center back then and since the phone had horrible sales, they offer it to the employees for 800 pesos (like 70 bucks at the time). So he sold it to me. It came with 4 SD games, Tony Hawk, Sonic, Soccer game and i dont remember if the other one was call of duty. I play a lot the soccer game, but i still have the original SD cards. About the phone, i used as an Ipod, and it was actually.... perfect. I bought a 128 mb SD card and just put a lot of music on it. It worked great untill 2011 when it started to turn off randomly. Few years later i tried to get an N-Gage QD but since it was too "rare" for the time...it was to expensive. I actually have good memories lol.... i remember playing the shit out of Panic at the disco´s first album.

    • @kforkrish
      @kforkrish Před 4 lety +1

      I also have my Ngage QD in my closet... i do use for emergency occasions only

    • @kabosumamadoge1818
      @kabosumamadoge1818 Před 4 lety

      @@raulmontanez3528 yeah same here but with the original. i got a qd before but i sold it since the mp3 output is only monotone compared with the original. i still keep two of it right now for occasional use and for the nostalgia

  • @jatonium
    @jatonium Před 4 lety +2

    I had an N-Gage QD, and I still miss it sometimes.

  • @SuperFam12345
    @SuperFam12345 Před 7 lety

    Great as always Michael love the passion you put in your review.... and that gothic look you had DAMN never go back there.... HAHAHA.. I can't say much I was there once to. Great review.

  • @shashanklaur507
    @shashanklaur507 Před 7 lety +23

    Back when OEMs at least tried to be innovative.

  • @WilliamHerasme
    @WilliamHerasme Před 7 lety +17

    If you wanna do retro review?
    Review the Motorola Razor.

    • @Hivernal
      @Hivernal Před 7 lety

      wanted that phone so bad

    • @ValenNitto
      @ValenNitto Před 7 lety +1

      Motorola chocolate, or even the Samsung Juke.
      Never knew how people could text with that much space on the Juke.

    • @davidhunsinger1587
      @davidhunsinger1587 Před 7 lety +3

      your name is a few letters shy of Harambe.

    • @ganjabobby
      @ganjabobby Před 7 lety

      +Spectre Se-r Wasn't it the LG Chocolate? or did Motorola also release one :/

    • @ValenNitto
      @ValenNitto Před 7 lety

      +ganjabobby I stand corrected, guess it was LG that made the Chocolate.

  • @Archontasil
    @Archontasil Před 3 lety +1

    My favorite phone 3VER. I used it from 2004 - 2011. Gaming? I used it as a GBC emulator, MY longest lasting phone. And it still worked TO THIS DAY!! It survived water damage, falling countless times, teenage stupidity, and excessive use. It's amazing

  • @Kevinjandro
    @Kevinjandro Před 7 lety

    Damn great review!!!!

  • @cinilaknedalm
    @cinilaknedalm Před 7 lety +5

    Dude you was cool in 2003, what happened..

  • @MrValaras
    @MrValaras Před 7 lety +3

    Are we not going to talk about that pic?

  • @senseihEnRY16
    @senseihEnRY16 Před 7 lety +2

    it's still one of my best cellphone ever. love every bit about it

  • @TLOIAcademy
    @TLOIAcademy Před 6 lety

    The dedicated audio chip in this model of the N-gage resulted in great audio playback, was missing in the QD version.

  • @vokso11
    @vokso11 Před 7 lety +3

    where can i buy it today? I miss the old days when i had it

    • @ZenithZephyroth
      @ZenithZephyroth Před 7 lety +1

      aliexpress :) around $20-30

    • @servel2
      @servel2 Před 7 lety +9

      I also miss the good old days when the mom would sing us to sleep but now I'm stressed out

    • @PhilFernandes84
      @PhilFernandes84 Před 7 lety +2

      i remember is sold my N-Gage QD to buy a used original N-Gage coz it had much cooler features like Music Recording (through its 2 x 2.5mm jack) and FM Radio

  • @A1140NE
    @A1140NE Před 7 lety +17

    myngage qd is still working .

  • @jeffipanag8131
    @jeffipanag8131 Před 4 lety

    I remember saving up for this phone and the ngage2. It was so ahead of its time and the speakers is one of the loudest for a phone that time.

  • @Kirito_Kirigaya_2023
    @Kirito_Kirigaya_2023 Před 4 lety

    Watching this today! I thought it was recently uploaded!