Unboxing the forgotten Samsung Phone.

If Nokia would’ve put Android on their phones, they would still be the phone company to beat.

Not gonna lie, if Nokia took their time for that phone, I'm sure it would've saved the company.

Nokia's mindset in 2012: The problem of being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness

This man deserves 50 Million subscribers at least ! One of the cleanest and sophisticated tech review channels on the entire scene !

"People don't know what they want until we show them what they want."
- Steve Jobs

I remember Sharp's phone. It was on Boost Mobile. I almost went for it but because I wasn't sure about the company I went with an HTC. 5 years back or more a lot of good midrange phones came through the prepaid circuit. One of my favs was the ZTE Supreme. But because they weren't major brands, people weren't willing to try them.

*This guy is pushing content to the next level! No intros, fake accents, etc. Just natural flow & dedication towards his passion...*

man the way he explained Sharp's downfall made me feel pity for them.. moral of the story: don't give up!

I never thought "phone reviews" could be so informative. These are in fact valuable life lessons. Kudos Arun!

The direct answer to the Razr by Samsung was the m610. I bought it specifically because I wanted a phone better than what everyone else had. It also had a swivel camera to make selfies with the main camera.

OMG, why did Sharp quit that phone...? It looks amazing! If I'd see a phone looking like that today on sale with at least 2019 specs I would buy in an instant even if it would cost over £1000.

Watching this in 2022 I can see how far your videos have come. This video is good, but in your more recent videos you show so much more energy and the overall quality just keeps improving. You're doing great Aran. Keep it up.

this is the guy that is always in your recommended, you never pay attention but as soon as you watch one of his videos you just realise how much effort this guy puts in and appreciate what he does.

I remember for years after the Sharp Aquos Crystal came out wondering why the heck nobody else was copying their no bezels design. I guess their display tech was just way ahead of everyone else because it seemed like nobody else wanted to even attempt it for another 4 or 5 years.

Sharp's employee: *watches this*, tells CEO we need to make phones again.

I appreciate your idea of presrenting the forgotten jewels and to be able to judge them as they should be!!
Keep up the brilliant ideas, bro...

Loved the bit at the end about evolution and revolution. I never thought I'd get life lessons from a tech reviewer.

Feels like it’s over too soon. Would love to see a sequel.

Imagine if that sharp bezeless phone got big and other companies started realizing this soo early, and they implement it on their old phones... Phones today would look even more insane

The Sharp phone reminded me of the "Garake" phone industry in Japan before Apple and Samsung took over.
They were flip phones but in full colour and had apps, a shortcut system which you could change to anything you wanted, accessibility to the internet, infrared system to send data in a flash etc all as early as the 2000s.
those were ahead of their time but didn't take off abroad and eventually they disappeared when the iPhones and Androids were first introduced.
wish we had gotten to see more sharp Phones.

Imagine a time before cars, if you asked people what they wanted, they'd ask for a faster horse... legendary quote Arun

Top class video and presentation..Didn’t even get bored for one sec.. Got a lot of new information.. Your videos are the perfect example of how a tech review should be..

Not only does this guy review these things but he also gives good advice to companies.

I remember seeing a sharp device, man it was way ahead of its time. The urge to have one was irresistible. I did not have enough money at the time. 😶

"you've gotta give people what they want, before even they know they wanted" such wise words this can be applied on everything!

After learning about Sharp, I'm convinced Japanese companies keep some of the best stuff for their domestic market hehehehe....

Thank you for being so insightful and pleasant and for staying so family friendly. This is what keeps me coming back for more quality content.

I used the Nokia Lumia 1020 with pretty much the same camera tech than the 808 + OIS and I loved it. I think it's still my favourite phone from those I've used. I later used the Lumia 950 which actually took better pictures because of better camera software but I kinda missed the xenon flash and more zoom. My wish would be a Pixel phone with an updated version of the PureView camera and Google's software magic.

I can't agree more . You seem to explain things in short time thus saving people from long articles . Also you have a great knowledge of phones and technological timeline . I'm just a loyal sub. Thank you

I don't usually respond to asking for likes but this guy is creating excellent content. What a great example of good Clip-Share.

“It made every other phone camera look like something you got for free with a McDonald’s meal”
Pure gold

I'd really love an in-depth look at unique phones like these ones, before the iOS vs Android and Apple vs Samsung monopoly wars of 2020. I distinctly remember all the great and unique smartphones from 2010 to 2016. We had 3D, QHD, Waterproofing, all metal chassis, great dedicated speakers from big name companies, camera focused phones, phones that could project! Lumia, even though the software lagged behind, was a really cool brand with really hip phones. Almost all the phones today's follow the exact same design plan it's very boring even though the hardware and software has improved by leaps and bounds. The era when smartphones were fun, I'd like to relieve that again.

Absolutely agree, I tried all of them at the time. They were stunning and way ahead in technology and design.

The seranata may have been forgotten because Samsung also made the juke around the same time and I think that was pretty popular. I had one and loved it anyways 😂 the juke had a keypad though and also a fun flip style so that may be what set them apart so much

He makes the most interesting content in the tech community

Arun talks so loud and clear and he makes complicated things understandible I love that thanks bro keep up the good work

His accent is so satisfying to listen to.

Funny enough, after that, perhaps Samsung learned that very lesson because then they immediately started innovating and drafting more concepts that are still currently not yet achievable even with today's tech. I remember seeing their concepts so many years back and I'm still waiting for them to realize those. That said, I'm very glad they didn't give up. Competition is one of the best catalyst for innovation.

That sharp phone looks simply beautiful. Too bad they stopped making phones I would have loved to own one of theirs

Aaron, thank you so much for this type of context and your presentation. Analogue phones are a nostalgic era too.

That sharp crystal x looks like a concept render, if they didnt give up I think it would easily have the potential to be the next big thing

that's an insane looking phone for 2014... I think it still looks very modern.

"You've got to give people what they want before they even know they want it."
VERY INSPIRING!

I still remember on my Nokia N8 there was this experimental AI stuff(I think it was called OVI suite, I don't remember the name exactly) that could remember when to put my phone on Silent based on previous activity, optimize charging based on charging pattern, etc. Nowadays all phone companies have some AI gimmicks. Like AI charging, AI camera, etc. And the Symbian OS didn't have a lot of issues compared to its Android counterparts(Initially it did have some issues. But after the update, it was really good). It was just different. It had a lot of potential. I never got the same satisfaction that I got from using the N8 on any other phone ever since. The camera, the display(Pureview AMOLED)this was before AMOLED screens were desirable, Call quality. And I think Nokia was the first brand to come up with wireless charging. Nokia was way way ahead of its time.

Jerry and you. Just wow. Live long. No match for you both. Best ever detailed reviews. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I so thought that we were going to get the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom phone on here.
I'm also surprised that the under screen speaker wasn't mentioned on the Sharp phone. Their "Direct Wave Receiver" had me more hyped about the phone than the screen did. I was hesitant about the tech until I got to meet someone with it and it was actually pretty decent.

I love that you tell us how much time there is until you talk about the next phone.

this is one the only channels which i subbed after the first ever video i watched. You are so good at keeping me paying attention, and not constantly clicking the arrow key to skip 5 seconds or checking the time bar at the bottom. GREAT WORK!! keep it up

That was a good lesson at the end, everyone should low key take that to heart and apply it to their lives

Thinking about it, it's crazy how fast mobile phones have advanced in the past 15 years

I had the Sharp Crystal! I actually loved it! The problem was that it was pretty damn low on the performance front, a lot of them had manufacture defects (severe backlight bleed on those super awesome edges), and the software was actually fairly buggy.
Had they brought the X to the US market i would have absolutely bought it. Hell if they re-released the standard model but with modern mid-range specs id still buy it! The design was fantastic. It just wasn't well built and under powered... But even the power wasn't that huge of an issue. It was the buggyness of the phone that made me give it up.

Damn, that Crystal X is beautiful. I wish Oneplus copies that exact look on their next phone... I'd definitely upgrade.

Kudos Aaron..Very critical thinking.. the world needs more ppl like u bro!

I'm not suprised that Sharp didn't take. I remember seeing the Sharp T150 flip phone and falling in love with it. At that time I was a huge fan of what I like to call the "Mega flips," giant ass flip phones with dual screens great tech, cameras etc. As awesome as that phone was, not to mention the GT i9235 (sexy android flip) and the 902, it seemed as if folks didn't take notice. Personally I think if Sharp had advertised properly, they could have the company to dominate the Android Market. I feel the same way about Sony with the p900 and p910i.
They were smart phones before iPhone. I loved mine and was amazed at how little people knew about it... Perhaps an episode on those (sony p900 and p910i) would be great. That's all folks!!!

Arun providing us with entertaining quarantine content. Thanks a lot 🙏🏽

Thank you so much for your video I always appreciate it more than you know !
Samsung is an amazing company in innovation customer service actually listening to the customer and just genuinely trying to create things to improve our lives. I really believe they deserve the credit. That's word of mouth !

I bought the Aquos crystal when it launched for obvious reasons. It was awesome looking and like no other phone at the time. But I quickly grew to hate it. It had terrible edge rejection and with the no bezels. This was a big problem. Also, there was no voice speaker. It made phone calls by vibrating the glass screen. Which was impossible to hear. You either took calls on speaker or not at all for me. It was ehh. Used it for about 6 months till I couldn’t take it anymore.

Seeing these phones makes me miss how companies used to make all sorts of strange and unique stuff. Not everyone had the same looking hardware

I owned the Sharp Aquos Crystal. I would low-key flex and it became a talking point. The one thing I remember about the Non-X Aquos Crystal is that it ran almost stock Android (minus the camera software)

If Sharp would release frankly speaking I would have gone for it so beautiful design till date it could compete with majority of companies ... Arun you are doing great job keep it up. 4k dislikes makes me wonder why?

The 69 Dislikes are all Voice Assistants jealous of Arun's Voice

Sometimes I pull out my old Aquos Crystal just to marvel at the display. There's just something about it that looks so trippy and fascinating that no other phone display has matched to this day.

Dude that sharp phone looked so interesting and cool. I wish they hadn't stopped because I think it they had kept making more phones they would have some absolutely fantastic and beautiful phones

I think one oc Samsung's forgotten release that immediately got hidden under the rug was their Samsung Beam. The phone that had the projector and all. I had one and I felt like the cool kid in our class in highschool bc we would use it to watch youtube vids or movies during breaks.

I like some of the B&O products. It feels like a European chic interior feature in a magazine lol I forgot hoe long ago this was, but I remember seeing my first Bang & Olufsen product; was an interesting shaped home line phone. I think it was shaped like a viking horn, but smaller and thinner. And idk what the home or reciever looked like. But it was also kinda pricey, like $400 usd, for a land line phone, sometime between 2000-2010 maybe?

The "next phone in" countdown on the top left is absolutely genius

I really like the fact that your content is about quality not quantity ....that what makes you better than other youtubers.

Love these reviews of weird and forgotten phones

I had the Nokia N8, and the camera was so much better than every other phone at the time, that I kept it, purely as a travel phone. Back then, you couldn't go online easily abroad anyway, and it made phone calls just fine... so I have a year's worth of travel photos that look as good as a digital point and shoot at the time.

You have a great voice quality and how you go about the content of your show. These timewraps you do...are great, nostalgic... it makes you remember those times......great show man. Keep it up.

back then there were not a lot of phone cameras that good other than the 20.7 MP found in a lot of Sony Xperias and similarly high end devices. Sony is also somewhat ahead when it comes to specs.

SHARP employees after watching this video:
"My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined"

As soon as I heard of the Aquos I bought one, then I found out about the flagship I got sad. I loved my aquos though, people would always ask about it, but the cameras were awful and specs left a lot to be desired. Eve. Now the screen still looks pretty

Many thanks for this, great content. If you love tech you will love this vid. Love the channel mate. Can I suggest you do a £500 or £600 top 3 all round phones. I'm looking at the moment and the Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 pro look fav for the price? I always avoid plastic phones, just not for me.

Sharp aqous Crystal X was a killer in 2014 and I agree that they gave up much to early. What a bummer for customers and manufacturer. But they are still pretty active on the Japanese market bring in new innovation stuck in Japan.

The B&O one was designed by B&O and it was made to be a supplement to the B&O ecosystem. The headphones were great for the Era and the phone itself copied their CD player look that already had the round touch and cane way before Apple products.

If Sharp ever start selling phones global again, I'm willing to buy it

Imagine if Nokia,Apple and Samsung making the phone of the decade.
Just imagine what these 3 companies would make toghether!

I had a Samsung Blade, but had completely forgotten about it until this viewing lol. My mom had a Sanyo Katana as well. They were on a really weird path with phones back then lol

The way you put things reminds me of a tutor I never had.
You have a very nice n soothing way of educating people.
Keep it up Arun.
Always great to see your upload notification.

I remember that 41 mega pixel Nokia phone in 2012, I wanted to try it out but never saw it being sold anywhere. That's the same year the Samsung galaxy camera came out and it was much better. You could go into a store and rest it out. That's also the same problem with the Sharp Aqous, they made it but didn't put enough effort to distribute it and sell it beyond their Japanese market, that's why most of those phones failed.

Very interesting video. Even nostalgic for me, I've owned 2 of those. The Aquos and the Serenata. Always the experimental one in my family. Great, great vid.

Love your "history of the smartphone" pieces Arran. Cool.

Nokias went from bricks that you could throw to kill someone to devices that can capture masterpieces

I had the Samsung U600 in around 07. I loved that phone, it was a beast at the time, and super slim.

I would still like higher-quality keys, in a Blackberry-like phone, but there aren't many options for those, especially with my requirements of an unlocked bootloader, removable battery, expandable storage, and a headphone jack. I think it's a shame everyone is following the boring flat rectangle trend with such little variation. For now, I just plug my keyboard and mouse in instead.

The first two I remember begging my parents to get me them at the AT&T store, but up until 2014 my parents were in the apple ecosystem before it was an ecosystem (all Macs, all iPhones, one icloud account) and if I wanted to get another phone I'd have to pay for it myself, so in 2014 I bought myself a Samsung Galaxy S4 and never went back

So I found you videos on accident, and I really like what you have to say. Some fun tech Ideas I've seen from you. Can't wait to see more. I think I will reach out to you for questions on some future tech buys. Like the complexities and bloody choice for a smart watch. Ticwatch doesn't seem to be the choice I originally thought though. Hmmm

I remember when i was upset that they removed physical home buttons from phone lmao. Im glad they did remove them, phone look so much sleeker without them

Damn you Sharp! I'd buy that crystal phone now in 2020 with the right software. It looks great.

This is why i like this channel, it gives better impression to unheard or underated phones

Are you a motivator now? Hahaha how can I missed watching this video when it comes out 🤣✨ great content and "words" you got there Arun 👍🏼

9:37 I felt different because i had the Microsoft Zune at that time. That was their version of iPod touch. I loved the Zune better and i was disappointed Microsoft never made a phone version of the Zune. That design at the time, the Zune HD i felt was future ready to go that direction.

I got the 808 PureView shortly after it came out. Today I'm using a Samsung galaxy Z fold 2, but the PureView was something else. For 2012, a 41mp was insane. But Symbian was very similar to Android. It also had a FM transmitter. This allowed for you to run mp3's through a blank FM station in the car or any place there was an FM radio. Back then, the Nokia 808 PureView was king with all the bells and whistles.

PureView camera still can challenge S20 camera -
Samsung : That’s absolutely ILLEGAL

Hi Arun,
Your videos are nice. You have a lot of compassion shown in them and so it becomes easy for you to do your job.
I was wondering if you are going to post something on best stock android phones.
As I am looking for one right now and frankly I am out of many good options.
What I am really after is a stock android phone that is equivalent to Samsung s20 or s20+ or even s20 ultra.
Thanks in advance if you do post one vid on this. I look forward to it.

You are hardworking man. Making videos on such varieties of contents. Hats off to you.

I remember in 2012 when everyone was with 4" touchscreens, I had my 1" Non-Touch screen and hated the idea of using a screen where pressing a button would block your vision to part of the screen...I was wrong, clearly.

That Sharp Aquos crystal X was something i hoped to get here in the european market at the time... never saw it released anywhere around here.
Would have bought that in an instant... heck, i would buy that TODAY if i was able to.
Sharp really missed their chance there big time.

You have been one of the best for years and from even a year to now. Nothing has changed I thoroughly enjoy this videos. And listen to every word because I think the information you give along with bits of your own opinion you throw in makes you One of the Best.
@Mrwhosetheboss