This Sony Ericsson is not a Smart Phone

I take on a Sony Ericsson K750i. The greatest phone of all time.
Go on, Hack Me it said. Ok I replied. I've taken on your kind before.

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For Inky, aged 17 years

Video:
Trailer Park Boys - I've Met Cats And Dogs Smarter Than Cory And Trevor

Music:
Bossa de Cores - 5711 & Farbrausch & Accession
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Call For Blue by Bluebox Cinematique GmbH

Scene Demos:
Call For Blue by Bluebox Cinematique GmbH
Wasted by Resident

Images:
Sascha Pohflepp - Sea of phones

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[MrSociofobs]

"It had no headphone jack, showing how far ahead of its time it was" lmao

[ekner]

In Sweden these Sony Ericssons were everywhere. Kids around my age all used them instead of MP3 players. MMS using the built-in cameras led to spicy new ways of communicating. The smarter functions were quite well hidden, but googling facts about stuff was definitely possible, and I even found an instant messaging client that worked well with MSN messenger. We didn't have a lot, but it was fun to make the best of it anyways. Early days.

[kolkoki]

Something I miss from those times is hackability. Nowadays on android, rooting is super annoying, breaks many things and needs constant maintenance. Those kind of mainstream devices that would "just work" and be immediately hackable is lost through time.

[explosivelybrilliant]

That dual microSD to Memory Stick RAID card is incredible. I mean, I know that RAID as a concept has existed for a very long time, but for some reason, in my head, consumer-level devices with RAID don't feel normal until like 2010+. And that was for PCs and the like! Seeing something like this for use with flash storage cards in that time frame is kind of blowing my mind a little 😅

[tomashubelbauer]

SE modding. So happy you included this section in the video. It was so fun to do and see better and better tools being developed for it in real time in that era.

[VaporOne]

I had a W810i. Still have it in one of my drawers somewhere. One of my favorite phones I ever owned. The headphone cord that came with it was detachable in the middle to reveal a 3.5mm audio jack! It was amazing, iPods weren't a thing where I grew up so this phone was my first on the go music machine. So many good memories.

[breezie]

Around 2006 - 2009 i used a SE z710i. The OS looks very similar to the one on this model. Opera mini was a great addition and allowed you to browse the web comfortably. Even YouTube worked since they used to serve 3gp versions of the videos back then. The OS was super snappy and stable

[jaymills]

Was that a photo of your then kitten and now 17-18 year old cat? What a good kitty. Stood the test of time even better than the phone did!

[Sithhy]

Phones from this era give me always a nice feeling when I see them. I was in late elementary school at the point when they were popular so half of my class mates had Sony Ericsson's while the other half had Nokia's; cannot forgot the "wars" between those two brands which always were fun. I remember how me & my friends used to talk a lot about what the phones are capable of, what stuff you can load onto them, what software you can flash etc. One of my friends has gotten the K750i & we thought that was one of the best phones of all time...

Good times

[confusinggameplays]

Your videos have so much personality, the thumbnail, the documentary type voice, the devices shown, everything is just a compliment to each other. LOVE IT!

[MrRavensFjord]

Love this era of Sony phones, it just seemed like they were in a league of their own when it came to the feature phone market. Even now Sony is standing out, being the only manufacturer to keep the 3.5mm audio jack and SD card slot on their flagships.

[TheBasementChannel]

Great vid. There’s a whole scene that was quickly overshadowed by the iPhone generation, and it’s rapidly being forgotten. I’m glad you make these kind of videos.

[Toreonify]

I'm glad someone finally mentioned ELFs and patches for Sony Ericsson phones! My K530i was flashed to a W660i, had custom fonts, icons, a home screen with "now playing" widget (with active controls), a HTC Sense clock (with animations!) and a dock-like launcher for apps. It was a beast. I've played original DOOM on it without any problems. Remapping hardware keys was awesome, because I mapped the camera button to lock the keyboard and disabled "press unlock then *" message.

[MoroccanAnwar]

😮 I had the k750 the 800 and the w810 best era of phones Eva! I used to listen to the same music as I was heavily into breakdancing (bboying) this video was a good reminder of those good times. I remember recommending it to my friend who died of cancer last year. I still have so many great pictures we got from these phones. One was when we climbed on top of a mini street sweeper van in a busy oxford street and smoking a cigarette while people waved and laughed at what we were doing. I also remember meeting the time I bricked the phone after I just got the number of the girl I ended up marrying and trying to contact sony to help me get the number out because flashing it would make me lose it. I went to the same place for weeks until I saw her again 😅 we literally got married a few months later. 🎉 Man this phone brings too many memories the more I think about it the more crazy stories come to mind. Thank you for this video

[marzuqahmed]

8:05 Remember playing that game on my grandpa's old sony Ericson. Thanks for unlocking old memories.

[shanebaker]

as an aussie who’s lived in canada, janus x trailer park boys was incredibly unexpected but very welcome

[niceguyjoe]

I loved my K750i. Awesome camera, amazing mp3 player. I was listening to podcast, rocking my full music collection and taking great photos. The physical buttons for play / pause and volume as well as the satisfying clunk of opening the camera made this phone a joy.

[hpr]

The jump in camera quality between K700i to K750i was so gigantic that I think there's never happened again between two devices separated by one generation.

[mesicek]

4:47 we had a mobile tv package with 7 channels that came out in late 2006. Worked via umts and the pic quality for it's time was pretty decent on my Nokia n70.

[kunjupulla]

My dad had this phone, got a lot of childhood memories back 😊. Here in India this phone was quite the luxury at that time