Retro Review: My First Mobile Phone!

2019 marks the 20-year birthday of the Samsung SCH-3500, a sleek Sprint cellphone notable for its petite form factor and amazing (for 1999) voice-dialing feature. The SCH-3500 was also MrMobile's first ... mobile. So when a bunch of my most excellent tech-YouTube brethren told me they were getting ready to run videos about their first cellphones, I eBayed me a '3500 and jumped on that rocket faster than that Pizza Hut delivery hit the ISS in 2001. That joke go over your head? The video makes it clear, so jump on in to the latest Retro Review and take a trip back in time – in MrMobile's First Cellphone Retro Review!

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Rubber Reversion [Polymer Solutions]:

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“As Science Progresses” by Aulx Studio, available at Premium Beat:

“Lone Ranger” by Gyom, available at Premium Beat:

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#throwback #retro #tech #samsung #flipphone

[TheMrMobile]

Hey everyone! If you want more phone nostalgia check the description for links to other YouTuber throwbacks that also went live today!

[JerryRigEverything]

Oh man! I totally forgot about night and weekend minutes! 😂

[LGR]

Man this thing's looks and AIM messaging _still_ seem futuristic! Somehow.

And yeah that rubber reversion is getting to be a big problem for collecting tech from this era. Certain game controllers, IBM ThinkPads, the Gizmondo... blegh.

[Slash]

Dang. Right in the nostalgia feelings! I’m absolutely thankful that I also walked through that time! Everything was so exciting about the upcoming new technologies

[jakublulek]

First time I ever saw "mobile" phone in action was in 1987, 1988, my grandfather, army officer, had his car outfited with a radiotelephone from Nokia, and it was like something from a TV show. It was installed into rear armrest, it was metal box with regular receiver and dialpad, you could remove it and carry around on a strap but it was too heavy and needed external antena to be able make calls. And blimey, with networks back then, you needed to dial operator (1056, I remember that even today) and than say, what number you actually want to connect and call was than carried by regular, wired network, your only wireless connection was to the operator. But it was awesome, to call my mum from a moving car on the other side of a state.
And my first mobile phone was made by Bosch, because I couldn't afford my real winner, Motorola StarTAC.

[xplmr]

Who else remembers T9 text input? I dualing loved it. Except for the occasional word that had a more common word that used the same keystrokes. To this day my best friend and I use T9's F-word in conversations as in "... Dude, I just ate In-N-Out for lunch!" To which I usually reply "Dual you man, I would love to have that but there aren't any in Tennessee!" Haha, the good ol' days. This video makes me wish I still had my Motorola StarTac.

[caxzrockz]

I think we all can say that was the best 129$ you have ever spent?☺️

[ShashwatPanda]

Nostalgia overload for me(not that I am complaining ;) )

That ringtone brought back so, so many memories .

You have this uncanny ability of understanding what kind of throwback/nostalgia videos do your subscribers want, and almost always the timing of such videos is spot on!

[Lostintheriot]

wow I remember my first mobile phone. It was a Samsung SGH-X426! I remember being so happy when I downloaded a polyphonic ringtone, It was all 2004 me wanted and needed at the time.!! Great video!!! Love the fact that you always put out quality content. Great ID card flashback! What a simpler time we used to live in! Keep up the good work!!!

[Riccardo_Mori]

My first phone was a Philips Genie (1999, if I remember well). Really great reception, and one thing I've always loved about its interface is that every menu item was number coded. So, if Messages was the fifth item in the main menu, and 'Send SMS' the second item of the Messages menu, its corresponding code was '52'. Instead of navigating through submenus, you could just 'speed-dial' 52 and you were taken directly to that function. It sounds convoluted, but it really wasn't. Once you memorised the most-used commands, you did things really quickly. Too bad the keypad was mushy and wasn't built to last at all. I went through two Genies in just 18 months at the time! And mobile phones weren't cheap back then, at least for a student like me.

I had missed your retro reviews. Michael! Happy 2019!

[missredhood]

The Ringtone brings nostalgic feelings

[luckystarn]

Happy to see a video from you no matter which thing or topic you choose [EDUCATIONAL AND GREAT VIDEOS]

[MrTimdtoolman]

My first experience with a cell phone was when my boss at the time put a phone in the wrecker I drove since that was the only way to get a cell phone, it had to be mounted in your vehicle on a stand with a cord attached to the base and an antenna mounted on the roof. LOL! I absolutely loved it, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. The phone and installation cost about a $1000 at that time which would be at least $1500 in today's money. All you could do is make calls on it but it was great.

[tribalstyle]

HAHA! Who is taking genesis??? I spit my coffee out...

[MarvinNeumannOfficial]

Handsome man back then, handsome men now. ;)

[vadardosky]

I love your content MrMobile
You are right there with MKBHD and Unbox Therapy and usually the quality of your videos surpasses theirs and I am sure this year will be yours to shine!

❤️ From Kurdistan

[gunwantjain]

Great and unique video!
Original content as always.
This platform needs more content like this.

Especially the retro stuff.
May this year bring joy to you.

[SolomonLi]

LOL... That Wrath of Khan bit...

KHAAAANN!!!!

[kenny_closes]

This was also my first “digital” phone, picked it up as a 20 year old working at Best Buy back in the day. Thanks for bringing back fond memories, Michael!

[MrFloryn]

My first phone was Ericsson a1018s and OMG i was so happy with that brick ! Even if it was destroying my pants and sometimes my pants would fall down, I was super happy with it but just like you, I had to talk just a little because of the poor offers . Thank you so much for this video Mr. M, I love so much when yoh do retro videos.