The History of the Smartphone! (Sponsored by Huawei)
In this video (sponsored by Huawei), we take a look at the history of the smartphone, what the present holds, and what that may mean for the future.
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Asking someone what the first "smartphone" was will result in different answers. It's well-recognized that the 2007 iPhone inspired the modern-era of smartphones we enjoy today; however, smartphones go back much further than that. Most generally recognize IBM's Simon from the early 1990s as the first crack at what we'd consider a modern smartphone. The Simon could send email, pages, and faxes while also being able to make calls over a cellular (as well as landline lol) network! There have been lots of "firsts" in the smartphone industry and we take a look at just how far we've come and what may be in store for the future.
oof hope it was worth it quinn
If we can't spend 10 seconds a day to just plug and unplug our phones overnight to charge, we're doomed as a species. Fast charging is great, but COME ON.
I hope they paid you well
Fuck Huawei, but we still love you Quinn.
iPhone! Nothing can compete yet.
5:35 HTC one m8 was the first phone with portrait mode not iPhone 7.
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I love Huawei and honor phones, and still use one every day.
Fck China and Huawei, but I am glad my boy got that money.
paid shit
I don’t know you can buy him so easy
Trash Advertisement. Here you go 👎🏻, and it’s well deserved.
we see what ya did there huawei
Hey Snazzy, please don't do Ji Xinping ads..
Ericsson coin the term smartphone in 1997
This must have paid really well
I really don’t care about this phone, but I’d like an actual “History of a smartphone” by you. Not a couple minutes of intro before an ad, but a proper 20-30 minute history. This ain’t it.
Nice ad.
i only use my foney as an extra speaker
Anyone else see Joshua Valour a video
Great content snazzy, always love the channel. Just not a big fan of shilling for a chineese spyware company. Almost any other foriegn company would be fine.
Cut him some slack, the house aint gonna pay for itself!
I am disappointed in you.
There's a video in this ad
next time you can be real with us
Yeah this is not really a history. Not nearly as informative as some of the other ones he’s done. And I don’t even care about the long ass ad
I read a comment you left 12 years ago on ItsMeMorphious youtube video on the switcheasy rebel.
How did you do it? HOW DID YOU GET A HUAWEI INTO THE STATES?
Criminally low views. Is it bc of YT's attitude towards Huawei? Is it being throttled?
Tim iPhond with smaller Notch and no USB for Will cost 900$ and 800$ for Mini with and 1,200$ for Pro. People will go Crazy for the Notch Tim. FINAL The Stock go Bazoka Up. With Smaller Notch for Every one and no USB and Sub Woofer for the Pro.
this is one of the most annoying add videos i've ever seen. I feel this is going to cost the channel more then what it has brought in
Huawai loves you (in a soft communist way) for allowing the CCP to enjoy everything your life has to offer - them! Huawai can't give away any of their phone models in Australasia - no matter how good the tech!
I have an idea! You should take apart an iMac G3 and put an SSD and a new intel chip.
Technically, HTC One M8 (not iPhone 7), was the first portrait cam phone.. Anyway, as always, great great vdo.. With love from a fan, nd appreciation for how clearly mentioned everywhere that it is a sponsored vdo (still mentioned some flaws in the phone)..
This is a Huawei commercial .......
By the time I see this video te like/dislike proportion is almost 10/5 , I think the most of them it's because they feel fooled by the title of the video. Personally I like very much your video quality, the title and the complete video gives a bitter-sweet sensation, I would like to see a more structured review . Greetings Quinn
Don’t insult your viewers’ intelligence by making shit like this... Not cool.
I hope you can pay some bills and salaries and return to more worthy content.
Cool Huawei commercial bro!!
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This video is completely misleading. If you’re talking about a Huawei phone and don’t mention that they don’t have Google services than the video is just not in good faith. Just delete this
@Snazzy Labs When?
I did mention that. Try paying attention.
I appreciate the offer, but I'm well pleased with my Motorola Q 9h.
I get that content creators need sponsors in order to pay bills. But Huawei? Really?
Snazzy needs money, lets give him a break on this one :))
That video is a masterpiece by HUAWEI PR. Trying to rewrite history by getting a willing Tech-VIworldr known for content on Apple (mostly negative towards) to undermine the common definition of a smartphone in their favor, which would normally lead towards the original iPhone being the first "modern smartphone". Chapeau, Huawei PR!
Also, my videos are “mostly negative” towards Apple? Ha! That is ridiculously incorrect.
I wrote the script without any direction from them.
Crappy video :( even if it is an add.
Give the man a break. Weddings don't pay for themselves
First Snazzy video I’ve ever downvoted.. just shoddy. Don’t dilute your brand like this, bro.
Clever little trick: You're free to stop watching when the ad starts. ;) I'm sure Quinn structured it that way so you don't have to watch it.
Did you really cover the history of smartphones and not talk about Blackberry's?
I did talk about them...
And what's people's issue with the concentration on the Huawei phone ( calling it an ad.) He has written it clearly in the title ( sponsored by Huawei) so what's your issue. This is his job he is definitely entitled to what he posts
First portrait mode phone was technically not the iPhone. The name was coined by apple alright but htc had a phone that already did that( blurry background thingy) Lovely recap nonetheless 💯💖, stay snazzy
I absolutely love love love your channel. You make great content, but this video ain't it Quinn. It is basically a really long Huawei ad and doesn't feel genuine at all. I am sorry about this but this is the first (and hopefully last) video of yours that I disliked. PS: You are still my favorite tech youtuber.
You must be desperate if Huawei is the sponsor!
Ew. He’s working for the Chinese government now.
Waste of a video my guy.
Pitching Huawei? What a schil. Unsubscribed.
Hold it right there. Capacitive keyboards are never, ever as fast and accurate as physical keyboards...particularly when you consider the iPhone’s abysmal text prediction.
That black slider samsung in your thumbnail in the left ..is the Samsung e250.. that was my first phone. ❤️ And it was a dumb phone. 😂
Oh, come on man. This was clearly not one of your best videos, clearly.
Digging the Floatplane shirt!
Not even talking much about PalmOS, Symbian, Blackberry and Windows CE (mobile...)
Newton os
Comment #400
This a 11 minute ad
at first, I saw the dislikes and wondered why there are so many, then I read the full title😮😮😮
How can you in good conscience take money from Huawei of all companies. Kinda disgusting and very disappointing. Even keeping aside the morals and the politics, their products are absolutely useless for anyone outside China. Good channels usually are more selective about who they take money from and what products they promote. It's not even a normal video. Literally just an ad.
I think the first smartphone with portrait camera was the HTC One M8 from 2014 with that 4mp depth sensor.
Tbh thank god that “other” button works for this one.
How did you manage to get this past regulators? I thought Huawei were forbidden from interacting with American companies
@Snazzy Labs Ah okay, that's just what I assumed from American media
They’re not.
nice shirt you got there sir!
Almost 1 Million my dude! Ahh the LG Prada and iPhone Drama. I still have my sharp aquos somewhere.
@Snazzy Labs Really appreciate that you realise the mistake! Anyway, hope you reach there soon!
Thanks dude! Videos like this ain’t gonna get me there it seems 😂
Bait and Switch, Classy
You tech reviewers should be ashamed of yourselves to even mention the name Huawei after it was proven that they're helping the CCP in China to oppress and mass murder the Uyghurs! SHAME ON YOU!
Bruh, just be honest with us and say that its a huawei phone review
Given the amount of rude and unhelpful negativity around this video, I'll try to be more constructive. I've always liked your deep dives into esoteric tech, and the first half of the video gave me those same vibes. Seeing the pedigree of the modern smartphone developing over time was great, and highlighting key milestones was neat; after a while, you forget where certain trends actually originated. I'd love to see an expanded series on this, perhaps with a few hands on with the notible standouts. Visuals and editing were the Snazzy Labs standard, and Quinn is "always a win". Conversely, the second half of the video felt like a very standard "read the talking points" script, with little disclaimer or opportunity to skip. Not saying the name of competitors is a good example of where I could feel the heel of the corporation pressing down. It didn't feel natural, went on too long and muddied with the earlier content in a way that makes me question it's accuracy. If Huawei had so much editorial control, what other devices from major competitors did you have to miss out in the timeline to keep them happy? I'm glad you're getting sponsors- you've more than earned them, and deserve to get paid...particularly with custom fridges and bathroom renovations on the line. However, a bit more of a clear delineation between sponsored and non-sponsored content would be appreciated, both in the title of the video and in the segway between the two, as well as presentation style that feels less "corporate". I don't think you are lying about the product, or would parot talking points you don't agree with, but I don't enjoy seeing you speak but hearing Huawei talk...particularly given their already questionable buisness practises. Hope this helps!
@Snazzy Labs No worries. Hope it didn't come across as harsh or ungrateful- I'm just some random dude on the internets after all. Content is still stellar, and I look forward to you hitting the big 1 million real soon :)
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll be sure to make improvements. Cheers.
I had the Samsung wave. It was stolen at school
People get used to the Ads, Chinas coming in hot with the ad campaigns
You should promote CCP phone next, what a f sellout
Stop click baiting. I was waiting for you to mention Sony's innovations smfh
Wow... I expected a lot more "history" than this. For those who didn’t watch: technically the first smart phone… SKIP most of the actual innovations and smartphones that many people would have likely made the jump from dumb to smart phones (Blackberry, palm, Windows phone, etc, etc, etc) Skip those… Cut right to the iPhone... Touch on 4G... Huawei, Huawei Huawei...Who would sit through a video about the history of the smartphone, anyway? Certainly not "business peoples and tech enthusiasts" What an interesting execution for an ad disguised as an informative video. If I’m being fair, Huawei paid for this ad. You could have left every word you said about the Huawei stuff and that would have been fine. I get it. That’s how you get paid. The problem came in when there was so little actual content beyond the ad; I’m surprised you bothered with the “history” part at all.
I still mock and deride iPhones for not having physical keyboards. On-screen keyboards haven't gotten any less terrible just because everyone else has followed Apple's contemptable example.
Didn't you break the law by doing business with Huawei since you're based in the US? Also pretty shit ad- forgets to mention Huawei runs a shitty Android fork and has no Google play services. Also that they're the espionage arm of a totalitarian regime and provides technology to help the CCP round up and track Uighurs and as such are complicit in an ongoing genocide.
Selling your hard earned reputation is not worth it bro
Quinn, I genuinely love your content, but this was a miss. Not as big of a miss as the MKBHD Buick video, but still a miss. It felt like a Huawei commercial, and the biggest flaws of the phone (ie no gApps and the company being banned in the US) were left out. The first half about the history was great, but then once we got to the now the video became a clear commercial.
The ad was obnoxiously long and Huawei... that Harmony OS is not what they've made it out to be says it all (and yes, especially with cameras they have done some innovation; that doesn't make up for it). And the light-hearted shot at MrMobile was not appreciated, especially since he is very open and transparent with his videos.
@Snazzy Labs The mocking of the "phones were more interesting when they were old" opinion. Sorry if that wasn't your intent (which it seems it wasn't). However, the video was still rather too much ad. Ads are perfectly fine in moderation, but come on... Not to mention it being Huawei, but that's best left for discussion elsewhere.
I did not make a shot at MrMobile! I’d never. What part did you feel was? Thanks.
Click bite, Huawei phone.
Click, bite Huawei phone.
that Simon Phone still has a bigger screen than the primary Galaxy fold screen
Oh boy idk about this video chief. A phone without Google support, and not available in the states? Long advert instead of actual video. Yikes.
You forgot about the Ericsson R380s.....that was a smartphone for it's time!
The video feels rushed in a weird way. The small shutter angle in the talking head shoot results in a unnatural and jarring lack of motion blur. There is a lot of phones references crammed in the first half of the video, the part actually about the history of smartphone, all with illustrations that indicates the effort put in the research and the editing. But it feels more like an enumeration of new smartphones/specs than a analytic view on the evolution of smartphones, which is what I would expect from a Snazzy Labs video titled the way it is. The video is fine, but the title sets expectations that aren't met by the content in the video, a better title could have been "How far have smartphones come ? - History of smartphones & Mate 40 Overview". I really don't mind the video being sponsored by Huawei (a newly wed must have some bills to pay), the Mate 40 seems to actually be very close to the penicle of smartphone, it's an interesting way present that fact through an historical lens. It's somewhat remarkable that Huawei sponsored a video in which other brands are mentioned, for a phone most Snazzy Labs' audience won't even consider buying. Finally, I hope the subject will be revisited in a longer more analytical video ! Also, great Floatplane t-shirt 😁
S21 is my phone of choice
1,000,000 imprisoned Uighurs demand that I stop watching your channel. You will do anything for money. You have no credibility and no soul.
Save your time, this is just another Ad, not a history of smartphones. Dislike.
if promotional videos like this become frequent, i *will* be pressing the dislike button.
This video is a disgrace. It’s an ad-sponsored by one of the most unethical companies in the world, in fact-one that helps to administer prison camps for ethnic minorities-for a terrible Chinese spying and espionage tool (sorry, “consumer product”). What’s worse is that you clearly went to great lengths to trick the viewer into thinking that it isn’t an ad by rushing through only the legal bare minimum disclosure, not to mention the fact that the title doesn’t describe the actual video in any way. An apology to your viewers is warranted.
“Shell out the shekels” made me chuckle out loud
SponsorBlock cut out almost 8 mins from this video lol
I personally use the iPhone 11 little more than 1 year on. And frankly I am getting less and less excited about new phones. Not because they are not getting better, but because what I have is plenty good enough for me what I am doing with it oh and the marginal improvements and specs don't matter to me on the user level I am at. I see people crying because of the notch and so on. To be honest I do not think it affects my phones functionality on the display front enough that I should be angry about this. If i think of it deeper. It does not matter at all. when I am going to swap this phone? when it becomes slow to the level of annoyance. and I guess this means I still easily have 2 good years left.
Ok, dude I love your channel and the videos u make, but this one wasn’t what I would expect a guy like u post ... an ad with a misleading title ...
Is this an Huawei ad