back to a time when using live wallpapers mean that your device is a highly spec'd device lol

They had space for HDMI port back in 2011...today even headphone jack doesn't find its place!!

2:32 Sony leaked ps5 in 2011, I've never been so blind before.

This is how my kids will see the s20 ultra in 10 years !!!! That i bought for over 1k lool

That was a fantastic phone in his time, especially design wise. And I remember Sony UI was the most visually appealing back then.

i had a chinese version of this costing 40 dollars back then haha

The kinds of reactions I get to my iPhone 4s... I get a lot of "oh its so cute" and "it's so small". I swear one girl literally cried over it.

Anyone watching in 2011??

Oh my god! Sony is / was damn good at design because this phone definitely doesn't look like it's straight out of 2011. PS: This video was amazing, I can see your production value increase, keep up the good work! Edit: so I edited the comment and lost the heart that Arun gave me, so I'll just leave this here as a warning not to edit your comments when they have a heart.

Your video and voice quality is so insane

This was one of the best smartphones I've owned. Towards the end stages of my ownership, I've used a custom ROM (Xperia S rip) from xda. This had quick toggles, brightness slider and all bloatware removed. It gave the phone a fresh breath as the physical design looked futuristic to begin with. (Disabling the google play services made the battery last 2 days) The real challenge was a mere 128MB usable internal storage, while apps continued to grow in size. (Whatsapp alone was 100mb+ !!) I had to upgrade because of this sole reason.

This IS one of the most beautiful phone OF ALL TIME. Meanwhile every phones today looks almost the same.

Sony should return to its flat and clean Z5 design, with frosted glass on the back, just with no bezels

ah so that's why my grandparents keep batteries in the fridge

My first Android phone had a single core 600mhz CPU, 512mb ram🤣🤣🤣

Best phone I ever owned was a Sony Ericson flip phone in high school I destructible too ... lost it on my street in the winter found it in the spring when the snow melted after being run over all winter Charged it and worked

I still think around 5" is the sweet spot for screen size. I don't get the hype around huge displays.

Bring back solid plastic cased phones. So much more durable in this era. I absolutely hate glass backed phones now.

I used to use that live wallpaper in my phone that you have in the thumbnail. I loved it 😍

Loved my Galaxy S2, one of the best phones ive owned. Lived longer than S3's and S4's

IDK why but this looks so beautiful! It's like the bezels and the buttons give it a character, making it different from other phones!

Sony ericsson i miss u a lotttt plsss come back😓

Arun: Calls android 4.2 "ancient". Me watching this video in a Samsung galaxy S3 with 4.2: *Silent sobbing*

This was actually my first Android phone and only god know how much I really loved it back in the days. Just unlocking the bootloader on my Arc / and flashing a optimized custom kernel (Doomkernel) on it for unleashing the full potential of the SOC it came with was a great experience all by itself honestly.

2027: I used a 2019 Smartphone in 2027 - This is what happened. Edit: woah 723 likes!

I remember pre-installed games on my mom's old 2010 phone.... *NOSTALGIA HIT HARDER THAN PUBERTY*

The Galaxy S2 though 😍 I have so much nostalgia for that phone, it really was amazing for it's time

Since time changes really fast, as well does technology, you should do another video like this, but in 2023. That would be interesting.

I remember the Galaxy s2 was the shit Back then🤣

2015: Sony sold over 45 million smartphone 2018: Sony sold around 18 million smartphone

Watching this video and then watching the ones from this year, I can only commend you for how great you try to make your content get better. Best tech reviewer on here for me

The accent alone makes the subscription worth it... Like listening to Earl Grey tea talk about tech in an ever so slightly snide but entertaining manner. Perfect. Let me go get my smoking jacket and que the next video

2011 Sony Phone already has smaller bezels than the 2017 iPhone

2011-2013 - Xperia Arc (Stil used as modem phone) 2013-2016 - Xperia Z (Can used but need to change Battery) 2016-2019 - Xperia Z5 Compact (Batery Problem again) 2019 - Waiting Xperia One

Loved this content using old phones 🔥🔥 Make more videos 💜

I used to have this and i have to say it's one of the beats I've ever had. Thanks for the nostalgia.

I honestly wish they would make the phones with this form factor again. All we have now is uninteresting bricks that all look pretty much the same. I loved having this phone way back when.

Love the new aspect ratio 😍😍

I feel like mobile phones had heaps more character before the Smartphones hit - No phone was the same. Each brand had their own personality when it came to a mobile phone and if you gave your phone to a friend, they would struggle to unlock it. These days most people have their phone on silent but back then it was all about polyphonic ringtones and how it was a massive upgrade from the mono tones and people wanted to buy a phone just due to having polyphonic tones - My first colour phone was a Sony Ericsson and I remember i paid $179 for it, it didn't have a camera but i absolutely loved it.

First post in a long time just wanted to know your my go to for honest reviews of phones, I've still got my OnePlus 7 pro 5g and still love it 😁

Sony Xperia Play. I'd like to have one with recent hardware and software

I still have my Galaxy S II running a Lollipop-based custom ROM. (I don't use it as a daily. I'm not crazy.)

You did a Sernandoe impression with this title. You cannot beat the king of clickbait in his own game. :D

"Made out of plastic like every phone back then" Htc Desire: hold my beer

Hats off to your choice of music! Tbh, I agree with you, if they put 2019 hardware in that same phone, I want it and fast!

How I wish sony would release a bezelles 4.7 inch compact flagship in 2019..

This was my second ever smartphone! I loved it a lot and remember really liking the tactile home, menu and back buttons. I was in 8th grade at the time and my entire school had sony ericsson phones it felt like. This was the first model that wasn't extremely clunky.

Then in the year 2030: "This is iPhone 11 pro, a nine year old flagship OF THAT TIME"

Compact smartphones need to be brought back !!!! Nowadays you can't find a flagship below 5.8 inches.

My phone is from 2k13. Still happy with it. My plan is to use it up to 2033 and ask Samsung for a new one then... in exchange 😂

I'm still rocking with my Nokia E72 as my second phone and it's a fine piece, I love its fm Radio.

You have no idea how much i missed that android 2.3 water live wallpaper tbh, 2021.

This was my first touchscreen phone. One of the best, good old times.

Sony Ericsson last phone, I still have it. Sad It's design ended there.

Man, your accent is clean cut! Nice vid.

My mom had that phone! It really gave me a feel-y feeling. And oh man! Remember those in-app cartoons? So cool!!

other youtuber in future: I used a 132 BC Smartphone in 27183

I had the Arc S in white too! Such a stunning phone back in the time.

8 years not only feels like a generation, it IS one...! But then again, I owned a Sony Ericsson, too, and I loved it! (the tiny one with the extra slide out keyboard... Can't remember, but I think it was android 4 or so...)

@Mrwhosetheboss I know what you mean about using old smart phones. My Xiaomi Redmi Pro was stolen recently and a neighbour kindly lent me his son's old original Galaxy S !! This was the very first smart phone I had back in the day ! And it's amazing to see that the screen still looks really good, even by today's standards ! That Amoled Screen is amazing ! It hasn't aged badly at all !! Although the phone is a bit slow now, I still Love the little size (by today's standards) and the nostalgia of it. I think you're right about small phones coming back though....I think it's a great idea. As long as we can keep all the other sizes as well ! Great video ! Thank you and God Bless you always !

This is what we need: one handed phones. Except for the XZ3 Compact and the Pixel 3, this segment is pretty much empty.

Xperia series from 2011 was awesome. I had Neo V, it was cheap, fast and durable. The only bad thing was the ICS update, it made the phone laggy. On gingerbread it was amazing.

I think this was the last phone released under the flag of Sony Ericcson, and it has a lot of that Ericcson design language still in it. Definitely one of the most attractive of my previous phones and the "feel in the hand" was very high. The camera was also pretty decent, I seem to remember. But it really did lack performance and updates to the OS pushed by Sony really made it worse. But I stuck with Sony a little longer and went down their later Xperia phones.

I used the Xperia Ray back then. Basically the Arc S in a smaller body. It has been the nicest smartphone I ever had. I love the design with a fully featured Android in a small body, with removable battery, SD card, headphone jack and a good quality camera. It's a pity that nobody makes nicely designed small smartphones anymore. I'm now on the Sony XZ1 mini which also is quite nice. But the Ray is still ascetically ahead.

Absolutely agree. The Xperia Arc S was one of the most aesthetically good looking phones. This was my first Android phone, and while Android 4 was quite terrible, and the software experience was underwhelming even back then, the design was superb.

Using a 2013 on 2019. - That's me everyday still using my LG G2.

Complains that modern phones don't concave out instead of in. Well I'm glad to tell you that you can infact bend your phone inwards by 90 degrees (warning may break phone)

Ahh good memories I used to have a Xepria arc, its was my first smartphone (if I not count my 5800 express music as a smartphone) I really love it.

If I controlled rewind, I'd want fortnite.. ..And Arc S Brownlee.

It's the first time ever I watch you or your vid BUT ALSO FOR ME MY FIRST SMARTPHONE WAS A SE XPERIA ARC S (BLACK) IN 2011. I KNOW THAT FEEL BRO😍😍👍👏💜💪🔝

Didnt realise it was a mrwhosetheboss video till he showed his face. He really stepped up his production value!

People switch smartphones every 2 years Me: still using an iphone 6 plus in 2020

The design still holds up to phones in this year! I've been saying this for a long time, Sony could just reuse the designs of the Xperia Z for their newer phones and it would still look great

This device was a beauty.. Neo series n Arc series.. The beasts during its day

LG Optimus 2X (P990) is the first dual core smartphone, not Galaxy S2

Amazing! I was looking for this kind of information. You done it!

Wow, smartphone design has changed quite a lot since 2011.

my favourite was Xperia Ray.. still miss that so much

Using my 2016 lenovo k6 power in 2020 has everything I want ~5 inch fhd screen ~Dolby atmos(its sounds better than modern phones with same dolby software ...idk how) ~Dual speakers ~4000mah battery(still lasts a full day) ~still serviceable 8mp front cam, but bad back camera(hav to accept that) ....has more than wat u get from a 135$ (10000₹) phone

Gosh I loved my Xperia S back then, beautiful design and the HDMI port with CEC support was a godsend, I used it as a media player all the time.

1:12, I still own one of these phones ( the one in the middle (Sony Xperia C2305) ) I heard they stopped making them though how sad it's still working perfectly fine with me as my second phone, sad that it only has 1Gb ram though

Kind of reminds me of when I had my Aquos, the first "bezel-free" phone, sort of. Just swipe along the top edge for a screenshot. Good times.

I miss this one. One of the best phones I have ever had. The camera was spectacular at the time, probably the best. And that design... Gorgeous still

I remember when my mom had that phone, it's so cool to see it in a video

I remember that day when my friend's buyed new sony arc s and Motorola razor, i was just 16 back then with no phone. Today i have a job and buyed OnePlus 6T last month.

This is literally my favorite and first smartphone I ever got in my life. I really loved the Xperia arc s. The only issue I had with it was the god awful battery life and small storage of 2 Gb. issues that could be so easily addressed nowadays. I Plan to buy my self a new one as I am very unsatisfied with the new phone mdels that are so fragile like shit unlike the phones back then. The older smartphones could take quite a beating, since the screen was made of plastic and not glass.

I LOVED the Nokia E63, beautiful qwerty keyboard! X

Xperia Arc! Loved that phone, and all Sony phones!

the only good Sony devices r those ended with Ericsson at their name. i still use my Xperia PLAY! for playing PS1 Winning Eleven series. besides that, still have my favourite device, Xperia Mini Pro(not X10 one) in my closet. btw if Ericsson ever reunited with Sony, only then i will buy Sony.

It was my first Android smartphone 😍 It came preloaded with 2.3 , but they gave it a upgrade to ics... I used it for few more years with custom roms for jelly bean,& kitkat.. only drawback of it was it was pretty unusable without micro sd card.. apart from it..i loved every bit of it. And i agree Sony ruined smartphones after Ericsson separation

Oh that soothing voice is so calming to listen to.

Nostalgic!!.. It reminded me my Xperia Neo V. It still works flawlessly. It has seen everything from dust water air sun but it just works. I love how compact phones were at that time.

Is it me or why you sound less exited than you used to? Great content anyway ✌🏻

And those days I used to beg my parents for buying these. How time changes..

Nostalgic! This is my first ever android phone. Love the Xperia Arc S 💕😉👍

You don't even a single clue how much I loved that particular phone

2:01 Notch Spotted!😁

Back then there was so much scope in design, nowadays they r only focusing on providing notch or full display.

The Sony Ericsson Zperia phones were honestly great all around. My first smartphone was an Xperia Play. Would love to see Sony give it a go with that gaming concept again seeing that mobile gaming has become such a big thing

My OnePlus recently broke, and I ran out of properly functioning replacement devices, I had only one working phone in my drawer - a HTC One S from 2011 (maybe 2012, can't remember). Midranger from HTC, I used to love this phone when I got it new. I had to get rid of the old Android since some apps I use wouldn't run on it, so I got a Android Oreo custom ROM on it, and hoped for the best. Surprise - it actually worked very well for what it is! All the necessary apps ran perfectly like Messenger and UKposts, web browsing was usable, and battery life was not bad at all. I was actually quite comfortable with it. I liked the size actually much more than today's phone sizes, I could easily use it with one hand.