Gadgetory

so you guys might remember a while back I did a video about a five dollar smartphone a four dollars a four dollar smartphone this really bizarre situation where and we're about to find out what the hell is four dollar phone does people were pre-ordering this eventual smartphone that would be sold for four dollars it was like everyone thought it sounded too good to be true and it turned out that it was and then those phones never ended up shipping and it was a huge fiasco how are you this afternoon alrighty then well maybe a $4 or $5 smartphone is not a reality right now for various reason but I have what is the cheapest phone period that I've ever looked at by far by a longshot no it's not a smartphone as you can tell looking at the picture here if vive v1 made in India a monochrome display a SIM card slot is kind of important on a phone torchlight phonebook FM radio SMS and 650 million power batteries how much would you pay for something like that this is five dollars it's a real thing you can go out and buy this right now why is it interesting well you kind of have to adjust your mindset a global perspective on this it's made in India first of all so it's made in the domestic market and sold to domestic customers this may be their very first point of connectivity we all know where that goes from there so this is gonna put a phone in the hands of a lot of individuals who maybe never had a phone before so the question is what were they able to pack in here for five bucks okay cool unboxing experience is fairly bare-bones that's about it let's see the cheapest phone made in India thank you there's a power brick to charge it up removable battery and there is the device what a throwback that is kind of reminds me of my first Nokia or something like that a number pad as well as the old-school t9 style texting navigation happens here to call and hang up earpiece up top monochrome display on the top there's a flashlight I wouldn't expect to see that in a $5 phone a headphone jack oh my goodness even a $5 phone has a headphone jack so no microUSB it's got a tube style connector and it looks like the speaker is on the back over here here we have our SIM card tray first of all it looks like there's a sim already in there maybe they give you a simmer maybe they gave me a sim I don't know let's see what happens let's see if this has juice there it is monochrome but a little bit of contrast there no big deal ambulance police here's the flashlight there you go possibly an emergency phone that somebody could keep in the glove box of their car or something all of a sudden you start to understand why you would want to have a flashlight there oh you need to have headphones plugged in for the radio because the headphones are gonna act as the antenna there's a calculator built-in six plus six equals well there you go games is actually oh it has snake and only snake okay I'm having some nostalgic feelings right here we have messages there's a phone book let's try the different ringtones what was he doing I'm asking you I didn't need vitamin yet I find that a little difficult to believe that piercing my favorite is number whew a lot of drama there has a surprisingly strong vibration motor so if you can't hear it you can feel it I don't think I'm gonna be able to put my sim card in here to make a phone cause the problem I think it's a micro these ear pods what are these cost will us price 35 bucks 35 5 let's see if we get this FM radio to work on here oh so this is action this is acting as the antenna right now that's a pretty loud speaker a little FM radio might cost you five bucks I don't know pixel to XL Viva be one eight hundred and fifty dollars five dollars how many of these could you get for one of those a hundred and seventy with the quick mats who's that guys quick maths he goes two plus two is four what not freaked out now obviously I'm not comparing the two that wouldn't be fair that's not fair at all but 170 people with the connection with some form of connection to the rest of the planet or just one fancy boy like will do with this fancy smart phone you want to browse I want to be on social media we're gonna be on my Twitter tweeting smart phone people unbelievable it's such an unusual thing to feature I went on the Amazon page some people are upset they're like call quality not that grey the thing I like about dumb phones in general their functionality is basic so generally what you end up with something that can turn into a good emergency phone is it this thing is five bucks and what does that mean for smart phones and connectivity on that front that price keeps coming down as well and so accessibility goes up the more we can create and distribute ideas $5 phone it's not something I thought I would see technology it keeps pushing and I like that and I think you should too vive v1 it's a thing it's real you can buy this