S22 flip is perfect for me, I want a phone to help discourage me from being in my phone, (it being slower and with a small ass screen will help alot) but at thr same time I still need apps like uber to go to work or like signal to text friends funny too tho because my current phone is a s22 ultra and now I want a s22 Flip

Exactly why I like it, sure you can do everything that you would be able to on a normal smart phone but you won't want to or enjoy it

it's not a dumb phone it's a flip phone, people need to realize the two aren't mutually exclusive. many such cases of phones with keypads or other input devices. just because it looks like a dumb phone doesn't mean it is, in fact most modern "dumb phones" aren't actually dumb, since a lot of them can at least use a web browser, which makes them smart-ish

@JessicaFEREM

6 ай бұрын

I had an LG enV3 and I would classify that as a smart phone. it had a fully fledged opera web browser, and full keyboard. and an entire app store that verizon managed. not dumb by any means. even "dumb" phones from the late 2k's weren't completely dumb.

@axpuser671

5 ай бұрын

​@@JessicaFEREMthose phones would be classified as feature phones. These phones have features such as a web browser, app store,... , these phones typically run kaiOS or Symbian. New feature phones even have youtube, Facebook and whatsapp installed. Smartphones classify as phones that have all the features that feature and dumb phones have + robust modern os like android or ios + touchscreen and more. Feature phones are more like a every day companion, where the smart equivalent is like a companion and a pc in one small box.

@Exessive-Gaming

4 ай бұрын

most phones pre android 4.0 were called dashboard phones with touch screens, "Dumb phones" is a YT coined phrase for views nothing more.

@faustinuskaryadi6610

2 ай бұрын

@@axpuser671 FYI, Symbian is classified as Smartphone. Many people mistake Nokia S60 symbian OS powered phones with Nokia S40 feature phone. S40 and S60 are completely two different thing.

@diagnostician001

2 ай бұрын

I had a samsung instinct sometime around 2010. It was capable of running Opra mini as a web browser, and if I remember right, had Adobe Flash Support as well, which the iPhone didn't support. Today, I would consider that phone dumb as a bag of potato rocks, but back then, that phone was pretty smart. Although, when placed side by side with the iPhone 3G and 3Gs, the instinct quickly became dumb again.

You're my new fave channel! Also, if you happen to chance upon a Sunmi V2 Pro (a POS device with thermal printing attached to the top), that would be so funny to review

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

I am honored! with this comment.. I have to assume you're a SMOOREZ fan such as myself lol! I'll keep my eye out and snatch it up at the soonest opportunity. Spoiler, the next few videos will feature obsolete tablets, mini smartphone, and new S23 (mini)..

@d.j.manjares9830

6 ай бұрын

Yes I am a SMOOREZ fan as well Anyways, keep up the great content, you're effing awesome

one thing I don't understand about some smarter phones, is why not just get a unihertz jelly bean if you're going to mostly use the touch screen anyways? idk it doesn't sit right with me if the phone is that smart and it has the equivalent of a keypad sized tumor on the bottom of it that you are mostly going to ignore

@cvcubes8578

6 ай бұрын

This is very true. It’s kind of useless to buy this phone if you were never planning to use the keypad.

@justinnamuco9096

4 ай бұрын

It's for older people, esp those who are used to dumbphones. If you're looking for a cheap phone or if you live in an area where there's a fear for theft, this form factor would help too.

@UltimateMushuman

4 ай бұрын

Nah, the smaller screen and hard to use functions makes the phone less accessable and less addicting

@cvcubes8578

4 ай бұрын

@@UltimateMushuman that is very good if you want to try and use your phone lest but you still need some app for work or school

Lovely videos!! Subbed :) By the way, what's the phone that's on the top right corner of the table at 1:27 ?

Oh I was looking for a similar phone for my grandad, I wish this was available in the Czech Republic (with Czech language on it) as he doesn't speak English - he wouldn't have to learn how ro use a digital keyboard on a smartohone 🙈 What a nice device!

Salve pra Florianópolis, keep the good work!

how well can it run "those apps" like discord, reddit and maybe twitter? and are sideloaded apps like revanced or newpipe viable on the phone?

8:17 you dont need to download any app. you can choose kika keyboard as input, it use the keypad only.

Hey, very nice video!!!!! I was looking so long and I was FRUSTRATED. All the negative resumees, nokia 6300 4g and 8000 4g being out of stock and so on. Now I am very happy they are, BECAUSE LOOK AT THAT BEAUTY. It can do everything, looks cool as hell and the screen size is just perfect. Imma go ahead and watch the last minute of the video, one last question tho. Is this a dumbphone? 😉

I wonder can you bind the keypad to games and force the screen vertical in horiz games? if so it may be a halfway decent little portable emulator

@tauqeerdarve4876

6 ай бұрын

There are application to force rotate the screen but I'm not sure emulators can detect the buttons or not but I think they might because these emulators detect volume buttons on "normal" smartphones.

8:50 Can the on-screen Old T9 keyboard be hidden / run in the background so I can use physical keypad for typing without occupying the screen estate?

@dansimpson4854

6 ай бұрын

Yes you can :))

You're able to switch to the physical keypad by going to Settings > System > Keyboard and Input and changing it to 12-Key Keyboard, then you can use it on any app.

Great content. Subscribed!

Does anyone know if this will run the Workday app as well as Microsoft Authenticator, Teams, and Smartsheets?

Would Cat 22 phone still be relevant? Is there any security concerns using the older unsupported version of Android?

There is the way in the keyboard settings to make it so you can type using the keypad

Very important question. How did you deal with the limited memory?

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

I used a SD card as primary storage option. I ran into the issue when having over 4 to 5 mainstream applications such as Minecraft or Cod

2 questions please..? (1) Can the phone be used as a HotSpot and (2) Can you voice type into the android message app (it looks like you can)? Thanks for this and the previous review. I want one now!

@hectorramirez9251

5 ай бұрын

hotspot yes, voice type depends on the application that you are using : all google apps yes, search for contacts in contacts phone app no, but it works with the majority of the common apps.

Amaizing😮❤❤

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

Thanks RNS 😎

@RNSfurainke

6 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 😍

is it possible to download any banking apps and transfer money using this phone (not nfc, just transfering money from one bank acc to another)?

@androsspear7647

Ай бұрын

yeah bank apps work and money transfers like zelle, cashapp, etc all work

in '87 i was using a brick at work for a few years. 10 years later a candybar or two and a few flips for 10 more years, then the LG GU 230 Dimsun (lol) slide phone. best phone ever. so then i went for the Nokia 2720. loved that also, but not sure if its hardware or software that would turn the phone off at random. i saw the cat s22 a couple years ago but was too much $. i noticed now price is half what it used to be. got mine from amazon today. chonkier and heavier than expected, but so far loving it. i dont mind that its not dumb, i can still use it as if so. my 2720 would have been retarded with its kaiOS. its mainly for phone and maybe some text. i DL'd the "old T9" app so i can use the keypad without skipping a beat from my older phone and skip the touch screen keyboard. ugh.

When I first saw this phone, I wanted it looks cool and it’s a flip phone. Well it looks heavy duty and it’s I can’t really explain it. All I can say is I want it?

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

Haha yeah it’s super heavy duty that’s for sure. I made a video around a month or two ago durability testing it.. I ran it over with my car about 15 times and threw it onto the asphalt like a baseball. The back exploded off but.. still worked fine once put together.

@Springking403

6 ай бұрын

Dang bro that’s crazy and also the gta part was funny the lag bro the lag got me

I get what you mean but, the fact that it's a flip phone should deter you from trying to download these typpa games on that phone. Are they playable? Yes. Is it the best experience? No, for most people getting a cat 22, they probably already have a smart phone (which they can use to play these games). I get it, the point of a dumb phone is to get rid of these fancy features and dumb it down to the most essential ones. Like by example, I started using my blackberry classic as a work phone (emails and all that). I do have the playstore downloaded it and you'd be surprised at the number of apps you can download because of the android 4.3 run time on BBos 10. But for the most part the apps downloaded from the playstore or the ones that I sideloaded just have a subpar experience, it's so slow and janky. Apple Music (yes I have apple music on my blackberry classic) & Spotify are janky asf, simple fix KZread to mp3 to use with the music app ( you can easily edit the album artwork for songs and all that fancy jazz if that really matter to you) All in all it's a work phone and I don't feel the need to have music on it, as I still carry my iPhone 13 with me but use it less and less. Other apps are kinda janky (actually run pretty well just really slow), I managed to install a weather, news app, sports news. Again not the best experience but gets the job done. No no no no and no you'll never catch me lackin with the uNiHeRtZ tITaN or the sLIm i'd rather buy a Passeport, Key1 or Key2 LE. Blackberry will always be the best business/work phones for corpo dweebs hehehehehe. Maybe some people don't want a real DUMBPHONE, but just a phone old enough to make them less reliant on these fancy features we have nowadays Your argument for the Keyboard (touchscreen) is valid, but for me this is such a shitty experience that I would simply just call or just use the physical keys. I did not buy a flip phone to have my sumo sausage fingers struggle on a 3 inch display................ shit I just finished the video as I was typping this comment and bro I just gotta say you made me fucking laugh so much hahahahah. It's not a dumbphone but in the hands of a mf who isn't tech savy like us big bro..... This is a dumbphone :)

Does it support android auto?

many people are not aware of the pre installed Kika keyboard that honestly is superior to Old T9 keyboard cuz of its autocorrect and does not take up screen space. you can get it just by changing the keyboard

Does it run Minetest

You have a really nice voice

See if you can get video out from the usb port to connect it to a monitor.

Coolest Phone Ever this is facts :)

i wish this was available in my country.

This is exactly the reason why Android Superior, Apple Inferior.

@typhfanuwu7526

6 ай бұрын

😂 yet all android phones have trash cameras go head try to defund the camera it won’t work

@Hamsterpro56_OFFICAL

6 ай бұрын

as an android user your sayin fax

@victor.novorski

6 ай бұрын

​@@typhfanuwu7526Yeah keep paying 1,500 for a camera that over heats and kills itself after shooting at 1080p @60 for 30 mins instead of buying an actual Sony that get's the job done even better

@XTRMXPRTKILR

6 ай бұрын

​@@typhfanuwu7526excuses😂😂😂

@Switchwall

6 ай бұрын

​@@typhfanuwu7526who cares about cams these days 😒

does this phone support slack app?

You can also use bereal on this

How is the call/speaker clarity?

@androsspear7647

Ай бұрын

speaker audio has a bad echo on the other persons end, regular calling is fine

The cat s22 flip we’re do you get all of theses phones and also 222k subs congratulations🥳

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

hey what’s up man thanks for watching 😎 I just love them so I either collect, buy, or have them sent to me. I have a video that got 117 million views and it brought over 100,000 subs.. I am learning what people would like to watch! So in the last three videos I feel I’ve made some good progress. Really, thanks so much for watching ❤️

@Springking403

6 ай бұрын

WOW BRO THATS AWESOME

you can make a good matpat impression

Bro this literally runs smoother then my own phone feels like my phone is dump😅😅

Many of the old "dumbphones" could indeed access the internet, the better ones had something called WAP an internet protocol , and could surf the net, but slow compared to todays electronics

It would be even less like a dumb phone if it allowed for an actual Ps1 controller to be plugged into the phone for playing roms. I do that with my A53 phone.

idk some actual dumb phones still use android but they have all the android underpinnings and apk installs disabled, so since android roms are so customizable, having android isn't necessarily mean it's a smart phone, just that it can be one if the phone manufacturers want to

They should make another version but replace the keypad with qwerty keyboard

can we record a call in this phone... if yes then i would love to have this phone...

8:06 thats the dumbest thing why would they put the alpabet on the phones keyboard and only use it for numbers (guess thats why it is a dumbphone xD)

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

dude its so frustrating! yeh that makes it a pretty stupid phone 😄

Could you get all the way to the end of minecraft on that phong?

@Mari_Untamed

6 ай бұрын

Phone*

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

that would be an interesting challenge

A dumbphone in itself is a farce, Dumbphones can still utilize accessing the web just locked down in features. These type of phones like the Cat S22 are called dashboard phones I feel like alot of KZreadrs forget this for the views. A real dumb phone is something like the Motorola MicroTAC flip phone.

How can I buy it ? 🙂

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

sorry for late reply. Search S22 Flip on Amazon or see my link in description. The link is an affiliate so disclaimer: if you use that I make a commission.. I think 5-10%?

I use mine for Pokémon go cuz it feels like a proper Pokédex lol 😆

Does the iPhone 2G count as a dumbphone

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

I don’t think so but.. I want it 🥹

@NoobyBoi69420

6 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 oh I have one

Dude where is your new video, ?

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

I post Saturdays. This is the new video

@memerhood._.

6 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 ill wait 😶

It's literally a GameBoy phone. Play in portrait mode with the arrow keys and 1/3

The only problem with the Android is the privacy and security reasons... except that Androids are the Monsters

4:36 ANDROID 11 !!! Wt my s7 is running 8.0 💀 Hmm next future phone? 😂😂

Ok, I understand.

Yes, but does it play doom?

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

Of course 😏

And this is exactly why i want to buy it. First, it looks like a dumb phone but runs like a smartphone. That's pretty cool to me. Second, i still messenger, whatsapp, teams , moodle for school. Third, the screen being not too big will have me spending much less time with it and it might end my smartphone addiction

Dude i am from Utah!

good video 😀

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

thanks ColPort!! glad you took a watch lol

I wonder if it works with Android Auto...

I consider it a dumb phone and the real dumb phones stupid phones for a specific reason. The S22 Flip comes with Android 20, but due to the annoyingly small size and the ability to disable on screen keyboards, it can make web browsing feel like hell, but you can use google assistant to use stuff like google maps and such similar to a Nokia 2780. It's in no way a dumb phone but a midpoint between smartphones ad dumb phones.

I use it

4k flip phone touchscreen android 11 Cools

Why don't you try any Nokia lumia's.

pls try to run yugioh master duel on the phone

Can I use instagram on this phone?

@SlushiiBatzz

4 ай бұрын

Yes

Does a smartphone that is so old that it can't connect to the internet anymore count as a dumb phone in 2023

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

hah no i don’t think so at that point it just not even usable 😂 touch screen disqualifies is 🧐

6:03 how contradicting 🤔

Can you play mobile legends on that phone?

Imagine saying your phone could run GTA games 15 years ago.

Dude u r still uploading vid 😢 keep it up navee give up 👍 but I m very sad fir u 😔

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

lol why are you sad

@memerhood._.

6 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 your channel has been dead

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

@@memerhood._. that is an odd comment. channel isn't dead. I regularly receive about 7k subs a month, and approx 4m views a month. mostly through shorts. long videos get views, but they get views delayed. a video posted about 12 days ago is getting picked up (will an ipad 2 work in 2023) at about 18,000 views. as well a 3 month old video called (gaming on a smartphone), with 75,000 views. It is very important to be persistent here, and enjoy the process. I enjoy doing both thank goodness.

@memerhood._.

6 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 👍

And what is Nokia N95? That thing had wifi

If you already own an Android you don't need to buy a dumb phone. If your device supports it, go for a googleless ROM an that's pretty much it.

Me watching this on my cat s22 flip

👍👍👍

did you won the pubg game on the cAt PhOne

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

no I did not unfortunately 😂

@fickofilipovic1235

6 ай бұрын

oh another challange try to defeat ender dragon@@johnzoid74

Epic NonDumbphone

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

Non-Dumb-Pretty-Smart-Phone

its a dumb video and watching it while im high is awesome

THE FARMER PHONE

Does it have Bluetooth?? 😭😭

@AurumFaber

6 күн бұрын

Yes, BT 4.2

Lg cosmo were the best 💯

It can run call of duty mobile fine but can't run a PSP game huh

I see GTA, i click.

6:04 not a smartphone

Corrupt the PlayStation portable rom

Run J2ME

Watch this video. It has very useful information and it's FUNNY😂😂❤❤

Ayy

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

hey what’s up 😎

@RandomUploaderArchives

6 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 can you buy this phone:Infinix Smart 6HD

it looks like a flip phone. it performs like a flip phone, but its a dumbphone? (jk)

It good for people going to 3rd world countries and and wanting all the accessibilities of modern cell phones without the fear of getting robbed for one

You're missing the point. The reason people switch to a dumbphone is to break out of unhealthy digital habits, not to fulfill a checklist of requirements. The build and technology of the Cat s22 facilitates that, and will help people who are looking for the dumbphone lifestyle, so what's the problem? You also say dumbphones should not have a touchscreen, but then the most famous dumphone is the Light Phone 2. Seriously, what is the point in trying to police what can and can't help other people along such rigid lines?

@johnzoid74

6 ай бұрын

just saw this before jumping on a flight. if you can run call of duty on your flip phone, n64 emulators, psp emulators, and run about every app under the sun it's not much of a dumb phone haha. AGM M7 better option, still touch screen, but no app store. AGM M8 even better.. that thing calls and texts thats about it lol. I'm not policing.. was a fun followup video to another video where I was gaming on the phone and people agreed it was a bit more than a dumb phone

Huh ?

Wrong! Dumb phones are not all phones with keypad, just like smartphones are not all phones with touchscreen

It's literally just a Android phone there's no point

@SlushiiBatzz

4 ай бұрын

It’s for older people

@user-cf3qh9mu9d

Ай бұрын

I use it to disconnect but have access to things like messenger because some people I need to get ahold of can't keep phone service. Yes it's an android phone and has "access" to apps, but most barely work and takes a ton of time to get through.

that cat phone isnt a dumbphone or a smartphone it is a stupidphome lmao

My god, almost anyone in Brazil have dumbphones. Your joke has no sense.