i just had a though imagine you're a phone. Your life span is 10 years 1 year of phone is equivalent to 10 human years and your a 1 year old phone or 10 year old person and you're suddenly went into a box (capsule) and 10 years later you wake up again but with a s24 ultra and all your buddies and family are dead or in the landfill as a 12 years old tech or should be 120 in human years are well alive as 10 years old cuz you're in isolation and you're alone and was awaken into a future world and probably scared and after few hours you went back to isolation again cuz the person not gonna use you cause your old and weak and you'll sleep for another 10 or so years (100human years) just to be waken up again to see the same process of being reviewed

@dylanrice69

5 ай бұрын

F

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

random comment award. i either strike terror or joy into the smartphone time capsules 😆

@erno4.20

5 ай бұрын

My man give me your plug's contact, I want to smoke the same shit you did

@p1xlb522

5 ай бұрын

Well some old brand new phones got dead batteries, so they already kicked the bucket 😂.

@tyler6602

5 ай бұрын

​​@@erno4.20you cant smoke yourself onto his plane of existence, you have to truly believe man

This smartphone with Samsung Dex and support for controllers, keyboard and mouse would be an absolute beast. Let's start a petition for Galaxy Beam 2

@burakturksever

5 ай бұрын

Galaxy Beam 2 actually exists! We need a 3rd gen for sure though.

@JohnLee-vq8ze

5 ай бұрын

It would be great for business people, especially for working on the go

@ApertureApex

5 ай бұрын

Where do I sign?

@StormChild

5 ай бұрын

Unihertz (8849) Tank 2 has a way better projector - yeah, it's a lot bigger than the Galaxy Beam, but other than that it's better in every other aspect.

@burakturksever

5 ай бұрын

@@StormChild yeah, probably. The Beam is quite old now.

In 2012 we had a removable battery, headphone jack and a projector. The year before I believe Sony released the xperia play. I really miss this era of smartphones so much creativity.

@cauwama

5 ай бұрын

don't forget IR blasters and FM radios. Back when you could identify a phone just by the front

@Hydrone

5 ай бұрын

The IR blasters were a nightmare in schools tho haha@@cauwama

@cumjesus

5 ай бұрын

​@@cauwamaIR blasters exist on every xiaomi phone i believe

@shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322

5 ай бұрын

Word now everyone fallowing iPhone stupidity

@CHILLINGRobo

5 ай бұрын

Dont forget chargers!

this came out when I was at uni time , one of my friend had it and every night we used it to watch movies together. we will torrent a movie on laptop. transferred it to the phone & beam it on our wall in our dorm to watch movie together. im telling you that phone was ahead of its time. it was amazing ! hahahahaha

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

you guys were winning. Love to hear it

@ambarsarwala

4 ай бұрын

We Used To Watch Porn In Hostel With This Phn😂

@Matt-jc2ml

4 ай бұрын

Last year I got a 512gb sd card for around 20 bucks. Imagine modern day storage with projector capabilities!

The previous owner had rooted this phone and edited the android version with BuildProp editor

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

ahhhh that makes sense. Thanks!

@darkerthandarknessbl

5 ай бұрын

By the way the phone status is today it will be practically impossible because the phone is so thin now they would have to make it huge like this phone

@LES_OFFICIAL

5 ай бұрын

You cannot edit the entire Android version with buildprop. Just the name texts. And this phone wasn't rooted.

@darkerthandarknessbl

5 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 I ment impossible

@pladampa

5 ай бұрын

Nice

This phone was definitely way ahead of its time

@deltaechomusicnh555

5 ай бұрын

No it wasn't clearly. Since no modern phone has this. Lmao

@GRiiZZ

5 ай бұрын

@@deltaechomusicnh555 then it is way too far ahead of its time

@deltaechomusicnh555

5 ай бұрын

@GRiiZZ Way ahead of its time means something a company did that wasn't the norm back then, but is the norm now. Tell what modern phone has a buit in projector today? If all modern phones had projectors today then sure you could say that phone was ahead of its time...

@VioletPrism

5 ай бұрын

I can see this becoming standard one day imagine 8k projector 120 fps the size of a normal phone camera. Gotta dream!

@shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322

5 ай бұрын

​@@deltaechomusicnh555modern phone are lame and boring phone back in the days was more creative

Samsung became what they swore they would destroy. From calling apple out for releasing the same phone and trying new stuff with every model to releasing phones with almost no change every year... LG died as a hero, Samsung lived long enough to become the villain.

@TylerMBuller12

5 ай бұрын

Well it's been clear for a while samsung is just trying to be the apple of the android world.

@HairyNjqqa

5 ай бұрын

@@TylerMBuller12 ...while claiming to be different

@TylerMBuller12

5 ай бұрын

Yep it kind of makes me sick tbh. They will bash apple then a year later do the exact same stuff they bash apple for.@@HairyNjqqa

@stevemclovin1566

5 ай бұрын

The same shit Happened to Sony.

@jinc.6180

4 ай бұрын

That's because Samsung saw how stupid buyers are. "There's no way people are stupid enough to buy a phone with no removable battery," then the iPhone did it and Samsung thought there's no reason to care. "There's no way people are so stupid that they'll spend money on a phone with no headphones jack and then spend another hundred dollars on Apple earbuds," and people sure did so Samsung copied. I don't blame Samsung for taking advantage of dumb buyers if it's what they want. They keep removing stuff and charging a premium and people keep buying.

This is a really neat old phone. I always associate tech with strange gimmicks with the early 2000s, crazy this was in 2012. Would be cool to have one of these things for movie nights or something even today. I know you seem to do full videos on more unusual phones, but I think it would be really cool to see a video on the Galaxy S3, it's a really nostalgic phone for me.

@Natsukashii1111

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I could say I'm pretty interested, now to see to get some sort of KZread on it or streaming app...

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

hey I’ll for sure do entire lineup of old Galaxy lineup including S3 ❤ stay tuned

I wish a projector phone came back. I would like to own something as portable as this.

@Supraboyes

5 ай бұрын

Did you not see the Motorola z phone, with its mods. You could get a projector, gaming pad, optical zoom camera and also batteries. Shame it never took off was a decent phone.

@afrolintin

5 ай бұрын

​@@Supraboyes it took off for luke 2 iterations, should have lasted wayyyy longer though, moto z and the mods were wayy better than the dumb foldables we have now, I'd love if samsung made a s series with attachable mods.

@esqkronic

5 ай бұрын

Look up the tank 2.

@cornkiller534

5 ай бұрын

You can literally plug one in via USB-C

@cheeeeezewizzz

5 ай бұрын

Nah, that's not fair. My zfold 5 is by far the best phone I've ever used. The screen is finally big enough for the pen to be really really useful. It's my tiny portable photoshop tablet (you can use it as a windows display with full PEN support with pressure and it works amazingly well as a photoshop tablet on the go) and I have taken dozens and dozens of hours of handwritten notes on the screen that are automatically synced to all my galaxy devices AND OneNote for safe keeping and backup. It's a goddamn productivity powerhouse. Using Dex I even replaced my desktop at work with it for over a month and used it for photo editing, video editing, shooting said videos, a webcam for someone else's computer, graphic design, and more at my actual job. Fuck you and everyone else who disses foldables. This is the first goddamn time a fucking phone has ever actually been USEFUL. @@afrolintin

5:45 god damn hearing that alarm brought me back

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

😂

@SirFaceFone

4 ай бұрын

So many memories of sleepless nights flashed before my eyes.

2:30 Lmao I was expecting them actually update this to Jelly Bean lol, since the i8530 did get an official Android 4.1 update

They need to bring this back on a modern gaming phone. Would be the perfect phone for watching movies on the go, or connecting a controller and playing on the projector.

@TheMainDrug

5 ай бұрын

Imagine the phone screen then displays the controller, and the projector is on the side of the phone (or rotatable?) and the game then shows in large on the wall

@geldoffhuygelberghs6533

5 ай бұрын

We have this already... Samsung freestyle projector with batterypack. U can cloudgame on the go or use ps remote play

@HAWXLEADER

5 ай бұрын

With a gimbal that stabilizes the landscape mode gaming motion and vibrations when handheld

@kylespevak6781

5 ай бұрын

Steam Deck/Switch 2.0

@therunawaykid6523

5 ай бұрын

They have now glasses with a full hd screen in both lens that project a big screen in front of your face

Ngl, the alarm clock projection is actually sick

One day this will come back , i can just feel it

I think Dankpods will get his hands on this Smasnugget 🙂

@robinprivat3024

5 ай бұрын

Oh my Pkcell

@eyvindhaugstad3085

5 ай бұрын

Power On: Aux Mode😂

@robinprivat3024

5 ай бұрын

@@eyvindhaugstad3085 oooh yeah thats where you want your aux in... RIGHT NEXT TO THE POWER

I would love to see a new one of these made. It's still a really cool idea. I wanted one back in the day but I was still just a kid so was never able to get one.

2012 is such a cool year. Manufacturers experimented with lots of features. Sony Experia is still a thing for consumer market. Innovation flourishes as people still trying to speculate with the future of smartphone and android in its infancy years. Now those experiments and features are gone because we know what market really wants. Market research has narrowed down smartphone features into marketable products. I just wish that smartphone manufacturers are going to release experimental products once in a while though!

imagine a note version of this, except the pen would have pressure sensitivity, two buttons, and a touch sensor for scrolling, then a laser pointer for example, a presentation

Love that Owen Wilson has branched out into mobile phone reviews

I had one of these. I remember being on holiday in Spain watching films on my balcony wall.

@therunawaykid6523

5 ай бұрын

That is cool

I've got a Miroir MP30 projector from about 10 years ago. Surprisingly it still works great. Battery even keeps a charge. I remember wanting this phone but got the projector on sale for $99 and use it all the time. I'm not stuck with an out of date phone and anything with hdmi output works

Damn! The picture quality looks really good for such a tiny projector. What's the resolution of that thing?

@earthling1984

5 ай бұрын

From what I remember it is just 800x480. But it does look pretty nice. The most amazing part is that it is bright enough from such a small projection device. No projector is great during the day. But this image looks very good in lower light.

This was amazing for what it was. Just got the S24 Ultra which is amazing but wish it came with a projector... Lol even a portable one you plug in.

@tyler6602

5 ай бұрын

I use a s23 daily and still have my "old" s21, if you havent messed with samsung dex its pretty cool, ive been using it on my s21 with a usbc dock to use instead of my desktop for media consumption, its had no problem playing 4k video on a 1440p display although i had to install 3rd party apps to display higher than 1080p

@earthling1984

5 ай бұрын

There are a ton of small portable battery powered projectors that would work.

i had this phone back in the day!!! also that alarm noise is nostalgic :3

This reminds me of my old Lenovo tab it had a build in Beamer to! That ging was crazy

tbh I'm blown away by the project's performance. I was NOT expecting it to be this good

this was so entertaining to watch! thank you for this video!

I wanted a tiny projector but projectors in my country is expensive as heck. Thinking of buying this second hand

I had a Motorola once with a projector, it was the one with the removable magnetic backs. That one was Amazing!!!

I actually really like that it projects your alarm clock. If the projector was off until the alarm went off, it would be perfect for people that like a pitch black room to sleep in. Project some nice sunny orange glows on my wall to help me wake up in the morning. I like that a lot

We'd need an universal usb C projector case like this

That ambiance feature is insane. I want that so bad

Had no idea this existed! So cool.

I swear I'd use this phone everyday

@abc-oo8ce

5 ай бұрын

For playing GD in front of the class lmao

@Henryy06

5 ай бұрын

​@@abc-oo8ceif i were that crazy i would absolutely do that

@AchiragChiragg

5 ай бұрын

​@@abc-oo8cewhat's gd?

@airfryered

5 ай бұрын

​@@abc-oo8ceu can just connect with a controller to play on big screen... If it was a new phone 😅

@therunawaykid6523

5 ай бұрын

@@AchiragChiraggmaybe geometry dash?

My first assumption to the red stand was that it screams “I’m 3d printed af” and I feel like you should be able to use the flashlight when doing the camera projecting.If not then that ain’t very innovative but this thing would have big potential if they did some more testing. The size isn’t even an issue imo. Cool review though!

I think there was a Beam 2 model as well. It would be a great video topic to compare them.

It's always a good day when the Zoidman uploads

I so wanted one of these. It was insanely expensive back then.

You are close to 300K subs!!

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

so close.. so close 😎 you guys are nuts ! Much love ❤️

The little white and black spots on the projector image is due to the technology of the time, where it projects using hundreds of tiny mirrors within a chip that the light passes through (or reflects off of) to create an image, when these jam up they no longer display the image but a solid white or black instead.

The tech is insane. Imagine getting KZread or netflix going on your phone, connecting a controller, a bluetooth speaker and just projecting it onto your wall. Crazy.

I JUST ALMOST WATCHED ALL YOUR VIDEOS...THEY'RE THE BEST...KEEP UP ❤🎉

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

i remember when this launches. and i saw it in stores. It was great ! and tbh it still is great. who doenst wants to show pictures on a phone with a projector instead of sharing a phone?

The version you have on this phone is 2.3.6. I guess the refurbisher edited the version number to show 4.0.4. Also, there's a leaked 4.1.2 ROM for this phone. For some reason Samsung never released it. I also have the Galaxy Beam. I'm working on a custom ROMs for it. I got Android 6 to boot, but it was buggy and I don't feel like working on it right now. Android 4.4 is stable on this phone though.

@kral3046

5 ай бұрын

Hi, how does one just work on a custom ROM by themselves and how could i get started on it? Just a curious layman here.

@nullmind

5 ай бұрын

If you could get android 5 on it with drivers for the projector that would be extremely sick

@nionicja

5 ай бұрын

@@nullmind I got Android 5 to boot as well, feels fresh on this phone. Getting projector to work on this phone wasn't actually hard, it just worked. I needed to write an app to control it though

@nionicja

5 ай бұрын

@@kral3046 The best way to start would be building a custom ROM from source for a phone that already has custom ROM support. Then you can start to experiment. In my case i took device trees from Galaxy S Advance and adjusted them to work on Beam. There are many resources on the internet

@lefteris.adamou.1

5 ай бұрын

@@nionicjahow? Then upload the rom somewhere

You should clean the projector lens and get a new battery. maybe installing a new android version which supports the projector app.

I had this phone back then. You can connect a ps3 controller on this, just change the bluetooth address of the controller so it can pair up. I mostly use this to watch anime and I'd say it's best to watch anime with this rather than watching movies or tv shows if you don't have a 40" tv. There was also a released galaxy beam 2 but it didn't sell well.

@RadOpsTV

5 ай бұрын

Good to know! I’m consodering this as a retro emulation device with PS3 controller now.

the concept of this phone has so much potential in 2024 technology

That's honestly an impressive projector

I remember when it came out, in my country it costed around 800 dollars so it wasn’t affordable for me, but damn it was so cool. I wish Samsung would make a third gen of this device with its latest projector tech, that would be so great

Well damn that looks much better than I expected

I'm suprised how usable this projector looks. Obviously it's not the best screen ever but if you ever want to watch/play something and don't have a tv this looks perfectly usable.

@therunawaykid6523

5 ай бұрын

Such a cool idea for something as portable as a phone I remember wanting one of these when I was younger

Sunday Brunch and A Day of railway travel were also used as sample tracks in 2012-2015 demo unit Samsung phones.

I still miss the IR Blaster they used to include.

@alexhask8523

4 ай бұрын

There are some new-ish Chinese phones that still have the IR blaster. The one off the top of my head is the Redmi Note 11 Pro.

Looks cool, but if the projector is on long, it could make the battery and cellphone heat up fast 🔥

I remember wanting this phone so bad back in the day!

this is actually a really good concept

Back in the days when we were in school. My richy rich classmate had this phone and we used to play Subway Surfers while projecting. People got soo excited to see the projector

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

haha that’s so cool. I would have died 😂

Those black and white dots are the DMD micromirrors failing. I have repaired many DLP TVS/Projectors with that exact issue lol. Micromirrors move one way to be white, and one way to be black, and to simulate shades the mirrors move very fast. As they fail they start to flicker or they get stuck on one or the other.

@liquidsnk

4 ай бұрын

Is there any way to fix it?

@nukfauxsho

4 ай бұрын

It’s an easy fix on rear projection DLP TVs. In regards to this phone it’s probably toast.

@liquidsnk

4 ай бұрын

Yes, i saw on projectors that is basically change a crystal chip but in this case as it has more than 12 years an exchange can cost more than the residual value of the phone @@nukfauxsho

Great concept on 2012😮

This still looks superior than modern phones that looks like a brick with a screen attached to it. The only interesting Samsung phones are foldable ones today. As for the Android 4.0.4 thing, it looks like previous owner rooted the phone and changed the version string from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4 by editing build.prop file inside system files.

@beanmasterz

5 ай бұрын

Shut your mouth

@Steve21_harris

5 ай бұрын

What is this clown🤡🤡 yapping about

@weltvonoben

5 ай бұрын

I can tell that the foldable phones are dead after nearly two years, or have screen issues even before.

One of my freind father used to own it and my freind showed me this once and i was quite surprised 😅 Like i am indian and these kind of tech back then in india was rare .

I remember playing Minecraft pocket edition even on my lg e400 with 800 MHz 1 core processor and 384 megabytes of RAM. It was even smooth if i remember correctly.

Got one, still works great today ❤

I had the projector mod for the Motorola Z2 Force. I think I used it twice. Actually never thought to game on it with the mod attached. I don't have a lot of empty wall space where I live, so I ended up playing with it at work when I did use it.

I had one, it had an additional battery charger with a stand that pointed to the ceiling, I still have it.

10:09 Google+ lol.

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

lol right 😂

I guess you can put phone on stand to project minecraft to the wall, but use a bluetooth controler to play.

The answer to your question about the Zombie art by Jack Larson is that it's on all phones that run on the 2.3 Gingerbread software version , all phones that old cannot be updated especially ones that are discontinued such as that one.

Back then I had a plan to start a training company; I had this phone in my sights as a backup projector in case the dedicated projector failed or there was a power outage (common and unpredictable in my country)

I had the Motorola modular phone and had the projector mod for it, I still have it in storage, it was a great phone.

Watching adult films in that phone must be fun ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@therunawaykid6523

5 ай бұрын

Haha yeah boi 😉

@DrogghenTV

5 ай бұрын

° ͟ʖ ͡°)

@Tonymutisya

4 ай бұрын

Under rated comment

You are the friend im searching for i freaking interested old versions of games like subway surf, Minecraft,temple run

We need to see him zombiefie this phone to a modern phone 😂

My grandpa had this phone and let me play games on it, I'd also watch videos on the projector and it was awesome. He still has the phone but I don't think it works anymore

My Motorola Z2 Force has a "Moto Mod" with a projector build in. Some of that cool 2012 tech was still around years later.

you can try to put a mirror and tilt it at a certain angle and point the projector at the mirror (it seems like this should help you)

hi bro can i use your b roll , btw very nice video😀

Sooooo now I want to get rid of my Lg minibeam projector and get this one with a micro SD card with all my movie DVD backups! Thanks man. So there’s absolutely no way to connect a controller while gaming! Ahhh such a bummer. I grew up on N64 as well, and I love to collect these old school phones.

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

hey you totally can connect a controller! From comments you’d need to make minor changes to the Bluetooth settings of the controller which can be done by connecting to a newer smartphone I believe. Also there are newer versions of this phone (Beam 2). Hope that helps

@RadOpsTV

5 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 it does! Thanks for the reviews man.

I would definitely use some sort of vnc thing to stream modern Android from a computer.

I had one back then and used it for 4 years, untill android 2.3.6 didn't support whatsapp anymore. I loved that phone. I still have it somewhere.

@lefteris.adamou.1

5 ай бұрын

And not even youtube from the browser. But you can upgrade it to android 4.something

Very nice video and very nice phone :)

Cool , I didn't know this phone existed 🧡

I would still use this phone holy shit

@rick-2414

5 ай бұрын

look up the Unihertz Tank 2

Samsung freestyle + a battery pack is basicly the same upgraded projector, u can cloud game or hook hdmi on it + u can use bluetooth controllers , with the battery pack and a hotspot u game on the go. Or take ur nitendo switch and hook it up with hdmi ;)

Imagine waking up to the alarm and the projector is pointed directly at eyes

i may buy it!!!i've always wanted a pocket projector!!!

Can see the white and black dots on the screen. Sadly, most projector lights don't last very long. I've had my in home projector replaced twice now in the past 3 years, because it keeps going out. I doubt they'll let me warranty it a 3rd time. The lights simply don't last more than a few years of consistent use. My last projector did this same thing, black and white spots everywhere, worse and worse and more and more, until it was unwatchable. Amazed this is happening when it is 'new'.

@johnzoid74

5 ай бұрын

this is good to know.. dang that sucks sorry to hear. I thought it was the glass! good to know it’s the projector.. several have commented similar. Dangit

@liquidsnk

4 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 if you bouthg it from Aliexpress, is there any kind of warranty?

Ah yes,imax in a phone.

This is very useful best technology smartphone companies needs to develop this 🔥🔥

I had a middle school professor who had this. She would use it at classroom to show us students some stuff. It was kinda cool ngl

7 years later moto came out with the projector mod for the moto g and it's a really nice project all this given. I own one and still use it from time to time.

This thing would be great for emulators. The motoroloa had a addon mod that was a projector. It was amazing. I always wanted to hook a projector to my car and just be able to park places at night and play games on the wall of a building. Problem is you need a really bright projector so you cant use one of those tiny projectors.

Dear KZreadr, I understand that you've created a video poking fun at the Samsung Beam phone, which was released back in 2012. While humor and critique are part of content creation, it's essential to approach older technology with respect and appreciation. The Samsung Beam phone, despite its limitations, played a significant role in shaping the mobile landscape. It was one of the early smartphones with a built-in projector, allowing users to share content on a larger screen. Imagine the excitement and innovation that went into creating such a device! As creators and consumers, we owe a debt of gratitude to those who pushed the boundaries and experimented with novel ideas. The Samsung Beam phone might seem outdated now, but it paved the way for advancements we often take for granted. So, let's celebrate progress while remembering the pioneers-the engineers, designers, and visionaries-who brought us these early tech marvels. They deserve our respect, not mockery. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and I hope we can all appreciate the journey that got us here. 🚀📱💡 Sincerely, Daniel

@Sundram.

Ай бұрын

It ain't that serious. Calm down

3:26 This is super thing back in time..

Never knew these were a thing. I wish my S23 had a projector.

Unihertz 8849 Tank 2 Projector Phone 15500mAh. I owned it is awesome. Its between $450-$500

Remember seeing this on a commercial couldn't believe it was a real thing also never got it cuz of durability concern

The phone just look really cool. Imagine just pulling up meme on the wall with projector phone. Like who’s going to stop you from showing offense memes

samsung should revisit the projector phone idea with new technology it would be awesome and dex would be amazing with it

5:28 Millions of projecting alarm clocks: