A look back at one of the first smartphones and its legendary ad.
The DROID DOES Commercial: https://youtu.be/e52TSXwj774
The OG Droid Review: https://youtu.be/LaEWflVQDWA
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Intro Track: Ongoing Thing by 20syl, Oddisee

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15 thoughts on “The droid does throwback!”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bradley Meyer says:

    As of October 29, 2023 I’m still using a iPhone XS Max 256GB on iOS 17. Someday I’ll upgrade withe to another iPhone or an Android phone, I like Motorolas, Samsung, and OnePlus, and my friend has a very nice TCL 20 Pro.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sneak Ez says:

    You kinda hav a white persons voice

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richard Howle says:

    Android will always be superior to iOS

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rio Rodrigues says:

    What song did this person use in the intro?

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Just Cade says:

    My favorite phone from the dawn years of Android was the Galaxy Fascinate, the Verizon flavor of the Galaxy S1. I remember seeing it in the store and being mind-blown by how beautiful and vibrant the 4 inch, 800×400, AMOLED display was. In retrospect, it doesn’t seem like much, but for the time, it just felt so cutting edge and awesome. It really laid the foundation for an era of incredible Galaxy S phones that have been released since.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Cole Mickens says:

    Ready to revisit this. I want another Droid. I want back the original warm fuzzy feelings I used to have about Android.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Zak Brinkhoff says:

    5G is going to give us cancer

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Zak Brinkhoff says:

    Phones are even worse now.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars YourLocalPhoneCollector says:

    The Samsung Instinct was targeted at the original iPhone.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JP The IT guy says:

    I loved the rugged design of the old Motorola Droid phones. I had the Razr Maxx HD and didn't need a case for it. That phone had a multi day battery life as well. I think the longest I got on idle was nearly a workweek. I remember going on vacation in the mountains in 2012 for five days and coming back with it still having about 10 percent battery.
    I switched over to Samsung in 2013 or early 2014 when the whole Droid branding went away and "Hello Moto" replaced it.
    I still have the stock "DROOOID" notification on my current phone (a Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G) and plan to keep it when I get the S22 Ultra next spring.
    My four year old nephew (who was born well after the Droid days) laughs hysterically whenever my phone has a notification and does the Droid sound.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mayukh Bejoy says:

    My dad had a Droid…. TWICE (Different models)

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Whacked out Cookie says:

    I got chills from that Droid add.
    That 💩 slapped harder then most of today's radio hits.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jade Scribbler says:

    Man, I remember that phone! I was just getting out of high school and my mom had one! It was the coolest dang thing, but I never got one because Android wasn't blind accessible back then, or at least they didn't do it well. I got an iPhone the next year, and my family switched over to iPhone in the 5C era. I kind of think my mom still misses her Droid and Droid 3, though! LOL!

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ian Fullen says:

    4 years later and iPhone had widgets

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars LittleFish says:

    i wondered why we are not making phones with physical key boards anymore. those were super fun back then and still wish they are still around. hate tying on the touch screen~~

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