The Evolution of the Selfie With Nina Dobrev

Hey, guys, I'm Nina Dobrev.

I played Becky the Techie in XXX: The Return of Xander Cage,

and we are doing The Evolution of the Selfie.

It's come a long way.

All right, so, first up, we have the Nokia brick.

This bad boy came out in the year 2000.

You can definitely tell.

This thing is a brick.

Does this thing even have, did they have cameras back then?

Oh, yep, there it is.

There it is.

(mumbles)

Standard photo, portrait photo, nighttime mode?

Let's do portrait.

Capture.

All right, here we go.

(camera shutter sound)

Ooh, I have a double chin.

Can I do it again?

[Crew] Yeah.

(camera shutter sound)

There we go.

All right.

It's the Nokia brick.

Okay, next up, we have the Motorola PDA.

That's right, like public display of affection.

It's a lot bigger.

I still can't find where this thing is.

Anyone?

I need help.

Okay, hang on.

Okay, so I needed a little bit of help there.

I know I played Becky the Techie,

but Dobrev is not technically inclined in real life.

There's no guarantee this will be good.

Can't see the result.

(camera shutter sound)

It's a little better.

Okay.

So, less than a year later, Sony came out with the Ericsson.

This is a flip phone.

Capture.

Okay.

(camera shutter sound)

No.

Next, we have the LG horizontal slider, in 2008.

And it apparently slides?

Wait.

Oh, there it is.

It slides.

It's very, very tricky.

(camera shutter sound)

I like all the funny tones that they have.

They're like (imitates camera shutter sound).

Okay, so, up next, we have this pink little number.

It's a Motorola.

Do you guys remember the RAZR?

Super exciting at the time, but it went away very quickly.

(camera shutter sound)

Okay, we're just gonna...

Now we have the Blackberry.

Do you guys remember these things?

Way too many buttons, pictures were not great.

There's a picture of a thumb in here; that's weird.

And they would always say,

Oh, 'cause you can send your emails easier.

Whatever.

(camera shutter sound)

And the picture sucks.

The quality sucks.

I hate these things.

Bye.

Glad you got discontinued.

All right, next, we have the LG enV Touch.

Ooh, does that mean I want to touch this thing?

Is it silky smooth?

No, it's actually really, really, really coarse.

It made it easier to get to the camera roll.

I spoke too soon.

It has no buttons.

Is this the first touchscreen?

No, it's not the first touchscreen phone.

God damn keyboard.

It's not even on.

Take a picture, yep.

That's a weird noise.

All right, we've finally reached 2017.

Introducing (thank you, Steve Jobs) the iPhone.

I'm not the biggest selfie person.

Like, I really don't like it when girls do that thing

where they post a selfie in bed and they're half naked,

and they're like, Ooh, I just woke up,

but they're wearing a full face of makeup.

Get over yourselves, girls.

Wait.

Boys, ladies, angle up.

Nobody looks good from this angle down here.

Do yourself a favor.

I'm such a loser.

All right, guys, there you have it.

We went from the brick to the iPhone.

I hope you enjoyed it,

and I hope you picked up some good tips.

Get an iPhone.

Lift the camera up.

Find your light.

You're welcome.