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iPhone 6 Clone Passed Off as Real Product to Street-Goers in Prank Video
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Yep, this may look like a simple smiley face button but notice the tiny hole in the nostril. It has a miniature camera and microphone that captures wides angle 4k 60 frames/sec 4096 x 2160 Effective Sensor Area video, 48/24 sound and wifi (wifi must be within 1000 yards using new bluetooth 10.
Notice the little computer that looks like a smartie glued to the back. That's a 6 core intel processor that encodes and streams even as it stores (included is a 4 terabyte micro sd card (removable with a sewing needle) or sends full bandwidth video to the bluetooth receiver.
Yes, and you can order any smiley face you want, or get a customized front with text i.e. "I'm Just Following Orders" (any font you want) for a small upgrade price.
..... And no, I didn't fall for the prank. I hate that junk.
Yep, this may look like a simple smiley face button but notice the tiny hole in the nostril. It has a miniature camera and microphone that captures wides angle 4k 60 frames/sec 4096 x 2160 Effective Sensor Area video, 48/24 sound and wifi (wifi must be within 1000 yards using new bluetooth 10.
Notice the little computer that looks like a smartie glued to the back. That's a 6 core intel processor that encodes and streams even as it stores (included is a 4 terabyte micro sd card (removable with a sewing needle) or sends full bandwidth video to the bluetooth receiver.
Yes, and you can order any smiley face you want, or get a customized front with text i.e. "I'm Just Following Orders" (any font you want) for a small upgrade price.
..... And no, I didn't fall for the prank. I hate that junk.
You have to realize this is a guy trying to get hits on his YouTube channel. Obviously there would have been some people who realized his trick and called him out - he just edits those people out.
And as for the rest, most people know little to nothing about technology. Smartphones were not mainstream devices until a few years ago. It has been nearly a year since the iPhone 5s came out and a guy with a cameraman is holding a box that says iPhone 6 and showing off the phone - most people will inherently believe him, because you assume he has no motive to be lying to you.
And then he asks leading questions like "Can you feel how fast it is?" the easy answer is to confirm his observation because he has used it for more than the 20 seconds you have been holding it.
Just some observations for those thinking that these people are dumb for believing him.
And as for the rest, most people know little to nothing about technology. Smartphones were not mainstream devices until a few years ago. It has been nearly a year since the iPhone 5s came out and a guy with a cameraman is holding a box that says iPhone 6 and showing off the phone - most people will inherently believe him, because you assume he has no motive to be lying to you.
And then he asks leading questions like "Can you feel how fast it is?" the easy answer is to confirm his observation because he has used it for more than the 20 seconds you have been holding it.
Just some observations for those thinking that these people are dumb for believing him.
Exactly. Unless someone's job or personal interests concern technical details, it often makes good sense for them not to concern themselves with such things. Contrary to what some here might think, lack of particularized technical knowledge is not a marker for stupidity.
No, it's not about that.
Most people on the streets would not be able to tell you anything about the iPhone other than the color and capacity because that's what they chose when they bought it.
It's being a bit educated so you know your phone better.
That's just me.
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Hey everyone, I found an Android fanatic. Everyone take a torch and pitchfork and form a nice orderly angry mob. Get him!
A lot of them were Brits and Dutch
There are tech-illiterate people in every country.
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Bit smarter than your average Galaxy fan, still.iPhone fans! Gotta love em!
Well..... Kimmel has video proof that says otherwiseA lot of them were Brits and Dutch
There are tech-illiterate people in every country.
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Bit smarter than your average Galaxy fan, still.
The title for this story should be:
"Yet another demonstration that if you talk to enough people and only show the responses from idiots you can make it look like people are stupid in general."
Fun for late-night talk shows, but terrible for making any judgments about people's intellectual abilities.
"Yet another demonstration that if you talk to enough people and only show the responses from idiots you can make it look like people are stupid in general."
Fun for late-night talk shows, but terrible for making any judgments about people's intellectual abilities.
Exactly. People here might go ballistic if the larger iPhone gets marginally better specs (may not happen, but it could), but the average consumer won't give a you know what about that.
Something that most of you probably don't know about me is that I'm a Craftsman® lawn mower enthusiast.
Anyway, this video reminds me of the time I replaced the grass bag on my model which is this year's model with a different color grass bag, and I was talking to my neighbor and I told him it was an early-release of next year's model and he was all like "oh, yeah, it sounds a little bit quieter than the previous model" and I was all like "I WAS LYING! IT'S THIS YEAR'S MODEL!! YOU IDIOT!!! HAA!!!!"
And suffice to say, I think he was just a little bit embarrassed.
I don't know. The guys at the Craftsman® forums seemed to get a kick out of it.
Anyway, this video reminds me of the time I replaced the grass bag on my model which is this year's model with a different color grass bag, and I was talking to my neighbor and I told him it was an early-release of next year's model and he was all like "oh, yeah, it sounds a little bit quieter than the previous model" and I was all like "I WAS LYING! IT'S THIS YEAR'S MODEL!! YOU IDIOT!!! HAA!!!!"
And suffice to say, I think he was just a little bit embarrassed.
I don't know. The guys at the Craftsman® forums seemed to get a kick out of it.
Let me explain
I have done man-in-the-street interviews. A master at it explained how you do it. You barge into the victim/subject's space, and put the mike right in their face. You smile and say, "Hi!" and then you ask the question. When they don't say much, you smile and poke the mic at them. So they say something else, and again, and again. It's not marked by your voice, so you can cut it to say whatever you want. And the editing room floor is a foot deep in film/tape when you finish. You pick only the reactions you want, and then people who see it think what you want them to think. I did one set of questions near Valentine's Day, and I got a touching little film as people -- one in about 12 -- said something funny, or touching. And then I put music behind it. Voila! Stupid people, funny people, angry people, whatever you want. Think about that when you think Jay is a nice guy, while Jay Walking was an item that showed the stupidest people in creation. There were lots of smart people who were cut out.
I have done man-in-the-street interviews. A master at it explained how you do it. You barge into the victim/subject's space, and put the mike right in their face. You smile and say, "Hi!" and then you ask the question. When they don't say much, you smile and poke the mic at them. So they say something else, and again, and again. It's not marked by your voice, so you can cut it to say whatever you want. And the editing room floor is a foot deep in film/tape when you finish. You pick only the reactions you want, and then people who see it think what you want them to think. I did one set of questions near Valentine's Day, and I got a touching little film as people -- one in about 12 -- said something funny, or touching. And then I put music behind it. Voila! Stupid people, funny people, angry people, whatever you want. Think about that when you think Jay is a nice guy, while Jay Walking was an item that showed the stupidest people in creation. There were lots of smart people who were cut out.
All the Apple groupies here are cracking me up with how defensive they get !
But really, this is how the rest of the world see weirdos so fanatically and religiously tied to a Brand.
Lets just say you folks don't come off as smart or informed.
I use a Windows server ,
a Linux terminal ,
a Roku for TV ,
a Nexus 7 for reading in the bathroom ,
a Kindle for the pool (Sunbathing)
a Chromebook for travel
and an iPhone for day to day crap (with hotspot for the Chromebook)
DIVERSIFY PEOPLE !
But really, this is how the rest of the world see weirdos so fanatically and religiously tied to a Brand.
Lets just say you folks don't come off as smart or informed.
I use a Windows server ,
a Linux terminal ,
a Roku for TV ,
a Nexus 7 for reading in the bathroom ,
a Kindle for the pool (Sunbathing)
a Chromebook for travel
and an iPhone for day to day crap (with hotspot for the Chromebook)
DIVERSIFY PEOPLE !
All I can say is American TV is not reality, it's all scripted reality, normal people in the street these are not!
This is the country that was rocked with controversy when fans found out WWF was for show and not real!?
This is the country that was rocked with controversy when fans found out WWF was for show and not real!?
When people ask this instead of how much battery life you actually get, you get the flaw in the spec-obsessed world android users live in.
