He even defended Apple not having any important info including pricing and configurations for the Series 7 prior to pre-order and said nothing was unusual.
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Yeah I always watch his stuff for products I am interested in. He's great.
Dave2D (Dave Lee) is also good.
It’s true, while there isn’t an exact script. Apple and other advertising companies have certain things that they can and can’t say, show or do. Like apple may allow them to show one app but not allow them to open another app in the video. It’s really crazy how that stuff works.
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It’s all manipulating the consumers and marketing playing it’s role. It’s dirty business. Apple is playing the game.
You think.. YouTubers reviewing Samsung products like Apple’s… something to think about.
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That’s the name of the game, but that’s why forums like MR exists. And it’s a good thing it does.
Does he work for Apple Inc? Because sometimes I wonder. I like honest product reviews, not 15 minutes of corporate cheerleading like Rene Ritchie and iJustine provide. All products have good and bad and it is a reviewer’s job to point them out. Saying everything is great and perfect and you just can’t live without the product is promotion not review.
Rene is so cringeworthy I can’t stand him. His video thumbnails are an embarrassment and his “analysis” is basically the press release from Apple PR.
I find her so repulsive. I can’t even stand to see her videos’ thumbnails.
Any reviewers that get "early" or "exclusive" access are being bought, wether it's iJustine or Verge. That early access allows them to push a review out faster than any other review sites or common upstart YouTube reviewers, and so allows them to make more money. They also implicitly know that negative reviews threaten future early access, unlike common folk who just buy the stuff themselves....
So these type of reviews can be nice for a "first look" in semi-ordinary people's hands (I only say semi ordinary in that their videos are often very doctored and edited, unlike a more ordinary reviewer might do), otherwise they are pretty useless as a more object measure of the quality of the product.
I refuse to watch any review where they've put their face in the thumbnail making an obnoxious face. Love how some of these reviewer think people are clicking to see them more than the product
When your blonde, attractive, and popular it really doesn’t matter how skilled or talented you are. I’m looking at you Paris Hilton.
It is smart business for Apple. Apple knows that far too many people look to others for validation of what to do. It is rampant on here. Get some Apple yes people devices early and get the validation seeking people in a tech feeding frenzy.
He is biased. If he weren't, Apple wouldn't be sending him devices early. Apple knows a lot of people watch his channel and look to him to tell viewers what to do.