If I look for it I can still tell, obviously. But at some point it stopped being notable enough in my head for me to consciously take note.
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iPhone 15 Pro Wins Best Camera in MKBHD Smartphone Awards 2023
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Exactly! This is why I don’t believe in the word “influencers“. Unless their needs, habits and use case mirror your own, then anything they say should be taken with a very large grain of salt. Rule of thumb: never blindly rely on someone else’s research.
He's one of the RARE objective reviewers out there. Saying bad when it's bad, and saying good when it's good. I'll put him on par with The Verge (their reviews, not their final scores).
Well believe it, because they exist and do influence people. You're just lucky to be smarter than them.
I’m not trolling Apple or the iPhone. Love both. I’m trolling people who don’t contribute anything useful or valuable to society.
Just want to make clear again, I’m not calling him a troll. I’m saying he’s useless.
Like pretty much any youtuber.
Most of them literally only read the specifications on camera, call the video "review" and end it with "but it still depends on your needs, let me know what you think".
But still, this is how communication works today. In my country half of the population is under the minimum score for basic, middle grade level, math. Someone reading the specs with some visual representation on top of it is what they need/want.
So if these youtuber are able to make money with it, good for them.
>The MR crowd just skews stodgy
Like anything on the modern internet, there are a loud group of people passionately and often abusively arguing 100% for one side, another loud group of people passionately and often abusively arguing the exact opposite and then the majority of people who don’t really care so much.
The irony being that the loud arguing groups are basically exactly the same people an opposite sides of the same coin. They just happen to argue opposite things in the same way.
Like anything on the modern internet, there are a loud group of people passionately and often abusively arguing 100% for one side, another loud group of people passionately and often abusively arguing the exact opposite and then the majority of people who don’t really care so much.
The irony being that the loud arguing groups are basically exactly the same people an opposite sides of the same coin. They just happen to argue opposite things in the same way.
My complaint was simply that neither side knows what they're talking about. Including MKBHD. He's of course really confident in his opinions and does seem to really appreciate Apple's products. That doesn't mean the world needs to hear him talk about each one for 30 minutes as if he designed it. I have the exact same issue with Federicio Vitticci's 8,000 page iOS reviews.
One of the many reasons I don’t use android. The apps on android are inferior in comparison and especially on entry hardware the optimization is terrible.
I can use Snapchat on an iPhone 6s and an iPhone 15 pro max and there might be a delay form the 6s. But it still works.
My brothers girlfriend just got this Samsung a14. Phone today and I was helping her set it up. She went to install Snapchat and it just lagged like crazy and the camera is terrible for a 2023 phone compared to a 2016 phone. Within an hour she took it back to the store and paid extra and got an se 2022 lmaon
How do people actually think YouTubers know anything more about what makes a phone great than the rest of us? Mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc...have been around forever. Do you really need a YouTuber to tell you which one is "best" for you. Do you not have enough experience with such devices to know what you want? The only time I watch any of these YouTubers is at the launch of a new device. I'm not looking for their opinion on anything. I just want to see the device and get any details not shown at the launch event.
These people make millions off your views and subscription. They need you, you don't need them. Why would you treat them like they're some kind of "expert." It's a complete joke.
These people make millions off your views and subscription. They need you, you don't need them. Why would you treat them like they're some kind of "expert." It's a complete joke.
Exactly. At least I can tell someone who asks for advice to get a current iPhone SE and not be afraid they are going to come back to me with complaints that it sucks. I can’t say that for sure about any cheap Android phone.
I didn’t properly think about this bit at first but yeah it’s kind of ridiculous. If only someone had invented a multi user operating system 50 years ago. Not sure why Apple is so opposed to proper separation of things. If they want to seriously call the iPad a computer it at the very least needs multi user capability. Really same with the phone. A guest account would be perfect for sharing pictures or games etc.
Having just switched to the Pixel 8 after 10 years on iPhones, I am not at all surprised to hear that it's his phone of the year.
The Pixel 8 is brilliant, and I have absolutely zero desire to return to the iPhone after owning a Pixel 8. It's been a breath of fresh air.
And before anyone talks about the ecosystem, I live and breath on a MBP, and the Pixel integrates with it even better than my iPhones ever did.
Same goes for earbuds, I've discovered that AirPods are actually very average. My new earbuds do "switching" between the phone and Mac even better, as it is dual connect, so it is connected to both at the same time. I can have something playing on either my phone or laptop, press play on the other, and the one that was playing then automatically stops playing, and the one I've just pressed play with starts playing, and the audio is seamless.
Well that's what happens when you buy a cheap Android. Get a good one, like MKBHD's phone of the year, the Pixel 8, and it's a whole different story. No lags, nothing you complained about, just a brilliant phone. Better, and cheaper, than an iPhone.
Sure, but it makes you sit up and think, oh wait, maybe now there are other alternatives to the iPhone that are just as good, or even better. Maybe some of the top Android phones have caught up, or even surpassed the iPhones. If someone like MKBHD is giving his phone of the year award to anything other than an iPhone, then maybe it's time to have a look.
I have a couple of friends who gave me a run down on what their Pixel phones could do, and I was like, oh wow, damn I wish my phone could do that. I'd already had a love/hate relationship with my iPhone, so did some research, watched a bunch of review vids, and took a punt on the Pixel 8 when the Black Friday sales came on. So glad I did, it's a breath of fresh air, there's no way I'm switching back to iPhones any time soon.
And this is coming from someone who lives and breaths a MBP. I love macOS, love the new Apple Silicon laptops, and you'd have to peel mine from my cold dead hands. But damn, after owning a Pixel 8, Apple can go stick iOS and the iPhones right where they fit.
The Pixel 6 series is the worst set of phones that was on the market at the time. I could have sworn that I wrote that it was "too weak", which is not something good. I have turned off most of the settings to let Google harvest my information on the Pixel 6a. They can get the people who are also willing to let themselves be used by Facebook.
I'm glad that the Pixel 8 series is better, but I would rather stick with Apple or OnePlus.
You have to get something like a Samsung A5* for it to be good enough. When buying Android, it's better to get a recent OnePlus or ASUS phone in order to get enough power for a decent price. Samsung offers refurbished phones for decent prices, as well but you have to choose carefully.
A pixel 8 is not better than an iPhone. And it actually is more expensive than an iPhone SE 3 and only $70 cheaper than an iPhone 13.
That’s the issue with android. If I can’t afford (I can) to spend $600 then an entry level android should not feel like I’m using an android from 2012. You have to either spend a ton of money for
An average at best experience or cheap
Out and have a subpar one. Android is a compromise and Settling.
Any modern smartphone should have basics like tap to pay/nfc. A decent screen refresh and resolution. Samsung is about the only one who releases halfway decent entry level phones but it’s also Samsung so I don’t trust anything from them