DNichter
macrumors G3
Sounds like more ridiculous nonsense to me. People certainly love to hate the X. It's kind of amusing.
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Linus's review iPhone X vs previous iPhones
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IF you want fair objective reviews. MKBHD and Soldier Knows Best are the way to go.
Love my iPhone X so no review matters to me. How i feel about the device is the only thing that matters.
Love my iPhone X so no review matters to me. How i feel about the device is the only thing that matters.
Strelok
macrumors 65816
I’ve started watching Linus less and less, it seems he’s went from having relatively good information to just spewing random nonsense with nicer set pieces over the years. I never really watched his phone reviews either. It’s funny how the bigger the channel gets, the less useful information you get out of it.
I haven't watched this particular video because quite honestly, I buy my phones for my needs and wants, nobody elses. I do agree though, I used to watch his shows quite regularly, but now they just seem to be full or pointless, unrealistic builds and reviews. As you say, the bigger a channel gets, the less useful they become. Not always, but most of the time. Shame really, but that's the nature of business. There is no way a large company, no matter how hard it tries, can match the personal touch of a small company. Same with channels that need to cater for larger and larger audiences.
asleep
macrumors 68040
Truefan31
macrumors 68040
He's actually used an iphone as his daily phone up until the s8.
His preference on computers is typically not Apple due to the fact it's near impossible to upgrade the internals. He is a techie you know, so being able to access components probably means a lot to him. Also, he praises a lot of aspects of Apple devices and OS too.
Knowlege Bomb
macrumors G4
I've watched a lot of his videos over the years, and praising Apple is not something I see him do.
Truefan31
macrumors 68040
The 6s was his daily phone for a while. He praised the tech inside such as the faster controller and the thermal throttling capabilities as well. Believe he liked the Touch ID as well.
He's also praised aspects of macOS when trying it and typically praises the speakers on Apple hardware.
He bashes Apple frequently. I don't care if he praises something once in a blue moon.
Truefan31
macrumors 68040
Ok he is a tech focused youtuber. Honestly any respectable tech focused enthusiast would find faults with Apple or any other company and its products. He has criticisms for basically everything he reviews. Just like there's things he praises for just about every product he reviews, apple included.
If you've followed him for years you'd already know these things.
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The UI is still a mess. People can get used to it sure, but trying to understand the thought process it's apparent it wasn't well conceived. Access to CC/notifications is honestly not intuitive at all.
D.T.
macrumors G4
Dbl-clicking an icon [to run a downloaded app] to root a phone makes you an ultimate _h4x0R_ 😀
Agreed. I suppose in his defense, he's just trying to make a buck - that said, my point about not caring (i.e., not putting much stock in his opinion / who is this): at this point, owners (some of us just exceeded 2-weeks of actual use), and even non-owners have a pretty well developed understanding of the device, how the new tech works, limits, issues, most of the particulars of iOS 11.x (in the context of an X). Any "reviews" at this point are mixed blather of pointing out the obvious combined with subjective over-the-top rants meant to generate traffic. If someone really had some new insight, like some unique [objective] engineering perspective, that might be interesting. Also, it's an important distinction - one that was apparently lost on some responders - I wasn't critical of his criticality, just the delivery and pointlessness of it all 🙂
I've got the drinking, swearing and cranky attitude down pretty well ... spinning my tires on the portal gun.
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KingslayerG5
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Just a little negativity towards the X and the some buyers get all negative towards the reviewer.
Hardware - 9/10
Software - 8/10
Average Score - 8.5/10
Most are giving it a fair score of 8.5/10. Not everyone is proclaiming it the best phone ever made or is wowed by it. There is always room for improvement.
Hardware - 9/10
Software - 8/10
Average Score - 8.5/10
Most are giving it a fair score of 8.5/10. Not everyone is proclaiming it the best phone ever made or is wowed by it. There is always room for improvement.
Sanlitun
macrumors 6502a
Oh please Linus was a low level chair moistener at NCIX and he has reasons for saying what he says and shilling what he shills.
In fairness though, some of his reviews are well done. But this was semi-assed and it was almost like he didn’t take time to use the phone.
dukebound85
macrumors Core
He isn't. He's actually quite a douche bag in person.
Linus who?? Thread title is a bit misleading/click-bait: stopped after five seconds due to not Peanuts or Torvalds. If one of them had an opinion...
dukebound85
macrumors Core
I don’t care if you disagree. My cousin met him in person as they have a big YouTube channel as well and they were at the same tech event and he was quite the douche in person. Very arrogant. Respect is earned, not given.
trekkie604
macrumors 68000
Agreed. I refuse to watch his videos and will always remember him as the NCIX techboi making product placement videos for that sleazy company (which is going bankrupt)
Haha no kidding! YT is creating personalities that no one would ever know otherwise, many of whom are just making content that has no real value.
Feenician
macrumors 603
Michael Scrip
macrumors G3
I dunno... an overwhelming majority of Linus' videos are still PC hardware or PC gaming related. That sounds like "tech" to me.
While there are some smartphone videos sprinkled in there too... I wouldn't call Linus a "gadget" guy.
Out of his last 24 videos... 16 are PC related... 3 are news (WAN Show)... and 5 are smartphone/gadget/other.
I don't think you can say Linus runs in "gadget circles"
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