Do consider sharing this message, so it reaches the people it needs to reach 👊 Also First video with the new Camera! Who can tell the difference?

Never thought a 2 huge tech KZfaqr collab would manipulate me into watching this video

FINALLY someone said it. Most KZfaqrs would be afraid to say the truth in fear of being blacklisted by the brand so if there was someone that could do this video, it had to be Arun & Marques. The 2 Kings of Tech. You speak for all of us. Hope to see a positive change in the future! ♥️

That mock trailer was expertly crafted, especially since I've seen most of the actual reviews they came from. Props to the editor for cementing exactly how opinions can not just be guided, but straight up misled with some simple editing tricks and restrictions. It's really important to use reviews as a supplementary opinion, but to think for yourself and do your own research and even personal testing in person.

"With great power comes great responsibility.." You guys are proving it. Great work as always. People are gonna keep these points in mind for future launches. :)

This is EXACTLY why I buy my own phones so I can call these companies out on thier BS! Nobody can EVER say they seen a Samsung video from me without me talking about EVERYTHING I don't like at the start of the video.

Great video. Obviously for me it wasn't news 😂 I've seen all this stuff before, but you guys did a great job of summarizing WHY some of these things are so problematic - LS

What you are sharing boils down to trust. A short story from a different angle: I was an engineer for a start-up back in 2001. We had a box that supported all types of traffic over the Internet using Asynchronous Transfer Mode--a popular backbone transport back then. I flew to Dallas to do a "bake off" with the top five competitors and came out on top (and not by a small margin either). These tests were performed in front of a top magazine writer and one other person operating the test gear. I was soon on the phone with our Marketing lead after the published article had pronounced the #2 competitor as the winner. I fell out of my chair when the writer unabashedly admitted that a steak dinner and small gifts, among other things, was all we had needed to garner his favor. Had I not heard it with my own ears, I would have assumed that someone had simply had sour grapes with the outcome. Were you in the telecom biz back then and I told you the name of the magazine, it would put you in your seat. Since then I have been very skeptical about all technology rags.

Props to these guys for still giving us the facts and turning down offers to stay unbiased

This is the level of honesty we expect from our youtubers

I love how They are actually pointing out brands for Different things without any hesitation

Dude I generally didn’t know how much this guy cares about us, props to this guy!

Love your transparency! Hope you guys don't get much backlash from telling the truth...bullies will be bullies! I can't believe that these companies don't ask you for permission or even pay you for your quotes or using your content! Meanwhile they cry bloody murder if anyone did the same with their content!

No wonder why Marques and Arun is still the big dawgs on KZfaq. Their transparency about reviews makes them so good.

We didn't want this collaboration. We needed this collaboration.

I never regret subscribing to this channel. This 14 minutes plus video just seemed like a 3 minutes watch. No wasted moments. Thank you both.

This is actually a serious matter which should be put into account. I appreciate the effort and honesty you guys took to create this video and pass a huge amount of information about what's happening behind. This is why people trust your opinions.

The "taken out of context" quote applies to games as well for sure!

Awesome breakdown. There is one more factor: Micro-Influencers. While it's great that brands are including smaller creators, micro-influencers tend to be super enthusiastic about products from big brands and they tend to do multiple videos which usually lean on the positive side. The brand gets a flood of content across a sustained period of time and the creator gets the views. This is especially true if it's a paid-for collaboration.

This is the final battle of collaborations! Both of you working synergistically together to talk about the egregious behavior of cell phone companies and deceptive practices. We need more collaborations like this, most definitely! 🙏👍

This was such an awesome video. Really love seeing a behind the scenes look at how these brand integrations work. Would love to see similar things going forward. Particularly with more collabs with MKBHD. You guy's both produce such awesome tech stuff. It's really an absolute masterclass of presentation and cinematography that adds a huge level of professionalism and is much appreciated.

Arun: "What do you expect me to do for 10 minutes?!" Nothing: We chose our brand name for a reason

It seems that the struggle is the same everywhere; even up in the stratosphere! Refreshing to see leaders taking the lead on this. It takes guts to stand up to big corporations, even if you are two of the most influential tech reviewers on the planet. Well done, thank you and more power to you!

Thank you for keeping tech companies in check! Yours and MKB's voices are very powerful.

Great video, nicely summarized. That is why I always recommend your channel. You don't just agree with what the audience thinks, you make them think. The two of you are a great combination.

An MKBHD+MRWHOSETHEBOSS collaboration has to be the best way to hear about the tech reviewer world The two most trustworthy and brave reviewers in all of KZfaq

Huge respect for not being a sellout, even though you’re putting your channel at risk for the safekeep of your fans!

Two of the honest KZfaqrs taking the tech world forward with honesty and Trust of consumers . Kudos and cheers to you

This collab is rad as hell. Using your power and established credibility combined to call out anti-consumer practices in these companies is such a great move! Thank you for sticking your necks out like this.

The red hydrogen mashup was the best 😂

We did a video like this in the past, but you and Marques did a way better job. Really important video, great job guys!

Thanks for seeing the good in the world and being a part of it, brilliant channel too your reviews are top notch. Happy 2022 enjoy it!

Thanks for an enlightening video. I showed it to my marketing class to point out that things aren’t always what they seems to be.

"WE WANT MORE ARUN AND MARQUES COLLAB" - literally everyone watching this 2nd collab of their's

"Gonna give you up. Gonna let you down." - Passionfruit CEO quoting their next phone

The cynic in me believes that even "tell-all" videos like this can work in favour of big tech companies: we now see these two reviewers as more trustworthy because of their candour, hence we're more likely to trust any subsequent reviews from them. Take everything with a healthy pinch of salt

I love this video! It's time these things were said. I just wish you guys would've gone a step further, by agreeing that you would no longer abide by or agree to manufacturer terms that set the stage for consumers being misled. For example, if you believe that a phone is an incredible piece of hardware, but already know the software is crap, please don't make a video hyping us up on the hardware. A lot of us will go out and preorder based on those initial seemingly positive reviews. Or at a bare minimum, give us STRONG warnings to not buy yet, and wait until the second video drops so we can get the full picture. Unless some of you big dogs start taking a stand, these abusive practices will just continue and grow.

Wow, this video required balls going for these huge brands. We definitely appreciate the transparency and insight in to all of this that we otherwise wouldn't have seen.

Everyone: "Name the greatest collab in history." Mrwhosetheboss: "Say no more"

Thanks guys, for your honesty and for exposing this disease that seems to be spreading into all parts of life... all of the deceit and lies and manipulation from the "big guys" with so much money, influence and power :( You guys have my admiration and respect (and trust) for sticking to your integrity and standing up for justice and truth.

Appreciate the honesty. We need more reviewers like you!

I really like how they're standing up to these huge companies

When the only 2 Tech KZfaqrs @mkbhd @Mrwhosetheboss I refer for real good content Collaborate and give such an awesome and genuine video. Holy guacamole. I can watch this video on loop.

I didn't know all the headaches behind the scenes with these tech companies. Great video!

Not surprising. I guess we all expected it, and as the years went on, we all knew it. Thanks for your honesty. Yours and MKBHDs are one of the few channels I continued trusting for my reviews. I hope your message will have an impact. Big tech companies are manipulating on such a big scale it should be illegal.

amazing video, loved this way of doing a collab

“It’s built like an absolute tank, but beyond that… Holographic display!” 👁👄👁. I lost there😂😂

I appreciate that a lot of KZfaqrs are standing up to all the shady business practices going on in pretty much every type of genre

Wow. I never knew about this. This is the level of honesty we expect from KZfaqrs! I mean I honestly never realised all of this... it's made me realise how we really can't trust anything we hear on the internet without looking into it... and it's quite terrifying how these big tech companies are manipulating people... I guess it's become so normalised now that not many people realise the truth about this.

You guys should create a whole new review genre "post launch" reviews that talks about all the negative impressions about the product. Users will start to delay their purchases until the post launch reviews hit the tubes.

Incredibly well said and all very true.

It takes a lot of courage for someone in the media industry to come out in the open and expose tech companies' techniques to manipulate "media"! You guys could've so easily toed the lines and made big bucks. Guess the fact that you guys are so unbiased in your reviews is what makes you so unique. Please continue to stand-up for what's correct. Once again - hats-off for the video.

I like videos like these....it's like what reviewers like you feels when they get an product for review.....wow an eye opener. Great video....you and MKBHD are doing great job....in a sense a bit towards society in educating about the topic that concern you and us in general.

if RED used your Ad at 12:46, they will sell atleast couple thousands Hydrogen phones ..lol .. Smooth bro.

"Coming soon" Elon musk heavily sweating

Thoroughly informative but not overextended, brilliant!! Thank you!!!

Very nice. Subscribed just for your honesty 😀 thanks for keep us at the center of your videos and not falling for these gimmicks

This takes a lot of courage. Props to you and MKBHD for this amazing video. Thank you for enlighten us

I just love that thumbnail man. And yeah You Both Are All Time Favs. So glad to see you together :)

Dude i love the fact that you featured, this is awesome. love your channel

I have a lot of respect for you both, this is a video not many would dare to make.

Bang on point with this - good stuff Arun 👍

I love how this guy's vids are both informative and funny. Thanks mate.

I love these cross channel collaborations. Great information on this subject.

Love the honesty and transparency, keep this up!

My mantra Games: No pre-orders Phones: Don't buy 'til retail units are fully reviewed. KZfaq: Don't give views to sell-out channels Great job arun. Keep making videos like this, you the man.

I really enjoyed the straight forward information that was shared here. Keep it up buddy. Subscribed w/ notifications as well. Thanks again

Finally someone with no BS in legit content. Thank you for being so genuine and authentic.

Oneplus started avoiding GeekyRanjit after his honest review for phone.That is the day respect for him raised× 10000+. Honesty to his viewers is so precious🌺🙏🏻💙

If companies start to blacklist mkbhd and Arun now, it basically means that everything they said in this video is very true and they are admitting to it

This is the most subtle way to call them out. I do hope this trend stops rather than evolve because all viewers/consumers want is the full truth and not deliberately omitted information. Thanks guys for using your voices to the advantage of the consumers notwithstanding.👍

Thanks for letting us know about the subtle and not so subtle ways tech companies are influencing KZfaqrs. Very interesting.

Arun is the type of guy i want teachers to be. His tune and style of speaking is so extra ordinary that you can't unpay attention!

😅 “If that’s what someone wants, that’s what ads are for!” So True! Love this channel

Quite insightful. Even as a teenie tiny micro nano review channel influencer, companies approach me with some crazy requests. I turn many down, because I enjoy having full creative control, and what they want me to say (or not say) is ridiculous.

One of the best video to understand how mobile companies manipulate consumer mindset regarding a product. Great efforts 👌🏻

Good job boys. finally someone said it!

Arun's voice is literally UHD to my ears.

This is so much more interesting than tech device reviews. Subscribed!

I really like your content in youtube but I did not know you are very honest with your audience. Thank you for this video and I hope more updates like that

Bloody hell. First time seeing a lot of people with Tick Marks to their name. A hell of a community guys. Stay together for betterment. GL.

This is what responsible people with influence do: Come clean and be as transparent as possible

After my personnel 4 yea long "Review" of the MKBHD channel it is my humble opinion that he and his team can be thoroughly trusted. Marque s "kudos" to you and your team, keep up the good work.

I'm really grateful for all the effort you put into your channels. I want to give a huge thank you! 🎉

We thank you for not selling your audience to companies. We all work hard for our money and appreciate an honest review. Hats off to you guys, never change.

those double embargos are the worst! Whenever possible, I ignore the first date and only do a single video on the second embargo! But yes, *an embargo by itself is a horrible* *****. Great video, you did a great job summarizing it. Hope there is a follow up video on how reviewers can survive these and still create a good video for their audience!

This is a much needed video. Thankyou both for being honest!

I didn't actually know what was happening behind the scenes. Thanks for shedding light on this.

Arun: *Proceeds to hand Samsung their bottoms * KZfaq: *Plays Samsung M32 ad *

I like how honest Arun is in his videos, he is indirectly roasting Unbox Therapy.

I liked the collaboration how informative you are and god knows truth!

pov:you're looking in the comments to see if a company replied

EXCELLENT video!!! Thank you so much Arun 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 really enjoyed this!

Just remember: Everything and anything a company says to the world in any way is optimized by their PR Team. Independent coverage out of their control is something they generally hate.

Thank you for being unbiased, you literally has helped me deciding so many times....

quite the improtant video for tech consumers to watch. appreciate you and mkbhd looking out for us and conducting consumer protection

Companies: we got a few tricks up our sleeves Arun and MKBHD: lets Show ur sleeves

Good to know that you're one of the good ones, who doesn't fool or trick there audience....and actually tell the honest truth of the product

Hopefully it puts your mind at ease that there are consumers out there like myself who will take the time to actually research any quotes posted by a company to make their product look more favorable due to said quote. But thank you for making a video that's transparently showing how these companies operate in regards to tech reviewers.

You so missed the chance to show yourself “knitting” a rickroll blanket