Technically 2022 was a dry desert 🏜, nothing new, stagnation. But in software, Ai development revolution are happened, image generation destroyed whole professions of artists and photographers next. 2023 will be year of Ai generated videos and movies, whole Hollywood maybe replaced after Google as owner of biggest video library of planet started training it's machines, it's already do, and youtubers will be replaced too, time for paychecks after videos maybe quite short-term.
@@anb1142 "Cans and Buds" is slang or shorthand for "headphones and earbuds." A "can of Bud" is a container of Budweiser, a popular beer in North America. I intentionally conflated the two for a very dumb joke. 😄
I have been following Michael for a couple of years now, from a student in India to Canada. And I must say from his script, editing to honest reviews I have always been a fan🙏🏻 thankyou
something every tech reviewer missed was the Lenovo Thinkbook Plus Gen 3, it's a laptop with an ultrawide screen and has a second display next to the keyboard. It was released in 2022 but no big tech reviewer made a video on it.
Everyone in the comments has pretty much said anything there was to say. So I will just say this: a heartfelt thank you for another year of great videos, great reviews, and - why not - great locales! Happy festivities and onward to an even greater new year. Cheers! //Rick
12:22 The Framework Chromebook is more about repair and sustainability rather than not having to carry around a dongle. That being said, 4 hours of battery life just doesn't cut it. My HP Chromebook x360 has around 14 hours of battery life.
Given how many reviewers have lauded its $399 price, it’s amusing to hear someone call the Steam Deck an “expensive compromise”. Yes, the Series S is $299, and the digital PS5 is $399 (if you can get your hands on one), but portability (display, battery, etc.) comes at a cost.
It really depends on how you're using it. If you have got other systems that you play the same games on, then yes, it is an expensive compromise, even the base version.
FOOD SHOULDN'T MOVE but then I was also torn since it did actually look really good. NO, I STAND BY MY FIRST STATEMENT, FOOD SHOULD NOT BE MOVING. I'll eat RAW FISH, but that's been cubed to a point where it stops moving. I love Sushi.
Honestly until I save up for a decent gaming desktop, my son got that this year for Christmas (shh don’t tell him), my steam deck is my main gaming device. Be it in my hands or hooked up to my 55” tv using a ps5 controller, it’s a pleasure to use every time. I love it.
What a grand tour and a great video. With all the TH-camrs around, I feel you're one of the few they call "seasoned". Thanks, Michael. Looking forward to more next year.
@@TheMrMobile I'm absolutely gutted we never met while I was roaming the streets of Brooklyn, but I'm happy we share a common favourite "temporary building" 😀
I take issue with how the Steam Deck's shortcomings are presented in this video, as it comes across as the Deck is directly competing with portable consoles such as the Switch, instead of as a portable PC. I would be lying if I said the Deck isn't a competitor to the Switch, but people who buy a Switch are expecting any game they slot in to work as they would expect, but if you're buying a Deck, I would say the assumption is that you know you're buying a portable PC running Steam. In my previous comment, I tried to explain how Valve can't cover every edge case and got replies saying that "its developers and publishers' fault for not optimizing for Linux". No. Those developers and publishers are selling their games to the entire Steam userbase, most of which are on regular Windows computers. Valve's goal with the Steam deck is to work around that and make the Steam deck able to cater to the games. Yes, developers can make efforts to better support the Deck and Linux in general, but I'd say you can't blame them for not since Valve has no requirement for developers to do so. The other issue I have is how the Deck's price is framed in this video, comparing it to the Switch instead of other portable PC gaming devices that are very often priced double or more what the Steam Deck is. Those are the devices the Steam Deck is directly competing with and in such presents itself as an extremely good value. (I apologize for this comment being super long and deleting my prior comment, I just felt that I didn't articulate my points well enough.)
About the steam deck and the playdate having no backlight on the buttons. I think that is a dumb criticism to have, a control is not a keyboard, you're supposed to look at the game and feel the buttons at all times. Great video though.
Maybe I'm just weak-sauce on my touch gaming, but the Steam Deck has so many buttons, some of which have zero tactility, and the dpad is in such a weird place that when I'm playing in a dark plane cabin I'm usually hunting for the buttons 🤷♂️
The google Pixel Buds Pro's Noise Cancellation is fine however could be much better. Compared to my prior set which is the Sony WF-1000XM4 they are just not up to snuff.
2:28 The reason why you can't play the legacy PC games (especially that Star Trek: Judgment Rites game you had shown in the video, in that exact timestamp) you want to play on the Steam Deck could be because of them needing a few tweaks in the settings. In the case of the Star Trek game, you should downgrade the version of Proton (the compatibility layer that translate Windows games to run on SteamOS, which is just a customized version of Linux) used for the game, to version 6.3-8
One of the best feature cell phones can offer, when recording video. Give the option of automatically record in horizontal mode and have the videos NOT look amateurish.
12:30 => you could just skip the expansion modules and carry the dongle, it would work fine ^_^ the battery life is weird though, chromeOS should be easily 7+ hours of usage
The Steam Deck is definitely a weird one in terms of what games are compatible. All the specs to be able to run a ton of modern, AAA games, but a backlog of configuring software to make older games compatible. Tabletop Simulator and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy are two of the games in my collection I'm a little disappointed to see not make the cut, but being able to play Cyberpunk on physical hardware (instead of in the cloud like I have been), let alone on the go makes it one of my highest priority purchases.
@Carl Gunderson No it's not. Devs generally don't make their games compatible with it. It's to do with the state of the translation from code written for running on Windows to run it on Linux. Most of the translating software being done by WINE, with Valve and CodeWeavers really only just adding some polish on top.
Always enjoy MrMobile's content. As a Star Trek fan I also like the references in his videos, looks like he started early in this one 1:13 that Gagh looks pretty fresh.
Pixel buds pro are seriously the perfect earbud for me. Multipoint, lots of touch input options WITH intuitive volume control, great battery life, decent sound and noise cancellation, Ive considered buying multiple pairs for when my current pair inevitably dies
Steam Deck has been my favorite new tech this year. Pretty much all the games I played on it just work with no tinkering necessary. I played it more than my PS5 too.
5:50 I have the blue 45mm galaxy watch 5 and I've never gotten 2 days of use, even with AOD, which brings it down to 24 hours of use. What am I doing wrong?
Nothing. Wear OS is a pig compared to Tizen. But even Tizen wasn't fantastic as OLED displays just use so much more power than MIPS ones (but look a lot better).
I'd love to see some coverage of the Nreal Air glasses (and/or some similar glasses, since there are a couple options out there) I haven't picked them up but they're right behind the Steam Deck (which they apparently play well with) in terms of tech I wanna pick up. Could be a good pickup for the mobile life, in terms of being able to play games or watch movies (or even do work, especially since the Nreal Air specifically work with Macbooks to do an AR triple display setup, apparently) with less space taken up for the view you get with them. i.e. I've heard them described as a personal private theater before.
Mr. Mobile is the best! I bought the Galaxy Buds2 Pro a couple of months ago and I love them. The sound quality on the Buds2 Pro are so good and they are my.favorite piece of tech from 2022.
A round of applause please for the best 2022 Tech Recap I’ve yet seen this far: honest opinions, well sorted between brands and devices, ~20 min max footage, well edited, great landscapes or scenes, scripts on point … got me hooked the whole video. Well done MrMobile! 👏🏻 👏🏻
The reason why people like fossils still use gorilla glass instead of sapphire is something that a lot of people wouldn't know unless you've either had tons of sapphire watches or like myself worked in a watch store. Sapphire glass may be less prone to scratches as compared to its much lower and counterpart of Gorilla Glass however Sapphire is known to be more shatter prone then regular types of glass and quartz.. so though you may get an additional scratch or two with gorilla glass your chances of your screen actually cracking and breaking are less with gorilla glass than with sapphire. Also Sapphire is known to leave a glare and using these type of watches and bright light conditions does not work well with a glare as it's not a regular solid standard watch face the brightness and even the extra brightness abilities do not necessarily help all that great when it comes to Sapphire watches I know I also have an Apple Watch that is sapphire and I run into the same problems which is why I stopped using it and I went back to the gorilla glass options. Corning may not be the best but when it comes to SmartWatches I would still rather have Gorilla Glass than Sapphire if I was paying for a high end traditional watch like a Movado or a true Montblanc or a Piguet.. then I would choose Sapphire but I have to say my Movado connect 2.0 still looks beautiful after all this time even though there's almost no point they're using it anymore and that doesn't have Sapphire and there's not a scratch on it and I use it everywhere including work and at a desk and when I go out and when I'm gaming when I'm outside chopping wood and it hasn't had a scratch on it. Sapphire glass is not for every watch and I don't believe any Smartwatch merits Sapphire at least not from the lower end Brands like fossil and Scoggin even though Michael Kors is under their line I could see them using it as well as diesel because those are manhole covered watches as it is according to you LOL but they're choosing to not use Sapphire for a reason everybody thinks Sapphire has to be the way to go because of course Apple made it that way and it's like whenever Apple decides something that's the way that it has to go Apple did that because they know the price that you're going to have to pay when you crack that watch because you feel that it's glass is much standard and quality then Gorilla Glass so you're not going to take care of it as you would if it wasn't. Sapphire glass on a smartwatch was a business tactic to earn more money when it breaks. Take a look at how much it cost to replace a SmartWatch with a sapphire glass as opposed to replacing it with Gorilla Glass
We are at the stage where tech is evolving instead of being revolutionary, and I am all for it! Each iteration brings much need QoL to rushed and 1st gen products. What would be even better if the prices start coming down, but I don't hold much for that.
Can't wait to tear open that Steam Deck I know my wife got me for Xmas! With that said, I'm shocked you went for the Quiet Comfort over the good ol' Sony XM lineup. I'm still rocking the XM4s but you'd be hard pressed to pry them from my cold dead hands lol.
Steam deck is an emulation power house and will play everything from today all the way back to when games began. You also get much better battery life if you play 2d or less power hungry games. I like to play triple A titles while plugged in and GameCube or PS2 library when traveling. I'd say it's limitless when it comes to versatility.
2:12 -- "No back-lighting behind its buttons, so it's hard to play in the dark." It's essentially a game controller, not a keyboard. Muscle memory is all you need. What game consoles or controllers even come with back-lighting?
Appreciate all the hard work Michael. I trust you and the entire Mr Mobile Team have a relaxing Xmas / New Year's break. Perhaps a visit down under in 2023 could be on the cards to relax some more? No doubt you've all earned it, nothing more relaxing than a beer down on a Gold Coast beach in Queensland, Australia. At least you'd get a solid 16 hours or so to edit on your way back home to NY. Have a think about it, we'd love to have you down under mate. Whoever said running a YT channel is easy needs their head examined, seriously in a lot of ways I don't envy you with the hours that go into a show, particularly this one, it looks exhausting! On that note.... DON'T stay mobile my friend, you need a nap!
I also picked up a MacBook Air M2 this year, and I absolutely love it. I'm so glad I held off on the M1 for a year and a half before the M2 came out. I didn't know laptops could still be this slick, useable and refined. You'd expect such a machne to either cost as much as a used Honda Civic, or have design compromises way more serious than a clunky display notch.
In europe that base M2 air is 1500€. Way overpriced for the performance. 90% of the people in my country (Romania) wouldn't even afford it (let aside want to spend the money for it). Apple's focusing too much on North America rn.
I love Google Assistant on my Smartwatch! the Kospet Optimus 2! A beautiful smartwatch with standard size exchangeable straps, a camera, and a flashlight!
This is splendid. It felt so relatable while you demonstrate the capabilities of each product you mentioned. It feels like I've penetrated the hype wall behind every launch and actually witness the tech being utilized at it's desired environment. Thank you!
I wish fossil would show some love to their hybrid watches! To me, they're a better option than full-blown smart watches. You get significantly more battery life, and almost all the features of a smart watch. And they're somewhat thinner too.
Framework is so much more than just ports customization tho. It's also about *upgradability and right to repair.* Let's take the MacBook Air M2 as an example: 1. You're not allowed to open it without voiding the warranty; 2. You can't upgrade the ram; 3. You can't upgrade the storage (SSD); 4. Pretty much all things are integrated on the motherboard so if something breaks, a lot of the time you'll have to get a new motherboard (at almost the same price as a new laptop). 5. Apple refuses to offer documentation. Repairs on the laptop are very hard as they are but adding to that repair shops can't even get the computer schematics in order to try to fix it, because Apple doesn't want them to. So basically they are forbidding you to repair your Mac anywhere else other than Apple or authorised repair stores. None of these problems exist with the framework laptop. Yes it is a bit thicker and has worse battery life. But: most people that get MacBooks work at desks all day anyways so very few need 16hrs battery life and that "thickness" allows you to have a laptop that you can upgrade in 4 years instead of having to buy a new one.
I loved it, it was like a journey into a tech gadgets, Its like a story that put to me into lot to imaginations, I really enjoyed it. After completing the video I realized that i been here for 20 minutes lol
Fun fact. Technically there are only binaural headphones, since for stereo both ears need to be able to hear both sides, which is obviously not the case.
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Such a good video - there's a whole bunch of great tech I didn't get around to covering this year, and this was a lovely recap!
Thanks bud! BTW, the MacBook M1 Max footage is from that coffee shop down the road from your wedding venue 🥂
@@TheMrMobile I don't think you covered zenphone 9 either
Technically 2022 was a dry desert 🏜, nothing new, stagnation. But in software, Ai development revolution are happened, image generation destroyed whole professions of artists and photographers next. 2023 will be year of Ai generated videos and movies, whole Hollywood maybe replaced after Google as owner of biggest video library of planet started training it's machines, it's already do, and youtubers will be replaced too, time for paychecks after videos maybe quite short-term.
@@TheMrMobile there seems to be a giveaway is that true
1:13 what's the name of the dish with the tentacles moving around in the plate?
Proud to admit that I laughed way to hard at that budweiser joke!
my english isn't good, can you explain ?
@@anb1142 "Cans and Buds" is slang or shorthand for "headphones and earbuds." A "can of Bud" is a container of Budweiser, a popular beer in North America. I intentionally conflated the two for a very dumb joke. 😄
@@TheMrMobile thanks i get it now, very clever
I have been following Michael for a couple of years now, from a student in India to Canada. And I must say from his script, editing to honest reviews I have always been a fan🙏🏻 thankyou
Loved the concept of this video and ur execution!!!
Nothing makes my ears happier than the runs of alliteration you sprinkle into your videos 😀 Thank you for another year of great gadgety goodness!
1:15 what in tarnation is _that_ supposed to be and why did PETA did not nuke it from orbit yet?
3:58 at first I thought the crank was to charge the battery 🤣
something every tech reviewer missed was the Lenovo Thinkbook Plus Gen 3, it's a laptop with an ultrawide screen and has a second display next to the keyboard. It was released in 2022 but no big tech reviewer made a video on it.
OMG That poor octopus squirming in that platter before consumption is weird.
It suuuuure was! 😄 But "when in Rome ..."
@@TheMrMobile eat octopus?
Looks gnarly but it's already long dead
@@I-am-in-excruciating-pain doesn't stop it totally freaking you out. No way I'd remain at that table, but then I'm Veggie.
I thought they were worms lol
man this guy lives on the go. great recap of fun gadgets over the year
"We've kind of plateaued to a point of parody in peripherals pimped as pros"
The writing is just *chef's kiss*
Everyone in the comments has pretty much said anything there was to say. So I will just say this: a heartfelt thank you for another year of great videos, great reviews, and - why not - great locales! Happy festivities and onward to an even greater new year. Cheers! //Rick
12:22 The Framework Chromebook is more about repair and sustainability rather than not having to carry around a dongle.
That being said, 4 hours of battery life just doesn't cut it. My HP Chromebook x360 has around 14 hours of battery life.
Given how many reviewers have lauded its $399 price, it’s amusing to hear someone call the Steam Deck an “expensive compromise”. Yes, the Series S is $299, and the digital PS5 is $399 (if you can get your hands on one), but portability (display, battery, etc.) comes at a cost.
Fair enough. I could have done better with that phrasing.
It really depends on how you're using it. If you have got other systems that you play the same games on, then yes, it is an expensive compromise, even the base version.
FOOD SHOULDN'T MOVE but then I was also torn since it did actually look really good. NO, I STAND BY MY FIRST STATEMENT, FOOD SHOULD NOT BE MOVING. I'll eat RAW FISH, but that's been cubed to a point where it stops moving. I love Sushi.
Honestly until I save up for a decent gaming desktop, my son got that this year for Christmas (shh don’t tell him), my steam deck is my main gaming device. Be it in my hands or hooked up to my 55” tv using a ps5 controller, it’s a pleasure to use every time. I love it.
What a grand tour and a great video. With all the TH-camrs around, I feel you're one of the few they call "seasoned". Thanks, Michael. Looking forward to more next year.
We've plateaued to a point of parody in peripherals pimped as Pros. 😁 Gotta love MrMobile's alliterative style.
Parity* but actually, your version works too! 😆
Awesome tech round-up bro!
As an ex-employee of Cunard who worked on QM2 - tanks for the reference you snuck in! :D
Absolutely love it when QM2 pulls in to my neighborhood every few weeks. My favorite temporary Brooklyn building! 😄
@@TheMrMobile I'm absolutely gutted we never met while I was roaming the streets of Brooklyn, but I'm happy we share a common favourite "temporary building" 😀
Can we all just take a moment and marvel at the gloriousness that is Michael's hair? Seriously sir, best in the tech game.
Whats next for "When Phones Were Fun?" also i would LOVE to see that Casio phone covered, my dad had the Verizon Casio Brigade.
I take issue with how the Steam Deck's shortcomings are presented in this video, as it comes across as the Deck is directly competing with portable consoles such as the Switch, instead of as a portable PC. I would be lying if I said the Deck isn't a competitor to the Switch, but people who buy a Switch are expecting any game they slot in to work as they would expect, but if you're buying a Deck, I would say the assumption is that you know you're buying a portable PC running Steam.
In my previous comment, I tried to explain how Valve can't cover every edge case and got replies saying that "its developers and publishers' fault for not optimizing for Linux". No. Those developers and publishers are selling their games to the entire Steam userbase, most of which are on regular Windows computers. Valve's goal with the Steam deck is to work around that and make the Steam deck able to cater to the games. Yes, developers can make efforts to better support the Deck and Linux in general, but I'd say you can't blame them for not since Valve has no requirement for developers to do so.
The other issue I have is how the Deck's price is framed in this video, comparing it to the Switch instead of other portable PC gaming devices that are very often priced double or more what the Steam Deck is. Those are the devices the Steam Deck is directly competing with and in such presents itself as an extremely good value.
(I apologize for this comment being super long and deleting my prior comment, I just felt that I didn't articulate my points well enough.)
I appreciate your commitment to telling us what was provided to you so we can decide what to do with that information
Hi @MrMobile. At 1:07, the case for the Buds 2 Pro, is that an official Samsung case? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Thanks
About the steam deck and the playdate having no backlight on the buttons. I think that is a dumb criticism to have, a control is not a keyboard, you're supposed to look at the game and feel the buttons at all times. Great video though.
Maybe I'm just weak-sauce on my touch gaming, but the Steam Deck has so many buttons, some of which have zero tactility, and the dpad is in such a weird place that when I'm playing in a dark plane cabin I'm usually hunting for the buttons 🤷♂️
@@TheMrMobile I came here to say this. You shouldn't need a backlit button on a controller.
@@TheMrMobile I think that's the actual flaw, those buttons must be in an awkward position then 🤔
The nextbit cable you used with the playdate was a nice throwback
Good catch there!
This has got to be one of the best videos of the year; covers a lot of ground, packs in a lot of relevant details, and is just so much fun! Bravo
I can agree the Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are amazing. Samsung did a good job this year.
would you be interested in doing a long term review of the Steam Deck after the new year's come around? I'd definitely be keen to see one from you!
The google Pixel Buds Pro's Noise Cancellation is fine however could be much better. Compared to my prior set which is the Sony WF-1000XM4 they are just not up to snuff.
2:28 The reason why you can't play the legacy PC games (especially that Star Trek: Judgment Rites game you had shown in the video, in that exact timestamp) you want to play on the Steam Deck could be because of them needing a few tweaks in the settings.
In the case of the Star Trek game, you should downgrade the version of Proton (the compatibility layer that translate Windows games to run on SteamOS, which is just a customized version of Linux) used for the game, to version 6.3-8
One of the best feature cell phones can offer, when recording video. Give the option of automatically record in horizontal mode and have the videos NOT look amateurish.
Best tech youtuber on the web! Happy holidays to all.
12:30 => you could just skip the expansion modules and carry the dongle, it would work fine ^_^
the battery life is weird though, chromeOS should be easily 7+ hours of usage
The Steam Deck is definitely a weird one in terms of what games are compatible. All the specs to be able to run a ton of modern, AAA games, but a backlog of configuring software to make older games compatible.
Tabletop Simulator and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy are two of the games in my collection I'm a little disappointed to see not make the cut, but being able to play Cyberpunk on physical hardware (instead of in the cloud like I have been), let alone on the go makes it one of my highest priority purchases.
@Carl Gunderson No it's not. Devs generally don't make their games compatible with it. It's to do with the state of the translation from code written for running on Windows to run it on Linux. Most of the translating software being done by WINE, with Valve and CodeWeavers really only just adding some polish on top.
First time I noticed the minidisc collection. Best portable format in a tiny disc ever!
11:50 Did you see that keyboard behaviour on any app other than telegram? I've found telegram to be very buggy on anything with a physical keyboard.
On my watch 5 I'm using a similar watch face, with weather and bpm in the circles, I'm enjoying the watch a lot
Where can I get that Zephyrus Duo wallpaper looks dope.
Always enjoy MrMobile's content. As a Star Trek fan I also like the references in his videos, looks like he started early in this one 1:13 that Gagh looks pretty fresh.
same!!!!! 🖖I also have one of those masks- the one with the pips. So cool.
Gotta love that Michael Fisher humor
That octopus looks like something from star trek
Loved the longer video with more tech ✌️😁
Pixel buds pro are seriously the perfect earbud for me. Multipoint, lots of touch input options WITH intuitive volume control, great battery life, decent sound and noise cancellation, Ive considered buying multiple pairs for when my current pair inevitably dies
This was just such a fantastic video, Michael.
Steam Deck has been my favorite new tech this year. Pretty much all the games I played on it just work with no tinkering necessary. I played it more than my PS5 too.
Always amazing videos!! 👍
Who else noticed the food moving on his plate around 1:15
Love this awesome collection of takes of the devices featured in this video!
5:50 I have the blue 45mm galaxy watch 5 and I've never gotten 2 days of use, even with AOD, which brings it down to 24 hours of use.
What am I doing wrong?
Nothing. Wear OS is a pig compared to Tizen. But even Tizen wasn't fantastic as OLED displays just use so much more power than MIPS ones (but look a lot better).
Bose definitely know what they’re doing! I use the Bose A20s when I fly and the noise cancellation is awesome.
I'd love to see some coverage of the Nreal Air glasses (and/or some similar glasses, since there are a couple options out there)
I haven't picked them up but they're right behind the Steam Deck (which they apparently play well with) in terms of tech I wanna pick up. Could be a good pickup for the mobile life, in terms of being able to play games or watch movies (or even do work, especially since the Nreal Air specifically work with Macbooks to do an AR triple display setup, apparently) with less space taken up for the view you get with them. i.e. I've heard them described as a personal private theater before.
This was a great video. much liked the long format video of you talking about interesting-but-not-for-everyone gadgets!
Mr. Mobile is the best! I bought the Galaxy Buds2 Pro a couple of months ago and I love them. The sound quality on the Buds2 Pro are so good and they are my.favorite piece of tech from 2022.
You deserve more subs..
Great content, state of the art b-roll, top notch caliber review
Another captivating video. Great work on it, and thanks for sharing some insight on these items!
A round of applause please for the best 2022 Tech Recap I’ve yet seen this far: honest opinions, well sorted between brands and devices, ~20 min max footage, well edited, great landscapes or scenes, scripts on point … got me hooked the whole video. Well done MrMobile! 👏🏻 👏🏻
11:00 Empty box 😀
The reason why people like fossils still use gorilla glass instead of sapphire is something that a lot of people wouldn't know unless you've either had tons of sapphire watches or like myself worked in a watch store. Sapphire glass may be less prone to scratches as compared to its much lower and counterpart of Gorilla Glass however Sapphire is known to be more shatter prone then regular types of glass and quartz.. so though you may get an additional scratch or two with gorilla glass your chances of your screen actually cracking and breaking are less with gorilla glass than with sapphire. Also Sapphire is known to leave a glare and using these type of watches and bright light conditions does not work well with a glare as it's not a regular solid standard watch face the brightness and even the extra brightness abilities do not necessarily help all that great when it comes to Sapphire watches I know I also have an Apple Watch that is sapphire and I run into the same problems which is why I stopped using it and I went back to the gorilla glass options. Corning may not be the best but when it comes to SmartWatches I would still rather have Gorilla Glass than Sapphire if I was paying for a high end traditional watch like a Movado or a true Montblanc or a Piguet.. then I would choose Sapphire but I have to say my Movado connect 2.0 still looks beautiful after all this time even though there's almost no point they're using it anymore and that doesn't have Sapphire and there's not a scratch on it and I use it everywhere including work and at a desk and when I go out and when I'm gaming when I'm outside chopping wood and it hasn't had a scratch on it. Sapphire glass is not for every watch and I don't believe any Smartwatch merits Sapphire at least not from the lower end Brands like fossil and Scoggin even though Michael Kors is under their line I could see them using it as well as diesel because those are manhole covered watches as it is according to you LOL but they're choosing to not use Sapphire for a reason everybody thinks Sapphire has to be the way to go because of course Apple made it that way and it's like whenever Apple decides something that's the way that it has to go Apple did that because they know the price that you're going to have to pay when you crack that watch because you feel that it's glass is much standard and quality then Gorilla Glass so you're not going to take care of it as you would if it wasn't. Sapphire glass on a smartwatch was a business tactic to earn more money when it breaks. Take a look at how much it cost to replace a SmartWatch with a sapphire glass as opposed to replacing it with Gorilla Glass
Hello.
Do you plan to cover/do videos on the Oppo N2 series of foldables. Many thanks
At 1:16, is that the South Korean version of Klingon Gagh?
I always love the leftovers yearly video!!
Keep uploading more! Everytime I open YT I just wish there's a new MrMobile video
Seriously Mike, thank you for talking about these gadgets!
Heres hoping for a fun 2023.
ALSO, MAKE SURE TO TAKE TIME OFF!!!
Thanks for another year of excellent reviews! Happy holidays from Sweden!
The binaural demo was so cool. It definitely worked with headphones on.
We are at the stage where tech is evolving instead of being revolutionary, and I am all for it! Each iteration brings much need QoL to rushed and 1st gen products. What would be even better if the prices start coming down, but I don't hold much for that.
Thanks for the extended video Michael! Always great to see your work
I love it when your videos are long. It's like watching a feature film when I watch your channel. 😎🇸🇪
Can't wait to tear open that Steam Deck I know my wife got me for Xmas! With that said, I'm shocked you went for the Quiet Comfort over the good ol' Sony XM lineup. I'm still rocking the XM4s but you'd be hard pressed to pry them from my cold dead hands lol.
Steam deck is an emulation power house and will play everything from today all the way back to when games began.
You also get much better battery life if you play 2d or less power hungry games.
I like to play triple A titles while plugged in and GameCube or PS2 library when traveling.
I'd say it's limitless when it comes to versatility.
What do you think about his Dosbox crashes? Bad defaults maybe?
He knows that.
2:12 -- "No back-lighting behind its buttons, so it's hard to play in the dark."
It's essentially a game controller, not a keyboard. Muscle memory is all you need. What game consoles or controllers even come with back-lighting?
The steam deck is definitely they device of the year for me, what an amazing machine
Appreciate all the hard work Michael. I trust you and the entire Mr Mobile Team have a relaxing Xmas / New Year's break. Perhaps a visit down under in 2023 could be on the cards to relax some more? No doubt you've all earned it, nothing more relaxing than a beer down on a Gold Coast beach in Queensland, Australia.
At least you'd get a solid 16 hours or so to edit on your way back home to NY. Have a think about it, we'd love to have you down under mate.
Whoever said running a YT channel is easy needs their head examined, seriously in a lot of ways I don't envy you with the hours that go into a show, particularly this one, it looks exhausting! On that note....
DON'T stay mobile my friend, you need a nap!
I also picked up a MacBook Air M2 this year, and I absolutely love it. I'm so glad I held off on the M1 for a year and a half before the M2 came out. I didn't know laptops could still be this slick, useable and refined. You'd expect such a machne to either cost as much as a used Honda Civic, or have design compromises way more serious than a clunky display notch.
In europe that base M2 air is 1500€. Way overpriced for the performance. 90% of the people in my country (Romania) wouldn't even afford it (let aside want to spend the money for it). Apple's focusing too much on North America rn.
I love Google Assistant on my Smartwatch! the Kospet Optimus 2! A beautiful smartwatch with standard size exchangeable straps, a camera, and a flashlight!
who needs backlights behind controller buttons lmao
If you have issues with those legacy games, give Lutris a try! I'm pretty sure it should fix the issues you showed.
Hey my favourite tech-TH-camr!
Have you reviewed the Galaxy book 2 pro yet? And have you gotten hands on experience of the PSVR2?
Even though it's long
Loved the video
Enjoyed it alot
This is splendid. It felt so relatable while you demonstrate the capabilities of each product you mentioned. It feels like I've penetrated the hype wall behind every launch and actually witness the tech being utilized at it's desired environment. Thank you!
The salad was moving!!!
Gagh is best when eaten live
Sir your videos are the best. It's best in the format. You give actual everyday use of products. Best asthethics!
Hell yeah M!! Thanks again for another dope video! Always a pleasure to run into you in Red Hook!
I saw the Punkt MP02, love to see a full video of that. And an update on Fossil to see if wear OS 3 has come to the watch and whether or not it works.
"Reflective, in a useful way, when in direct sunlight" is a phrase i don't think i've ever heard
I wish fossil would show some love to their hybrid watches! To me, they're a better option than full-blown smart watches. You get significantly more battery life, and almost all the features of a smart watch. And they're somewhat thinner too.
Framework is so much more than just ports customization tho. It's also about *upgradability and right to repair.*
Let's take the MacBook Air M2 as an example:
1. You're not allowed to open it without voiding the warranty;
2. You can't upgrade the ram;
3. You can't upgrade the storage (SSD);
4. Pretty much all things are integrated on the motherboard so if something breaks, a lot of the time you'll have to get a new motherboard (at almost the same price as a new laptop).
5. Apple refuses to offer documentation. Repairs on the laptop are very hard as they are but adding to that repair shops can't even get the computer schematics in order to try to fix it, because Apple doesn't want them to. So basically they are forbidding you to repair your Mac anywhere else other than Apple or authorised repair stores.
None of these problems exist with the framework laptop. Yes it is a bit thicker and has worse battery life. But: most people that get MacBooks work at desks all day anyways so very few need 16hrs battery life and that "thickness" allows you to have a laptop that you can upgrade in 4 years instead of having to buy a new one.
The m-series MacBook Airs are both amazing. I love mine and I have a base.. never gone slow or gotten warm on me and battery life is insane still.
Always love seeing a new mr. mobile video! Your delivery as always is amazing! Thank you
The cans of bud dad joke was really funny 🤣 👌
I loved it, it was like a journey into a tech gadgets, Its like a story that put to me into lot to imaginations, I really enjoyed it. After completing the video I realized that i been here for 20 minutes lol
You are not getting old, you look great! Although I also miss those PocketNow days. I was in my 30s then. Sigh.
Fun fact. Technically there are only binaural headphones, since for stereo both ears need to be able to hear both sides, which is obviously not the case.
The Steam Deck is the single best purchase I have ever made in video-gaming. My Steam Library in my hands anywhere I go? Yes please!
1:16 - it moves ! It moves ! Run !
The yellow chair in 0:47 is damn progressive
nothing beats a good old none digital watch
I wish you reviewed the Nothing Phone(1). Would have loved to see your views on it.