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My god, seeing that Nokia brought back memories. I got one of those back in 2003 and it was NEXT LEVEL!
With a large John Deere tractor, my Dad literally PLOWED under his Nokia 3310 into the dirt by accident when it fell off his belt clip, losing it. It remained buried for the entire season, and was then plowed over AGAIN the following year… this time revealing itself on top of the soil. My dad then brushed it off, charged it for 5 minutes, and it powered on like nothing had ever happened. Then it became my 1st phone lol. Fan for life.
Apple holding a shotgun: anyone want to sponsor this video? No one? Good.
“Whatever I can say to not get sued.” This is how you can tell it’s going to be a good episode.
Never been more glad to have always been an Android user
Let's all just take a moment to appreciate that long-ago world in which $200-$300 was a *huge* amount to pay for a phone.
You forgot the scandal when people tried to use some new aquatic features on the iPhone: Watergate.
I can't wait for a fencing company to get into a controversy and for it to be called GateGate
*blank* gate has me rolling. When I first heard someone mention Oceangate I was convinced it was a scandal about plastic waste in the oceans 😂
i was having fun trying to predict what word they slapped in front of "gate" for each controversy
Apple's business model literally mirrors the classic signs of cults.
The fact that $200-$300 for a phone was once considered expensive is utterly depressing
I'm surprised you didn't at least mention the headphone jack. "Courage to move on from old tech"
I am almost 40 and never purchased an apple product. I plan to keep it that way.
Gotta say, respect for Apple, they know they have their audience captured and they'll just keep shitting on them cause they know their audience will eat it up and ask for more.
i've been loving these videos they're actually so high-quality please keep it up
The amount of “gates” are gonna make me “crash gate”
I just want to thank you for calling out all these gate people, because I have never been able to stop being angry that nobody seems to understand that it was called Watergate because that's the name of the hotel.
9:56 damn i love the little comments from the editors xd also yall are doing such a great job with the editing style, it adds a comedic touch that i'm so here for
My dad lost trust in Apple over a decade ago when he sent in his iPad for repair. A few days later, he got a charge for the full price of a new iPad, when he specifically requested his iPad to be repaired. He got refunded and his iPad repaired as intended, but that was the last straw.