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all right let's do it hey what is up guys MP PhD here and welcome to ask mkbhd number 23 and it's also 12 of 12 for this year we've done one every month January to December and I actually kind of have enjoyed this series a lot so far so I think if you're down we'll probably continue it for 2018 so actually guys which wanted to know on Twitter again and a lot of you guys had some great questions I selected some of the best of those so these are those do you think Tesla will run out of money before they release the Roadster that's that's a-- so i don't know how people think that i actually hear a surprising amount of auto industry people who tend to think tesla is a bubble almost they think it's gonna rise and disappear and electric is just a fad and they don't have to worry about it and i think the fact that people have been in the industry for that long and still think that way is borderline troubling so no I don't think Tesla's gonna run out of money before they actually make the Roadster I think they'll be in a great spot by 2020 Apple just admitted it's been secretly throttling performance of old iPhones thoughts okay so this was a really interesting a little what would you call it controversy basically Apple has never really been super transparent about it but they've said that in order to protect old batteries and old phones so if it knows your phone has an old battery let's say you have an iPhone 6 basically Apple is pushing software updates to your phone to eventually slow that down it's reducing the clock speed from like 1,400 megahertz all the way down to 600 megahertz because it knows that older batteries have a harder time keeping up with the high voltages it needs to keep those high clock speeds going so technically it makes sense that they're protecting your user experience by slowing down your CPU requiring less voltage and making sure your battery lasts longer but at the same time now all of the headlines are hey Apple is actually pushing a software update to older iPhones to make it slow down that's not a good look I feel like they could have been a little more upfront and transparent about that before it had to be discovered with a geek bench benchmark oh and also how convenient that there are no removable batteries in iPhones if you actually get into an iPhone and replace the battery by opening it up and replacing it the clock speed of the CPU will go back to normal because it sees a new battery bottom line I just think it's kind of a funny controversy we all kind of expected this to begin with and now it's just confirmed true I just wouldn't be surprised if apples not the only one here John wants to know how has the iMac Pro changed your workflow honestly the number one thing that comes to mind is it makes me appreciate it way more coming from a slower machine I've tried to edit 8k 8 to 1 raw videos on MacBook Pros in the past and of course my Mac Pro which was choking and dying in the end of its years so the number one difference the faster render speed and the faster real-time playback without dropping any frames and high quality is the number one thing that's made me super happy about it and the other thing is actually in Final Cut Pro 10 dot for the new version there's a lot of color controls that have replaced all of the plugins I was using to mess with color before and Final Cut and are all fast and optimized and I can drag as many onto the timeline as I want and apply them in real time and play and there's no lag between actually hitting the play button and it's starting to play so I think I've been more confident to just go in and mess with color but ya know just the thing is just blazing fast I know most of the work in Final Cut Pro for that rendering is being done by the GPUs by the Vega GPUs but I'm also pretty excited to see how well that eighteen core does when it gets here in I think February is my ship date alright so in supersize video you said your favorite smartphone of 2017 was the pixel to excel I did say that but in your smartphone Awards you said that the note 8 was the MVP why explain yourself marques ok so the simple answer is I am biased and I know I'm biased I actually value different things than different people so I acknowledge that I think the Galaxy Note 8 is the best overall most well-rounded most complete smartphone that came out in 2017 best screen objectively on any phone has a great camera has great performance they did a pretty great job with the skin they get better every year they have the stylus they have the battery it's got a lot going for it kept the headphone jack but the pixel 2 has stock Android which I personally like more it's not objectively better I just like it and the pixel 2 does have an objectively incredible camera now it might have a much worse screen and no headphone jack and a bunch of other things that aren't quite up to par including the design but I don't really mind that as much so I'm willing to sacrifice that to keep that amazing camera I know that I value the camera more than a lot of other people who might just won an overall complete package that's why I pick the pixel - with stock Android and a great camera as my daily driver and can still acknowledge that the Galaxy Note 8 is an overall great phone because I'm biased see how that works well 2018 be the year of Tri cameras on smartphones I guess triple cameras on smartphones no I really don't think so in fact it'll probably start going back to one camera on the back just because it's actually possible to do almost everything that we wanted to do with dual cameras with one as we saw from this one what would the perfect phone setup be for you software and hard there mmm what would the perfect phone setup be for you software and hardware and would rather have a big sensor size or dual camera so the whole concept of a perfect smartphone I've been over that in the past actually made more than one video about the whole idea I might be tempted to make another one at 2018 with like these updated specs and reference phones we have but generally there is no perfect phone I did tweet recently though that I would like to have this rough combination of pixel to Note 8 and razor phone I might not be the only one there and as far as big sensor or dual camera I'm gonna go with big sensor because you can do a lot of the stuff like I said that you could usually do with the dual camera with one great camera item you most look forward to and 2018 okay I have to to good answers for this one is that red smartphone a lot of people are asking about it near the end of the year for the smartphone Awards whatever happened to that red hydrogen one that smartphone we all pre-ordered or that I pre-ordered 2018 is it's expected to come out pretty early and we expect to see more of that probably right after CES and then to accent accent buttons on phones I've really grown to like this colored power button on the side of the pixel 2 and it's only the black and white one even though it's not the best color in the world the the star war is 1 + 5 t that does this with that red button I really like that - there's another Huawei phone that does this I hope 2018 is the year of the accented power buttons or some accent color buttons I think that's an awesome look not the only one is that a weird thing to hope for why wasn't LG v30 considered in the smartphone awards oh it was considered trust me it was considered it was on the desk right in front of me I actually said in my video about it earlier in the year the V 30 is is easily the most underrated phone of the year because it's a very complete phone also across the board it's just a little bit worse in pretty much every category than the ones that were actually winning awards it has a great display but not the best display it has a great design but not the best design it has a great camera especially the video camera but not the best camera has a big battery not the best battery life but has a big battery it kept the headphone jack it has dual cameras there's a lot of great things going for it but it's just so underrated because it's just not soaring above the rest in one particular category what's your favorite winter animal I'm gonna go with Bobcat what is a winter animal I don't know well they also are out in the snow they like kills I mean they're both mountain cats you know they're probably happy in the winter I think what was the point the single event if you had to choose one where you felt like your career as a youtuber took off like a couple months ago more than a year ago actually there is a little stretch where basically Vic Gundotra who was ahead at Google for a while he posted something on Google+ saying this kid is the best tech reviewer on the planet right now and that was awesome because I had known Vic for a while we had been sharing each other stuff talking and it was just a cool thing for him to say but that quote obviously because he was at Google for a while just kind of blew up there was articles about it Forbes article CNN article this that everyone was writing about it quoting him just because it was a popular story to talk about I went on a couple different TV news networks like a couple different night news shows just because of that quote talking about it they came and they invited me on so how old do you son and you're doing what on the internet how is that that's great use he said you're the best online so I kind of went through those thinking like yeah no he did say that and that's really nice of him but this was just like one post and and everyone sort of latched on to it and that's like the strongest where I've ever felt like wow is this this is this is crazy now you never overlook the amount of work you put into something because it wouldn't be where it is and if I were to go back and redo it I probably wouldn't change anything but I think one thing that stands out just to answer your question is most recently in fact up to like right now as I'm recording this Google is running a commercial for the pixel 2 and recording a couple different like reviews of the pixel 2 in their commercial it's on it's playing during like football games and NBA games in that ad spot they use quotes from New York Times calm wired calm esquire calm and me my review video that is honestly mostly thanks to you guys the fact that I can make these videos and I'm saying a lot of the same stuff that other people are saying in their reviews but the fact that you guys take the advice seriously I know is a big responsibility for me and that's why I put all the time and the research and the effort into making as good of a video as possible and that's awesome that also the companies that are being talked about appreciate that five out of the six companies that won awards in that smartphone Awards video we just posted have reached out and contacted me and asked to get their trophies that would be essential Google Razer Samsung and HTC I don't expect Apple to reach out for their trophy but if they want one they can have it but bottom line thank you to everyone for watching I'll see you guys breathe a little bit for the holiday season then we'll be right back at it afterwards with the tech stuff CES is around the corner all these phones were ready for for 2018 are already starting to rumor up so I'll talk to you guys then thanks again for watching bass also in case you guys are wondering about this this is this is part of the Chris Paul bandwagon I'm not I mean I'm just saying it now I'm allowed to follow my favorite player so so you know I'm not on the Rockets ban when I get him on the Chris Paul bandwagon