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so I recently got back from Las Vegas I'm sure many of you know that follow me on social media follow lungs over here he's over there in Vegas I filmed one of my favorite videos I got together a bunch of prominent people in the tech community here on YouTube put them on the spot I said what phone is in your pocket what ensued was just a lot of fun it was interesting it got me thinking all of us in that video I mean it really wasn't there wasn't a lot of variants right there were two phones that were selected as the pocket phones for that group of people for three pixel to excel to the iPhone 10 I guess I just spoiled the video but I don't I don't I don't I don't in that space we are not representative of the entire globe and as I've said in past videos we certainly are not representative of the value choices that exist in smartphones because for the most part we get incredible access to this stuff it's hard to fully understand the mindset of different parts of the world or people who are restricted in that sense and simply aren't looking at $1000 phones and so that brings me to today's video it brings me to what is likely my favorite phone at about half the price point of other flagships and that's this one right here the 1 + 5 t world's first the exclusive unboxing video of this color let's take a look from the front looks a lot like any other but when you pop it out of here the vibrance of the very first red phone from oneplus this is called lava red in conjunction with the sandstone white and of course the original black color also in the box you're pretty used to this by this point a case that they include which is great you have the - charge brick and then of course one plus USB type-c cable to charge it up which in this case look at that it's a little it's matching its the red on red action now I know what you're thinking all right you say Lou I don't get it it's just another color what's the big deal and you're right like that's completely fair but because of this new color this new release I thought it'd be an interesting opportunity to sort of recap some of my thoughts on the value smartphone space especially as a follow-up to the last video that we published and yes of course I remember the iPhone video where they came out with a red version and I was like what's the big deal well we doing but because this one is coming out relatively close to the launch of the original I feel like it's a little bit more prominent so it's the lava red it's the sandstone white the dedicated red button and then the other buttons done in black this one is a little bit more grippy whereas this version here a little bit more polished and then don't forget Star Wars version which I made a video one really cool unboxing experience of course if you're powered on you're getting the Star Wars branding you're getting some wallpapers as well as a slightly different interface here to match the color scheme then of course the original midnight black depending on the lighting it kind of turns a little more grey a couple of sandstone and a couple of anodized finishes so that's the 5 T in lava red the latest addition to the 5 T family and as I said earlier in this video I think this is a great opportunity for me to recap some of my feelings about this device going into 2018 so this device here in my last video I mentioned I've been using it it's the pixel 2 XL fantastic camera stock Android experience and so on while this device is not $1,000 it's still relatively expensive at 850 know that the 5 T comes in at $4.99 so a question that should probably be asked more often is which is the value point is this thing worth almost twice as much as this one and just like I did in my iPhone 10 video I had to really think about now granted this one doesn't go all the way to a thousand so it's a slightly different evaluation for me personally I think the takeaway here is that at least with these two devices I'd have no problem recommending either and having switched over and used the pixel to excel for an extensive period now there are actually a few things that I miss from the 5t the face on lock on a 5 T is unbelievable it is rapid it is seamless there's no gesture no swipe like there is on the iPhone 10 now I understand you can't compare those two devices one to one because the technology they're using for face unlock is different but ultimately for me I feel like it comes back to user experience and when technology is seamless and invisible that's when it's at its best so the face unlock is incredible under but if you're not into that guess what options are good you still have the finger sensor here which is incredibly quick as well add on to that and experience is very similar to stop Android and now you can start to understand why even at 499 this is one of my favorite phones out there now the color here with the lava red that really shouldn't be the motivating factor of course choices are good and generally speaking multiple options is something we only see or at least frequently see in the premium space it's actually kind of nice to see options emerging at the $4.99 price point color wise style wise and so on and even limited editions like the Star Wars one another thing I'm missing about the 5c having used the pixel 2 XL now the headphone jack I'm on an airplane sure I got the wireless ones but then you know the adapter remember the adapter you switch the adapter you switch phones frequently and so on I mean I don't need to tell you we've had this conversation about headphone jacks in the past but the 5 T has it that's that's the bottom line pixel to Excel doesn't iPhone 10 doesn't think about it it's there and then the last thing that I missed from this device having switched over is of course this dedicated switch the textured switch on the side to allow you to quickly switch between three different notification modes from do-not-disturb to silent to the audio ring and so on that's convenient it's added functionality in the pixel choo XL doesn't have so as you can tell my love for the 5c has not shifted even though in the last video I said the pixel to excel was the one that's in my pocket I think I'd be a perfectly happy man using either of these 2 devices although for my taste I would probably stick to the midnight black listen no camera on the planet on a smartphone can touch the pixel 2 XL right now all right you heard that from me you've heard that from others but if you're on a budget and you want something close and you want something that actually has some functionality that the pixel 2 XL does it I mean you need to be looking real hard real long and hard at the 5 T now available in some extra colors there it is revisited the 5 T possibly probably the best $500 phone on the planet right now think about it this episode of unbox the P has been brought to you by this chair yes that's right the Novo xt from human touch I don't know is it the world's greatest massage chair 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