Chris is spot on, he always has constructive criticism on mobiles, so screw the likes of Xaomi for trying to dictate what can be said in reviews, One Plus seem to follow the same tactics!

In other news… Water is wet. This has always been and always will be. It sucks. But if you depend on brands to grow your channel then you’re fighting a lost battle. You should grow your channel by gaining the trust of your viewers… I think real tech fans have no problem in waiting for a review if it’s from a source they trust.

This is an old story, it’s the same with game reviews and any reviews of anything to be honest. It sucks. But I believe (I may be wrong) that if you’re in a position where you need the brand to help you out… you’re not going to be a good reviewer. And he’s still not willing to name brands. I can’t trust a guy that is so afraid to burn the wrong bridge. Reviewers don’t work for the brand. They work for the consumer. And getting review items should be seen as business expense if the brand isn’t willing to give you one for free or ahead of time.

I feel like a good reviewer would put them on blast. For full transparency “hey, this is what happened with X brand… they’re afraid of my review. So I’m gonna wait for the product to hit the market, get one. And give you my honest opinion” That’s a reviewer that I could start to trust.

I feel for the guy. It sucks… but if he calls himself a reviewer. Then I believe his main job is to actually push back on brands and call them out when they suck. The main currency a reviewer has is the trust of his audience. And he should fight for it. This video where he’s afraid to name names. I can’t trust a guy like that. (He may be the nicest guy in the world. But doesn’t look like he’s cut out to be a reviewer)

While he doesn’t mention xiaomi in the video, it’s obvious that’s who he’s talking about if you follow his channel.

Chris is one of the most honest guys on YouTube, I believe he’s grown to where he is by gaining the trust of his viewers.

> Chris is one of the most honest guys on YouTube

He might as well be, I just didn’t get any of that from this video.

>While he doesn’t mention xiaomi in the video, it’s obvious that’s who he’s talking about if you follow his channel.

That’s ok. But I don’t think this video should only make sense to the people who are already fans of him. If he would’ve been more explicit and transparent about the whole thing I would’ve insta-subbed. But he didn’t. I got nothing against the guy. But this is not news.

But sadly, real tech fans don’t get you views, be the first to review, or the one who done stupid speed test is mostly the one that gets the attention more

Although he’s few of a great tech tubers, there’s not that much YouTuber that get paid for reviews, even if they get an early hands on, take for example, when Supersaf and Tech Chap get the Pixel for reviews quite early , its just because they get on the device earlier and nothing else, and when they introduced the Realme 7 series, they specifically say (atleast supersaf did from what i watch) “they are partnering with me all about them” which that kind of small things is the clue to look for when you’re looking if its a paid promo or an actual first look/review

Context: this is a private video that is only linked from his Twitter, so I guess it’s only meant for his fans.

I love how good and honest the content is. No bs, no gimmicks.

he already said its Xiaomi on twitter

I appreciate the honesty reviews. However I have noticed that even when he is quite positive about a phone the “cons” list is about as long as other phones that he generally found very sub-par. Like other reviewers he expects a high bar, but the “pro” list doesn’t reflect that the phones are meeting numerous demands from a year ago.

I wish he had a partnership with a retailer who was not such a pussy instead.

Yeah he is honest and a great reviewer. One of the few I trust. Too bad he gets punished for that.

You’re assuming a lot from one rant video. Go watch some of his review videos before saying he’s not cut out to be a reviewer.

Yeah he should definitely get over it eventually.

I think he took this so hard because he has always liked Xiaomi phones; he was actually really excited when Xiaomi started sending him review units a few months ago.

techtablets is my go-to for tech reviews. honest and thorough reviews.