Marques Brownlee
12 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 21, 2019 by Marques Brownlee · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019 positive
Brownlee: Competitor phone cameras lag far behind the Google Pixel
“I'm reviewing a lot of phones right now whose cameras are just not close to the Pixel's camera in particular, and I know they could get closer. I know they could put a little more into that, but they don't, and that's their own choice and their own priority.”
Mar 21, 2019 neutral
Brownlee: YouTube ads are 50% of revenue, while sponsors are 20%
“I'm still at a point where like the YouTube ads are probably 40, 40 to 50%. The, I don't do a whole lot of sponsored stuff. If I did, that number would be much higher, but I think right now sponsored stuff is probably about 20%. So, 4020, and then affiliate st…”
Mar 21, 2019 bullish
Brownlee: An iPhone XS will probably last four years
“To peak smartphone, because your iPhone, if you buy an iPhone XS now, that phone's probably gonna be good for, like, four years. Like, legitimately, iOS has gotten better. So it's true, you can hang on to an older phone longer than you used to be able to.”
Mar 21, 2019 positive
Brownlee breaks down the three categories of YouTube video comments
“I can also separate the comments section into kind of three categories. Hour one of upload, which is, like, useless. It's mainly just people saying either first or reacting to the title and thumbnail and not actually watching the video, or just, like, getting …”
Mar 21, 2019 negative
Brownlee: Gen-1 folding phones are unrefined proofs of concept
“Generation one folding phones are like, alright, proof of concept, like, you can technically fold it, but there's a big ugly crease in the middle on these bezels are huge, and, you know, it's not really It doesn't seem that useful yet.”
Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019 positive
Brownlee: Smartphone industry will not reach a permanent innovation plateau
“I don't know what that next trend is, but I feel like because of, I've observed these cycles over the past couple years it doesn't seem likely that it's just gonna, we're gonna get this end product of, like, the perfect phone.”
Mar 21, 2019
Brownlee: Tech, not personal branding, is the star of MKBHD videos
“I guess I kind of, I do less of that because I consider tech the star of the show. I think I do inject my own personal humor or perspective on occasion just because it's fun and keeps it interesting. And that's its own challenge, but I've always considered tec…”
Mar 21, 2019
Brownlee: Effective tech reviews rely on competitive context and generational momentum
“Context. So, what came before it, what came next to it, what it's up against, and momentum in a way. So, let's say a new phone comes out, you naturally compare it to the phone that came before it, and then you compare it to other phones around it and how much …”
Mar 21, 2019
Brownlee: MKBHD grew steadily over 1,000 videos without a viral inflection point
“No, I get asked that a lot about like, you know, can I point to a certain video or date or month or something? Like what happened to go from like nothing to where it is now? But it's, I've, I, from to this day, I look back and it's mainly just like a, you can …”
Mar 21, 2019 bullish
Brownlee: Engine sound is overrated for the vast majority of car buyers
“I think a lot of people overrate how much sound matters. Like, in the high-end car market, everyone cares how their car sounds. But for, you know, 90% of people who are just like... When I hit the pedal, I want to hear it working for me. Like, that's a common,…”