The Most Popular Phone on Amazon: A Challenge for Ken and Austin

Hey guys, this is Austin, and this is the most popular phone on Amazon. Hey guys, Ken, that is a Moto X4. That is not the most popular phone on Amazon, this is. But please, continue. At only $120, it really got me thinking. Is this all the phone you really need? So we are here in beautiful Santa Monica for a series of challenges which Ken informs me will be fun and delightful.

The first challenge: Take a photo in water. The phone's waterproof, right? It is IP-68 water resistant, yes, not waterproof. Good, let's go to the beach. Oh, right, you do realize that when it's water resistant that's not for salt water, right? Sure, we're gonna test how waterproof it is, but I also want you to take a picture. You mean take an underwater photo, that's dumb, that's just gonna look like garbage. No, you're not gonna take an underwater photo, you're gonna take a half-underwater photo. Like what, what do you mean? (laughing) Dude, I will not be able to take a photo-this is probably done on like a $5,000 DSLR with like a $1,000 underwater casing. I mean, I know that this is like a decent camera but it's not gonna be - also there's a shark in this photo.

Also, he has to edit the photo, too. Why do I have to edit it outside? That makes no sense. Oh, cause the screen is super dim so I can't see it in sunlight, oh I see. This is a bad idea, man, I'm about to get soaked! I'm literally wearing jeans right now! You told me to come up with challenges and now you're complaining. Yeah, it's my job I have to complain. Both of you, Oh my god! Nice to meet you. I watch your videos literally every day.

We're shooting one right now, but it's an especially dumb one. You wanna take a photo? Sure! I need, I literally need to test this camera anyway. (camera clicking) Nice to meet you man! Thanks for being in our video and being a photo demo for us. No, I appreciate your videos, man. Oh, thanks man! Thanks very much. Well if you want a, if you want a show I'm about to walk into the water with my clothes on, so. Oh, yeah, I'll definitely watch. (all laughing) I think my goal right now is to actually get a shot of the waves as they come. I'm actually kind of cold, aw, man.

Aw, man, this is, this is bad. Oh wait, it doesn't work! The water's hitting the touch screen! Oh, this is so bad. Credit where credit's due, he actually decided to keep the video family friendly and tough out being in the water in full clothing. Ah, I didn't get it! It didn't really help much, though. And, Ah! Ah, no! Well? I don't know! I don't know what I'm doing right now but I'm getting out of the water. This is stupid. Look at me! Do you see me right now? Oh yeah, I'll just start recording and hope someone comes along.

The next challenge was about to begin. The goal: have Austintest the LTE capability and video on the phone by live streaming on Twitter and Periscope on the very busy and dark E3 convention floor, that is with one big catch. Someone has to come within 15 minutes of you starting the Periscope. Okay? And if no one shows up, the next mystery tech budget is $3,000. Cash register dinging. Oh.$3,000? How to waste $3,000 on Amazon? What happens when no one shows up, oh man, this is bad.

All right, I've gotta get Periscoping, dude that's brutal, man, that's actually brutal. Someone has to say that they came from the Periscope in order--- No, no, no, no, no, someone just comes up, someone just comes up.$3,000 on the lines. Anyone can come and say

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey guys, this is Austin, and thisis the most popular phone on Amazon.- Hey guys, Kenhere, that is a Moto X4.That is not the most popularphone on Amazon, this is.(bell chiming)But please, continue.- At only $120, it really got me thinking.Is this all the phone you really need?So we are here in beautiful Santa Monicafor a series of challengeswhich Ken informsme will be fun and delightful.What, what are we starting with?- The first challenge:Take a photo in water.The phone's waterproof, right?- It is IP-68 water resistant,yes, not waterproof.- Good, let's go to the beach.- Oh, right, you do realize that when it'swater resistant that'snot for salt water, right?- Sure, we'regonna test how waterproofit is, but I also wantyou to take a picture.- You mean take an underwaterphoto, that's dumb,that's just gunna look like garbage.- No, you're not gonnatake an underwater photo,you're gonna take a half-underwater photo.- Like what, what do you mean?(laughing)Dude, I will not be able to take a photo-this is probably done on like a $5,000DSLR with like a $1,000 underwater casing.I mean, I know that this is likea decent camera but it's not gonna be-also there's a shark in this photo.- Also, he hasto edit the photo, too.- Why do I have to edit it outside?That makes no sense.Oh, cause the screen is super dim so Ican't see it in sunlight, oh I see.This is a bad idea, man,I'm about to get soaked!I'm literally wearing jeans right now!- You told me tocome up with challengesand now you're complaining.- Yeah, it's my job I have to complain.- Both of you, Oh my god!- Nice to meet you.- I watch your videos literally every day.- We're shooting one right now,but it's an especially dumb one.You wanna take a photo?- Sure!- I need, I literally needto test this camera anyway.(camera clicking)Nice to meet you man!Thanks for bein' in our video andbein' a photo demo for us.- No, I appreciate your videos, man.- Oh, thanks man!- Thanks very much.- Well if you want a, if youwant a show I'm about to walkin the water with my clothes on, so.- Oh, yeah, I'll definitely watch.(all laughing)- I think my goal right now is to actuallyget a shot of the waves as they come.I'm actually kind of cold, aw, man.Aw, man, this is, this is bad.Oh wait, it doesn't work!The water's hitting the touch screen!Oh, this is so bad.- Credit where credit's due,he actually decided to keepthe video family friendlyand tough out being in thewater in full clothing.- Ah, I didn't get it!- It didn't reallyhelp much, though.- And, Ah! Ah, no!- Well?- I don't know!I don't know what I'm doing right nowbut I'm getting out of the water.This is stupid.Look at me!Do you see me right now?Oh yo, this is, wait,yeah, I think so, right?- So you have to edit andpost it on your Twitter from here.- You want me to tweet from the beach?- Yes.- Does the editing really matter?I can't see anything Idon't really know howI'm going to edit this.- Well that's the point.- So, okay, how bout this, I'm gunna saymy pop is gonna be 100%,my color's also gonna be 100%and my light is going to be, here.I can't see that but I'mgonna assume it's fine.Taken on a $120 phone, right beforetesting how waterproof it is.Yeah, okay.Tweeted.(bird calling)All right, so that ischallenge one, completed.The Moto X is actually not so bad, like,real talk I'm actually pretty impressedwith how well this is working.What do we have to do next?So with a fresh pair of shorts,let's give the Moto X4 a try at E3.I feel uncomfortably wet right now, still.So what better way to test the gamingcapabilities of a phonelike this than withone of the most populargames in the world: PUBG.So in case you'recurious, Fortnite doesn'tactually work on this, it's not quiteto the minimum spec,but PUBG works, I hope.Oh, someone's shooting at me.(video game clicking)Mm, got em.Okay, I will say one thing, no, this isnot the greatest looking PUBG experienceI've ever seen but it's a fullPC game that's been ported allthe way down to a $120 phone.I mean, it's no Fortnite but.- But the realchallenge was about to begin.The goal: have Austintest the LTE capabilityand video on the phone by live streamingon Twitter and Periscope on thevery busy and dark E3convention floor, that iswith one big catch.Someone has to come within 15 minutesof you starting the Periscope.- Okay?- And if no one shows up,the next mystery tech budget is $3,000.(cash register dinging)- Oh.$3,000?How to waste $3,000 on Amazon?What happens when no oneshows, oh man, this is bad.All right, I've gotta get Periscoping,dude that's brutal, man,that's actually brutal.- Someone has tosay that they came fromthe Periscope in order--- No, no, no, no, no,someone just comes up,someone just comes up.$3,000 on the lines.- Anyone can comeand say "hi" to you, right?But we need to know if this phoneactually did the job or not.- Ready, set, go live!Hello, hello, my friends, I am live at E3right now so the funpart about this is thatI'm actually streamingon a $120 phone so notonly is there terrible LTEin here, but also you couldbe a first hand judge ofthe quality of a $120 phone.So, I need some help.If you are here at E3 can you please comefind me because Ken isshooting a video right nowand if basically, ifthis stream doesn't workand someone's not ableto come and say "hi",he's about to spend a very large amountof money on mystery tech.If you're right behind me,what where, are you here,are you here, are you here?It is pretty laggy, guys if it's laggyI apologize the issue is just there's justnot great service hereso it's probably goingto be a little bit choppy.- It sounds like peoplecan hear you, at least.- Yeah.So, quality LTE.(bell dinging)- I found you!- Oh, what, dude!(both cheering)- Dude, what's goin' on?- Are you watching Periscope right now?Oh wait, wait.- No, Twitter.- Look at this, look at this,he's watching right now!Dude you are the.- I saw you go live and Iwas right around the corner.- All right, this guy, this guyright here, aw, okay, so, thank youfor saving $3,000 on thenext mystery tech budget.- Oh yeah for sure.(laughing)- Wirelesscharging is a slightlyconvenient gimmick that I do enjoyhaving but is not totally mandatory.- Do I have to do this?(production beep)- So you know thechannel, "JerryRigEverything"?- Yeah, Zack, the greatest YouTuber alive.- Oh, his name is Zack, not Jerry?- Yeah, his name is Zack,you've met him before,we've had dinner with him before.- So, he does the thingwhere he scratches the screen,so we should do that.- I actually think this will do prettywell though, cause it's glass and metallike that's actuallyone of the main pointsthat the Moto X has is this is aproperly built phone for only $120.- But since we don't do many stresstests, I figured it would be a goodidea to add another point of reference.- With deeper grooves at a level seven.Oh, oh, so this, is a Google Pixel 3a XL,huh, I see what you did here.(bell dinging)So, that's one of themain downsides of the 3ais that even though thisis a budget price flagship,it still costs a full $400-$480depending on the standardvs XL, not only does itlack waterproofing butit's made of plastic.Awe, man.In a video full of questionable ideasthis is pretty much up at the top.All right, ah look atthat, literally nothing,it's sliding off.How about the screen?Nothing man.Uh, actually it's not doing that much.- You're just sharpening it.- Dude actually like straight up,look that just wipes right off.I don't think the Pixel isgunna be the same thing man.I think it's about to get,it's about to get wiped out,man, that is really nice.Pixel 3a time, again thescreen is totally fineas it should be but the back as wellas the sides are plastic.Oh, dude look at that, look at that, man.- That's not good.- Awe, dude.Like the sides as well?Look at that, it just chunks right off.Okay, yeah, plastic tothe surprise of no one,less durable than metal and glass.- All right, well, the next one--- Next one, no, that'sit, that's all he does.Oh, you want me to do a bend test?- So, you might have noticedthat my car is actually.- No.- We'll just see howit fares if we drive over it.- Drive over it?- Yeah, drive over it.- It actually might, it might be okay.Goodbye little Pixel,it was nice knowing you.(car starting)Oh what, it's fine, it's totally fine!Wait, wait, wait, stop.- No, no, no, no.- Wait, what are you doing?Wait, no!Why, it's fine!It's totally fine, stop, I'm gonna getthe phone now, don't run over my hand.I'm actually slightlyworried about this onebecause it does have avery large camera bump.I wonder if that's like enough pressureto like crack the phone?It feels pretty sturdy though, man,like I think this'll be okay.- Wouldn't it be a shame if the onethat we thought would actuallysurvive didn't survive?- Plastic is actually better!All right, I'm going to do something like,actually I'm gonna do.- Long-ways.- Yeah, that's probably better, right?- That's unfair.- Let's do it like this.- That's unfair, but whenhave we actually been fair?Let's do it long-way.- All right.(phone crunching)- Oh!That was a bad noise.(both gasping)Okay, so one of the nicethings about plasticis that it doesn't shatter like that.It's a pro tip, kids,don't run over your phonewith a car.- Long-ways, the short-way's fine.- I think we've got to be done now, right?- No.- What do you mean, you alreadyyou destroyed the phone!- We're at a parking garage.- Yes.- It's also, you know,like five levels high.Don't worry.- It's already shattered,it will definitely break it.- We won't drop it five levels,we'll drop it two levels.- But the thing is as soon as you breaka glass phone it loosesall structural rigidity.- Yeah, but the front's fine.- And these were twoperfectly good smartphonesand now they're, there's noway they're gonna survive,like zero chance.Zero chance.Three, two, one.(phones crashing)Oh, wait, the Moto's still on!I can see it from here!- Go, go, go, go, go.- Are you serious right now?I mean, it's dented, it's basically fine!Screen totally works I don't knowif you can see that or not.Like, I mean it's definitely sortof beat up on the sideand the glass totallyshattered but it literallydoesn't look muchworse its just got a few extra scratches.Oh, not so fortunate with the Pixel.Oh man.So, not only is itcracked but that screen,I don't know if you can see but itsgot a bunch of green broken pixels here.I'm legitimately sosurprised that any phonesurvived that, especiallyconsidering that theMoto was already brokenon the back, I meanseriously the only real issue here,is that the car ran overit, I mean yeah it probablywould've shattered the back anyway,but like this is a 100%functional phone after beingsubmerged in salt water,after being run over by a car,after being dropped,after being attacked with a knife,I mean it even takesgood photos, it streams,dude, this thing's legit.If you guys enjoyed this video be sure tosmash that like button andsubscribe to the channel.If, if you guys want I think Ken mightbe persuaded to do you more of thesehappy, fun, delightful challenges.- Or $3,000 mysterytech, I'll take either.