**The Ridiculous Price of Caviar's Cyberphone**

When it comes to pricing, it's easy to get caught up in the hype and think that just because something has a fancy logo on it, it must be worth seven thousand dollars. Take, for example, the recent release of the Caviar Cyberphone, a phone wrapped in three hundred dollars of metal and touted as a luxury item. At first glance, it's hard not to wonder why this phone would cost so much more than a similar model without the fancy packaging.

**A Logo Makes All the Difference**

But then you look closer and realize that it's all about the branding. Caviar is also the company behind the $100,000 gold iPhone, which was reviewed by our channel last year. The logo on the back of the phone becomes a clear indicator of what makes this product so special – or at least, what makes it seem like it should be worth seven thousand dollars. If Incipio or Otterbox were to sell a metal case for an iPhone, it's unlikely that they would get away with charging nearly as much. But Caviar is different. They're the ones who make those high-end cases, and they're not afraid to charge top dollar for them.

**A Phone That Makes You Question Your Life Choices**

But is it worth it? Honestly, no. As soon as I started using the phone, I realized that all of the fancy packaging and accessories were just a waste of time. The case actually makes the iPhone experience worse, not better. There's a sharp metal lip at the bottom of the phone that makes swiping up for gestures impossible. The lightning port is recessed too far in, making it difficult to use higher-quality cables. And don't even get me started on wireless charging – it's gone completely. But you know what the worst part is? The huge hole on the side of the case, which was included because Caviar thought it would be a good idea to include a separate tool for ejecting the SIM card tray. It's just one example of how this phone seems designed more with aesthetics in mind than actual usability.

**Durability, or Lack Thereof**

But even if you're willing to overlook all of these flaws, there's still the question of durability. I dropped the phone once – and it cracked like a glass. Not exactly the most reassuring feeling. And don't even get me started on the promo videos for this thing, which featured dramatic folding pieces that were supposedly designed to protect the screen from impact. Spoiler alert: they don't actually do that.

**The Full-On Cyberphone Experience**

But wait – there's more! Caviar isn't just stopping at the standard model. They're also offering a "Cyberphone Lite" version, which doesn't have any of the fancy features that the standard model does. And if you want to really go all out, you can upgrade to the full-on Cyberphone for $7,680. But hey, at least it comes with an ergonomic plate thingy to make your phone experience more comfortable.

**The Billionaire Edition – Because Why Not?**

And finally, there's the "Billionaire Edition" of the Cyberphone, which is basically just a phone made out of silver with gold accents. Yes, you read that right – silver. Which is a pretty soft metal, to be honest. But hey, if you're going to spend $20,000 on a phone, I suppose it's only fair to make sure it's made out of something that will last.

**Win a Cracked Cyberphone**

And finally, as a reward for making it to the end of this video about the ridiculous price of the Caviar Cyberphone, we're giving one away! That's right – you could be the proud owner of this phone, complete with its cracked aluminum exterior and all. Just follow us on Twitter in the next few days, and we'll be giving away a review sample (which has already been cracked) to one lucky winner. Good luck!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyo what's up guys mkbhd here welcome back to quarantined content just a little entertainment for you while some of us are staying inside i'm your host marquez brownlee and uh you remember the cyber truck right made a lot of headlines mean angles no curves at all pretty unconventional looking to say the least but then after that do you remember all the articles that came out about the phone that was based on the cyber truck that was going to come out just a few weeks later well i have it here and this is this is perfect quarantine content because nobody's actually thinking about buying this phone but i figured i'd check it out anyway because we just have that kind of time now so this is called the caviar iphone 11 pro max cyberphone and i guess it's really appropriately named because that's really all this is it's an iphone 11 pro built into a casing that looks somewhat like a cyber truck i guess you know there are definitely no curves to this body at all it's uh very angular it's a straight up rectangle uh stands on its own very industrial looking so sure i guess i see it and it also like the cyber truck is huge so it turns the regular-sized iphone into a really wide heavy like brick-like object that would honestly probably be better as a self-defense projectile than anything else the cyber truck used cold rolled stainless steel as it's like outside body panels giving it that distinctive look the cyber truck phone well can the cyber can i call wait hold on elon can they call it the cyber truck phone oh it's the cyber phone right okay maybe that's safe so the cyber phone also uses bare metal as you can tell and it's it's titanium they say now they sent me this review sample which they say is aluminum but the final versions will be titanium if they ship any but just overall you get the picture you already know what an iphone is and you know what it looks like just imagine it in a case made of curveless metal with some clicky button cutouts and grooves on the sides in fact that's really what it is you know the more you look at it the more it just looks like an iphone in a ridiculous case and it costs 7 000 so yeah that's this is why i preface this by saying it's it's ridiculous no one in their right mind would pay thousands of dollars for an iphone in a metal case right but then again here's the thing about pricing why would a thousand dollar phone wrapped in three hundred dollars of metal suddenly cost seven thousand dollars you may be having flashbacks to the video i did not too long ago about why apple's charging seven hundred dollars for the wheels to the mac pro basically the pricing has everything to do with this logo on the back here caviar yes they are also the ones that made that hundred thousand dollar gold iphone i reviewed last year you can imagine if incipio or like otterbox or somebody tried to sell a metal case for the iphone like this how much could they get away with selling a case like this for 199 maybe 249 at the most but caviar is doing their thing going way over the top with the fancy packaging and then the whole bunch of separately packaged accessories in there and the ton of paperwork including a certificate of authenticity and a bunch of advertising for their other products you might see a sort of a theme here so where you and i see a six month old iphone wrapped in a metal case for seven thousand dollars caviar and its customers potentially see another tech themed accessory collectible that happens to be riding the press wave of the actual cyber truck bingo it's kind of dumb actually like the more you actually hold this and just look at it and and try to use it the more you realize this case actually makes the iphone experience worse and i know a lot of people buy nice cars and put them in a garage and maybe those same people buy this phone and never use it but if you try to use this because that's my job uh there's a couple things you might notice that are pretty bad there's a sharp metal lip at the bottom of the phone where you're supposed to swipe up for all your gestures every time you unlock so that's pretty unfortunate the lightning port at the bottom is now recessed pretty far in thanks to the thickness of the case which means every time i try to use any higher quality lightning cable other than the cheap one that comes with the iphone it doesn't work because it doesn't actually reach the lightning port it's too far recessed also as you may have imagined a thick metal case like this nukes wireless charging so you can say goodbye to that feature too and i haven't tested the antenna performance but i can't imagine a case like this improves signal strength at all and there's also this huge hole on the side because that's where the sim card ejector tray is now they included this fancy tool which is metal with both a pin and a hook on it and that's because in order to fish the sim card tray out of this case you need both to eject it and then use that hook to fish it out basically which is i mean i guess it's cool that they thought of that but geez now that is an ugly hole in the side of your case so after all this i thought you know what maybe it's a durability angle you know this thing's a tank the cyber truck played the durability angle pretty well after all well pretty well but i figured hey you know what maybe this metal enclosure holds up to drops better but little did i know it would have its own cyber truck window moment i dropped the phone one time on video that's the only time i've dropped it and just like the cyber truck the glass cracked so it's not entirely a bulletproof strategy also you may remember the promo videos with this dramatic folding piece over the front of the screen for protection and ergonomics but this one doesn't actually have that see this is the cybertruck phone or cyberphone lite and that one doesn't have any moving pieces but on their site you can step up to the full on cyberphone for 7 680 which gets you that fancy ergonomic plate thing or you can step all the way up to the 20 000 cyberphone billionaire edition where the the body is made of silver with gold accents i'm pretty isn't silver a pretty soft metal actually well that probably won't hold up to drops well but there you have it the cyber truck phone from all those videos and all those headlines does exist in real life and it's ridiculous and nobody should actually buy one but you know what as a reward for making it to the end of this video about a ridiculous thing you should never buy uh you get a chance to win one so i'll be giving away this my uh cracked aluminum review sample of the cyberphone i'll be giving it away on twitter in the next few days so definitely follow over there if you want to get entered and have a shot at it and also let me know what you think about this thing in the comments section below also you can always grab some merch if you want to support the channel link below for that as well that's been pretty much it thanks for watching catch you guys very soon in the next one peaceyo what's up guys mkbhd here welcome back to quarantined content just a little entertainment for you while some of us are staying inside i'm your host marquez brownlee and uh you remember the cyber truck right made a lot of headlines mean angles no curves at all pretty unconventional looking to say the least but then after that do you remember all the articles that came out about the phone that was based on the cyber truck that was going to come out just a few weeks later well i have it here and this is this is perfect quarantine content because nobody's actually thinking about buying this phone but i figured i'd check it out anyway because we just have that kind of time now so this is called the caviar iphone 11 pro max cyberphone and i guess it's really appropriately named because that's really all this is it's an iphone 11 pro built into a casing that looks somewhat like a cyber truck i guess you know there are definitely no curves to this body at all it's uh very angular it's a straight up rectangle uh stands on its own very industrial looking so sure i guess i see it and it also like the cyber truck is huge so it turns the regular-sized iphone into a really wide heavy like brick-like object that would honestly probably be better as a self-defense projectile than anything else the cyber truck used cold rolled stainless steel as it's like outside body panels giving it that distinctive look the cyber truck phone well can the cyber can i call wait hold on elon can they call it the cyber truck phone oh it's the cyber phone right okay maybe that's safe so the cyber phone also uses bare metal as you can tell and it's it's titanium they say now they sent me this review sample which they say is aluminum but the final versions will be titanium if they ship any but just overall you get the picture you already know what an iphone is and you know what it looks like just imagine it in a case made of curveless metal with some clicky button cutouts and grooves on the sides in fact that's really what it is you know the more you look at it the more it just looks like an iphone in a ridiculous case and it costs 7 000 so yeah that's this is why i preface this by saying it's it's ridiculous no one in their right mind would pay thousands of dollars for an iphone in a metal case right but then again here's the thing about pricing why would a thousand dollar phone wrapped in three hundred dollars of metal suddenly cost seven thousand dollars you may be having flashbacks to the video i did not too long ago about why apple's charging seven hundred dollars for the wheels to the mac pro basically the pricing has everything to do with this logo on the back here caviar yes they are also the ones that made that hundred thousand dollar gold iphone i reviewed last year you can imagine if incipio or like otterbox or somebody tried to sell a metal case for the iphone like this how much could they get away with selling a case like this for 199 maybe 249 at the most but caviar is doing their thing going way over the top with the fancy packaging and then the whole bunch of separately packaged accessories in there and the ton of paperwork including a certificate of authenticity and a bunch of advertising for their other products you might see a sort of a theme here so where you and i see a six month old iphone wrapped in a metal case for seven thousand dollars caviar and its customers potentially see another tech themed accessory collectible that happens to be riding the press wave of the actual cyber truck bingo it's kind of dumb actually like the more you actually hold this and just look at it and and try to use it the more you realize this case actually makes the iphone experience worse and i know a lot of people buy nice cars and put them in a garage and maybe those same people buy this phone and never use it but if you try to use this because that's my job uh there's a couple things you might notice that are pretty bad there's a sharp metal lip at the bottom of the phone where you're supposed to swipe up for all your gestures every time you unlock so that's pretty unfortunate the lightning port at the bottom is now recessed pretty far in thanks to the thickness of the case which means every time i try to use any higher quality lightning cable other than the cheap one that comes with the iphone it doesn't work because it doesn't actually reach the lightning port it's too far recessed also as you may have imagined a thick metal case like this nukes wireless charging so you can say goodbye to that feature too and i haven't tested the antenna performance but i can't imagine a case like this improves signal strength at all and there's also this huge hole on the side because that's where the sim card ejector tray is now they included this fancy tool which is metal with both a pin and a hook on it and that's because in order to fish the sim card tray out of this case you need both to eject it and then use that hook to fish it out basically which is i mean i guess it's cool that they thought of that but geez now that is an ugly hole in the side of your case so after all this i thought you know what maybe it's a durability angle you know this thing's a tank the cyber truck played the durability angle pretty well after all well pretty well but i figured hey you know what maybe this metal enclosure holds up to drops better but little did i know it would have its own cyber truck window moment i dropped the phone one time on video that's the only time i've dropped it and just like the cyber truck the glass cracked so it's not entirely a bulletproof strategy also you may remember the promo videos with this dramatic folding piece over the front of the screen for protection and ergonomics but this one doesn't actually have that see this is the cybertruck phone or cyberphone lite and that one doesn't have any moving pieces but on their site you can step up to the full on cyberphone for 7 680 which gets you that fancy ergonomic plate thing or you can step all the way up to the 20 000 cyberphone billionaire edition where the the body is made of silver with gold accents i'm pretty isn't silver a pretty soft metal actually well that probably won't hold up to drops well but there you have it the cyber truck phone from all those videos and all those headlines does exist in real life and it's ridiculous and nobody should actually buy one but you know what as a reward for making it to the end of this video about a ridiculous thing you should never buy uh you get a chance to win one so i'll be giving away this my uh cracked aluminum review sample of the cyberphone i'll be giving it away on twitter in the next few days so definitely follow over there if you want to get entered and have a shot at it and also let me know what you think about this thing in the comments section below also you can always grab some merch if you want to support the channel link below for that as well that's been pretty much it thanks for watching catch you guys very soon in the next one peace\n"