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Hey guys, this is Austin. Wow I've never been interrupted that badly by construction before. And today we're here with Mystery Tech Under $40. This is gonna be fun.

Time for kids, Cell Phone Pros and Cons. Okay, hold on a second, what year is this from? This is from 2018. This looks like a 1997 thing. Some people spend too much time on their phones. They talk, text, and play games all day long with few breaks. These people have what's known as cell phone addiction.

I bet you're watching this video on a cell phone right now, aren't you, Jimmy? I will not post photos and video of other people without asking them first. I will ask my parents before I download a new app. Man, what practical and legitimate advice for, what I'm sure are eight year olds. (chuckling) I don't really know what to say.

Ah, okay. Connect-a-desk, the desk that connects to you? Oh, what? Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Hold on, hold on, hold on. $54.74, $54? That's not $40. To be fair, before shipping and handling it was $44. I'll give you a tentative pass there.

I get my shoulders in here, and then put it over. Ready like, oh yeah, yeah, that's much more like it. I feel ready to use a laptop already. So let's say I want to use my laptop here, hands free of course. I'm just gonna open it up. Actually it's only really big enough for an 11 inch MacBook. This doesn't seem like the dumbest thing I've ever used.

What is this? What is this? A trackball mouse, wait? There's no, whoa, whoa, (laughing) So it comes with a USB receiver. So I plug it into my MacBook here. Hold on, hold on, this is a game changer.

So I've got, if you can see here, the trackball. Basically the trackball as well as an inside little click. It feels like the world's cheapest HTC Vive controller. Look at that, this is really dumb. I don't know what I'm doing with my life at all right now.

Wait, headphones? Wait, this actually looks okay. So these are the Samson SR850 Professional Studio Reference Headphones. And at what, less than 40 bucks I hope? - 40. - Oh exactly 40, okay. It's very plastic key, but they feel like they should cost a lot more than 40 bucks.

Okay, okay immediately when I hear $40 on headphones my instinct is that they're going to be garbage town. But these actually sound pretty good, and especially for open-design headphones, they actually have a surprising amount of bass. They're actually $32. $32. Didn't we just talk about how expensive this desk was?

They're $32.

Okay, okay, let's get back to the pros and cons of cell phones. What I'm saying is, if you do decide to use one, make sure it's a responsible one.