- Hey guys this is Austin.
And today I'm here with five smartphone gadgets
you're probably gonna want to take a look at.
These are the Marshall Mid ANCs.
And huge shout out to Marshall for sponsoring this video.
So one of the big advantages of the
Marshall Mid ANC headphones
is active noise cancellation, something that,
due to the construction outside is very useful today.
So like I said, the active noise cancellation
in the bluetooth is going
to be a big part of these headphones.
But if we flip it over, we're also going to see some
extra stuff that well I'll take a look at in a minute.
Now to be honest, i actually haven't spent
a ton of time with Marshall headphones.
Now they look really nice, but generally speaking,
Marshall is a company that's more well known
for their sort of crazy amps and cool guitar stuff.
Actually I mean that's right...
I'm not wrong there right?
(bell rings)
Ooh okay.
So the first thing we see is a actually
surprisingly nice carrying pouch,
if I can get it out of the box.
Yo, that is actually seriously legit.
Okay, so these are going to be on your headphones,
as opposed to over your ears.
So it's going to make them a little bit more small
and easy to carry around.
But, wow, those look and they feel really nice.
I mean, they've even got the sort of little brass logo here.
I mean, you have a headphone jack,
but of course these do have bluetooth.
Wow, these actually feel really nice.
So if you're like me, and you're using a modern
Smartphone without a headphone jack, the idea that
these have bluetooth built in is definitely
going to be a nice addition and on top of that is also
going to have apt x.
So some phones will support this.
And essentially what it's going to be is a higher bit
rate and a better sounding bluetooth connection.
But of course this will still will work
with pretty much any
kind of (engine blaring) bluetooth device.
That's really loud.
Where's my active noise cancellation.
Whoa.
(light, upbeat music)
Whoa.
That's crazy.
It's like I'm putting my fingers in my ears.
I could just completely sucks out all the sound.
So you know that these are using custom 40 millimeter
drivers, and they actually sound
more balanced than I thought.
So yes, it is a bit of a richer sound,
and there is a fair bit of base.
But it's really not at the expense of sorta sounding
really scooped like a lot of headphones,
especially more hip hop based headphones are.
You know what I'm talking about.
These sound actually reasonably balanced,
more so than I actually expected.
So, if you're looking for a pair of headphones
that not only have good style, surprisingly really
balanced sound, as well as enough noise cancellation
to drown out the construction behind me,
you actually might want to give the Mid ANCs a try.
Take a step outside, and this is the perfect opportunity
to show some of my other favorite accessories
starting with Rhino Shield.
And you guys will probably know them,
because they have sponsored videos in the past.
Although they are not sponsoring this one at all.
But they do make some of my favorite cases
and specifically bumpers on any phone out right now.
So this is the crash guard.
Now this is what I use on my own personal phone,
and I've actually been using one of these for
almost a year and a half now.
But essentially, it doesn't give you full protection,
so the back of the phone is still going to be open.
However, it does cover up pretty much all of the edges,
so if you drop it like this,
you really don't have to worry about it.
This is the way I usually rock it, however if you install
the back plate, you can then use the Rhino Shield lenses.
And this is where the camera opportunities
really do start to open up.
So if we move over to the Pixel 2, which still holds the
crown for the best Smartphone camera in my opinion,
what we can do is, we'll just try the lenses out.
So like a lot of these systems, there's going to be a
wide variety of lenses.
So right now I'm using the wide angle.
If I snap a shot, you'll be able to see just how much wider
this is versus using the standard pixel camera.
The only real issue is that when you're going this wide
you are going to see a little bit of distortion.
But if you don't wanna go quite so wide, you can also pick
up the HD version of the lens that's going
to be a lot bigger, and it's not going to be quite as wide,
but you're going to keep all of that sharpness.
There are other options you get though,
including the macro lens which just unscrews.
If I take a super, super close-up shot of my camera here.
Wow, I didn't actually realize I
had scratched my camera that much.
Having a case that supports attachable lenses really
is a super nice feature.
The yeah, I definitely don't use these all the time.
Most of the time the pixel camera by itself is
going to be totally okay.
But it is cool to be able to get a little bit of a different
field of view sometimes.
Speaking of photos and video, one of my favorite new gadgets
is gonna be the DJI Osmo Two.
Now there've been hand held gimbals, especially for the
phone for quite a while.
What makes this a little bit special is that the Osmo
Two has actually come down a lot in price.
This guy is now only going to cost $130.
Still expensive, but compared to the last generation,
which I think was like double that,
this makes a big difference.
So if you're not familiar with what a gimbal does,
essentially it is a hand held stabilizer.
So if we start recording on the phone here,
what you're gonna see is no matter how much I move around,
it's always going to stay stable.
So you can see I can move my hand,
and the camera basically stays in place.
And what this allows you
to do is get some really cool shots.
So if I, say, do a little 360 surround of Ken, get a shot of
those sweet shoes, bring it straight up, what you're getting
here is a super smooth image, no matter really kinda
how much you shake it.
Obviously you shouldn't run with something like this,
but if I kinda start walking backward, it looks like the
camera's basically just going to be completely steady.
So this is what footage looks like coming from the Iphone 10
in 4k on the Osmo Two.
So even though I'm walking, and Ken is seguing
and probably about to run into a tree, you can see that the
footage still looks nice and smooth.
And why are you running away from me?
No, don't.
No, no, no.
See, look how smooth it is.
So now that we've switched all over to shooting
on the Iphone with the Osmo, the next step is to make sure
that all of our devices are going to be powered.
So that is where something like this comes in.
Now of course, there are tons of different battery banks
that you can choose from, but especially when you're going
to be powering lots of stuff, like a full fledged camera,
something like you Iphone, and of course the Osmo
needs to be charged as well.
Something like this Anker Power Bank is going
to be a huge help.
So what I like about the power core is that with 20,000
milli-amp hours of capacity, it's going to be plenty
for our phone, for stuff like the Osmo,
for stuff like the camera.
And on top of that we are going to be getting two full
size usb a ports as well as usb c.
And so with that, let's head back to the studio
and finish up with the final item of this video.
Now something that's a little bit unusual but actually
can be really helpful sometimes is an HDMI adapter.
Now on Iphones it's gonna be really simple.
It's just a very small little lightning adapter.
However on Android you actually have a lot more options.
So it works pretty much exactly like you'd expect.
So you've got a full mirror on your display.
So if you want, you can play a game together.
However, some apps, such as Netflix, will support
a full screen output.
There we go.
So we have the Iphone,
just basically acting as a controller.
We're gonna be getting that full 1080p output here.
Basically, turning this into an Apple TV.
Now this might not seem crazy useful,
but it is nice to have one of these around in your bag,
if say, for example, you want to be able to use your phone
to output video to a TV.
However, on the Android side of things,
it's a little bit more exciting.
So thanks to the magic of usbc, you can use things
like this Achey usbc hub.
Now what's cool about this is that in addition you'll
be able to obviously connect to your device via usbc,
you get a ton of options.
You can charge it through this.
You get full size usb ports.
You're getting ethernet.
You're getting HDMI.
You're even getting a micro SD,
as well as a full size SD card reader.
Now you should keep in mind that not
all usbc devices are created equally.
So generally speaking, most Android phones actually do
a pretty good job of supporting most of the stuff on here,
but depending on your device, somethings,
specifically stuff like the HDMI may or may not work.
So, if I plug the usb hub with a full size mouse
and keyboard, we're going to get is not only mouse support
that's going to be native inside Android,
we're also going to have keyboard support.
Still gotta write a new tweet and be like, hey guys
this is a terribly small desktop.
So I'm curious, what is your favorite Smartphone gadget?
Let me know in the comments below.
And as always, I'll have everything I talked about
in this video, including the Marshall Mid ANC
headphones linked in the description.
Anyway guys thank you so much
for watching, and I will catch you on the next one.