I started to receive some comments
concerns recently about a video that was
published a little while back some
people feeling like this particular
video is problematic for a number of
reasons I was thinking about how to
address it so I actually set up a laptop
here so that we can watch it back
together the video of course that I'm
talking about unboxing the Escobar fold
- I have no affiliation it's not a
sponsorship but anyways I think the best
way to go over this is just to watch the
video together and then I can pause it
at various points and just give you it's
sort of what my thinking was at the time
and for that moment there the way we
were shooting videos at the times the
spontaneousness of it was kind of a big
component an important component I would
personally feel that it would be more
exciting sometimes to be surprised I
tend to like the benefit because it
captures the real reaction I think
there's some value in there from an
excitement standpoint with a lot of
different products obviously this is a
very unusual very bizarre product and so
maybe in this particular case if that
wasn't suitable normally what I would do
is I would go glance the incoming glance
through the incoming packages with a
healthy dose of curiosity wondering but
today I didn't even have that
opportunity because we'll do decided to
completely disrupt interrupt everything
that entire procedure in order to place
that in front of me right there I don't
know if I'm supposed to smack it or not
he said you know what Lou today it's all
about this this is the thing you've been
waiting for this is the greatest thing
ever to be featured on unbox therapy
that's his words not mine yeah okay so
some people were upset with this
phrasing right here will do told me this
is the most exciting thing ever to be
featured on our bus therapy this is a
running joke there's a bit of sarcasm in
it that we'll always thinks the thing
that he would bring to the channel would
be the most exciting thing that the
latest shipment that arrived with his
name on it that he organized or arranged
is more important than
whatever else is here that I already
know is here that I would maybe prefer
to be making a video about so this is
sarcasm some people didn't pick up on
that how could I say that it's the
greatest thing ever when I haven't even
looked at the product yet so I put
everything to the side all the boxes
because we have this DHL package now
it's not that heavy
honestly I have no idea what it is it
comes from the United Arab Emirates
anyway okay I should just say as far as
having no idea what what it is I
actually had no idea what what it was
like I said I had no relationship with
this company or brand this is not an
endorsement it's not a promotion man if
I'm promoting something I'm gonna tell
you to go get it I'm gonna say look this
is this is my thing I'm associated with
it I believe in it you should go get it
but it is weird how once you edit
something you put it together there's
music and stuff it just feels flashier
than it was if you guys watched this
actual full uncut day of filming or
moment of filming it feels a lot less
promotional just because of the nature
of editing and so on there's a there's a
lot more humming and hawing and what is
this thing and so forth but anyway let's
continue let's do it
mm-hmm okay so this portion here people
were trying to gauge or judge I guess my
excitement in this moment I should have
been more clear here about why such a
big ah I wasn't I didn't think that this
was the greatest thing to ever happen in
the land of tak but more a tech culture
almost kind of museum thing remember the
time that there was that weird okay hold
up fold too you have the PE on the front
Pablo Escobar's logo gold a gold plate
on there 12 gigs of ram 512 storage
you're trying to not necessarily come to
any really strict conclusions in real
time now I understand some people you go
watch other videos in retrospect and you
think to yourself well I want to be told
in absolute terms exactly what to think
about something this one has always kind
of been a little bit more about the
discovery process the name unbox therapy
the idea that there's something in the
moment of first interaction with the
thing and it gets back to what I was
saying earlier about how there's
benefits and drawbacks to that style
triple camera layout obviously this is
different this looks like a brushed
metal you may be you would start peeling
the sticker off immediately
but I'm just thinking man I'm gonna
reserve my judgment on this I'm gonna
just chill for a minute
and see exactly what's going on here it
felt like a lot of the things that came
out afterwards for me that seemed
already like a tight like healthy
skepticism that would be there and then
this slick edited package that we put
out it obviously didn't convey that to a
lot of people professing gold oh oh it's
ready to go
Escobar Inc established 1984 so it is a
fold there were more sentences like this
in the video at that point right there I
said it is a full it's easy to miss your
look you're watching the thing it
all very slick and smooth and then at
other points in TSA so a lot like a fold
it's essentially a fold but Escobar
customized wait a minute it's a fold but
Escobar customized they're not even
really customized I mean they put a
background on it another red flag for a
skeptical viewer the device is booted up
with a wallpaper there's no setup screen
when have you ever bought a phone
without a setup screen so in the future
I would just say look it's already
started up and then say that's very
unusual when have you ever bought a
phone that's already started up you
should be skeptical it's it it's very
boring it's not how a person behaves in
real life when they're hanging with
their friends and a package shows up but
if people are gonna be mislead then it's
obviously imperative to do that I've
played with the galaxy fold extensively
this is the same deal how can they do it
how can they deliver model number SSM -
f 900 F yeah so there I showed the model
number that was my other kind of gentle
way of insinuating if you want to just
type in the model number the whole
you're all evidence you need is right
there
galaxy fold you have the front display
and anytime I'm saying like the galaxy
fold it's so weird to watch it after the
fact but in real time of course it is a
galaxy fold you just showed the part
number but at the same time they're
pitching it as as an independent product
and they're selling it as an independent
product and this was a at least a week
before I think mark has his video went
out so and I didn't order one or buy one
so I hadn't personally been scammed at
this point some people have indicated
they were two sentences earlier I said
it's a customized galaxy fold and before
that I said it's a galaxy fold you're
reacting in real-time and sometimes
things just don't come out right I have
no idea how this is possible
I'm officially I'm officially out of my
league here which is kind of like the
top comment that I pinned where I said
this is an unusual the device from an
unusual source proceed with caution this
is not part of the typical analysis of a
product in an unboxing style of video
usually you unbox the thing it's a brand
that you're relatively familiar with and
then it's hey let's just get into the
analysis of the thing itself whereas
here it's more how is this possible what
are they doing of course later in the
video I show a screenshot saying that
they were apparently getting overstock
galaxy fold so even the company
themselves whatever company it is was
stating or admitting that they were
skinning galaxy folds I mean it's so the
whole thing is obviously so confusing
and weird to talk about and I think it's
actually the newer version because I see
the same contraption down on the bottom
there to block this part year I'm saying
it's the newer version of the fold
debris from getting into the hinge
customized galaxy fold it's got the
affiliation with the escobar brand and
then somehow the price is insane this
one is listed at 549 I wish I said
something about typically when something
is too good to be true it's probably not
true something along these lines are
generic I know everyone now is saying
why are you promoting this I can't
believe you promoted this I didn't feel
that this video was a promotion because
of the tone in my voice and the constant
how is this even possible what's going
on here and it's not just this product
there's been like I said thousands of
products on the channel by the nature of
volume there have been a few on there
where after the fact people tell me hey
man this Kickstarter didn't come through
or this IndieGoGo or this random website
so I would just say I can show you
something here on a channel but getting
back to the earlier part if it is an
actual endorsement or promotion I will
tell you that it's on Will's computer
starts at 399 supposedly you tell me
exactly what's going on but I'm putting
him on the spot it's very dynamic with a
camera in your face how is it possible
almost $2,000
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5:49 the wait is the same I mean you
could tell we're both - are both being
sort of gentle and it's just the nature
of these types of videos when you're
just you're kind of uh-hmm
why is this face I mean that thing is
like a legend let's be honest this is
like a legend cuz everybody knows the
meme everybody saw the articles and know
what this part is probably is I think
it's a bit selfish to be honest I think
it's I think it's selfish the way I
phrased it I said this thing is like a
meme all the news articles imagine
you're flexing with this thing I have
obviously a whacky collection of
smartphone phones over the years I've
been doing this for like 10 years from
the initial earliest Android devices
these little puny looking things I have
every single Nexus device of every
single iPhone and I do regret the
phrasing of that right there as much as
I think this is a cool museum item to
have the risk here outweighs the
potential upside for the average person
to approach this site in any fashion
website and the crazy videos with the
models and everything so if you carry
that around and you actually got the
Escobar fold I'm trying to insinuate no
one's it's who knows if you're ever
gonna get it is it a thing is it an
actual thing there were more questions
than answers which is the phrase that I
use in the video if somebody goes and
buys this thing how can they deliver how
can they deliver it at 5:50 okay so
there I said if someone goes and buys
this thing how can they deliver it I
have 550 that's pretty that's pretty
straightforward that's me again trying
to be skeptical and then showing the
page here that says the fold - is an
overstock purchase from the Samsung
Galaxy fold we have bought many of them
from retailers and wholesalers who have
been unable to sell them to their
clients I'm holding this I kind of
missed the galaxy fold right now I miss
using the galaxy fold as a daily driver
we had the Escobar brand on a fold it
also kind of brings into question just
the nature of these videos I think I've
published oh man a tremendous number of
videos it's interesting as this whole
thing has evolved so has the status of
the people that are in it and the
perception that people who are watching
have of those individuals and what their
responsibilities happen to be and so
actually I would like to know from you
guys at this time you're you're the
audience you're the channel if in the
future there are products like this that
are on the fringes would you prefer them
to be avoided altogether ultimately this
relationship has to be something that
you're into it has to follow whatever
protocol you want to some extent or
you're gonna stop clicking on it you're
gonna stop watching it so I'm curious to
hear from you guys do you steer clear of
the fringe riskier products or do you
continue to cover them and leave things
open ended and the viewer has to come to
their own conclusion or option three do
you cover the fringe products but then
also just insert tremendous direct
skepticism no open-ended analysis or no
conclusions to be derived from the
viewer based on nuance or subtlety I'm
curious genuinely curious in the
comments which of those three options
you guys would prefer then the other
thing I want to say because some people
have suggested this do you want to see
this video calm down be deleted or not I
think this is probably the best way to
do it to vote it won't be exact but I'll
look at the comments and you can say
take the video down or no it happened
it's internet history whatever is the
overwhelming favorite in the comment
section then I'll go with that one
because it's a community aspect to it
let me know down in the comments if
anybody look if you felt personally
offended or you you you were hoping for
something different in that video I
apologize for that
going forward like I said there's a few
things I would change about that video
but I hope
that you would also understand the
nature of the unboxing experience and
and the fact that that matters to me
it's in the name of the channel and I
hope to have these kind of initial
impressions initial interactions and
reactions they're an important part of
the content to me but they do come with
certain side effects and in this case
that's an example of one of those side
effects
I appreciate your guys support
especially in this really weird time
that we're living in in 2020 I'll do a
better job next time