- So I believe
a item of mysterious technology
is about to be thrown on the table.
I'm ready to receive.
It's a lot of stuff.
This is the Kinesis Gaming XL Mouse Pad.
We've got a TKO Tournament Keyboard
and a Kinesis Freestyle Edge Split
Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
I'm gonna start with the regular keyboard,
this seems like a reasonable place to start.
And so inside our Tournament Keyboard is, oh, wow,
it's keyboard, never would have guessed.
All right.
(upbeat electronic music)
Why the (beep) are there three space buttons?
So, interestingly on the back,
we actually have double sort of feet,
so, you actually can lift the entire keyboard up
or you can put some of them down.
Oh, you also have multiple stages on the feet too,
so, you can go all the way up.
- [Ken] Their specialty's ergonomics, so I would imagine
that they've put enough R&D into this to make it.
- [Austin] Before I get too into this,
why don't we take a look at
The Freestyle Edge Split Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
Oh, well that's the whole presentation, isn't it?
Look at that.
I mean, it's a big keyboard.
It's a big chungus as the kids say.
- [Matt] They don't say that anymore.
- What do the kids say then?
- [Matt] Notch.
- Oh, drip.
This keyboard's got drip. - [Matt] What?
- This is actually the ultimate keyboard testing experience.
I've got surround sounds.
Oh wow, you actually can take it apart even farther.
There's a hidden little extra loop of the cable
underneath this flap,
so you could actually bring it even farther away
if you for some reason, want to do that.
Takes some little bit of getting used to, mostly because
I feel like my right hand always takes a few extra keys.
Like my right hand covers like 60% of the keyboard
so like, I'm trying to tap T,
you just have to get a little bit used to that, but-
Ooh, I gotta look down a lot.
That's not good.
Yeah, that's- (Austin groans displeasingly)
Okay, well let me just actually put it together.
No, because it's still too far.
Oh God.
Everywhere, everywhere is wrong.
Everywhere is wrong.
If you're the kind of person who deals with like RSI
or you really need something that's very ergonomic,
there's certainly other split keyboards, right?
I mean, there are keyboards that are a single deck,
but you know, they have like the kind of rise in the middle,
like the Microsoft one and whatnot
where this could make sense.
I'll say, certainly not for me.
But that being said, I mean the keys themselves sound good.
The spacebar sound good, it's well damped.
It doesn't actually feel quite as nice as the Tournament,
which personally,
this is a little bit more of the kind of key switch
that I like.
Yeah, let's actually give this one a try
and see how it actually performs.
Oh, I'm all used to the split keyboard now.
Oh God, this is weird.
I forgot how to type.
All right, you know what, I love this thing.
I would personally prefer to use a model
that at least has the arrow keys,
but the the key switches on this
sound and feel phenomenal, right.
I don't know if I'm necessarily a huge fan
of the split space bar, but the thing is,
it comes with a regular space bar.
You can swap that on yourself, and honestly,
if you get used it, you probably would be just fine,
especially if you're using any of the macros
where you're using different things for the spacebar.
This thing is properly cool.
(upbeat music)
That's a really odd-looking package.
Okay.
So, oh, it's heavy too.
Was it shipped like this?
- [Matt] No, we repackaged it.
- Oh, you repackaged it like this?
- [Ken] No.
- Oh, okay.
Should be slightly careful with this.
- [Ken] Actually be careful with it.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I feel like there's something fragile in here
'cause it's packed a little too well.
That's rare 'cause usually I have like a spidey sense
of what Mystery Tech's about, a little tingle in my dingle.
(Austin mumbles indistinctly)
Is this the deconstructed smartphone thing?
- [Matt] No.
- Oh, okay.
- [Ken] Definitely not.
- It is.
I knew it.
Let's see what's in the mysterious box of technology.
Oh yeah.
So, GRID is the name of the company.
Now I know for a fact, these are not cheap.
- [Ken] So this was I believe slightly north of $150.
- One five zero?
- [Ken] One five zero.
- Really?
I thought these things were like 3 or 400 bucks.
- [Ken] 139 actually
for that one. - $139.
Okay, this seems more reasonable,
especially considering how well it's packed and everything
But the reveal is-
(indistinct)
You don't get to see it first, I get to see it first.
That's so cool.
So it's an actual iPhone 4S which has been deconstructed
so you see all of the different pieces, right?
So everything from the battery to the vibration motor,
the main board, you see the little Apple A5 processor.
To create this, you're literally buying some old iPhone 4S,
which I'm sure when they bought a pile of these things
was worth next to nothing, right?
And then from there you just take it apart,
which sure, is not super simple, but especially with the way
they've done this schematic, right,
everything that can be taken apart here
has been taken apart.
This is really well done.
Another one?
- [Ken] So this one was $170.
- Okay, 170 bucks, got it.
Why are you looking at me like that, Matt?
Is that just your face?
- [Matt] Yes. - Oh, okay, I'm sorry.
- [Matt] Thanks, appreciate that.
- Okay.
The iPhone
6.
The inferior iPhone which was worse in every way,
except it had a bigger screen.
But with the iPhone 6,
you can see it's a much simpler design, right?
If you put them side by side,
the iPhone 4S was an older generation
where they had so many individual pieces that were needed.
When you look at the iPhone 6, I mean, look,
you had like the back panel, you had a of couple of things,
but generally speaking,
it was all integrated into the actual logic board,
and the additional things that you needed
to get the iPhone 6 to run are pretty minimal, right?
So you've got the camera.
You've got the lightning port,
as well as the speaker assembly.
You got your charger and your headphone Jack.
I really appreciate the amount of work that goes into
building something like a smartphone,
but it's not often that you actually get to see
what that work looks like.
I mean, sure, you could look at a phone, but I mean,
from the outside, most phones look almost exactly the same,
but when you look at the components
and all of the individual pieces and parts
that make up something as complex as a smartphone,
this gives you a much better understanding
of just what it takes, even back almost a decade ago,
to build yourself
one of the greatest smartphones of all time.
(upbeat music)
(Austin groans)
Hello, friends.
How's this episode of Mystery Tech?
Don't hit me again.
I got, I got flashbacks again.
I got flashbacks.
Cool.
I've used this before.
We've done many, many videos on the Nintendo Switch.
A controller update is available.
This is an Xbox controller.
That was an Xbox controller.
Are you kidding me right now?
Do you just have a box of Xbox controllers there?
Okay.
So this, my friends, is the Hori Switch Pad Pro.
Full-size controller experience in handheld mode.
Now this is, I believe, yes,
it is a Nintendo officially licensed product.
You know when you got that Nintendo seal of quality,
that it means slightly less than nothing,
which is always a good sign.
I've actually never tried this before.
I've seen it videos on it.
It seems interesting because I will say, I am not a huge fan
of Joy-Cons in the handheld configuration, right?
I actually do, to be fair.
I usually use the Switch Lite
but I'm never a huge fan of the way that any of the Switches
feel when you're playing in handheld mode,
which for me is all I ever do.
It is very rare for me to play the Switch on a TV,
I'm almost always playing it handheld.
So a larger Switch that is better suited
to my giant meat hooks is probably a good thing.
So a bunch of thoughts initially, first of all,
look at these compares to Joy-cons, right?
So I'm just gonna hold the normal right Joy-con.
Do you see how much bigger this is?
I mean, if you find the Joy-cons to be fine,
and these are certainly not wireless,
so they're not like a full replacement, sure, great.
But I mean, they are much thicker,
and honestly immediately feel a lot better.
So the sticks have a lot more travel to them,
and the actual face buttons are much larger, right?
Like something like an Xbox or a PlayStation controller,
what have.
(upbeat hip hop music)
What is this?
Gaming in-ear monitors?
But it's actually for the switch,
or are they just normal headphones?
I guess they're, oh, they have a detachable boom mic.
Yo, I can go yell at all the 12 year olds of Fortnite
that they suck.
You guys, I've have never seen an in-ear
with a boom mic attached.
That seems like it's about to be really heavy in my ear.
You suck.
I gotta say, isn't this kind of a cool look though?
Having the boom mic, but without the actual headset?
I feel cool right now.
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(upbeat synthwave music)
I'll say, the headset sounds okay,
a little muddy maybe.
Just to make sure that I'm getting a solid test here,
I am gonna plug this into the G14.
(upbeat synthwave music)
Muddy, definitely muddy.
You know, that's just something I noticed.
They kind of show they're like EQ,
and the entire EQ is just loud.
Like, I don't know if you could see, but like,
it's just all really high.
They don't sound great.
That being said though, I mean, for $30 headphones,
they sound fine.
Let's let you try that boom mic, see how it sounds.
This is a test of what the audio sounds like
from this boom.
Is it good, is it terrible?
I have no idea, but you could be the judge, fine viewer.
Let me know.
Does this $30 headset with the super cool boom mic
sound MLG enough for for you?
Oh wow.
That's a reference.
I still say MLG regularly, and yet,
that went out of business like 2014.
I'm gonna say, this is rare.
(Austin mumbles indistinctly)
I'm gonna say these are both wins.
Hori is definitely up there for probably the most comfy way
to play the Switch in handheld mode,
and this little headset, man, it's not bad.
Good job, guys.
I'm proud of you.
Do you know what today is?
- [Matt] What is today?
- Today is the greatest day of your life.
- [Matt] No, it's the greatest day of you life.
(Austin exclaims excitedly)
- Do I get to be Ash again?
Or do I just get to wear a hat and be happy?
♪ I wanna be the very best like no one ever was ♪
(Austin vocalizes Pokemon theme song)
♪ To catch them is my real test ♪
♪ I've already (beep) up the song ♪
♪ Mewtwo ♪
So this is one of the Mega Pops.
This is the Mewtwo.
So on the back, we have Mr. Mime, the wrong choice,
Pichu, the okay choice,
Vulpix, the very questionable choice.
- [Ken] Wait, we have to get more.
- What do you mean we have to get more?
- [Matt] There's a whole set we haven't got yet.
- There's 582 of these.
We don't need 582 Pops.
I mean.
- [Ken] Pikachu is the actual mega.
- [Matt] Yeah. - Yeah.
You put them side by side,
Mewtwo seems much more reasonable.
He actually does kind of stand on its own a little.
- [Matt] That does seem to scale.
Fun fact, Pikachu is taller than Mewtwo.
- I feel he's just creeping right behind
Robo Raptor's butt.
I mean, that checks out.
That seems like where I would hide too.
Hello, welcome to Mystery Tech
where today we have coordination
and I'm just gonna be over here.
So these
are
headphones.
The Sony WF-1000X Mark 4.
Now you might ask yourself,
Austin, what happened to the desk?
I thought we were watching Mystery Tech, not mystery window,
and to answer that question,
I just feel like sitting down today.
These 1000X Mark 4s are actually a headphones-
A headphone?
a pair of headphones that I'm quite excited for.
Oh, this is small.
This is small.
It's a good start.
Everyone likes something small in their pants.
In comparison,
I do happen to have it pair of AirPods Pro on me.
And the AirPods case is certainly,
I mean, I'd say it's ballpark,
it's a little taller and a little thinner,
but I mean, if this fits in my little coin pocket,
which I'm very confident it will, yeah, look at that.
No problem.
A lot of paperwork.
I don't need that.
How much are these 1000X Mark 4s?
- [Ken] 279 bucks.
- Oh, okay.
That's a lot of money.
- [Ken] Well, okay, that's MSRP though.
You'll probably find them on sale later in the year.
- [Austin] So when it comes to like,
in-ear Bluetooth headphones, these are chunky, right?
These are definitely big.
I will say these do not, with the medium tips
they don't really fit at all.
Like it's just,
it's really bulbous and it just doesn't fit.
Let me actually try to go for the smaller tips.
I will say though,
I've been wearing these for maybe what, five minutes now?
It is starting to be a little uncomfortable in my ears.
And this is something that is typically
a problem for me personally when it comes to foam ear tips,
just the pressure kind of just irritates my ears
a little bit,
and there's the secondary issue
of these are very large headphones
and they're actually a little bit heavy,
so I typically like lighter ear buds.
I actually liked the Beats Studio Buds.
I actually like those a lot, not only because of the sound,
but also because of they're lightweight,
so they fit in my ears
and I can really wear them for long periods of time.
Let's give a little sound check, shall we?
- [Ken] Sure.
(playful music)
- All right, that's a warm, nice sound.
That's really nice.
You know, it's funny, when you're listening to music,
the noise cancellation almost isn't even necessary
in a room like this.
Same thing, turning ambient sound on.
Actually that is pretty nice.
I have nothing to complain about.
There's good sound stage.
It's a very pleasant sound.
It's got good bass,
but you're not getting that good bass at the sacrifice
of anything else, like they're well-balanced
across the board.
They just sound great.
Gotta get my pre-Mystery Tech stretch in.
(Austin makes playful noises)
(gentle gospel music)
This is beef jerky.
I was literally with you.
We bought this at Buc-ee's in Dallas.
- [Ken] Yeah.
But shout out to Dallas and Texas
for having the best truck stops ever,
that has also the best beef jerky ever.
- Is this really Mystery Tech is Austin eats lunch?
- [Ken] Yeah.
- So this is either gonna be the most amazing beef jerky
of my life or Ken has run out of ideas for Mystery Tech.
- [Ken] Both.
Are you okay?
- Okay, that was a big bite.
- [Ken] Yeah, no kidding.
Yeah, you didn't have to like-
- I thought it was soft. - [Ken] Take all of that.
How's it taste?
- Spicy.
Pretty good.
- [Ken] Nice.
- Is that actually mystery tech?
I can't talk right now.
Give me like two minutes.
Two minutes before I finish Mystery Tech.
- [Ken] No, do it now.
- It's a black hat.
- [Ken] Uh-huh.
- Why is there a USB cable attached to my hat?
And a QR code.
Oh, it's an LED hat, isn't it?
(Austin coughs)
(Ken laughing)
I can't (indistinct) I got a mouthful of meat.
I'm getting mild flashbacks
to when I did the chicken wing PC build with Jake,
It's not that hot, but I have literally like
nothing in my mouth so I'm getting a little warm right now.
- [Ken] Man, you are a-
- It's it's hot and spicy, Ken.
It's not hot, it's not spicy, it's hot and spicy.
- [Ken] I don't believe you.
- How you coming back there?
- [Ken] It was delicious for a second,
and now it's just annoying.
(Austin and Ken laughing)
- You're over here making fun of me.
I'm just like sweating a little bit.
(Austin laughs sarcastically)
No.
How about you don't-
Oh.
If you don't give it access to your location,
it immediately quits.
- [Ken] Give it access to your location.
- What could go wrong?
Only this time.
- [Ken] Oh, no, no.
It probably needs that.
You could probably do some weird like,
like visualization effects.
Only that time, yeah.
- Come on.
- [Ken] It'll also notify you when there's a call.
It also wants to
relay your photos on the, on the LEDs.
That's all it took.
- I got big brain.
Wait, here you go.
Activate.
- [Ken] Subscrib.
Yeah.
E or Ken.
Won't a.
(Austin laughs)
- This is the slowest thing ever.
- [Ken] Fford, hi.
S Supra.
Great, oh yeah, you can draw on it.
Oh wow.
Hi.
- I ran out.
- [Ken] What?
That's only half the hat.
- Huh?
That's my full thing.
- [Ken] That's only, that's only half the hat.
Oh, this is not good.
- This is an auto, I just chose this one,
this is just an image.
- [Ken] I love you.
- Aww, so sweet. - [Ken] Hearts.
- Oh, we can sync it to music.
(Austin vocalizing)
This hat's kind of cool.
How much was this particular hat?
- [Ken] I paid 15 bucks for it.
- 15 bucks.
I mean, what's the price for some-
Jordans?
It's more than $15.
In fact, Jordan's typically, fun fact,
costs significantly more than $15.
- [Ken] This was sent to us, by the way.
I just figured you would
add onto the drip - Did Michael send it?
- [Ken] Michael? - Yo, MJ, thanks man.
I appreciate it.
I like your shoes. - [Ken] No, no.
We don't know MJ here.
We know a certain Jacques Slade.
- Oh.
Okay.
Wait, are these like some super limited edition
custom Jordans?
- [Ken] Custom, yes.
I'm sure limited too.
- [Austin] What do the sneaker world and Surface
have in common?
They're both in the cutting edge of innovation designs.
Surface Originals is a two episode series
hosted by Jacques Slade.
So Jacques has a new series.
Well, that is very cool.
Jacques has been a good friend for a long time.
I'm really excited to see
what a kind gift that he sent across.
Oh my g-
Oh
my
God.
I love these so much.
Ken, you talking about that drip.
I got that drip now.
Just gonna casually, just-
We don't need these anymore.
We'll just get rid of those.
I'm good.
(Ken playfully crying) I'm careful, I'm careful.
Okay, I'll be careful, I'll be careful.
Okay.
Now you got me all like, worried about creasing them.
I'm just-
- [Ken] You should be, they're custom.
- [Austin] I'm just trying to slide on my foot.
- [Ken] Should've just asked Jacques for these myself.
(Austin laughs) I swear to God.
- Austin's not worthy.
Okay, look, I'm trying my best here, okay?
- [Ken] Low key having like 20 to 30 pairs of shoes,
actually not totally crazy.
- Excuse me, 20 to 30?
- [Ken] I have 30 - Hello, my wife.
- [Ken] What?
- I'm gonna carefully stand up so I don't crease them.
- [Ken] There you go.
- Yeah, boy.
(Ken exclaims enthusiastically)
(Austin exclaims playfully)
- [Ken] Those actually look pretty good.
- I love, these feel rad. - [Ken] Look at that.
- [Ken] I like them.
- [Austin] I feel like I've just leveled up in coolness.
I've got a pair of Jordans.
I got a pair of custom Jordans.
Thanks, Jacques.
Thanks, Surface team.