Marques Brownlee
FollowEverything Marques personally uses, recommends, or has created — plus things they don't recommend — sourced from their own show and appearances on other podcasts.
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"I actually used a phone this year that got me not two but three full days of like all day carefree high brightness mixed use. like 10 plus hours of screen on time from a 7300 mAh battery. This phone has me so excited about what the next years of smartphones could turn into."
"As someone who's been using a Mac Pro and a Pro Display XDR since they came out, the immediate first thought when I saw these announced was, should I be switching to the Mac Studio and the Studio Display XDRs?"
"The Studio Display XDR specifically is a much better pair with the MacBook Pro. Now there are lots of other options for monitors that you could get to pair with your Apple computer."
"This is officially the best video stabilization I've ever seen in a smartphone. So, as long as you turn on this S26 Ultra's horizon lock right there and hit record, you can have the least steady hands in the world."
"It's because of the way I've edited in Final Cut Pro for like the last decade. So you can blame Final Cut Pro for this, but I have a mouse and a magic trackpad."
"As someone who's been using a Mac Pro and a Pro Display XDR since they came out, the immediate first thought when I saw these announced was, should I be switching to the Mac Studio and the Studio Display XDRs?"
"They said, no problem. We take PayPal. So, I had to open up PayPal on my computer, send the money to Vertu"
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"I was just scrolling top rated phones on Amazon a couple days ago and I saw this one has gotten incredible ratings"
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All episodes →"Apple tried to make before Apple silicon a 12-in MacBook. It was running a 1.1 GHz dualcore Intel processor that throttled if you looked at it for too long."
"And also, it reads a lot like it was written by ChatGPT. I'm not even going to link to it."
"Really just the fact that the Magic Mouse's design still now in 2025 hasn't changed since I was in high school and it's still like $80 and it still has all the downsides it has from all those years ago is crazy to me."
"I got a popup ad for McAfee Security on this $2,000 brand new laptop, which to be fair is probably a Dell problem."
"It's asking me to use Microsoft 365 and then OneDrive and then all these other services, etc., etc."
"Microsoft actually requires a dedicated co-pilot button on the keyboard of every new Windows 11 laptop now to be classified as an AI PC, whatever that means."
"That could still be a dozen exploding Note 7s like it was in 2016"
"The Nothing Phone 3 was sort of a uniquely disappointing phone this year. Not because it was a particularly bad phone, but it was just a big delta between what their very passionate fans were hoping and expecting from this phone and what they actually delivered."
"It's asking me to use Microsoft 365 and then OneDrive and then all these other services, etc., etc."
"In my Pixel 10 review, I said my personal biggest annoyance with the Pixel 9 was the optical underscreen fingerprint reader was kind of slow"
"The Pixel 9's fingerprint reader was in fact also ultrasonic. It was still bad and it was still one of my biggest annoyances"
"Apple continued for the last couple of months to just spin their wheels and Siri continued to suck."
"They're using a Sony IMX906 sensor, which is the same as we've seen in Samsung's A55 and the Honor 200 and a bunch of other sub $500 phones"
"It's basically like a Spotlight search replacement for Mac because Spotlight has also been dog water for years."
"these are much healthier than doom scrolling TikTok or Instagram or something like that"
"I have been using this phone for a couple weeks now, and there are some things about it that are actually better than a regular phone. I hate to admit it, but also there are absolutely some things about it that are not worth it."
"Windows has felt like a weak link and every single Windows laptop will have to suffer for it... it's just lacking the super premium feel that wins everybody over."
"The whole world, including myself, was baffled at the lack of magnets in the iPhone 16 when that came out."
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Clear filters"this OPPO Find N6 is complete as far as I'm concerned. We've gone through one by one each of the potential compromises of a folding phone and engineered them away."
"Just as soon as you hold it, you can feel that it's just a little nicer. Still a fine phone, but the 4a is where it's at."
"You've seen the Dbrand Area 51 skin on my personal MacBook Pro for years now. Not just because they've been a sponsor for a decade, but because it's actually a really good product."
"The tracker card, which I keep in my bifold wallet every single day"
"The tracker card which works with Apple find my and it has a really loud chime to help you find it when you're nearby."
"Another personal favorite though is Ridge's tracker card. Instead of having an AirTag everywhere, it's a slim card that fits right into your Ridge wallet."
"That's their find my card, which you can track anywhere, put it in your wallet, and you can see your wallet's location on a map anywhere that it is, and if you're close enough to it, play a sound. Super handy."
"The extremely popular 5 in 1 power bank which I basically always have on me. And it's Mag Safe compatible, too."
"I've been using these for like, the better part of a year now, and I think they're great. They obviously protect the glass and they're super easy to install."
"You can save 15% by bundling their Prism screen protector with any case. They're super easy to install, they include two in the pack, and yes, it does work with the new privacy display."
"Ridge's 5-in-1 magnetic power bank. It's what I use, and pretty much everyone at the studio uses one, too."
"The five-in-one power bank keeps selling out and for good reason, I take this thing wherever I go"
"Also, their 5-in1 battery bank is also super popular as they've sold out multiple times this year. But it's MagSafe compatible. It has two built-in cables, a kickstand for watching videos while you charge, and you can even charge your Apple Watch with it."
"Channel sponsor Dbrand has been cooking on these retro-styled MacBook skins, and I got to say, they look pretty sweet."
"Ridge was started 13 years ago by Paul and Daniel Kaine with one pretty simple goal, gear built better. And that mission lines up pretty perfectly with why I've been working and building with them."
"I've been using compact wallets for years now. In fact, I helped Ridge design this one, the Biflex. So, if you're still using a huge bulky wallet like this, it is a great time to upgrade."
"The main thing to call out is that unlike pretty much every other clear case, the Ghost case is guaranteed to never turn yellow. And dbrand really means guaranteed; they'll literally replace your Ghost for free for life if it ever turns yellow."
"Rocket Money has been the perfect tool to help me do that. It automatically tracks all my transactions in one place."
"There's the new Ridge 2.0 wallet. It's lighter, more modular, comes in MagSafe versions and includes Ridge's industry-leading built for life warranty."
"After 12 years of selling their wallets, they've made their biggest updates, they're 10% lighter, more modular, come with a matching plated cash strap, and feature Ridge's new built for life warranty"
"anyway, thanks to dbrand! I don't know how they get their hands on these things"