I bought the biggest SCAMS at Best Buy
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
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CAT phones are awesome for what they are made for. We use them out in the field, we havnt found any other phone that can take the abuse, handle the cold weather and have such long battery time. Camera are BAD but we dont use them to take vidoes nor photos
Still for that price they could make the camera to work at least like a $200 phone
My work used to use an older version for recording Electric Meter readings- always crashed and tried to brick itself when taking photos or opening our app
Still overpriced
@@dtibor5903 but overpriced isn't a scam
My dog bite My CAT phone and The screen broke
Someone I worked with had the cat s62 and it proved to be very durable. It suffered a lot of abuse that would have rendered any other phone utterly useless, the worst of which was dropping it between moving steel rolls meant for sheeting dough. The camera lense broke, but other than that it was still functional. You couldn't tell anything had happened to it.
woah that's insane
Yeah, they're insanely durable but tend to ship with outdated hardware so they're usually very slow.
Bro please have you never heard of a Nokia
@@sniperking305 i hope that's a joke
@@SarkariBoi it’s not :)
"This computer is ancient"
*Has a better CPU and GPU than my PC*
Mine is the same processor and a 5700xt and i was like ANCIENT? 😢😢
Right? I'm rocking the 3800X and it's still the fastest PC I've ever had. Love Ryzen processors!
3 Years is ancient to them??? 🤣😂😂
Ryzen 3 1400 i think is what I run with an Asus 2gb gpu
@@TheSweatDivision Ryzen 2 with an RX 590. Need to upgrade at some point but it works very well
3700x is literally a last gen CPU… In 2022, $1200 for any piece of tech seems like a steal…
+1
Exactly lol
5700x came out over a year ago.
@@stoffers6419 but cost 700usd on Amazon
not wrong
Who tf considers a 3700x an ancient cpu xD.
Also the last thing I would expect a gaming desktop to have a problem with is lacking a switch for the psu.
The 3700x is last gen. Still respectable but not ancient, the FX series was around 2014ish and that I consider to be ancient
Someone that doesn't know computers.
@@aruce9 I'm still running a dual core 7890K on my desktop with 16gb of ram lol.
It is ancient and super slow compared to a cpu like mine....12700k
@@wlcmetomcyds ugh amd 7890k is quad core genius
I see you Ken, rocking that Calliope merch.
One of us, one of us! First love live and yuru camp, now hololive. Ken is a true man of culture
@@ArielAriaVT Indeed. One of Us, one of us!
Ken is honestly the best
Finally I found people who saw his shirt
Yess calliop
Had one of the older CAT phones. B15 I believe. Indestructible. The promo video shows them driving an excavator over like 100 screens and they all still work. Wet finger tracking on the screen (Gorilla Glass) was awesome too. There are better phones out there for the average person. But for those who drop their phones often, or work in the elements etc, they are about as good as it gets for survivability. Would not have paid $650 for it tho. I believe I paid $150-200 thru my carrier at the time.
You are paying more than the $650 over your contract period on your postpaid plan
@@mip4422 i wouldn't. Cuz I don't have that phone.
“It has a Ryzen 7 3700”
“Oh wow, that’s ancient”
Me a Ryzen 5 3600 user: It’s not much, but it gets the job done.
LOL! I'm running an 8th gen i5 🤣
I have a ryzen 5 2600 lol
If the 3700X is "ancient" then consider me Miles Davis.
It's just a very usable CPU.
@@PGGMusic it's a pretty decent cpu cause it's only one generation old on the amd side.
I built my system with similar specs for less money 2 years ago (actually have more and better RAM and a better PSU), so I get why they think it's not worth 1.2k. Definitely not crap and ancient though.
IKR the CPU and GPU are both only one generation behind and they're all like omg it's so old!
And here I am with a 3700x and a 3080, perfectly good pairing for games at high resolutions..
I look at one star reviews but know often times they're subjective. As I've seen reviews trying to compare a $20 tablet to an $700 ipad, and it's obvious. You get what you pay for or some other issue that isn't relevant to the product.
3700X isn't ancient. Yes, improved tech has come since, but it's still a perfectly capable CPU for some years to come.
ngl they just seem to not know what capable hardware is and are the type of people to jump on the hype train with the newest cpu's...
Fell all the power of the RTX 10000TI TI OC ----- to watch memes on reddit or play minecr...(lags anyway)...hello kitty online and youtobe vids
MSI is pretty much a highly respected brand so I find it hilarious that the literally missed a key component on their PC
bought my kid a msi desktop last year because its impossible to find a gpu. the pc showed up with the ram in the wrong slot and a corrupt windows install that would blue screen when loading to the desktop. I fixed those issues and put a actual name brand power supply in it. I wouldn't recommend buying a prebuilt from them if you don't know how to troubleshoot computer hardware.
@@Baldwin_media Delta is very good brand...
Their quality has been going down in recent years
MSI is crap, no surprises there
My MSI gaming laptop lasted 1 year and half :( MOBO went out
Lets thank Austin and the team for wasting money so we dont have to🙏
It's not wasting money when you're making a video and putting it onto your RUclips channel and generation money off the views, likes and ads. This video will generate up to 1,000x more $$ thsn Austin spent making the video. It takes money to make money.
I wouldn't call it wasting if it meant saving others money ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@tech4life884 shut up! 2 hours of explaining thing no one reads, me the first
I Agree With You
Seems like they had fun doing it too
I bought a new HP Stream at BestBuy, but it had a bad SD card. BestBuy wanted $200 to fix a brand new under warranty laptop. I bought a used SSD on eBay and fixed it for $20.
Bestbuy are scammers
If it was under warranty, it shouldve been free
Sd card ?
@@eddoesnotexist they have low storage. He was probably using an sd card so that it was actually useable. I have a stream and almost half of its storage is taken up by the OS so the sd card slot working is a necessity
GeekSquad employee here. I will say that 200 sounds like the pricing for their TotalTech membership which they usually push to cover software work on devices. With that said if your device is under the 1 year warranty and its a defect that Geek Squad should and will send it out for repair free of charge. Sounds like they didn't know what they were talking about.
Did you buy the store warranty or is it the manufactures warranty? because 3rd party stores are not required to cover a manufacture warranty in the year 2000 beyond that's like 1900s logic. People often think stores make the product they sell which is wrong! You buy the protection plan to cover your hardware outside any return policy.
The gaming pc doesn't seem that overpriced to me in todays world. I've seen slower ones with 1660s and ryzen 5 or i5 for the same price.
Nods, a 3700X CPU is the same thing basically in the new consoles, and a 5600XT is not a bad card. The specs aren't that bad overall, probably though more about a 900-1000 computer.
@@KeithEngel yeah, I’m not sure why they were acting like it was complete trash
@@finnwydd Cause they are used in flagships :(
I just recently bought a Dell PC for $1k with an i5 something and a 3060. I bought the pc mainly to rip out the 3060 and put my current 2060 FE into it and use it for mining BTC exclusively in the garage. :D
Yeah, if you price this out you'll spend almost that much with a used cpu and gpu, a little over that for new.
I agree that it's not an amazing gaming PC (I'm running slightly worse specs) but that's just what it costs.
7:30 The Pink cap with the glasses with the gold chain, burgendy buttoned cardigan, anime asthetic shirt with a wooden friendship bracelet....I swear every episode Ken's style gets more unique 😅
I just appreciate that Ken is wearing a Mori Shirt😁
DEAD BEATS, LURKING NOW!
Yo Ken... uhhh.. where'd you get that uhhh... Calli merch?
omocat's shop, a quick Google should set you right
With the chip shortage, older generation CPUs and GPUs are usually the only thing at affordable prices around here. That's still expensive, a friend of mine bought a prebuilt with slightly better specs for 800€ on Xmas
For that 800 price Im almost certain I can shove some Treaddriper along whit some cables and a RTX 2060 in a cardboard box or something and send it to you my god those taxes
@@skedaritou8138 8 months ago things were different
Dude I love Ken's Cali dead beats shirt
coming from a best buy employee...the ONLY way those pixel buds were sold as a refurb is that they were never opened and returned. it is actually against policy and if theyre returned open, they are specifically labelled to be recycled....1 star reviews are from people that didnt care to research a product or go into a store and ask for legitmate opinions as none of the stuff here in this video are SKUs that are ever normally in store because its garbage lmao
Show your boss this comment and you might get a raise
They are correct. I also work for Best Buy and the pixel buds would have been labeled for recycling.
What exactly is against the policy?
What about marketplace sellers, when I go in Best Buy and I see a refurbished it says "Marketplace seller" what exactly does that mean, how is the condition of those products
@@yayco_rez I have actually not seen this at my Best Buy.
Ken rocking that Calli x Omocat merch, nice!
This was absolutely painful to watch... I love it.
Gotta find something to do while waiting out your opponents turn 1
Hey, Team APS!
I work at bestbuy and I can tell you that our PC department never sells that Desktop because it's a flip of a coin if it will work. I have seen where the hard drive is not mounted property, motherboard dead, some lights not turning on, it just seems likes a 5 year old build it. Very disappointing that is comes from MSI.
do you have tips on how one can get hired to work for geeksquad?
@@joelhempel4944 Not have any pc knowledge higher than the lead....
@@less5406 Also make sure to charge someone $200 on a new motherboard when it’s the ssd that is the problem.
Funny enough, my mom actually got me that keyboard for Christmas a couple years ago when she heard I was building my first PC.
I used it for a week(didn’t want to hurt her feelings since she felt she had done a good thing), and every time she walked into my room without knocking(I pay rent), I pulled up a tab of “adult anime” things that I had minimized for just such occasion.
She stopped coming into my room after the 3rd time. I bought another keyboard.
this is certainly a youtube comment, that's for sure
wild
Cat phone seems like a very specialized piece of equipment.
@♜ WhatsaP➕❶⑨❶③④⓪⑤③ ⑦❶⑤ go away bot
The fingerprint sensor on the back isn't "Pixel style", it's Motorola style! They were doing it years before Pixel phones even existed.
Yep
Motorola phones are so underrated. Only phones I ever buy
You mean LG Style?
@@Slay1337pl LG style had buttons on the back too.
come to think of it, it isnt any style its just a fingerprint sensor on the back. kind of like saying a touchscreen is "iphone style" i would be damned to find a phone without a touchscreen
loving the Calliope shirt Ken is wearing
I’ll say this. I used to work in the store but I would see that MSI computer several times and it would never turn on. I tried new PSUs and still no good
@Projit cool story bro
@@PantyGoblin Why is hidden?
I owned the pixel buds. And I actually loved them. I did have a flawless pairing experience when I got them. Everything worked. Decent sound. I only stopped using them because I wanted to try the pass through listening and silencing of the galaxy buds 2. But, overall, I actually genuinely think the pixel buds are pretty solid. I think a lot of your issues were the referbs specifically it's a shame too
Ken was having a little too much fun trying to destroy the CAT phone 😂
GIGA CHAD phone
"Ryzen 7 3700x, RX 5600 XT is old, 2019 spec". Well, I guess I shouldn't have built a PC with a Ryzen 7 3700x and RX 570 in November 2021.
8:56
wow thanks ken, now i feel offended (i have the same processor but a 3070, still think it performs wonderfully)
It's only ancient to them because they can literally grab the newest Ryzen as soon as it's out due to hookups. Don't feel bad about your CPU, buddy.
It is a great cpu still have it paired with a 3080 and the price to upgrade as far as gaming goes would be not at all worth it.
The flex keyboard is an old thing made for mobile technicians. It was easy to throw in the bag they kept everything they needed to go do a quick job or do some troubleshooting with while taking up minimal space. They where never good, but they where cheap. This made it a decent choice for someone who's trying to get started or just doing small jobs and needs to be really mobile.
A company near me uses these cat phones, these phones are definitely not light (I think they were an older model) and were full of scuffs, but no cracks or dents. They told me they’ve fallen out of combine harvesters or left in the field in the cold. These phones are amazing
Geek Squad employee here to explain Geek Squad refurbished headphones:
If the product looks new or like it was never or hardly used, it’s approved for resale.
If it looks gross, they get sent PRC (depending on manufacturer, returned to them or just sent to e-waste)
They’re not actually tested because if they look new, we don’t want our ear wax getting on them. If they look gross, we don’t want that in our ear.
This is mostly for over ear headphones, we try to make in-ears get marked as defective as often as possible. I’m assuming, based on the reviews, that for as little as my store cares, other stores care even less.
Yooooooooooo Ken is wearing a Dead Beats Mori shirt gotta love this man's taste.
DEAD BEATS, LURKING NOW!
Please tell Ken I love that Mori merch. He needs some Demondice merch next!!
DEAD BEATS, LURKING NOW!
@@itsjustakari always 🤣
That Gaming PC was actually a good deal. The CPU and GPU alone are worth the $1200. Plus the mobo, ram, case, rgb fans, power supply, keyboard, mouse etc. I want to know what system they recommend that performs better for the same money.
I bought a brand new g series dell laptop with 4gig video for 1000$
@@princesssprinklesthecat4192 not great, and not a desktop.
@@princesssprinklesthecat4192 not good
Like an astrophycist once told me ... not in this universe , maybe as ... naa not even a OEM , not even talking about a custom
I love one star reviews because the product does not do what the buyer thought, even though the descriptions sometimes go out of their way to state that it does not do what the reviews think it does. HDMI splitters are a great example. The description can state SPLITTER, say it is not a SWITCH or EXTENDS your desktop to two monitors and have pictures with red X's showing it does not do any of that yet there are one star reviews because it doesn't do those things. RTFD (description). Meanwhile, you get 5 star reviews from streamers describing how great they work when recording to a streaming PC.
Ah yes, Tech youtubers getting scammed to fill my mind with things i cant even comprehend.
@Projit that’s not how you get views. you’ll forever me making dead content when you talk like that
As a Geek Squad / Best Buy employee: this is golden haha
Do you recommend working at best buy
do you have any tips for applying to geek squad?
@Projit i just looked it wasnt
@@JustJoshinAroundd absolutely. Great company with amazing benefits!
@@joelhempel4944 Just be yourself. But having a positive attitude and an excitement for working in a specific field is a plus. Try for Home Theater Cadet to start. It’s a good foundation.
Best Buy doesn’t sell scams like ebay does
Austin naming off the pc specs.
“Oh. That’s not that bad.”
Then Ken calling it ancient tech.
“Oh”
I trust the one star reviews more than the five star reviews, lol.
Yep that's were you find the truth in the not glowingly stupid reviews
I found many good stuff with plenty of 1 star reviews. One of the things is my laptop from 2017, which I don't really use because of desktop PC but it still works fine. Some people are just too picky. My 27 inch Dell screen also had many 1 star reviews for really stupid reasons.
1 star reviews are usually bullshit.
Look for 4 or 2 star reviews. 1 star reviews can also be made by people who don't know how to read the product description.
I have no room to demand, but I demand a whole video produced using the tech yall have got over the years like the go pro cam haha, I'd sacrifice my time to watch it
@Projit I've never uploaded and probably have the same subs as you and your 1.4k view video lol
"and like Lance Armstrong, that ball is gone!" Best baseball homerun call I ever heard.
When I saw this video, I thought: "Dang that's a nice truck, I wish I could work for Austin too!" Lol
the CAT phone actually seems like it would be a great work phone for contractors or any kind of hand on job where theres a high chance of your regular phone getting smashed up, shame its 650 dollars though, i think 450 is probably a more realistic price point
12:58 ken gay confirmed?
NAHHH WHY ALWAYS THE PEOPLE I MOST LIKE IN A VIDEO IS GAY???
Ken: the Ryzen 7 3700X is ancient
Me: *cries in Ryzen 5 2600
5:50 Ned?!? Spider-Man?!?
our vehicle inspection station at work has one of those membrane soft rubber keyboards at work the fold will settle in a short time but they still suck for typing... but if your in a dirty place like a automotive garage it makes it very easy to wipe down and clean atleast. and you dont get gunk and dirt built up behind keys I can only imagine that is the reason for it to exist.
I’m very skeptical about the legitimacy of those Pixel Buds reviews. I have a hard time believing Best Buy wouldn’t just replace the tips.
looks like that’s what they did
Just wanna say as a geek squad agent, my precinct will NEVER open box headphones unless the seal is still in tact and we can verify they haven’t been worn. Feel bad for whoever got Andrew’s buds lol
Ken out here cosplaying Ms. Puff
We use those cat phones for construction as they are super durable and can be dropped from super high as well as the push to talk to people super far without calling idk why you paid $600 for it we usually get them for about 400 - 450
Did anyone else think Austin was about to revisit the ps5 heatsink issue with the CAT thermal phone? Lol I got nervous.
That could work…
Lol
The Lance Armstrong burn from out of nowhere KILLED ME 😄
Best video austin made in a while.............. loved it!
Worked in a Geek Squad refurb center, and I can say while a lot of things are not paid the greatest attention, the headphones usually are. Especially the non Beats testing. Bad eggs slip through sometimes, and some facilities are definitely better than others.
"3700x is old. Ancient"
Me watching this on my 4k-capable PC with a 3700x (and a 3080): that's all right, champ.
I loved my Cat S61 and I'd probably still use it if the battery didn't go. It's not a flashy phone for everyday use, but you can abuse the things till the batteries go, which from what I understand is incredibly common in all Bullitt Group devices.
If Ned from Spiderman don't stop talking crap about my Google Pixel gear, I'm gonna send his ass to the Raimi-verse.
Thanks for making these videos. I was actually thinking of getting that "GO Pro" lol
Surprisingly short wait.
He is just too used to Wish shipping
"This computer is ancient"
My poor 3800X just got a head of white hair hearing that
A normal phone can destroy my PC in a frame rate battle
calling a r7 3700x ancient is the epitome of being so deep into technology that you have become sensibly out of touch
It hurts my r5 1400x 550 feelings
I have the 3700x. I thought he knew best with this CPU kind of surprise he mentioned acient CPU. I blow all my money on a 6900xt....
wtf "older processor" and "ancient" used to describe a 3700x? am i missing something
Born ‘97 , I lol’d at the lance joke. My dad loved that dude 😂
1:47 the cameraman (Ken) casually wearing Calli merch.
just want to say thank you for always bringing great content ♥️
As a Best Buy employee, we carry NONE of these products in store (at least at my location). You must actively seek out these items online if you really want them
"Just like every Pixel product...this is sloooowly disappointing me"
I never felt a statement so true before
Yo Ken be having that drip though.
if you get that $1,200 gaming computer and it works it's worth the price because the gpu almost the same cost
Well aside from the psu, I would love to get a pc like that.
The fact that Austin looked like a livestrong bracelet when you made the Lance Armstrong joke, made it just that much better.
Ken stole his drip from everyone's grandma for this video
My parents bought me a pc from Best Buy 2 years ago for 1200 usd back when I used to live in the us it had a 2300x a rx 560 8gb ram and 1tb had drive they shouldn’t have surprised me cause 1200 for those specs is a scam
1tb ram?
2 years ago.
@generikuser what.
Honestly as say a work phone for construction I think the s62 is actually pretty damn good
Austin would definitely confuse the employees at his local Walmart having chosen Pixie Dust as his notification sound...
Dude with the cardigan needs a stylist. Boy had his whole closet on reviewing items lol
I love how half of the phone companies are marketing the camera but I don't even use the camera lol
I have to say, a couple of these actually don't seem that incredibly bad nut the others....I'd definitely agree with🤣🤣🤣
The lance Armstrong of ear buds 😂 I’m dead 😂
"You can't really spot it when you look at it normally" yes Austin, my eyes aren't thermal imaging cameras
Those were some cringe worthy items, especially that tablet. I'm honestly not surprised by the desktop price as ALL the manufacturers are dumping their old stock on the market at a nice markup because they know It'll sell because of the shortages.
That 1200$ PC was steal... Even if it won't turn on the GPU itself selling for 750$ on Amazon
@Projit who asked?
@@pajmangames1602 pure profit
"Only kids from 95 will understand that one"
*Me, a 95 kid, pointing at the screen* I get that reference!!!!
I love how dude said eeew to the keyboard LMAO
Bruh. I automatically subscribed when your cameraman hit that Lance Armstrong quip. 😂
Best Buy isn’t even that bad, the prices are Ight especially since you can price match
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That PC would be fine for most people. Just way too overpriced. I would totally ditch that PSU though. It feels way too weird
Honestly i would be totally fine with a RX 5600XT. I had one it just broke and it worked like a charm in my use case it being Overwatch and some other games once in a while.
Not just that but a 3700x is still a great processor. lol
Earphone based testicle jokes.... nice.
I like to go to review channels to find out about a product. I think the more sources you check out the better informed you are.
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Also, the rolling shutter on that Cat phone was BAD🤣
Wow!
These scams are some crazy stuff!
Especially that switch free power supply!
How cheap can you get?!