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Candace Owens endorsing the Freedom phone as a “MUST BUY! YOU NEED THIS PHONE” and then getting caught still using her iPhone will never not be hilarious
@@alwaysangry2232 who’s talking about democrats? We’re talking about republicans. Your a 🐑 who will defend anyone as long as they hold the same poltical opinions as you.
@@nateclipps lol you arent good hiding your proyection dont you dare calling others sheep if you jump on a zealot frenzy , you greengos are beyond help
imagine if he reviewed the OS, the functionality, the flaws, what could use improvement? He does none of that. This is the worst review I have ever seen. Instead he just ridicules influencers, knocks its as overpriced from CHina which is true of every phone out there.
@@anujmchitale its NOT Lineage though and even if it was, he never goes into those features or what the small differences are? He doesn't go into it at all. Worst "review" I have ever seen. Lineage or Graphene are similar too, but are they the same? No.
@@anujmchitale A guy that is popular RUclipsr that reviews phones is holding a Freedom phone in the thumbnail, I am asking too much for him to actually review it? Are you serious?
@@datualiomar3333 ummmm... I would agree if he didn't go and actually buy the phone and hold it in his hands for the video. If he just criticized it for being an Android based low end clone thats overpriced, fine. But being he purchased it, he should have reviewed it. Missed opportunity and became a political video, totally sucked.
This man just took drop shipping to another level lmao. The same people lining up for this phone are the same people who told us not to believe everything we saw on the internet.
@Butt Cube How is it a scam? He sources components from Taiwan and provides a snoop-free platform to use. How many people in a hundred know what apps are spying on them and how, much less are able to flash and root their phone? It's for security minded people, not spec-minded people.
It's so shameful that the persons advertising the phone doesn't know about it and doesn't even care about it,they only care about the money they get... Thanks a lot for alerting people from pure scammer🙌🙌
@@coltonkleins tbf I wouldn't give a shit either, call me evil but I can't pass up that potential for that much money, literal life changing amounts of money
@@Retro-- So cheating ppl and stealing is ok as u will earn money might as well go and rob apartments and ppl at gunpoint...this logic is why world is a bad place 😉
Just stoke up the alt right on Facebook and you're now a celebrity like Candace. A few years ago she was pro left wing. Just following the money I guess
The list of those for this scam reads like a "Who's Who" of far-right political con artists. My question is where did he get the money to pay them to shill for his thing? $2 mil ain't gonna cover all that; which far-right billionaire holds his leash?
Candice Owens doesn't know shit about phones. She was clearly paid to advertise it. Morons, suckers and mentally damaged people exist that will buy anything their favorite Kim Kardashian celebrate tells them to buy. It is literally why fashion doesn't make sense to majority of "smart" people; because they have no practical function.
reminds me of a story: someone was thinking of investing in Bitcoin, so he did some research, and very quickly found someone selling a bitcoin-making device on EBAY for FIFTY DOLLARS, which he had previously owned for a YEAR. yeah, bitcoin is THAT lousy.
Guy knows how to make money even if the money made is at the expense of clueless customers. But hatsoff to Arun for exposing the scam for exactly what it is
I pledge allegiance to the banning of bumpstocks being forever and to the 6.2 Trillion for which they took. One nation under Tyranny, manipulation and force for all.
Just went to their website, I love how the first thing I see is “The Freedom Phone will come pre-installed with both Twitter and Tesla apps out of respect for what Mr. Musk has done for freespeach for the world! Thank you Elon! We look forward to helping to build a new decentralized system of humanity together!” That’s right, “freespeach” 😂
but elon did nothing for freespeech......and twitter is bound by the laws in the countries it operates in........so its a load of bs, that sooooooo many ppl will fall for....its not even his phone according to this video
5:51 "Freedom Phone. A Phone that is not controlled by Google or Apple" -she says, while holding a shitty phone with Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat, which definitely dont spy on you.
Funny thing about this is. People who've watched this video, won't buy this phone And those who have bought the phone won't and shouldn't watch this video 😂😂😂
You would be wrong. Many people research a product BEFORE buying it. After researching the Freedom Phone...I now now it is overpriced crap. But the Freedom Phone has NOTHING on the absolute scam ran by the 4Ocean guys who sell bracelets made by plastic ocean trash. The RUclips videos showing those scammers are amazing. I am so glad I did not buy either the Freedom Phone or one of the 4ocean bracelets. RESEAQRCH A PRODUCT OR SERVICE before you buy
@@Mike-bf9sm Thats not what he said. He said people who watch this video won't buy the phone, but the people who didn't watch the video would. That means the people who bought it didn't research.
I watched this video hoping to see a review from a person that bought and used the phone.Instead I got political commentary, ridicule at influencers, and learned like all other phones its built in China at a markup. Will he ever review the actual phone?
@@butteredcornfr Basically the joke is that if anyone criticizes Erik Finman, he will retort by flexing his wealth, the irony being that how much money he has doesn't mean he's more logically capable than someone else.
He's using the word Freedom like some companies use the word Green to sell a product. As in loosely. It says more about how products are sold to us in general. Hype sells, not the product.
Worst thing is in a year everyone will forget about this and someone might just come around with a similar concept and it'll work just the same. This guy will make bucks even with all the controversy because people have no ethics and promote w/e as long as they get paid...
@@EthanMurphy2005 Freedom always has rules and restrictions. The far right attributes freedom to them being in control, yet that is the opposite of what they want.
Kinda seems worse ngl nobody in their right mind saw the soulja console and thought yea thats seems legit. Most gamers saw that bullshit from a mile away. I don't know that the average smartphone user will see this for what it is.
@@Matanumi yeah, it seems that this erik finman is counting on those type of people who know nothing about tech but watch the news and think that everything about big companies is bad
Personally, based on personal experience, I would change that 100% to 99.7% Simply because there was one time where it was way too freaking good to be true, and it was actually true! Couldn't freaking believe it!
Exactly. Even if he did extensive research on Bitcoin before investing, he got lucky with a ridiculous return on investment. He could’ve just as easily lost nearly everything.
People who become successful pretty much by winning the lottery and then pretend like they're some sort of genius for "figuring it all out" will never not be painful to watch
Yes absolutely, get a phone made by google, or one made in tandem with google and get a custom os with no gapps and you basically get what the freedom phone is.
The only phones I've used in the last several years are Google pixel and plop phones. They both have advantage and disadvantages but they offer the best user experience to me
I love how those 'influencers' are blatantly scamming people with a straight face and all of their braindead followers can probably fall for it without any thought or hesitation. They should be called scammers for this as well.
@@emilabrahameakxic3132 They are not getting into politics. politics are the reason they're making money for example candace Owens she makes money by being a right-wing people pleaser
I thought this guy was unbiased, rubbish he down plays this phone, then later promotes Huawei phone, that is a knock off, of Freedom Phone. Do a show on the microwave excess of specific absorption rate (sar’s) that actually cause’s headaches nausea and like the lose radio active wave motion, is interfaced in 5G and up. Thanks Arun.
@@debiannebalmer8166 judging by the sars abbreviation i think i can barely make out a super sarcastic joke here, but honestly i cant say for sure with peeps on the internet. Sarcasm just doesnt work online people
My solution would be to buy a last gen Pixel device like a 6 or even 5A and flash either GrapheneOS or CalyxOS if you want a private phone, or just get one of the many Linux phones.
@@FirstnameLastname-we6dh can they make calls, send texts and browse the internet? yes. they're suitable for daily use. but it's irrelevant, since most of them aren't fully free software either. It's mostly stuff like KDE Mobile or Ubuntu touch which are nowhere near FSF approved.
@@vaughnouano there's no way you just asked that question. You're telling me you don't know who Soulja is? Soulja? THE Soulja? Kiss me thru the phone Soulja? Now watch me superman Soulja? I am both insulted and disgusted by your ignorance!
I remember seeing an ad for this phone! A totally real "ex marine" was shilling it. The first thing I thought was they'd be selling info followed by how people would try and abuse a false anonymity. 😂
I still don't know, he never reviews it. Failed video, this guy sucks. DO I have to pay $500 just to find out about it or can he review the device he actually bought?
He is the most honest reviewer online right now. I like how he promotes his sponsors. No hidden promotion influence on his reviews rather a direct straight forward promotion that says he is promoting a product for commercial reasons. And even after that we know we can rely on his sponsors.
Bro this is ridiculously true, i watch other tech Channels too but Aruns video scream "Quality" and i know i will like the video and topic no matter what, he always finds great video ideas to hook u up
Right wingers are the biggest scammers ever It's so easy to scam right wingers. Remember that black rifle coffee company that basically pandered to the Patriot right wing but it turned out that the owners were liberal deep down?
Ignoring the whole “how much markup can we get”, and that the thing is inherently insecure... Even if it did everything it claimed to do, the target audience would still just post their selfies doing stupid stuff directly on Facebook or other social media, and then wonder how on earth they were found out - after all, they were using a Freedom Phone.
@@0turi shes the rights token black intelligent woman who says there is no such thing as racism anymore. Shes over here trying to sell the freedom phone to her followers saying its everything that she wants in a phone. She gets a cut of the sales through the promotion program. I think itsike 50 dollars she makes for each person who uses the promo code and shes got alot of followers so that adds up. While she claims it's a great phone that she would use she still using her iPhone even now after she was given as phone for free
NO! NO! NO! Many people say I am sick in the head. NOOOO!!!! I don't believe them. But there are so many people commenting this stuff on my videos, that I have 1% doubt. So I have to ask you right now: Do you think I am sick in the head? Thanks for helping, my dear nick
Just an FYI most of the coordination happened on Facebook, not Parler. This was what pissed people off so much and how this scam was able to be so successful, the wrongful termination of services based on a lie. Other than that this scam phone is right up there with the patriot (insert generic item) product that always cost 600times what the same product costs all over the internet.
@@habitoutdabando Even discarding your obvious assumptions, that would have killed his career for good, even if he did make a quick 50k bucks. I mean I rather take 20k per week than 50k forever.
Lol really? He bashes referrals and affiliates for the phone and then proceeds to have one at the end of this video. Then several more in video description. How do you people not get this.
Even if a person doesn’t know that much about tech, they should be able to see this is a scam just from the presentation. It plays off of peoples’ fears and doubts. Anyone who buys this is a rube.
I think an entire pharmaceutical industry has proven well enough that fear and doubt are enough to control world populations, so I’m not surprised they are openly marketing with that tactic now…
@@Jay-jm3do What’s next? Tap water makes you gay? 99% of Americans aren’t staying sheltered inside a bunker cause moderna is saying covid is deadly. If you’re too much of a pussy to get pricked in your arm cause of some worldwide illuminati conspiracy, you shouldn’t publicly admit it. And by the way, the marketing this company used is targeted primarily at the people who think exactly like you. So what is it? Who’s the one getting manipulated?
Reviewer never actually reviews the phone, criticizes it for being built in China with a big markup, like every phone in existence. I would be curious how it stacks up to phones that run alternative OS's like Lineage, Graphene, Ubuntu Touch, Arch Linux, etc. Is it more functional than say a Pinephone or Librem 5? Instead he just knocks it for being overpriced? Fail.
Lol for real. Writing an OS from the ground up yourself can take years to decades (like TempleOS and Plan 9 by Bell Labs) and making one on-par with Linux, Windows, and MacOS is essentially impossible without a dedicated team and years of work.
@@llynxfyremusic to be fair, a lot of that is due to linux developers having to reverse-engineer the hardware, while hardware manufacturers write the drivers themselves for windows and maxos
Holy crap A guy that sees something and questions it Gives constructive criticism and comparisons Even admits some decent things about Eric We need people like this
I stacked $500 of coupon codes and was only charged for shipping, but unfortunately they caught on and canceled my order about a week after it went through. But hey, it was worth a shot!
Lmfao Anna Khait is just tweeting "I believe we shouldn’t support people or companies financially that stand against our principles." but i guess all that is out the door when you can make $50 referral!! Has to tweet at her she is so freaking clueless and really is selling the phone as "made in the USA"
Candace Owens also sold out hard and even claims to be using the phone in her latest tweets because she doesn’t realize Twitter says “Twitter for iPhone” when you expand her posts pricing she doesn’t. Also, I got banned by the CEO that claims he made this phone because he is against censorship on Twitter. You can’t make this stuff up 🍿
"I am selling a 100$ crappy phone for 500$. Don't worry, i copypasted some added features to make it look less sh**ty. FREEDOM!" Basically the company.
Yeah, I am a conservative and I agree with a lot of his stances, but like c'mon they are just banking that other conservatives just see something that agrees with us and we must buy it even though its a scam. I would call it exploitation of us for sure.
7:03 That moment and the specific way he says "It's an Android." never fails to make me laugh lmao. I come back to this video once in a while just for that moment
Adding a dynamic element and vibrant visuals to your videos makes them incredibly pleasing to watch. You've escaped the static drudge most tech channels seem to be stuck in, and I very much appreciate the effort you out into your videos.
Real af. Im actually a bit obsessive about privacy. Ironically you can make a GOOGLE pixel more private than this "freedom phone" Good job calling out this phony
Ironic. People stopped buying Huawei because it lacks GMS, and then they want to buy a phone that purposely lacks GMS (way worse hardware than Huawei).
4:04 what do you mean? I trust the passion fruit CEO , he said my new iphoney 9k+ ultra pro max supreme lite won't have a charger or battery in it and it didn't. He's 100% reliable!
It's funny how almost every influencer still tweets from iPhones after promoting a product and gets caught😂 Edit: This scam should definitely be in the next tech fails video.
Check out Candace Owens on Twitter who is promoting this scam in exchange for money and every post still says “Twitter for iPhone” while she claims to be using it 😂 These scammers aren’t very smart 😎🍿
@@-Cheif dont bother looking. the chip sets are at max 4 years ago considering the phone is literally a relabel of a chinese phone with no part swaps. (also the phone was known to collect and send data to their governement so the freedom phone might still do that too)
@@melodiclogic9904 know all about it dude but in this format none of you are worth the effort the internet is nothing but the bathroom wall of society and people aren't worried about punctuation
@@GregSmith-fh6xh if you want to convince people you aren’t a bot or an old guy who doesn’t know what he’s talking about, you should use punctuation. if the internet is a bathroom wall, why are you using it if it’s so beneath you?
@@melodiclogic9904 I can understand your voting for Biden, but still pretending like he's doing a single positive thing for any of us is ridiculous. Aren't you curious to know who's really purposely running this country into the shitter? You may think it won't affect you, but I promise it will.
@@moderatingmoderation1699 to be completely honest I don't personally know (if I were to guess, water is at it's most dense and therefore most compact at about 4 degrees Celsius, meaning any warmer or colder it expands, so I guess when it's warmer it expands at a more rapid rate? Doesn't make any difference on the small scale but given how much ice is in the world it could raise a sea level), however it is worth noting that even though a random stranger on the internat can only hazard a guess, he can tell you that scientists have found a trend in rising sea levels already (hence why they gave us a vague date of where the sea would be at the time) alongside a trend of glacial retreats and gains resulting in a net loss in every major glacial front (and almost every glacier in the world). So yeah, it is still happening, but I would recommend reading up on the subject instead of asking a random internet stranger, as the information you get may be wrong, either mistakenly or maliciously.
Anyone know someone who'd probably want this? 😂
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Lol
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Scammers are evolving to have crazier and crazier ideas to scam people
I am here before this blew up POG ;)
can somebody tell me why this dude gets liked very often when his comments are ordinary
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@@MY-KEL true
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He literally ripped that guy apart without saying a single curse word. He made it funny, and gave us a ton of knowledge! He is by far, one of the best RUclipsrs currently!!! 👍👍👍
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I don't know... I'll keep an open mind about this phone & wait for more details.
@Mohammed Yaseen Ahmed yeah
@@abi.hockeycop wait
The Freedom Phone makes the Escobar phones seem totally legit.
XD
Escobar :)
At least the Escobar phone had some quality, it may have not shipped outside of reviewers, but at least it wasn't just some Chinese crap.
Lol it's like they are creating phones for every type of people Patriots and drug Lords 🤣
@@eurobeatfan8718 that’s because it was a Samsung with a skin on bruh
Candace Owens endorsing the Freedom phone as a “MUST BUY! YOU NEED THIS PHONE” and then getting caught still using her iPhone will never not be hilarious
@CastledCar the women at 5:48
@@jobaruyt4920 bruh that's mrwhosethrboss
@@DiabloXL69 Nahhhhhh thats a vile
@CastledCar A grifter.
@maxrichard3321 candace nuts fit in your-
... i hate how society idolizes people who get LUCKY with investments and acts as if they actually know what tf they're doing. its so dumb
@@alwaysangry2232 who’s talking about democrats? We’re talking about republicans. Your a 🐑 who will defend anyone as long as they hold the same
poltical opinions as you.
@@nateclipps lol you arent good hiding your proyection dont you dare calling others sheep if you jump on a zealot frenzy , you greengos are beyond help
@@alwaysangry2232 what are you even trying to say! 😂
@@alwaysangry2232 clown
@@TheAllRounderMemes thank you very profound
When you say "I made my own os" it means you started from scratch, you don't just slap a wallpaper on an Custom rom and pretend it's yours
imagine if he reviewed the OS, the functionality, the flaws, what could use improvement? He does none of that. This is the worst review I have ever seen. Instead he just ridicules influencers, knocks its as overpriced from CHina which is true of every phone out there.
@@anujmchitale its NOT Lineage though and even if it was, he never goes into those features or what the small differences are? He doesn't go into it at all. Worst "review" I have ever seen. Lineage or Graphene are similar too, but are they the same? No.
@@anujmchitale he bought a phone and didn't bother reviewing it.
@@anujmchitale A guy that is popular RUclipsr that reviews phones is holding a Freedom phone in the thumbnail, I am asking too much for him to actually review it? Are you serious?
@@datualiomar3333 ummmm... I would agree if he didn't go and actually buy the phone and hold it in his hands for the video. If he just criticized it for being an Android based low end clone thats overpriced, fine. But being he purchased it, he should have reviewed it. Missed opportunity and became a political video, totally sucked.
😂 scammers everywhere . You could have ran cpu-z and got the internal details .
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lmao
Sayuh
"I buy this so the GOV cant track me"
DL, SSN, Birth certificate, computers, ATMs, Banks, leasing agreements, rent notices, bills etc: 🤫
except those dont monitor your every move and communications
@@coderxgamerWhat about the apps?
@@theonly6blake911 dont use a smartphone then. if you're talking about "computers", you can run linux or bsd instead of windows or mac os
@@theonly6blake911 you can also emulate android with bluestacks on a computer so you dont need the device and its much more limited for spying on you
@@theonly6blake911 or you could use graphene or lineage os
This man just took drop shipping to another level lmao. The same people lining up for this phone are the same people who told us not to believe everything we saw on the internet.
Lmao
@Butt Cube Well, anybody who believes in Presidents like in some kind of saviors is in general not a very clever human being.
Incidentally also the same people who believe everything they hear from their favorite "alternative" mediaverse
Well do you believe everything you read on the internet?
@Butt Cube How is it a scam? He sources components from Taiwan and provides a snoop-free platform to use.
How many people in a hundred know what apps are spying on them and how, much less are able to flash and root their phone?
It's for security minded people, not spec-minded people.
It's so shameful that the persons advertising the phone doesn't know about it and doesn't even care about it,they only care about the money they get...
Thanks a lot for alerting people from pure scammer🙌🙌
Lmfao they know, they just don't give a shit
@@coltonkleins tbf I wouldn't give a shit either, call me evil but I can't pass up that potential for that much money, literal life changing amounts of money
@@Retro-- they're already rich
@@Retro-- So cheating ppl and stealing is ok as u will earn money might as well go and rob apartments and ppl at gunpoint...this logic is why world is a bad place 😉
Not even close to be in the top 100 worst things Candace has said or done
"Celebrity" endorsements. The definition of a celebrity gets more vague every day.
Just stoke up the alt right on Facebook and you're now a celebrity like Candace. A few years ago she was pro left wing. Just following the money I guess
@@hello-friend990 Thanks, but no. I'm not interested in politics.Or Facebook.
The list of those for this scam reads like a "Who's Who" of far-right political con artists. My question is where did he get the money to pay them to shill for his thing? $2 mil ain't gonna cover all that; which far-right billionaire holds his leash?
Agreed
@@Gravage i don't like those things as well. Nice.
Anytime I hear bitcoin or NFT millionaire/billionaire, that screams "professional scammer!"
Candice Owens doesn't know shit about phones. She was clearly paid to advertise it. Morons, suckers and mentally damaged people exist that will buy anything their favorite Kim Kardashian celebrate tells them to buy. It is literally why fashion doesn't make sense to majority of "smart" people; because they have no practical function.
reminds me of a story:
someone was thinking of investing in Bitcoin, so he did some research, and very quickly found someone selling a bitcoin-making device on EBAY for FIFTY DOLLARS, which he had previously owned for a YEAR.
yeah, bitcoin is THAT lousy.
Anyone who likes this comment understand who a "professional scammer" is.
And we're currently living in the golden age for scammers.
Arun : Freedom phone
Indians : *Visible flashbacks*
Vietnam Flashback 🤣🤣
Freedom 251
😂😂😂
Wait, why?
F freedom 251
Guy knows how to make money even if the money made is at the expense of clueless customers.
But hatsoff to Arun for exposing the scam for exactly what it is
Even, after the exposure, those clueless customers will say Arun is Fake.
@@margaritaramos3393 Naw, they don't even know how to use RUclips so they'll never see it
I pledge allegiance to the banning of bumpstocks being forever and to the 6.2 Trillion for which they took. One nation under Tyranny, manipulation and force for all.
@@margaritaramos3393 yup. They’ll create a conspiracy and claim he was paid by google and Facebook to downplay the “American made” phone.
I won’t trust a salesman who dyes his hair, shaves his face, but leaves the hair on his neck untouched thus being a true neckbeard.
Those are the signs of a drug addict
@@jayantzalki8039 dude don't compare us drug addicts with that clown
@@tortellini7272 lol (I hope I didn't offend you or somthn :p)
@@jayantzalki8039 lol nah don't worry man it's all good 😂
It's like a chin mullet, right? And, even worse, he don't dye his hair. No. He BLEACHES it.
Just went to their website, I love how the first thing I see is “The Freedom Phone will come pre-installed with both Twitter and Tesla apps out of respect for what Mr. Musk has done for freespeach for the world! Thank you Elon! We look forward to helping to build a new decentralized system of humanity together!” That’s right, “freespeach” 😂
Nah it's freezepeach
@@himanshuchowdary7294 lol
🇺🇸🍑
Frees Peach
but elon did nothing for freespeech......and twitter is bound by the laws in the countries it operates in........so its a load of bs, that sooooooo many ppl will fall for....its not even his phone according to this video
Free peach
5:51 "Freedom Phone. A Phone that is not controlled by Google or Apple"
-she says, while holding a shitty phone with Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat, which definitely dont spy on you.
Fr bruh
The FB links killed me.
@Dank Memer Music yes and doesn't totally steal your data and sell it to Russians because why would it
Fr tho
People like her aren't known for being smart. She's a big grifter.
Funny thing about this is.
People who've watched this video, won't buy this phone
And those who have bought the phone won't and shouldn't watch this video 😂😂😂
You would be wrong. Many people research a product BEFORE buying it. After researching the Freedom Phone...I now now it is overpriced crap. But the Freedom Phone has NOTHING on the absolute scam ran by the 4Ocean guys who sell bracelets made by plastic ocean trash. The RUclips videos showing those scammers are amazing. I am so glad I did not buy either the Freedom Phone or one of the 4ocean bracelets. RESEAQRCH A PRODUCT OR SERVICE before you buy
I never buy phones until Arun makes a video about it and most of the time, he’s the guy who saves my money
@@Mike-bf9sm yeah, I am wrong it's just I don't understand the people who bought this phone like whyyy
It's overpricedx100 😂😂
@@Mike-bf9sm Thats not what he said. He said people who watch this video won't buy the phone, but the people who didn't watch the video would. That means the people who bought it didn't research.
I watched this video hoping to see a review from a person that bought and used the phone.Instead I got political commentary, ridicule at influencers, and learned like all other phones its built in China at a markup. Will he ever review the actual phone?
Erik sounds like someone who responds to every insult with, “Are you a millionaire?!?”
And then someone says " I own 100 bitcoins"
It's simple anything involving candis owes. Run!!!?!????!??
Need I say more!!!
@@coryrogers846 I'm so confused
@@swovswod same
@@butteredcornfr Basically the joke is that if anyone criticizes Erik Finman, he will retort by flexing his wealth, the irony being that how much money he has doesn't mean he's more logically capable than someone else.
He's using the word Freedom like some companies use the word Green to sell a product. As in loosely. It says more about how products are sold to us in general. Hype sells, not the product.
You are a gullible fool. Everything this guy said is *FALSE* .
Arun: don't buy freedom phone
Also Arun: passionfruit
@@LightningSquad no
@@LightningSquad stfu. Report him
@@shreyasrao8016 what happened xd
Beautiful
@@supersaood lightning squad was being a petty bitch
Worst thing is in a year everyone will forget about this and someone might just come around with a similar concept and it'll work just the same. This guy will make bucks even with all the controversy because people have no ethics and promote w/e as long as they get paid...
@UCw4SCh38NCH_igMee0Hj77w no
That’s true
yea
Just the way it is ; -;
What is w/e?
In the end, you don't need a new phone for this, just root your existing phone, stick on a third party OS of your choice, and don't use Google play.
Well try explaining that to your 'Patriotic' Grandpa who uses twitter...
Try explaining that to an iphone user
It's simple anything involving candis owes. Run!!!?!????!??
Need I say more!!!
@@exxtm It's simple anything involving candis owes. Run!!!?!????!??
Need I say more!!!
@@Shekhar_Jyoti
It's simple anything involving candis owes. Run!!!?!????!??
Need I say more!!!
I mean, this guy is a genius. he knows the people this phone will appeal to aren't smart enough to ask questions.
Don't associate people that value freedom with iditots.
@@EthanMurphy2005 Freedom always has rules and restrictions. The far right attributes freedom to them being in control, yet that is the opposite of what they want.
@@Kryssy128 True!!!
HAAAA HAAA HAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Suck it!
@@Kryssy128 Freedom is bloody, controlled freedom, if not too much controlled, is heavenly.
This sounds like the mobile phone equivalent of Soulja Boy and his “game consoles”.
Yep
True
Exactly🤣🤣
Kinda seems worse ngl nobody in their right mind saw the soulja console and thought yea thats seems legit. Most gamers saw that bullshit from a mile away. I don't know that the average smartphone user will see this for what it is.
that's because it literally is.
Back in uni… I did finance and one of the quote my lecturers made repeatedly was that “ If it’s too good to be true… it’s a scam for 100%.”
This is just lousy marketing. Anyone with a brain into tech wouldn't buy this
@@Matanumi yeah, it seems that this erik finman is counting on those type of people who know nothing about tech but watch the news and think that everything about big companies is bad
this isnt even good and this is 100% scam
Personally, based on personal experience, I would change that 100% to 99.7%
Simply because there was one time where it was way too freaking good to be true, and it was actually true!
Couldn't freaking believe it!
@@danielchrisronan2281 Yeah, I completely agree with you
A person who spent a thousand dollars mindlessly on bitcoin just to skip College is definitely not trustworthy
Exactly. Even if he did extensive research on Bitcoin before investing, he got lucky with a ridiculous return on investment. He could’ve just as easily lost nearly everything.
Normie talking about Bitcoin incomig
@@volpe_sol person acting like they aren't a normie came here five days ago
@@jamesjohnXII but started using yt 14 years ago
Do you think the same about people who go to college, get a degree that they can't pay for then ask society to forgive their debt?
People who become successful pretty much by winning the lottery and then pretend like they're some sort of genius for "figuring it all out" will never not be painful to watch
Then they start to buy their own hype. Agonising
Basically he’s selling regular water and claiming it’s holy water
Where have I seen that befo..
You mean selling sewage water
True
perfectly put
holy water is just a regular water though
Hilariously, a Pixel with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS is probably the closest thing to what this phone promises
Lol
Yes absolutely, get a phone made by google, or one made in tandem with google and get a custom os with no gapps and you basically get what the freedom phone is.
Just get a Nokia phone and put Sailfish on it, it's really that easy
The only phones I've used in the last several years are Google pixel and plop phones. They both have advantage and disadvantages but they offer the best user experience to me
GrapheneOS or CalyxOS go much further than this.
I love how those 'influencers' are blatantly scamming people with a straight face and all of their braindead followers can probably fall for it without any thought or hesitation. They should be called scammers for this as well.
Not even in the top 100 of the worst thing Candace has said and done
@@magusperde365 That's my exact thoughts..haha
Think of these influencers getting into politics.
@@emilabrahameakxic3132 They are not getting into politics. politics are the reason they're making money for example candace Owens she makes money by being a right-wing people pleaser
It's not a scam, but people spreading fake news is.
This is my first time coming across your channel, and I just have to say, your cinematography and lighting are incredible.
the funniest thing about this phone is the fact that it's an Android...
you know... the phone OS developed and owned by Google?
To be fair, it does use an open source fork of Android, Lineage OS, that doesn't have the google spyware if you dont want it to
@@20blog28 yea true but it still has a chipset prone to hacking
I know
Wellture tho it is open source still and tahre are very much versions without Google software
Yeah I know because I have a Samsung phone
Plot twist: Erik uses the devices to mine Bitcoin for him
I thought this guy was unbiased, rubbish he down plays this phone, then later promotes Huawei phone, that is a knock off, of Freedom Phone.
Do a show on the microwave excess of specific absorption rate (sar’s) that actually cause’s headaches nausea and like the lose radio active wave motion, is interfaced in 5G and up.
Thanks Arun.
@@debiannebalmer8166 please take your medications, grandma. Your family is worried
@@debiannebalmer8166 are you smoking crack, the freedom phone is literally a 150 dollar Chinese phone with their logo on it
@@debiannebalmer8166 gay
@@debiannebalmer8166 judging by the sars abbreviation i think i can barely make out a super sarcastic joke here, but honestly i cant say for sure with peeps on the internet. Sarcasm just doesnt work online people
Also, that's literally the Taiwanese flag he's using as a logo
lol haha true
Lol
Lol don’t you get it? Taiwan doesn’t even have a flag because it’s not a country dude
@@PhatBoiiBeats wot m8?
@@PhatBoiiBeats Since when was Taiwan not a country
My solution would be to buy a last gen Pixel device like a 6 or even 5A and flash either GrapheneOS or CalyxOS if you want a private phone, or just get one of the many Linux phones.
I mean having a quick glance at the linux phones available... none are exactly impressive spec wise or design wise
but they are the best and easiest option for privacy @@adamsayer11
They made a phone once that had a switch that would disconnect the cell phone antenna so that it was truly disconnected and couldn't be tracked
"FINALLY we have a solution to tech monopolies"
Open source and Linux: Excuse me?
GrapheneOS moment
Or: "sorry you were saying?"
but for a phone tho
@@miracle64 /eOS, lineage OS, ubuntu mobile...
@@AaronTechnic technically android is a linux system so that makes every android a linux phone
Freedom phone: We don’t spy on you
Linux phone: I guess I don’t exist
Meanwhile : “Am I a joke to you??? 😑”
@@catalinpopescu6299 Do you know about a thing called “Pegasus”?
@@FirstnameLastname-we6dh can they make calls, send texts and browse the internet? yes. they're suitable for daily use. but it's irrelevant, since most of them aren't fully free software either. It's mostly stuff like KDE Mobile or Ubuntu touch which are nowhere near FSF approved.
@@kinosewa Obviously he has no idea .
@@FirstnameLastname-we6dh If you're looking for a free phone, you wouldn't use a non-free closed source app like whatsapp?
It’s the whole soldja boy repackage again.
SOULJA BOY
RESPECT THE MANS NAME
@@NotFine No
It's more like the Escobar phone
Who's soulja
@@vaughnouano there's no way you just asked that question. You're telling me you don't know who Soulja is? Soulja? THE Soulja? Kiss me thru the phone Soulja? Now watch me superman Soulja? I am both insulted and disgusted by your ignorance!
I remember seeing an ad for this phone! A totally real "ex marine" was shilling it. The first thing I thought was they'd be selling info followed by how people would try and abuse a false anonymity. 😂
Petition for Arun to do the Rick Astley dance when he hits 10 million
U r a smart man, 👏👏.
petition of his 10m video to be on april fools so he can sing and do never going to give you up
you son of a god I'm in
That would be amazing 😂
I shall sign
When I saw the title the first thing that came to my mind was "What the hell is a freedom phone".
Chinese phone with a USA skin
@@Nadie47 500 dollar skin and its not even a good one
Remember freedom 251? Do you
It's just like a regular phone, but the browser homepage is permanently set to the NRA website.
I still don't know, he never reviews it. Failed video, this guy sucks. DO I have to pay $500 just to find out about it or can he review the device he actually bought?
This phone gives you the "Freedom" to have a complete lack of device security
Nice one 🤣
What a comment! 👏👏👏
Pretty sure some buyers of that phone would say: "Freedom is freedom, I'll take it"
i wont buy this because i don’t have that much money to waste on a phone
The guy cannot say anything good because he's afraid he will be cancelled
8:57 they way Arun says "Aley baba" had me dead 💀
Lol 😂
He is the most honest reviewer online right now. I like how he promotes his sponsors. No hidden promotion influence on his reviews rather a direct straight forward promotion that says he is promoting a product for commercial reasons. And even after that we know we can rely on his sponsors.
This level of quality is rare to find on other channels
Bro this is ridiculously true, i watch other tech Channels too but Aruns video scream "Quality" and i know i will like the video and topic no matter what, he always finds great video ideas to hook u up
Facts
You know a product is sus when it has the word "freedom" everywhere on it.
When the phone is sus
Haha
TATAKAE
Indians getting flashbacks.
Its literally rebranded LineageOS and the special store is Aurora Store.
0:29 of course George Santos loves this 😂😂
Funny enough, George Santos himself stole his ex-boyfriend's iPhone. 🤣
Right wingers are the biggest scammers ever It's so easy to scam right wingers. Remember that black rifle coffee company that basically pandered to the Patriot right wing but it turned out that the owners were liberal deep down?
"freedom phone"
The most American phone name I've ever heard
What's next? The glock clock
Ever heard freedom 251 😂
"our phone" most soviet phone name.
@@owendavidmalicsi5900 The comrade phone.
'murica phone XD
Ignoring the whole “how much markup can we get”, and that the thing is inherently insecure... Even if it did everything it claimed to do, the target audience would still just post their selfies doing stupid stuff directly on Facebook or other social media, and then wonder how on earth they were found out - after all, they were using a Freedom Phone.
@@ADD_50 aw yes, the android phone without security updates will allow for total mobile anonymity. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@@ADD_50 Are you payed to spread this nonsense? Or are just stupid?
@@db95gt so glad you are on the inside of this phones software development.
@@TheGamingNorwegian I have been programming since I was 8 and I am 47.
@@ADD_50 how does the phone get security updates from Google without the play store genius?
Plot twist: even Erik doesn’t use the phone
@Radplay I just check candice right now and still says iphone.
@@AlexPerez-tt9ru who's candice
@@0turi shes the rights token black intelligent woman who says there is no such thing as racism anymore. Shes over here trying to sell the freedom phone to her followers saying its everything that she wants in a phone. She gets a cut of the sales through the promotion program. I think itsike 50 dollars she makes for each person who uses the promo code and shes got alot of followers so that adds up. While she claims it's a great phone that she would use she still using her iPhone even now after she was given as phone for free
@@AlexPerez-tt9ru lol I thought you would say “Candice di** fit in my mouth” or sum
@@musicchamp5548 you know that works just as well haha
Manipulating Americans by appealing to their blind patriotism is like shooting fish in a barrel.
What does shooting fish in a barrel even mean
@@kronos_1337.Very easy, since the fish is not moving.
It’s like shooting dead fish in a barrel
As an American... yeah, this tracks.
It’s turning into North Korea vibes
And this is why people, don't take advice from the so called "influencer" who doesn't have a grain of knowledge about mobile technology.
Democrats/labour propaganda LMAO
@@Ryanlexz Candace Owens is literally one of the most right wing influencers in this country
@@uv_lightning5002 rightoids don't care lol. They like her because she as a black person confirms their racist ideas
@@kaisolomon5187 yep sure you believe that
and you're taking advice from a clearly politically-motivated video LOL
Top video Arun - really well explained!
2nd like lol YOU ARE RIGHT
Well you can watch his other videos they're AWSOME! Like the ones with worst tech fails or all apple phones
The chap of the tech has arrived to tell truth.
Ok
Hush up
The moment I heard about this I was hoping you'd make a vid on it.
NO! NO! NO! Many people say I am sick in the head. NOOOO!!!! I don't believe them. But there are so many people commenting this stuff on my videos, that I have 1% doubt. So I have to ask you right now: Do you think I am sick in the head? Thanks for helping, my dear nick
@@AxxLAfriku wtf
@@xtrap-music he had a minor stroke, nothing else
@@snxw69420 poor thing he must have squashed his balls n….. U know the rest.
@@AxxLAfriku you gotta get checked man you're not behaving like a human.
Just an FYI most of the coordination happened on Facebook, not Parler. This was what pissed people off so much and how this scam was able to be so successful, the wrongful termination of services based on a lie. Other than that this scam phone is right up there with the patriot (insert generic item) product that always cost 600times what the same product costs all over the internet.
"$50 per sale" thank you for not being after money like these people, thank you for being the boss
Same thought
Lol he got more from this video than he ever would from being a sellout
@@MultiSciGeek thats debatable he probably made about 15-20k on this vid he couldve easily gotten atleast 1000 people to buy it which wouldve been 50k
@@habitoutdabando Even discarding your obvious assumptions, that would have killed his career for good, even if he did make a quick 50k bucks. I mean I rather take 20k per week than 50k forever.
Lol really? He bashes referrals and affiliates for the phone and then proceeds to have one at the end of this video. Then several more in video description. How do you people not get this.
Even if a person doesn’t know that much about tech, they should be able to see this is a scam just from the presentation. It plays off of peoples’ fears and doubts. Anyone who buys this is a rube.
I think an entire pharmaceutical industry has proven well enough that fear and doubt are enough to control world populations, so I’m not surprised they are openly marketing with that tactic now…
@@Jay-jm3do What’s next? Tap water makes you gay? 99% of Americans aren’t staying sheltered inside a bunker cause moderna is saying covid is deadly. If you’re too much of a pussy to get pricked in your arm cause of some worldwide illuminati conspiracy, you shouldn’t publicly admit it. And by the way, the marketing this company used is targeted primarily at the people who think exactly like you. So what is it? Who’s the one getting manipulated?
@@bryan-cv2ew Even if you disagree with what I said, do you expect me to entertain that mess of strawmen and loaded questions? Grow up.
Reviewer never actually reviews the phone, criticizes it for being built in China with a big markup, like every phone in existence. I would be curious how it stacks up to phones that run alternative OS's like Lineage, Graphene, Ubuntu Touch, Arch Linux, etc. Is it more functional than say a Pinephone or Librem 5? Instead he just knocks it for being overpriced? Fail.
@@Jay-jm3do Loaded questions? All of the questions I asked can be answered with a single word. Grow up.
Freedom phone : exists
Arun : grabs his Camera .
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Lol
450th like btw
I love the attack on a phone that is supposed to give security and then using a sponsor that actually does give security.
Imagine the phone mines bitcoin for him at a very low rate
lmao that what i thought and i'm 100% sure it does
nah, Monero probably
@@uzefulvideos3440 Yeah. I guarantee that it does. Monero is easier to mine than Bitcoin.
The second he said he "wrote an OS himself" all the security bells rang in my head. That is not something good...
(But let's face it he didn't)
100th like woooo
Lol for real. Writing an OS from the ground up yourself can take years to decades (like TempleOS and Plan 9 by Bell Labs) and making one on-par with Linux, Windows, and MacOS is essentially impossible without a dedicated team and years of work.
@@DanteTheEgregore yeah this, linux has been around for 30 years and its software compatibility is nowhere near up to snuff with mac or windows yet.
@@llynxfyremusic to be fair, a lot of that is due to linux developers having to reverse-engineer the hardware, while hardware manufacturers write the drivers themselves for windows and maxos
Unless you’re terry davis it’s rare for someone to make an os by themselves and skins of linux don’t counts
Arun: Dont buy the freedom phone.
Indians: First time?😏
😂
Lmao
At least it was cheap
Freedom 251 😂
0:48 🤣 biggest scam
Holy crap
A guy that sees something and questions it
Gives constructive criticism and comparisons
Even admits some decent things about Eric
We need people like this
I stacked $500 of coupon codes and was only charged for shipping, but unfortunately they caught on and canceled my order about a week after it went through. But hey, it was worth a shot!
It still would not have been worth it
bro wtf , 500$ for a helio P50 😂
@@abhinavreddyboddu6351 i could buy me a oneplus 9 pro for that money
You can buy TWO iPhone 10 phones for that price
@@mihailoaleksic3330 But who would want an iPhone?
Arun: freedom phone is a scam
Indians getting flashbacks 🤣🤣
The comment I was looking at
Phone at rs 251
Oh boy
Lmao that's exactly what I thought....I was like ...is there another one?
@@aniruddhsathe2420 4G at ₹251 🤣
Lmfao Anna Khait is just tweeting "I believe we shouldn’t support people or companies financially that stand against our principles." but i guess all that is out the door when you can make $50 referral!! Has to tweet at her she is so freaking clueless and really is selling the phone as "made in the USA"
Yes
Candace Owens also sold out hard and even claims to be using the phone in her latest tweets because she doesn’t realize Twitter says “Twitter for iPhone” when you expand her posts pricing she doesn’t. Also, I got banned by the CEO that claims he made this phone because he is against censorship on Twitter. You can’t make this stuff up 🍿
LMAOOOOOO
"Non-snooping alternatives like Duck Duck Go"
THAT DIDN'T AGE WELL
Huh
"I am selling a 100$ crappy phone for 500$. Don't worry, i copypasted some added features to make it look less sh**ty. FREEDOM!"
Basically the company.
Yuup, but because it has a flag, it's named freedom phone and is being pushed as "anti-goverment/spy" idiots are buying it.
Yeah, I am a conservative and I agree with a lot of his stances, but like c'mon they are just banking that other conservatives just see something that agrees with us and we must buy it even though its a scam. I would call it exploitation of us for sure.
😂
you’re iconic at this point
eww cringe roblox youtuber
yooo 53 seconds after
Hello verified
owo
@@PaimonTheGuideakaEmergencyFood uwu
Arun just destroyed everything of freedom with total freedom 😂
speach
Hell yeah freedom baby
@@hijixincorperad amogus
7:03 That moment and the specific way he says "It's an Android." never fails to make me laugh lmao. I come back to this video once in a while just for that moment
Fun fact: The previous freedom phone was featured in an episode of smartphone fails.
Really? Which one?
@@guyonheadphones the one that came before the phone that doesn't even have security which one girl loves.
which episode?
Link
I don't think that it was the same company but I may be wrong
Phone company: Doesn’t respond to emails.
Arun: So you have chosen death.
No Replies WTF
1 Reply WTF
Adding a dynamic element and vibrant visuals to your videos makes them incredibly pleasing to watch. You've escaped the static drudge most tech channels seem to be stuck in, and I very much appreciate the effort you out into your videos.
Real af. Im actually a bit obsessive about privacy. Ironically you can make a GOOGLE pixel more private than this "freedom phone"
Good job calling out this phony
That's hilarious that her tweets still said 'Twitter for iPhone' at the bottom.
Did y'all realise how when he switched to wait a sec the lighting dimmed to set the vibe it just goes to show how much work he puts in his vids
Yeah
Erik looks like that one guy in movies that introduces some "revelutionary" shit
That footage of him looks like something from the Onion.
And then the "revolutionary" shit turns out to be a danger to everyone and our action star hero has to stop it.
@@raulphilipgoco403 yes lmao
Maybe it was intentional?
lol
Ironic. People stopped buying Huawei because it lacks GMS, and then they want to buy a phone that purposely lacks GMS (way worse hardware than Huawei).
4:04 what do you mean? I trust the passion fruit CEO , he said my new iphoney 9k+ ultra pro max supreme lite won't have a charger or battery in it and it didn't.
He's 100% reliable!
It's funny how almost every influencer still tweets from iPhones after promoting a product and gets caught😂
Edit: This scam should definitely be in the next tech fails video.
Erik himself is still tweeting from his iPhone.
@@QuantaSolace lol
@@QuantaSolace He Said once, that social Media Apps are way better optimized for Apple than Android. Thats why
@@fentax2987 then what the point of this phone???? Smh "freedom phone" bruh
I mean he did make a lot of money out of it, not a fail for him
We need at teardown of the internals, someone get jerryrigeverything
Not just the teardown, I wanna see if it snaps in half 🤣
He would be just tearing down an umidigi budget phone
Get EverythingApplePro for the Freedom Phone vs iPhone 12 drop test
Why when You can easily literally install a specs app and see every minute detail.
Somebody dig Jerry rig
"An American author" is a very generous description of Candace Owens.
I was waiting for you to make this video so bad 😂
Check out Candace Owens on Twitter who is promoting this scam in exchange for money and every post still says “Twitter for iPhone” while she claims to be using it 😂 These scammers aren’t very smart 😎🍿
lol
🤣 🤣 🤣
Who ze man at 7:29
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Escobar : finally a worthy opponent ..our battle will be legendary 👽
🤣🤣🤣
I found out that this line is from Kung Fu Panda 💀💀💀
Yes
What if they both collaborate?😂
@@samarth8526 Escobar freedom phone gold 24k edition.
Hmmm… no specs? No worry… that just means they’re too good to be true!
Or too bad
Check the website, it's there. Bet you didn't look yourself
@@joshhudlet6181 I just watched the video, didn’t bother looking at the website myself
@@-Cheif dont bother looking. the chip sets are at max 4 years ago considering the phone is literally a relabel of a chinese phone with no part swaps. (also the phone was known to collect and send data to their governement so the freedom phone might still do that too)
@@yogfan1139 yeah that as weLl
My mom keeps on buying scams like this
LinerageOS is laughing hard
Thats sad
He only forgets to rickroll sometimes, What a meme culture guy
5:11 I don't think he ever forgets...
5:10 not this time
Here is one: 5:10 and here is another: 7:30
What u have to say now John?
@@amirgholizadeh6644 yes but it took me a sec to recognise his face
The only thing this guy has going for his brand:
“I have money, trust me”
Well... If we are honest that basic statement did get Donald Trump a presidential nomination.
Touché
I feel like this is a somewhat convincing argument in America
"I have money, trust me" can take you all the way to the White House, for a single term, at least. 🤣
169 likes nice
7:07 That’s the best thing I’ve ever seen in my past 5 minutes
Why is it always that this type of scammers demonstrate patriotic/far right ideology but end up just caring for their own gain?
How to be rich: "Just tell people your product promotes freedom and is part of freedom".....
fredum
FrIdEm
and put american flags everywhere, americans love their freedom and flags
No wonder that NRA lobbyists are so rich.
@ Murica hell yeah
He's selling a dirt cheap Chinese phone and paid a desperate developer on Fiverr to design a new theme for the phone. Lol.
@@GregSmith-fh6xh ever heard of punctuation, greg?
@@melodiclogic9904 know all about it dude but in this format none of you are worth the effort the internet is nothing but the bathroom wall of society and people aren't worried about punctuation
@@GregSmith-fh6xh if you want to convince people you aren’t a bot or an old guy who doesn’t know what he’s talking about, you should use punctuation.
if the internet is a bathroom wall, why are you using it if it’s so beneath you?
@JOSUE TORREZLUIZAGA YES!
especially redmi 9c its so cheap and easy to use
@@melodiclogic9904 I can understand your voting for Biden, but still pretending like he's doing a single positive thing for any of us is ridiculous. Aren't you curious to know who's really purposely running this country into the shitter? You may think it won't affect you, but I promise it will.
9:32 “He’s gone onto the store, clicked this button, and then clicked this button.”
This is incontrovertible evidence that if you appeal to stupid, you can’t lose…for awhile.
🥂 cheers you got it
I was dying but this seemed more interesting
RIP IF YOU DONT FIND ANYTHING MORE INTERESTING THAN YOUR DEATH 😂😂😂
oh God get well soon 🙏
Wait fbi got you?
@@gadhamsrilatha9538 LITERALLY
@@notSwag6969 yes.
Finman's project is like pouring a gallon of water in the sea
If icebergs are already in the water how can they raise the sea level when they melt
@@moderatingmoderation1699 to be completely honest I don't personally know (if I were to guess, water is at it's most dense and therefore most compact at about 4 degrees Celsius, meaning any warmer or colder it expands, so I guess when it's warmer it expands at a more rapid rate? Doesn't make any difference on the small scale but given how much ice is in the world it could raise a sea level), however it is worth noting that even though a random stranger on the internat can only hazard a guess, he can tell you that scientists have found a trend in rising sea levels already (hence why they gave us a vague date of where the sea would be at the time) alongside a trend of glacial retreats and gains resulting in a net loss in every major glacial front (and almost every glacier in the world).
So yeah, it is still happening, but I would recommend reading up on the subject instead of asking a random internet stranger, as the information you get may be wrong, either mistakenly or maliciously.
The kid's reason for creating the phone is he already had a bunch of money, but wanted more.