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@MKBHD
Dec 5, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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Alright Twitter, welcome back to the ultimate People’s Choice experiment

This is a 16-way blind smartphone camera bracket

All you have to do is pick the better photo in the upcoming polls

There are flagships. There are cheap phones. Winners move on after 24 hours 👀

Ready? Image
Ok that first round of 16 is always wild. Almost every matchup was a blowout.

Tons of people guessing, thinking they know which phone is which.......

Here are the winners. Let's begin the voting for round 2, shall we? Image
Alright some much closer results that round, but here we have the results.

I just to say the one I originally guessed would win is still in. The rest is chaos.

It's time for semifinals. Get your voting fingers ready... Image
Every round has produced closer and closer matchups. Next tweet is the final round. Choose wisely... Image
THIS IS YOUR HERO?! Image

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Dec 9
The rumors are true - SORA, OpenAI's AI video generator, is launching for the public today...

I've been using it for about a week now, and have reviewed it:

THE BELOW VIDEO IS 100% AI GENERATED

I've learned a lot testing this, here are some new learnings. Thread 🧵
This video has a bunch of garbled text, the telltale signs of AI generated videos. But the cutaways, the moving text ticker, the news-style shots... those were all things SORA decided to do on its own, and those news anchors looked very... real
It's still a prodcut though, with pros and cons - and one of the cons is physics is still hard. Without an "understanding" of the objects in the video, the model is still prone to "hallucinations" in the form of movements that don't make sense, and lack of object permanence. Here's a few examples
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May 29
I recently got to visit some Apple labs where they durability test new iPhones before they come out, and learned a few things (🧵THREAD)

#1: Have you actually seen how they water test phones for IP ratings? (video)
#2: There's an entire room of machines for water and ingress testing

Level 1: A drip tray simulating rain, no real pressure. IPX4

Level 2: A sustained, low-pressure jet spray from any angle. IPX5

Level 3: High pressure spray from a literal firehose. IPX6

Level 4: Locking the phone underwater + added pressure to simulate depth for an extended time. IPX8
#3: Apparently Apple has also bought and programmed and industrial robot to be their own drop test machine - to simulate hundreds of different drop angles onto different materials

Then they hit it with some ultra bright lights and a high speed camera to watch them back in incredibly slow motion. You can literally see the titanium frame wobble on ground impact
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Feb 29
I got a rare opportunity to ask OpenAI's video generation model Sora for some videos this week! I had 3 prompts. Here's the videos with my prompts and what I learned 🧵
Prompt 1: A medium sized friendly looking dog walks through an industrial parking lot. The environment is foggy and cloudy. Shot on 35mm film, vivid colors.
Prompt 2: A timelapse closeup of a 3D printer printing a small red cube in an office with dim lighting.
Read 6 tweets
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Dec 20, 2023
The MKBHD Smartphone Awards 2023! (SPOILER) Thread

Full video:
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Best Big Phone: Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

✅ Huge Flagship display
✅ Huge Quad camera array
✅ 5000mAh battery
Somehow still has room for a stylus
Software multitasking features you could ever need

Runner-ups: OnePlus Open
Honorable mentions: Oppo Find X6 Pro, Asus ROG Phone 7 Image
Best Compact Phone: Asus Zenfone 10

Not even close. This is the only true flagship with an under 6-inch display. Awesome performance. Physics-defying battery life. Surprisingly good cameras. Added wireless charging. A truly rare breed

Honorable mention: Samsung Z-Flip 5 Image
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Oct 31, 2023
Alright so yesterday Apple revealed that yesterday's event was shot on the iPhone (15 Pro/Pro Max)

They've also now published some BTS, and as expected there's a LOT of gear alongside that iPhone... but there's still a lot to learn here. Here's my biggest takeaways (Thread)
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The fact they're able to swap out an iPhone is part a compliment to the iPhone, but also a huge compliment to the production itself

They use a lot of gear for every keynote video - For this one, they just replaced the usual cameras with the iPhone + BlackMagic Camera app
There are 3 main factors to achieving the Apple keynote "look" ... stabilization, set design and lighting
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Feb 16, 2023
YouTube has had its problems over the years, but then you look around at Twitter, Instagram, FB, Google+ etc and realize it's been one of the most stable, consistent platforms for creators for the better part of a decade
The ez take on Susan leaving is "Yay the source of all our problems is gone" but if we're honest the CEO of YouTube (often unfairly) becomes the scapegoat for literally everything that goes wrong at the company, no matter what actually happens
(this won't change for the new CEO)

The truth is YouTube will continue to grow and change and have problems and fix problems... and will probably continue to be the most stable, reasonable place to exist as a creator, as long as they keep listening to creators like they have
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