I always like reading Gruber’s reviews because you can tell he genuinely cares. I would never take his effusive praise at face value, but at least he is thoughtful. A lot of tech reviewers have to...
I always like reading Gruber’s reviews because you can tell he genuinely cares. I would never take his effusive praise at face value, but at least he is thoughtful. A lot of tech reviewers have to review so many things that they clearly don’t care about, so the review is mostly just whether a product ticks certain boxes in a rubric. Gruber usually concentrates on specific minutiae and I find it interesting because often times the things he dislikes about Apple products are things I would never have thought of or noticed (and I think most people don’t think about or notice).
That's actually the main reason I like LinusTT's phone reviews compared to most other tech reviewers since they have a policy of using the phone as their exclusive daily driver for a month before...
A lot of tech reviewers have to review so many things that they clearly don’t care about, so the review is mostly just whether a product ticks certain boxes in a rubric.
That's actually the main reason I like LinusTT's phone reviews compared to most other tech reviewers since they have a policy of using the phone as their exclusive daily driver for a month before they review the phone. This often means they are way behind others getting reviews out, but once they do it's usually reasonably solid criticism based on longer term usability issues and niggles they experienced, and they also tend to compare them to other phones they similarly used for a month so they generally have a solid feel for the competition as well. And even when they do get overly negative, they aren't afraid to admit they didn't focus enough on the positive so do follow up videos to make up for it. E.g.
Make no mistake—this is an Apple's fan's fan review of the newly introduced iPhone XR. But Gruber's understanding of what makes Apple tick, and those small behind-the-scenes changes they...
Make no mistake—this is an Apple's fan's fan review of the newly introduced iPhone XR. But Gruber's understanding of what makes Apple tick, and those small behind-the-scenes changes they implement; make him a better source of knowledge than most "tech" YouTubers or columnists out there today.
I always like reading Gruber’s reviews because you can tell he genuinely cares. I would never take his effusive praise at face value, but at least he is thoughtful. A lot of tech reviewers have to review so many things that they clearly don’t care about, so the review is mostly just whether a product ticks certain boxes in a rubric. Gruber usually concentrates on specific minutiae and I find it interesting because often times the things he dislikes about Apple products are things I would never have thought of or noticed (and I think most people don’t think about or notice).
That's actually the main reason I like LinusTT's phone reviews compared to most other tech reviewers since they have a policy of using the phone as their exclusive daily driver for a month before they review the phone. This often means they are way behind others getting reviews out, but once they do it's usually reasonably solid criticism based on longer term usability issues and niggles they experienced, and they also tend to compare them to other phones they similarly used for a month so they generally have a solid feel for the competition as well. And even when they do get overly negative, they aren't afraid to admit they didn't focus enough on the positive so do follow up videos to make up for it. E.g.
Make no mistake—this is an Apple's fan's fan review of the newly introduced iPhone XR. But Gruber's understanding of what makes Apple tick, and those small behind-the-scenes changes they implement; make him a better source of knowledge than most "tech" YouTubers or columnists out there today.