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So a company called Blackview released a brand new phone - for sale right now - that has
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a full-on projector in the top.
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Talk about crazy features.
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Today we're going to be durability testing the Blackview Max 1 to see if it can handle
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every day life and see what this projector is all about.
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Spoiler alert - the projector is a bit better than you think it is.
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Let's get started.
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[Intro]
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So obviously, projectors need to be operated in kind of a dark environment.
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They're not as bright as say a TV.
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But with one click, the Max 1 is activated shooting the projector out the back.
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And right now we're about 2 meters away and this is the equivalent of a 45 inch TV, which
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is incredible, especially since it's coming out the top of a cell phone.
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It's a laser projector with the resolution of 720p, but it's interesting because you
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can just take it anywhere.
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It's in your pocket and you can use it at a moment's notice where ever you want.
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Every now and then you might catch a line in the video you're watching flickering down
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the projection, but that's only because of the camera I'm using to film this phone.
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In real life it doesn't appear when you're watching the projection.
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It has something to do with the camera shutter speed or something like that.
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Here's another example with a little drone history video that I made.
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This was me filming with the DJI Mavic Pro 2 out in the middle of Idaho with the wrecked
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plane in the woods.
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Kind of an interesting video...I'll link that if you want to take a look at it.
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It's crazy to me that they fit a laser projector in the top of this phone, and it's displaying
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on the wall behind me.
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Some phone companies are like, oh, we don't have room for a headphone hack, and then Blackview's
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over here putting an entire projector.
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So whether you want to watch movies or play video games, what's cool about this is that
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it can actually display whatever's on your cellphone behind you or on the ceiling of
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your room as you're using this phone.
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And it's super funny that Apple produced the iPod for, you know, $300, and then there's
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this phone for almost the same price that has a full fledged projector in it.
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It just goes to show you that your dollar goes a much longer way with Android than it
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does with Apple.
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Blackview does say that while you're using the projector, it can project for 5 hours
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before the battery goes down, which is pretty impressive.
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So we've talked a bit about the features, but you know we're really here to find out
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if it's durable or not.
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Let's start with the scratch test.
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It's hard to get over how cool this phone is.
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Quite possibly one of the coolest, or at least the most unique phones of 2019.
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On the Blackview website, the Max 1 is being sold for $400 with the caveat that it only
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works in Europe and Asia right now.
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That might change in the future, of course.
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But either way, it's pretty cheap.
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This might come as a surprise to nobody, but the Blackview Max 1 starts scratching at a
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level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7.
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The earpiece is made from metal with just one thin row of circles just to let the sound
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through.
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There are 2 cameras on the front, both protected by the front glass, a 16 megapixel front camera
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with a secondary depth sensor.
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The right side of the phone is pretty standard - metal construction with a textured metal
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power button and a plain metal volume rocker.
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The top is where the real party happens.
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Still all made from metal up here which is good.
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But then when I go to analyze the rectangular opening for the laser projector, it's made
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from plastic.
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Yeah, it is recessed below the frame so it should be protected from scratches most of
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the time.
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But since plastic does scratch easier than glass, special cleaning precautions should
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be taken when wiping off the surface.
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The left side of the Max 1 is pretty plain, minus the removable SIM and SD card tray - huge
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fan of that.
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It's very easy to transfer SD cards full of movies.
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The bottom of the phone has a loudspeaker grill, USB-C port, and no headphone jack.
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But since they stuffed an entire full projector into the top of the phone, I think we can
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make an exception this time around.
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The back panel is made from glass with the Blackview logo printed on the underside, which
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won't scratch off.
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The camera lens housing is made from metal, and the circular lens protecting the 16 megapixel
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sensor is thankfully made from glass.
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The fingerprint scanner is scratchable.
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After some heavy abuse it can still read my finger, but then when I go to unlock the phone,
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it does not work every single time.
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The phone does get a little warm when the screen is turned on and it's projecting at
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the same time.
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Not as warm as when I hold my lighter up to it of course, but the little device is doing
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a whole lot of work when it's projecting.
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Luckily the internal 4680 milliamp hour battery is there to handle the extra workload.
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It can supposedly project for 5 hours at a time.
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Even after 40 seconds under the flame from my lighter, nothing was really happening to
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the 6 inch 1080p AMOLED display...just a yellowish tinge to the pixels, but they eventually recovered
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and the yellow tinge went away.
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To turn the projector on, it's just one click, and then whatever's on your screen starts
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popping out the top.
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Blackview claims their projector can make a 200 inch screen, but I think it would be
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pretty washed out at that point.
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In a totally dark room, I think about 40 or 50 inches is plenty good enough.
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Good enough, of course, with the stipulation that the phone is structural and can handle
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the abuse of everyday life.
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When bent from the back, there is no flex with the phone.
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It's a pretty thick little guy with over 10 millimeters, which is 3 millimeters thicker
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than the iPhone 10s, but it definitely doesn't budge.
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It's hard to argue with a super thick brick phone construction.
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I was honestly getting kind of bored with the smart phones of 2018, but here in 2019
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with all of it's motorized cameras, internal projectors, and time-of-flight cameras, and
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super high internal optical zoom cameras, it's turning out to be a fantastic year for
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smart phones.
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The Blackview Max 1 passes my durability test.
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It'll be super fun to see what that projector component looks like from the inside.
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This phone is just yet another example of if you want a phone that does cool stuff,
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you just have to pay less money for it.
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Would you every use a projector if it came built-in to your phone?
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Let me know down in the comments.
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I will be taking this thing apart.
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Thanks a ton for watching.
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I'll see you around.