An iPhone 16 Pro Max Unboxing & First Thoughts

[@meowmochimeow]

I would watch you unbox actual air. Been following for well over a decade now, I’m always so happy to see you post a new video! Live well brother.

[@adiblasi]

A decade? Wow! My apologies for 10 plus (I was going to write "puss") years of terrible, face-palming sophomoric humor. I truly appreciate your ongoing support, and I hope you have the opportunity to tune in to one of the live webcasts, as we have a lot of laughs during those sessions!

[@ComputerClan]

5:32 NICE STICKER

[@adiblasi]

It sure is, Ken! Hope you and crew are doing well!

[@VexylObby]

I think the first video I saw of your's was an original iPhone release? We're all still here! And the intro still hasn't changed! If it ain't baroque...

[@adiblasi]

Your comment made me musically think on how I would play the classic opening theme song in a baroque style! Very good work play there too!

[@Tom_Lewis]

0:27 Eagerly awaiting to find out if I hear the (almost) annual quote by Alfred of: “IT’S JUST A PHONE!” 😅

[@Tom_Lewis]

12:34 Guess I’m waiting for you to get the iPhone 17 then… Maybe next year. ;-)

[@adiblasi]

@@Tom_Lewis Hi Tom - I changed my mindset on the product. Now "It's just a 'freakin camera -- that can make phone calls..."

[@Nautilat0r]

That old school NeXT logo sticker is something else! So glad I got that logo tattooed on me years ago

[@stefandziallas1639]

Wow, there’s a beautiful buzzing hum in the background. Is this one of your flagship synthesizers waiting for a proper video?!?

[@adiblasi]

@@stefandziallas1639 no, that beautiful buzzing is the constant feed of cool low humidity air that keeps my beachside condo quite comfortable!

[@TheMacGeek]

Nice unboxing 👍 the camera zoomed a bit every time your watch hit the glass table edge. It thought you were zooming in on the video with your fingers. You’ll enjoy the 16 Pro Max. It has 4 larger new internal microphones for better call quality, better Siri response and better video audio. And better heat management so it’s less likely to give an overheating message while charging on a hot day.

[@Filipcreate]

Always great to see an unboxing video from you. I really miss your tech videos, Al... I am sure that you would succeed if you continued all of this, man. Why you never wanted to immerse yourself much more than only rare uploads. I have always wondered why. With the retro tech getting trendy, you would pass 100 000 subscribers in no time. Your funny attitude would help you gain even more of them. Please try...

[@adiblasi]

Flip, I really appreciate your kind words. There truly is a reason why I don't 'optimize the videos' and pump out quality content. I may actually address this in a future video, but know that the driving factor for the current output is, without doubt, for the original "OG" core subscribers. I appreciate your ongoing support for the many years, and I actually have a few more crappy unboxing videos in the queue to film -- as such, strap in! - Alfred

[@StevenWyman]

Alfred! It's Knightmare4178! Man we played Halo 3 back in the day!

[@StevenWyman]

I still have MetaDestroyer on my friends list, I'm Baketality

[@adiblasi]

@@StevenWyman Hi Steven - if you back to the Halo 3 days, how DARE you Snipe and then T-Bag me! Ohh the good old days. What are you playing these days, Steve? And I will cross-check my friends list for you!

[@StevenWyman]

@@adiblasi been playing lots of rocket league and league of Legends, and final fantasy XIV!!

[@theRonKnights]

Thanks for yet another excellent, crappy un-boxing video. The two of you work well together.

[@adiblasi]

Hey Ron! How are you doing?

[@theRonKnights]

@@adiblasi Alfred, I'm doing fine. I have an excellent support structure. The nice and beautiful ladies look out for me. How about you? You look great. Let me know when you do live shows again. I'll be sure to hang out and harass you! LOL

[@AmazedStoner]

I recently picked up a new replacement 14 pro max 1tb to replace my 14 pro max 1tb and oh boy did the whole process of getting my data transferred over take the entirety of a whole day because I kept running into problems the whole way. I can honestly say I don’t have any desire to ever buy another apple product currently. Apple support had me attempting to upgrade iOS with iTunes because of how many problems I was having and apparently it won’t even communicate with any devices anymore at least this is the case on windows 11.

[@adiblasi]

Sorry to read that news. Check out an app entitled 'iMazing' - they have a desktop version for Windows and Mac. I use it to backup my iPhone, yank data off of it, archive messages etc. Might be helpful in the future. And on my end, the 800 open tabs I have on the Google app did NOT sync over to the new phone. Damn. Never easy. Most are probably useless crap, but my OCD forces me to go through them anyway.

[@AmazedStoner]

@@adiblasi probably have a copy of that app somewhere on the hard drive I use for backing up install files. I remember it being very handy for pulling music off of iPods back in the day when you didn’t have the computer they were synced with.

[@AmazedStoner]

@@adiblasi 800 tabs 😳 my phone might be able to handle that but as for my desktop I can’t imagine that it would handle keeping up with that many tabs. It tends to end up in situations where it would forget what tabs were open because I was afk during a windows update.

[@yepitiyep]

Al, sorry that this is not related to your amazing review, but recently my 18TB hard disk is just not mounting. It's a Seagate certified renewed disk, and I transferred close to 18TB of my family videos into it. Now it is not mounting. I don't have a backup for these videos since I formatted the drive that I transferred from. Please give me some advice if you don't mind on how I could get the disk to mount again, or worse case scenario how do I recover from the disk that I formatted? Thank you !

[@adiblasi]

@@yepitiyep Oh crap! Sorry to read this news. What enclosure is it in? Are you hearing clicking sounds? Regarding the drive you formatted - do NOT use it - even though formatted, unless you did a low-level format, and perhaps if you didn’t write any new files to it, if the new drive that does not mount is a mechanical failure, you might be going back to the drive you just formatted in an attempt to retrieve files, so those are my first and initial comments. Get back to me with the answers to my questions.

[@yepitiyep]

@@adiblasi appreciate your response, Al. I made a short video in my channel just to show you what's going on with the drive. 1: it still sounds like how it used to sound before it can no longer mount. 2: I haven't done a low-level format to the previous drive (it's a 14TB MDD drive), but I did format it using disk utility 2 times (because seller agreed that I return the disk, and i wanna protect my privacy, thus formatting a couple times) 3: now that I recall, one night I bumped into my desk, and the 18TB disk was in the dock, probably still mounted, and when I bumped into my desk the disk made a noise, but I never saw any 'your disk was ejected improperly' error message popped up on my screen 4: should I turn to a professional disk recovery service or is there a good app for Mac that i can pay for to do it myself? Thank you!

[@nross33]

What did I just watch

[@welsh_dan_e]

Congratulations, you've learned everything this video wanted you to learn ... absolutely nothing.

[@adiblasi]

Nick, you watched about 13 minutes of my upgraded BeachSide condo. Stop complaining. And yes, it's out of the box...

[@adiblasi]

@@welsh_dan_e Good thing I posted that disclaimer!

[@nross33]

@@adiblasi When are we going to film the unboxing of your iPhone 4S?

[@adiblasi]

@@nross33 You are not to open that device as it being sealed, it’s value will accelerate at a logarithmic rate!

[@xXRpB3ASTXx]

Alfred anything you unbox is must watch content 😆 enjoy your new iPhone 16 Pro Max! Battery life is insane and loving the 6.9 display with no bezels. It makes my 14 Pro Max look outdated 🫢

[@adiblasi]

Hi Ricky - thank you for your kind words. Yes, I am enjoying the "16 Pro Maximus" and I'm glad you are still enjoying the crap content!

[@VDOria92]

first

[@VDOria92]

the crop in/out may be the result of a gesture you did with the watch. look into the settings and disable gesture controls for the camera remote.

[@adiblasi]

@@VDOria92 Holy crap!