This year, Santa really let my kids down. Way to go, Santa.
Look, the point is that sometimes Santa gets busy, but he always makes it up to
them, right? And this year's special surprise is a new phone. But, while
Santa has gone through his fair share of phones throughout the years, the only
thing he hates more than switching phones is deciding which phone to switch
to, which is why I, >> [clears throat] >> Santa, [music]
won't be picking their phones. My kids will. Now, there are some restrictions.
They can't have a golden iPhone, for instance, but I also didn't want to
influence their choices. So, I hired a living wage elf to gather up all the
best options, then help my son and youngest daughter make a decision. Then,
because ultimately it is, after all, Santa's credit card on the line, before
they check out, I want to at least see what they settled on. Just like I want
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There are only two real rules for my elf. One, I love my kids enough to get
them a phone, but not enough to buy them just any flagship they want. So, 2,000
Canadian rubles is the max. It's about 1,400 freedom bucks. And that ties in
closely with number two. Every option that our elf presents needs to support
at least 5 years of both operating system and security updates.
Unfortunately, that does rule out some, admittedly, pretty cool niche products,
but as you can see from my son's phone here, I don't like replacing my kids'
devices any more often than I absolutely have to. I view device costs on a yearly
basis with my budget working out to a little under $300 a year. And if they
break it before then, then they can get a job and buy themselves a new one.
That's the deal. That left us with these options. They're
allowed as much time as they want and can ask any questions they want except
for the cost. I don't want them to pick the most expensive one just because it's
more expensive. [music] I'd be really surprised if my son goes for an iPhone.
Not because an iPhone is bad, but because he's coming from Android, he's
perfectly happy with it, and unlike the girls, he doesn't use any iDevices in
his daily life. My daughter, on the other hand, regularly uses an iPad Pro
for sketching, and I wouldn't be surprised if she wanted to go for something like an iPhone Air just
because it's so handleable. I mean, she's got
her dad-size hands. Foldable screens are super cool, but I pretty much guarantee
that my son takes the S25, and my daughter, I'm between the Flip and the
iPhone Air. I don't think either of them even knows what a pixel is. Okay. Santa has decided
to get you guys a phone for Christmas. Okay? Have you guys looked into any type
of phone you want so far? >> No. No. [music] This will be great then.
You have a phone currently, right? What
Holy cow, what did you What did you do to that thing? He took the case off and
then he dropped it. Yeah. Like father, like son. It's a
OnePlus 6T. Okay. So, kind of old. So,
this is going to be a very big upgrade for you. And you don't have a phone, do you? That one's basically mine. But this
will be like your first phone then, basically. Yeah. Obviously, your dad has
tried many phones over the years. Has he ever talked to you
>> of them. Yeah, he gets a new phone every like week.
Has he talked to you at all about his choices? Nope. Nope. How about we start
with Google. How did it being under a certain
dollar amount and receiving updates for 5 years just leave us with seven
options? While there's a lot of phone companies out there, not a lot of them
promise 5 years of updates. Sometimes they promise two or three years and then
also some premium phones like you know your dad's foldable one that is more
than the dollar amount. So you're not going to get any super fancy phones. So
this is like kind of fancy but not. Let's just say you guys will be some of
the coolest kids in schools with these phones but you're not going to be the
coolest. >> school cuz we're not allowed. I like [music] that. That's that's good. We're
going to start with our Google phones though. Okay, there's two options. There's the Pixel 10 and there's [music]
the Pixel 10 Pro. Okay. >> What makes this Pro is the screen is a
little bit better quality. So if you're watching like a movie or something,
it'll look a little bit better. It has less battery life which maybe doesn't
make it as Pro. >> It's like barely any. >> It is I it's you're right. It is so
close you guys probably wouldn't notice it. The cameras though on this one are a
lot better. So basically this is just better. Yes, but the colors are
different. But that doesn't matter. >> How about you each get one? You can
start with the Pixel 10. I got the better one. Start poking around. Oh, it's so smooth.
That's because these have 120 hertz screens. Your phone probably has a 60
hertz screen. So for gaming, this [music] is going to
be a lot better. I don't know how much you game on your phone.
>> [laughter] >> Going right into the photos. What?
>> [laughter] >> Look at how good this camera is. Mine doesn't even load. There's no back
button. Oh, yes. So because it's a newer version of Android, you could add those
buttons at the bottom but Android has gestures. So if you just like swipe to
go back. Oh. >> You can always go back. So you're like, "Oh, I want to go to the home screen or
something." Okay, we're going to switch then. Are you going to take the same photo?
Being Santa's helper is hard [laughter] work. Which camera looks better? Do you think
this this one looks better? Why do you think it looks better? Like more detail.
Oh yeah, there's the photo. Can you bring the photo back up? Oh yeah, you're more zoomed in on this one too. Way more
zoomed in. >> enhanced by anything? Well It looks like
All of these phones have some sort of post-processing on their photos, whether
it's Google's magic, Samsung's magic, or Apple's. In terms of the colors, which
colors do you like? I don't even care. It's It's the color. It doesn't matter.
That's a big selling feature for people though. How? It has a G on the back.
Sorry, you don't like it cuz it has a G on the back?
I I unfortunately will not be able to remove that for you. Okay, we're going
to put these ones to the side. How about we look at Apple phones next? Ew.
>> [laughter] >> These are the iPhones that you can
choose from. There's the base iPhone 17, and then there's the iPhone Air, which
the selling point of the Air is it is crazy crazy thin. But that like
doesn't even matter. >> style. Yeah. You're going to put a case
on it, which is going to make it thicker. I can see why Linus didn't want
to do this now. He just wants me to do this. Dad was supposed to be here.
Whoa, uh this just got really awkward. Um no, no, he's he's busy.
He's uh he's at the North Pole. No, he's not. Yeah, he's probably driving home
right now. >> [laughter] >> It's apps are weird. It's apps are
weird. Why do you think say they're weird? What's weird about them? No, I want to know. They look weird.
I'll [clears throat] show you. Yeah, I want to see. >> Look. They look weird compared to I couldn't
even tell what this is without reading it. This is actually a really good
camera. It is a very good camera. I think that the iPhone camera's that's
definitely one of the selling features for them. I like actually don't even use
my camera though, so. What do you use your phone for then? You
don't game on it, you don't use your camera. What do you use your phone for?
Messaging people. Messaging people. >> Discord. My Discord, okay.
>> he uses it for. Now I'm starting to get upset. Why is your dad buying you a
phone if all you use it for is Discord? I don't know.
Business expense. >> [laughter]
>> Okay, what do you use your phone for? Do you take lots of photos?
Do Do how thin it is? No. No, why not?
Cuz it's weird. It's weird and it also makes
>> holding a really thick phone. That's fair. It also has a really big
camera bump, but >> Also, this thingy is on the side instead
of like all on one side. Oh, you're talking about how the volume is on one
side and then the power button is on the other. Do you not like that? You like
them all on one side. Yeah. You want to trade? >> to see that one. All right, we'll trade.
It's kind of nice that it's really thin. It feels nice it's thin, right?
>> It is very light. The downside of it being this thin is you get one camera,
you get less battery, you get,
you know, less [music] phone. The times you would notice the
What? So, what you just did is you tapped two iPhones together
>> [music] >> and if they were fully set up with all your information, you would have just shared your contact information. One of
the benefits of having an Apple device is if your friends have Apple devices,
you can kind of mingle together better, whether that's through iMessage
>> friends have a phone. I'll see you then. >> If any Yeah, someone's a phone number
like it's Yeah, but like this is this is
convenient. You're like, "Oh, you have an iPhone?" You both get your phone number now. But
I already have all the phone numbers of all my friends. Do you guys like these
ones so far better than the Google ones we looked at? Just because these are
Apple, I like the other ones better. Why? Why do you hate Apple? I don't
know. I just do. The whole point of doing this experiment [music] without
your dad was so that his vibes wouldn't rub off on you. Well, he's kind of my
dad and I kind of live with him. Oh, one really cool feature of the iPhone you
guys might like is actually the selfie cam. I don't again, I don't know how how many
I've like never taken a selfie. Well, guess what? We're going to do one today.
If it's just you, if I step out of the frame, you notice how it's kind of
zoomed in on you? Yeah. If I was like, "Hey, I want to take a picture with
you." You notice how it kind of crops and zooms better? It's kind of cool,
right? We're going to go to our last batch, which is the Samsung phones. [music] But this is like the worst
direction it can fold because if you fold it this way, you can you can
multitask. Yeah. Sure. On the plus side,
if you guys were just using the outer screen, sometimes it's good to just check, "Oh, I got a quick notification.
I can ignore that." We got to look at the other phones, too. Okay. The other
Samsung phones we have is the S25 and the S25 Edge. Okay? The difference
between this one, bit bigger, but it also kind of goes for that Apple
Air look. It's really, really thin, so it means it's a lot lighter.
This one, though, will again have a bigger battery, and it has more cameras,
even though this one has a better camera. So, you guys can take a look at
these ones. I think this one's just better. It has a big, better resolution. It
does. It does have I think this is our highest resolution out of all of the
phones today. So, one of the things about the folding phone that you'll need to be a little concerned about is it's
not very good with dust or water. So, if you're someone who pulls your
phone out when you're outside, maybe when it's raining a little bit, or if
you put it in your pocket and has lint at all, it could damage the phone. Ew.
What? A whole bunch of weird dots. You're right, actually. It does do some
enhancing to his face that the other cameras didn't, and I would say it
it definitely doesn't actually do justice to that. It makes it almost look
like he has goosebumps all over his face, which the other
phones doesn't, and you definitely don't. You're going to delete that photo. You didn't really didn't like it.
Okay. This one, I think I'm taking this one over this one cuz it's bigger. Mhm.
Okay. The resolution's better. Yep. You know, all that good stuff. Do you think
this is your top pick so far out of like all of the phones?
Probably cuz I put my phone in like water all the time.
Wait, you've dropped a phone in water? Yeah.
What? We've got all of the phones back out here now. So far, you said your
frontrunner is the S25 Edge. Yeah.
Give me your reasons as to why. Bigger screen. Okay. Better quality
screen. Which out of these ones is maybe your favorite right now? I like that
one. It has a lot of battery. It has a lot of battery. That's right. This one
does have a pretty battery. I think >> Their phone runs out a lot. You guys
have to make a decision today, otherwise Santa's going to get really mad at me.
And then for you, are you leaning towards this one?
Kind of. Kind of. >> I prefer this phone though. You prefer this one though, too.
>> as me. You guys can both get the same one. I just have one for today.
But you guys when your dad orders them or when Santa makes them When dad orders
them. When Santa makes them When dad orders them. From Santa. When he orders
them from Santa, he can order two. >> When he orders them from where whatever
phone shop they're from. >> Okay. Well, >> [music] >> I don't know. Maybe. Are you you keep
going back to this one? I don't know. Do you like how thin it is? Cuz you that
was like the first thing you mentioned when you picked it up, right? >> It's kind of thin. >> It's kind of thin. You keep picking up
and playing with this one. These are both the thinnest phones that we have
cuz the S25 Edge was Samsung's attempt at like a really, really thin phone. But
then we have the same phone. Like that's just weird. It's not weird. Yes,
thankfully, there's two different colors.
>> Okay. Sure. I don't care what color I have, so. Me either, but white's better.
>> Very interesting. You guys both settled on the exact same phone.
Do you think your dad is going to be happy, disappointed? He would be proud
for not picking Apple. >> Okay. [laughter] Remind me, what was your predictions
again? I thought my daughter could go for the iPhone Air or the Flip 7. There's no way
that my son's going to go for a gimmick. I think he would see it as a personal
point of pride to go for something that's a pretty normal phone.
So, I think there's no way that he went with anything other than the S25. Okay.
They both actually picked the same phone. So, you're going to have to go out and buy another one. What? Yes.
>> Hold on. Hold on. This throws me for a loop.
We had a 10 and a 10 Pro. 10.
They actually didn't like it. Your daughter said, "I don't like the G on the back."
>> [laughter] >> And I was like, "You can put a case on it." So, she ruled it out because of the
G. [laughter] They both didn't pick Google then. Okay.
>> Cuz if your daughter didn't like the G, those are out. Not a top G.
Can't blame her. Shoot, this is hard.
You're like nervous cuz there's like a 40% chance they both just picked iPhone.
>> [laughter] >> It wouldn't even surprise me that much
if they had done any research going into this because I use Family Link to manage
their app access and screen time. To my knowledge, it's not available on iPhone.
>> That would have been crazy. So if they were like
super smart, they might have both gone iPhones, but I'm going to say they
didn't. Okay. You are correct, but your
boy was very close to picking the Air. Really? Him? Yes. He had the other one
that they ended up picking, but he kept playing with the Air.
>> It really is sexy, isn't it? >> And I kept calling him out. I was like,
"You haven't put that one down yet." He's like, "It's It's just really thin.
It like feels good." So that was a very close possibility.
That makes me wonder if maybe the S25
Edge also had his attention, but if
we're being honest, the Edge is not as sexy as the Air. It's a thin brick. I'm
going to say they didn't care about the gimmick of the flip. They played with
it. They thought it was cool. They did not pick it. I think they both went Edge. Correct. Really?
>> They both picked the Edge. That's funny. It's not what I would pick. When I
presented all the other gimmicks or the offers of the other phones, they just
couldn't care. It seemed that this one gave them the comfort in the hand, the
higher quality screen, and ultimately, it was just a phone. It didn't fold. It
wasn't Apple. They just wanted a phone.
But I was very shocked at how close your boy was to picking the Air. Really?
Yeah. Ultimately, the reason he didn't was he said, "My dad wouldn't want me
to." What? Yes. >> I wouldn't you care. >> I I tried to tell them that you weren't
here to make a decision, but then they tried to flip that on me as you
abandoned them. And [laughter] And I was like, "Woah, woah, what do you
mean?" They're like, "Why isn't daddy here?" And I was like, "Okay, I don't like this conversation anymore."
Elijah's your new dad. Sorry to break it to you this way, kids.
Please, no. >> [laughter] >> But you wanted kids so badly, though.
That's why I had a vasectomy. Nice.
>> [laughter] >> Okay, any anyway >> what else has no balls?
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