The 2017 Smartphone Starter Kit #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin 2017 has been an

interesting year for smartphones gone

are the days of having a headphone jack

on every device screens been getting

bigger while the bezels are shrinking

instead of having a removable battery

you're oftentimes getting something like

fast charging or wireless charging but

if you are picking up a flagship this

year what do you actually need to get up

and running the first thing you're

probably going to want to have is a pair

of wireless headphones and big shout out

the Sennheiser for sponsoring this video

and sitting over there HD 450s for me to

take a look at what makes these really

interesting is that not only are they

going to be a wireless pair of

headphones with bluetooth support but

you're also getting active noise

cancellation now in a pair of headphones

that cost less than $200 this can

actually be really helpful especially if

you spend a lot of time on stuff like

trains buses or planes

you should also expect a good battery

life anywhere between 20 to 25 hours

depending on if you have active noise

cancellation on and they also do fold up

if you want to make them just a little

bit more portable in addition to

bluetooth 4.0 they also have support for

app decks which deliver even better

sounding audio and of course since their

Sennheiser you should expect quality oh

man it is always such a trippy feeling

when you put on the active noise

cancellation like it just feels like the

whole room just got super dead what is

that I hear actually oh it's a plane I

couldn't hear it because I had my

awesome active noise cancellation

headphones on it's crazy I actually

didn't realize I had been listening to

these on an iPhone before and they sound

good actually being able to take

advantage of app decks on something like

the pixel there's actually a noticeable

difference in audio quality it really

does sound like I'm listening to a wired

pair of headphones okay so before ken

has to watch me dance anymore

this isn't good these sound solid but

one of the nice things is in addition to

being wireless you actually do have the

option of plugging in a standard

three-and-a-half millimeter headphone

jack or headphone cable cable to be fair

both the iPhone and pixel do come with a

headphone adapter in the box but the

issue is is that if you want to plug the

headphones in and also do something like

charge your phone you can't do that at

the same time until now companies have

started making adapters that not only

allow you to listen to your music but

also charge your phone at the same time

so let's start with the USBC adapter

which special bear high temperature

sign the superficial dent design

maintain the best conjunction I mean you

do need the best conjunction after all

oh wow that's actually really terrible

Wow first step will this catch our phone

on fire

oh man that's that's not a good fit if

we plug it into the phone it is not

charging okay so in theory you can pick

up a USBC adapter that actually works

but in this case confirmed garbage town

let's try the iPhone now I do at least

like the design at this one a little bit

more so you can plug it into the phone

on the top and then on one side you have

lightning on the other you have a

headphone jack plug it into the phone

okay nothing's on fire yet good sign so

it actually does show up as a USB 2.0

device so this actually might just work

it sounds about like a normal headphone

adapter so you're not expecting any kind

like hi fight DAC or anything but the

real test is can we actually plug this

in in it not catch on fire alright here

goes nothing oh hey charging and the

light is turned on hey guys this is

Austin and welcome to using a smart

phone in 2017 basically everything that

supports a wireless charging these days

is using the Qi standard now thankfully

this has actually been around for a few

years there are plenty of accessories to

choose from so the first is really

straightforward it's the power port Qi

10 from Anchor no one might not look too

impressive what you're getting here is

something that not only supports

standard wireless charging but it also

supports fast charging it's also super

thin

none of the iPhone 8 and 10 support

wireless charging something that this

could work not only for these devices

but also for other phones to support up

to 10 watts but the idea is we just drop

it on and in theory it will start

searching in theory charging will happen

oh it helps when you plug the charger in

protest drop the phone on and it

immediately starts charging so with this

you can prepare for the 2018 feature of

having 0 ports of any kind on your phone

there are also some cool options like

the mobile pal wireless charging bank so

the idea here is that not only this a

portable batteries that will charge your

phone via qi wireless charging but you

can also use qi to charge the battery

bank means

theory you could never plug this thing

in Oh interesting it's not like can you

if you want use USB to charge it you

also can use a lightning cable

that's actually really unique I don't

think I've ever seen that before so the

first step is to see if we drop our

phone on there we go

Amelie starts wireless charging that's

actually kind of cool one of the

problems with carrying around a battery

bank isn't you have to keep all the

cables that becomes a mess but this this

is pretty easy but if you have a

wireless charging pad not only can we

drop the charger on to start charging it

then it will pass current up to the

phone so essentially we have a chi

sandwich this is cool though this is

really cool I mean maybe not the most

practical thing but I can actually

imagine a scenario in which say you have

this by your bed you leave the battery

on it at all times you just drop your

phone on top and when it comes time you

take your phone but if you also want to

take the battery take it to super simple

as always links to everything I talked

about including those dopes Anheuser

headphones will be linked in the

description I'm curious what you guys

put in your smart phone starter kit let

me know in the comments below and I will

catch you in the next one