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  • @GrandmaHasDied
    @GrandmaHasDied Před rokem +4895

    Kinda makes me sad that, even amidst a semiconductor shortage, companies are wasting manufacturing space and resources making crappy Craigs

    • @caflee7801
      @caflee7801 Před rokem +31

      No more shortage that was in 2021

    • @BinaryCounter
      @BinaryCounter Před rokem +411

      @@caflee7801 What are you talking about? Of course we still have a shortage, especially with arm processors and microcontrollers. Try getting STMs, PICs or ATMEGAs right now, try ordering a raspberry pi and not paying 6x of what you did in 2019, if you can even get one at all.

    • @SpeakingMath
      @SpeakingMath Před rokem +100

      @@BinaryCounter i recentlly asked about it and lemme tell ya
      they went 4 times more expensive
      yes from 10k to over 40k and i bet it's even more expensive now
      that's about 400x more expensive than they used to be back in 2012 in my area

    • @danner253
      @danner253 Před rokem +82

      Well those are for decent semiconductors made in reputable factories by reputable companies; Craig is not in that league and the crap stuff is plentiful lol.

    • @reisenImperishableNight
      @reisenImperishableNight Před rokem +34

      what do you mean? that icraig surpasses EVERY tablet ever made!

  • @WeirdTunes
    @WeirdTunes Před rokem +10101

    DankPods is one of the few CZcams channels that can make watching a crappy tablet load for an eternity fun.

  • @phoenixproto3149
    @phoenixproto3149 Před rokem +749

    I never thought Candy Crush Saga would run at 9 fps on a brand new, clean tablet. Well done Craig.

    • @willywonka21234
      @willywonka21234 Před rokem +11

      Me neither.

    • @D0Samp
      @D0Samp Před 2 měsíci +5

      This is my usual experience with phones with busted flash memory. But of course everything is subpar on the iCraig.

    • @sonicwave779
      @sonicwave779 Před 8 dny +1

      Made in 2020 no less.

    • @80HD-hf1jl
      @80HD-hf1jl Před dnem

      runs better on my samsung galaxy watch5, after being loaded up with sideloaded gunk+junk

  • @darkmesa8107
    @darkmesa8107 Před rokem +252

    Imagine someone's kid wanted a tablet real bad for chistmas and they got this
    It'd tear their heart to pieces

    • @Gameplayer55055
      @Gameplayer55055 Před 6 měsíci +23

      That's the exact business model of Craig

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams Před 5 měsíci +16

      Just imagine trying to do homework or something on it, typing up an assignment when you can barely load a webpage.

    • @71sd39
      @71sd39 Před 2 měsíci +2

      idk i had a crappy vizio tablet when i was a little kid that could barely play youtube on a good day (early 2010s youtube at that) and i still loved the thing. still got it, actually

    • @LaParis06
      @LaParis06 Před měsícem +1

      I was 9-10 when my dad bought two pink tablets for me and my sister (to replace our old hand-me-down phones) and immediately returned them when we couldn't even run our games haha

    • @80HD-hf1jl
      @80HD-hf1jl Před dnem

      hey at least they wouldn't grow up as an ipad kid. or a tablet kid at all. maybe they'd touch grass... we should be thanking the icraig for saving gen alpha.

  • @CollinDaKing
    @CollinDaKing Před rokem +1684

    "charge the idiot, put memory in the idiot, reset the idiot, there's your idiot."
    Best Tech Support Agent Ever

    • @rainbow-markeranimations1899
      @rainbow-markeranimations1899 Před rokem +14

      no comments? i can fix that, also, that tablet really is an idiot lol, if it takes that long to load

    • @rainbow-markeranimations1899
      @rainbow-markeranimations1899 Před rokem

      @StopBeingUnfunny🤓 I screenshotted the nft lol

    • @slothonastick32
      @slothonastick32 Před 11 měsíci +3

      ​@rainbow-markeranimations1899 lmao and now you have an nft?

    • @Foxy_AR
      @Foxy_AR Před 11 měsíci

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @paper177
      @paper177 Před 8 měsíci

      bto auo ohiiyyo susssssysyyy!!!bbbmbb💀💀💀
      what the actual hell is happening in the comments
      section

  • @maxweII_demon
    @maxweII_demon Před rokem +725

    Icraig is the male version of Icarly

  • @AstroVanilla
    @AstroVanilla Před rokem +316

    Wade screaming "CRAIG" at random points gives me life

  • @FeatherWait
    @FeatherWait Před rokem +89

    I love when he starts just repeating "Craaaaaig" in frustration at 3:23. It bring me joy, the kind of joy I expect from Craig.

    • @HB35-nb7fz
      @HB35-nb7fz Před 3 měsíci +1

      reminds me of a certain lama named Paul yelling at another certain lama named Carl

    • @GaffsNotLaffs
      @GaffsNotLaffs Před 3 měsíci

      It’s an old mate you can take with ya!

  • @BoredTepid
    @BoredTepid Před rokem +2104

    I just imagine someone getting this for Christmas last 2020 after thinking "Things couldn't possibly get any worse, right?"

    • @Da1BigMan
      @Da1BigMan Před rokem +43

      It got worse.

    • @narius_jaden215
      @narius_jaden215 Před rokem +90

      Last 2020? I don't need future 2020

    • @lucasvidz9488
      @lucasvidz9488 Před rokem

      @Michael Harris dragon deez nuts on yo chin

    • @williansouza8724
      @williansouza8724 Před rokem +27

      i don’t think anyone would genuinely expect a deviced called “iCraig” to work properly.

    • @vapor404
      @vapor404 Před rokem +1

      And then they get shot

  • @Bru.h
    @Bru.h Před rokem +1601

    An ominous "Inevitably" followed by crunchy scarlet fire and a buried & dead inside voice going "go craig go" is something i needed in my life

    • @yourfavouritepony
      @yourfavouritepony Před rokem +74

      I heard "Die Craig die!!!"

    • @roelant8069
      @roelant8069 Před rokem +29

      I'm pretty sure he says "die craig die"

    • @Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz
      @Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz Před rokem +1

      @@roelant8069 aye, that's what he actually said

    • @bndsclout
      @bndsclout Před rokem +6

      Im pretty sure my phone speakers are destroyed because of how many times it was forced to blast scarlet fire, but i heard it and made my entire day 😢

    • @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010
      @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010 Před rokem

      I like, “ Craig” products! They seem to last longer than other, cheap crap. 😐

  • @TheCoder55
    @TheCoder55 Před rokem +432

    Without any joke, that tablet is as powerful as... A 2013 Samsung Galaxy Ace 3. which was even by then far from being powerful.
    Except that the Ace 3 ran Android 4.2 which was much less ressource hungry than Android 9.
    When I installed LineageOS 15 (Android 8.1) on it, it was as laggy as the iCraig... That until I got rid of the Google Play Services. The difference was Night Vs Day, from unusable to eh okay for a 10 years old device running a "Modern" release
    P.S : I've bought an old iPad 3. Still a billionth time more powerful than the iCraig

    • @skullchimes
      @skullchimes Před rokem +26

      Damn you Google Services!

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 Před rokem +20

      And also most old phone are straight up getting "Google Play services has stopped" when it forced to run a slightly newer Android version. And the worst thing, the OS won't ever boot up and stuck in eternal bootloop

    • @Totone56
      @Totone56 Před rokem +13

      Damn, now that explains why i was reminded of cheap 2014 phones when watching that. Because that's what it is.
      I remember a friend buying an Acer phone that year, 6+ inch 720p LCD screen with plasic instead of glass, looked like absolute crap, ran just like the iCraig, and had what's probably the worst software i've ever seen. Like, the lockscreen clock, the status bar, and the home screen clock widget were all showing different times. How do you screw up that badly.
      What's even funnier is that same year, Google sold the 8GB Nexus 4 for 199 bucks, and it was amazing.

    • @TheCoder55
      @TheCoder55 Před rokem +2

      @@Totone56 And let's not forget about the phones LG released around that time too, with good hardware but more than crappy software that made it worse than a iCraig

    • @jerzyf4003
      @jerzyf4003 Před rokem +3

      Forced google services updates kill old phones all the time

  • @damiansmith5294
    @damiansmith5294 Před 11 měsíci +13

    That 2020 on the back label was more of a flashbang than the screen brightness after you killed the lights.

  • @DrAnimePhD
    @DrAnimePhD Před rokem +1902

    When the world needed him most, Craig returned!

    • @bacon.cheesecake
      @bacon.cheesecake Před rokem +25

      I want to agree as I love Craig as much as anyone, but more ewaste is the last thing the world needs right now.

    • @user-zv2gr3tu1l
      @user-zv2gr3tu1l Před rokem +1

      i recognize you on twitter -you may have ratioed me once or twice-

    • @Vertical_casey
      @Vertical_casey Před rokem +6

      I asked for an i Craig for Christmas, soooo happy when I unwrapped this 🎉😊

    • @Themeraldknight
      @Themeraldknight Před rokem +1

      @@bacon.cheesecake can I just say it is so unfair to compare a almost 100$ tablet to a 500$ iPad made my a giant company that had already made several other iPads and apple make almost all the parts in house.

    • @bacon.cheesecake
      @bacon.cheesecake Před rokem +8

      ​@@Themeraldknight not sure why you brought this up, but it's not that unfair actually, used ipads are really cheap

  • @RandomReine
    @RandomReine Před rokem +2107

    Craig seems like that one coworker you have absolutely no expectations will do any kind of descent job, but still seems to find new ways to surprise you with how bad a job he's doing.

    • @unclejay4644
      @unclejay4644 Před rokem +91

      I have a coworker named Craig just like this.

    • @xDLiLi1337
      @xDLiLi1337 Před rokem +36

      As a Craig i can confirm

    • @Vliegedebroodrooster
      @Vliegedebroodrooster Před rokem +5

      Jerry from parks and rec

    • @IssieAndLife
      @IssieAndLife Před rokem +1

      Yes

    • @wetsockfullofhotmeat
      @wetsockfullofhotmeat Před rokem +16

      I have a coworker who's so incredibly bad at her job that I have yet to find a single person who has a positive opinion of her. She still has a job somehow

  • @demonicbicycle666
    @demonicbicycle666 Před rokem +52

    This reminds me of my old tablet I had a couple years back. I don't remember the brand or specs because I was a child but it was bright blue, only had a selfie camera and ran like it was begging to die. One day in my bed it got lost under the covers, I put my knee on it accidentally full force and the screen cracked and it wouldn't respond to touch anymore. Honestly that was probably for the best

    • @DARK_AMBIGUOUS
      @DARK_AMBIGUOUS Před rokem +8

      It reminds me of whenever I would go to shopko with my mom and dad and I would go look at the cameras and there was this Coby Tablet, I remember thinking that it was cool but also making fun of it because I went on the photos app and the was normal text saying “No Photos” and then I went to the Videos app and there was giant stretched out blurry words that said NO VIDEOS!!! In an extreamly ridiculous font

    • @Thiswhat22
      @Thiswhat22 Před měsícem +2

      Might've been a Amazon Kindle I used to have one like that

  • @psutherla
    @psutherla Před rokem +15

    Every single time the old 1920s-era piano music comes on, I giggle like a little kid. This is great.

  • @sixstringedthing
    @sixstringedthing Před rokem +1128

    There's something about Wade addressing these bits of electronic garbage as "you idiot" that just sends me every single time.

    • @PrismZet
      @PrismZet Před rokem +21

      Is his name Wade? Unexpected.

    • @hiddenguy67
      @hiddenguy67 Před rokem +3

      huh

    • @bingbong9104
      @bingbong9104 Před rokem +6

      Wade? I would have never guessed

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing Před rokem +11

      Fun fact: His appearance is also probably not what you'd expect. Look up his other channel The Drum Thing where he uploads the twitch streams of himself being a very talented drummer. worth a watch. :)

  • @aserta
    @aserta Před rokem +2363

    Basically E-waste, like you said. There should be a punishment that goes directly to the CEO of a company, not the company, the person who signed off on these for stuff that's deemed as trash from the gate. They're making these because they can, it's high time we start penalizing this kind of mentality. CEOs with room temperature IQ have been at it for too long.

    • @satsumagt5284
      @satsumagt5284 Před rokem +46

      Yeah but are you talking celsius or kelvin?

    • @Creeper50DJ
      @Creeper50DJ Před rokem +157

      @@satsumagt5284 I’d say Fahrenheit. Kelvin is too high and no one would be a CEO with room temp Celsius IQ

    • @satsumagt5284
      @satsumagt5284 Před rokem +14

      @@Creeper50DJ Good point

    • @BinaryCounter
      @BinaryCounter Před rokem +122

      Punishment should be that they have to use their own e-waste as their main device for a year.

    • @satsumagt5284
      @satsumagt5284 Před rokem +52

      @@BinaryCounter ouch, that’ll surely do the job! No doubt the iCraig would have been smashed by the CEO during the first 30 minutes, it’s such an awful device

  • @jovron4k119
    @jovron4k119 Před rokem +10

    You know you're fucked up when even candy crush have fps drops

  • @computernerdinside
    @computernerdinside Před rokem +27

    One thing that bogs down old or crappy devices, is once you connect, those droids love to start updating in the background. I've found if you let it sit on a charger asleep for an hour or so they become considerably better. Still offensively slow, but not as bad.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 2 měsíci +1

      I threw some unofficial Lineage port on my ancient Samsung and it ran noticeably faster. Most likely because it was without TouchWiz and the other bloatware.

  • @neoqueto
    @neoqueto Před rokem +697

    If this is meant to be your kid's idea of a fun time you can be sure they'll spend all their time outside

    • @gabrielmalta1962
      @gabrielmalta1962 Před rokem +67

      I was thinking of this too man
      Like imagine gifting this to a little cousin or your grandma
      Like, the kid is gonna wanna play Wild Rift or whatever, which takes far more performance than that thing gives, and the older person is gonna need a swift device for ease of use with documents and social media
      Whoever we give the bloody thing to, it's gonna be a massive disappointment

    • @Anhonime
      @Anhonime Před rokem +3

      I guess it could be used as an ebook reader or an audiobook/music player, though my cheap-ass ebook reader (Pocketbook bought for an equivalent of about $100 USD) can do that too (even the internal browser works perfectly fine on fanfiction websites, short story websites, blogs, legacy mobile versions of social media -- web2 in general, which is probably comparable to iCraig's capabilities -- you won't run videos on it, but you barely can do that on iCraig too) and it has an e-ink display (with optional backlight, different hues and all that jazz), so it's better for the task.

    • @gabrielmalta1962
      @gabrielmalta1962 Před rokem +7

      @@Anhonime Opening PDFs should be easy, but I suspect getting to your reader of choice in the menu or grabbing PDFs through the browser is gonna become a pretty large annoyance with the iCraig's slow CPU and little RAM

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium Před rokem

      Best white elephant gift ever but it's black and feels worse than dail-up just turning it on.

    • @davitdavid7165
      @davitdavid7165 Před rokem +1

      New strat for escaping Internet addiction

  • @enderdude7
    @enderdude7 Před rokem +459

    This is the kind of tablet I would get in 2015 from a grandma that's trying her best but doesn't quite hit the mark.

    • @vanzy01
      @vanzy01 Před rokem +19

      My mom actually bought this piece of crap and it barely worked 😢

    • @livinglifewithshariah
      @livinglifewithshariah Před rokem +8

      @@vanzy01 mine died. They have low ram.

    • @flowerfloc
      @flowerfloc Před rokem +22

      @@vanzy01 i had this tablet in 2012, yes I mean it, it was from another knock off. brand called "cherry mobile" had the same keyboard and everything, and I just loved although I knew it was slow

    • @BassicallyKiyash
      @BassicallyKiyash Před rokem +14

      ​@@livinglifewithshariahthe mum or the tablet

  • @bluewind7988
    @bluewind7988 Před 11 měsíci +12

    I'm feeling second-hand emotional pain just watching how long this thing takes to do literally anything

  • @atlasenneagram8289
    @atlasenneagram8289 Před rokem +5

    THE THICK ACCENT THAT COMES OUT WHEN HE STARTED TO RECORD WITH THE ICRAIG LMFAOOO

  • @marlonmalave7098
    @marlonmalave7098 Před rokem +885

    can we all agree that Frank moves faster than the tablet booting up?

  • @FantomLightning
    @FantomLightning Před rokem +697

    God this makes the Amazon Fire Tablet my mother uses look like a super computer.

    • @Cheeseburgerlove
      @Cheeseburgerlove Před rokem +5

      Same

    • @horacegentleman3296
      @horacegentleman3296 Před rokem +15

      Oddly enough probably the very same screen, if not just the same resolution. Iirc the 4th gen had a 1920x1200 screen but most of them have terrible panels.

    • @BermieLostella3003
      @BermieLostella3003 Před rokem +30

      ONG FRFR, I actually thought my fire tablet sucked but now when I think about it…
      Damn they’re pretty similar

    • @ReXoRofc
      @ReXoRofc Před rokem +1

      @@horacegentleman3296 bruh the oled switch has a 1280x720p display lmao 😂

    • @horacegentleman3296
      @horacegentleman3296 Před rokem +1

      @@ReXoRofc what does that have to do with anything?

  • @emmerile
    @emmerile Před rokem +13

    I had a very similar tablet in 2012 I think, it's crazy that this one made in 2020 looks exactly like one made 11 years ago.

  • @Sudheepes
    @Sudheepes Před rokem +7

    Basically these are leftover products in factories, from 2010's or so, which hasn't been assembled and well forgotten.
    So they slap a sticker on and put in production line to just put on shelf, basically recoup any money, lot of old people buy these because they don't know tech.. and just want something "cheap" to gift to kids or something

  • @isaacsummers5046
    @isaacsummers5046 Před rokem +1078

    Hard to believe that I randomly found this guy in lockdown when I got an iPod and I'm still watching him, thanks Wade! :)

    • @STICKOMEDIA
      @STICKOMEDIA Před rokem +15

      Same minus the ipod part, he made me want to get an ipod, which I eventually did and he got me so interested into media players

    • @s6edge7
      @s6edge7 Před rokem +4

      Another OG huh? , mind you this account is juts a channel I wanted to get to 50 subs in a year , my actual is from 2012 , "wild birdyz"

    • @BroJose
      @BroJose Před rokem +3

      Same :)

    • @mrotter4028
      @mrotter4028 Před rokem +19

      @@s6edge7 Bro what are you trying to say?

    • @krypticjonnie
      @krypticjonnie Před rokem

      same for me too

  • @RandarTheBarbarian
    @RandarTheBarbarian Před rokem +723

    I'm pretty sure while this model was made in 2020 it's the same under the hood as the tablet I bought my grandma in 2012. It was a different brand name but the case and exterior design were identical, the "specs" as much as you can say 4 cores without a processor model count as specs were the same, it just ran on a much older version of android. If my suspicions are correct the iCraig is also a 10 year old design manufactured in 2020 and it was significantly cheaper than the ipad at the time, and also not horrible for the era of mobile devices, not good, but not horrible.

    • @Kim-lg2yv
      @Kim-lg2yv Před rokem +72

      You are right, its a chinese tablet that many brands around the world re-brand. I have the exact same one with a random brand, even the struggle for the internet to work lmao

    • @Jbrimbelibap
      @Jbrimbelibap Před rokem +24

      re-brand the e-waste yey !

    • @SonicBoone56
      @SonicBoone56 Před rokem +2

      Literal evil

    • @curvingfyre6810
      @curvingfyre6810 Před rokem +6

      If they actually packaged them with decent version of light android they might function.

    • @Jbrimbelibap
      @Jbrimbelibap Před rokem +8

      @@curvingfyre6810 maybe a linux shell or android 4.3 ? better recycle them at that point

  • @TheDawnofVanlife
    @TheDawnofVanlife Před rokem +9

    This is why, as a person of limited budget, I always choose older high tech stuff marked down over the cheaply priced new stuf. My new-to-me phone, tablet, and Mac Mini are all 3-5 years old and work better than cheap stuff made this year. I am always like ‘don’t buy the cheap tablet’ to parents. Give the kid your old one when you’re ready to buy the new one.

  • @mattdavis9601
    @mattdavis9601 Před rokem +10

    That MP3 player was sold under a bunch of different brands and they were dirt cheap. I had that same unit during high school; but branded as an Element (the TV brand). I still have it on a shelf somewhere. They were actually really good for circa 2008. Solid state memory, user replaceable AAA battery, user toggleable multi colored backlighting, and computers looked at it as a thumb drive (which is what it was) so it was extremely easy to put music on. You could even use it as mass storage for documents and stuff if you were desperate. High school me would type up assignments at the public library, save them to my MP3 player, then plug it in to a PC at the school library the next morning to print them out.
    I'm going to finish the rest of the video now; I just wanted to take a moment to endorse the little MP3 player. It was a lot better than you're giving it credit for.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yeah, that is the kind of player basically everyone had at my school in like 2003. It was pretty much the default player.
      But it could do all the things that make mp3 players successful: reads id3 tags, mass storage, drag'n'drop, replaceable battery.

  • @CucumbersSC
    @CucumbersSC Před rokem +199

    Finally a tablet that operates on the timescale of Frank!!

  • @ShitHappensRLY
    @ShitHappensRLY Před rokem +210

    I bet there's a big, huge warehouse in a middle of China, where's all these tablet motherboards are just lying around for years. Yea, this was built in 2020, but internals are from 2012 maybe.

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium Před rokem +34

      Yeah probably crusty old downbinned 32nm chips that just were begging to be sold in bulk for $1 apeice.

    • @Skyunai_Official
      @Skyunai_Official Před rokem +17

      this was just built in 2020, they are using 2012 parts, because this model was started back in 2012, I know because I used to have one of these back in 2013

    • @Skyunai_Official
      @Skyunai_Official Před rokem

      @Jeremy874 lol glad to know im not alone on this XD

    • @GooseCrack
      @GooseCrack Před rokem +1

      @@handlemonium lol 32nm, crazy how far chips have gotten. But then there’s still garbage money-grab waste-of-lithium crap like this, of course

  • @RetroPC
    @RetroPC Před rokem +4

    Easily the best channel I've discovered this year by far. You are incredibly entertaining, you review the most ridiculous stuff that I didn't even realize was ridiculous, and I pretty much love you. 😂
    Keep up the amazing content! Thank you!

  • @MarblesLovesYou
    @MarblesLovesYou Před rokem +9

    Hey I know ya probably get this alot but ya make my life better man and helped me through a hard time with funny angry man yelling at nuggets. Not just that but your other channels are fun to watch too. Just something so inspiring about watching someone bring themselves up from nothing!
    I wish you massive success

  • @Astro_547
    @Astro_547 Před rokem +93

    7:05 Craig can't even run Candy crush 💀💀💀

  • @Dewree69
    @Dewree69 Před rokem +427

    I’ve had shitty budget chinese tablets back in 2010 that were able to do basically everything this does twice as fast. Still extremely slow, but at least they were usable!

    • @_._shinonome_._
      @_._shinonome_._ Před rokem +66

      I suspect it's the same tablets but now running a newer android version which slows them down significantly

    • @Dewree69
      @Dewree69 Před rokem +23

      @@_._shinonome_._ Isn’t android GO supposed to be the lightweight one? 😂 Also, hardware should be better than the dual-core 2010 tablets, which doesn’t seem to be the case when they are still built with a weight of an A4 sheet of paper

    • @nfabian5100
      @nfabian5100 Před rokem +23

      Christmas 2012, my present was a tablet that ran android either 3 or 4 probably 4, it ran much faster then the craig in the video and to top it all off is that the tablet was made and distributed by radioshack

    • @Michael-Archonaeus
      @Michael-Archonaeus Před rokem +9

      @@_._shinonome_._ Actually, I had the exact same tablet, but running Android 4 if I remember correctly, and it was just as slow and unusable. It would choke just trying to play a CZcams video in standard definition!

    • @gabrielmalta1962
      @gabrielmalta1962 Před rokem +3

      @@Dewree69 Problem is time, mate. Operational systems get fat over the years. So even the lightest android now takes a whole lot more to run than the heavy ones from like 2012

  • @MajinStrach
    @MajinStrach Před rokem +3

    This is now the go to present brand for any Craig I have to buy for.
    Craig on!

  • @uhworms
    @uhworms Před rokem +1

    Love all your videos 🫶 keep up the Craig techvideos they are my absolute favorite!

  • @Tahmid_1337
    @Tahmid_1337 Před rokem +170

    Funny and ironic how frank loads faster than the stinky af iCraig Tablet

    • @Vulture135
      @Vulture135 Před rokem +9

      At least the Craig tablet is hilariously bad.

    • @Tahmid_1337
      @Tahmid_1337 Před rokem +1

      @@Vulture135 I mean it is hilariously bad but frank is hilarious regardless of being a dumb longboi

  • @Delophantae_
    @Delophantae_ Před rokem +301

    That's certainly one of the Craigs ever made.

  • @witchcraftanditsconsequenc4280

    This,THIS is the cure to impatience... trauma-therapy edition.

  • @l4ndst4nder
    @l4ndst4nder Před rokem +2

    iCraig seems like the perfect tablet to give to a kid if you want then to go outside.

  • @annikania2682
    @annikania2682 Před rokem +219

    I can confirm the “get your grandma an older but decent tablet”. My grandma has used my dads iPad 4 for two years until two weeks ago, when I did replace it with a new iPad 9; because ordering groceries didn’t work anymore - reason being software version of her browser. I know there are probably fixes for that, but my grandma is … not really good with tech, so I did want her to have a stable system (so I don’t have to visit her every weekend doing tech fixes, that has happened before), and also, she has the money to afford a new one, AND I don’t have an old one at the moment that I could spare. The tablet now sits in our kitchen, awaiting a new fate; but most importantly, I don’t get called every other day to order her groceries! Hallelujah!

    • @BluePieNinjaTV
      @BluePieNinjaTV Před rokem +19

      reuse the ipad 4 as a placemat

    • @FeatherWait
      @FeatherWait Před rokem

      @@BluePieNinjaTV Yeah m8 put your craigs on it.

    • @Namiz00
      @Namiz00 Před rokem +10

      @@BluePieNinjaTV with a green case

    • @sdbegotist
      @sdbegotist Před rokem +3

      Not a tablet, but had a similar thing happen with my mums laptop. She would get the cheapest Acer laptops and be surprised when it was super slow to load up and run.
      What did it for her was the Wi-Fi kept breaking on her every couple weeks, so eventually gotten her a nicer, more modern laptop (2020 model) that she could use without all the previous problems cropping up

    • @FelineBlue
      @FelineBlue Před rokem +1

      @@sdbegotist my mum does the same thing with super cheap tablets and is surprised they run like complete shit after a year lol

  • @iknowdawae893
    @iknowdawae893 Před rokem +66

    as soon as ive seen him trying to install 'real racing 3' and remembered how it tanked my nugget phone i was like 'nah mate dont do it dont do it for the love of god-'

  • @zomerhalpme9787
    @zomerhalpme9787 Před rokem +4

    I just wanted to thank you for opening up memories that were quite strange, I remember having this "iPad" (let’s be entirely honest, this tablet would be better as a paperweight) and absolutely having no understanding on why it was so slow and horrible and I was stuck with it for a while until I got an iPhone. But one kind of sad thing that I didn’t know was that it was made in about 2020. Loving the channel dude 👍

  • @Hamburgerman27
    @Hamburgerman27 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The iCraig is like the Sonic 06 of tablets

  • @CallMeVidd
    @CallMeVidd Před rokem +84

    The biggest shock for me is that Craig is still around
    I thought they were some dead early 2000s brand

  • @Panossa
    @Panossa Před rokem +153

    My favorite thing is that the tablet is so out of date, the CZcams app sends so outdated requests to the servers that it gets straight up rejected. Lmao.
    (Error 4XX codes mean something is wrong with a request the device is sending to the servers)

  • @spsaofficalchannel
    @spsaofficalchannel Před rokem +4

    Damn! The icraig makes Sonic 06’s loading times look short!

  • @ZGKIV
    @ZGKIV Před rokem +2

    I can't not watch your videos. I've watched ones that didn't even actually entertain me, because I do still learn something in some way watching you. Thanks for being funny and being educational at the same time

  • @boydsterling3193
    @boydsterling3193 Před rokem +170

    It’s a huge shame there are so many people who will be inclined to buy one of these on a regular basis and throw it in the bin every 6 months because they “don’t need anything better” - often also ruining their own experience with all the technical issues or giving up completely

    • @Microwave_Dave
      @Microwave_Dave Před rokem +39

      I feel bad for all the pensioners, elderly, and people working minimum wage who can't afford anything better but just buy the cheapest thinking it can't really be that bad.
      Some poor student will no doubt buy this hoping to use it for taking notes at college or doing online exams, I just hope it doesn't impede their educational prospects.
      It SHOULDN'T be that bad, but sadly companies can keep selling this junk without a care in the world. This tablet was E-waste before it was sold. It should at least be usable for listening to music or watching videos, but no doubt it will pause and stutter every time Google software updates in the background.

    • @Lucien86
      @Lucien86 Před rokem +15

      Was going to say - these things are being marketed to the elderly directly. Just saw a full page newspaper add the other day and it was for one that looked very similar to this & with the same weird keyboard. They were asking a lot for it too, something like £160.

    • @Microwave_Dave
      @Microwave_Dave Před rokem +18

      @@Lucien86 Yes it's basically a scam. Fraudulently selling not-fit-for-purpose electronics.

    • @perkypears
      @perkypears Před rokem +8

      when i was younger and the ipad was new i asked my parents to get me one and they gave me a borderline unusable android tablet like this. it absolutely went into the bin after a few months and that money wouldve been better spent on something decent

    • @loganricherson
      @loganricherson Před rokem +9

      @Microwave Dave yeah. I've learned that, with phones and tablets, it's best to buy an older flagship from 7-8 years ago than buy some random trash brand. A factory reset and/or reverting to an older version of the operating system will go a long way to making it work better but you can't make a piece of junk good

  • @aserta
    @aserta Před rokem +131

    You have to admit tho... that riding on a sled pulled by chihuahuas automatically makes you the coolest guy around. We're not going to discuss the fact that the Chihuahuas don't have enough height to pull a sled, that's irrelevant.

    • @thatsanriosoftboy
      @thatsanriosoftboy Před rokem +7

      Personally I’d take the chihuahuas cause the little bastards are cute to me. I know how obnoxious they can be (I have one, she barks at nothing, Lily is very much a little fat idiot) but god I love those little hell creatures.

    • @B4dr4bbit
      @B4dr4bbit Před rokem +4

      Give me the Chihuahua army, they can't be stopped.

  • @rebekahjohnson5940
    @rebekahjohnson5940 Před rokem +3

    I just bought a craig portable dvd player from the mid-2000’s from community aid for 13$ and had an mp3 or two of theirs growing up. The dvd player is awesome, the mp3s were a bit jank but I was NOT expecting this. Or them to even exist nowadays

  • @craigalexp
    @craigalexp Před rokem +1

    Wade screaming "CRAIG" all the time drove me nuts LOL

  • @FiendishOne468
    @FiendishOne468 Před rokem +564

    Would it be wrong for me to say the $50 Laser tablet from earlier this year is looking appealing now?

    • @JustJaidenism
      @JustJaidenism Před rokem +57

      I Have A Tablet That Is Basically Just A Rebranded Laser Tablet (Was The Laser Tablet 8 Inches?)
      It Performs A Lot Better Than This, So No, You Wouldn't Be Wrong.

    • @Danse_Macabre_125
      @Danse_Macabre_125 Před rokem +4

      @@JustJaidenism Laser was 10in

    • @sorakafutanari
      @sorakafutanari Před rokem +18

      NOOOO DONT DO IT
      I have one of those and i HATE it. My first (2012) tablet is nicer than that thing! Anything with Android GO as a whole actually. The whole OS stinks, paired with that shit tier engineering it's just a nightmare to use. Unless the only thing you wanna do with it is watch CZcams, and even then it would disconnect from WiFi when I used my Bluetooth headphones.

    • @Flyingsgetti
      @Flyingsgetti Před rokem +12

      ​@@sorakafutanari I don't think it's the os's fault that it's shit, more just a sign that it will be shitty. That being said you can get a TCL A1 for $50 at walmart and it's way better than this, albeit it's a phone and not a tablet. But at least on that you can play games.

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium Před rokem +4

      Yeah even my family's free AT&T-branded tablet from 2017 runs infinite circles around the iCRAIG tab

  • @Imgunnabenicer
    @Imgunnabenicer Před rokem +117

    I had a Craig boom box for years. It was all I could afford and it served its purpose so I have a place in my heart for Craig lol.

    • @rg1124nov
      @rg1124nov Před rokem +1

      Same for me. Had tons of Craig mp3 players in the early 2000s

    • @LexYeen
      @LexYeen Před rokem +2

      I still have one of their small USB stick MP3 nuggets. Wonder if it still works.

    • @kosherre6243
      @kosherre6243 Před rokem +3

      @@rg1124nov now why would somebody have that many?

    • @flurpoid
      @flurpoid Před rokem +5

      Pretty sure all the Craig products aren't exclusive to their brand, it's just all nameless china tech they order with their name on it. That said, some of that nameless China tech _can_ be pretty decent for the price.

  • @ScottGrammer
    @ScottGrammer Před rokem +3

    The Craig brand is over 50 years old. They used to make low and mid-tier car and home audio gear in the 70's, as well as TV's. Never the best, but not bad for the price, at least back then.

  • @ThoughtsGoneIntrusive.
    @ThoughtsGoneIntrusive. Před rokem +3

    Imagine how funny it is if Dankpods made a video recorded with that iCraig tablet.

  • @thelonewanderer5174
    @thelonewanderer5174 Před rokem +121

    I remember have a mp3 like the Craig. It only lasted me like 2 weeks and the headphones jack went out. Had to rap rubber bands around it just to make it work. Then later to keep the mp3 together 😂.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Před rokem +3

      I had a generic no name like the Craig Mp3 player he showed with 1GB of space, and it lasted me well over a year 1/2 before I was able to upgrade to a Sandisk Sansa C250, so I guess it was luck of the draw with those things.

  • @kurisu96
    @kurisu96 Před rokem +45

    Thank you for triggering my PTSD with this episode! I used to be a computer salesman in the US and we sold similar Craig "tablet" things at my store. I'd sometimes have to wipe them when they were returned, and boy howdy were they CRAP.
    Imagine this with a single core Celeron. Yeah. They were like $50 tablets that were about as effective at running as actual stone tablets. I hated these things. The customers hated these things. Everyone hated these things.

  • @ezestical
    @ezestical Před 11 měsíci +3

    I watched this video over 10 times. It gets funnier every time seeing the iCraig try to load. 😂😂

  • @masondunning51
    @masondunning51 Před rokem +2

    He is actively trying to destroy everyone's headphones and ears at the same time lol

  • @CodeMarbles
    @CodeMarbles Před rokem +28

    10:14 Scarlet Fire Jumpscare

  • @InsertTitleHereTV
    @InsertTitleHereTV Před rokem +59

    This Craig is like that one friend where you have a chat, but then they devolve into an hour long story. Then they ask you a question, but before you can answer, they devolve into *another* hour long story.
    A true Craig.

  • @brziperiod
    @brziperiod Před rokem +1

    To quote dank: what was good new, stays good old. What was shit new, is usually shit old. Or "Quality Preserves Itself"

  • @sylveondeko
    @sylveondeko Před rokem +2

    Fun fact, on most devices during setup ok the checking for updates screen, you can press back and then continue again, this basically makes it faster for some reason

  • @MushroomSnake2077
    @MushroomSnake2077 Před rokem +40

    Is this the real world manifestation of the silicone shortage?
    It's like the last of the last knockoffs to be made of old leftover or repurposed mobile processors that were too outdated to be used in anything "new"

    • @vadnegru
      @vadnegru Před rokem +6

      MT65xx family is responsible for all that crap since 2014. I would say in 2015 it were usable but it's should be illegal in 2020

  • @yarp1246
    @yarp1246 Před rokem +100

    The pain this man goes through just to entertain us lol

  • @PikaBolaChan
    @PikaBolaChan Před rokem +2

    I never thought I would see a tablet that cannot run Candy Crush

  • @t-ckimme
    @t-ckimme Před 11 měsíci +2

    Reminds me of my old rca 9 inch something. Ran like an abandoned Cadillac firing up and it had less ram than an og iPhone, but for 15$ it was damn near a steal

  • @Kummahndough
    @Kummahndough Před rokem +267

    The "iCraig" sounds like a meme name that Wade would give this thing, but no.
    It's just its name. It's not even a joke.
    What a world we live in.

    • @Y-two-K
      @Y-two-K Před rokem +10

      Wade? I just realized after over a year of watching DankPods that I had no clue what his name was lol.

    • @namethatisntmyrealname.9574
      @namethatisntmyrealname.9574 Před rokem +1

      ​@@Y-two-K I've been watching him for over 2 and I just found out as well

    • @Kalvinjj
      @Kalvinjj Před rokem +1

      @@Y-two-K I had realized it (through comments too) ages ago, and forgot it, then learned that again, forgot it then.... keep repeating.

    • @kidwolf0015
      @kidwolf0015 Před rokem

      It's made worse when you realize that both ICraig AND Craig labeled tablets exist....
      Like, can somebody explain to me what the difference is? They all appear to be the same models.... Why do some seemingly proudly omit the the "I" from the logo?

    • @Kalvinjj
      @Kalvinjj Před rokem

      @@kidwolf0015 To be honest I would say that it's less about pride in omitting the "i" there, and more like some slight shame to not want to be yet another 2000s onwards iAnything of whatever exists.

  • @kinanemaladane258
    @kinanemaladane258 Před rokem +249

    This guy just lights up your mood every time you watch him 🤣🤣🤣

  • @EvexiansVideoworks
    @EvexiansVideoworks Před rokem +2

    If i said, „im watching this on an ipad4.“
    You could believe me.
    THAT THING PERFORMS LIKE A CHAD.

  • @mikek1686
    @mikek1686 Před rokem +1

    Props for you patience because I would have gritted it before it even finished booting.

  • @lardman9734
    @lardman9734 Před rokem +77

    Frank is running Craig software? everything makes so much sense now

  • @kit4616
    @kit4616 Před rokem +57

    Oh man, I went through a handful of cheap tablets as a kid and this rocketed back so many memories. I have a nostalgia for these long wait times on crappy screens that hurt my eyes, good times!

    • @justme_aleksandra
      @justme_aleksandra Před rokem

      Same. Now some cheap tablets have good screens, and probably great speakers too. :)

    • @TechTchno
      @TechTchno Před rokem

      Most of my tablet have been cheap RCA devices 😭 I've had RCA tablets since, like, 2015, and my aversion to change keeps me from getting something better 😭😭😭 Plus I can't really afford something expensive right now 😔

  • @NuzzywtheWuzzy
    @NuzzywtheWuzzy Před 10 měsíci +1

    My favorite part about these videos is the crazy unlocked memories. My brother had that Craig mp3 and I had several of the other crappy mp3 players.

  • @YourTherapist999
    @YourTherapist999 Před rokem +3

    I watched this on my $150 Kindle fire in 1080p60 on picture in picture mode while running the same tests aside yours, and mine still smashed in everyway. I just love knowing that my tablet is a beast compared to some things

  • @s8wc3
    @s8wc3 Před rokem +238

    Maybe Google should impose minimum performance requirements for Playstore access to discourage the production of unusable ewaste like this, insane

    • @Microwave_Dave
      @Microwave_Dave Před rokem +36

      Are you kidding? Google encourage it to help sell more products. Their garbage software makes perfectly good hardware slow and unusable.
      I've had two tablets that were unusably slow with the Play Store and all the Google apps slowing them down, but after rooting and installing LineageOS they run just great.
      You need Root for it to work, but bring up a process viewer and you'll see Google's garbage software running updates and telemetry software in the background, and disabling it suddenly speeds things up.

    • @railgun9992
      @railgun9992 Před rokem +16

      @@Microwave_Dave Or using micro g instead google play service that help old device performance a lot

    • @s8wc3
      @s8wc3 Před rokem +4

      @@Microwave_Dave Gapps or not i'd be surprised if the soc in this thing could run android 9 acceptably

    • @Microwave_Dave
      @Microwave_Dave Před rokem +3

      @@s8wc3 The OS shouldn't be slowing down a device to the point where it's unusable. Nothing should be running in the background unless it's needed.
      So yes if Android 9 is too slow to run on this device, it's Google's fault for making it slow.

    • @BermieLostella3003
      @BermieLostella3003 Před rokem +1

      Ong but that would mean half of all android users would be cut from the play store & google would lose money which would skyrocket apple phone sales because android just got crappier than ever.

  • @theColeHardTruth
    @theColeHardTruth Před rokem +8

    When the iCraig finished booting and the timer appeared again for the updates, I lost it. That was goddamn hilarious 😂

  • @potionseller8943
    @potionseller8943 Před rokem +2

    Craig is my favorite returning villain on this channel

  • @franciscopostigogarcia2694

    i remember 6 years ago when my parents bought me a similar tablet for like 70 bucks and it was second hand at the time.. but loaded things and games just fine

  • @HAA400
    @HAA400 Před rokem +26

    Nah nah nah @10:30 I swear to god thst he looked exactly like Rick astley

  • @tubaterry
    @tubaterry Před rokem +29

    So I rebooted my phone halfway through the first CRAIG loading screen just to see... and I had it unlocked before CRAIG showed you his Checking for Updates screen

  • @kingkongsta4051
    @kingkongsta4051 Před rokem +1

    I had this exact tablet in like 2014, came with the same aweful case with a keyboard and everything, it was aweful as u would expect but it was my first touch screen and I lived it and all it’s nuggetty goodness😂

  • @-themightymittens-
    @-themightymittens- Před rokem +6

    1:48 No freakin' way I think I have this exact tablet case XD
    Well mine doesn't have a camera hole and it's smaller but same material, layout, everything. Probably made in the same factory.

  • @cmooris
    @cmooris Před rokem +45

    Listening to Dank angrily screaming my name for just over 10 minutes is a mixture of pure entertainment & guilt that I'm taking too long to load ✳️

  • @bread8979
    @bread8979 Před rokem +18

    9:52 “why is my icraig so expensive” 😭

  • @PGR1377
    @PGR1377 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Just love your content and sense of humor. Wicked paper also 👍🏽 greetings from Pennsylvania US.

  • @MrSkeleton14
    @MrSkeleton14 Před rokem +2

    Congrats! You got a brick that kinda lights up sometimes

  • @ilanvr
    @ilanvr Před rokem +337

    Dankpods, i have to say that you always make us laugh for everything!

  • @FancyOctopus5
    @FancyOctopus5 Před rokem +29

    I work at a catalog company in warehousing, and we sell boatloads of Craig and Naxa products. All of them are stinky tablets, music players, speakers, headphones, and more. The most offensive I've seen is a camera binoculars by Craig.

  • @DrxSlump
    @DrxSlump Před rokem +2

    That was made during the pandemic, feels like something from around 2011

  • @RafaNix-Mota-jo5mv
    @RafaNix-Mota-jo5mv Před rokem

    Dank is great. I love watching this stuff.

  • @re.liable
    @re.liable Před rokem +21

    3:56 you shouldn't have connected that to wifi 😂

  • @GhostBoyDeluxe
    @GhostBoyDeluxe Před rokem +47

    I once had a tablet like this and gave it to my mom. She said she was thankful for it but she told me everything on it ran slowly but she was still able to use it. The speeds of the tablet are exactly like the iCraig. I felt so bad for her that I threw it out and gave her a brand new iPad Air.

    • @justme_aleksandra
      @justme_aleksandra Před rokem +8

      Wow the upgrade must've been like 2 different worlds. 😲

    • @TechTchno
      @TechTchno Před rokem +1

      Was it an RCA Voyager Pro or an RCA Voyager III by chance? /hj

    • @GhostBoyDeluxe
      @GhostBoyDeluxe Před rokem +1

      @@TechTchno I’m not sure about the model but it was definitely an RCA

    • @TechTchno
      @TechTchno Před rokem +2

      @@GhostBoyDeluxe Hahaha I thought so! I've been using RCA tablets since, like, 2015, so I'm used to how slow they are, hhsjHSOSJZI 😭 I love my little piece of junk though, they longest one has lasted me is around 3.5 years so I really squeeze as much life out of it as I can

    • @I-have_phonophobia
      @I-have_phonophobia Před 13 dny +1

      I also use a ipad air!

  • @thesequeltoobama7030
    @thesequeltoobama7030 Před rokem +1

    The camera mic clipping made me eat a whole packet of sleeping pills

  • @negativefloof5033
    @negativefloof5033 Před rokem +2

    Not only is it a half version of a free operating system, it's a half version of a at the time this was made 2 year old free operating system