User:Rafsaarabb/sandbox
| Rafsaan Rabb | |
|---|---|
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| Personal information | |
| Born | September 24, 1999 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Website | kingsfed |
| YouTube information | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Rafsaan Rabb (born September 24, 1999), is the founder and director of several successful media projects including Rafsaan's Gadgets ,KING'SFED and Xamplr . Through these projects and others, Rafsaan has amassed a significant following and solidified his presence online. He currently manages a network of video content and social media assets that reach thousands of hyper-focused users per month. YouTube junkie, technology enthusiast, filmmaker, he currently resides in Dhaka,Bangladesh.
YouTube career
[edit]MKBHD joined YouTube on March 17, 2008. He first started uploading technology videos in January 2009, while still in high school, about new products, or reviews of products he already owned.[1][2] He says his first 'videos' were screencasting where he would post an image and just talk over it, then responded to requests from viewers of what they would like to watch.[2][3] His first several hundred videos were primarily hardware tutorials, and freeware.[4] He was later approached by companies to demonstrate their paid software and hardware, but only reviews products that would be of interest to his audience of technology enthusiasts.[4] He is noted for responding to viewers' feedback about what questions they have, and features they want explained, as well as demonstrating a "deep knowledge of the products he discusses, and his understanding of what his audience wants to learn."[5] His reviews are often timely, coming out the same day or soon after for anticipated products. He is arguably best known today for his content about hand-held devices. As of December 2015, his channel has gained over three million subscribers,[6] making MKBHD the most subscribed-to 'tech-based' YouTube channel. On average, Brownlee uploads one video per week. The channel receives an average of 2,000 subscribers every day (as of July 2016).[7]
Brownlee's reviews have been promoted by other review sites as well. Engadget promoted the site in January 2012 when they featured his tour of the then-new cloud based storage service called Insync[8] In November 2013, one of Brownlee's most viral videos was posted based on the LG G Flex.[9] He performed various scratch tests to portray the self-healing ability of the device.[10] The video hit a million views on the first day. As of September 2015[update], the video has gotten over 5 million views.[11] In December 2013, Brownlee did an interview with Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside.[12][13] In May 2014, Brownlee did the first over-the-air interview with Evan Blass, also known by his previous name, evleaks (Evan has since retired from leaking various photos of unreleased gadgets, hence this title being dropped).[14]
Marques Brownlee's most popular video (in terms of views) is a review and scratch test of a rumored 4.7 inch iPhone 6 front glass component, uploaded July 7, 2014. The video gained immediate popularity, being featured on sites such as The Verge, Forbes Tech, HuffPost Tech, CNET, and Time Magazine. The video appeared on NBC news, and in newspapers across the world. As of August 2016, the video has gained over 8.5 million views on YouTube and has had over 50,000 ratings. Brownlee also has a similar video regarding a dummy model of the iPhone 6, uploaded a couple of months earlier, which (as of August 2016) has since gained over 7 million views on YouTube.
In December 2015, Brownlee did an interview with Kobe Bryant, the professional NBA basketball player, and uploaded the results, titled "Talking Tech with Kobe Bryant!" in which he talks about Tech interests of Kobe and the most recent Kobe designed Nike shoes, the Kobe 11.
Personal life
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- ^ Wei, Will (November 21, 2014). "How A 20-Year-Old College Student Became 'The Best Technology Reviewer On The Planet'". Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Insync: Wave 'Bye, Bye, Bye' to Dropbox, Daniel Cooper. January 4, 2012.
- ^ Hands-on with the G Flex, LG's first curved smartphone Brad Molen. November 26, 2013.
- ^ "MKBHD Goes Hands-on With LG G Flex Self Healing Back, Even Takes a Knife to it". droid-life.com.
- ^ LG G Flex Self Healing Demo by Marques Brownlee.
- ^ "Motorola CEO talks about Project Ara, wearable devices, and Moto X". Android Authority.
- ^ Motorola's modular phone prototype is almost ready, final product might be sold on Moto Maker Sean Buckley. December 7, 2013.
- ^ http://evleaks.at/2014/05/23/first-evleaks-podcast-fireside-chat-mkbhd/