Bored Smashing - GROCERY STORE PHONES! Episode 16

## Basic Information

**Bored Smashing - GROCERY STORE PHONES! Episode 16** is the 16th episode of Bored Smashing - GROCERY STORE PHONES! and the 101st overall episode of Bored Smashing.

## Synopsis

King reviews and destroys the Microsoft Surface Duo.

## Description

Phone = bad. Book = good. Microsoft Surface Duo = ???

## Summary

First, King talks about the previous video of Bored Smashing - GROCERY STORE PHONES!. He is not at home, he is on a road trip vacation, courtesy of Microsoft founder Bill Gates who allowed King to get the COVID-19 vaccine. He has a requested phone on this series, the iPhone and heard the sound that looks like a old intro, suddenly gets possessed by Gates, and drops the iPhone box. The he reveals the new smartphone that Microsoft made, the Microsoft Surface Duo. After the intro with two Disclaimer phrases, he talks about the phone price. After the price dropped immediately after he ordered it, King realizes he's been ripped off, and he angrily unboxes the phone throwing it and hammering it. Then he reveals the bumper case that came with and damaging it. Then he charges the Surface Duo and turns it on. He saw a crack in the corner. He setups the phone connecting to iPhone's hotspot. Downloading data took too long and he goes to multiple restaurants that has Wi-Fi. At Dunkin Donuts, it worked. So many updates happened on the phone. (4 updates). He went home and talking about folding phones. Next, he reviews the apps that is on there. Then, he download books and camera test while waiting. After that, he reads page using two screens, then plays Minecraft Bedrock. On the top is Chrome cheating Minecraft, and bottom is Minecraft Bedrock. Then, he uses the phone as a Nintendo DS. (DraStic) Then he goes with the competitor to the Nintendo DS. He reveals to make the contest fair, he will go harder on the Nintendo DS than the Surface Duo. Next, he does a durability test, the first one will be the scratch test on both devices. The previous episode was played on the Surface Duo. After that, they both tied. Then he does drop tests, the first drop of the Surface Duo was turned off and corrupted the video. After some drop tests on both of them, the Surface Duo wins. Next, he does a ludicrous drop test, the Surface Duo shut off and dead. Also the DS too. The DS wins. The Surface take a shower, and the DS inside tower pours water. The DS wins again. Next, he rams the Surface on a skateboard, and the DS crushes the car, the DS shows flickering and shows the cracked LCD looks like a cow. The DS also wins. Next, he hammers both of them. The DS is the champion. After the intro, he tries to bends the Surface Duo using feet and explodes the battery.

## Damage

 Nintendo DS | Scratched, slamming it on the ground, thrown, watered, ran over by a car, hammered
 Microsoft Surface Duo Bumper Case

## Trivia

* This is the first time King exploded the Li-ion battery on the phone in Bored Smashing - GROCERY STORE PHONES.
* The beeping at the 0:20 mark was a call back to the old intro he used to use before he reached 2000 subscribers in 2015.
* This the video that he destroyed in a different location. Because he going on a trip around the country to see friends / youtubers (CND and FearsomeFire Collabs)
* This the second time King destroyed a Nintendo DS Lite. It is also the same model he destroyed as his first on, but different serial number.
* On the thumbnail, it shows the Mario Kart DS title screen, but the Mario Kart DS gameplay was on an emulator, not on a actual physical system.
* King owned two versions of Diary of a Wimpy Kid on his Microsoft Surface Duo device.
* This is the first episode of Bored Smashing Grocery Store Phones episode in 2021.

## Errors

* When King is 'controlled' by the vaccine, he says "Microsoft, Incorporated". The official name for Microsoft is actually the Microsoft Corporation.