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      [Cont. updated] Technical Guruji vs Xiaomi Manu Kumar Jain controversy

      Himanshu AroraHimanshu Arora
      January 29, 2019
      Android, News, Samsung, Xiaomi, YouTube
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      [Cont. updated] Technical Guruji vs Xiaomi Manu Kumar Jain controversy

      There are new updates that have been added to the bottom of the story…

      Gaurav Chaudhary, who is popularly known as Technical Guruji in the world of YouTube and Twitter, is a very well known name in India’s online smartphone community. In just over 3 years of his existence on these platforms, Gaurav has managed to gain millions of followers/subscribers.

      If you take a look at his YouTube Channel, you’ll find tech focused videos, especially smartphone related – unboxing, reviews, and such. The latest video on Technical Guruji’s YouTube channel focuses on Samsung’s new M series smartphones.

      Gaurav was present at the India launch event for these Galaxy M series phones, and was also on stage for unveiling and unboxing.

      Time to unveil the new #GalaxyMSeries…Video coming soon…#IMPOWERD pic.twitter.com/cM1OzF7aRN

      — Gaurav Chaudhary (@TechnicalGuruji) January 28, 2019

      Galaxy M series launched and unboxed by technical guruji #Samsung #SamsungMSeries #GalaxyMSeries #technology #TechTrends2019 #technicalguruji pic.twitter.com/D9nYljemTY

      — Akath Singh Dua (@Akath333) January 28, 2019

      While one can understand brands courting influential personalities for product launches to gain more marketing mileage, Gaurav’s on stage presence at the Samsung M series phone launch has not gone down well with some.

      It was Xiaomi’s global VP and India MD Manu Kumar Jain who started this debate on whether it’s correct for tech bloggers (vlogger in this case) to be on stage at product launches especially when your work involves reviews as well.

      In a tweet, Manu also speculated a possibility of money exchanging hands in return of endorsement.

      Ironical to see tech bloggers get up on stage at product launches, talking all great things about the product (maybe influenced by monetary payment). As a reviewer, users depend on you to be honest & open about any product. How can this be termed as ‘unbiased’ media?

      Ironical to see tech bloggers get up on stage at product launches, talking all great things about the product (maybe influenced by monetary payment).

      As a reviewer, users depend on you to be honest & open about any product.

      How can this be termed as 'unbiased' media?

      — Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) January 28, 2019

      It’s worth mentioning that Manu’s tweet didn’t explicitly name Gaurav or the Technical Guruji channel, but the timing made it amply clear who was being referred to. Plus, the follow up tweets, especially from emerging leakster Ishan Agarwal made it clear the debate was about Technical Guruji.

      I so agree to this tweet. You guys gotta agree to this even if you are a Technical Guruji fan. Being on the stage and doing what brand usually does to promote its product is very wrong especially considering he is a reviewer who is supposed to help ppl make the right choice!

      — Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) January 28, 2019

      Oops another one?! I have nothing else to say right now I guess https://t.co/5euvp8xGmK

      — Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) January 28, 2019

      Many others commented on Manu’s tweet disapproving tech vloggers/bloggers taking center stage at product launch events.

      Wow, Thats Great, Atleast Someone in the Company belives in Tech Youtubers Like Us. And yes this type of advertising is completely not acceptable.

      — The Tech Star (@techstarsrk) January 28, 2019

      So true,
      I agree ,
      He has changed 100% ,
      Actually I'm beginning to hate him for misguiding his audiences by taking business partnership and money as his first preference.

      — Sandeep RN (@sandeep_rn) January 28, 2019

      You were completely biased and paid in samsung event and in recent m20 video
      It seemed clear
      Telling only good specs and not telling that many good alternative are there
      Even selfie, processor are bad
      You could have told all these things!
      These are neither against nor for samsung

      — Ansh Jindal (@jindal_ansh__) January 29, 2019

      We reached out to Gaurav to know what they think about this ongoing debate, but haven’t received a response so far. We’ll update the story as and when he responds. Meanwhile, here are a couple of his recent tweets:

      “If people are trying to bring you down it only means you stand above them.”

      Stay Charged 🔥🔥🔥Good morning 😉

      — Gaurav Chaudhary (@TechnicalGuruji) January 28, 2019

      Good morning! Flying to Delhi…Can't wait to unveil the latest Samsung #GalaxyMSeries tomorrow… Stay tuned…#IMPOWERD pic.twitter.com/Gx0d9TyE9I

      — Gaurav Chaudhary (@TechnicalGuruji) January 27, 2019

      Do let us know what you think about tech influencers taking center stage at product launch events. Use the comments section to share your thoughts with us.

      Update 1 (January 30)

      Today, Gaurav Chaudhary aka Technical Guruji posted a pic of a broken Redmi Note 7 saying it’s build quality isn’t good.

      Great phone with amazing specs, but poor built quality…Wish it lasted bit longer.. RIP #RedmiNote7 pic.twitter.com/gBQsCAoVs9

      — Gaurav Chaudhary (@TechnicalGuruji) January 30, 2019

      If you take a look at comments to this tweet, you’ll see Gaurav is being severely trolled, as almost everyone is seeing this test as an indirect reply to Xiaomi exec Manu Kumar Jain’s tweet we originally highlighted in this story.

      Here are some of the replies (use translation service if you don’t understand Hindi):

      Wanna see M20 bend Test.

      — Binay Mahato (@active_binay) January 30, 2019

      Nahi karega samsung ne paisa diya hai na

      — Santanu (@srsantanu36) January 30, 2019

      Samsung didn't advertised about testing 💪🙀

      — Swatantra 😼 (@acidkidrock) January 30, 2019

      Samsung ne paisa diya h taaki Uska M20 bik sake… #GurujiIsBiased

      — Md Abadullah (@TalkwidAbad) January 30, 2019

      I'm loving the replies to this tweet. https://t.co/kfbbiQOWmi

      — Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) January 30, 2019

      Check out the complete thread by heading here.

      Update 2 (January 30)

      In a video titled Redmi Note 7 Unboxing & First Look – “POWERFUL” Performance, “WEAK” Design, Technical Guruji channel owner Gaurav Chaudhary does a bend test on the device and breaks it by using his hands.

      As you can see in the video below, the YouTuber says this was unexpected as Samsung’s marketing videos for the phone make it seem it’s very hard to break the phone. Take a look at the video and share with us your thoughts on what Gaurav says in the video:

      Meanwhile, emerging leakster Ishan Agarwal has shared what he thinks about this video. In a tweet, Ishan notes:

      All that "tch tch tch" is so fake and weird… Trying to prove that the phone is low quality when it is clearly not… I really would like someone else to do a real physical test and tell us, this person is becoming hard to trust. Unreal.

      — Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) January 30, 2019

      Here are some other reactions:

      I guess he wants to take a revenge from Xiaomi over this tweet.https://t.co/YokaUCbcuL

      — Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) January 30, 2019

      He is showing his reality. Now I am not following him anywhere. Worst Tech Creator on this planet.

      — Ratnesh Kumar (@ratneshkumar684) January 30, 2019

      Update 3 (January 31)

      Technical Guruji found and shared another Redmi Note 7 build quality test video:

      Just realised I was not the first one to experience this.. https://t.co/5lWKj3WmWl video is coming soon.. #RedmiNote7RIP

      — Gaurav Chaudhary (@TechnicalGuruji) January 30, 2019

      Update 4 (January 31)

      Gaurav says he did a bend test on this device due to the claims Xiaomi made in their marketing videos. If any other brand will make such claims, he’s ready to do a similar test on their device as well. He then adds he’ll do more such tests on the Redmi Note 7.

      Also I'm buying more Redmi Note 7 phones to do another test to make sure that it wasn't just my unit…Having said that, Redmi Note 7 is an amazing device with great specs but design isn't the strong point here..

      — Gaurav Chaudhary (@TechnicalGuruji) January 30, 2019

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