Karl Conrad's MacBook hands-on brings back a familiar glow

Eight uploads include an OLED iPad Mini preview and an iPhone Duo review that ends with a switch back.

Channel: Karl Conrad Story of November 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

OLED MacBook Pro HANDS ON. Touch Screen + Illuminated Logo

Touch gestures open Karl Conrad's MacBook preview, but the lid supplies the talking point. He turns his attention to the illuminated Apple logo, then cuts to a stage reveal greeted by cheers. In the comments, viewers keep returning to that familiar glow, while a few admit the wallpaper initially made them think the screen was broken.

"OLED MacBook Pro HANDS ON. Touch Screen + Illuminated Logo" was the most watched of his eight new uploads, reaching about 182,000 views. Conrad demonstrates the touchscreen and describes the OLED display; his accompanying description also notes a lighter body and a higher price. New hardware, old visual affection.

Apple occupied much of the schedule. "OLED iPad Mini - Hands ON!" introduces an update to what Conrad calls his favorite iPad, with Pencil Pro support among the features he highlights. His iPhone Duo review takes a less celebratory turn: after spending time with it, he's switching back to the iPhone 18 Pro Max. Amazon supplied the bedside alternative, with Echo Time setup and a photo frame that can attach voice notes to pictures.

The busiest upload right now comes from just outside this week's batch: his Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra unboxing. It is drawing more daily views than either the iPad Mini preview or the iPhone review, both of which also have momentum.

Across the channel, the week brought roughly 3.4 million views, the largest weekly gain among the nearby gadget channels. Subscribers held steady, though, and today's viewing is well below Conrad's usual daily level. Jeff Geerling and bigclivedotcom are having above-usual viewing days; Conrad's own week ends with the Surface unboxing doing the most daily work.

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The videos drawing views on Karl Conrad right now

OLED iPad Mini - Hands ON!114,695 views · 2026-10-29 My iPhone Duo REVIEW - I'm Switching Back to the iPhone 18 Pro Max84,333 views · 2026-10-30 NEW Macbook Pro with Touch Screen + Illuminated Logo HANDS ON!63,648 views · 2026-10-28 Amazon Echo Time UNBOXING and Setup29,215 views · 2026-10-28 Alexa Photo Frame Unboxing and Setup13,434 views · 2026-10-28 Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra UNBOXING - The MacBook Pro Killer188,569 views

The numbers

Here is Karl Conrad's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Karl Conrad

3,415,440

Hardware Unboxed

1,897,350

9to5Mac

1,501,713

iDeviceHelp

1,026,430

bigclivedotcom

993,478

Jeff Geerling

875,835

WULFF DEN

775,185

Tim Schofield

661,954

Hugh Jeffreys

316,974

subscribers

1,020,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

479,469,919

views per day

202,543

typical day: 570,343

first-day views of each video posted this week

OLED MacBook Pro HANDS ON. Touch Screen…

108,136

OLED iPad Mini - Hands ON!

49,681

My iPhone Duo REVIEW - I'm Switching Ba…

55,638

NEW Macbook Pro with Touch Screen + Ill…

49,917

Amazon Echo Time UNBOXING and Setup

11,335

Alexa Photo Frame Unboxing and Setup

6,460

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Hardware Unboxed

1,170,000

bigclivedotcom

1,130,000

Jeff Geerling

1,100,000

iDeviceHelp

1,060,000

Karl Conrad

1,020,000

Hugh Jeffreys

1,010,000

WULFF DEN

989,000

9to5Mac

986,000

Tim Schofield

974,000

As of November 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.