Nextbase iQ to be sold in Australia *pukes*

[Augustus]

So after the publicised issues that the Nextbase iQ has had, I just was aimlessly scrolling on Facebook when I saw the news that the iQ is coming to Australia, to Harvey Norman.

Pardon Our Interruption

I can't see this ending well for the consumers that purchase this dashcam..

 

[mentadent]

Why do you think it will be bad for consumers buying the Nextbase camera?

 

[Augustus]

Why do you think it will be bad for consumers buying the Nextbase camera?

Have you not seen the coverage of the iQ here on DashCamTalk

 

[Nigel]

Have you not seen the coverage of the iQ here on DashCamTalk

Don't seem to be many people that have one, and the few that have said that they bought one have sent it back!

 

[mentadent]

Thanks, good to have sources and examples otherwise it's as useless as an influencer.

 

[Augustus]

Thanks, good to have sources and examples otherwise it's as useless as an influencer.

Yeah you must not have seen the coverage then

 

[mentadent]

I see lots of posts about rear camera not working.

 

[Augustus]

I see lots of posts about rear camera not working.

Reddit seems to have a lot of unhappy customers too. I think Vortex Radar did a video interviewing the folks, but then there was nothing after that not even a full review.

Like Nigel posted above, there have been a bunch of less than stellar reviews on the iQ - the only positive ones are tech blog outlets who may have been sponsored reviews.

 

[mentadent]

So hard to know what is an honest opinion these days, with ad money redirected to bribing influencers rather than just ads and honest people sharing opinions.

 

[Chuck McCoy]

So hard to know what is an honest opinion these days, with ad money redirected to bribing influencers rather than just ads and honest people sharing opinions.

 

[Augustus]

So hard to know what is an honest opinion these days, with ad money redirected to bribing influencers rather than just ads and honest people sharing opinions.

It's pretty damn obvious, has been for years. However most people don't think that deep into things and take whatever is said as gospel.

 

[Chuck McCoy]

It's pretty damn obvious, has been for years. However most people don't think that deep into things and take whatever is said as gospel.

We just got a new federal law that's about 20 years too late, and will be unenforceable. lol

 

[Augustus]

We just got a new federal law that's about 20 years too late, and will be unenforceable. lol

I can definitely come up with more examples than that, but Lon wouldn't name it in that video to be careful when it comes to the law (big YouTubers will go after smaller ones, irs been known to hapoen). Things like #teampixel I've known about for years, I personally know the guy behind their social media marketing because he used to be in the same space as me with Nokia - this latest thing was a **** show.

It really goes to show though that its all just one giant advertisement, and unlike forums like here on DCT where we test and give honest feedback and results, it's not like that for the majority of the tech world.

 

[Nigel]

I see lots of posts about rear camera not working.

I assume that issue has been fixed, seems the first batch was released without any rear cameras working!

But there are so few recent reports that it is hard to judge the current situation.

We can see from their website that they still don't have the previously high profile Roadwatch AI feature available, and looking at current advertising, maybe it has been dropped. I have never considered it to be implementable anyway, but the other features all appear to be available now.

£349 for the 1K version, plus £120 per year for the subscription if you want to be able to access your videos, appears to be too much for almost everyone. It is not like phones, were you get a new latest model phone every year included in the subscription.

The free subscription sending you "Real-time text notifications", but not allowing you to access your videos has upset a few people!
Especially with Nextbase saying: "Your videos are stored in the cloud so you don't have to mess around with SD cards. Everything is accessible the second you need it.".

 

[Augustus]

I assume that issue has been fixed, seems the first batch was released without any rear cameras working!

But there are so few recent reports that it is hard to judge the current situation.

We can see from their website that they still don't have the previously high profile Roadwatch AI feature available, and looking at current advertising, maybe it has been dropped. I have never considered it to be implementable anyway, but the other features all appear to be available now.

£349 for the 1K version, plus £120 per year for the subscription if you want to be able to access your videos, appears to be too much for almost everyone. It is not like phones, were you get a new latest model phone every year included in the subscription.

The free subscription sending you "Real-time text notifications", but not allowing you to access your videos has upset a few people!
Especially with Nextbase saying: "Your videos are stored in the cloud so you don't have to mess around with SD cards. Everything is accessible the second you need it.".

And what happens when the cloud is down, and you need to access your footage. There's so much wrong with Nextbase approach to the whole damned thing.

 

[Nigel]

And what happens when the cloud is down, and you need to access your footage. There's so much wrong with Nextbase approach to the whole damned thing.

More importantly, what happens when I'm parked at home, where there is no 4G reception?

 

[Augustus]

More importantly, what happens when I'm parked at home, where there is no 4G reception?

Move house haha

 

[mentadent]

It's pretty damn obvious, has been for years. However most people don't think that deep into things and take whatever is said as gospel.

So not obvious to most people =)

Basically every video on the subject of GoPro, Insta 360 and DJI is garbage now. They could make something with 1 pixel and there would be 1000 videos on how amazing it is.

 

[mentadent]

I searched YouTube for Nextbase IQ and the top 5 videos make it look like a great product.

 

[Augustus]

So not obvious to most people =)

Basically every video on the subject of GoPro, Insta 360 and DJI is garbage now. They could make something with 1 pixel and there would be 1000 videos on how amazing it is.

Yes definitely for about the last decade, shame it has been commercialised like that but it's the reality. Influencers are expected to abide by the press marketing requirements too, which is a shame but then the tech industry is cut-throat these days - less views and the YouTube tech community is oversaturated.