Brandon Butch

YouTuber making in-depth videos on latest iOS updates, Apple products, and Apple-related tech reviews.

subscribers on YouTube: 1.4M
followers on TikTok: 510.3K
items cited: 37
sources read: 20

TikTok count as of October 2026, from the public profile. See what other TikTok creators use.

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@brandonbutch

Capture1Sound3Editing and post12Desk9Everything else12

Capture

Cameras1

iPhone Duo
cited in 2 videospositive about it
“The iPhone Duo has finally arrived and in this detailed video, we unbox and setup the iPhone Duo in Star White, discuss the new design and how it works, the incredible display, the performance, app optimization, the camera and its new features, battery life, and my overall first impressions review of the iPhone Duo after 24 hours.”
View sourcefrom October 2026+ 1 more source

Sound

Speakers2

HomePod
$349.00
“And this is great because I cannot tell you how many times I've touched, you know, on top of the HomePod on accident and it just, you know, pause it or invoke Siri or something like that.”
View source at 4:59from October 2026
HomePod mini 2
mixed views on it
“Okay, so I just did a test with multiple songs alternating between the first gen and the second gen HomePod Mini 2. And I have to say it sounds like the HomePod Mini 2 is a little bit louder.”
View source at 12:14from October 2026

Headphones1

AirPods
$119.95cited in 2 videos
“And just overall with iOS 27, I noticed that my AirPods updated the firmware. Whether it's beta or a final release, it updated the firmware much faster than ever before, like on iOS 26 or previous.”
View source at 54:35from September 2026+ 1 more source

Editing and post

Editing software2

Final Cut Pro
“And I also don't mind the 1 TB SSD, the storage, because I have an NVMe SSD that I run all of my Final Cut Pro projects on and everything like that.”
View source at 12:06from October 2026
Photoshop
“…or when I'm trying to move things in Photoshop, it just seems like it'd be easier with my fingers to move it around than using a mouse.”
View source at 6:21from October 2026

AI software1

Siri app
speaks highly of it
“Okay, I don't know about you guys, but I've been loving the standalone Siri application here in iOS 27. It's completely replaced Chat GPT and Gemini. For me, I'm not kidding. I actually use the Siri application over those other chat bots now.”
View source at 9:37from September 2026

Productivity software8

macOS 27 Golden Gate
cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it
“Now, here is one of my favorite features in macOS 27 Golden Gate that you should absolutely try right away. And that has to do with iPhone mirroring. This is a feature I use all the time, but now it's gotten better with this new version of macOS.”
View source at 2:34from September 2026+ 1 more source
Discord
“Join our *Discord* server to continue the conversation”
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iPadOS 27
speaks highly of it
“Not quite as crazy as iPad OS 26, but I'm really loving iPad OS 27 because everything just feels so much smoother than it did before.”
View source at 19:25from September 2026
Files app
speaks highly of it
“Now, we have to talk about the files application because this is easily one of my most used applications on the iPad.”
View source at 3:53from September 2026

Apple Mail1 video
Geekbench1 video
iOS 271 video
Journal1 video

Creator tools1

Epidemic Sound
“Music via Epidemic Sound”
View sourcefrom September 2026

Desk

Computers3

MacBook Pro with ProLED XDR Display (M5 Pro, base model, nano-texture)
speaks highly of it
“And if you're wondering which model I ordered myself, I did go ahead and order the base model, the cheapest one you can get, the M5 Pro MacBook Pro base model. So, I got it in space black, and I don't mind the 24 gigs of RAM, that's plenty for me.”
View source at 11:53from October 2026
Mac
“So you can see here if I go up to my top little control center here on my Mac, I can select if I go right here under sound, if I just press this little icon right here, you can see I can set the output to my HomePod minis.”
View source at 13:43from October 2026
MacBook Pro
mixed views on it
“So, I think that's going to end up being one of the best things about this new MacBook Pro, especially because if you're like me and you travel with the MacBook Pro, it is heavy in your backpack.”
View source at 10:57

Monitors1

iPhone 15 Pro Max
mixed views on it
“So, three years ago, the iPhone 15 Pro Max was the first Pro Max iPhone I ever used as my daily phone because it was the lightest Pro Max iPhone ever.”
View source at 0:00from October 2026

Peripherals4

Apple Pencil
$129.00positive about it
“So anytime I do circle to search, I always for some reason use the Apple Pencil and it's very convenient.”
View source at 14:05from September 2026
USB 3 cable
positive about it
“So what I would do is find a minimum of a USB 3 cable. And that's what I have right here, a USB 3 cable.”
View source at 4:22from September 2026
Thunderbolt 4 cable
speaks highly of it
“So, I actually decided to replace that cable with a Thunderbolt 4 cable just to make sure I have the maximum amount of speed possible.”
View source at 5:01from September 2026
Magic Keyboard
$99.00
“So, I can have it open up Safari, notes, and Calendar automatically in a certain order when I, you know, put on my Magic Keyboard because that means I'm about to get to work.”
View source at 5:48from September 2026

Storage1

4TB NVMe SSD (external)
“…because I have an NVMe SSD that I run all of my Final Cut Pro projects on and everything like that. It's 4 TB. I don't really need all the internal storage, you know, for those projects.”
View source at 12:08from October 2026

Everything else

Other12

iPhone 18 Pro Max
$1,299.00cited in 7 videosspeaks highly of it
“All right, so I've been using the iPhone 18 Pro Max for over two weeks now, and I think this might be one of the most misunderstood iPhone models in a long time.”
View source at 0:00from October 2026+ 6 more sources
iPhone 18 Pro
cited in 4 videosspeaks highly of it
“What's up, guys? My name is Brandon and I've been using the iPhone 18 Pro every day since launch.”
View source at 0:00from September 2026+ 3 more sources
Geekbench 7
cited in 3 videos
“However, I am going to run a Geekbench 7 test here to see how the scores compare to the previous beta because so far feels the same, but we'll see if those scores show anything different.”
View source at 6:58from October 2026+ 2 more sources
iOS 27.2 Beta
cited in 2 videospositive about it
“I have been using the main 27.2 beta 2 on my main device here for a little bit. So, and it's been great for me. I've really had no issues with the beta so far.”
View source at 6:46from October 2026+ 1 more source