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356:. The video in several days was watched tens of millions of times. It became the "fifth highest-trending upload to YouTube". It is Unbox Therapy's most watched video and received 71 million views by August 2019. Although he purchased the phone himself, Hilsenteger was unafraid of demolishing it because he expected to generate sufficient YouTube advertising revenue from the video to buy a new phone.
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