TechRax

YouTube channel focused on smartphone destruction

TechRax

Personal information
Born|

Taras Maksimuk

(1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 30)

Lutsk, Volynska Oblast, Ukraine

Nationality| Ukrainian-American
Occupation| YouTuber
YouTube information
Channel|

* TechRax

Years active| 2009–present
Genre(s)| Tech reviews and tech destruction
Subscribers| 7.63 million[1]
Total views| 2 billion[1]

Creator Awards

| 100,000 subscribers| 2013[2]
| 1,000,000 subscribers| 2015[3]
Alma mater| California State University

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Last updated: 12 April 2023

TechRax is a YouTube channel[4] focused on making videos about the destruction of phones and other technological devices.[5] The channel was founded by Taras Maksimuk (Ukrainian: Тара́с Ма́ксимук; born August 5, 1993) on September 20, 2009.[citation needed]

## History[edit]

Maksimuk began the TechRax channel as a standard tech blog but switched over to tech destruction videos in 2012 after discovering a demand for them. Maksimuk used the advertising revenue to finance his college studies.[6] The first destruction video he did is titled "iPhone 5 Hammer Smash Drop Test -Episode #1-".[7] The destruction of Apple products are the most popular on the channel.[8]

## Format[edit]

TechRax's videos generally follow the same format, and involve stress tests, drop tests, and experiments involving the deliberate destruction or damage to technology, typically smartphones. Maksimuk has crushed an iPhone 5s under a train,[9] boiled an iPhone 6 in Coca-Cola,[10] performed a head-to-head comparison between an iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 to see which survives longer when boiled in water,[11] and destroyed an Apple Watch Edition with neodymium magnets.[8] The watch cost $10,000, which he raised through advertising in other videos.[12] The video drew over six million views by February 2016.[13] He subsequently melted crayons and dipped an iPhone 6s into them, which then resulted in a major fire.[13]

### Drop tests[edit]

A common video format on the channel involves drop tests of iPhones and other brands of phones, occasionally after encasing them in a substance to see if they would survive the fall. Other videos involve dropping objects from tall buildings.[14]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "About TechRax". YouTube.
2. ^ "100K Subscribers iPhone 5 Giveaway!". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
3. ^ "IPhone 6 Mega Giveaway! 1M Subscribers Special!". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
4. ^ "Techrax". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
5. ^ Bort, Julie (2015-07-31). "This guy built a YouTube following by destroying thousands of dollars of iPhones just for fun". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
6. ^ Orf, Darren (2015-05-05). "Meet the Twisted YouTube Geniuses Who Destroyed the Apple Watch". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
7. ^ TechRax (2012-09-25), iPhone 5 Hammer Smash Drop Test -Episode #1-, archived from the original on 2015-11-28, retrieved 2016-05-22
8. ^ a b Kooser, Amanda (2015-06-15). "Watch a $10,000 Apple Watch get crushed by powerful magnets". CNET. Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
9. ^ Statt, Nick (2014-07-24). "iPhone 5S vs. train goes exactly like you'd expect". CNET. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
10. ^ Wehner, Mike (2014-12-17). "Boiling an iPhone 6 in Coca-Cola, for science". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
11. ^ Moscaritolo, Angela (2015-04-23). "Watch What Happens When You Boil an iPhone 6, Galaxy S6". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
12. ^ Elmer-DeWitt, Philip (2015-06-14). "Watch a $10,000 gold Apple Watch get destroyed". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
13. ^ a b Kooser, Amanda (2016-02-15). "Watch an iPhone try to survive a hot melted-crayon bath". CNET. Archived from the original on 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
14. ^ "Can LEGO Protect an iPhone 6S from 100 FT Drop Test?".