WEBVTT - Amazon drops a whole bunch of new products 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:13.200 Amazon has a new robot, but I'm more excited about 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:17.079 their new smart home thermostat. My thoughts on the iPhone 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:20.160 thirteen pro after using it for a few weeks plus 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:23.960 your tech questions answered? What is going on? I'm Rich 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:27.320 Demiro and this is Rich on Tech, the podcast where 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.800 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:32.560 know about. It's also the place where I answer the 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.440 questions you send me, and yes, yes, send me a 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.280 lot of them, and that's okay. I do try to 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.120 answer them more so than just on the podcast, But 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:44.280 the podcast is a good place because it helps other 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:48.360 people know what's going on. So who am I? I'm 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.360 the tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.720 Hope you are having a fantastic week. I did something 0:00:54.760 --> 0:01:00.560 totally wild this week. I flew home for my mom's birthday. 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:04.200 And I was supposed to go home Monday through Wednesday 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.400 of the week. And now, mind you, my mom lives 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:11.160 in New Jersey, so not necessarily the easiest thing to 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.000 get to. I mean, you can there's millions of direct 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:15.880 flights a day, well not millions, but there's a lot 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:20.920 of direct flights. But you know it's expensive. It's cost costly. Well, 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:22.800 did I say that time consuming? I have to take 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:27.039 off work. So I said, you know what, I got 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.080 to do this. You know, people aren't getting any younger, 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.039 and you know, I just felt like I've missed a 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.039 lot of things living out in Los Angeles. I've been 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:36.760 there for a lot. But I just said, you know, 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.320 I've never really done this. Let me just do this. 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:41.240 And so I talked to my boss. I said, hey, 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.000 can can I do this? Can I surprise my mom? 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.440 Can I kind of work remotely a little bit? And 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.600 she said sure. And so I did it and I 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.200 was ready to fly out Monday morning, but I had 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.720 this major toothache that could not I couldn't deal with. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:58.680 And so thankfully nowadays the airlines let you switch your 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.680 flights for free. Because I switched my flight like three times. 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:05.280 I got into the dentist. They were very nice and 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.560 helped me out there. I don't really know if it's solved. 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.360 Still think I've got an issue that I don't know 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.040 what the deal is with. When it hurts to eat, 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:16.400 that's a problem, right anyway, Still working through that. But 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.399 I did fly home on the Red Eye that night, 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.600 and I got home surprised my mom in the morning, 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.919 and it was fantastic. We had a nice big dinner 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.639 for her birthday dinner, got to see all my family members, 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.400 and then I flew out the next day. So it 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:36.560 was I think it takes the award for the shortest 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.360 I've ever been in New Jersey for a trip. It 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:43.919 was less than thirty six hours and so or let's see, yeah, 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.760 twenty four Yeah, probably thirty six hours, so whatever, Yeah, 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:51.399 twelve plus twenty four Okay, So it was great though. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.800 I got to say, it was pretty fantastic and it 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.760 was well worth it. And my only advice if you 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:00.160 are planning any sort of travel at this point. It 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.400 used to be I would look up the flights and 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.519 then you know, then later on I would figure out 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:12.079 the rental car situation and the hotel room situation. But nowadays, honestly, 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.359 if you're going somewhere, if you're flying somewhere, look up 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:19.480 the rental car situation first, because the rental car situation 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:26.200 right now is absolutely oops, not that one, bananas, it's 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.560 so bad. I ended up doing so. The cheapest rental 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:33.640 car for a forty eight hour rental was six hundred dollars. 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:38.480 I'm talking a compact car from Hertz, and I was like, 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.080 there's no way. I got so taken in Hawaii with 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.680 my rental car. I thought that was expensive. This takes 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:46.320 the cake. So I was like, no way. So I 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.000 was willing to just Uber if I had to, but 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.760 even Uber's expensive these days. So I ended up doing 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:54.720 price Line. But price Line and I know, I'm going off. 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:56.720 This is a much longer story than you need at 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:58.720 the beginning of the podcast. But whatever. You tuned in 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.440 for the rich On Tech show, and so I'm just 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.680 telling you rich On Tech stuff. But I did the 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:05.760 price line thing where you name your own price. Well, 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.200 they don't do that anymore. They just give you a 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:08.960 price and you say yes, and then they tell you 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.920 the rental car company. So I got Avis. But the 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.000 problem is I changed my whole flight, and so I 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.080 wasn't arriving at the time, and it was this whole 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:18.800 big thing, and I couldn't get anyone on AVIS. I 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:20.680 couldn't get anyone from price Line to help me out. 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:21.920 And so finally I just said, you know, I'm just 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:23.640 gonna go up to the desk. And so I go 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.120 up to the desk and the woman sitting there I'm 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.120 just like, Hi, I'm a little late for my reservation, 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.240 like by twenty four hours or something, and she's like, 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.480 driver's license, didn't really care. The whole thing was prepaid, 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.440 so whatever, I'm still paying for the time, right, and 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:41.280 I got my car and it all worked out. But anyway, 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.960 it was just it was a great trip. And it's 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.920 one of these things where I just feel like sometimes 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.040 in life you have to do some things that are 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.880 a little bit out of your comfort zone. And I'm 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.919 very comfortable flying, I'm very comfortable traveling. But it's like 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:56.719 one of those things where if you really analyze, you like, 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:58.880 I'm going I'm spending all this money to go home 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.960 for a dinner with my mom. And yes, when you 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:03.680 say it like that, you're like, well, of course, what's 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.400 that worth. It's worth everything. But when you actually have 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:07.880 to put a price to it and it costs you 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:09.880 your time and your money and your days of work 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.880 and all this stuff, it is tough and so but 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:15.640 sometimes I feel like it's just really nice to just 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.800 challenge yourself into doing things. And it's kind of like 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.159 the reason why I went to Chattanooga, Tennessee a couple 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:23.719 of weeks ago, and I shot my own story with 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.880 my iPhone because I like to challenge myself. I think 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:31.359 it keeps you fresh, it keeps you young, it keeps 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:33.920 you thinking. I've been doing my job now for ten 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.320 plus years, and yes, I could do the same thing 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:39.080 every day. I could do the same routine. I could 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.800 dubh blah blah blah blah. But it really helps to 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.320 challenge your brain. And I always talk about this with 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:49.359 your pathways and your brain. I feel like when you read, 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:52.680 when you do different things, when you have experiences, it 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.120 opens up different pathways. It kind of like forges these 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.680 little paths in your brain. And I think that's really 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:02.520 important for keeping you young, keeping you fresh, keeping you challenged, 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.919 keeping you interested, inspired, all these different things. And so 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.080 I had a really great time. It was so worth 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.680 it and it was a lot of fun. And anyway, 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:14.840 that's my story and I'm sticking to it. All right, 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:19.680 Let's talk about the Let's talk about Amazon. They had 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.320 a big event this week and Amazon. I was watching 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.640 this while I was at home, and I was It's 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.800 just amazing how many products they release and Amazon. It's 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:32.240 kind of interesting because when when Amazon Facebook, what are 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:38.000 the other ones? Uh, Google. They were always software companies, right, 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.560 They always came out with products that were software, you know, 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.919 Google Search and Google Maps and this and that, and 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:45.880 then all of a sudden they started coming out with hardware. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.360 And now these big tech companies are also the big 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.760 tech hardware companies, which is kind of scary for some people. 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:57.200 But clearly they have, you know, the integrations that they 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.719 have kind of the beauty of their products working together 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.320 is really the magic. And these companies are big into 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.000 AI and so that's all playing a role as well. 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:10.400 But anyway, Amazon has a bunch of new products that 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.080 they came out with this week. I'm gonna go over 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.600 some of them. I think the most exciting one, I 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:16.640 know it's kind of funny, but I think the most 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:21.160 exciting one for the average person is this Amazon smart thermostat. 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.120 And so I've had a Nest thermostat was the first 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.320 thing I ever installed in my house when I moved in, 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:29.080 and it's been fine. I mean, I don't think it's 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.720 anything that exciting. I don't know if it saves me 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:33.239 a lot of money. I don't know if it works 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.240 that great. It's just there. But I was big into 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.520 Amazon Google products, like Google home, and so it was 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.640 great it worked with that. But as I sort of 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:45.120 move away from those more towards the Ring products more sorts, 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:50.560 the Amazon Echo line and the Alexa stuff, I feel 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:52.880 like this smart thermostat I might have to switch to. 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.000 And the best part is it's only sixty dollars, so 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.520 it's DIY. It works with Alexa, and the reality of 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:03.320 this thermost is that it learns what you like. It's 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.960 super simple. It has a very simple display on it 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.640 with like it looks like to be three buttons and 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:11.520 two digits, so it shows you your temperature and then 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.280 you can go up down and there's something in the 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.320 middle which I'm not sure that one's for. But this 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:20.680 is sixty dollars, which Amazon says it will save you 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.200 at least fifty dollars on your yearly energy bill, which 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.680 I know it's not too much money, but still every 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.840 nickel counts, especially when it comes to the thermostat. So 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.960 in my house, when we leave for you know, leave 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:36.360 the house, it turns off the air. It'll like turn 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.240 it to like an eco savings and so if you're 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.479 not doing that, if you're just having a regular thermostat, 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.040 that's programming give me a break. You're never going to 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.600 program a thermostat. They're so complicated. But if you're just 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.760 turning it off and turning it on when you come home, okay, 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.240 that's one way, but probably most people are just leaving 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.840 it on and forgetting about it. And so the idea 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:55.840 that this knows when you're home, when you're away, it 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.640 learns your preferences, it learns when you're sleeping, that's a 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.319 big deal. And so I think this is a huge, 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:05.120 huge win for consumers at sixty dollars. And the best 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:08.720 part about Amazon, They've already done their homework and when 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.440 you purchase this thing, they're actually going to send you 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:17.600 an email with any available rebates in your area. So 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.280 I think that that's a really cool feature as well. 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.400 So I think this is a winner. I think this 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.320 is a really cool device, and I think that it's 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.680 probably one of the better things that they announced. There 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:32.800 is no speaker or microphone built into this Amazon Smart thermostat, 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.679 but if you have an Alexa compatible device like an 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:38.480 Echo or the app, it will work with all of 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.319 that stuff and you can DIY, I install this thing myself. 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.040 The last one, the next one, I think I'm gonna 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:45.880 switch to this. I think I'm gonna try it out 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.319 because the next one is getting kind of old. It's 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.800 going on a couple of years, many many years, so 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:55.000 actually yeah, like five six years old. So I think 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:58.240 that it's kind of nice for something new. And Amazon 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:02.320 worked with Honeywell to to make this thing, so it's 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:06.079 not just them that made this thermos that they did 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:10.080 work with a trusted provider as well. Sixty dollars available 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.640 November fourth, twenty twenty one. Let me know if you 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:19.120 get it. Let's get to the first question of the 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.440 day we have, Miriam. She says, I don't understand why 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.240 this update is different than the usual ones. Am I 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.160 supposed to install it? Or wait? Thank you very much 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:31.880 for your help. And she included a screenshot of iOS 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:37.640 the update screen under software settings or software update under 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:42.120 the settings on iOS on her iPhone and what it 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.839 shows is it says iOS fourteen up to date or 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:49.040 at the bottom it says install iOS fifteen. And Miriam, 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.920 you are one hundred percent right. This is a new 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:55.360 way that Apple is doing updates for the iPhone. It 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:59.040 is the first time ever that you can stick with 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:03.520 the old iOS fourteen. The previous generation, or you can 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:05.960 update to the new one. And what they're doing is 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:10.079 they are going to still send you security updates security 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:15.000 patches for your old operating system, even though you haven't 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.240 updated to the new one. And this is the first 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.200 time Apple's ever done this. Previously, if you stayed on 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:23.679 an old operating system, you were stuck in time, You 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.640 were frozen in time, you did not get software updates 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.960 that dealt with the security updates. Usually Apple would bundle 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:35.520 iOS updates, those little incremental ones like iOS fourteen point two, 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:39.480 fourteen point four, fourteen point six, fourteen point eight, they 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:44.440 would bundle the security updates into the overall iOS update. 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.560 They're no longer doing that now they're parsing them out. 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.280 So if you choose to stay on iOS fourteen, your 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:52.680 phone will be just as secure as someone who is 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:56.960 on the latest and greatest iOS fifteen. And why did 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.640 they do this, Well, I think enough people want the 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.120 choice at this point. I think it's pretty smart and 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.920 they don't want people who are on old devices getting 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.960 security holes. It seems like there's more and more kind 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:13.560 of security issues with the iPhone. Not in a big way, 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.480 but there's definitely things that are being discovered, and so 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:19.320 I think Apple understands they've got a billion people using 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.040 this device around the world, like, hey, we probably shouldn't 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.040 shut those folks out. So Miriam, it is your choice. 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.160 You can continue to do just the software updates or 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:31.160 the software patches or the security patches, I should say, 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.120 for iOS fourteen and stick with what you know, or 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:37.880 you can update to iOS fifteen and get the new features. 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:41.320 Are the new features worth it? I don't know. I mean, 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.280 it's up to you. I feel like the focus feature 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.080 is kind of a It's way too complicated for the 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.440 average person to set up and use. I'd never know. 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.480 My phone is always switching into a different one of 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.400 these focus groups. I don't know what you want to 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.840 call it, but it goes from from bedtime to sleep 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.600 to weekend to war to personal. I'm like, these are 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.800 way too many. I don't need all these different things, 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.160 and it's just too complicated to set up, even for me, 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:10.760 a tech guy. And so for that reason, I think 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:12.319 that Apple is going to go back to the drawing 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:16.480 board and simplify the focus over the next year or so, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.480 so we'll see some changes with that, I'm sure. But yeah, 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.040 you can choose now if you want to go with 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.400 the new update or if you just want to continue 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:25.680 running what you got and do some of the security 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:30.720 patches along the way. All State drop the iPhone thirteen 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.920 and thirteen pro to figure out how durable they are, 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:38.720 and they say they are compatible comparable to durability to 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:43.000 their iPhone twelve predecessors, but they also drop them in 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:45.040 their cases. So why does all State do this well 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.839 because All State offers protection plans, and so they want 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:51.560 to sell you insurance on your phone. Which look, I 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:53.920 test a lot of devices. I can tell you that 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:57.640 in my ten fifteen years of testing devices, I have 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:02.520 dropped maybe maybe four or five devices over the years, 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:07.680 and I have cracked or broken maybe three over the years. 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.320 And so most of the time I will tell you 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.480 how you break devices. It is someone that is maybe 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:18.240 a kid or another person that hits into your phone 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.440 while it is in your hand and your kind of 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.600 your phone is rested in your hand and someone bumps 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.920 into you and the phone pops out of your hand 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.640 onto the floor it shatters. That's one way that it 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.360 has happened to me several times. The other way is 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:32.360 that it falls out of your pocket when you're getting 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:35.640 out of the car, and that's another big way. But 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:37.400 most of the time we have a pretty good grip 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:39.160 on our phone, and if you have a good case 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:42.560 on your phone that offers some protection, especially a raised 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.280 lip around the edge of the case, your phone is 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.160 going to fall and it's going to be fine most 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.040 of the time. Now, there are some instances where it 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:54.720 falls specifically on its face or on an edge where 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.120 it will shatter, But most of the time when your 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:01.240 phone screen shatters, it's based on several small drops and 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.720 then one drop just pushes it over the edge. So 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.680 with all that said, face down drop test iPhone thirteen 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.760 without a case when drops six feet onto a sidewalk 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.840 onto its front screen. It survived one drop with only 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.800 minor damage. On the second drop, it cracked at the 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:19.160 top and bottom. The iPhone thirteen pro cracked across the 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:23.000 top across the bottom after one drop, and so again 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.680 it may do a small crack or a big crack 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:30.640 with just one drop. But yeah, so back back down 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:33.720 drop test without a case, when drops six feet onto 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.880 a sidewalk onto its back the iPhone thirteen survived with 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:42.280 no damage virtually no damage after three drops. Minor cracks 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.680 on one of its cameras along a corner, and the 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:49.520 iPhone thirteen Pro shattered after one drop. So the iPhone 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:52.640 thirteen Pro is a lot heavier and bigger and bulkier 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:56.920 than the iPhone thirteen. Oh sorry, this is Pro. That's 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:00.640 not pro maax but interesting, So the Pro, Well, it 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:03.680 is bigger, it is heavier, so or it's not bigger, 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.240 but it's definitely heavier, so that's probably why it's shattering 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.920 after one drop. iPhone thirteen with the silicone case with 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:13.960 a mag safe silicone case made a significant difference in 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:17.880 durability when dropped back down. It survived three drops with 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:21.720 only a small scratch on a camera lens. When dropped 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:25.400 face down, iPhone thirteen cracked on its second drop. iPhone 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:29.000 thirteen Pro in a leather case. The leather case made 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:32.200 a significant difference in durability when dropped face down or 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:36.080 back down. iPhone thirteen Pro survived three drops with no 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:40.400 damage and performed best in our drop test. When dropped 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.680 face down, iPhone thirteen Pro cracked on its first drop. 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.560 So again, iPhone thirteen Pro. So what do we learn 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:48.960 from this number? One? Get a case on your phone, 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.400 any sort of case is going to be better because 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.000 it's going to protect you in the case of a fall. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.840 Now you may say, rich, I've got insurance. I really 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:59.400 don't care. But to me, why do you want to 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:02.400 go through the hause of insurance claims? And also, some 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:04.720 of these cases are pretty nice and thin. They still 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.360 give you a decent amount of durability, like they're saying here. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:10.159 Even the silicone case and the leather case, which are 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.080 two pretty thin cases, these are not thick cases are 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.119 giving you a lot of protection, especially on the standard 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.480 iPhone iPhone thirteen. Yeah, it's gonna crack a little bit 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:24.240 more readily, so you might want a slightly more pronounced 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:27.120 case on that. I like cases if you want something 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.359 basic from Spegan that's really cheap, doesn't offer much drop 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:33.919 protection for their basic hybrid case, but it's gonna be 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.119 nice on your phone. I like if you want a 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:40.240 lot of protection, I like the Spec Presidio grip. And 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:43.000 if you want a lot of protection at not a 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:46.280 lot of price, the Smartish cases are really nice and 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:49.840 they have a good grip around them. So that's the 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.480 deal with the iPhone thirteen. Get a case on it 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:55.720 if you're upgrading personally. I've been using the iPhone thirteen 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:58.399 Pro for I don't know, two weeks now, and I 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:02.600 gotta say it's fantastic. Battery life is definitely better than 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.240 the previous model, the iPhone twelve Pro. The cameras, I mean, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:09.960 I can't say they are significantly better, but it's a 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.520 camera that is basically, I think, the best that you 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:16.440 can get on a smartphone today. The video camera is 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:19.520 absolutely the best you can get on any smartphone out there. 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:22.520 The Pixel six Pro is coming out in a couple 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.120 of weeks, and so I have to compare and see, 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:27.720 but it doesn't really matter. I'm not going to say 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:29.879 switch to the Pixel six Pro because it has a 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:32.879 better camera, even if it does, because Apple has so 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:35.560 many other things going for it. Just when you look 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:39.879 at the accessories and the ecosystem compared to the Android, 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:42.959 it's like Apple Watch. You're just not getting if you're 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:44.720 switching to that, And that's gonna be a problem for 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:47.280 me if I want to switch to the Pixel six Pro, 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.639 which I've been talking about on this podcast, but I 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.040 don't know. I mean, the iPhone is just so standardized. 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.439 I mean, everything just works so nicely, whether it's the 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.879 wallet features, whether it's the apps, whether it's all these 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.520 little things that Apple is built in and just kind 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:04.000 of put its It's what do you call it, tentacles 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:05.960 out into the world. It kind of grips so many 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:08.879 different things that it's tough to just switch at this 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:12.720 point because they've done so many good things. So I 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:15.200 love the iPhone thirteen Pro. I think it's a great upgrade. 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.240 If you have an iPhone twelve model, you probably don't 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.320 have to upgrade to the iPhone thirteen unless you really 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.520 want the better cameras on the iPhone thirteen Pro. When 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:26.840 it comes between the Pro and the Promax, I can't 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:29.680 do the Promax. It's way too big. They didn't make 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:32.439 you choose this time, so it's the same camera setup 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:35.960 on the thirteen Pro and the Promax. So for me personally, 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:39.080 I really like the Pro because it's a great combination 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:42.760 of features and size. If you don't mind a giant 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:45.440 phone in your pocket, then go ahead get the Promax. 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:47.800 Some people just want the added screen real estate, and 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:51.280 I totally understand that. As for the iPhone twelve, it's 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.600 your basic phone. I don't see a big, big difference 0:19:54.600 --> 0:19:58.120 in the cameras. This year over last year. But you know, 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:00.560 for the battery life, it's probably a little litle bit better. 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:03.359 But if you're going from any phone before the iPhone twelve, 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.280 if you're on the eleven or the ten or the 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:08.520 ten are or the nine or the eight or the 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:11.000 seven or the six, you are going to see a 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:18.240 huge increase in performance. And also cameras. Oh, in cinematic 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:19.840 mode it's pretty cool too, But I don't know when 0:20:19.840 --> 0:20:22.159 I really ever use that. All right, Debbie says, Hey, Rich, 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:23.840 I'm hoping you can help me. I posted a few 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:26.639 things on Facebook Marketplace today. I got a message right away. 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:29.280 Oh that's good. They asked for my phone number to 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:31.600 call me. Then I got a text with a Google 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:34.400 verification number and they asked for it to make sure 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:36.760 I was legit. I feel so dumb. I've never heard 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:39.119 of this. Then they started asking me for other numbers. 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:41.080 I don't really know what this means for my Google account. 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:43.320 I'm not aware I ever set up a Google Voice. 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:46.080 Is my information in danger? If so, what can I do? 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:50.560 Thanks so much? Debbie in Utah. Oh, Debbie, I hate 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:53.399