WEBVTT - Motorola Brings Back the Razr with a Foldable Screen 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:09.920 Motorola brings back the Razor, Android finally gets its I message. 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:14.880 Disney Plus is here and your tech questions answered. What's 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.840 going on? I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech, 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:19.840 the podcast where I talk about the stuff that I 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.480 think you should know about happening in the tech world. 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:25.720 Plus it's the place where I answer the questions that 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:28.920 you send me, and believe me, you send them to me. 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.160 Thanks and welcome to the show, especially if you're listening 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:34.360 for the first time. Maybe it found me through Leo 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:38.080 Laporte's show. Let me bring on Megan producer. 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:40.639 Megan, what's up, my. 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:44.080 Trustee sidekick here for loaded with questions. 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:45.839 Today, right, Yeah, We've got a lot of good questions, 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:48.280 lots of good questions I've never seen before. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.480 They come in fast and furious, that's for sure. And 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.680 it's almost a full time job to just answer all 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.320 these questions, but I do. And you know, if you 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.840 write me, most of the time you will get a response, 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:00.760 as long as you're not crazy, and maybe if you're 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:03.520 crazy you might get one sometimes. So you know, I 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:07.720 was out late last night, yeah, because Megan had to 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:11.520 do a little extra time this morning to make sure 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:13.800 our segment was ready for the air at five am, 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.560 but I didn't stay out too late, probably like ten o'clock, 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:18.759 but still you still have to wake up at like yeah, 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:19.280 like three. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:19.880 Yeah. 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.720 So but I was at the for a good reason. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:25.680 I went to the Motorola launch party for the Razor. 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:28.560 And so the way it worked is we had Motorola 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:32.160 in the studio in the morning and then at night. 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:34.160 You know, like twelve hours later basically. 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.200 I mean they came in at eight am, no, nine am, yeah, 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.839 and the party started at seven pm, so you're talking 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:41.080 almost eleven hours later. 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:41.400 Yeah. 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.759 I went, you know, to the party, and the party 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.240 was held in downtown Los Angeles at like you know 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:48.240 this new like arts district where a lot of stuff 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:51.520 is seemingly to start there. Now it's like growing. 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:52.520 Yeah, it's really cool. 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:53.720 Yeah, and it is really cool. 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.040 The place was, I forget, it's called like the Container Yard, 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.320 and it was you walk so when you got into 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:02.280 this party, you walk in through this design that this 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.480 art designer had made. It was like an installation and 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.520 it was all these refrigerators filled with ice, but like 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:13.800 sculptures of like old Moto Razor phones and like just 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:15.000 general Motorola stuff. 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:15.840 It was really odd. 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.440 It was almost like a haunted house kind of walking through. 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:21.600 So you get through there scared. It was a little apprehensive. 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.880 We have to wait outline for like outside in line 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:25.799 for like half an hour, and everyone's like, why do 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:26.639 they have to wait this part? 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:27.840 It's not like an open party. 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:29.800 Yeah, and that was the reason why, because they only 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:31.840 let like ten or fifteen people in this little area 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.000 at once to like look at these art exhibits. 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:35.000 They didn't want it to melt. 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.720 Yeah, well it was in refrigerators. And then you go 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.520 outside and the party was actually outside in the middle 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.000 of this thing. Diplo was there playing tunes. 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:45.080 Diplow was there. 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.160 Yeah, I listened to his songs. I don't really know Diplo. 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.240 I know Diplo does a lot of no Diplo. 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:55.240 But he does a lot of like you know, collaborations. Yeah, 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.320 he's not like his own like you know justin Bieber. 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.600 I knew that song. He does a lot of collaps, he. 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.160 Does clap, but he's also a DJA. He has his 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:02.920 own It. 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:04.120 Was great DJ, great DJ. 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:07.160 But the way they launched this phone is kind of 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.480 ironic because it was all of a sudden Diplo came 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:12.920 on and they introduced him or whatever, and then there's 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.200 like this whole thing, this garage that opened up to 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:18.400 all these smoke and mirrors, and that's what they showed 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.440 the phones on, which is kind of ironic for a phone. 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.720 You don't usually want to associate smoke and mirrors with 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.399 your product. But it worked and it was very impressive. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.920 I will say that the early reaction to this product 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:29.640 and we went hands on with it, now a lot 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.640 of people have seen it, is that it's very cool. 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.120 They did a great job with the foldable design on 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:39.839 the screen, unlike some other phones we've seen out there 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:41.880 that just kind of were almost a proof of concept. 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:43.720 But let me go through some. 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.240 Of the specs here, so it's a you know, they 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:47.920 kept kind of the phone the same way as you 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.120 remember back when you had it in like two thousand 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.400 and five or whatever. But now when you open it up, 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.920 the entire thing is a screen that is a foldable screen. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.240 So it's a six point two inch foldable plastic o 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.560 lead panel. It is running Android nine, which I was 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.200 a little disappointed at because you would want Android ten. 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:08.320 I think Android just needs to do away with the 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.240 versions and just focus on like if it has the 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.840 current software updates, because realistically, the difference between nine and 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.000 ten for most people is not a big deal, but 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.280 it's still just it's a way for tech reporters to 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.400 just be like, oh, this phone is already outdated. 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.040 Exactly, They're already a year behind. 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.600 Right, But the way that Android works versus iPhone is 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:27.279 just not the same. 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:28.280 So let's just. 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.640 Drop the version numbers for Android and just focus on 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:33.680 does this phone get current software updates? 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:35.200 Because most of what you can. 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:39.200 Accomplish on an Android versus iPhone is done through app updates, 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.560 not the main software update. 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:42.520 Does that make sense? 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:43.200 That makes sense? 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:44.080 Like you can add like. 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.400 Any feature you want basically to an Android phone by 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:48.480 just downloading an app, and it'll change kind of how 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.400 that phone works now certain core features. Maybe you need 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:55.200 the new operating system anyway. So the design is really cool. 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.480 It's got a fingerprint sensor, which is nice. It's got 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:01.360 USBC on the bottom. Again, the screen inside is really cool. 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.400 There's also a screen on the outside which is two 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.680 point seven inches, And they said that they made sure 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.279 they worked on this screen a lot so that it's 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:10.280 not going to fail. 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:11.960 And nothing can get behind it. 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.200 Like little specks of dust that will take down the 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:18.040 entire phone. I will say that the open and closed 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.840 mechanism is definitely not as simple as the original. 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:23.760 So my wife went me to the party last night. 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:25.200 And by the way, she does a great job with 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.680 like holding things in her hand, like she was a 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:28.400 little hand model. 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:29.800 She was like, oh, shoot a quick video of me. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.760 She wanted to take a video. 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:32.760 For her dad. 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:35.640 No, for her dad, she wanted to send him a video. 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.200 And so I watched her do this and like she 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.680 actually did a great job of like showing off the 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:45.440 phone whatever. She maybe featured in a future segment. Yeah, 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.000 so she but she did notice when she picked up 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.320 she said, wow, this is actually very impressive. But she 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.039 did notice that it is a little bit tougher to 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:54.919 open and close with one hand than the original. 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:56.800 It's heavier and it's just different. 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.440 That's a great point, good observation. Yeah, I didn't actually 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:00.479 get told it yesterday. 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:00.760 See. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:02.200 Oh and I told her this too. I said, I 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.360 actually mentioned you and Luis. I said, it's funny because 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.640 she didn't touch it either. And I was like, Lynn, 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.520 get in there, like go touch the phone, like pick 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.560 it up, feel it. And I said, so many times 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:12.919 you go to these tech events where I have my 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.960 producer and my photographer. We're so busy collecting everything and 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:16.359 getting it. 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.239 We need to touch it. You actually don't touch the product. Yeah. 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.400 My sister asked me about the iPhone when we went 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.000 to the event. She was like, did you hold it? 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.440 And I was like, no, So always remember, like just 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.600 get in there, like just just you know, grab it. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.840 I feel like I'm working. I can't which give me, 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:30.960 give me twenty minutes. 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.599 But it happens to me too, like sometimes I will forget. 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:36.440 I will go through my motions of what I want 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.200 to do for air and I'll forget to like actually 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:39.720 just kind of play for a little bit and just 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:40.880 see how this thing works. 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:42.720 So it's one of those things you just have to remember. 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:44.080 And she was like, oh my gosh, you're right. 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:45.680 So did she like it? 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.440 She loved it. She thought it was really great. 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.320 She said it's gonna be tough to compete with the iPhone, 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.240 right obviously, but she was very impressed. And I think 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.120 that's the I haven't read any of the reviews, the 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.640 early reviews, but it seems like people are impressed with 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.440 what Motorol has done, and I think that's a good thing. 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.600 That's cool. It's not a phone for specs. This thing 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.120 has an older processor. It's not as fast as the 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:09.120 flagship's Snapdragon. It also doesn't have the best camera. It's 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:10.680 it's just an average camera. 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:12.360 What else. 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.440 It's exclusive to Verizon. It's going to be fifteen hundred dollars, 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.560 so it's super expensive. The one question she asked, which 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.040 I thought was pretty good, was is it going to 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.800 come in colors? And right now the party line is that. 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.200 It's just black. Whatever color we saw yesterday that black guy. 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:26.000 I have a feeling that coming. 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.600 But I think they elluded last night that there's going 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.360 to be some fun colors and I think that would 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.360 make a lot of sense. Again, and you can close 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.080 the phone to end a call, which is really neat. 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:40.160 So is this a major win for Motorola. Probably too 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.640 early to tell, but I do think that they did 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.000 a nice job with this. They did their homework. Is 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.200 it the phone for everyone? Probably not. Is it going 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.160 to make people switch from iPhone? Probably not? But is 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.280 it something that when people walk into Verizon and if 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:53.920 they do some sort of special on it, maybe get 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:56.280 the price down or I also see it as kind 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.000 of like rich executives that want like a phone that 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.560 fits in there their soup pocket. Like it's a little 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:06.080 bit more comfortable. It's heavy, but it's it's a nice feel, 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:08.320 and so I think it's gonna appeal to those types 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.840 of people and anyone who wants to make like a statement, 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.960 like someone who doesn't need the craziest, flashiest phone or 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.480 even an iPhone, This is going to appeal to. 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:19.120 That's why I already ordered it. 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.480 I know you love your iPhone, so I know you're 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.320 not going to get it. Okay, that's the story with 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.040 the Motorola Razor. 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:30.320 Okay, let's start the first question of the day from Alexander. 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:36.160 He asks, I was wondering what are your thoughts? Oh sorry, 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.960 I watched your review on AirPods Pro when they were released, 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.280 and I was wondering, what are your thoughts on them 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:44.640 now that you've had you've owned them for a few weeks, 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.760 are you still using them or is there something you 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.920 prefer better for Jim slash travel. 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.040 Great question, and I like to follow up what's his 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:53.559 name again? 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:54.240 Alexander? 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:57.880 Alexander, So, here is the thing about the AirPods. They 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.080 are great, but you have to be comfortable with two things. 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.520 And my original review kind of stands. And I've been 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:05.520 using them for a while, like I've taken them on 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.360 four flights now, I have taken them to the gym 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.440 several times. They actually have fallen out of my ears 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.240 at the gym. The original air pods have never fallen 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:15.080 out of my ears once. 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:16.440 Actually that's not true. 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.120 They did once on a treadmill and it almost went 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:20.840 into the groove and I had to pull it out. Yeah, 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.719 it actually did go into the groove. These fell out 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.760 of my ears a couple times, especially when you get sweaty, 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.760 they definitely start to want to fall out, and when 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.959 you're kind of bending over doing a stretch something like that, 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.840 like on the treadmill. Not really an issue, but I 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.880 do notice myself pushing them into my ears more so. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.520 My overall recommendation is go with the regular AirPods unless 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.240 you need the noise canceling and you want to consolidate 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.839 your packing. When I pack for a flight, I take 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:47.559 a big pair of noise canceling headphones and my AirPods. 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.800 I like the idea of the AirPods pro because it's 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.000 just one thing, but I will say there's a lot 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.280 of pressure in your ears no matter what when you 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.480 have these things in noise canceling mode. That's just the reality. 0:09:57.520 --> 0:09:57.680 I know. 0:09:57.720 --> 0:09:59.520 Apple says they did all this work on them and 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.480 try to to make that not happen, and I feel 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:02.520 like it is less. 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.479 But it's still there, Okay. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.719 So it's one of these things that it's And this 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.200 is the tough part about earbuds is that how do 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.240 you really try these things on? I mean, the best 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.839 you can do is buy them and like return them 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.520 if they don't work for you. Yeah, I mean they 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.720 don't let you try them on at the store, Like 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:19.480 I don't even think Apple lets you do that. So 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.640 you can't see how these things are until you take 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.240 them home. You put them in and you use them 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:25.559 for a week or two, and you got to see 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.920 what the return pulse he is. Yeah, and it's not 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:29.640 bad if your return them, because they're just gonna replace 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:30.600 the little tip on them. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:32.840 They should make like dummies that you can put on 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.360 in the store. They're just like lasting. 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.840 They should still like see the field with the little 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:38.080 tips that pop off, so you. 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:41.160 Just you don't know, pay two fifty. Yeah, yeah, I 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:42.559 am curious about the return. 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:43.280 Post expensive thing. 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.280 I'm sure you can return them, and you know, I 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:47.800 mean you can return like a computer to Apple store. 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:48.240 Yeah. 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.080 So they might charge your restocking fee. 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:53.079 I don't know, and they might be like hesitant when 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.760 you try to return them. You know, they're like, oh, okay, 0:10:57.679 --> 0:10:58.880 you know how to deal with that. 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:00.480 They like give you a little wink, They're like, did 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:01.400 you just try this on? 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:05.520 Yeah? Okay, did you yesterday? Yeah? 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.040 But hey, you know, I mean it's at the end 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.960 of the day. I don't think Apple is hurting for cash. 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:11.760 So I think you'll be okay if you if you 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:15.480 truly get them and you don't like them. I mean, 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.679 it's they're two hundred and fifty dollars, so return them 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:19.400 if you don't like them, go with the regular AirPods. 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:20.360 Yeah. 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.920 So we talk about I message all the time, and 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.880 I message is one of the primary reasons why people 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.240 love the iPhone. It's not the only reason, but it's 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:33.240 definitely one of those contributing factors. And it's funny because 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.840 our car wash guy here, Manny, you know, I get 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.360 my car washed all the time, and he texted me 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:40.880 this morning, hey, do you need to wash? And I 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.640 noticed it showed up blue. Yeah, and so I was like, Manny, 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.280 I'm like, did you get the phone? Did you get 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:47.960 an iPhone? He's like oh, And he explained to me 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:49.760 that he used to have an iPhone, but then his 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.160 daughter would use his tablet the iPad, and all of 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.440 his I messages would come through. So he turned off 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:59.040 I Message and he actually got her a tablet, her 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:00.520 own tablet, and so now. 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:01.720 He's back to the I message. 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.040 So but it's just one of those conversations that you 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:08.360 would never normally have except in iPhone world, you know. Well, anyway, 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:12.240 I mentioned this because Google is saying, you know what, carriers, 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.760 we are sick and tired of waiting for you to 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:18.640 make a solution that is equivalent to I Message for Android, 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.160 and we're just going to do it ourselves. So now 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:25.840 Google is turning on what's called rcs on their Messages 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:29.719 app on Android, which means all Android users are now 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.720 getting their version of I Message as of today. 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:37.080 Wow, which is huge for the Android world. So what 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:37.760 does this mean. 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.839 This means that you can now send and receive text 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.920 over Wi Fi or mobile data, which is huge. You 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.280 can send and receive high resolution photos and videos, so 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.120 no longer. When you send a video from one Android 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.360 to another, is it going to come up totally pixelated 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.160 and weird and tiny and crazy and useless. And people 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:59.040 can now see when you've read your messages and when 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.640 you've received your message again, all like I Message huge, 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:04.720 better group chats. You can name your groups, you can 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.040 add to remove people from groups, and see if people 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.280 have seen the latest messages. So this is all rolling 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.679 out starting today in the United States. If you have 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:18.280 the Messages app on your Android, which is sometimes pre installed, 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.400 but if you don't, if you have a Samsung I 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.920 don't think it's pre installed. So you go into the 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:27.200 Google Play and download Android Messages and yes, this is 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.480 a ploy to get you to use Google's messaging app, 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:34.440 but it's basically their standard SMS app. But now you 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:37.040 have RCS and if you want, you can go into 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.040 your settings on this app and it says enable chat. 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:42.480 They call it chat And it's not working on my 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.120 phone just yet, but this is a rollout, so it's 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:46.520 gonna be by the end of the year. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:48.439 Everyone's gonna have it. They can't do everything overnight. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.559 I wish they chose like a fun name Chat. 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:55.640 RCS is well it's because that's a standard. So this 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.720 is a standard that all the carriers are supposedly adhering 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.120 to worldwide. Okay, so it's not like I Message, you know, 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.559 they can't call it something fun like Google Message. 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.000 So the other thing to know. 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:07.600 About this is now it actually makes the divide between 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:12.200 iPhone and Android even bigger. Yep, because Android to Android 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:15.120 will be fine, iPhone to iPhone will be fine. Android 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:16.920 to iPhone is still going to be a mess because 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:20.360 guess what, the iPhone does not support RCS, nor will 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.520 it anytime soon ever in the history of mankind. 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.480 I don't think they ever will. So it's now full 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:25.800 on war. 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.440 It's a full on But anyway, if you're on Android 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.520 and you have Android friends, you can finally, like let's 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:35.440 say you're a couple and you have Android Android, finally 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.400 you get to experience life kind of the way iPhone 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:40.480 gets to your experience, and which is huge. 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.360 It just always makes me think of BBM and I 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.400 never had a BlackBerry, and I remember all my friends 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.960 could BEBM each other and I was like, I'm not 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:49.120 part of that party. 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:52.160 BBM was I message before I message came along? Totally 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:54.520 all right, Megan, what do you got okay? 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.400 So this next question is from Lisa, and she's very 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:01.160 unhappy with her Galaxy Note ten. She said she always 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:04.760 has problems with screen pressure when she's typing. She's had 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:10.920 to replace it twice under insurance, so she's done. She says, 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:15.440 I mostly used for word processing, accessing drive, no gaming, 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.960 some videos, very little actual phone calls. I don't like 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.600 Apple phone. So what would be the best replacement for 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.200 my Note eight? In your opinion? How about the Pixel 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:29.080 four or is there a phone I'm not familiar with. 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:31.760 I'm with rizin Uh. 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:37.440 I would recommend the Pixel four XL or she didn't 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:38.680 mention pictures in there at all? 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:42.000 Huh uh huh. So if she's not mentioning. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.360 Photos, because Pixel four XL is great for a couple 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:48.920 of reasons. It's got fantastic software, it's a great overall phone. 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:52.600 It has okay battery life, it's not the best, but 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.600 it'll be fine, and it's got a lot of nice 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.600 little features, and it's kind of pure Google. So it's 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.920 just overall a very nice device. If you want some 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.560 think a little bit less expensive, I would check out 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:03.640 the one plus seventy. 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:05.200 But I do. 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:08.640 Believe that phone is exclusive to T Mobile in the stores, 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:10.240 but I think if you buy it online it can 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.800 be on mock. She said she's on Verison Eisen. Yeah, 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:14.480 so I think you have to go online to buy 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.840 that phone. And the advantage of the sevent is you're 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.480 still gonna get great software, You're gonna get a battery 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:24.160 that lasts very long, and the camera is just not 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.520 going to be as good as the Pixel. So if 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:28.840 but she's gonna save a lot of money. That phone 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.840 I think is five ninety nine versus the Pixel, which 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.640 I think is like seven ninety nine, but the Pixel 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:36.320 is gonna be discounted over Black Friday. 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:37.960 What about the Pixel three? 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:39.640 I would not recommend the Pixel three. 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.960 Okay, no, because it's too old at this point, Like 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.520 pixels don't really have a long I mean they do, 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.880