WEBVTT - Samsung S24 lineup, Apple Vision Pro & Top TV Picks 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:06.200 Samsung unveils the Galaxy S twenty four lineup with AI. 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:10.959 Pre Orders for the Apple Vision Pro are now open. 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:14.960 The new website that can tell you if a text 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:20.360 message is a scam. Plus your tech questions answered. What's 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.520 going on Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:28.479 broadcasting live from Los Angeles, coast to coast. This is 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.200 the show where I talk about the tech stuff I 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.440 think you should know about. It's also the place where 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:36.360 I answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.040 should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up the 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:44.880 phone lines at triple eight rich one oh one. 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If you submit a comment, I'll 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:10.080 read it throughout the show or later on in the feedbag. 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:12.360 We got some great guests this week. 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.080 Joanna Stern from the Wall Street Journal will join to 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:18.800 share her thoughts on trying on the Apple Vision Pro 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:23.320 Ray Wong, tech reviewer at Inverse dot com, will give 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:27.000 his impressions of the new AI features on the Samsung 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:30.440 Galaxy S twenty four lineup. And I know you're thinking 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.080 football Super Bowl Sunday. 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:32.720 Coming up. 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:38.840 TV reviewer Caleb Dennison. We'll share his top TV picks 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:42.440 and explain all that terminology you're seeing when you go 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.480 to Costco or best Buy or online for TVs micro 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:50.600 l D l E ed uhd LCD. Oh my gosh, 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.840 so many things to explain. He is fantastic friend of 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.480 the show, been on many times. He will tell us 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.960 what we need to know. Well, this was a big 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.000 week in tech. I only say that a couple of 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.280 times a year, but this is one of them. We 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:09.680 had two major things happening this week. Number one, Vision Pro. 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:13.959 Apple's Vision Pro this is their ar VR headset, went 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:18.519 on sale for pre order thirty five hundred dollars for 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.720 this thing, and yes people ordered it, and yes people 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.519 will be amazed when they get this thing on their head. 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:26.120 I had the opportunity to try it on this week. 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.359 I will talk about my experience in addition to exchanging 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:32.640 notes with Joanna later on in the show. 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.040 But the thing that you wanted me to talk about. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:39.160 First, According to my Instagram is the big Samsung event 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.200 also happened this week. 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.800 So I was, okay, I will tell you this. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.920 I really think Apple was trying to steal the spotlight 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:49.280 from Samsung this week. 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:50.160 Let me tell you how. 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:53.000 So during CS if you listen to last week's show, 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.679 you might remember they put out a press release right 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:59.839 before CS opened saying hey, we've got the Vision Pro 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.320 and here's when it's gonna come out. And everyone went 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:04.679 nuts over that because we were waiting for that date 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:08.120 and time. Well, this week they did two interesting things. 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:12.240 They set up schedules or appointments with a lot of 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:17.000 people in the media world, a lot of journalists conveniently 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.320 either right before the Samsung event or right during the 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.320 Samsung event. So for me, for instance, my appointment was 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:25.760 first thing on a Tuesday morning when I had to 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:28.519 fly up to Samsung in San Jose for the event 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.600 Tuesday afternoon. And at first I was like, oh, this 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.760 is bad timing. Then I was like, wait a second, 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:39.480 interesting timing Apple. So they did that, and you know, 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.640 so you had a couple of little things. Then during 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.400 the Samsung event, what do they do? They put out 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.680 a press release that there's a brand new Apple store 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:52.520 no other than in South Korea during the Samsung event. 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.480 Did I say Apple event during the Samsung event? I mean, 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.560 come on, Apple, I love you, but you're just I mean, 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:02.200 and look, I am all about out the hustle, I'm 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:03.880 all about the game. 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.440 I'm all about you know, back and forth. You know. 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:11.600 This week it was announced that Apple overtook Samsung for 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.960 the first time in like a decade as the world's 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:20.160 largest smartphone maker. I have the the numbers here. In 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:23.760 twenty twenty three, Apple shipped two hundred and thirty four 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:28.560 point six million units. Samsung shipped two hundred and twenty 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:32.360 six point six million units, dropping to the number two 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:36.680 position with a thirteen point six percent decline. Now you 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:41.680 can imagine that these two companies. Apple was celebrating and 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:45.119 Samsung they were not very happy, especially on the week 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.240 of their own event happening here in the US. 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.640 Let me tell you about that event. It was up 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:50.440 in San Jose. 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.839 And I love going to these events, not only because 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:55.960 you know, you get to kind of meet with everyone 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.040 that you see online and all the tech people that 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:59.640 you know, but also you get to go hands on 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.440 you get to feel like how this company does stuff. 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.000 So they took over the SAP Center. Don't call it SAP, 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.719 that's not it's SAP. They took over the SAP Center 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.120 in San Jose. They took over the hotels and all 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.640 the meeting rooms in San Jose, and they actually brought 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.200 me up there. So thank you Samsung, and we had 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:19.800 a great week. I was up there for three days. 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:21.800 I didn't really understand why I had to be up there. 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.200 But they not only do the event, but they do 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.440 like a dinner, and then they also do the day 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.800 after this big excursion. So you get your phone as 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:31.880 your review unit and then you have all day to 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.120 kind of go out and use it. And so we 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:36.479 went to a couple places that I thought were so cool. 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.320 We went to the Winchester Mystery House, which is like 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.800 this wild mansion that has like one hundred and sixty 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.920 rooms and a lot of them, like staircases that lead 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.080 to nowhere, all kinds of wild things. If you're in 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:52.400 San Jose, highly recommend you visit that. That was just 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.559 a wild experience. The other thing that was really cool 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.440 is this place called the Mystery Spot up in San Jose, 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.120 or I guess this was a Santa Cruz and that 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:06.200 is like this weird cabin they built that. You go 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.000 in there and you can't stand up straight. You like 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.240 literally are at a I don't know angle when you 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:14.719 stand up. It's really really weird. It like defies all 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:19.000 gravity rules. Now it's funny because my kids and I 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.360 we were up in San Jose or Santa Cruz a 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:23.599 couple of years ago, and these were the two places 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:25.760 we skipped. We're like, ah, those are tourist traps. We're 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.520 not going to those. Sure enough. They were so much fun. 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.320 I had a blast and I can't wait to bring 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.800 the kids. Anyway. I tell you that because here's what 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:35.240 you need to know about these new phones. So you've 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.520 got three new phones, S twenty four, S twenty four 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:41.280 plus S twenty four Ultra. The focus this year is 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:46.520 all about AI. So you've got various AI features, especially 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.440 when it comes to translating things. You've got Live Translate. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.040 You can make a phone call to someone in a 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.200 different language, translates in live time. I know, it sounds 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.920 like a sci fi movie. You can chat with someone 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.880 in text messaging in a different language. It just trans 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:03.640 describes it and translates it instantly. Then you've got the 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:08.760 recorder functionality that will transcribe everything that you record on there. 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.200 So if you have a meeting for work, you can 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.440 just let this thing record it. It will not only 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.120 transcribe that meeting, it will also come up with a 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:17.600 summary of that meeting for you. 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:18.920 That is really cool. 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.800 Then they've got this new feature which I just absolutely love, 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:26.640 called Circle to Search. You basically press and hold the 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.240 home button on your phone and you can circle or 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.200 scribble over anything that is on your screen, whether it's text, 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.480 whether it's a photo, whether it's a video, whatever it is, 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.200 and it will search Google for that. And this is 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.920 a killer feature that I don't think is going to 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.440 come to the iPhone in quite the same way, but 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.000 it is coming to previous Samsungs, especially the S twenty 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:51.160 three and also the pixel eight Pixelate Pro. The Pixelate 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:55.040 Pixelate pros happening on January thirty first. The other Samsung 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.800 they said within the next six months. This is a 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.120 amazing feature. You got to check out my Instagram at 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.360 rich On Tech see what that's all about. It is 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:07.880 seriously cool. Then you've got all of these AI editing features, 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.000 in fact, I just used it to edit a photo 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.120 I tweeted because there's a sign in the background I 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.320 didn't want. And so you can do all kinds of 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.760 great stuff on these pictures with the AI editing tools. 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:21.679 Seriously cool. I mean, you cannot trust a picture ever. Again, 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.840 You've got someone you take a picture of someone making 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.920 a basket in basketball, and you can literally just press 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:29.560 and tap and hold on the person as they make 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.360 their shot and just bring them up so they can 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:33.800 like slam dunk the shot, I mean, and it fills 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:37.120 in the background and everything. It's really really cool. You 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.680 can resize things, you can do whatever you want. They've 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.319 got this instant slow mo feature, so if you take 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:43.800 a video, just press a hold on. 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:45.440 It instantly slows it down. 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:47.720 So again, that same person making a basket, you didn't 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:48.480 shoot it in slow mo. 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:49.600 Now you can just slow it down. 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.440 It uses AI to recreate the frames on that video, 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.439 and it's really really good. And by the way, yes, 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.200 a lot of this stuff is what we saw on 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.320 the Pixel eight series, but on Samsung because it's a 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.920 much higher powered phone. It is a lot faster and 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.360 it works a lot better. So yes, you can get 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:09.640 this stuff on the Pixel, but on the Samsung it 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.720 is definitely better and faster because the phones are just 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:16.600 more powerful. The other thing, they now seven years of 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.559 security and operating system upgrades upgrades, So if you buy 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:23.560 a Samsung S twenty four today in twenty twenty four, 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.840 this thing will be supported until am I getting the 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:27.560 math right? 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:28.480 Twenty thirty one? 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:33.920 What say what twenty thirty one, you don't have to 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.080 worry about a new phone. I mean you're gonna be like, 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.520 that's just wild. So seven years of security and operating 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.360 system updates. That's the same thing that Google promised for 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.240 their Pixel phones. So look, we're getting a lot better 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.960 and Apple does about five to six years on their phones. 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.720 So when you buy a phone today, I know it's expensive, 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:54.400 but you can keep it for a long time and 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:55.920 then you can give it to someone else and it's 0:09:55.920 --> 0:10:00.280 still going to be secure. Prices on these things. They 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.120 did change one thing. They used to have a ten 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.520 times optical zoom on the previous model. Now it's a 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:10.200 five times lens, but because they made the lens better, 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.800 it still goes up to ten times optical. It's just 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.360 cropping the shot and it's very complicated, but the reality 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.400 is it's still going to be just fine. You could 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.240 still zoom up to one hundred times and it looks 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.160 even better than before. How much are we talking? Eight 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:26.000 hundred dollars entry level, one thousand dollars for the middle, 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.760 and thirteen hundred dollars for the S twenty four Ultra 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.360 Whoo start saving now. That's one hundred dollars more than 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.360 last year and one hundred dollars more than the iPhone 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.559 fifteen promacs. All of this is on pre order now. 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:43.320 If you order now, you get double storage. It's going 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.520 to be available on January thirty. 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:45.920 First. 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.040 We'll talk more about those phones later. And they tease 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:53.240 something a new ring, a Galaxy ring, which is kind 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.040 of like a wearable fitness ring. So that's really cool. 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.520 Oh so much fun up there in San Jose. All right, 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.680 coming up your turn Triple eight rich one O one 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.000 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.440 My name is rich Dumiro. You are doing something smart. 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:13.400 You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:15.880 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.839 at Triple eight Rich one O one eight eight eight 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.080 seven four to two four one zero one. 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:23.480 Couple of things to know. 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.600 If you want to follow along with the show notes 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.280 in real time, just go to rich on tech dot 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:34.040 tv slash wiki wiki. That's rich on tech dot tv 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.200 slash wiki. If I mentioned something you're like, oh wait, 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:38.600 what was that? Just go there. 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.640 It will be there in real time. Uh. 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.520 And also find me on Instagram at rich on Tech. 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:45.520 That's where I hang out the most. You can check 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.880 out my stories and if you want to see more 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.400 about my travels up to San Jose see some sample 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.240 pictures from the S twenty four. You can just go 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.920 to my profile page on Instagram at rich on tech 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:02.120 and hit the circle that says I'm guessing. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:03.000 Let me see what it says. 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:07.040 I think it says Samsung S twenty four and so yep, 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:10.240 there it is Samsung. So there you go. Let's go 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.200 to Terry in Seal Beach. Terry, you're on with Rich. 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:14.480 Hi Rich, How are you? 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:16.400 I am doing fantastic? How are you? 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.080 I'm good? I got a question, since you're in the 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.960 Los Angeles area, what is this weird stuff coming down 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:22.960 from the sky today? 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:28.040 You know what? Look, it's called rain. Oh okay, and 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:28.960 it seems to happen. 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:29.120 Now. 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:31.199 The good news is you're in Los Angeles. Because you're 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:34.400 in Buffalo, it'd be snow. So you know, it's all good. 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:36.920 That's why we pay the price to live here. 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.000 Yeah, and that price is not cheap. What can I 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:40.480 help you with? 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:42.360 Well, I'm getting ready to go out of the country 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:46.559 for a couple of weeks, and obviously I can't use 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.960 an e SIM on my phone. I have to actually 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.920 physically swap out SIM th each country I go to. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.560 And I was just wondering, is zero a way even 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:59.120 if I'm using a foreign SIM that I can still 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:03.240 text and receive in sentex. 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.840 The folks back here, is this an iPhone or a 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:06.800 different type of phone. 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.640 No, it's it's a Google pixelill five A five G, 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:12.559 which is not you know, I heard your recommendation a 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.040 long time ago about using a SIMS. Unfortunately I can't 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:17.480 use anim on this phone. 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.680 Okay, yeah, that might have been before. Is that before 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.280 the SIMS started on those Yes? Okay, all right, So 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.360 you've got so you basically have a carrier here in 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.960 the US, like a T Mobile, Verizon, whatever it is, 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.760 and you're going to pop that SIM card out and 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:33.880 then you're going to pop in a SIM card for 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:38.400 the country that you are in correct, Okay, your text 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.960 messages from the other SIM will not still get delivered 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:44.400 to that phone because they are dependent on that SIM 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:49.040 card and the I'm trying to think if there's a solution. 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:53.080 The only solution I can think of is sometimes these 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.480 carriers have an app like a Verizon Messages or a 0:13:56.480 --> 0:14:00.720 T Mobile Digits that will deliver the messages digitally to 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.480 your phone, but that is carrier dependent, and I don't 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:06.439 know if you have the SIM card in there or 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.360 out of there, if that would still work. Like, like, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:11.400 I want to be able to check my my text 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.280 messages on a different device, and it's really tricky to 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:18.120 be able to do that. So I think it's it's 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:20.160 one of those things where once that SIM card is out, 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.520 it's just that those texts are not going to come 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:23.040 through on there. 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.480 Let me ask you this. I have a backup phone 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.200 that I take with me because I learned the hard way. 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.720 If you drop a phone on the remote island and 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:34.280 it cracks, you're out of luck. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:35.440 But you can. 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.680 Still use a backup phone via Wi Fi. So I 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.680 was just wondering if I bring my backup phone with 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:46.000 my US domestic SIM in it will I be able 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.160 to text by a Wi Fi Oh yeah? 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:48.400 Does that? 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.560 Does that phone have Wi Fi calling on it? Oh yeah, yeah, 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.000 turn on the wife. So here's what you do. Turn 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.160 on the Wi Fi call, put the take the sim out, 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:58.960 put it in that phone. It will activate. You know, 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.120 usually it's pretty automatic. I could just switches over if 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.200 you If you pop the simmon there, it will activate. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.240 Once that's activated, your old phone will have no service, 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.000 you know. Now you can use that on your trip. 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.480 But this old phone, this other phone, you will turn 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.920 on Wi Fi calling and then once you're over in 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:16.960 the other country, just make sure your roaming is off 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.880 and it as long as this carrier supports Wi Fi calling, 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.280 your text will come through and your phone calls will 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.200 come through on Wi Fi calling. Now here's the thing. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.880 I learned this actually from a friend when I was 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:32.080 in Japan because I had my phone off and I 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:33.400 was like, oh, yeah, I've got my I don't want 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.560 to use my US carrier. He's like, dude, He's like, 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:37.040 why don't you just turn on your Wi Fi calling. 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.240 I said, well, text messages won't come through. He goes, yeah, 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.440 they will, And sure enough, they came through as soon 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.960 as I activated that Wi Fi calling on that but 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.920 kept the roaming off. So I want to report back though, Terry, 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.680 when you get back. You got it all right, good luck, 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.040 have fun. And it sounds like a nice place you're 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:53.320 going to. 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.200 If it's a it's called Fiji. 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.000 Oh okay, well, enjoy Fiji. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:00.000 It's actually even warmer than southern California right now. 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.360 I've had water from there and it's it's pretty tasty, 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:07.440 so I imagine the whole island is even better. Thanks 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.560 for the call today, triple eight rich one O one 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:12.560 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.760 You know, the Fiji water is so good. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.640 Even my kids, My kids are nine to twelve, and 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:19.960 even they know the quality of Fiji water. When they're 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:21.360 in the store and I'm like, look, you can pick 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.520 out any water bottle you want, They're like, Dad, we 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:26.000 want Fiji. I'm like, what kind of kids am I 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.080 raising that they're drinking Fiji water. When I was a kid, 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.760 I drank out of the hose right and it was 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:35.560 cold and delicious, And you know what Fiji water is 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:36.280 very is very similar. 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:36.960 I guess. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.800 You know you find things at cs. I'm gonna give 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.520 you a recommendation of a product that I really found 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.480 there and I've been using ever since. It's called the 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.760 Gator Grip. This thing is so simple, it's so easy. 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.800 It's literally a almost like a clothes pin for your phone, 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:56.160 and it has a very simple functionality. You put this 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.360 thing on your phone and you can now prop up 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.040 your phone so you can watch videos on it. It's 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:04.840 like fifteen bucks rich on Tech dot tv slash Shop 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.600 if you want the link to that. I love when 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:09.160 I find little things like this did. 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:10.080 I actually use? 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:12.639 All right, coming up, we are going to talk to 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:17.600 Ray Wong about Yes twenty four from Samsung. 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.880 You're listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:22.320 on Tech. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.440 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.520 Triple eight Rich one oh one. We are on location 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:34.440 in San Jose, California, where Samsung held their Galaxy Unpacked event. 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:38.200 This is where they unveiled the S twenty four lineup 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:41.880 in the audience along with myself, Ray Wong, tech reviewer 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:43.680 at Inverse dot com. 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:45.040 Ray, thanks so much for joining me. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:46.160 Thanks for having me Rich. 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:49.800 All right, so you've been following Samsung for a long time. 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.280 You know we've got these new phones. This was all 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:57.480 about AI. Is that a buzzword or is it actually. 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:58.560 Happening on these devices? 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.840 It's the biggest buzzword, not just on Samsling devices but 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:05.359 across consumer tech. And honestly, I think the features are 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:07.080 very useful and compelling this year. 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:11.240 So first off, the event, what did you think of 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:12.000 the actual event? 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:13.879 It was at the SAP Center in San Jose. 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:17.119 They bring in people from all over the world, but 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.320 it was just focused on the phones, with one little tease. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:21.680 For a new wearable ring. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:22.600 Yeah. 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:26.880 Usually Samsung's past Unpacked events are full of theatrics, and 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:29.200 you know their spectacles, and you come here for the 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:33.080 kind of like big showy kind of tricks. 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:34.520 But honestly, this year. 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:36.960 It it did seem like a little subdued, a little 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:41.080 more tame, got Mister Beast kind of showing up virtually, 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:43.320 and then Pokemone showed up in person. 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:48.320 So I guess those are two of their spot guests. 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:52.840 Now, these phones live translate a lot of translation features, 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:56.520 so this live translate feature, They've got this interpreter feature 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:58.600 where you can talk to someone and kind of see 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:02.760 things on screen for each language. And then with text messages, 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:06.160 they've got chat assist, which translates your text messages into 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:07.280 a bunch of different languages. 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:08.480 So with this phone, you. 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:12.399 Can almost communicate with someone else speaking a different language 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:14.360 without knowing that language correct. 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:19.359 Basically, somebody calls you, and if they're speaking a different language, 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:22.680 you can select their language and you can speak back, 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:26.560 and it'll automatically translate your voice into another language and 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:30.760 vice versa. Apparently also works on a PAYFA or a landline. 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:34.200 From what they said, I tried the feature out yesterday. 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:37.080 It seems pretty pretty cool, pretty useful. Probably useful for 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:38.879 like if you're calling a restaurant and they're speaking a 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:40.959 different language, or you're in a different country you're traveling. 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:43.040 Like I said earlier, I think there's a lot of 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:46.439 there's a lot of utility and the Galaxy Ai features. 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:48.320 A lot of past sam sum features have been like 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:50.520 pretty gimmicky. They'll have to like throw everything at the 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:54.720 wall and hope something sticks. It's usually a feature that 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:58.040 you tried once and then never remember that exists again. 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:03.200 With these Galaxy Ai features, Samsung has somehow like become 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.760 more thoughtful. There are features that I think a lot 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:09.240 of users will actually use on the daily And I 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.119 actually found myself saying, Wow, that's actually pretty cool, like 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.719 over and over after every single one of my like 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:16.320 AI demos. 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:18.960 A couple other features, this voice to text, so this 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.200 is the future that's been on the Pixel. I find 0:20:21.200 --> 0:20:23.080 it very handy as a journalist to be able to 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:26.240 just transcribe anything that I'm hearing. So now that that's 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:28.280 coming to Samsung, do you think people will find use 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:30.880 in that the average person that's not a journalist. 0:20:30.440 --> 0:20:31.240 One hundred percent? 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:36.159 You know, as a journalist myself, I use that recorder 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.840 app on Pixel all the time. It's great for transcribing 0:20:38.880 --> 0:20:42.120 like long interviews. Pixel phones are pretty limited in terms 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:46.240 of like sales, and I think that's just just having 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.360 this feature on a device that is sold in more 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:53.560 in more numbers is going to expand the utility of it. 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:56.280 Honestly, I think that Samsung actually goes. 0:20:56.119 --> 0:20:56.720 A little further. 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:02.320 There's a way to translate the trend inscriptions after the fact, 0:21:02.480 --> 0:21:05.440 so they kind of go above Google a little bit, 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:08.040 and I think I'm gonna be very excited to try 0:21:08.080 --> 0:21:09.880 that out, especially when I'm interviewing people. 0:21:09.960 --> 0:21:11.640 We speak in foreign languages all right. 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:11.800 Now. 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.600 One of the biggest features is this circle to search, 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:17.760 which I think this is pretty incredible. I think this 0:21:17.920 --> 0:21:21.760 is really probably one of the best uses of Google 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:24.840 I've ever seen. And we've had lens in the past, 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:26.880 but this is a feature that allows you to search 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:29.320 anything on your screen, or just circle anything on your 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:31.679 screen or scribble on it and it will search Google 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:34.479 for that. Tell me about your thoughts on this feature 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:35.400 and trying it out. 0:21:35.560 --> 0:21:37.119 Like I said, this is going to be a feature. 0:21:37.160 --> 0:21:39.080 I think everyone's going to find some kind of utility 0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:43.840 out of basically you just find an image, find some texts, 0:21:44.240 --> 0:21:45.879 find a video. You have to pause a video for 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:49.919 but then you basically hold down the home button and 0:21:49.960 --> 0:21:52.480 then you circle the item and then it a little 0:21:52.480 --> 0:21:54.119 car pops up from the bottom and it shows you 0:21:54.359 --> 0:21:55.240 what it's discovered. 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:57.360 I tried out on a pair of sneakers. 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:59.200 That I have yesterday and it was able to find 0:21:59.200 --> 0:22:00.720 my limited edition Nike's. 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:02.520 Was genuinely impressed. 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:06.920 It is easy to use, it was fast, and I 0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:10.680 think it's gonna give a boost to like shopping. People 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:13.520 are gonna find things in sid of like let's say videos, 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:16.480 and then just just have a quick link. 0:22:16.280 --> 0:22:16.719 To buy it. 0:22:17.119 --> 0:22:22.000 Also, this is a big differentiator between iPhone and Android, Like, 0:22:22.040 --> 0:22:24.879 this is a feature that you can only get on Android. 0:22:24.920 --> 0:22:27.040 I think it's only going to be available to be 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:29.000 done on Android. The way it's kind of, you know, 0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:31.760 taking over the whole screen. So do you think that 0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:33.560 will get people interested in Android? 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:34.920 Man, that's a tough question. 0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:38.240 I think there's just so much stickiness to iPhone and iOS. 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:42.720 You know, there's so many great Google apps out there 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:46.000 on Android. But people who buy and use iPhones, they're 0:22:46.040 --> 0:22:47.959 willing to like kind of like work around that and 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:51.359 open apps, you know, do a couple of more extra taps. 0:22:52.080 --> 0:22:54.600 So I don't think iPhone switchers or I don't think 0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:57.280 iPhone users will switch to Android just because of this 0:22:57.359 --> 0:22:59.800 singular feature unless you're like searching. 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:01.240 A lot all day all the time. 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:04.040 But I think it will make Android a more compellent, 0:23:04.160 --> 0:23:05.240 more compelling platform. 0:23:05.600 --> 0:23:07.879 The AI features on this it's a lot of the 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:10.760 stuff that we've seen on the Pixel with regards to 0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:15.640 photo editing. So you can delete items, you can regenerate backgrounds, 0:23:15.680 --> 0:23:19.760 you can make items bigger in your photos. Everything gets 0:23:19.840 --> 0:23:22.840 this special AI water mark, which I thought was interesting too. 0:23:23.200 --> 0:23:26.440 So what do you make of these AI photo editing features? 0:23:26.800 --> 0:23:29.760 There's some that are pretty practical, some that are pretty gimmicky. 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:33.080 I think the object eraser and like the that kind 0:23:33.080 --> 0:23:35.400 of like magic eraser like features a little bit gimmicky. 0:23:35.600 --> 0:23:38.080 I don't really like tampering with my images too much, 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:40.840 Like I have no intention of like really like lifting 0:23:41.160 --> 0:23:42.960 a person that's flying in the air and like moving 0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:44.879 them like a little bit higher in the photo, or 0:23:44.920 --> 0:23:47.960 like adding and generating some kind of fil for like 0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:51.760 you know, a background or a foreground. I think the 0:23:51.760 --> 0:23:55.800 the features that I'm most excited for are like when 0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:57.919 it pertains to the camera or like instance, low mo 0:23:58.960 --> 0:24:01.359 where you can turn a regular video into a slow 0:24:01.400 --> 0:24:04.080 motion video by adding by using AI to like add 0:24:04.119 --> 0:24:07.520 extra frames. It's super smooth, it looks really great. I 0:24:07.520 --> 0:24:12.760 think that one's really cool. And the ones that are 0:24:13.359 --> 0:24:16.200 the features are the AI features are a little less sexy, honestly, 0:24:16.560 --> 0:24:20.680 I think will connect more with users. Features like being 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:23.960 able to remove a reflection, remove a shadow that's maybe 0:24:24.000 --> 0:24:27.000 like cast over your face, Like we've all held selfie, 0:24:27.560 --> 0:24:30.040 we've all held our phones in front of like the sun, 0:24:30.080 --> 0:24:32.280 and you know, you get that shadow on your face, 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:35.840 and just being able to automatically remove that shadow off 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:36.720 your face is. 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:37.560 Like pretty cool. 0:24:37.720 --> 0:24:41.000 It's easy to see these features in a demo and think, oh, yeah, 0:24:41.000 --> 0:24:41.399 it works. 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:44.120 Of course it works right like it's in a controlled environment. 0:24:44.400 --> 0:24:46.479 But being able to actually try it out myself with 0:24:46.520 --> 0:24:49.800 my own like pictures and see that it works really well, 0:24:50.240 --> 0:24:51.840 that really like surprised me. 0:24:52.320 --> 0:24:52.760 The ring. 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:54.880 They had a big surprise at the end where they 0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:56.760 mentioned this Galaxy ring. 0:24:56.840 --> 0:24:58.680 It's a wearable. It looks like the Aura ring. 0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:02.400 No details though, So do you think we have room 0:25:02.440 --> 0:25:04.520 for another wearable? Do you think this is something that 0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:07.080 people are looking to put on their finger. 0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:09.720 Well, Rich, I'm wearing an Uher ring right now, and 0:25:09.720 --> 0:25:12.920 I've been wearing one for many years before this, before 0:25:12.920 --> 0:25:15.880 it even existed, I wore another one. There's definitely room 0:25:15.920 --> 0:25:17.679 for more wearables. 0:25:17.800 --> 0:25:18.080 You know. 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:20.760 I'm not wearing an Apple watch right now or any 0:25:20.800 --> 0:25:24.639 kind of smart watch, mainly because I like wearing a regular, 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:26.000 classic mechanical watch. 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:27.920 But I also don't want to. 0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:30.080 Lose that functionality being able to track my heart rate, 0:25:30.160 --> 0:25:33.479 you know, get like stress level tracking, sleep tracking. As 0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:35.800 somebody who's been wearing a smart ring for like many years, 0:25:35.840 --> 0:25:37.440 like I want to say, like four or five years, 0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:40.199 It's like a big finally for Samsung. I'm surprised it 0:25:40.240 --> 0:25:42.639 took them so long to like as Againta's category. 0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:47.040 Any other takeaways from this experience at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:48.040 twenty twenty four. 0:25:48.640 --> 0:25:50.040 Yeah, I think this is the beginning of a new 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:53.560 trend for smartphones. You know, we've kind of peaked, you know, 0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:56.639 phones have kind of peaked in terms of like hardware design, 0:25:56.680 --> 0:26:00.199 in terms of like software design, and AI is kind 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:01.840 of like new way to kind. 0:26:01.680 --> 0:26:03.280 Of give it a second act. 0:26:03.920 --> 0:26:06.320 I was a little skeptical about it when Google announced 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:10.520 the as system with bard features and AI features of 0:26:10.560 --> 0:26:13.479 their own on the Pixel eight series, But I think 0:26:13.520 --> 0:26:15.919 I'm more convinced now now that Samsung has done it. 0:26:15.920 --> 0:26:18.280 They've done it in a very thoughtful way, a very 0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:21.359 functional and very practical way. Even even a company like 0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:25.359 Apple is gonna have to launch your own like generative 0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:28.320 AI features on the iPhone sooner or later because you 0:26:28.400 --> 0:26:30.720 can only rely on hardware for so long. I expect 0:26:30.720 --> 0:26:33.560 to see a lot of AI features roll out into 0:26:34.080 --> 0:26:37.280 every phone basically in the next twelve months and beyond all. 0:26:37.280 --> 0:26:40.080 Right, Ray Wang, tech reviewer at Inverse dot com. 0:26:40.119 --> 0:26:41.359 How can folks follow you online. 0:26:41.400 --> 0:26:42.760 You can find me on x dot com. 0:26:43.040 --> 0:26:45.439 I'm at ray WANGI ri yw n g Y and 0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:47.959 if you want to follow me on Instagram, it's sour Lemons. 0:26:48.119 --> 0:26:49.560 All right, thanks so much for joining me today. 0:26:49.600 --> 0:26:50.760 All right, thank you for having me. 0:26:50.880 --> 0:26:52.960 All Right, more rich on Tech coming your way. Give 0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:54.600 me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:26:54.640 --> 0:26:57.200 Triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:26:57.280 --> 0:27:04.359 four to two four one zero one. Welcome back to 0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:07.040 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you 0:27:07.240 --> 0:27:11.720 talking technology. Not sure if you're listening or if you've 0:27:11.760 --> 0:27:14.040 noticed a theme. If you're listening live on the radio, 0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:17.479 we're doing an all nineties theme today, some of my 0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:21.240 favorite nineties songs. It all stems from my peloton ride. 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:21.800 This morning. 0:27:21.880 --> 0:27:23.680 I took a nineties ride and I was like, wow, 0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:26.440 I forgot this music existed and I really like it. 0:27:26.560 --> 0:27:28.840 And so there you go. I hope you enjoy it. 0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:31.520 Triple eight rich one on one is the phone number 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:37.119 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:27:37.800 --> 0:27:40.960 And just to put a cap on this whole Samsung stuff, 0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:44.720 the AI features that I was talking about will come 0:27:44.760 --> 0:27:47.960 to older devices. So if you have this is my advice. 0:27:48.080 --> 0:27:51.680 If you have a Samsung Galaxy S twenty two or earlier, 0:27:52.280 --> 0:27:55.560 this S twenty four model is a great update. If 0:27:55.600 --> 0:27:57.840 you have an S twenty three, you don't really need 0:27:57.880 --> 0:28:01.280 to upgrade. The AI feature will come to your phone 0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:04.760 in the first half of twenty twenty four. S twenty three, 0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:07.720 S twenty three plus S twenty three Ultra, S twenty 0:28:07.760 --> 0:28:11.240 three f E, the Galaxy Z Fold five, the Z 0:28:11.359 --> 0:28:14.800 Flip five, and the Galaxy Tab S nine series are 0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:18.720 all getting the Galaxy AI features in the first half 0:28:18.760 --> 0:28:23.119 of twenty twenty four. It's also coming the circle to 0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:25.200 search feature I was talking about that I love. That's 0:28:25.200 --> 0:28:28.720 coming to the Pixel eight Pixel eight Pro as well 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:32.160 on January thirty first, and I'm assuming other phones later. 0:28:33.720 --> 0:28:36.960 Let's go to Shar in the Colorado Springs Shar you're 0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:38.320 on with rich Heller. 0:28:38.520 --> 0:28:43.200 Rich My first of all, I apologize that my thought 0:28:43.360 --> 0:28:45.640 is I'm probably not going to be giving you the 0:28:45.680 --> 0:28:48.960 information in the exact order that you need, but I 0:28:49.000 --> 0:28:54.280 will certainly do my best here. This is what has transpired. 0:28:54.400 --> 0:28:59.640 I had an old Apple iPhone and I subsequently purchased 0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:05.360 Apple iPhone fourteen pro right, and I was going through 0:29:06.000 --> 0:29:12.000 a provider Total by Verizon, and I contacted their customer 0:29:12.080 --> 0:29:16.920 service number and you know, asked that they switched the 0:29:17.000 --> 0:29:19.960 number that I had associated with the old phone to 0:29:20.080 --> 0:29:23.680 the new phone. Now, mind you, the old phone had 0:29:23.800 --> 0:29:27.800 a physical sim. The new phone has an e sim. 0:29:28.720 --> 0:29:36.080 So anyway, the individual claimed that they had transferred the number. Well, 0:29:36.680 --> 0:29:40.840 come to find out that that service I guess ended 0:29:40.880 --> 0:29:44.200 on my old phone, like any a day or so 0:29:44.320 --> 0:29:49.800 after that. So anyway, the person told me, well, the 0:29:49.960 --> 0:29:54.000 new number should be activated on the new phone, you know, 0:29:54.160 --> 0:29:56.400 just activate the service on the new phone and you'll 0:29:56.440 --> 0:30:00.240 be good to go. Well, I tried that and it 0:30:00.280 --> 0:30:05.840 didn't work. And so subsequently what ended up happening was 0:30:06.680 --> 0:30:09.920 I no longer had a phone number associated with the 0:30:09.920 --> 0:30:14.640 old phone, didn't have service with the old phone, and 0:30:14.720 --> 0:30:18.960 now with the new phone there was I had activated 0:30:19.320 --> 0:30:23.920 service there, but it has not been associated with that phone. 0:30:24.200 --> 0:30:26.480 Okay, so how can I help? What's what's the problem? 0:30:26.920 --> 0:30:30.160 So my question is what do I need to do 0:30:30.440 --> 0:30:35.720 in order to activate service on that phone when I've 0:30:35.760 --> 0:30:37.720 already purchased the service. 0:30:38.440 --> 0:30:41.360 So you don't have a phone at this point, you 0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:42.920 don't have a phone number on this phone? 0:30:43.400 --> 0:30:47.800 Correct? They told me that they had transferred the old 0:30:47.880 --> 0:30:52.480 phone number to the new phone, and that hasn't happened 0:30:52.520 --> 0:30:55.120 because they had been telling me, well, send us a 0:30:55.160 --> 0:30:58.800 text message to verify. Well, I can, because it doesn't 0:30:58.800 --> 0:30:59.720 have service. 0:31:00.000 --> 0:31:00.200 Okay. 0:31:00.240 --> 0:31:02.400 So the new phones you've got, You've got both phones 0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:05.920 in your possession, and the new phone does not have service, 0:31:06.000 --> 0:31:07.160 and neither does the old phone. 0:31:07.400 --> 0:31:07.760 Correct. 0:31:07.760 --> 0:31:10.600 Okay, So this number, this is what's called porting, and 0:31:10.800 --> 0:31:14.040 this number is stuck in like you know, fantasy land, 0:31:14.120 --> 0:31:16.320 somewhere out there. It's in the clouds right now? Is 0:31:16.360 --> 0:31:18.480 it the same phone number that you're trying to get? 0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:21.560 Okay? So what you need to do? And you're sure? 0:31:21.640 --> 0:31:23.880 Yeah, it's a iPhone, of course it works with this. 0:31:24.560 --> 0:31:26.960 So how many people have you talked to at total 0:31:27.000 --> 0:31:27.600 by Verizon? 0:31:28.080 --> 0:31:30.960 Oh? I probably spoke about fifteen different people. 0:31:30.760 --> 0:31:32.280 Oh, Mike, fifteen different people. 0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:33.400 It's insane. 0:31:33.480 --> 0:31:34.560 Well, that is insane. Okay. 0:31:34.640 --> 0:31:37.800 So I will tell you when I had this issue 0:31:37.880 --> 0:31:40.400 and my phone went dead and I was freaking out 0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:42.959 because my phone number was in La La land somewhere 0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:47.320 stuck between two phones. The person literally was going around 0:31:47.360 --> 0:31:50.000 in circles asking me for all this information, this and 0:31:50.040 --> 0:31:52.320 that and none of it worked right. And I kept 0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:55.480 calling back until I got someone that literally did this 0:31:55.560 --> 0:31:58.640 process in thirty seconds. They knew what they were doing 0:31:58.720 --> 0:32:01.959 and it worked properly. Okay, I think you either need 0:32:02.000 --> 0:32:04.920 to escalate this to the next person. I know Total 0:32:04.960 --> 0:32:09.280 by Verizon is sort of a prepaid system. Can you 0:32:09.400 --> 0:32:12.000 go into a Verizon store with that service to help 0:32:12.160 --> 0:32:13.479 to get customer service or know? 0:32:13.560 --> 0:32:14.480 Is this all online? 0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:17.480 Well my thought is I think I'm going to be 0:32:17.600 --> 0:32:22.320 forced to do that. I mean, I contacted Verizon business. 0:32:22.680 --> 0:32:25.360 No, they wouldn't they wouldn't do it. It's this Total. Yeah, 0:32:25.480 --> 0:32:28.960 Total by Verizon is a prepaid service. Usually when you 0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:31.719 go with a prepaid or Envy and oh, you know, 0:32:31.960 --> 0:32:34.719 you're definitely you should be getting the quality of service 0:32:34.760 --> 0:32:35.320 you expect. 0:32:35.480 --> 0:32:36.600 Sometimes that doesn't happen. 0:32:36.640 --> 0:32:39.520 So Charp number one, I want you to stay on 0:32:39.560 --> 0:32:42.640 hold and give your number to UH to Kim and 0:32:42.760 --> 0:32:45.520 I will I know people at at Total and I 0:32:45.560 --> 0:32:47.600 will see if I can get some help on the 0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:51.040 back end here. I appreciate it because this shouldn't be happening. 0:32:51.080 --> 0:32:53.280 You know, this is I love when people save money. 0:32:53.320 --> 0:32:56.120 And clearly you've made a decision that you can use 0:32:56.200 --> 0:32:58.560 this service and it's good for it fits you and 0:32:58.640 --> 0:33:02.200 it works exactly. But you shouldn't have to be stranded 0:33:02.200 --> 0:33:06.000 without a phone number for so long. So okay, what 0:33:06.040 --> 0:33:07.680 I think you should do is, when you get off 0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:11.160 the phone with me, call Total one more time, and 0:33:11.200 --> 0:33:14.760 you have to be very clear about your question to 0:33:14.760 --> 0:33:17.040 the customer service agent number one, say I'd like to 0:33:17.080 --> 0:33:20.960 get this escalated to a supervisor. And you say, I 0:33:21.160 --> 0:33:25.040 tried transferring my phone my phone number from one phone 0:33:25.120 --> 0:33:27.680 to the other, and it has not arrived on my 0:33:27.760 --> 0:33:30.680 new phone. I need someone to go in and make 0:33:30.720 --> 0:33:33.360 sure that this is all properly provisioned so that my 0:33:33.480 --> 0:33:34.920 phone gets the number on it. 0:33:35.480 --> 0:33:36.800 And that's all you do. 0:33:36.840 --> 0:33:39.720 You're doing a You're not even porting the number really, 0:33:39.760 --> 0:33:41.760 because are you going from total to Total? 0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:42.640 Yes? 0:33:43.000 --> 0:33:46.160 Yeah, so you're just literally switching devices. So say I 0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:49.760 switch devices and my new device the phone number has 0:33:49.800 --> 0:33:51.600 not showed up on there yet, and you say, I 0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:53.760 just need to get this phone number activated on the 0:33:53.760 --> 0:33:56.800 new device. You basically give them the e SIM there's 0:33:56.840 --> 0:33:58.120 like a code on the phone. 0:33:58.880 --> 0:34:02.720 And that's the other what they keep asking me for. 0:34:03.480 --> 0:34:06.520 An I M the yes yes, and the I am 0:34:06.680 --> 0:34:09.680 there isn't an I M the I there is associated 0:34:09.760 --> 0:34:11.960 with the thought there is. 0:34:12.080 --> 0:34:13.439 It's the I M I two. 0:34:14.960 --> 0:34:16.920 Okay. So the two things you need to give them 0:34:16.960 --> 0:34:20.520 are the IME I two and perhaps the E I D. 0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:23.120 Those are the two pieces of information if you give 0:34:23.160 --> 0:34:26.399 them the regular I AM I that is for you said, 0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:30.480 this is an iPhone fourteen correct pro pro And I'm 0:34:30.480 --> 0:34:32.279 trying to remember if they went on SIM with a 0:34:32.360 --> 0:34:34.160 fourteen I can't it is. 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:35.160 It is okay. 0:34:35.320 --> 0:34:39.440 When I spoke to the individual's business with Verizon, he 0:34:39.560 --> 0:34:42.120 said that it was SIM period. 0:34:42.400 --> 0:34:46.360 Okay, So iPhone fourteen pro only has an SIM, So 0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:49.240 just give them the uh either I am I should 0:34:49.239 --> 0:34:51.120 actually work with this one. But but give them the 0:34:51.160 --> 0:34:53.400 I M E I two. That's the one that is 0:34:53.440 --> 0:34:55.920 the is the dedicated SIM and that should work. So 0:34:56.440 --> 0:34:58.640 uh bashar, I'm gonna put you on hold, give Kim 0:34:58.640 --> 0:35:01.719 your info and phone number, and I will see what 0:35:01.760 --> 0:35:03.080 I can do. But I want to follow up on 0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:05.160 this and make sure because this should not be happening. 0:35:05.280 --> 0:35:08.440 I appreciate that. I mean, it's been exasperating. And then 0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:11.520 that's the other thing they would tell me one moment 0:35:11.719 --> 0:35:15.360 we are going to escalate this to a supervisor, and 0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:18.480 then they would keep me on the line for fifteen 0:35:18.520 --> 0:35:20.760 twenty minutes and then tell me we're going to escalate 0:35:20.800 --> 0:35:21.360 it to corporate. 0:35:21.400 --> 0:35:23.839 And I knew it was no and this this isn't Look, 0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:27.440 this is not an escalation. It's activating a phone. It's simple. 0:35:27.520 --> 0:35:31.840 It takes literally thirty seconds when it works. So clearly 0:35:31.880 --> 0:35:35.279 someone needs to train these people to understand what you're 0:35:35.280 --> 0:35:38.479 trying to do. But the words I'm telling you, you're 0:35:38.600 --> 0:35:41.719 just switching devices. It's just a device swap and you're 0:35:41.760 --> 0:35:44.560 going from a physical sim to an e SIM. Very 0:35:44.680 --> 0:35:47.520 very simple procedure. It should not be a problem. Thanks 0:35:47.520 --> 0:35:50.879 for the call sharer in Colorado Springs eighty eight Rich 0:35:50.920 --> 0:35:53.120 one O one eight eight eight seven four to two, 0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:56.360 four to one zero one. Speaking of Verizon, they're raising prices. 0:35:56.400 --> 0:35:59.000 I'll tell you about that and the Apple Vision pro 0:35:59.239 --> 0:36:03.800 coming up. Welcome back to Rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro 0:36:03.880 --> 0:36:07.680 here hanging out with you, talking technology. This is the 0:36:07.719 --> 0:36:09.480 show where I talk about the tech stuff I think 0:36:09.520 --> 0:36:11.799 you should know about. It's also the place where I 0:36:11.840 --> 0:36:15.920 answer your tech questions. Once again. My name is Rich DeMuro. 0:36:16.160 --> 0:36:18.359 You can find me on social media. I am at 0:36:18.680 --> 0:36:23.160 rich on tech. You can find me on x formerly, Twitter, Instagram, 0:36:23.480 --> 0:36:24.560 and of course Facebook. 0:36:24.600 --> 0:36:26.399 Facebook. We've got a. 0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:31.520 Lively community on there. Let's see about eight hundred and 0:36:31.520 --> 0:36:37.600 sixty thousand of you dealing with my sometimes just silly stuff. 0:36:38.040 --> 0:36:40.440 Like last night, I'm complaining I couldn't find anything to 0:36:40.480 --> 0:36:43.120 watch on all the streaming apps I had, and I 0:36:43.120 --> 0:36:46.040 got frustrated, so I said, life was so much easier 0:36:46.080 --> 0:36:48.720 with a list of DVR recordings. Hopping between a dozen 0:36:48.760 --> 0:36:51.480 different streaming apps searching for something to watch is really 0:36:51.480 --> 0:36:55.720 getting old. Yeah, I mean I subscribe to all these apps, 0:36:55.760 --> 0:36:58.120 and we sit there, we order the pizza, We're sitting 0:36:58.120 --> 0:37:00.000 in front of the TV. We got everything ready to go, 0:37:00.200 --> 0:37:01.960 and we can't find something to watch. We start a 0:37:02.000 --> 0:37:03.960 movie fifteen minutes and we're like. 0:37:03.880 --> 0:37:05.799 Where's this going? You got to stop it? 0:37:05.920 --> 0:37:07.920 And then we went to another movie and then we 0:37:07.960 --> 0:37:11.080 fall asleep. So that's how it works in the DeMuro household. 0:37:11.320 --> 0:37:16.000 Let's go to Gina. Gina in Venice. You're on with Rich. 0:37:17.160 --> 0:37:23.120 Hi, good afternoon, Rich. Hello, Hey, all I can think. 0:37:22.960 --> 0:37:24.040 About is that song? 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:24.719 Do you know? 0:37:24.960 --> 0:37:26.840 Do you know the way to Sam Jose? 0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:32.200 When I talk about San Jose. Yes, I don't know 0:37:32.239 --> 0:37:35.440 that song, but I will listen to it by Dion Warwick. Okay, 0:37:35.480 --> 0:37:37.480 do you know the way to San Jose? All right, 0:37:37.520 --> 0:37:40.960 I love it nineteen sixty eight. I'll ask Bobo if 0:37:40.960 --> 0:37:45.120 he can find it on our system. The restaurants to 0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:47.000 go to by the way and San Jose is called 0:37:47.040 --> 0:37:47.920 Original Jo's. 0:37:48.080 --> 0:37:51.399 And I yeah, it was great. I had a great 0:37:51.440 --> 0:37:53.560 time there. All right. What can I help you with, Gina. 0:37:54.400 --> 0:37:59.360 So I'm wondering. I'm an Apple person, I have across 0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:03.000 the the all platforms, and I'm wondering if there's a 0:38:03.080 --> 0:38:08.040 way to think applications that I have like to sink 0:38:08.880 --> 0:38:12.920 Gmail across all applications. So when I I've read it 0:38:13.360 --> 0:38:18.160 a message or email and on my iPhone and delete it, 0:38:18.160 --> 0:38:20.920 it's all also deleted on my Mac or my. 0:38:23.239 --> 0:38:25.000 iPad or whatever. 0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:28.120 Yes. Yes, So there's a couple of ways you can 0:38:28.160 --> 0:38:28.400 do this. 0:38:29.800 --> 0:38:32.960 If you download, like specifically for Gmail, if you download 0:38:32.960 --> 0:38:37.200 the Gmail app, you can install that on your various devices. 0:38:37.280 --> 0:38:39.759 And if you delete a message on one device, whether 0:38:39.800 --> 0:38:41.960 it's the web, whether it's the iPhone, whether it's the iPad, 0:38:42.080 --> 0:38:44.680 it will delete on all the other devices as well. 0:38:45.960 --> 0:38:48.640 If you're using the Apple Mail app, as long as 0:38:48.680 --> 0:38:52.520 you set up the email using kind of like their flow, 0:38:52.560 --> 0:38:54.279 which if you haven't done this in a while, like 0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:56.520 if you set it up a long time ago, you 0:38:56.640 --> 0:38:58.879 might have. You might have set it up as what's 0:38:58.920 --> 0:39:02.239 called pop three. And if you're setting up as pop three, 0:39:02.400 --> 0:39:04.800 that means that the email is kind of downloaded to 0:39:04.840 --> 0:39:06.640 your device and everything happens locally. 0:39:07.160 --> 0:39:08.680 So you want to set it up as what's. 0:39:08.560 --> 0:39:12.360 Called imap im ap, and when you make a change there, 0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:14.759 it is reflected on the server, which means it'll be 0:39:14.800 --> 0:39:18.560 reflected anywhere else. So if it's not deleting, like let's 0:39:18.560 --> 0:39:20.239 say you've got the mail app on your phone, you 0:39:20.320 --> 0:39:23.319 delete an email from Gmail and it doesn't delete, then 0:39:23.360 --> 0:39:25.319 that means I would go in. I would delete my 0:39:25.560 --> 0:39:28.680 entire email account from the mail app and set it 0:39:28.760 --> 0:39:31.960 up fresh, and your email will be safe because it's 0:39:32.280 --> 0:39:34.879 it's going to be on the server from Gmail. Yes, yeah, 0:39:35.280 --> 0:39:37.160 I think the Gmail app is the easiest way to go. 0:39:37.200 --> 0:39:39.520 That's what I use because it does work across everything 0:39:40.320 --> 0:39:41.680 perfect and I. 0:39:41.719 --> 0:39:47.120 Learned stuff And I have one te quick question famous 0:39:47.200 --> 0:39:52.480 last words on this show, Gina, I know when you 0:39:52.560 --> 0:39:58.000 click the box trust this device, yes, does it? 0:39:59.600 --> 0:39:59.839 Yes? 0:40:00.000 --> 0:40:02.440 You should only click that box when you are attaching 0:40:02.440 --> 0:40:06.239 the device a trust the device to your computer or like, 0:40:06.280 --> 0:40:08.919 if you see that message when you are plugging into 0:40:09.000 --> 0:40:11.719 like an outlet at the airport, run as far as 0:40:11.760 --> 0:40:13.799 you can, because that is why they put that there. 0:40:14.200 --> 0:40:17.920 That is only for your phone to your computer, and 0:40:19.000 --> 0:40:21.680 that is because it means that you can transfer data 0:40:21.719 --> 0:40:24.200 between those two things. If you see that message anywhere else, 0:40:24.239 --> 0:40:27.120 if you're at a library, public computer, you do not 0:40:27.239 --> 0:40:29.400 want to do that. You don't want to trust that device. 0:40:29.719 --> 0:40:32.799 Your device can still charge off of that computer or 0:40:32.800 --> 0:40:36.160 that outlet, but it will not send data. So trust 0:40:36.160 --> 0:40:39.279 this device is Take that very seriously when you see it. 0:40:39.320 --> 0:40:40.600 That's there for a reason. 0:40:41.520 --> 0:40:44.600 All right, Thank you so much. Rit I really appreciate 0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:47.440 your program and all the information you provide. 0:40:47.719 --> 0:40:50.480 Well, Gina, I appreciate you listening. You are the best 0:40:50.520 --> 0:40:52.920 part of the show. Thanks so much. Debobo, do you 0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:55.919 find the song? We can't find the song? Okay, well 0:40:55.960 --> 0:40:59.319 we're going to have to let's go to Let's go 0:40:59.360 --> 0:41:00.640 to Okay, yeah, fine on YouTube. 0:41:00.640 --> 0:41:01.040 That's fine. 0:41:01.320 --> 0:41:05.080 Let's go to John and Temecula. John, you're on with Rich, Hey. 0:41:04.920 --> 0:41:10.040 Rich, question, I just purchased a Samsung A fifteen to 0:41:10.160 --> 0:41:14.279 five G. Okay, I know it's ain song. We wife 0:41:14.280 --> 0:41:16.560 and I both just use phones, you know, from basic 0:41:16.920 --> 0:41:18.520 phone texting whatever. 0:41:18.680 --> 0:41:20.760 Sure the A is there is there sort of budget 0:41:20.840 --> 0:41:23.600 series phones that are typically at a lower price. 0:41:24.600 --> 0:41:27.800 Yeah, definitely. And we had the A thirty two to 0:41:27.880 --> 0:41:29.319 five g's prior. 0:41:29.120 --> 0:41:31.400 Yeah, which is a great phone. That's the A lineup 0:41:31.440 --> 0:41:33.279 is great. This is I think this is actually like 0:41:33.320 --> 0:41:35.600 the world's top selling phone. But okay, keep going. 0:41:35.880 --> 0:41:36.080 Yeah. 0:41:36.160 --> 0:41:39.080 So so anyways, we live in a remote area and 0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:44.480 we are service provider's T Mobile, and we've been using 0:41:44.560 --> 0:41:50.040 for about seven years the T Mobile four G cell. 0:41:49.880 --> 0:41:52.960 Spot Okay, right, the like the in house thing. 0:41:53.480 --> 0:41:55.879 Yes, okay, So, and we. 0:41:55.840 --> 0:41:59.840 Had the I've had the LG phones, we had A 0:42:00.520 --> 0:42:03.680 twelve phones, and now this is the first phone that 0:42:03.800 --> 0:42:09.480 won't connect to that cell spot. Okay, We've I've been 0:42:09.520 --> 0:42:12.239 on the phone for at least a couple hours with 0:42:12.680 --> 0:42:16.600 T Mobile people and they couldn't help me. So I'm 0:42:16.640 --> 0:42:19.040 kind of just thinking I'm going to be stuck with 0:42:19.520 --> 0:42:20.360 Wi Fi calling. 0:42:20.719 --> 0:42:24.120 I was gonna say, so, so it sounds so okay, 0:42:24.160 --> 0:42:26.120 So you don't have any T Mobile service at all 0:42:26.160 --> 0:42:26.640 at the house. 0:42:27.600 --> 0:42:29.480 Correct, zero, even with the old phones. 0:42:30.080 --> 0:42:30.360 Correct. 0:42:30.400 --> 0:42:33.080 Okay, But you were using this, uh, this range extender 0:42:33.280 --> 0:42:36.040 that you plug into your Internet and it puts out 0:42:36.080 --> 0:42:38.240 a signal that a four G signal that the phone 0:42:38.239 --> 0:42:40.800 recognizes and then uses that to make calls. 0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:44.399 Yeah, basically anybody that walks in the house. Oh yeah, 0:42:44.480 --> 0:42:46.640 the mobile will now have service. 0:42:47.080 --> 0:42:49.279 Okay. And this phone, so does this phone not have 0:42:49.360 --> 0:42:53.000 four G service at all? Support four G? 0:42:53.719 --> 0:42:55.319 I don't know. That's a good question. 0:42:55.320 --> 0:42:55.600 Okay. 0:42:55.640 --> 0:42:57.719 So usually in the settings, if you go into the 0:42:57.760 --> 0:42:59.920 settings on your phone, I want you to try something. 0:43:01.000 --> 0:43:06.320 Go into settings on your phone and under connections it'll say, 0:43:07.360 --> 0:43:12.200 let's see mobile networks, and you can my on my 0:43:12.280 --> 0:43:15.160 phone it says allow five G service and allow two 0:43:15.160 --> 0:43:18.040 G service. So if I turn off allow five G service, 0:43:18.800 --> 0:43:21.560 see if your phone defaults to four G. 0:43:21.800 --> 0:43:23.640 So mine just went back down to four G. 0:43:24.640 --> 0:43:26.719 Okay, So go into connections, you said. 0:43:26.560 --> 0:43:32.960 Yeah, So it's settings connections and then mobile networks and 0:43:33.000 --> 0:43:35.400 you see where it says allow five G service. 0:43:35.040 --> 0:43:38.279 There, yeah, turn that off. Okay, and now does your 0:43:38.320 --> 0:43:39.959 phone show lt E up at the top. 0:43:40.800 --> 0:43:42.680 No, it says allowed two G. 0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:45.440 Okay, leave that on. Okay, but just turn off the 0:43:45.480 --> 0:43:47.880 five G one I did, and does it come up 0:43:48.000 --> 0:43:49.920 lt E No? Okay? 0:43:49.920 --> 0:43:52.120 Interesting, So I wonder if this phone I find it 0:43:52.160 --> 0:43:54.160 hard to believe this phone would not have a four 0:43:54.200 --> 0:43:57.200 G antenna inside. You might want to give it a 0:43:57.239 --> 0:43:59.240 second to see if it picks up that signal. 0:43:59.480 --> 0:44:01.960 So what what has happened with this phone? Which is 0:44:02.040 --> 0:44:06.799 kind of crazy? If I restart the phone, excuse me, 0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:12.279 it'll connect with the cell spot for maybe at the 0:44:12.320 --> 0:44:15.120 most it's been like seven or eight minutes, okay, and 0:44:15.120 --> 0:44:16.040 then it disconnects. 0:44:16.040 --> 0:44:16.279 Okay. 0:44:16.280 --> 0:44:20.360 Well, this phone does support four G, so it could 0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:23.880 be okay. Well, the bottom line is, John, honestly, the 0:44:23.960 --> 0:44:27.239 world has moved to Wi Fi calling, so I see 0:44:27.280 --> 0:44:29.880 no reason. If you can turn on Wi Fi calling 0:44:29.920 --> 0:44:32.160 on this phone and it works in your house, you're 0:44:32.160 --> 0:44:33.839 going to get your phone calls and you're gonna get 0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:36.200 your messages the same way. Now for other people that 0:44:36.280 --> 0:44:38.360 come in, if their phone still work with this little 0:44:38.840 --> 0:44:41.480 you know, mobile extender that you have, that's fine. But 0:44:41.600 --> 0:44:44.439 I think the bottom line is that a this phone 0:44:44.560 --> 0:44:46.840 should work because I'm looking at the specs and it 0:44:46.880 --> 0:44:49.799 does have four G service, so it should work with 0:44:49.840 --> 0:44:52.799 that extender. Sometimes you have to register the phone with 0:44:52.840 --> 0:44:55.880 the extender for it to work. Since you're telling me 0:44:55.960 --> 0:44:57.680 other people have been able to come into your house 0:44:57.880 --> 0:45:02.640 and use it, that's interesting because typically you have to 0:45:02.719 --> 0:45:05.799 register the phones with this extender for it to work, 0:45:05.840 --> 0:45:08.680 as far as I've experienced in the past. But I 0:45:08.719 --> 0:45:10.839 think if you're fine with the Wi Fi calling and 0:45:10.880 --> 0:45:13.880 it works, toggle that on. You'll be fine. Everything's going 0:45:13.920 --> 0:45:15.600 to work pretty much the same. Make sure that you 0:45:15.680 --> 0:45:18.440 set your nine to one one address in the settings 0:45:18.760 --> 0:45:20.640 when you set up the Wi Fi calling, and this 0:45:20.760 --> 0:45:24.640 phone should perform pretty similar to the way it would 0:45:24.640 --> 0:45:26.560 with the extender, if not better, as long as you 0:45:26.560 --> 0:45:28.920 have a good signal. But there really shouldn't be any 0:45:28.920 --> 0:45:31.480 reason why this phone doesn't work with this extender, unless 0:45:32.400 --> 0:45:34.120 you know, everything is just sort of out of date 0:45:34.160 --> 0:45:37.200 with this extender and it's just not recognizing it on 0:45:37.280 --> 0:45:39.959 the new phone. But I would just use Wi Fi calling, John, 0:45:40.080 --> 0:45:41.880 and when you're out of the house, your phone should 0:45:41.920 --> 0:45:45.400 work as it typically would on that T Mobile network. 0:45:45.440 --> 0:45:49.360 Thanks for the call today out there in Temecula. Verizon 0:45:49.400 --> 0:45:53.200 I mentioned they are raising prices on some older unlimited plans. 0:45:53.440 --> 0:45:56.600 Verizon is increasing prices by four dollars a month per 0:45:56.680 --> 0:46:02.480 line on older plans starting March first. The plans five 0:46:02.640 --> 0:46:07.160 G Get More, five G Play More, five G Do More, 0:46:07.480 --> 0:46:10.719 and five G Start. So what do they want you 0:46:10.800 --> 0:46:12.319 to do? They want you to go to the new 0:46:12.480 --> 0:46:19.360 unlimited plans Unlimited Plus, Unlimited, Welcome Ultimate Unlimited. Pricing for 0:46:19.400 --> 0:46:22.200 the new plans is not changing. But again, if you 0:46:22.320 --> 0:46:25.360 see this on your bill, which you will see starting 0:46:25.400 --> 0:46:28.120 March first, that's what it's all about. It's because you're 0:46:28.160 --> 0:46:31.280 on an older unlimited plan. I would personally do the math, 0:46:31.400 --> 0:46:33.520 see how much your old plan is, see how much 0:46:33.560 --> 0:46:37.080 the new unlimited plans are, and switch if the math 0:46:37.160 --> 0:46:41.760 does not work out. This was reported by c Net. Again, 0:46:42.200 --> 0:46:45.920 Verizon increasing pricing plans by four dollars a month on 0:46:45.960 --> 0:46:49.200 some older unlimited plans starting on March first. If you 0:46:49.200 --> 0:46:51.520 have a five G Get More, five G Play More, 0:46:51.560 --> 0:46:54.279 five G Do More, and five G Start, you might 0:46:54.360 --> 0:46:57.280 see this increase. You'll probably get an email from Verizon 0:46:57.680 --> 0:47:02.799 explaining that you're getting this new increase. All right, coming up, 0:47:02.840 --> 0:47:06.600 I'm gonna talk about the uh Apple Vision pro. 0:47:06.640 --> 0:47:08.040 I'm gonna give you my experience. 0:47:08.080 --> 0:47:11.840 I put this thing on last week and it's quite incredible. 0:47:12.200 --> 0:47:16.040 It's also quite expensive. I will explain what you need 0:47:16.080 --> 0:47:19.600 to know about the new headset from Apple eighty eight 0:47:19.680 --> 0:47:21.719 rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to 0:47:21.719 --> 0:47:23.520 two four one zero one. 0:47:23.680 --> 0:47:25.200 This is rich on Tech. 0:47:26.640 --> 0:47:36.960 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Wow, this song was 0:47:37.000 --> 0:47:41.000 way ahead of its time. Now they're driving Uber and 0:47:41.120 --> 0:47:45.239 delivering door Dash the actors. You know, it used to 0:47:45.280 --> 0:47:47.000 be when you came to LA you got a job 0:47:47.040 --> 0:47:50.040 as like you know, valet waiter. Now you can just 0:47:50.080 --> 0:47:52.799 do everything on your own time. It's actually quite incredible. 0:47:53.520 --> 0:47:55.759 Uh do you know the Way to San Jose by 0:47:55.840 --> 0:47:56.680 Dion Warwick? 0:47:56.880 --> 0:47:57.920 All right, Kim. 0:47:58.320 --> 0:48:00.880 You know when Kim gets fired up is when she 0:48:01.280 --> 0:48:03.640 says to me, like, hey, rich, how the heck did 0:48:03.680 --> 0:48:04.680 you not know that song? 0:48:04.760 --> 0:48:05.600 And I said, I don't know. 0:48:06.520 --> 0:48:09.240 You know, there's things that have evaded me in this lifetime, 0:48:09.239 --> 0:48:10.759 but now I know, and I can't wait to listen 0:48:10.800 --> 0:48:11.280 to that again. 0:48:12.120 --> 0:48:13.560 You're listening to rich on Tech. 0:48:13.600 --> 0:48:16.160 My name is rich DeMuro eighty to eight rich one 0:48:16.160 --> 0:48:18.919 on one eighty eight seven four to two four one 0:48:19.200 --> 0:48:21.720 zero one. I want to get into the Apple Vision 0:48:21.760 --> 0:48:24.399 pro but I got my main man, Micah here from Maine. 0:48:25.200 --> 0:48:28.120 You got a suggestion on how to get text messages 0:48:28.160 --> 0:48:28.800 in Fiji. 0:48:29.640 --> 0:48:32.320 Yes, I do three or four of them actually, oh mydad. 0:48:32.440 --> 0:48:35.000 One is Yeah, there are a number of different ways. 0:48:35.280 --> 0:48:37.840 If you're a T Mobile or a Google Fi customer, 0:48:38.160 --> 0:48:41.520 you get text messages internationally at no additional charge. So 0:48:41.600 --> 0:48:44.319 that's a very simple way to do it. If you're 0:48:44.520 --> 0:48:47.240 not with those two companies, if you have a Google 0:48:47.360 --> 0:48:50.200 Voice phone number, you can get text messages, send and 0:48:50.239 --> 0:48:53.120 receive through your Gmail account and that makes it very 0:48:53.160 --> 0:48:55.480 easy and you just need to have data that way. 0:48:56.040 --> 0:48:59.000 You also get data with Google Fi and T Mobile, 0:48:59.080 --> 0:49:01.759 so you have the data automatically, and if you want 0:49:01.800 --> 0:49:03.680 to make phone calls, you know, as a travel writer 0:49:03.800 --> 0:49:07.040 and a travel podcaster, I have an UMA landline at 0:49:07.040 --> 0:49:09.759 home specifically so that I can put the UMA app 0:49:09.760 --> 0:49:12.239 on my phone and use data to send and make 0:49:12.280 --> 0:49:15.440 and receive phone calls from the USA at no additional 0:49:15.520 --> 0:49:17.720 charge to my regular landline phone number. 0:49:18.400 --> 0:49:21.640 Well, it's certainly gotten easier. Sure sounds that way. Thanks 0:49:21.640 --> 0:49:25.000 for the suggestions, Micah that you know, look, there's so 0:49:25.080 --> 0:49:27.239 many ways of doing this. I think that at the 0:49:27.320 --> 0:49:29.200 end of the day, you either have to be set 0:49:29.239 --> 0:49:32.200 up in advance with some of those things. I think personally, 0:49:32.200 --> 0:49:34.759 Google Voice has been just incredible, Like I've had my 0:49:34.800 --> 0:49:38.120 Google Voice number forever because of these reasons. And I 0:49:38.160 --> 0:49:41.800 know people that travel a lot love Google Fi because 0:49:41.840 --> 0:49:46.000 you basically get service everywhere. It's very inexpensive, it's very flexible. 0:49:46.560 --> 0:49:49.839 And also T Mobile is very good with the international 0:49:49.880 --> 0:49:52.279 add ons with their plan or I shouldn't even say 0:49:52.280 --> 0:49:54.319 add on a lot of times, it's just included in there. 0:49:54.600 --> 0:49:57.879 But I will say in general, international travel has gotten 0:49:57.920 --> 0:50:01.120 a lot easier, a lot better. And again for most 0:50:01.120 --> 0:50:04.680 of the modern phones, if you have e SIM, you've 0:50:04.719 --> 0:50:07.319 got that dual SIM card situation on most of the 0:50:07.360 --> 0:50:10.759 modern phones. The caller originally did not have the dual 0:50:10.800 --> 0:50:12.520 SIM and that's what made it very tricky. But he 0:50:12.560 --> 0:50:14.640 had an extra phone, so makes it kind of easy. 0:50:14.640 --> 0:50:18.759 Thanks a lot, Micah in main there. All right, let's 0:50:18.800 --> 0:50:21.560 talk about the Apple Vision pro. So I had the 0:50:21.600 --> 0:50:24.640 opportunity to try this on. This is Apple's thirty five 0:50:24.760 --> 0:50:30.040 hundred dollars augmented reality headset. And so first thing I do, 0:50:30.120 --> 0:50:32.799 I get into this thing, they scan my face with 0:50:32.880 --> 0:50:36.640 an iPhone app and that helps them understand the size 0:50:37.200 --> 0:50:40.200 of the light seal, and that helps keep the light out. Now, 0:50:40.400 --> 0:50:41.880 when I put this thing on, I actually had a 0:50:41.880 --> 0:50:44.480 lot of light bleeding through, and so that actually did 0:50:44.480 --> 0:50:47.000 not work very well. But the first time I tried 0:50:47.040 --> 0:50:49.160 it on, it was very There's not a lot of 0:50:49.239 --> 0:50:53.280 light coming in. So the other thing is the Okay, 0:50:53.320 --> 0:50:56.799 so I get in there and they immediately start showing me. 0:50:56.920 --> 0:50:59.560 You put this thing on, and you see the room 0:50:59.760 --> 0:51:01.680 that you're in. I was like in a living room 0:51:01.719 --> 0:51:04.960 that they set up at the Apple headquarters, and immediately 0:51:05.000 --> 0:51:06.919 it looked like I was just looking at the living 0:51:06.960 --> 0:51:08.840 room I was in. But of course they trick you 0:51:09.320 --> 0:51:12.320 and it starts writing in three D the word hello, 0:51:12.400 --> 0:51:14.480 floating in the middle of your eyesight, and that was 0:51:14.560 --> 0:51:17.560 really cool, And that's like kind of your like OMG 0:51:17.719 --> 0:51:20.640 moment with this thing. You're like, this is really cool 0:51:20.680 --> 0:51:22.200 because I just thought I was sitting in the room 0:51:22.239 --> 0:51:25.040 I was in and looking through glasses. No, I'm looking 0:51:25.040 --> 0:51:27.840 through a camera that is showing me the room. And 0:51:27.880 --> 0:51:30.000 then you start to kind of move around and all 0:51:30.040 --> 0:51:33.520 you use with this headset is your fingers and your eyes, 0:51:34.080 --> 0:51:37.279 so you literally look with your eyes where you want 0:51:37.320 --> 0:51:39.680 to select on the screen, and then just tap your 0:51:39.719 --> 0:51:42.640 fingers together, pinch your fingers together, and that selects it. 0:51:42.719 --> 0:51:46.000 So that alone is just such a breakthrough with this 0:51:46.120 --> 0:51:49.640 intuitive gesture that you use to browse this thing. And 0:51:49.680 --> 0:51:52.399 when I'm talking, it's like Minority Report. It really is, 0:51:52.480 --> 0:51:54.279 because you just move things around, like if you want 0:51:54.320 --> 0:51:56.520 to take the window, you kind of pinch the edge, 0:51:56.680 --> 0:51:59.120 you make it bigger, you make it smaller, you kind 0:51:59.120 --> 0:52:01.200 of grab the window, move it over to your side 0:52:01.200 --> 0:52:03.080 of view. You can have a bunch of windows open. 0:52:03.400 --> 0:52:05.920 You can look around and see those windows just floating 0:52:06.000 --> 0:52:09.200 in mid air. It is quite incredible. Then we tried 0:52:09.200 --> 0:52:12.600 out some movie apps, so we looked at first we 0:52:12.680 --> 0:52:16.919 looked at some pictures and videos in spatial video, which 0:52:17.120 --> 0:52:19.200 Apple doesn't call it three D, but it's really just 0:52:19.239 --> 0:52:22.080 three D. They call it spatial because you remember three D 0:52:22.200 --> 0:52:26.000 TV's bombed. But looking at pictures and videos in three 0:52:26.080 --> 0:52:28.920 D is just quite incredible. So you can take pictures 0:52:28.920 --> 0:52:31.640 and videos on your iPhone in three D and then 0:52:31.680 --> 0:52:33.560 look at them inside this environment. 0:52:33.880 --> 0:52:34.720 Really really cool. 0:52:34.880 --> 0:52:36.400 How often are you gonna do that, I don't know, 0:52:36.480 --> 0:52:38.920 but it's still pretty cool to have it I watched 0:52:38.920 --> 0:52:40.400 Super Mario World in three D. 0:52:40.840 --> 0:52:41.359 It was great. 0:52:41.400 --> 0:52:44.279 I mean, it's like being in an Imax theater in 0:52:44.360 --> 0:52:47.680 your living room because it's just an enormous screen in 0:52:47.719 --> 0:52:49.040 front of you. You can make it as big as you 0:52:49.080 --> 0:52:52.319 want or as small as you want. Let's see what 0:52:52.360 --> 0:52:52.960 else do we do? 0:52:53.080 --> 0:52:53.279 Oh? 0:52:53.320 --> 0:52:56.680 Then I took a part a F one car in 0:52:56.719 --> 0:52:58.879 front of me. So they have this giant F one 0:52:58.960 --> 0:53:01.319 car in three D. I can move it around, I 0:53:01.360 --> 0:53:03.520 can zoom in, I can pop the wheel off, I 0:53:03.520 --> 0:53:04.839 can pop all the parts off. 0:53:05.120 --> 0:53:05.680 So I just. 0:53:05.640 --> 0:53:09.760 Imagined that this could be really useful for teaching as well. Again, 0:53:09.800 --> 0:53:12.759 thirty five hundred dollars for this. It is incredible, but 0:53:12.840 --> 0:53:16.000 it is very very expensive. Pre orders are open now. 0:53:16.040 --> 0:53:19.200 It is in stores February second. Coming up Joanna Stern 0:53:19.239 --> 0:53:21.200 from The Wall Street Journal and I will talk about 0:53:21.560 --> 0:53:23.839 our experiences inside the Vision Pro. 0:53:26.800 --> 0:53:28.399 Welcome back to rich On Tech. 0:53:28.520 --> 0:53:31.399 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 0:53:31.400 --> 0:53:34.520 triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eighty eight seven 0:53:34.600 --> 0:53:36.919 four to two four one zero one. 0:53:37.280 --> 0:53:38.360 The big news this week. 0:53:38.400 --> 0:53:42.080 Apple Vision Pro is available for pre order if you 0:53:42.120 --> 0:53:44.839 can still get one. Joining me now is Joanna Stern, 0:53:44.880 --> 0:53:47.240 personal tech columnist at the Wall Street Journal. 0:53:47.480 --> 0:53:51.040 Thanks for joining me, Joyna, Thanks for having me Rich. 0:53:51.760 --> 0:53:54.440 Okay, so you got you went hands on with this 0:53:54.440 --> 0:53:56.719 thing four times, or I should say head on with 0:53:56.840 --> 0:53:59.200 this four times. 0:53:58.800 --> 0:54:02.919 Heads on, heads on with the face computer four times. 0:54:02.960 --> 0:54:04.439 And what do you make of this? 0:54:04.600 --> 0:54:09.240 I mean, it's an augmented reality, virtual reality headset. Apple 0:54:09.280 --> 0:54:11.840 obviously doesn't call it that. They called a spatial computer. 0:54:12.440 --> 0:54:13.560 But what do you make of this thing? 0:54:13.600 --> 0:54:14.080 In general? 0:54:14.719 --> 0:54:16.640 Yeah, every time I put this on, I really have 0:54:16.760 --> 0:54:20.720 two reactions. One, this is the best headset I've ever used. 0:54:21.239 --> 0:54:25.680 The image quality, the way you navigate this with just 0:54:25.760 --> 0:54:29.160 your hands, no clunky controllers like we've had with the Oculus. 0:54:30.719 --> 0:54:34.080 It just feels natural, similar to when we first got 0:54:34.080 --> 0:54:38.080 that iPhone and it moved away from the clunky smartphones 0:54:38.560 --> 0:54:41.920 and they had stylustes and it wasn't really that natural 0:54:41.960 --> 0:54:45.480 to interact with those, And so now feels like Apple's 0:54:45.480 --> 0:54:48.239 doing the same thing with the headset. So that's part 0:54:48.239 --> 0:54:51.359 one of the impression. Part two of the impression is 0:54:52.040 --> 0:54:55.440 you're wearing a computer on your face and it feels 0:54:55.600 --> 0:54:59.800 like that right now. You almost can start to see 0:55:00.160 --> 0:55:02.480 the future of this device. When you put it on 0:55:02.560 --> 0:55:04.879 that it's going to get smaller and the battery pack 0:55:05.000 --> 0:55:07.560 is going to disappear, and it is going to feel 0:55:07.640 --> 0:55:11.439 more like glasses. You just don't know. We just all 0:55:11.520 --> 0:55:14.680 don't know when that's going to happen. And right now, 0:55:15.360 --> 0:55:17.960 as I'm just saying, it's a face computer, You're putting 0:55:17.960 --> 0:55:21.080 a computer on your face. And yes, it's cool, but 0:55:21.120 --> 0:55:22.840 it's also big. 0:55:24.719 --> 0:55:27.400 It seems to be quite popular at thirty five hundred 0:55:27.440 --> 0:55:30.960 dollars plus accessories. As I'm scrolling through my social media, 0:55:31.040 --> 0:55:33.760 I'm seeing a lot of people have ordered this. They're 0:55:33.880 --> 0:55:37.360 eagerly anticipating it. Is that just par for the course 0:55:37.400 --> 0:55:39.920 with any new gadget? 0:55:40.520 --> 0:55:42.760 I think the big question is who are those people 0:55:42.800 --> 0:55:43.560 on social media? 0:55:43.640 --> 0:55:43.799 Right? 0:55:43.840 --> 0:55:46.600 Are they early adopters who have always bought the first 0:55:46.640 --> 0:55:47.279 Apple thing? 0:55:48.160 --> 0:55:49.080 That's my guess. 0:55:49.360 --> 0:55:51.880 Are these the people in your life that now you 0:55:52.040 --> 0:55:55.880 many years later have iPhones and iPads and air pods 0:55:55.920 --> 0:55:59.640 and Apple Watches? Probably not right. I mean, these are 0:55:59.680 --> 0:56:03.480 sort of the way these products get mainstream or go mainstream. 0:56:03.560 --> 0:56:07.320 Is It's just it follows the Apple playbook early first 0:56:07.400 --> 0:56:10.600 version is not meant for the masses, and certainly with 0:56:10.640 --> 0:56:13.160 this when we look at thirty five hundred dollars for 0:56:13.239 --> 0:56:15.480 device which we aren't quite sure what it will do 0:56:15.680 --> 0:56:18.239 for us, Well, that's a luxury item. I mean, I'm 0:56:18.280 --> 0:56:21.120 not saying this is actually like a luxury, beautiful item, 0:56:21.239 --> 0:56:23.680 but it is a luxury to be able to buy 0:56:23.760 --> 0:56:26.239 a thirty five hundred dollars phase computer that you're not 0:56:26.280 --> 0:56:28.640 really sure yet how is going to fit into your life. 0:56:28.800 --> 0:56:31.560 Yeah, you said this was incredible, but do you think 0:56:31.600 --> 0:56:35.760 that this has potential to revamp the way we experience 0:56:35.880 --> 0:56:39.440 entertainment and also compute Because they call it a spatial computer. 0:56:39.480 --> 0:56:40.960 Will I replace my laptop with this? 0:56:42.480 --> 0:56:44.720 It seems very clear. Again, I haven't had the chance 0:56:44.760 --> 0:56:46.920 to test this, and I know you haven't either outside 0:56:46.920 --> 0:56:49.880 of Apple's walls, but given these demos, they seem to 0:56:49.880 --> 0:56:53.239 be sort of building a narrative around at least one 0:56:53.320 --> 0:56:56.680 big use case, and that is entertainment. One of the 0:56:56.880 --> 0:56:58.680 two of the demos I got to see over the 0:56:58.719 --> 0:57:01.920 last couple months, we're around the spatial videos and photos 0:57:02.120 --> 0:57:04.600 again three D. We won't say the bad word, and 0:57:05.000 --> 0:57:07.960 that really is remarkable. I mean, it is really cool 0:57:08.040 --> 0:57:10.840 to be able to take a video on the weekend 0:57:10.880 --> 0:57:13.759 of your kids in three D and then watch it 0:57:13.840 --> 0:57:16.120 back in this headset and feel like you're really there 0:57:16.160 --> 0:57:19.439 with them. Right. It feels a lot more immersive and real. 0:57:20.360 --> 0:57:23.240 The question is how often are we going to do that? 0:57:23.560 --> 0:57:23.720 Right? 0:57:23.760 --> 0:57:25.720 How often are we going to want to use these 0:57:25.760 --> 0:57:28.040 devices to do that? Sure it's good for the business 0:57:28.040 --> 0:57:29.720 trip you might take when you're not with your kids, 0:57:29.760 --> 0:57:32.360 But I can see my kids in real life. I'm 0:57:32.480 --> 0:57:34.440 lucky to be able to do that. Maybe it's when 0:57:34.440 --> 0:57:36.480 they get older and I can relive those memories. Maybe 0:57:36.520 --> 0:57:38.200 it's people who have passed away. So I think there 0:57:38.200 --> 0:57:41.800 are a lot of interesting cultural uses that might evolve here. 0:57:42.320 --> 0:57:45.720 But again, it's got to come along. Right. You're going 0:57:45.760 --> 0:57:48.760 to want to have a device eventually that's easier to 0:57:48.800 --> 0:57:51.280 put on, sleeker, and maybe you can you don't have 0:57:51.320 --> 0:57:53.000 to have a big battery pack with it. 0:57:54.320 --> 0:57:58.000 What did you make of the everyone's retweeting like this 0:57:58.120 --> 0:57:59.040 picture of. 0:57:58.920 --> 0:58:00.600 Like my ear, your ear? 0:58:00.760 --> 0:58:03.760 You know, this bulky headset that's like crunching down on ears. 0:58:04.160 --> 0:58:06.360 Did you find that this thing was really heavy and 0:58:06.560 --> 0:58:08.120 or hot on your head? 0:58:08.720 --> 0:58:11.880 I have always thought this thing is quite heavy, and 0:58:12.200 --> 0:58:14.320 I do really think that is going to be the 0:58:14.320 --> 0:58:16.400 main thing that prevents you from being able to use 0:58:16.440 --> 0:58:19.440 this for longer periods of time, then you probably want 0:58:19.480 --> 0:58:21.240 you'd probably want to wear it for a little bit longer, 0:58:21.400 --> 0:58:24.760 and you might start to feel the weight literally on 0:58:24.800 --> 0:58:25.200 your head. 0:58:25.760 --> 0:58:28.320 I'd be curious to watch an entire movie in this thing, 0:58:28.400 --> 0:58:30.280 because it's something I have not been able to do 0:58:30.400 --> 0:58:33.360 in another headset. And also on the plane, they all 0:58:33.400 --> 0:58:36.040 they always show this, you know, this picture of someone 0:58:36.080 --> 0:58:38.640 watching on the plane. Do you think you would use 0:58:38.680 --> 0:58:40.160 this on an airplane or do you think it'll get 0:58:40.200 --> 0:58:41.160 a lot of use on a plane? 0:58:42.560 --> 0:58:45.800 I do, I definitely think, you know. I like I 0:58:45.880 --> 0:58:49.720 bring my iPad typically on longer flights. It's it's sort 0:58:49.720 --> 0:58:51.640 of a travel device for me. I don't use an 0:58:51.640 --> 0:58:54.560 iPad as much on my day to day activities, but 0:58:55.240 --> 0:58:57.960 I could see this sort of replacing the iPad for 0:58:58.160 --> 0:59:01.919 watching on longer flights. The issue, then, I think, also 0:59:02.000 --> 0:59:05.240 becomes like this a very solo experience, so you can't 0:59:05.240 --> 0:59:07.800 really share with somebody else. You don't really see what's 0:59:07.840 --> 0:59:09.640 going on around you. I mean, there are ways to 0:59:09.640 --> 0:59:12.000 obviously control that. Using the dial on the device, you 0:59:12.000 --> 0:59:15.480 can dial in how much you see around you. But 0:59:15.720 --> 0:59:18.720 I've sat next to people on airplanes wearing VR headsets 0:59:18.760 --> 0:59:22.080 and other types of glasses, and I mean they look 0:59:22.120 --> 0:59:23.800 nerdy and they're fine with that. 0:59:25.200 --> 0:59:27.880 What were you most impressed with? What are you you know? 0:59:27.960 --> 0:59:30.840 What do you think is the best aspect of this device? 0:59:31.320 --> 0:59:31.920 At launch? 0:59:32.400 --> 0:59:34.360 I always go back to how easy it is to 0:59:34.480 --> 0:59:38.200 navigate around. I think one of the things that Apple 0:59:38.320 --> 0:59:42.000 had to overcome here is making this a device that's 0:59:42.040 --> 0:59:45.840 easy for anyone to sort of use. The controllers on 0:59:46.000 --> 0:59:49.480 these previous devices, you've really felt like they're clunky. They 0:59:49.560 --> 0:59:53.760 kind of get away, get in between that experience. So 0:59:54.160 --> 0:59:56.479 I think that's one thing that is going to help 0:59:56.560 --> 0:59:59.160 with moving this into the future. I think the second 0:59:59.320 --> 1:00:03.480 really is the focus Apples putting on the real world. 1:00:03.640 --> 1:00:07.000 This is not about the so called metaverse where you 1:00:07.040 --> 1:00:09.760 get out of the real world and you're surrounded in 1:00:09.800 --> 1:00:12.800 all digital objects and you've gone to outer space or 1:00:12.880 --> 1:00:15.320 wherever you've gone. You can do some of that in here, 1:00:15.680 --> 1:00:18.920 but they're putting the real focus on being able to 1:00:18.960 --> 1:00:21.520 see people and things around you. As soon as you 1:00:21.560 --> 1:00:23.480 put on the headsetting rich you know, you put it on, 1:00:23.720 --> 1:00:26.160 you see the menu, and you see your surroundings. If 1:00:26.160 --> 1:00:27.920 I had it on right now, I would be seeing 1:00:27.920 --> 1:00:29.880 you and I would see the menu in front of me. 1:00:30.360 --> 1:00:32.440 And so that seems like a really big difference, and 1:00:32.480 --> 1:00:34.880 again also really showing where Apple, I think is wants 1:00:34.960 --> 1:00:37.480 to go with this in the future, which is not 1:00:37.600 --> 1:00:40.480 a device to be alone in your home, but a 1:00:40.520 --> 1:00:42.600 device that you can wear out and about and see 1:00:42.600 --> 1:00:45.360 digital information and not just be staring down at your phone. 1:00:45.920 --> 1:00:48.080 What did you make of the eyesight, because they in 1:00:48.160 --> 1:00:50.800 my demo, it was kind of the surprise at the 1:00:50.920 --> 1:00:53.920 end where this person looks up from their computer or 1:00:53.960 --> 1:00:56.960 whatever they were doing and they've got these digital eyes 1:00:57.080 --> 1:00:57.720 on the screen. 1:00:57.840 --> 1:01:00.600 It was it was a little weird, especially when they blink. 1:01:00.640 --> 1:01:02.640 They said, see you can see me blinking, and then 1:01:02.720 --> 1:01:05.320 you know, they took a picture all these little things, 1:01:05.360 --> 1:01:08.480 which is nice to have, but it's still a little odd. 1:01:09.320 --> 1:01:12.280 It's odd, for sure. I think that really is I 1:01:12.320 --> 1:01:16.440 think about making sure that people feel like there's that 1:01:16.560 --> 1:01:20.360 privacy component here that they know, oh, you're looking at 1:01:20.400 --> 1:01:22.600 me versus you're looking at something else. I mean, for 1:01:22.720 --> 1:01:25.600 your listeners, just to describe this, I mean, it sort 1:01:25.600 --> 1:01:27.880 of makes it look like a pair of ski goggles, right, 1:01:28.000 --> 1:01:31.320 so it's not just a plain piece of plastic in 1:01:31.320 --> 1:01:33.360 front of your face, which it is. But what Apple's 1:01:33.360 --> 1:01:36.320 done is put a screen in front of the headset 1:01:36.360 --> 1:01:39.080 that mimics what your eyes look like, so it looks 1:01:39.160 --> 1:01:41.920 like the person is looking at you, and that is 1:01:42.160 --> 1:01:44.880 to make it seem like you're just wearing glasses and 1:01:45.360 --> 1:01:49.120 you're naturally talking to somebody. But yeah, it didn't also 1:01:49.200 --> 1:01:51.400 work that well, Like it looked like like to your point, 1:01:51.400 --> 1:01:53.080 it was like I'm blinking and I was like are you? 1:01:53.360 --> 1:01:57.440 And it looks quite delayed. And I also asked him 1:01:57.440 --> 1:01:59.320 to take it off to make sure he actually had 1:01:59.360 --> 1:02:02.200 eyes because I couldn't. It was like, do you have 1:02:02.320 --> 1:02:04.400 the real lize? Like, what do your real eyes look like? 1:02:05.280 --> 1:02:08.240 I'm interested to see what it looks like on me. 1:02:08.720 --> 1:02:12.160 In our demos, we didn't see really quite yet any 1:02:13.280 --> 1:02:15.400 killer apps. And I don't actually want to say that 1:02:15.440 --> 1:02:17.000 there's going to be some killer app for this, but 1:02:17.080 --> 1:02:20.040 we didn't see a ton yet of third party apps. 1:02:20.200 --> 1:02:23.920 What are the developers creating for this headset? And we 1:02:24.000 --> 1:02:26.280 know that that was such a key to the iPhone 1:02:26.320 --> 1:02:30.200 and the iPad is these developers and software makers coming 1:02:30.240 --> 1:02:32.840 along and saying I can build this really cool thing 1:02:32.960 --> 1:02:36.040 with this, something you couldn't do with the stock apps 1:02:36.040 --> 1:02:38.480 that Apple provides. And so I think there's some big 1:02:38.560 --> 1:02:41.919 questions about what are these developers making. Once this is out, 1:02:41.920 --> 1:02:44.360 we'll have a better sense. And is there incentive for 1:02:44.400 --> 1:02:46.920 them to want to make things here? I mean, this 1:02:46.960 --> 1:02:49.600 is sure Apple's going to sell a lot of these 1:02:49.600 --> 1:02:51.440 to early adopters right now, but this is not a 1:02:51.480 --> 1:02:54.600 mainstream product, and so does that make developers not want 1:02:54.640 --> 1:02:56.040 to sort of invest in it right now? 1:02:57.160 --> 1:02:57.440 All right? 1:02:57.520 --> 1:03:00.360 Joanna Stern, personal tech columnist at The Wall Street, Thanks 1:03:00.360 --> 1:03:01.520 so much for joining me today. 1:03:01.520 --> 1:03:03.640 How can folks follow you online? 1:03:05.000 --> 1:03:10.920 They I'm at Juanna Stern everywhere, X, Threads, Instagram, I 1:03:10.920 --> 1:03:13.640 don't know Blue Sky, don't use it really much. Masted 1:03:13.720 --> 1:03:15.960 on all of them. Yeah, you've listened them all. 1:03:16.400 --> 1:03:18.200 All right, sounds like it's pretty easy. Thanks so much 1:03:18.200 --> 1:03:19.080 for joining me today. 1:03:19.640 --> 1:03:22.120 More rich on Tech coming up after this eighty eight 1:03:22.240 --> 1:03:24.440 rich one On one eight eight eight seven four to 1:03:24.480 --> 1:03:31.520 two four one zero one. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:03:31.640 --> 1:03:34.840 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at 1:03:34.840 --> 1:03:38.080 Triple eight. Rich one On one eighty eight seven four 1:03:38.120 --> 1:03:40.240 to two four one zero one. 1:03:44.040 --> 1:03:44.680 Let's go to. 1:03:44.760 --> 1:03:51.360 Uh Gladden in Beachy there. Hey, yeah, welcome to the show. 1:03:52.480 --> 1:03:53.760 Walk out to the car here. 1:03:54.120 --> 1:03:57.720 Hey, look, my question was I was listening a couple 1:03:57.760 --> 1:04:00.360 of weeks ago. You're telling everybody that's do you have 1:04:01.680 --> 1:04:07.040 Spectrum cable and like a Samsung TV or whatever smart 1:04:07.040 --> 1:04:12.800 TV that Disney Plus is taking free subscriptions. 1:04:13.960 --> 1:04:16.920 Well, I went to Disney Plus either on my phone 1:04:17.040 --> 1:04:20.080 or I did it on the TV screen, and it's 1:04:20.280 --> 1:04:23.560 not all the information email that such. 1:04:23.760 --> 1:04:26.000 I'm then and ask you to ask you for your 1:04:26.880 --> 1:04:28.000 a credit card number. 1:04:30.320 --> 1:04:35.280 Now I stopped there. Are they going to charge me 1:04:35.360 --> 1:04:40.439 later on or just just a security background check? 1:04:41.240 --> 1:04:41.840 Good question. 1:04:42.080 --> 1:04:45.560 So this is you're talking about the free deal if 1:04:45.560 --> 1:04:50.080 you have Spectrum TV with the Select plans. So if 1:04:50.080 --> 1:04:54.720 this is if you have traditional cable TV from Spectrum 1:04:54.920 --> 1:04:58.360 and you're on the Select plan. They announced that Disney 1:04:58.360 --> 1:05:02.680 Plus is now included the Disney Plus Basic, which is 1:05:02.720 --> 1:05:06.160 basically their Disney Plus with ads. It's about eight dollars 1:05:06.200 --> 1:05:09.520 a month value and you can get this for free. 1:05:09.520 --> 1:05:11.880 And I posted this to my Instagram, my Twitter, and 1:05:11.880 --> 1:05:14.640 my Facebook, and a lot of people took advantage of 1:05:14.640 --> 1:05:16.680 it and a lot of people said, yes, this works 1:05:16.920 --> 1:05:17.640 just fine. 1:05:17.520 --> 1:05:18.880 So Gladden. 1:05:18.960 --> 1:05:21.120 The main thing you need to know is that you 1:05:21.280 --> 1:05:24.720 have to activate it first through Spectrum. 1:05:25.000 --> 1:05:25.800 What does that mean? 1:05:26.120 --> 1:05:30.480 You have to go to Spectrum dot com slash Disney Plus. 1:05:31.080 --> 1:05:33.600 That's where you have to activate it first, and then 1:05:34.480 --> 1:05:37.280 you sign in with the Disney account, so it will 1:05:38.240 --> 1:05:40.440 all the instructions are there, but it will lead you 1:05:40.480 --> 1:05:42.680 through the process. I think it sounds like you went 1:05:42.720 --> 1:05:45.720 to Disney Plus first, and of course it just looks 1:05:45.760 --> 1:05:48.360 like you're signing up as a regular person, so you 1:05:48.560 --> 1:05:52.880 have to go through Spectrum first. That will give Disney 1:05:52.880 --> 1:05:56.160 Plus the signal that hey, this person is a Spectrum customer, 1:05:57.120 --> 1:05:59.440 give this to them for free. Now I have not 1:05:59.520 --> 1:06:02.120 done this personally, so I don't know if once you 1:06:02.240 --> 1:06:05.440 get to that Disney Plus sign up area, if they 1:06:05.480 --> 1:06:08.440 do ask for a credit card for like a background thing, like, 1:06:08.480 --> 1:06:09.720 you know, if they just want to keep it on 1:06:09.800 --> 1:06:12.680 file in case you cancel your spectrum. But the way 1:06:12.760 --> 1:06:15.720 I see it on their website, it says if you 1:06:15.880 --> 1:06:19.920 cancel your Spectrum, you will lose access to Disney Plus basics. 1:06:19.960 --> 1:06:23.160 So doesn't sound like they require a credit card or 1:06:23.200 --> 1:06:25.960 they'll fall back to charging you. It just you have 1:06:26.240 --> 1:06:30.840 you lost access. That's the way I see it. So 1:06:30.880 --> 1:06:34.880 start at Spectrum dot dot com slash Disney Plus and 1:06:35.040 --> 1:06:38.600 then follow the steps there. Sign in with your Spectrum account, 1:06:38.960 --> 1:06:40.920 move over to the Disney account and then get it 1:06:40.960 --> 1:06:41.320 through there. 1:06:41.360 --> 1:06:42.280 But good question. 1:06:42.360 --> 1:06:44.720 And if you have Spectrum TV on that select plan, 1:06:44.880 --> 1:06:46.640 absolutely get this for free. 1:06:47.080 --> 1:06:47.440 Why not? 1:06:47.600 --> 1:06:50.760 And we're paying so much for these services, get something 1:06:50.760 --> 1:06:53.800 for free. Thanks for the call today, Gladden and glad 1:06:53.800 --> 1:06:57.000 to have you on. Marshall and Resita. You're on with 1:06:57.120 --> 1:07:01.040 Rich Yeah, Hey, how's it going. 1:07:01.120 --> 1:07:01.640 Hanging in there? 1:07:01.680 --> 1:07:02.240 I hope you doing on? 1:07:02.760 --> 1:07:05.000 I twitched over from that note twenty Ultra I had that, 1:07:05.080 --> 1:07:07.640 you saw me and Amazon Press. I have a twenty four. 1:07:07.880 --> 1:07:09.720 I'm sorry I had no twenty Now we've got the 1:07:09.720 --> 1:07:12.480 twenty three. But you know that doesn't have expandable memory. 1:07:12.560 --> 1:07:15.600 I got a five twelve memory when I bought the phone, 1:07:15.720 --> 1:07:17.200 so they doubled your memory. 1:07:17.320 --> 1:07:19.440 Yeah, they're doing the same thing right now for the 1:07:19.480 --> 1:07:21.840 S twenty four buyers. If you get the two fifty six, 1:07:22.320 --> 1:07:24.200 you get the five twelve, you get the five twelve, 1:07:24.280 --> 1:07:25.360 you get the one terabyte. 1:07:25.360 --> 1:07:26.360 So it's a pretty good deal. 1:07:26.880 --> 1:07:29.560 Yeah, but tell them, whoever you talk to the Jamsung, 1:07:29.840 --> 1:07:32.280 tell them to put the expandable memory back in, because 1:07:32.280 --> 1:07:35.160 they did this back in the five or sixth senteries. 1:07:35.200 --> 1:07:37.720 And I don't know if you remember, Oh yeah, Marshall. 1:07:38.440 --> 1:07:40.720 They put it back in on the seven or something 1:07:40.760 --> 1:07:42.480 like that because people complained, yep, and. 1:07:42.440 --> 1:07:43.280 Then they took it away. 1:07:44.320 --> 1:07:44.600 Yeah. 1:07:45.040 --> 1:07:48.240 But here's the thing. People love the expandable memory. But 1:07:48.440 --> 1:07:50.640 these phones are getting to the place where they have 1:07:51.040 --> 1:07:54.760 they're getting the carrier or the phone makers want no 1:07:54.880 --> 1:07:58.320 ports whatsoever. So on the Samsung, I'm actually still I'm 1:07:58.360 --> 1:08:02.480 surprised at the latest Samsung still has a SD card slot. 1:08:02.520 --> 1:08:03.560 But anyway, keep going. 1:08:04.520 --> 1:08:07.000 I need a big suggestionment from your part. I want 1:08:07.040 --> 1:08:09.640 a tangible thing. I could put it, take it like, 1:08:10.040 --> 1:08:12.080 you know, because if I put the micro c car 1:08:12.160 --> 1:08:13.680 once I filled it up, you know, I could take 1:08:13.720 --> 1:08:15.600 it out and put a fresh one in, but take 1:08:15.600 --> 1:08:17.240 it with me and then whatever I want to do 1:08:17.280 --> 1:08:19.160 with that card. I don't want to put myself up 1:08:19.200 --> 1:08:20.599 in a cloud. I don't want to put it onto 1:08:20.600 --> 1:08:23.040 a laptop. And like, I want something I could take 1:08:23.080 --> 1:08:25.439 and put into the you know, plug into the phone, 1:08:25.640 --> 1:08:27.559 download all the stuff from you know, the pictures and 1:08:27.600 --> 1:08:30.320 videos hurrna. I have put it into something tangible that 1:08:30.360 --> 1:08:32.559 I can put, you know, carry around with me because 1:08:32.600 --> 1:08:35.200 it's got five twelve, five hundred and twelve memory on it, 1:08:35.320 --> 1:08:37.479 so it probably needs to be considered something large to 1:08:37.640 --> 1:08:40.040 you know, you know, not physical large, but like you know, 1:08:40.120 --> 1:08:40.759 data large. 1:08:41.680 --> 1:08:43.760 Well, the good news is, look, the good news says 1:08:43.760 --> 1:08:46.639 with these phones with the USBC, you could plug any 1:08:46.720 --> 1:08:48.600 drive into them. Just get a hard drive if you 1:08:48.600 --> 1:08:50.800 want to do it that way, that's the cheapest. If 1:08:50.800 --> 1:08:55.120 you want something small, get a flash drive and the uh. 1:08:55.280 --> 1:08:59.840 The phone actually has an app built in called my 1:09:00.240 --> 1:09:02.960 Let's see what it's called here files, my files. So 1:09:03.040 --> 1:09:04.840 if you go into the my files app, if you 1:09:04.880 --> 1:09:06.760 plug in a hard drive or a flash drive, it's 1:09:06.800 --> 1:09:09.400 going to show up under storage and you could just 1:09:09.439 --> 1:09:11.559 go ahead and copy and paste all the stuff that 1:09:11.600 --> 1:09:14.960 you want from your phone into that drive. And I'm 1:09:14.960 --> 1:09:16.479 sure there's some apps that can help you do that 1:09:16.520 --> 1:09:18.000 as well, but it's built into the phone. 1:09:18.080 --> 1:09:19.439 It's very simple to do it that way. 1:09:19.439 --> 1:09:21.320 If you don't want to go to the cloud the 1:09:22.080 --> 1:09:24.080 drives that I recommend, if you want to just get 1:09:24.080 --> 1:09:26.559 a regular hard drive. Just go on Amazon search you 1:09:26.600 --> 1:09:29.519 know hard drive Western Digital and you can get like 1:09:29.560 --> 1:09:32.920 a probably a two terabyte drive for like sixty bucks 1:09:32.920 --> 1:09:36.240 at this point. Make sure it's USBC. But if you 1:09:36.280 --> 1:09:39.679 want to get a flash drive, PNY has what's called 1:09:39.720 --> 1:09:43.120 the duo link, and this is a USB three point 1:09:43.200 --> 1:09:46.840 two C drive USBC, plug it into the bottom. They 1:09:46.880 --> 1:09:49.400 make it in one twenty eight gigabytes or two fifty six. 1:09:49.880 --> 1:09:52.599 One twenty eight gigabytes is twenty bucks. Two fifty six 1:09:52.680 --> 1:09:55.120 is twenty five dollars. That's that's a pretty good value. 1:09:55.800 --> 1:09:58.320 If you want to get sand disc. They make some 1:09:58.439 --> 1:10:02.880 products that are USB flash drive ives under the I 1:10:03.120 --> 1:10:07.840 expand name and same thing. You can get these things 1:10:07.960 --> 1:10:11.200 very cheap. Just look for USBC. They're they're kind of 1:10:11.280 --> 1:10:14.160 dropping the I expand. It looks like so it's they 1:10:14.200 --> 1:10:18.080 call it the Ultra Dual drive Go and USBC. You 1:10:18.120 --> 1:10:21.080 can get it all the way up to a terabyte. Okay, 1:10:21.120 --> 1:10:23.240 so one terabyte is going to be one hundred and 1:10:23.320 --> 1:10:25.559 nine to ninety nine. You said your phone, I think 1:10:25.600 --> 1:10:27.920 you said it was two fifty six or five to 1:10:27.960 --> 1:10:32.439 twelve thirty six ninety nine for a five hundred and 1:10:32.520 --> 1:10:36.800 twelve gigabyte drive flash drive. This thing is tiny, it's 1:10:36.960 --> 1:10:39.840 it'll fit on your keychain, So go ahead, you can 1:10:39.880 --> 1:10:42.760 get that and sink all of your photos. 1:10:42.360 --> 1:10:43.920 Videos, files, whatever you want. Marshall. 1:10:43.920 --> 1:10:47.320 And yes, I remember you. We met outside the Amazon 1:10:47.400 --> 1:10:51.000 Fresh store and I think it was Woodland Hills maybe 1:10:51.160 --> 1:10:52.960 when it was first opening. You showed me your phone. 1:10:52.960 --> 1:10:54.479 You said, rich you made me get this. And when 1:10:54.479 --> 1:10:57.160 people say that to me, I'm always like hesitant. 1:10:57.240 --> 1:10:59.400 I'm like, do you like it? And you said yes, 1:10:59.760 --> 1:11:01.160 thanks for the call today. 1:11:00.960 --> 1:11:03.120 Eighty to eight rich one on one eight eight eight 1:11:03.680 --> 1:11:07.679 seven four to two four one zero one. Apparently playing 1:11:07.680 --> 1:11:12.080 football on Peacock pays off record number of viewers for 1:11:12.160 --> 1:11:17.639 the streaming only NFL playoff game. Over twenty three million 1:11:17.880 --> 1:11:21.360 viewers for the Dolphins versus Chiefs wild card game that 1:11:21.439 --> 1:11:25.240 aired exclusively on Peacock. This got me scratching my head. 1:11:25.240 --> 1:11:27.920 I said, wait a second, where's this game? Wait, it's 1:11:27.960 --> 1:11:31.400 streaming only what And of course we had to watch 1:11:31.400 --> 1:11:35.440 it because you know, Tata was in the audience watching Kelsey. 1:11:35.960 --> 1:11:38.040 So my wife is all into the Chiefs all of 1:11:38.040 --> 1:11:43.639 a sudden, uh, twenty three million viewers, most streamed event 1:11:43.760 --> 1:11:47.679 ever in US history if you include local TV, twenty 1:11:47.720 --> 1:11:49.880 seven point six million total viewers. 1:11:50.080 --> 1:11:52.519 So wait, it was on local TV too, I'm confused. 1:11:52.560 --> 1:11:55.720 No, it wasn't on local TV, so streaming numbers were 1:11:55.760 --> 1:12:00.519 close to typical NFL viewership. Hey, streaming is happening. Amazon's 1:12:00.520 --> 1:12:02.320 got it on Thursday Night Football. Now we got it 1:12:02.360 --> 1:12:04.760 on Peacock. All I have to say is I saw 1:12:04.800 --> 1:12:07.080 a bunch of emails from Peacock saying all my family 1:12:07.080 --> 1:12:09.320 members were logging into my account, so I knew something 1:12:09.439 --> 1:12:13.639 was happening. You are listening to Rich on Tech. Welcome 1:12:13.680 --> 1:12:16.960 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 1:12:16.960 --> 1:12:22.240 with you, talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one, 1:12:22.800 --> 1:12:25.040 that's eight at eight seven, four to two, four to 1:12:25.200 --> 1:12:29.960 one zero one. Welcome to another hour of the show. 1:12:30.960 --> 1:12:33.400 You can find me on social media. I'm at rich 1:12:33.479 --> 1:12:39.560 on Tech on Instagram, Facebook x, all the places online, 1:12:40.040 --> 1:12:43.839 the website for the show rich on Tech dot tv. 1:12:44.720 --> 1:12:47.040 You can also watch the segments that I do for 1:12:47.080 --> 1:12:49.960 television there. Uh and you know, just a lot of 1:12:49.960 --> 1:12:52.200 stuff you can do. Listen to the podcast. You can 1:12:52.479 --> 1:12:55.639 download this show later to listen again. You know, maybe 1:12:55.680 --> 1:12:57.280 you didn't catch something. You're like what did Rich say 1:12:57.320 --> 1:12:59.759 about that? Let me listen to all three hours once again. 1:13:00.280 --> 1:13:03.320 Just search Rich on Tech in your favorite podcasting app 1:13:03.680 --> 1:13:07.519 or your favorite audio app. I should say what else? Oh, 1:13:07.520 --> 1:13:10.160 coming up on the show? I know we're thinking super 1:13:10.240 --> 1:13:13.040 Bowl Sunday? Coming up? When is that? 1:13:13.120 --> 1:13:14.280 The eleventh of February? 1:13:14.479 --> 1:13:14.640 Is that? 1:13:14.760 --> 1:13:16.880 Like, let's see when is super Bowl? 1:13:17.000 --> 1:13:25.000 Super Bowl twenty twenty four, Sunday, February eleventh, twenty twenty four. 1:13:25.080 --> 1:13:28.920 There you go Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Now that's 1:13:28.960 --> 1:13:31.680 the place to have a super Bowl. I mean you 1:13:31.760 --> 1:13:35.000 get to Vegas and it's like, you know, when you 1:13:35.040 --> 1:13:38.519 go to Vegas, somehow you become a different person. And 1:13:38.560 --> 1:13:41.640 they have marketed this and they have perfected this. You 1:13:41.680 --> 1:13:45.120 get to Vegas and you are suddenly having a bloody 1:13:45.160 --> 1:13:47.160 mary at like you know, you don't even look at 1:13:47.160 --> 1:13:50.879 the time, you don't even care. You're gambling, you're drinking, 1:13:52.160 --> 1:13:55.599 you know, you're I don't know, you're You're just a 1:13:55.640 --> 1:13:57.840 different person and it's fun and I get it. And 1:13:57.880 --> 1:14:00.360 as soon as you leave Vegas, you're just act to 1:14:00.439 --> 1:14:03.000 like who you were. And it's like this little place 1:14:03.040 --> 1:14:05.519 where people can just be as wild as they want. 1:14:05.520 --> 1:14:05.720 To be. 1:14:06.320 --> 1:14:07.200 Then they get back home and. 1:14:07.200 --> 1:14:10.120 They're like, Okay, that TPS report is ready to go, sir. 1:14:11.479 --> 1:14:14.280 It's just the way it is Vegas, So have fun there. Anyway, 1:14:14.640 --> 1:14:18.240 we are going to talk TVs, the TV to purchase 1:14:18.479 --> 1:14:19.879 for your Super Bowl Sunday. 1:14:19.880 --> 1:14:21.000 We'll talk budget TVs. 1:14:21.040 --> 1:14:24.960 We'll talk TV terms with Caleb Dennison coming up very 1:14:25.000 --> 1:14:29.320 soon in the show. Katie is in Uh, Katie is 1:14:29.360 --> 1:14:34.400 in La Century City, Century City. Welcome to the show, Katie. 1:14:34.400 --> 1:14:36.120 Have you been to Vegas? 1:14:36.760 --> 1:14:37.960 Oh? Yes, many times? 1:14:37.960 --> 1:14:39.000 And do you agree that. 1:14:38.960 --> 1:14:41.160 You become kind of like a little bit more fun, 1:14:41.200 --> 1:14:42.839 a little bit different, a little bit hang. 1:14:42.720 --> 1:14:45.240 Loose, definitely different. 1:14:46.920 --> 1:14:50.120 I hear Katie just had some like memories flash in 1:14:50.160 --> 1:14:50.639 her mind. 1:14:50.640 --> 1:14:51.720 Okay, what can I help you with? 1:14:51.880 --> 1:14:52.120 Yeah? 1:14:52.240 --> 1:14:55.479 Right, First of all, thank you for taking my call 1:14:55.560 --> 1:14:59.920 on hear very good things about you. And number two, 1:15:00.000 --> 1:15:02.760 I have a very simple question, so I hope I'm 1:15:02.800 --> 1:15:06.800 not taking up your time. If we change carriers on 1:15:06.840 --> 1:15:10.120 our cell phones from one to another, from AT and 1:15:10.200 --> 1:15:14.360 T to something else, can we keep our phone numbers 1:15:14.760 --> 1:15:15.479 the way they are? 1:15:16.200 --> 1:15:16.400 Yes? 1:15:17.439 --> 1:15:20.200 This is called yeah, this is called porting out a 1:15:20.240 --> 1:15:24.599 phone number, and basically all the cellular all the cellular 1:15:24.600 --> 1:15:28.320 companies use a system that allows them to grab the 1:15:28.320 --> 1:15:30.240 phone number from your old account bring it to the 1:15:30.280 --> 1:15:33.479 new account. Now, how easy that is can sometimes be 1:15:33.520 --> 1:15:35.240 a little tricky. So the thing you need to know 1:15:35.479 --> 1:15:38.280 about porting a phone number out number one, do not 1:15:38.439 --> 1:15:41.439 cancel your old service. That is the number one thing 1:15:41.479 --> 1:15:45.360 to know. So you need to have your old service active, 1:15:46.160 --> 1:15:48.320 and you have to also kind of set up that 1:15:48.439 --> 1:15:51.560 service for the portout. And with AT and T specifically 1:15:52.880 --> 1:15:55.599 you can Basically you need a pen, you need your account, 1:15:55.800 --> 1:15:59.559 You need your account information very perfectly for the new 1:15:59.600 --> 1:16:02.400 carrier to be able to grab that phone number. And 1:16:02.479 --> 1:16:05.160 with AT and T you need to get a special 1:16:05.280 --> 1:16:09.040 pin code because phone numbers are our lives, and so 1:16:09.240 --> 1:16:10.880 you don't want to just be able to have a 1:16:10.920 --> 1:16:13.639 stranger take your phone number from you. And so these 1:16:13.680 --> 1:16:17.599 cellular carriers have gotten pretty like strict about porting out. 1:16:17.640 --> 1:16:19.479 They want to let you do it easily, but they 1:16:19.520 --> 1:16:21.599 also want to make sure you are who you say 1:16:21.640 --> 1:16:26.320 you are, and so you basically need to get a 1:16:26.439 --> 1:16:30.040 pin number with AT and T so that you can 1:16:30.080 --> 1:16:32.960 give that special pin number to the new provider and 1:16:33.160 --> 1:16:35.719 get them and that way they can grab that phone number. 1:16:35.760 --> 1:16:39.200 So on AT and T you can dial from your 1:16:39.240 --> 1:16:43.360 phone star Port p O R T and you can 1:16:43.400 --> 1:16:46.120 get a number transfer pin sent to you via your 1:16:46.160 --> 1:16:49.559 text message. You'll need your account passcode to generate that, 1:16:49.880 --> 1:16:51.720 so just keep in mind you will need some of 1:16:51.720 --> 1:16:55.280 that information. If you have the AT and T app, 1:16:55.479 --> 1:16:59.000 you can go into the people and Permissions and it 1:16:59.080 --> 1:17:02.400 says transfer port transfer phone number and you have to 1:17:02.439 --> 1:17:04.880 request a PIN there and it will display on the 1:17:04.920 --> 1:17:06.840 screen and that PIN number is what's going to get 1:17:06.840 --> 1:17:10.280 that new carrier the ability to grab your phone number. 1:17:10.360 --> 1:17:13.720 So it's you know, porting is not tough, but you 1:17:13.800 --> 1:17:16.160 do need to have all of your information in a 1:17:16.240 --> 1:17:20.040 line and also some of these code numbers before you 1:17:20.080 --> 1:17:22.240 can allow that port to happen. And that's for a 1:17:22.280 --> 1:17:26.439 reason because again people do these things where they steal 1:17:26.479 --> 1:17:29.080 your number and then they can get your codes for 1:17:29.280 --> 1:17:32.720 logging into various websites, you know, the two factor authentication 1:17:32.880 --> 1:17:35.439 codes and or they you know, there's a lot they 1:17:35.439 --> 1:17:37.200 can do a lot of damage they can do. So 1:17:37.400 --> 1:17:40.920 that is the way to do it, Katie, and just yeah, 1:17:41.360 --> 1:17:43.400 make sure you don't and by the way, once you 1:17:43.479 --> 1:17:46.200 once that number is transferred to the new service, it's 1:17:46.240 --> 1:17:49.800 automatically canceled at your old provider. So once that number 1:17:49.840 --> 1:17:51.680 is pulled out of your account and you have it 1:17:51.720 --> 1:17:55.520 with your new service, your old service will be disconnected automatically. 1:17:55.600 --> 1:17:57.960 There's usually nothing you have to do after that. It 1:17:58.000 --> 1:18:01.439 should automatically disconnect. Thanks for the call, Katie. I'm glad 1:18:01.479 --> 1:18:03.200 you heard good things about me. You must have been 1:18:03.240 --> 1:18:09.639 talking to my family. Google's incognito mode not so private 1:18:09.720 --> 1:18:13.960 after all. Google is settling a five billion dollar class 1:18:13.960 --> 1:18:20.360 action lawsuit accusing it of privacy violations because the incognito 1:18:20.479 --> 1:18:21.160 warning is not. 1:18:21.160 --> 1:18:22.200 Really that clear that. 1:18:22.280 --> 1:18:25.000 By the way, yeah, they can still track you when 1:18:25.000 --> 1:18:27.800 you're using incognito. So here's what you need to know 1:18:27.960 --> 1:18:33.360 about Incognito mode. Number one. Incognito mode is the private 1:18:33.439 --> 1:18:37.400 browsing feature that is available on Chrome, but also other 1:18:37.479 --> 1:18:39.800 browsers have it. They have something similar, but this is 1:18:39.840 --> 1:18:43.160 specifically on Chrome. So on Chrome, if you go to 1:18:43.560 --> 1:18:47.479 new Incognito window, it opens up this little window that 1:18:47.560 --> 1:18:49.440 basically says you can brivee. 1:18:51.280 --> 1:18:52.600 Browse privately. 1:18:53.880 --> 1:18:56.360 It says people who use this device won't be able 1:18:56.360 --> 1:18:59.439 to see your activity. However, your downloads, your bookmarks, you're reading, 1:18:59.439 --> 1:19:02.920 list items also be saved, so Chrome will not save 1:19:02.960 --> 1:19:06.200 the following information, your browsing history, cookies, and site data 1:19:06.240 --> 1:19:07.800 information entered informs. 1:19:08.320 --> 1:19:09.840 Your activity might still be. 1:19:09.880 --> 1:19:14.000 Visible to the websites you visit, your employer or school, 1:19:14.240 --> 1:19:17.240 and your Internet service provider. So what does this mean. 1:19:17.760 --> 1:19:19.639 It means a lot of people thought that when they 1:19:19.680 --> 1:19:23.840 go inside that incognito browser tab, everything is safe, and 1:19:23.880 --> 1:19:27.280 everything is secure, and everything is invisible to anyone else. 1:19:27.320 --> 1:19:30.720 You are not invisible, so you have to remember that. 1:19:31.040 --> 1:19:33.679 And so, yes, your employer could see the websites you visit, 1:19:33.720 --> 1:19:37.320 your school could see the website, the ISPs, and most importantly, 1:19:37.360 --> 1:19:41.559 Google and the website you're going to can identify you 1:19:41.600 --> 1:19:43.840 by your IP address and other factors. 1:19:44.600 --> 1:19:45.720 So what are they going to do. 1:19:45.800 --> 1:19:48.680 They're going to change the warning on this little incognito 1:19:48.720 --> 1:19:52.080 mode when you go into it and say that website 1:19:52.120 --> 1:19:55.680 information data could be still be collected by websites and services, 1:19:55.720 --> 1:19:57.000 including Google. 1:19:58.120 --> 1:19:59.480 So just keep that in mind. 1:19:59.640 --> 1:20:01.840 If you're at work and you're surfing the web and 1:20:01.880 --> 1:20:04.439 you go into this incognito, your work can still see 1:20:04.479 --> 1:20:08.679 what you're doing, the best way to think about it 1:20:08.720 --> 1:20:11.720 is that what you're doing is not saved by your computer, 1:20:12.439 --> 1:20:16.320 but it's still saved by or it's still registered by 1:20:16.360 --> 1:20:19.920 the websites that you're going to. Now, the one thing 1:20:19.920 --> 1:20:22.160 I would add to this, there is an option on 1:20:22.200 --> 1:20:24.719 incognito that says block third party cookies. 1:20:24.760 --> 1:20:25.600 There's a little. 1:20:25.320 --> 1:20:27.519 Toggle right on the main screen when you go into 1:20:27.520 --> 1:20:30.760 that mode. I would toggle that on. And what that's 1:20:30.800 --> 1:20:33.840 gonna do is that's gonna keep websites from cross tracking you. 1:20:34.360 --> 1:20:37.360 So let's just say you use incognito mode to shop 1:20:37.400 --> 1:20:40.720 for a new ring for your significant other, and you 1:20:40.760 --> 1:20:42.479 go into this because you don't want to see all 1:20:42.479 --> 1:20:46.639 those ads follow you around to other websites. Well, that's 1:20:46.640 --> 1:20:48.559 a good way of doing it. And if you block 1:20:48.640 --> 1:20:52.800 third party cookies, those websites will not exchange information with 1:20:52.880 --> 1:20:55.599 other websites to try to sell you jewelry when you're 1:20:55.600 --> 1:20:58.280 on different websites. So that's the way to understand it. 1:20:58.640 --> 1:21:03.360 But just keep in mind that's what's happening. There's an 1:21:03.400 --> 1:21:05.639 app that I love that I think you should download. 1:21:05.760 --> 1:21:09.960 It's called Perplexity. This is a really really cool app 1:21:10.080 --> 1:21:14.599 and it's basically like an AI app that uses chat, 1:21:14.640 --> 1:21:20.639 GBT and claude to give you just like information about 1:21:20.680 --> 1:21:23.640 stuff and it's available for iOS and Android, and what 1:21:23.720 --> 1:21:26.080 I love about it is not only does it answer 1:21:26.200 --> 1:21:29.679 questions and like very easy to understand answers that are 1:21:29.720 --> 1:21:33.200 like very well thought out. Every day they send you 1:21:33.240 --> 1:21:37.599 a notification with like one kind of like item, so 1:21:37.960 --> 1:21:40.599 it may say the S and P five hundred hit 1:21:40.600 --> 1:21:43.639 a record high. That was a notification yesterday, and when 1:21:43.680 --> 1:21:46.439 you tap it, it gives you all information about that, 1:21:46.520 --> 1:21:48.600 like almost like a little history lesson every day, but 1:21:48.640 --> 1:21:51.960 it's on a different topic and it tells you most 1:21:51.960 --> 1:21:55.400 importantly the sources. So it says, like, here's why we 1:21:55.479 --> 1:21:57.920 know this is true. So you know, AI can hallucinate, 1:21:58.000 --> 1:22:01.040 it can make up stuff. But what Plexity tries to 1:22:01.120 --> 1:22:03.760 do is it tries to tell you, hey, here's where 1:22:03.800 --> 1:22:07.200 I got this information from and here's why it's important. 1:22:07.840 --> 1:22:10.000 So it's really great. I love it. 1:22:10.040 --> 1:22:12.599 I look forward to the little notification I get every 1:22:12.640 --> 1:22:13.160 day from it. 1:22:13.200 --> 1:22:13.400 Again. 1:22:13.439 --> 1:22:17.160 It's called Perplexity Peer p l e x it Y. 1:22:17.720 --> 1:22:20.880 It's available for both iOS and Android. You don't have 1:22:20.920 --> 1:22:22.880 to use it as your search engine, but also when 1:22:22.880 --> 1:22:25.920 you ask it a question, it's got this thing called copilot, 1:22:25.960 --> 1:22:28.040 and it tries to figure out like what you're asking 1:22:28.120 --> 1:22:30.880 and it will come up with like the question. It's 1:22:30.920 --> 1:22:33.360 just a really cool use of AI that makes you 1:22:33.400 --> 1:22:36.000 feel very smart and you can feel like you can 1:22:36.080 --> 1:22:38.800 trust most of the answers that it gives you. So 1:22:39.160 --> 1:22:41.120 I kind of just use it every day for the 1:22:41.160 --> 1:22:44.200 daily notification, but you can also do searches on there, 1:22:44.240 --> 1:22:45.800 so if you're in a different city, like when I 1:22:45.840 --> 1:22:48.519 was in San Jose, I just typed in San Jose 1:22:49.000 --> 1:22:51.200 and it gave me like a whole history of the city, 1:22:51.640 --> 1:22:53.599 like a nice brief little history. And when I asked 1:22:53.600 --> 1:22:55.720 San Jose just now, it said which San Jose are 1:22:55.760 --> 1:22:58.760 referring to? Costa Rica or California, And it kind of 1:22:58.880 --> 1:23:03.439 helps you aft your question better to come up with 1:23:03.520 --> 1:23:06.360 a great response. And now it just gave me a 1:23:06.439 --> 1:23:10.840 whole thing about San Jose using all kinds of sources Wikipedia, 1:23:11.360 --> 1:23:15.600 San Jose website, tripadvisorweather dot com for the weather. And 1:23:15.680 --> 1:23:17.760 it's just a really cool app. So again, it's called 1:23:17.800 --> 1:23:22.280 Perplexity AI, available for free. Of course, they have a subscription. 1:23:22.360 --> 1:23:24.840 You do not need the subscription to use the app. 1:23:24.880 --> 1:23:27.200 You get some extra features if you do. I'll put 1:23:27.200 --> 1:23:30.320 a link on the wiki. Rich on tech dot TV 1:23:30.720 --> 1:23:33.840 slash Wiki. All right, coming up more of your calls 1:23:33.880 --> 1:23:36.439 at Triple eight rich one O one eight eight eight 1:23:36.520 --> 1:23:42.200 seven four to two four one zero one. Plus we'll 1:23:42.200 --> 1:23:46.160 talk about more tech news in the world of technology. 1:23:46.280 --> 1:23:50.320 You are listening to Rich on Tech. Welcome back to 1:23:50.640 --> 1:23:53.120 Rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you 1:23:54.360 --> 1:23:56.920 on a nineties weekend. If you're listening on the radio, 1:23:57.680 --> 1:24:01.040 playing all nineties songs A eight rich one on one 1:24:01.280 --> 1:24:05.200 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:24:06.000 --> 1:24:09.479 Coming up right after this, we are talking to TV 1:24:09.640 --> 1:24:13.160 reviewer Caleb Dennison. He is going to share his top 1:24:13.320 --> 1:24:17.400 picks for Super Bowl Sunday. I'm listening. I've told you 1:24:17.479 --> 1:24:20.920 I'm in the market. Dennis is in Corona, California. Dennis, 1:24:20.920 --> 1:24:26.919 you're on with Rich Rich. Hello, Dennis, I'm hearing myself. 1:24:27.000 --> 1:24:27.640 Oh there we go. 1:24:28.520 --> 1:24:29.040 Can you hear me? 1:24:29.280 --> 1:24:29.880 Yes? Hi. 1:24:30.800 --> 1:24:33.760 Hey, So I've been with Verizon for years and I've 1:24:33.760 --> 1:24:37.080 had on I've been on auto pay, and I didn't 1:24:37.080 --> 1:24:40.160 really realize it that they've been incrementally increasing my rates. 1:24:40.520 --> 1:24:44.439 It almost seems on a monthly basis, so T Mobile 1:24:44.479 --> 1:24:44.800 I can. 1:24:44.720 --> 1:24:48.120 Get well, that's why they love having you on autopay, right, Yeah, 1:24:48.160 --> 1:24:50.240 that's why they That's why they charge ten dollars if 1:24:50.280 --> 1:24:51.439 you want to not do that. 1:24:52.200 --> 1:24:56.600 No doubt, no doubt. So T Mobile will give me 1:24:56.640 --> 1:24:58.920 the same price for four lines where I can get 1:24:58.920 --> 1:25:01.240 my ten and eleven years old daughters of phone, which 1:25:01.280 --> 1:25:04.160 is another question, but I'll call you another vine another 1:25:04.200 --> 1:25:08.400 time about how to monitor them. But in any event, 1:25:08.640 --> 1:25:10.879 I'd like to switch. But I have a question regarding 1:25:11.000 --> 1:25:14.880 so I always buy unlocked phones from eBay. I wait 1:25:14.960 --> 1:25:18.120 till a couple progressions go and then I can get 1:25:18.120 --> 1:25:20.400 a good deal on you know, like an eleven for example, 1:25:20.479 --> 1:25:22.600 which is what I have. My wife has an se 1:25:23.800 --> 1:25:27.120 can an unlocked phone on a Verizon network work for 1:25:27.240 --> 1:25:30.040 T Mobile because I think one's a GSM and one's 1:25:30.040 --> 1:25:31.960 a C D M A or something like that. 1:25:32.800 --> 1:25:35.720 Well that used to be more of the case. Nowadays 1:25:35.800 --> 1:25:39.000 phones are pretty much universal. So what, well, what phones 1:25:39.040 --> 1:25:39.719 are we talking about? 1:25:39.760 --> 1:25:39.800 Like? 1:25:39.840 --> 1:25:40.799 What is it an iPhone? 1:25:41.120 --> 1:25:41.320 What? 1:25:42.479 --> 1:25:46.760 I also have a physical SIM? Do I still need 1:25:46.800 --> 1:25:50.200 a physical SIM? Or can these phones utilize digital sim? 1:25:50.280 --> 1:25:52.080 Well? Sorry, I didn't catch what kind of phone it 1:25:52.200 --> 1:25:54.400 was an iPhone eleven? 1:25:54.680 --> 1:25:59.040 Okay, iPhone eleven, iPhone eleven let's see if it has 1:25:59.080 --> 1:26:02.799 an EM sure that has a SIM. Let's see. Uh, 1:26:02.880 --> 1:26:06.439 let's see iPhone eleven. I got to figure out that 1:26:06.520 --> 1:26:12.120 supports let's see. Okay, okay, iPhone. Yeah, iPhone eleven has 1:26:12.120 --> 1:26:15.840 one SIM and one physical SIM. So your iPhone eleven, 1:26:16.400 --> 1:26:19.640 it should it should have a U, it should have 1:26:19.640 --> 1:26:20.360 an SIM on it. 1:26:20.560 --> 1:26:21.840 So uh. 1:26:21.920 --> 1:26:26.800 The simple question is typically phones, especially the iPhone, has 1:26:26.840 --> 1:26:30.800 been pretty good about covering all bands, so I think 1:26:30.840 --> 1:26:31.559 you'll be okay. 1:26:32.200 --> 1:26:33.120 But it's pretty simple. 1:26:33.200 --> 1:26:36.040 Just you can just go to T Mobile and pop 1:26:36.080 --> 1:26:38.320 in the uh the code from the phone like the 1:26:38.360 --> 1:26:41.080 I M I, and you can see if it will. 1:26:41.720 --> 1:26:42.920 You know if it will work there. 1:26:43.000 --> 1:26:46.920 So if you search on on Google, just search T Mobile, 1:26:47.000 --> 1:26:49.479 I M E I check and it'll bring you to 1:26:49.520 --> 1:26:51.960 a page that says, uh, you know, check your phone 1:26:52.000 --> 1:26:52.920 to see if it'll work. 1:26:53.439 --> 1:26:57.080 And so yeah, I didn't see anything like that. And 1:26:57.080 --> 1:27:01.520 then one last question. I have steptrum for my internet 1:27:02.000 --> 1:27:04.760 and I get about I think I want to say, 1:27:04.800 --> 1:27:10.240 it's like seventy NBS seventy to eighty, and I'm on 1:27:10.280 --> 1:27:13.840 a legacy which everybody else gets like two or three 1:27:13.880 --> 1:27:16.960 hundred or whatever. They brought it back down to fifty 1:27:17.000 --> 1:27:20.720 dollars to match T Mobile. But the T Mobile hotspot 1:27:21.360 --> 1:27:23.160 and the house seems to be pretty good. There's a 1:27:23.240 --> 1:27:26.800 seventy to two fifty. Would you recommend just going T 1:27:27.000 --> 1:27:30.479 mobile for everything that the wireless in the house and 1:27:30.520 --> 1:27:31.040 the phones. 1:27:31.800 --> 1:27:33.839 Oh you mean that, you mean the whole the Internet 1:27:33.920 --> 1:27:36.680 for the house, the T Mobile things WI. 1:27:37.360 --> 1:27:37.599 Yeah. 1:27:37.680 --> 1:27:40.799 Look, if you get goods, if you get good service 1:27:40.800 --> 1:27:43.160 from T Mobile, if you're getting seventy eighty down, I 1:27:43.200 --> 1:27:47.879 mean that's pretty good. I think that the look cable Internet, 1:27:47.880 --> 1:27:50.200 I think is still slightly better, especially if you have 1:27:50.240 --> 1:27:51.960 a lot of devices you're doing a lot of gaming 1:27:52.000 --> 1:27:54.920 stuff like that. But if you're just watching Netflix and 1:27:54.920 --> 1:27:57.639 and you know, just pretty standard stuff surfing the web, 1:27:57.720 --> 1:28:00.360 all that good stuff, I think you'll be fine. But again, 1:28:01.080 --> 1:28:03.920 just make sure you have a good five g U 1:28:04.080 --> 1:28:06.080 S signal with T Mobile in your house. 1:28:06.120 --> 1:28:07.040 You know that for sure. 1:28:07.960 --> 1:28:10.200 You just built a tower at the school and I live. 1:28:10.439 --> 1:28:11.400 Oh, then. 1:28:14.320 --> 1:28:17.320 They put a tower on their soccer field. 1:28:17.640 --> 1:28:19.360 Yeah, I'm sure the school got paid a lot for 1:28:19.400 --> 1:28:21.320 that too. 1:28:21.720 --> 1:28:23.000 Yeah. I would, I would go with it. 1:28:23.040 --> 1:28:25.920 I would just keep your other service before you cancel, 1:28:26.400 --> 1:28:28.280 just to make life easy. In case the T Mobile 1:28:28.280 --> 1:28:30.720 doesn't work out. But it sounds like, uh, sounds like 1:28:30.800 --> 1:28:32.559 to me, Dennis, you're going you're going all in on 1:28:32.640 --> 1:28:35.639 T Mobile. So look, if they've got a cell tower 1:28:35.720 --> 1:28:38.280 right near your house like that, you're gonna get fantastic coverage, 1:28:38.320 --> 1:28:42.599 good speeds, and T Mobile versus Verizon out and about. 1:28:43.040 --> 1:28:48.160 I think that Verizon probably has more coverage in like 1:28:48.280 --> 1:28:52.040 especially rural areas, compared to T Mobile. But in my experience, 1:28:52.080 --> 1:28:55.960 T Mobile the network is really really good. It's very fast, 1:28:56.479 --> 1:28:58.599 and uh, I think if you're saving all that money 1:28:58.600 --> 1:29:01.120 getting four lines or the price of two plus the 1:29:01.160 --> 1:29:03.200 home internet at a discount. 1:29:03.000 --> 1:29:07.200 Go for it. Easy, easy easy. Thanks for the call today. 1:29:07.200 --> 1:29:11.519 Coming up, Caleb Dennison, we're going to talk top TV 1:29:11.720 --> 1:29:16.280 picks for Super Bowl Sunday. You are listening to rich 1:29:16.360 --> 1:29:22.160 on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro 1:29:22.280 --> 1:29:26.360 here hanging out with you talking technology at Triple eight 1:29:26.479 --> 1:29:28.639 Rich one O one eighty eight seven four to two 1:29:28.880 --> 1:29:33.040 four one zero one. Joining me now, Caleb Dennison. He 1:29:33.240 --> 1:29:37.120 is the senior editor at Digital Trends and a TV 1:29:37.360 --> 1:29:40.479 reviewer extraordinaire. Caleb, Thanks so much for joining me today. 1:29:40.640 --> 1:29:42.040 It's my pleasure. Thanks for having me. 1:29:42.160 --> 1:29:44.120 Let's get into the interview because I've got a lot 1:29:44.160 --> 1:29:46.439 of stuff I want to cover with you. But first off, 1:29:46.760 --> 1:29:48.800 TV trends you saw at CES. 1:29:49.280 --> 1:29:51.360 Well, I got to say the biggest trend that I 1:29:51.400 --> 1:29:55.920 saw at CES was the bigness of the TVs. I 1:29:55.960 --> 1:29:58.840 could not believe some of the screen sizes that we 1:29:58.880 --> 1:29:59.519 saw at the show. 1:29:59.560 --> 1:29:59.920 This year. 1:30:00.040 --> 1:30:02.920 We're talking about one hundred and ten inch and one 1:30:03.040 --> 1:30:07.360 hundred and fifteen inch TVs. That one hundred inch barrier 1:30:07.479 --> 1:30:11.200 has been broken, and so now we're seeing TVs that 1:30:11.240 --> 1:30:14.200 are the size of projector screens, which called into question 1:30:14.400 --> 1:30:16.559 why you'd ever get a projector at this point? 1:30:16.640 --> 1:30:16.880 Oh? 1:30:17.000 --> 1:30:19.920 Interesting, Yeah, So what's the common what's the most common 1:30:19.960 --> 1:30:21.960 size people are buying at this point? 1:30:22.240 --> 1:30:26.439 Well, I think sixty five is probably technically the still 1:30:26.520 --> 1:30:30.000 the most popular size, but we're seeing a lot more 1:30:30.160 --> 1:30:34.160 seventy five and especially eighty five inch TV selling, and 1:30:34.240 --> 1:30:36.400 we tend to see a lot of those bigger screens 1:30:36.439 --> 1:30:39.080 selling right about now as we head toward the big gang. 1:30:39.560 --> 1:30:42.800 Okay, so in terms of TV terms, there's O LAD, 1:30:42.920 --> 1:30:48.040 Q LEAD, LED, qHD micro led. Oh what what ones 1:30:48.040 --> 1:30:49.479 of these terms do we need to know. 1:30:50.600 --> 1:30:52.760 I think the two that folks need to understand the 1:30:52.760 --> 1:30:56.320 difference between our Q LEAD and O lead because those 1:30:56.400 --> 1:30:59.040 are really the ones we see the most. Also Mini LED, 1:30:59.280 --> 1:31:02.040 which is just a different flavor of Q lead TV. 1:31:02.200 --> 1:31:02.400 Right. 1:31:02.760 --> 1:31:05.519 The essential difference is that a Q lead TV works 1:31:05.880 --> 1:31:08.439 a lot like your computer monitor does. There are little 1:31:08.560 --> 1:31:11.040 LED back lights in the back of the TV and 1:31:11.080 --> 1:31:14.599 they shine through an LCD panel. And these things now 1:31:14.680 --> 1:31:17.639 have something called quantum dots, which are these cool little 1:31:17.720 --> 1:31:21.200 nanoparticles that help make the TV brighter and more colorful. 1:31:21.920 --> 1:31:24.880 And these TVs are excellent at getting very bright and 1:31:24.920 --> 1:31:27.200 so they're great for a really bright room. If you 1:31:27.520 --> 1:31:29.479 watch a lot during the day, you might want to 1:31:29.800 --> 1:31:33.280 lean toward a Q lead TV. If they have a drawback, 1:31:33.280 --> 1:31:37.599 it's that their black levels are not perfectly black. That's 1:31:37.640 --> 1:31:41.520 where old really excels. O lead uses an organic compound 1:31:42.360 --> 1:31:45.120 and they don't require a bunch of later, So the 1:31:45.200 --> 1:31:48.400 OLED TVs are super super thin, thinner than your phone 1:31:48.400 --> 1:31:51.639 in your pocket. I guarantee you and these things exceed 1:31:51.640 --> 1:31:55.559 at doing perfect black levels and really gorgeous colors. And 1:31:55.600 --> 1:31:58.200 I mentioned the black level thing a lot because contrast 1:31:58.280 --> 1:32:00.400 is the thing that the eye picks up on the 1:32:00.400 --> 1:32:03.240 most and O led TVs are just the more the 1:32:03.240 --> 1:32:06.360 more contrasty TV of the two. The only problem with 1:32:06.400 --> 1:32:09.240 OLEAD is that they're hard to make, and therefore they 1:32:09.280 --> 1:32:12.559 are usually a bit more expensive than the Q Lead 1:32:12.600 --> 1:32:14.960 TVs or many LED TVs you'll see out there. 1:32:15.479 --> 1:32:18.080 What about reflection wise, I used to you know, it 1:32:18.160 --> 1:32:20.679 used to be like the LEDs who were better than 1:32:20.720 --> 1:32:22.280 the old Eds with reflections. 1:32:22.360 --> 1:32:23.320 Is that still the case? 1:32:24.360 --> 1:32:25.200 Not so much. 1:32:25.320 --> 1:32:27.160 A lot of the O LED TVs these days have 1:32:27.320 --> 1:32:31.240 really good anti glare treatment on them, and so they're 1:32:31.360 --> 1:32:34.200 they're fairly good at handling reflections. I think the thing 1:32:34.240 --> 1:32:38.400 that really helps the TV overpower glare or reflections is 1:32:38.439 --> 1:32:41.840 its capability of getting super super bright, which again I 1:32:42.160 --> 1:32:44.160 think if you're going to be watching during the day 1:32:44.240 --> 1:32:46.800 a lot, and you've got windows with sun coming in 1:32:47.600 --> 1:32:49.679 and you're not in the mood to draw your curtains 1:32:49.800 --> 1:32:52.679 or whatever, you probably want to lean toward Mini LED 1:32:52.920 --> 1:32:54.439 or or q lead TV. 1:32:55.160 --> 1:32:58.960 So many LED is sort of like the best flavor 1:32:59.160 --> 1:32:59.800 of LED. 1:33:00.120 --> 1:33:00.720 Huh. 1:33:00.760 --> 1:33:04.280 It's the latest hottest flavor of LED TV. They basically 1:33:04.280 --> 1:33:07.519 shrunk down the back lights to be super small Anybody 1:33:07.560 --> 1:33:10.000 who's gone out there and bought LED lights these days 1:33:10.040 --> 1:33:12.360 know how tiny they are and how bright they are, 1:33:12.800 --> 1:33:15.559 and at working at television they can use more of 1:33:15.600 --> 1:33:19.960 them for more brightness and more control and they Yeah, generally, 1:33:20.000 --> 1:33:22.360 when you look at a mini LED TV, you're looking 1:33:22.400 --> 1:33:25.439 at a more premium picture quality, though these days you 1:33:25.479 --> 1:33:28.040 don't have to spend a whole lot more to get it. 1:33:28.760 --> 1:33:32.439 So what types in general brands, Like, what brands do 1:33:32.479 --> 1:33:34.160 you like out there? Because I'm seeing a lot of 1:33:34.200 --> 1:33:38.200 like High Sense getting awards and you know, TCL, what 1:33:38.240 --> 1:33:39.800 are the brands that you really like? 1:33:40.600 --> 1:33:44.640 I'm in love for High Sense and TCL for delivering 1:33:45.120 --> 1:33:48.760 the best picture quality for the money. They are by 1:33:48.840 --> 1:33:52.200 far the highest value out there right now. And I 1:33:52.280 --> 1:33:54.439 know that those are brands that maybe people are still 1:33:54.520 --> 1:33:57.160 warming up to, but I guarantee you you see them 1:33:57.200 --> 1:33:59.559 at your Costco and at Amazon and at best Buy 1:33:59.680 --> 1:34:03.920 now they're everywhere. They've proven to be very reliable, and again, 1:34:04.080 --> 1:34:06.960 the picture quality that you can get for the money 1:34:07.000 --> 1:34:12.160 from these TVs is absolutely splendid. So you know, if 1:34:12.160 --> 1:34:16.080 you ask me what my top pick for a budget 1:34:16.120 --> 1:34:18.240 TV is going to be, guaranteed it's going to be 1:34:18.280 --> 1:34:19.599 a TCL or a High Sense. 1:34:19.960 --> 1:34:22.080 Okay, so let's get into some of those picks. 1:34:22.160 --> 1:34:25.400 So do you want to give us specific picks for 1:34:25.479 --> 1:34:26.680 some of these TVs? 1:34:27.320 --> 1:34:29.400 Yeah, Actually, I have some model numbers that I think 1:34:29.439 --> 1:34:32.439 people should be looking out for, Okay, So from High Sense, 1:34:32.600 --> 1:34:36.439 I would look at, for instance, the U seven pay 1:34:36.600 --> 1:34:39.120 remember the number seven. That's probably the easiest way to 1:34:39.160 --> 1:34:41.360 go about it. You can get a sixty five inch 1:34:41.520 --> 1:34:44.160 High Sense U seven K for about eight hundred dollars 1:34:44.240 --> 1:34:47.160 right now. If you're a little bit more picky about 1:34:47.200 --> 1:34:49.840 picture quality or you just want to get the best TV, 1:34:49.960 --> 1:34:53.120 you can get the High Sense U eight K is 1:34:53.200 --> 1:34:57.759 about one thousand dollars or so for the sixty five inch, 1:34:57.800 --> 1:35:00.160 and these TVs go right up to eighty fi five 1:35:00.200 --> 1:35:02.599 inches too, So if you want to go really big 1:35:03.160 --> 1:35:05.479 by this is by far the best way to get 1:35:05.520 --> 1:35:08.679 a really big screen without just draining your bank account. 1:35:09.520 --> 1:35:13.479 I also recommend TCL, and again they have a seven 1:35:13.640 --> 1:35:15.840 and an eight. It's almost like they plan this right. 1:35:16.160 --> 1:35:19.800 So with TCL, it's the Q seven again about eight 1:35:19.920 --> 1:35:21.960 hundred dollars for a sixty five inch, and the QM 1:35:22.000 --> 1:35:25.000 eight around one thy to eleven hundred dollars for a 1:35:25.040 --> 1:35:26.840 sixty five inch, So if you want to spend a 1:35:26.880 --> 1:35:29.559 little bit more, you'll get a lot more picture quality. 1:35:30.000 --> 1:35:33.719 But those those seven models I think are the best 1:35:33.760 --> 1:35:36.200 pick for the most amount of people out there. 1:35:36.880 --> 1:35:40.200 That's interesting. So both high Sense and TCL are both 1:35:40.280 --> 1:35:42.680 using the seven and eight. That makes it easy to 1:35:42.760 --> 1:35:45.120 kind of remember, you know, seven is good, eight is better. 1:35:46.320 --> 1:35:49.400 What about when it comes to like premium sets. 1:35:50.520 --> 1:35:55.120 I am in love with the Samsung S ninety C 1:35:55.920 --> 1:35:59.720 O LED television and hot tip best Buy has an 1:35:59.720 --> 1:36:04.000 exclusive model to them called S eighty nine C just 1:36:04.080 --> 1:36:06.200 like one number away. Don't know why they did that, 1:36:06.400 --> 1:36:09.160 but it's a little less expensive and it is for 1:36:09.200 --> 1:36:13.120 all intents and purposes the same od LED television. This 1:36:13.160 --> 1:36:18.800 thing is just spentacular, absolutely remarkable how good the picture 1:36:18.880 --> 1:36:21.320 quality is on this thing. And it's one of my 1:36:21.439 --> 1:36:23.880 top TV picks of the year by far. 1:36:24.720 --> 1:36:28.000 Now this is the one that you're talking about. I 1:36:28.120 --> 1:36:31.320 just looked it up on best Buy and it is 1:36:31.400 --> 1:36:34.880 on like really sale. So could this is saying it's 1:36:34.920 --> 1:36:37.280 two thousand bucks sixteen hundred dollars off? 1:36:37.280 --> 1:36:38.080 Does that sound right? 1:36:39.040 --> 1:36:39.280 Yeah? 1:36:39.439 --> 1:36:41.400 You know, when these TVs first come out at the 1:36:41.880 --> 1:36:45.519 very beginning of the season, and TV season starts around 1:36:45.640 --> 1:36:50.160 April or May. Usually they are at their loftiest prices. 1:36:50.840 --> 1:36:52.840 Over time, they tend to come down. We see some 1:36:52.880 --> 1:36:56.640 discounts around Black Friday in the holiday shopping season. But 1:36:56.840 --> 1:37:00.320 right now is probably the best time to buy TV 1:37:00.360 --> 1:37:03.519 if you're looking to save money because the new models 1:37:03.520 --> 1:37:06.920 that were just announced at CES, they'll start coming out 1:37:06.960 --> 1:37:10.960 again in March or April, and so a lot of 1:37:11.360 --> 1:37:13.920 businesses are trying to clear out the twenty twenty three 1:37:13.960 --> 1:37:16.759 stock to make room for the twenty twenty four and 1:37:17.120 --> 1:37:18.600 now is a great time to save a lot of 1:37:18.640 --> 1:37:20.720 money on TV. I don't think TV prices are going 1:37:20.760 --> 1:37:23.400 to get much lower than they are right now. 1:37:23.520 --> 1:37:26.120 The trick is you want to buy. 1:37:25.920 --> 1:37:29.520 Soon because as stock starts dwindling, Once these things disappear, 1:37:29.840 --> 1:37:30.800 they're not coming back. 1:37:31.600 --> 1:37:34.120 And it's interesting that I didn't realize Samsung was doing 1:37:34.200 --> 1:37:37.200 O LEDs. I thought they were mostly doing the Q leads. 1:37:37.280 --> 1:37:40.320 But that's yeah, yeah, that's a little bit of a 1:37:40.360 --> 1:37:43.320 shift in strategy from them. We're coming into the third 1:37:43.360 --> 1:37:45.519 year that Samsung will be making an O leed, and 1:37:45.560 --> 1:37:49.240 this after crashing O lead for years and years and years, 1:37:49.600 --> 1:37:53.400 but I think they caved once they realized that consumers 1:37:53.520 --> 1:37:55.880 really love that O LED. Look if you've ever seen 1:37:55.920 --> 1:37:57.800 an OLED TV, and you can look at one if 1:37:57.840 --> 1:38:00.760 you walk into Costco, they'll have one sitting right there, 1:38:00.840 --> 1:38:04.840 shining bright and looking gorgeous. Most people understand as soon 1:38:04.880 --> 1:38:07.559 as they see it that they don't understand what true 1:38:07.560 --> 1:38:10.439 black really does until you see that contrast on an 1:38:10.479 --> 1:38:11.960 OLED TV and it's phenomenal. 1:38:12.160 --> 1:38:15.160 And also the top of the line iPhone and Samsung 1:38:15.280 --> 1:38:18.280 phones are O lead and they are incredible displays too. 1:38:18.880 --> 1:38:19.080 Yeah. 1:38:19.080 --> 1:38:22.479 Absolutely, we carry them around in our pocket, and you know, 1:38:22.479 --> 1:38:24.439 we've been able to get them in a television for 1:38:24.520 --> 1:38:28.120 quite some time, but they used to be just prohibitively expensive. 1:38:28.439 --> 1:38:30.639 Now that OLED's been around for about ten years, they're 1:38:30.640 --> 1:38:32.720 starting to come down to earth a little more. 1:38:32.920 --> 1:38:34.400 All Right, we've got to run in a minute here, 1:38:34.400 --> 1:38:37.920 But any other picks that you wanted to share, LG 1:38:38.080 --> 1:38:38.719 also makes. 1:38:38.600 --> 1:38:40.040 An outstanding OLED TV. 1:38:40.240 --> 1:38:42.360 I would look at the C three if you're having 1:38:42.439 --> 1:38:46.160 trouble finding that Samsung old that we talked about. And 1:38:46.320 --> 1:38:49.760 of course if you are a movie buff or a cenophile, 1:38:50.760 --> 1:38:52.800 Sony is still the best out there. 1:38:53.479 --> 1:38:54.799 They make the very best. 1:38:54.680 --> 1:38:58.000 TVs in my opinion, though you tend to pay a 1:38:58.000 --> 1:38:59.760 little bit of a Sony tax to get a Sony 1:38:59.800 --> 1:39:00.519 TV these. 1:39:00.439 --> 1:39:03.320 Days, but it's a Sony and you know, people, look, 1:39:03.360 --> 1:39:06.280 Sony is the brand that it stood the test of 1:39:06.320 --> 1:39:08.439 time and they still do make a great product. And 1:39:08.680 --> 1:39:11.559 these are all fantastic picks. I love them. This is 1:39:11.560 --> 1:39:15.120 why I love talking to you. You explain TVs simpler 1:39:15.160 --> 1:39:18.040 than any human being out there. And you know, you 1:39:18.120 --> 1:39:20.880 go into like a Best Buy or you know, all 1:39:20.920 --> 1:39:24.840 these places were so just there's so many terms, and 1:39:24.880 --> 1:39:27.160 there's so many things, and there's so many model numbers, 1:39:27.200 --> 1:39:29.360 and to just have it broken down in this way 1:39:29.400 --> 1:39:32.400 to understand what's the best. What can I get away with? 1:39:32.479 --> 1:39:34.400 If I like this, it's all perfect. And that's why 1:39:34.439 --> 1:39:35.080 I have you on the show. 1:39:35.120 --> 1:39:35.439 Caleb. 1:39:36.160 --> 1:39:37.880 How can folks find you online? How can they find 1:39:37.920 --> 1:39:39.320 your reviews and what you talk about? 1:39:40.000 --> 1:39:43.040 Well, you can find my written reviews at digitaltrends dot com, 1:39:43.520 --> 1:39:45.320 or if you actually want to see the TVs I'm 1:39:45.360 --> 1:39:48.479 talking about, you can go to our YouTube channel, Digital 1:39:48.520 --> 1:39:51.760 Trends on YouTube. I have a ton of videos there, 1:39:52.040 --> 1:39:55.280 not just explaining the technology, but also talking about the 1:39:55.320 --> 1:39:57.080 TVs that you will want to buy. 1:39:57.280 --> 1:40:00.920 All right, Caleb Dennison, Senior editor at Digital Trends, thanks 1:40:00.920 --> 1:40:02.519 so much for joining me today. I'll put all your 1:40:02.520 --> 1:40:07.720 picks on the website rich on Tech dot tv. Coming up, 1:40:08.160 --> 1:40:10.920 we will share some more of your questions in the 1:40:10.920 --> 1:40:17.160 feedbag segment. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome 1:40:17.200 --> 1:40:22.080 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here closing out 1:40:22.160 --> 1:40:26.840 the show. This is rich on Tech. We're going to 1:40:26.920 --> 1:40:30.320 go through a little, uh, kind of a lightning segment 1:40:30.360 --> 1:40:33.000 with some news items, and I'll get to your feedback segment. 1:40:33.960 --> 1:40:39.160 Meta is adding new nighttime nudges for teens on Instagram. 1:40:40.400 --> 1:40:44.120 So if your teen is on their phone late at 1:40:44.200 --> 1:40:48.360 night surfing, reels, surf and Instagram, the phone is now 1:40:48.400 --> 1:40:50.479 going to remind teens that they've been using the app 1:40:50.520 --> 1:40:52.720 too much and encourage them to close it and get 1:40:52.760 --> 1:40:55.920 to bed. This is going to happen when teens spend 1:40:55.920 --> 1:40:59.479 more than ten minutes on Instagram, on reels or direct 1:40:59.520 --> 1:41:03.920 messages late at night. It will remind teams that it's 1:41:04.000 --> 1:41:06.479 late and encourage them to close the app. Whether they 1:41:06.479 --> 1:41:09.200 do it is up to them. Wall Street Journal says 1:41:09.200 --> 1:41:14.160 there's a huge cost hidden cost to subscriptions. Americans vastly 1:41:14.240 --> 1:41:17.160 underestimate how much they spend on subscriptions each month. If 1:41:17.160 --> 1:41:19.840 you ask them, they say probably about sixty two to 1:41:19.920 --> 1:41:23.479 ninety six dollars. The actual amount closer to two hundred 1:41:23.520 --> 1:41:27.000 and seventy three dollars. A lot of people forget to 1:41:27.240 --> 1:41:31.200 cancel subscriptions and don't realize they're still paying. The best 1:41:31.240 --> 1:41:33.920 way to get rid of subscriptions and clear out the 1:41:35.040 --> 1:41:38.000 subscriptions you have, you get a new card. Once you 1:41:38.240 --> 1:41:40.320 get a new card, because the old one is not 1:41:40.360 --> 1:41:45.520 going to charge anymore, that you stop paying for those subscriptions. Interesting, 1:41:46.920 --> 1:41:49.679 when vision Pro launches, there will not be some prominent 1:41:49.760 --> 1:41:52.599 apps on board, Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube. 1:41:53.120 --> 1:41:54.720 Nope, we're We're not going to be there. 1:41:55.240 --> 1:41:58.080 And some of them are even blocking their iPad apps 1:41:58.120 --> 1:42:02.080 from running on vision Pro, which means those are three 1:42:02.400 --> 1:42:06.320 big entertainment apps that will not be there. Wirecutter, one 1:42:06.320 --> 1:42:09.400 of my favorite reviews websites, has some new picks for 1:42:09.439 --> 1:42:13.920 the best Wi Fi mesh networking systems. They say Euro 1:42:14.240 --> 1:42:18.559 six is the best for most people. The Asus Zen 1:42:18.720 --> 1:42:23.800 Wi Fi ax is the best upgrade pick if you 1:42:23.840 --> 1:42:27.640 have a really fast Internet plan and if you're want 1:42:27.680 --> 1:42:30.200 a budget, you want to budget pick the TP link 1:42:30.360 --> 1:42:34.200 Deco S four provides good coverage but at a lower price. 1:42:34.280 --> 1:42:36.640 Once again on the Wirecutter. 1:42:37.120 --> 1:42:41.320 Consumer Report says each Facebook user is monitored by thousands 1:42:41.360 --> 1:42:45.800 of companies. Study by Consumer Reports analyzed Facebook data sharing 1:42:45.840 --> 1:42:49.040 from seven hundred and nine volunteers. On average, each person's 1:42:49.120 --> 1:42:53.000 data was sent to Facebook by over two thousand different companies. 1:42:53.439 --> 1:42:58.559 Some had over seven thousand companies. Wow, data broker named 1:42:58.880 --> 1:43:03.920 live Ramp appeared in ninety six percent of participants data 1:43:05.000 --> 1:43:08.040 major retailers like home Depot, Macy's, and Walmart. We're also 1:43:08.080 --> 1:43:12.200 in the top one hundred data sharing companies. Keep in mind, friends, 1:43:13.040 --> 1:43:17.000 these companies. Yes, you love Macy's, you love home Depot, 1:43:17.120 --> 1:43:21.960 you love Walmart, you love Target, but they are marketing geniuses. 1:43:22.040 --> 1:43:24.840 Their entire goal is to get you to love them 1:43:25.200 --> 1:43:28.120 so that you take your paycheck and you deposit it 1:43:28.160 --> 1:43:31.360 into their account. Little by little, we all do it. 1:43:31.360 --> 1:43:34.280 You go into Costco. I saw a meme on Instagram. 1:43:34.560 --> 1:43:37.280 It said I saved three hundred and forty seven dollars 1:43:37.360 --> 1:43:40.240 at Costco today by not going in for blueberries. 1:43:40.880 --> 1:43:41.840 It's so true. 1:43:43.240 --> 1:43:46.400 Norton has a new AI tool to help you detect scams. 1:43:46.479 --> 1:43:51.800 It's called Norton Genie and it uses AI to analyze screenshots. 1:43:52.280 --> 1:43:55.320 You can pop in a text message, you got, an email, 1:43:55.479 --> 1:43:58.800 or a social media post. It will scan it and 1:43:58.960 --> 1:44:03.880 figure out if it is a scam or not. It's 1:44:03.920 --> 1:44:06.840 available at Genie dot Norton dot com, or you can 1:44:06.880 --> 1:44:10.320 download the app on iOS and Android. So if you're 1:44:10.360 --> 1:44:13.439 thinking this might be a scam, it could be and 1:44:13.479 --> 1:44:17.080 this might help you figure it out. Let's get to 1:44:17.120 --> 1:44:20.000 the feedback. Janis says, I'm contacting you for a friend. 1:44:20.040 --> 1:44:22.799 He was working for his girlfriend's company. His laptop was synced. 1:44:24.080 --> 1:44:26.360 He has now broken up with her, but his girlfriend 1:44:26.360 --> 1:44:30.040 has been accessing his laptop his iPhone, reading things, changing things, 1:44:30.080 --> 1:44:32.640 locking him out of things. He spent hours on the 1:44:32.640 --> 1:44:34.640 phone and in person with Apple and T Mobile. No 1:44:34.640 --> 1:44:38.840 one can get her off his phone and laptop. Her 1:44:38.880 --> 1:44:44.720 name in login is all over it. Any suggestions the janis, 1:44:45.160 --> 1:44:48.559 I doubt if Apple and T Mobile have looked into this, 1:44:48.640 --> 1:44:51.519 that they cannot get this person off the phone or 1:44:51.560 --> 1:44:55.599 the laptop. Do a factory reset and that will take 1:44:55.640 --> 1:44:57.880 care of it. Both on the iPhone and on a 1:44:57.920 --> 1:45:01.840 MacBook or computer. Just look for a factory reset that 1:45:02.240 --> 1:45:06.439 will wipe everything clean and it will be just fine. 1:45:07.360 --> 1:45:09.200 Shary says, hey, Rich, I love your show. I need 1:45:09.240 --> 1:45:11.599 help with a dilemma. I was searching for Laker tickets 1:45:11.680 --> 1:45:14.639 on a website. I dozed off holding my phone while 1:45:14.640 --> 1:45:17.599 searching for two hundred dollars tickets. I was awakened by 1:45:17.600 --> 1:45:20.160 a text message from my credit card asking if I 1:45:20.200 --> 1:45:23.360 made a purchase for almost twenty thousand dollars. When I 1:45:23.439 --> 1:45:25.840 checked my account, it said I got two court side 1:45:25.880 --> 1:45:29.719 seats for almost ten thousand dollars each. After doing some research, 1:45:29.760 --> 1:45:32.720 I found that the ticketing website I was looking at 1:45:32.800 --> 1:45:36.200 saves your credit card info since I'd made previous purchases. 1:45:36.200 --> 1:45:38.960 Do you think it's possible I purchased the tickets accidentally 1:45:38.960 --> 1:45:41.360 in my sleep or do you think I was hacked. 1:45:41.479 --> 1:45:44.640 I've disputed and I'm waiting a decision. Shary sounds like 1:45:44.640 --> 1:45:46.800 you're going to the Laker's court side. You just spent 1:45:46.880 --> 1:45:48.599 a lot of money on that. No, I mean, look, 1:45:48.720 --> 1:45:52.360 I don't know if you went through the entire flow 1:45:52.880 --> 1:45:56.920 of this ticketing thing, you know, sleeping. I mean that 1:45:56.960 --> 1:46:00.559 would be a lot of like steps. Come on, there's 1:46:00.560 --> 1:46:03.599 either something you're not telling me here or you got 1:46:03.600 --> 1:46:06.280 to dispute these. Don't use the tickets because you want 1:46:06.280 --> 1:46:08.200 to make sure that you can get a refund on those. 1:46:08.280 --> 1:46:12.720 I know there's no refunds, but that is so wild. 1:46:13.400 --> 1:46:16.360 Joy says, I use a Google spreadsheet for my financial records. 1:46:16.400 --> 1:46:18.479 Some people have access to my computers or any way 1:46:18.520 --> 1:46:21.720 to set up a password or two factor authentication, so 1:46:21.840 --> 1:46:25.200 only I can open my Google spreadsheet. I love your podcast, 1:46:25.280 --> 1:46:28.680 Joy Joy. I think when you open up this spreadsheet 1:46:28.720 --> 1:46:32.280 on your computer, use that incognito mode I was talking about. 1:46:32.680 --> 1:46:35.120 That means you can log in and when you exit 1:46:35.200 --> 1:46:38.840 this tab on your browser, nobody else will be able 1:46:38.880 --> 1:46:43.280 to get into that browser. Patrick says your show, your 1:46:43.320 --> 1:46:48.759 podcast is my favorite. Well done, thank you, and Laurel 1:46:48.800 --> 1:46:51.920 says love your segments on KTLA. I wear the Fitbit 1:46:51.960 --> 1:46:55.240 Inspire for sleep monitoring while my Apple Watch is on 1:46:55.400 --> 1:46:58.160 the charger. I accidentally discovered I could set the Fitbit 1:46:58.240 --> 1:47:00.800 Watch to merge into the Apple Health. This gives me 1:47:00.880 --> 1:47:03.439 twenty four hour heart monitoring and all of my stuff 1:47:03.479 --> 1:47:06.639 in one place. This is a great feature and worth reporting. 1:47:07.120 --> 1:47:10.719 Keep up the good work. Laurel, keep up the good sleep. 1:47:11.240 --> 1:47:12.720 If you can believe it, that's gonna do it. For 1:47:12.760 --> 1:47:15.439 this episode of the show, you can find links to 1:47:15.600 --> 1:47:17.880 everything I mentioned on my website. Just go to rich 1:47:17.920 --> 1:47:21.439 on tech dot tv for the show notes. You can 1:47:21.479 --> 1:47:24.400 find me on social media. I am at rich on 1:47:24.560 --> 1:47:28.000 tech Next week, let me check the calendar. 1:47:28.160 --> 1:47:28.800 What do we got? 1:47:29.160 --> 1:47:29.280 Uh? 1:47:30.640 --> 1:47:31.040 I don't know. 1:47:31.320 --> 1:47:33.840 More stuff. We'll talk about whatever's happening in the tech world. 1:47:33.880 --> 1:47:35.679 You know I'm gonna bring you good stuff. I will 1:47:35.720 --> 1:47:38.800 bring it, I promise. Thanks so much for listening. There 1:47:38.680 --> 1:47:40.320 are so many ways you can spend your time. 1:47:40.400 --> 1:47:42.400 I do appreciate you spending it right here with me. 1:47:43.080 --> 1:47:46.840 Special thanks to my guests, everyone who makes this show possible, 1:47:46.920 --> 1:47:51.320 plus most of all you for listening. My name is richdmiro. 1:47:51.479 --> 1:47:53.080 I will talk to you real soon.