1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to Rich on Tech. I'm Rich Demiro. 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: This is the show where I talk tech and give 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: you the inside scoop on all kinds of cool tech news, 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: apps and websites. Plus I help you get the most 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: out of your gadgets by answering your tech questions live 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: What is going on? Welcome to you, Thanks for joining me. 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: I'm Rich Demiro, tech reporter at KTLA TV in Los Angeles. 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: You can learn more about me at richontech dot TV. 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: Welcome to everyone watching on Facebook Live and welcome to 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: you listening no matter where you're listening from. Thanks for 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: joining me. I love having you here. I know some 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: of you guys have seen this show before or have 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: tuned in. Probably a lot of you are new as well, 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: so you get to see If you're on Facebook Live, 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: you get to kind of see the nitty gritty behind 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: the scenes. But if you're here listening on the podcast, 17 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: I clean it up a bit and make it sound 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: just slightly better. I'll take your calls in just a 19 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: little at three one zero five nine four three zero 20 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: zero three three one zero five nine four three zero 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: zero three. So start thinking about what's going on in 22 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: your life. What's going on in your tech life, specifically 23 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: that you want to ask me about, because I will 24 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: do my best to help you answer those. I want 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: to talk about Tesla real quick. So yesterday was depending 26 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: on when you're listening, but this is yesterday. Last night 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: was the big Tesla unveil. So Tesla unveiled a semi 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: truck and didn't work out for me to be at 29 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: the event. I was invited. I did not go, basically 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: due to some circumstances around my job and kind of 31 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: timing of the story and all that stuff. But I'm 32 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: still excited for what Tesla has and I think the 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: semi truck is interesting. But the reality is, when it 34 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: came to me covering this, I think there's a lot 35 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: of people out there still waiting for their Tesla Model three. 36 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: And so you have Tesla already now promoting this new 37 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: semi truck and then this new roadster that's supposed to be, 38 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: you know, the follow up to their original roadster, and 39 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: I'm sitting there wondering, well, wait, a second war is 40 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: my Model three? And when I say my Model three, 41 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: I don't mean my Model three. I mean all the 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: people that have ordered them, and Tesla said they were 43 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: going to do like five thousand a quarter. They've only 44 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: made like two hundred and sixty of these things, and 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 1: they took a lot of reservations. So the semi truck 46 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: is cool. But to me, it's like, come on, let's 47 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: concentrate on getting this stuff out that people have already 48 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: put their thousand dollars down for, people are waiting for. 49 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: Some of these people aren't going to see a car 50 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: for a good two years from the time that they 51 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: put down their money. To me, that's kind of crazy. 52 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: But I will tell you about the semi truck. This 53 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: is a brand new Tesla electric semi truck. It can 54 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: go zero to sixty and five seconds compared to fifteen 55 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: seconds with a diesel. And this is the interesting part. 56 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: They say it can climb five percent grades at a 57 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: steady sixty five miles an hour, where a diesel truck 58 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: max is out at forty five miles an hour on 59 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: a five percent grade. It's also more responsive. It can 60 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: cover more miles than a diesel truck in the same 61 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: amount of time. And they are saying it's going to 62 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: integrate with passenger cars better. So I find that really interesting. 63 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I think what they're doing here is pretty awesome. 64 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,559 Speaker 1: They've got two touchscreen displays inside. This thing looks very futuristic. 65 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: It has navigation, blind spot monitoring, electronic data logging. Here's 66 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: the other thing. They've got to build new chargers for 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: these semi trucks. So now these are called mega chargers. 68 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: So you've got the Tesla, you've got regular electric car chargers, 69 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: then you've got superchargers, and now you have mega chargers. 70 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: These are going to add about four hundred miles to 71 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: the truck's range in thirty minutes. But now, don't forget 72 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: they have to build all these things. They're not built. 73 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: When it comes to safety, the semi does not jackknife. 74 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: Apparently it's got some onboard sensors that detect instability and 75 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: react with positive or negative torque to each wheel while 76 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: independently working all the breaks. So that's really interesting. And 77 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: you've got autopilot, automatic emergency braking, lane keeping, lane departure 78 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: event recording. And here's the other cool thing it can do. 79 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: It can travel in a convoy, so you can have 80 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of these semi trucks all following each other 81 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: like a herd of elephants, and there you go autonomously, 82 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: so you only need one driver for like five or 83 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: six trucks. How crazy is that it can go five 84 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: hundred miles on a charge at highway speed and filled 85 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: with a bunch of stuff. And Tesla says that eighty 86 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: percent of freight in the US is moved less than 87 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty miles, So that's kind of interesting. 88 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: I didn't realize that, because you would think that freight 89 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: would be moved, you know, across the US, like they 90 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: ship things from you know, New York to LA. But 91 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: I guess now that I think about it, most of 92 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: the major companies have like regional factories where they make 93 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: stuff like Cheetos and stuff, so they don't really need 94 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: to ship those. You're not getting your Cheetos in LA 95 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: from New York, getting them from a factory somewhere in 96 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: the LA area, I'm guessing. So here comes the when 97 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: can I get it question? When it comes to the 98 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: Tesla semi five thousand dollars deposit and production is in 99 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. So twenty nineteen is two years away. Well, 100 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: it's only a year away. But here's the thing, you 101 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: really think these are going to come out in early 102 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Probably not. We're looking at the end of 103 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen if they can even do that. Full mines 104 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: are open. Three one zero five nine four three zero 105 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: zero three three one zero five nine four three zero 106 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: zero three. You're listening to Rich on Tech. We're talking 107 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: about the Tesla Semi. They also unveiled a roadster, and 108 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: this is a car that's supposedly going to be the 109 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: fastest car ever in the world. And you know, I 110 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: was a little cool on Tesla. Before I did my 111 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: Tesla test drive. I took a They loaned me a 112 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: the pretty much their fastest Tesla Model S car, and 113 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: it was phenomenal. It really was. It was It was 114 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: so fast. When you accelerated, you just literally went back 115 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: in your seat. Three two three you're on with Rich. 116 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I have this question. Maybe you could help 117 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 2: me out. I have an iPhone six S. It's a 118 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: sixty four gigabyte but I know it has nothing to 119 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 2: do with my iCloud. But every single time, once in 120 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 2: a while, I'll always get this pop up that'll say 121 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 2: forty four weeks that you haven't backed up this and 122 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 2: you need more iCloud storage. And I don't really want 123 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 2: to purchase like the extra memory for the iCloud, and 124 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to see maybe a different alternative to 125 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 2: try to like get this annoying pop up to just 126 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: stop popping up. 127 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, to buy the ninety nine cents. So here's 128 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: the thing. There's a couple of things going on which 129 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: you should know about. Number one, a lot of times 130 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: you don't actually need the extra iCloud storage. What's happening 131 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: is if you've upgraded your iPhone, Apple is keeping an 132 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: old backup in your iCloud, which is taking up a 133 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: lot of your storage. So the first thing to do 134 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: is go into your iCloud and go into your backups 135 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: where it says like manage storage and look for your 136 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: old backups, Okay, and that's the number one thing to do. 137 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: So once you like on mine, it kept saying that 138 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: same exact message, But the reality of it is, I 139 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: just needed to delete my old backup because a lot 140 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: of times your old backup has a bunch of stuff 141 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: in there you no longer need once you have a 142 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: new phone. That's the first thing. Second thing I would 143 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: do is go into your photos if you don't want 144 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: to use iCloud and just use Google Photos and offload 145 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: all your photos there, or you can choose another one. 146 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: You can use Flicker if they're still around, you can 147 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: use Microsoft OneDrive. There's so many different things that you 148 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: can use to offload your pictures and keep them off 149 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: your phone. So I personally use Google Photos and I 150 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: don't use the iCloud storage for my photos. Now, believe me, 151 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: when you go to turn this off, Apple's going to 152 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: make a huge deal and say, hey, okay, we're going 153 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: to delete everything you've ever done on your iPhone and 154 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: just you have to make sure everything's backed up first 155 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: before you believe that. But the reality is they're not 156 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: going to delete everything. But yes, your pictures will go away. Ncloud. 157 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: I think that's what's happening to your system. And I 158 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: think if you get rid of the old backups and 159 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: offload the pictures, I think you're gonna be okay. So 160 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: good question, Thanks so much for calling. Leave me that 161 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: first segment already in the can you guys, so I'll 162 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: be back with more after this. I got lots of 163 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: stuff to talk about. We have new phones, we've got 164 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: pixel buds, we've got oh my gosh, there's so many 165 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: things to talk about. In the tech world this week. 166 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: So I'll be back in just a little bit to 167 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: talk about more of that and take more of your calls. 168 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: You're listening to Rich on tech Live. Welcome back to 169 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: Rich on tech Live. I'm Rich Demiro. This is the 170 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: show where I talk about technology, answer your tech questions, 171 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: and tell you about all the cool stuff that's happening 172 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: in the tech world. Let's just go right back to 173 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: the phones. At three one zero five nine four three 174 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: zero zero three three one zero five nine four three 175 00:08:54,960 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: zero zero three four one four you are on with Rich. Yes, good, 176 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: how are you doing? 177 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 3: iPhone can X. 178 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: Sometimes it's gets struck like sometimes I can use like no, 179 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 2: nothing's disagree. 180 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: Nothing is working on which one on the iPhone ten 181 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: ten X? Yeah? Yeah, on which app? 182 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 3: Or apps? 183 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: Oh? Interesting? You know, I've sort of noticed on the 184 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: iPhone ten that there are a lot of bugs. And 185 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: I've been using the iPhone ten for a little bit 186 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: and I'm telling you it's a beautiful device, but there 187 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: are a lot of bugs on this device. And here's 188 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: the thing that's happening. I notice, especially in the corners 189 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: of the phone, that anything that's in those corners can 190 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 1: sometimes be tough to manage or tough to actually tough 191 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: to actually use, and so if buttons are in the corners, 192 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: I've noticed that they don't always respond to my fingertip. 193 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: So I think that it's a matter of things need 194 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: to be updated, a matter of the iOS being updated 195 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: and also the apps being up dated. So I think 196 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: things are going to be okay eventually, but right now, 197 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: it is definitely an interesting experience on the iPhone ten 198 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: or X, whatever you want to call it, because of 199 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: all the updates that need to be done. So yeah, 200 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: so I would say my advice to you is just 201 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: hold tight and hopefully you get you'll get some of 202 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: the updates that we need to make this phone a 203 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: better phone. Speaking of phones, one Plus announced a brand 204 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: new phone. Have you guys heard of one Plus. This 205 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: is a brand that's out of China, but they make 206 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,719 Speaker 1: some really nice devices and they've they make some of 207 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: my favorite Android phones. Some of my Android phones that 208 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 1: I love are kind of the clean Androids, like the 209 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: Pixel and also the one plus. This is now the 210 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: one Plus five T. The only thing I don't like 211 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: about what they're doing is they're coming out with phones 212 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: way too fast. They just come out with their last 213 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: phone like six months ago, and now they have this 214 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: one one plus five T has a six inch screen, 215 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: it's an O led screen, it's got an eighteen to 216 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: nine aspect ratio. It's got a display that adapts. You 217 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: can see it out side. They move their fingerprint reader 218 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: to the back, and now they have the same regular camera, 219 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: but now they have a better secondary camera, so it 220 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: gives you better low light pictures. And if you never 221 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: heard of one plus, check them out because they really 222 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: make some nice devices for the price. This phone, sixty 223 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: four gigabyte, starts at four hundred and ninety nine dollars. 224 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: It'll be available November twenty first, and it's got an 225 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: amazing design do I have? And it's you know, they 226 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: move the fingerprint reader to the back, which is really nice. 227 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: And it's if you're thinking of a phone, I'm telling 228 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 1: you don't want to get the iPhone. You don't want 229 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: to spend all the money on the iPhone, and you 230 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: don't want to spend one thousand dollars on a Google pixel. 231 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: Definitely check out one plus OnePlus dot net is their 232 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: website and they're doing solid stuff. It's a great device. 233 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: It's got a great camera, it's got great software, and 234 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: now they have face unlocked too, so you can use 235 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: your face to unlock the phone. They say they use 236 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: one hundred identifiers to unlock the five t different than 237 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: the way that Apple's doing it on the iPhone ten. 238 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: But it's a really nice phone, very smooth, and I 239 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: think you'll be happy with it. So check out one 240 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: Plus if you are thinking of getting a new smartphone. Phone. 241 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: Lines are open three one zero five nine four three 242 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: zero zero three. I'll never forget. I was in an 243 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: uber in San Francisco and the guy had a one 244 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: plus and I was like, wait, what phone is that? 245 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: It is the first time I ever saw it back 246 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: in the day. Sixty six one, you're on with Rich? 247 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: Who am I speaking with? Hey? 248 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 3: Rich, It's Greg from the Antelope Valley. 249 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: But what's on your mind? 250 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 3: I'm hoping, uh, Santy will bring me a three sixty camera? 251 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 3: What are your I'm hoping not to spend a whole 252 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 3: lot of money, but something with you know, fairly good quality. 253 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: Ooh, three sixty cam? Are you gonna be? Do you 254 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: want to standalone three sixty or do you just want 255 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: a three sixty cam that connects to a device. 256 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, either either or I was looking at the uh 257 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 3: I think it's by say I'm sung and it kind 258 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 3: of looks like a little robot. M yep. 259 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: Do you have a Do you have an Android device? 260 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 3: No? I have an iPhone okay, so. 261 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: That one works with iPhone as well. So there is 262 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: one that's uh, there's two that I like. So the 263 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: one that you have, the one that you're talking about, 264 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: is the Samsung Gear and that one is really nice. 265 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: But the other one I really like is the Insta 266 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: three sixty. So that's the other one I check out, 267 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 1: and they sort of they came up with it there. 268 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: They make a really nice one. It kind of connects 269 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: right to your device, so it pops into the lightning jack, 270 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: which is kind of neat, whereas whereas the Samsung one 271 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,599 Speaker 1: is standalone by itself and you just you know, you 272 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: offload it via Bluetooth or Wi Fi. So I would 273 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: check out Insta three sixty dot com and see what 274 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: you think about THEIRS. I've used THEIRS and I really 275 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: like it. It's just it's slick because it's just it 276 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: just pops into your phone, so you don't have to 277 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: carry anything around, you don't have to worry about it 278 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: being charged. It's just really nice that way. 279 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: So oh and as far as the price, uh on. 280 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: The Insta three sixty, uh, you know, let's see how 281 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: much that one is. They're not that expensive. I think 282 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: it's like, uh, well, okay, this one is expensive because 283 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: they have they have various models. The newest one is 284 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: three hundred dollars, but they have an old one. Let's 285 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: see an older one that is I think a little 286 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: bit less, and that one, yes, two hundred dollars. So 287 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: ok And if you look at the Samsung Gear, I 288 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: think the let's see Gear three sixty, that one. Do 289 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: you know how much that one's running? Uh? 290 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 3: No, no, because I think they just came out with 291 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 3: the new one seventeen as well. 292 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a new version of it. So there's two 293 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: of them out there right now. And the new one 294 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: is let's see how much this one is? 295 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 2: Yeah? 296 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: Interesting, they have the old one, I know is highly 297 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: discounted and a new one. Okay, new one's two hundred bucks. 298 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: So so yeah, I would look at those two Insta 299 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: Insta three sixty and then the Samsung Year three sixty 300 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: and see which one you like better. They're both basically 301 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: the same price. I kind of slightly go towards the 302 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: one that sticks into your phone because it's just a 303 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: little bit easier. But you know, you can do either one, 304 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: so see which one you like. All right, guys, rich 305 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: on Tech dot tv is the website. If you want 306 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: to learn more about me, I'll be back with more 307 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: of your questions. Welcome back to rich on Tech Live. 308 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me. I'm rich Dmiro and we are 309 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: talking about all kinds of fun technology. A bunch of 310 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: things happen this week in technology, and one thing that 311 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: is really fascinating to me is what's happening with the 312 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: smart home devices, especially the Google Home, which I've got 313 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: a couple of in my house, and they activated a 314 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: new feature it's called Google Home Broadcast. And this reminds 315 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: me of back in the day. At my house, we 316 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: had an intercom system and you can, you know, use 317 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: it to talk from room to room and from the 318 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: front door. And nobody in my house used it, obviously 319 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: because nobody it was like an older house, but it 320 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: just you know, I thought it was awesome and nobody 321 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: knew how to use this intercom pa system whatever you 322 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: want to call it. But I did, and so I 323 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: would use it to, you know, say things from room 324 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: to room, talk to my parents downstairs, whatever. And now 325 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: you have a Google Home basically letting you do the 326 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: same thing. So Google Home Broadcast is a news service 327 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: from your assistant on Google Home that lets you broadcast 328 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: your voice to all your speakers. So let me tell 329 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: you how you can use this. So if you have 330 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: a Google Home in your house, you can say the 331 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: code word, which is mmmmm, which I can't really say 332 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: it because mine will go off. But it's the letters 333 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: O and then K and then the search term goog 334 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: l E and then you say broadcast and then whatever 335 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: you want to broadcast, and when you say that, it 336 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: will take your recording of your voice and broadcast that 337 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: to all the other speakers in your house. So I 338 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: did this the other night when it was time for 339 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: my kids to read. I said, all right, uh, okay, 340 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,719 Speaker 1: Google broadcasts it's time to read. And there goes. So 341 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: it said it's time to read kids on all the 342 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: other Google Homes throughout my house. How cool is that? 343 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: I love it. You can also say uh, now, yeah, 344 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: there cos it's broadcasting. Now you can also say okay, Google, 345 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: it's dinner time and they ring a dinner bell on 346 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: all your Google homes. That's really fun. And you can 347 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: also from your phone. I'm not sure. Yeah, I know, 348 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 1: thank you. But the other thing you can do is 349 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: from your phone if you have the Google Assistant, either 350 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: installed or on your phone, if you know, if you 351 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: have an Android it's kind of built in if you 352 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: install it on your iPhone, you can open up the 353 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: Google Assistant app and then say, okay, Google broadcast, I'm 354 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 1: on my way home. And next thing, you know, all 355 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: your speakers in your house will say that even if 356 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: you're outside of your house. Isn't that fun? So and 357 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: I know you're like, oh, I would never need that, 358 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: but I'm sure you do this, you know, with if 359 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: you're a significant other or your kids. You know, you're 360 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: leaving an appointment or whatever, and then you that's I'm sorry, Angie. 361 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: I know, Angie said, you're making my Google Home go off. 362 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: That's why I try not to say the words, but 363 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: sometimes it was tough not to. But yeah, you can 364 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: do this from outside your house. So if you're leaving 365 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: an appointment, coming back from the dentist, whatever, it's still broadcasting. 366 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: You can just do that I think this is really fun. 367 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: It's rolling out right now, it's online, it's probably on yours, 368 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: and the Google Home is going to be one of 369 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: the hottest products this holiday season for sure. I think 370 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: it's the best one out there. I think it's better 371 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: than Alexa. I think it's better than anything we have. 372 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: If you want to spend fifty bucks, and they're going 373 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: to be cheaper this holiday season, I think they're going 374 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: to be like thirty dollars, I definitely get one of 375 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: these things. The Google Home Mini will will be your 376 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: best friend. It's such a cool little device to have around, 377 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: So check that out, all right. Phone lines are open 378 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: three one zero five to nine four three zero zero 379 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: three three one zero five nine four three zero zero three. 380 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: And yeah, I try not to when I'm talking talking 381 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: about this stuff, actually say the terms like the A word. 382 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: You know, Amazon's female name. I guess I guess she's female, right, 383 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: and then the the OKAG word because these things activate 384 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: people's stuff like crazy. So yeah, guys, re enter for 385 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: the charger. If you're on the Facebook Live you can 386 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: re enter as well. And I'll talk more about that 387 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: in a minute. But the phone lines are open if 388 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: you have a tech question three one zero five nine 389 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 1: four three zero zero three. While we're on the subject 390 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: real quick of smart things, I just want to tell 391 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: you about something that I really am obsessed with that 392 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: I love. It's the idea of these smart plugs. I've 393 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: got a couple of them around my house and during 394 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: the holiday is great thing to have because they can 395 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: turn on and off your Christmas lights or any of 396 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: your decorations or whatever you want. Basically, and now I home, 397 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: you know them, they make all those products. They have 398 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: an outdoor smart plug, so it's this forty dollars. And 399 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: most smart plugs right now I know are inside, so 400 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: they're mostly rated for indoor use. But this one is 401 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: for outdoor use. It's forty dollars and it goes, it can. 402 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: It's designed to withstand the elements control outdoor lighting decorations, 403 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: small appliances up to eighteen hundred watts. And this one 404 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: is also Apple home Kit. So here's the thing. There 405 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: are there are many competing home automation smart home stuff. 406 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: So you have Google Assistant, you have Alexa, you have 407 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: home Kit, and there's also there's another one, but no 408 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: one's really using that at this point. But basically, well, 409 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: Samsung has one too, But the reality is all these 410 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: are competing because the smart home is the future, and 411 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: if you have products that work with these other smart assistants, 412 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: people want to buy them. So if you have a 413 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: Google Assistant, then people are more app to buy the 414 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: Google Assistant products that work with that because you can 415 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: activate them. Most of the time when I'm seeing the 416 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: trend is that they're not choosing favorites right now. So 417 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: for instance, this iHome smart plug works with everything including 418 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: the A word, the G word, home Kit, Nest, and Wink, 419 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: so you can basically control all these things from your voice. 420 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: And for me personally, I'm I'm kind of on the 421 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: Google Assistant realm right now because I'm really liking what 422 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: the Google Assistant does. I think it understands your language 423 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: in the most natural language possible. So when you give 424 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: a command, you don't have to say, please turn on 425 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: the bedroom light number two. It will understand if you 426 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: just say, hey, turn on my bedroom lights, and it 427 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: will turn them on. It's very smart like that. When 428 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: I had Alexa setup, i felt like she was much 429 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: more specific, like I had to say specific things to 430 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: her to make her work. Properly, and it's fine. I mean, 431 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: once you learn the syntax, you kind of figure it out. 432 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: But the reality is, I think Google is a little 433 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: bit easier. So I'll put all these links to things 434 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: I talk about on my website. It's Rich on tech 435 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: dot tv. You're listening to episode number two zero six 436 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: of the podcast. Angie Ford in the chat room says, 437 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: our curve TV's worth it. My guy really wants one. 438 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: I'd say no because they sort of went out of fashion. 439 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: They were, they were huge a couple of years ago, 440 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: and now you never see him anymore. So you might 441 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: get a good deal on them during Black Friday because 442 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: they're trying to clear them out. Two six two you 443 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: are on with Rich. Can you lower the Facebook behind 444 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: you so I can hear you? Two six two you're 445 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: on with Rich. 446 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 3: Uh. Yeah, I was just putting ask Rich what does 447 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 3: he know about the Wish app about ordering stuff through Wish? 448 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, wish okay, good question. Where are you calling from? 449 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 3: We're Sine Wisconsin. 450 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: Oh wow, Wisconsin? Okay, a good question. Caller wants to 451 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: know what about the Wish app. So. Wish is a 452 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: popular app on iPhone and Android, and it basically sells 453 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff and at really cheap prices. So 454 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: you can browse through Wish and just see a whole 455 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff that prices like I'm talking a dollar, 456 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: you know, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, whatever, and 457 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: a lot of people like this app. It's super cheap. 458 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: It's like one of those things. It's like scrolling through 459 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: your Instagram feed, but you can buy stuff for really 460 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: cheap prices. But here's the catch. It ships from China 461 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: most of the time, and so the reality is it 462 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 1: takes a long time to get your stuff. That's the 463 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: biggest complaint about Wish. So what happens is it's so 464 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 1: cheap that you kind of forget you ordered it, and 465 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 1: then next thing, you know, six to eight weeks later, 466 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: it will show up on your doorstep, and you wonder, 467 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: how can you get something like an iPhone charging cable 468 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: for a buck? Well, let me tell you. When I 469 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: was in China, I could not believe how cheap this 470 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 1: stuff was over there. So the iPhone cables I saw, 471 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: I mean I'm talking every color, every imaginable type and 472 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: size or whatever, they were all a buck. I couldn't 473 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: even believe it. They sell them for the same exact 474 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: cables for twenty dollars. Here in the US. There's a 475 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: lot of markup on these tech products, so Wish is 476 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: it's fine. I mean, you know, I'm sure it's very 477 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: hit or miss. So the app is wish dot com 478 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: if you want to download it. I personally would probably 479 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 1: not shop from something like this because I'm kind of 480 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: an Amazon guy and I just want to get my 481 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: stuff fast. And I also I think a lot of 482 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: this stuff it looks cool, but it's kind of cheap, 483 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: so you definitely want to just keep that in mind 484 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: when you're getting this stuff. All right, good question. Thanks 485 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: for calling from Wisconsin. Never been to Wisconsin, Wisconsin or Wisconsin, 486 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. But you're listening to rich on Tech Live. 487 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Website is rich on 488 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: tech dot tv. If you want more information about everything 489 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: I talk about here, we'll be back with more of 490 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: your questions after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 491 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 1: This is the podcast where I talk about all the 492 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: fun stuff that I am seeing happen in the tech 493 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: world and also answering your tech questions. Let's go right 494 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 1: to the phone lined nine four nine. You are on 495 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: with Rich nine four nine. What's on your mind? Hello? 496 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 4: La, Hi, Hi, Hi, This is Cindy. I have a question. 497 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 4: Sure my daughter recently she crashed her phone. She has 498 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 4: an iPhone seven and I call insurance. We have insurance, 499 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 4: but they said I have to pay to work two 500 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 4: twenty five. What's your advice for me? Whether it go 501 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 4: with them and I have to turn in her crass phone, 502 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,639 Speaker 4: or should I just go buy a refurbished phone? 503 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: What kind of phone? 504 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 4: So if you can the seven seven, iPhone seven okay? 505 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: iPhone seven okay. So your question is your daughter messed 506 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: up her phone and they want two hundred and twenty 507 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: five dollars to repair it through the insurance, or should 508 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: you just buy a refurbished phone? So an iPhone seven? 509 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: If we look online to see how much that costs. 510 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: Let's see. So let's buy a iPhone seven with device, 511 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: would you like? I'm on gazelle dot com. This is 512 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: a website that buys and sells phones. So you've got 513 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: an iPhone seven. They are going for about four hundred 514 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: and eighty nine dollars on the uh yeah, four hundred 515 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: and eighty nine on the cheap end. Anywhere from four 516 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,479 Speaker 1: twenty nine to four eighty nine. So basically, the insurance 517 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: company wants two twenty five, you've already paid into the insurance. 518 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: I'd say, probably go for it. It's gonna be cheaper 519 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: than getting her a new phone. And I know it hurts, 520 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: but I would say get her the get her the 521 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: two hundred twenty five dollars, and get her a case 522 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: for that device as well, like a better case. So 523 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: I like cases from Tech twenty one. I like cases 524 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: from Incipio otter Box if you want something that's strong, 525 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: But you got to get her more than just a 526 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: case that looks nice. So because those are not going 527 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: to protect her phone in the way that you need 528 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 1: them protected. Realistically, when you're talking about protecting an iPhone, 529 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: the case has to have a little lip over the 530 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: screen because if the screen hits the ground, it's probably 531 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 1: gonna break. And some of these fancy cases that just 532 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: look nice, they don't have the protection that when your 533 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: phone falls flat on the ground, the screen is going 534 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: to hit the ground. So you definitely want a case 535 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: that has that comes up almost over the edge of 536 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: the phone a little bit, and that's kind of a lip, 537 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: and that will protect your phone much more so if 538 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: you have that insurance, I know, two hundred twenty five 539 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: dollars a lot, but you've probably also been paying into 540 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: that insurance as well, and that's the thing. So the 541 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: better thing, I mean, the insurance thing is a tough 542 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: one because it's so expensive. You're paying for the insurance 543 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: the whole time, and then when you actually have a problem, 544 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 1: you have to pay even more to use the insurance. 545 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: So it's tough. We're in a tough place with these 546 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 1: phones because they're getting so expensive that whenever there's a problem, 547 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: you realize just how expensive they are. Three one zero 548 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: five nine four three zero zero three three one zero 549 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: five nine four three zero zero three. Let me tell you, 550 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: guys about a new travel app I tried out the 551 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: other day. It's called hit List, And this is a 552 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: new app that it's it's pretty cool, it's kind of promising. 553 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: It just came to Android, it's been on iOS for 554 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 1: a while. And the way it works is you pop 555 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: in where you want to go, and it gives you 556 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: ideas on when to travel, the times to travel, and 557 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: it finds really good flight combinations. So the website is 558 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: hit List. That's the app. Go go find it in 559 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 1: the iTunes Store or the Android Store and see what 560 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 1: you think about it. I'm I'm a big fan of 561 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: all these travel apps because you kind of want to 562 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: find one that works for you. I really like my 563 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: Hopper app, and I of course like Google Flights. But 564 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: this is a new one. I'm gonna add this to 565 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: my list. It's called hit List, So check it out 566 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: if you're looking for a cheap flight. Spring Break is 567 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: just around the corner. I know crazy four one four 568 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: you are on. 569 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 3: With rich him Christ your. 570 00:28:52,960 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 5: Right, I have a gals six. Maybe tell my trage up. 571 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 5: The valley guy is so fast? Is there a way 572 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 5: I can keep it charge up for like they usually 573 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 5: say like three or four days and give me charge. 574 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: Took forth So it used to hold a charge and 575 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: now it doesn't correct. Okay, So here's what i'd recommend. 576 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: So you've had this phone. If this is an S six, 577 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: this is okay. So number one, I'm sorry to tell 578 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: you this, but the Samsung Galaxy S six never had 579 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: a good battery. So even from day one, out of 580 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: all the phones I've tested, S six, for some reason, 581 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: the battery just drained on that thing really fast. So 582 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: it probably worked for a good amount of time to you. 583 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: But the reality is it's never worked very good, and 584 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: I know that's frustrating for a phone. I would say 585 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: with this phone, the only way to rescue it at 586 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: this point is to probably format it and start over. 587 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: And I know that that involves deleting everything off the 588 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: phone and reinstalling your apps one by one, but I 589 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: think there's something happening there where the old stuff is 590 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: kind of mixing up with your new stuff, and it's 591 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: just there's a lot of stuff hanging around on this phone. 592 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 5: Now. 593 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: If you don't want to do that, I would recommend, 594 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: in this order go ahead and delete any app on 595 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: that device that you don't use. Then I would make 596 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: sure that all of your apps are updated. Then I 597 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: would make sure you have the latest software update on 598 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: that phone, and then I would use an app that 599 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: I like called HTC boost Plus. And this app is free, 600 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: and what we'll do it will basically go through your 601 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: phone and kind of clear out all the junk. But yeah, 602 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: it's one of those things where the S six was 603 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: never good to begin with, and it's just a problem 604 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: because it's it's just not good after all these years. 605 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: So hopefully it answers your question. All right, five six two, 606 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: you're on with Rich. 607 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 5: I'm Rich. 608 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: My name is Ramon calling from Downy Hey, Ramone, how 609 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: you doing great? 610 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 5: Love your show? 611 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 4: Oh? 612 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 3: Thank you question. I have an s A plus and 613 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 3: I was looking at the decks. Is that worth it 614 00:30:58,760 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 3: to get that? 615 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 2: Or what is a plus is having that deck? 616 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: Oh? Good question. So Dex is from Samsung. This is 617 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: a little device that you plug in your phone. It's 618 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: basically a little kind of what would you call a 619 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: doc that you plug your phone into your Samsung Galaxy 620 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: Note and the essay in the essay plus No. Eight 621 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: and it's a doc that connects to a big screen 622 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: like a computer screen, and it turns your phone into 623 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: a big screen computer and you can do a lot 624 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: of stuff on this thing. I saw. I saw the 625 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: demo twice and it's quite impressive. Now I haven't seen 626 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: the big pickup of it. I haven't seen a lot 627 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: of people using it, but I think that people that 628 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: have it are generally happy, and I think at the price, 629 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: it's not a bad investment. I don't know if it 630 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: can replace your computer forever, but it's kind of a 631 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: cool device and what can you do on it. Well, 632 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: you can surf the web, you can do your emails, 633 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: you can do you know, you can do almost do 634 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: everything you can do on your phone, obviously, but on 635 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: a bigger screen in a nicer way. So I haven't 636 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: heard a lot of people that have used it. I 637 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: think it's one of those sleeper kind of things that 638 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: it's going to get better as it goes along. But 639 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: it's a fun thing to have, and I don't see 640 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: why you wouldn't want it if you just want to 641 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: carry your phone around and you know, then you can 642 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: dock your phone in your office and just have a 643 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: nice big screen to use with it. You're not gonna 644 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: be able to do everything that you could do on 645 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: a real computer, but you can do a lot of stuff. 646 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: And so yeah, I don't think it's a bad thing. 647 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: It's not one of those things that came out and 648 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: people were like, you know, wrong answer. Yeah, now that 649 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: I have these sound effects, I'm gonna use them. But 650 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 1: I think that at the same time, it's something that 651 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: not that many people know about and not that many 652 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: people are aware of, but you know about it, so 653 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, check it out all right, good question, 654 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for calling in. Today. I appreciate it. 655 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: All right, man, that's going to do it for the show. 656 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: Can you believe it already? Wow? That went fast? 657 00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 2: Huh? 658 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 1: All right, thanks so much for joining me on rich 659 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: on Tech. Hope you guys enjoyed doing this as much 660 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: as I did. 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