WEBVTT - Apple goes green 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:15.280 Apple unveils new products, including its fastest computer yet. Gas 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.960 Buddy is kind of a privacy nightmare. The US is 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:23.639 taking a closer look at Crypto Plus Your tech questions Answered. 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:26.520 What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:28.560 on Tech, the podcast where I talk about the tech 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.479 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:35.319 place where I answer the questions you send me. I'm 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.520 the tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:45.920 Welcome to the folks watching live on Instagram. So you know, 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:50.160 every so often I am inspired to try something new 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:54.480 and different, and of course today it backfired just a 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:56.480 little bit because I went on Instagram and next thing, 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:58.640 you know, everyone's saying on the live chat that, oh, Rich, 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.279 I can't hear you your status key. And then of 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.200 course I got to spend you know, ten fifteen minutes 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.120 trying to figure out what's going on. What you know, 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.560 is it the cable? Like you know, what's the setup? 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.440 Because you know, not only does the Instagram app change 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.119 every week, but also you know this setup, like I've 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:15.360 got my setup here that I've actually now kind of 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.360 kept in one place. But things just change, like technology 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.680 changes every day and that is why I'm here. That 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.200 is why I'm here for you. So lots going on 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.120 in the week, lots going on in the world, continuing 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:31.959 to watch the situation over in Ukraine, which is basically 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.960 making me sick on a daily basis, So you know, 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:40.240 thoughts to anyone that has any family in that region. 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.600 I feel for you, and you know, I just feel 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:45.399 for the world at large right now, because it just 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.640 feels like we're in a very volatile situation that can 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:53.480 change very quickly. And the unfortunate part is that we 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:57.120 literally just came out of the worst two years ever 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:00.600 in my lifetime with the pandemic, and now or hopping 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:04.640 into a war that just seems to be very confusing. 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.079 And you know, I mentioned this last week. I don't 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:09.760 want to harp on it, but you know, the idea 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.120 of all these people that have been displaced, not to 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:16.840 mention people that have been hurt or killed, it's just unnecessary. 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.160 We live in such an amazing world that we have 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:22.960 access to more in our lives than we ever have 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:27.440 at any time in our in my lifetime. I feel 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:29.399 for you. I believe me, We're all feeling the same 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.000 way right now, wondering what's going on, what's going to happen, 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.040 feeling for the people over there and the world at large. 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:36.560 So I just want to know that, let you know 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.880 that I am thinking about that stuff. I know in 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.480 my segment, I try to keep things pretty lighthearted and 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:44.440 I try to give you the information you need. But 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.799 I'm human. I'm reacting just like you are to things 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.639 that are happening in this world. And so I don't 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:52.959 want to go without mentioning that. But I will say 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:56.360 that it is fascinating to me how quickly we have 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.840 cut off Russia in so many different ways, all the 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:06.200 different companies, from Amazon to FedEx, to Microsoft to Apple. 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:09.240 And I understand that we're doing that for a reason, 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.440 to send a message to their government and to their 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:14.640 you know, their leaders that say, hey, look, you know, 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.120 you're not going to have any of these amazing things 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:19.920 that we have in our modern world. Uh. But at 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:21.840 the same time, there's a lot of people that live 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.360 in that country that probably don't support the war, and 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.200 of course they are being penalized as well, and so 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:31.040 it's really an unfortunate situation in so many ways. All Right, 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.720 let's uh, let's get to the big news of the 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.720 week other than, of course what's happening in the world. 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.320 But Apple did hold their first event of the year, 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:47.000 and it was a how can we say, yanner? I mean, 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.040 I don't want to knock Apple, because you know, they're 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.680 they're look, they're coming out with stuff, they're doing things. 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.880 But the reality is this event was not their most exciting. 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.760 And I have no doubt that this computer that they 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:01.200 came out with is just phenomenal. But you know, ninety 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:03.440 nine percent of people are not purchasing that computer. So 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:07.560 most people when they're looking at Apple are looking at, 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:13.280 you know, the iPhone. They're looking at maybe an iPad. 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:15.160 But I mean, look, you bought an iPad. Like we 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:19.120 just talked to Matt in the pre show on Instagram 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:20.520 Live and he said that he had one of the 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:23.360 original iPads he's replacing the screen on, So look how 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.279 long that has lasted him. I get emails from people 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:27.960 all the time, they're like, oh, I've got this going 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:29.719 on with the iPad and this and that. I said, look, 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.880 before you buy a new one, you know, start by 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:36.240 refreshing the old one. Either do a factory reset, fix 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.800 the crack whatever. Now, fixing a crack screen on an 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:42.640 iPad is very expensive, as Matt realized, and so it's 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:44.440 not necessarily a thing you want to do is spend 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.000 you know, three four hundred bucks to replace a screen 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:50.560 on an old gadget. But anyway, so a couple of 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:54.440 things that Apple announced. Number one, I mean, they led 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.240 with like an iPhone thirteen in green, and then an 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:01.520 iPhone thirteen Pro and Alpine green. Come on, I mean, 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:05.400 it's okay, that's cool, but like, is that really like 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.800 big big news? No. Then they came out with an 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:12.960 iPhone se three. Now this is actually pretty cool. This 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.279 is their most inexpensive iPhone. It starts at four hundred 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.479 and twenty nine dollars, which is actually a thirty dollars 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.480 price increase. This phone used to be three ninety nine 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.560 or the previous model. But the neat thing about this phone, 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:28.880 number one, they redesigned it, which, okay, they updated the design. 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.880 Now it's kind of like an iPhone eight design. But 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.080 the cool thing about this phone is that they increased 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.560 the battery life. It's got five G it's got a 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:40.440 better camera. I'm not sure if they increased the water resistance. 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.880 But the main thing is that it also has a 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.680 home button, which is kind of nice if you're kind 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.400 of old school and you still want that, not if 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:51.599 there's anything wrong with that. But the main thing that 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.120 they did was they put the same chip that's in 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:59.520 the iPhone thirteen. They put that chip into this basic 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:04.200 level iPhone, which I think is a huge win for Apple, 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.520 and not just for Apple, but for people that buy 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:08.599 this phone. You're buying this phone that's kind of like 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:10.680 the entry level device, but you're getting the top of 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:14.239 the line processor, which is pretty phenomenal. So this again 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.400 four hundred and twenty nine dollars, available March eighteenth. If 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.520 you like a home button, go with that phone. Otherwise, 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:22.680 I personally would probably recommend the iPhone thirteen, And I've 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.240 told people to skip the iPhone twelve at this point 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.240 if you're purchasing a new phone, because that is the 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:30.720 first time that Apple had five G on their devices, 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.240 and the battery just not as strong. So the battery 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.039 life on the iPhone twelve's not as good as what 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:40.440 I've seen in the iPhone thirteen. Of course, on my 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.920 iPhone thirteen, the battery has taken a huge hit. I'm 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.200 running a beta version of the software, which I should 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.000 probably exit because the battery is just so bad on 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.120 my phone at this point, and I keep waiting for 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.400 the new beta to get better, but it's just not. 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:57.640 My battery just goes dead really fast. Let's see iPad 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.560 Air with the M one processor again. The M one 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:04.320 processor is Apple's top of the line, their own silicon 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:08.000 that they've made, and so it's really fast. It's really amazing. 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.680 But how many people are gonna run out and buy 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.920 a six hundred dollars iPad. Not that many. If you're 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:17.680 even considering an iPad, most people are probably getting the 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.720 three hundred and twenty nine dollars model, which is perfectly fine. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.800 And if you're using an iPad for real like work work, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.960 I mean, this is probably good. But you know, Apple's 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:30.320 just giving people options at this point. So this new 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.520 iPad has a kind of an iPad pro style design. 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.240 So this is the iPad Air. It's got that M 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.960 one chip, The USB cport is twice as fast, it's 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:43.640 got five g if you pay an extra two hundred 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.600 and fifty dollars. Cellular used to be an extra hundred bucks. 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.720 Now it's up to two fifty extra everything. I mean, 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:51.600 I don't know if you're like me, but like every 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.240 day I wake up and I check my email and 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.600 like some kind of price has gone up, like whatever 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.320 it is. It's like, oh, Netflix is a dollar more 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:01.520 this month, Hulu's a dollar more this month. Oh your 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.920 alarm system is three dollars more this month, You're I 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:07.920 mean everything. I mean, it's just it's pretty wild. I 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.440 think that because of inflation and all these different prices, Like, yes, 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:13.760 like things cost more. But I also think that like 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.520 pretty much every company is just jumping on the bandwagon 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:18.440 and saying, oh yeah, let me let me raise rates too, 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.080 because we can. Everyone just assumes prices are going to 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:24.320 be more expensive. Right now, Let's see, it also got 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:29.920 an improved twelve megapixel camera which supports center stage and uh, 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.720 that's basically it all right, now, let's talk about Apple's 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.160 Mac studio. So Apple came out with a new processor 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:39.480 called the M one Ultra. They basically took two of 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.760 their top of the line chips and mushed them together 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.240 to create one mega chip. I mean, it just sounds 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.120 like something out of like a sci fi horror movie, right, 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.160 like they just put these two chips are like and 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.920 it works. So this is like their fastest chip ever. 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:58.240 Fastest desktop computer ever. The Max Studio kind of looks 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.680 like a Mac Mini, but it's got a lot more power, 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.120 a lot more ports, and it's let's see, it's got 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:08.840 four thunderbolt four ports. Let's see an Ethernet port, two 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:13.560 USBA ports, HDMI port, audio jack, and then on the 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.680 front you've got two USB C ports and an SD 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:21.000 card slot. This thing can also run eighteen simultaneous video 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:24.240 streams at the same time. I joked on Twitter that 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.520 I need more eyeballs just to like take advantage of 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.959 the power of this computer. I mean, pretty pretty wild stuff. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:31.240 And they just said, you know, they went through all 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.880 these stats saying how much faster it is compared to 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.720 all their computers. And that's one thing I love about Apple. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.719 So they come out with these products, they say how 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.840 great and how fantastic they are, and then the next 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.600 year they come out and they literally just trash their 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.440 old product. They say that thing, oh that was a 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.040 heap of trash. This thing this is ten times faster 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.840 than that that just came out last year. And so 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.840 it's just I love how they do that, and yes, 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.360 this stuff is still good. This is why I talk 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:02.360 about this this thing with Apple where when you when 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:04.959 you're looking to upgrade your Apple product, you almost want 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.200 to buy it like the first day it comes out. 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.280 And let me explain why. So every Apple product is 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:14.240 on like this ticking time bomb clock of it's going 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:15.760 to be upgraded in the next year. So when you 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:19.440 buy the iPhone thirteen, right from the day you get it, 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.360 the time is already ticking down to when the iPhone 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.439 fourteen is going to come out and blow this thing 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.400 out of the water. And so to get the real 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:29.920 cutting edge use out of their devices, you basically have 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.000 to buy them on the first day they're available so 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.280 that you have that full year of sort of use 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.520 before the new one comes out. And yours is old 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:41.400 old uh you know, old news. I mean, it's kind 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.040 of a joke, but that's the way I see it 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:47.040 in my head. So this Max Studio computer is going 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:49.920 to start at two thousand dollars using the M one 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.640 max chip, and then the M one Ultra, which is 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.520 their newest processor. That one's going to start at four 0:10:56.559 --> 0:11:00.640 thousand dollars. But wait, there's more. They also introduced a 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:04.160 new monitor that is sixteen hundred dollars. This computer at 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.839 four thousand dollars does not come with a monitor. So 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.960 the Mac the studio display is this super high end 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.400 monitor that has all kinds of stuff. It has its 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.240 own chip built in, so it actually is powered by 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.360 like the same chip that's in an iPhone. It's just 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.560 that powerful because it does it has like a camera 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.600 and speakers and all this stuff. So pretty wild stuff 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:30.120 from Apple. Nothing that expensive. Sorry, nothing that I okay, 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.960 not gonna say, not impressive. It was just you know, 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.200 Apple comes out with so much stuff right now, and 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.640 they come out with so much oh and people in 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.000 the comments are commenting, that's the only five K panel. 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.880 But Apple comes out with so many products nowadays, and 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:46.240 they're appealing to so many different levels of products and 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.640 people and price ranges that they have to release this 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.920 stuff like it's the most exciting stuff ever. But realistically, 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.960 when it's a green iPhone thirteen, it's like, Okay, that's cool. 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.280 But at the same time, it's just you know, just 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.280 giving people more options when they go into this and 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.160 they say, oh, that's pretty cool. I can go for 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:09.160 a green phone. Okay, very cool. All right, let's get 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.959 to the first question of the show. Hey, good morning, 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.120 Rich there's a joke on this show that people always 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:17.760 say good morning Rich in their emails because literally they 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.720 see me on TV on KTLA in the mornings and 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:22.560 then they type, oh, I've got a question for that guy, 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.880 and they type a question, and then that's why they 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:28.000 say good morning Rich. So it's always good morning unless 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.120 someone's really hipped to that and they're like a regular 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:32.600 listener or follower, and then they say something else besides 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.640 good morning, Good morning Rich. I've been a Samsung user 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.520 forever and looking at switching to Apple. Never had an 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:41.880 Apple product. I love photography. I carry a big camera 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.160 for that. But I'm looking at the thirteen pro versus 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:49.280 the one you mentioned on KTLA today. Oh, Samsung, use 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:51.760 my phone for calendar calls, contacts and a bit of 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:55.200 searching slash booking while traveling. Also looking at getting the 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.600 Apple Watch, and I believe they link. Do you think 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:01.040 the se will meet my needs? Stick to the thirteen 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.920 pro or stay with the Samsung twenty two? Thank you? 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:10.440 John in British Columbia, who someone I met someone from 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:15.120 Canada the other day and they they you know, I 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.240 of course, like you know, as an American that just 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:22.000 has no understanding of a lot of I do have 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.439 some understanding of. I've been to many places in the world, 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.959 but like Canada is like this big, giant place I'm 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:30.600 not fully understanding of. And they said, you know that 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.160 they lived in somewhere in Canada, and I was like, oh, 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.280 I've been to Toronto, and I think they were from 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:37.880 what's the other big city, not Quebec, it was like 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.400 another one, but anyway, it was nowhere near where she 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:42.200 was from. And I was like, okay, and I kind 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:45.920 of like just I sunk into the corner. Anyway, Okay, 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.240 to answer your question, John, what would I say if 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:52.000 you love photography? I think there are two phones for 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.120 you right now. There's the iPhone thirteen Pro, which I 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.360 think has the best camera and video camera that I've 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.680 ever used on a smartphone. So you say you carry 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.320 a big camera, if you're still going to carry that camera, 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.280 maybe you don't need a phone that has such an 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.199 amazing camera, but if you're trying to ditch that camera. 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:13.480 So I know someone a family member that whenever they traveled, 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.680 they would bring that big DSLR hanging around their neck 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.600 take pictures with it. And I just said, look, why 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:20.400 are you doing that anymore? No, what do you need 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.840 to bring that for your picture that you're getting off 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.360 that DSLR is not infinitely better than the picture that 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:28.520 I'm gonna snap by just pulling my iPhone out of 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:31.000 my pocket and taking a picture. And so that kind 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:32.840 of resonated with them, and the next time they went 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.000 on a trip, they just took their iPhone and they 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.680 said it was amazing. They took great pictures. It didn't 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.840 really impact their trip. They didn't have this big thing 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.640 around their neck. And so it just kind of depends. 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.240 If you're a big photographer. Of course, there's always going 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.040 to be a place for a big DSLR that takes 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.600 amazing pictures that you blow up and they look great 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.600 on the wall. But if you're just taking snapshots on 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.560 a vacation and quickly pointing and shooting, a smartphone is 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.400 going to be just fine. Now, I think the se 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:01.880 will meet your needs if you continue to carry that 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.520 big camera, and if you want to switch the iPhone 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:07.360 four hundred and twenty nine bucks, it's a good entree. Yes, 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.200 the Apple Watch definitely links, although my Apple Watch, for 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:12.800 some reason, even though I'm paying for the cellular, has 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.480 not been working with the cellular connection, which is really annoying. 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.120 So I gotta figure that out. But that requires going 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.000 to a store, and I have no desire to go 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.200 to a store and sit there and try to chat 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.320 with someone about my watch. Last time has happened to me. 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:26.800 I was on the phone for like an hour with 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:29.640 the tech support person and I actually ended up figuring 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.080 out how to do it. You know what, maybe I'll 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.800 try that again, Uh okay, or stick with the Samsung 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.520 S twenty two. I mean, if you the Samsung S 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.600 twenty two lineup is really good, the camera's really good, 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:43.840 I think you're gonna be happy with that. But if 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.800 you want the Apple Watch, then you're gonna have to 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:48.560 go with the iPhone. And that's just the bottom line. Now. 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:50.680 When it comes to the iPhone, I would say you 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.080 can go with the se but only if you're gonna 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.480 continue to carry that camera around to take professional pictures. 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:58.880 You can go with the iPhone thirteen Pro if you 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.840 want to ditch that camera. The advantage of the Samsung 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.240 S twenty two Ultra is that you're gonna get a 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.280 ten times zoom on your camera. I think the Ultra 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.600 takes really good pictures. I think the iPhone's just a 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:14.360 little bit ahead in certain aspects, maybe when it comes 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:18.160 to the video aspect, like iPhone video. And it's not 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.440 just me that says this. I mean it's every professional 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:24.080 I talk to in my industry. We just can't believe 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.960 how good the video quality is off of the iPhone 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:31.920 thirteen pro. I mean, it's truly just phenomenal that we 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:37.600 can shoot video professional video for television on a smartphone 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.400 and nobody knows the difference. I mean, yeah, if you 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.720 use the wide angle you can tell, but it's really 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:44.360 quite remarkable. So anyway, I think you'll be happy with 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:46.360 any of these, but it depends, like I said, on 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:51.120 exactly what your needs are. All right, let's talk about cryptocurrency. 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.360 You know, it's like every party I go to, every 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:56.200 get together. It's not like I'm going to like major 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:58.120 crazy parties, but you know what I mean, Like every 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.440 get together where there's a couple people in a room, 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.840 the conversation always turns to crypto. And maybe that's just 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.000 because I'm always like asking people, are you into crypto? 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.320 Do you have crypto? Do you got a position in crypto? 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:11.840 I'm just curious, like what people know about it, what 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:14.359 people want to know about it. And so it's one 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:16.840 of these things that's top of mind. It's everywhere you 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.760 hear about it. I mean, look here in Los Angeles 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:23.000 the Staples Center is renamed Thecrypto dot Com Arena. I mean, 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:27.000 this is wild. And so, you know, it's just one 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.639 of these things that is it's taken off, but it 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:32.320 is still very much in its infancy. And so with 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:36.680 that all in mind, President Biden signed an executive order 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.000 to say, we are going to check out what's going 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:42.159 on with these cryptocurrencies because a couple things are happening. 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:46.000 Number One, probably the biggest is that it's unregulated, and 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:51.560 so the government typically has maybe a duty to make 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:54.840 sure that consumers are not scammed by this kind of stuff, 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:58.479 make sure that obviously they can collect taxes on these things. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.000 And so that's number one. So this I'll tell you 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:04.680 what they're gonna do in this In this executive order, 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:07.399 they're basically going to study cryptocurrency for a couple of months, 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.280 present that to Congress and you know, the Senate. I'm 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.719 guessing in some sort of uh, you know, however, however 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.879 law stuff works. You know, However, however, the executive branch 0:18:17.880 --> 0:18:20.159 of the government works, but they're gonna present that to 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.080 them and then they're gonna come up with like solutions, 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:26.280 and the solutions are in six areas consumer protection. So again, 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.440 they don't want people to be scammed by this stuff. 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:32.000 Financial stability, like does having crypto in a big way 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:38.760 somehow put the US at risk of financial collapse? Illicit activity, 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:40.359 So they want to make sure people aren't using this 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.479 for a legal activity. US competitiveness, like if every other 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:46.159 country is using crypto and the US falls behind, that 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:51.560 could be a problem financial inclusion and responsible innovation, and 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.400 so you know, they want to make sure that everyone 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:55.560 can have a hand in this if it's something that 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.800 we should proceed with. Now, this is going to proceed 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.159 no matter what I mean. This is not whether the 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:05.399 US government blesses this or not. Cryptocurrency is here to stay. 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.280 It is a it is a thing, and it's there's 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:13.560 no denying some of the efficiencies of crypto. And there's 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:17.040 also some debate as to whether it's better than what 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.679 we already have, but in some ways it very much is. 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:24.320 So the administrations also, and this is really interesting, they're 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.879 also looking to this idea of a digital dollar. Now 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:31.240 that is kind of scary because could you imagine your 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:34.840 bank account at your current bank right now is all 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:36.919 digital and it is linked to the government. Now, I 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.160 get it. Government can freeze your assets, they can take 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:41.199 your assets, they can you know, seize them whatever they 0:19:41.240 --> 0:19:43.159 want to do. I mean, it's the government. There's one 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:45.440 thing we've realized in this world is that the government 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:49.320 can pretty much do what they want. But when it's digital, 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:52.200 it's that much easier. So imagine, oh, hey, Rich, we're 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:54.639 looking into your finances. So in the meantime, we're just 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:57.960 gonna freeze your your digital accounts for a minute here, 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:01.159 a minute turns into a week whatever, and that's it. 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:03.159 It's instantaneous. You know, right now you got to go 0:20:03.200 --> 0:20:05.399 through the bank. You gotta tell them. You gotta probably 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:08.080 send them like some sort of you know, uh, I 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:11.080 don't know whatever. They send them a letter. It's probably 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:13.760 through the old mail. You have a stamp. We gotta 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:16.280 we gotta send this to Rich's bank to uh to 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:19.960 stop his funds. You got a stamp over the no stamp. 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:21.919 It just used that government stamp that just kind of 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:26.720 works for everything. It's all like free. But you know, 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:28.800