November 17, 2017 • 33 mins
Rich talks about Tesla's new Semi-Truck, the new OnePlus 5T smartphone, iCloud backup issues and helps a listener choose a 360 camera for his phone.Show notes: http://richontech.tv/2017/11/rich-on-tech-live/rich-tech-live-podcast-206/
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
You are listening to Rich on Tech. I'm Rich Demiro.
This is the show where I talk tech and give
you the inside scoop on all kinds of cool tech news,
apps and websites. Plus I help you get the most
out of your gadgets by answering your tech questions live
What is going on? Welcome to you, Thanks for joining me.
I'm Rich Demiro, tech reporter at KTLA TV in Los Angeles.
You can learn more about me at richontech dot TV.
(00:33):
Welcome to everyone watching on Facebook Live and welcome to
you listening no matter where you're listening from. Thanks for
joining me. I love having you here. I know some
of you guys have seen this show before or have
tuned in. Probably a lot of you are new as well,
so you get to see If you're on Facebook Live,
you get to kind of see the nitty gritty behind
the scenes. But if you're here listening on the podcast,
(00:55):
I clean it up a bit and make it sound
just slightly better. I'll take your calls in just a
little at three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three. So start thinking about what's going on in
your life. What's going on in your tech life, specifically
that you want to ask me about, because I will
do my best to help you answer those. I want
(01:17):
to talk about Tesla real quick. So yesterday was depending
on when you're listening, but this is yesterday. Last night
was the big Tesla unveil. So Tesla unveiled a semi
truck and didn't work out for me to be at
the event. I was invited. I did not go, basically
due to some circumstances around my job and kind of
(01:39):
timing of the story and all that stuff. But I'm
still excited for what Tesla has and I think the
semi truck is interesting. But the reality is, when it
came to me covering this, I think there's a lot
of people out there still waiting for their Tesla Model three.
And so you have Tesla already now promoting this new
semi truck and then this new roadster that's supposed to be,
(02:02):
you know, the follow up to their original roadster, and
I'm sitting there wondering, well, wait, a second war is
my Model three? And when I say my Model three,
I don't mean my Model three. I mean all the
people that have ordered them, and Tesla said they were
going to do like five thousand a quarter. They've only
made like two hundred and sixty of these things, and
they took a lot of reservations. So the semi truck
(02:24):
is cool. But to me, it's like, come on, let's
concentrate on getting this stuff out that people have already
put their thousand dollars down for, people are waiting for.
Some of these people aren't going to see a car
for a good two years from the time that they
put down their money. To me, that's kind of crazy.
But I will tell you about the semi truck. This
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is a brand new Tesla electric semi truck. It can
go zero to sixty and five seconds compared to fifteen
seconds with a diesel. And this is the interesting part.
They say it can climb five percent grades at a
steady sixty five miles an hour, where a diesel truck
max is out at forty five miles an hour on
a five percent grade. It's also more responsive. It can
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cover more miles than a diesel truck in the same
amount of time. And they are saying it's going to
integrate with passenger cars better. So I find that really interesting.
I mean, I think what they're doing here is pretty awesome.
They've got two touchscreen displays inside. This thing looks very futuristic.
It has navigation, blind spot monitoring, electronic data logging. Here's
the other thing. They've got to build new chargers for
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these semi trucks. So now these are called mega chargers.
So you've got the Tesla, you've got regular electric car chargers,
then you've got superchargers, and now you have mega chargers.
These are going to add about four hundred miles to
the truck's range in thirty minutes. But now, don't forget
they have to build all these things. They're not built.
When it comes to safety, the semi does not jackknife.
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Apparently it's got some onboard sensors that detect instability and
react with positive or negative torque to each wheel while
independently working all the breaks. So that's really interesting. And
you've got autopilot, automatic emergency braking, lane keeping, lane departure
event recording. And here's the other cool thing it can do.
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It can travel in a convoy, so you can have
a bunch of these semi trucks all following each other
like a herd of elephants, and there you go autonomously,
so you only need one driver for like five or
six trucks. How crazy is that it can go five
hundred miles on a charge at highway speed and filled
(04:30):
with a bunch of stuff. And Tesla says that eighty
percent of freight in the US is moved less than
two hundred and fifty miles, So that's kind of interesting.
I didn't realize that, because you would think that freight
would be moved, you know, across the US, like they
ship things from you know, New York to LA. But
I guess now that I think about it, most of
the major companies have like regional factories where they make
(04:51):
stuff like Cheetos and stuff, so they don't really need
to ship those. You're not getting your Cheetos in LA
from New York, getting them from a factory somewhere in
the LA area, I'm guessing. So here comes the when
can I get it question? When it comes to the
Tesla semi five thousand dollars deposit and production is in
twenty nineteen. So twenty nineteen is two years away. Well,
(05:15):
it's only a year away. But here's the thing, you
really think these are going to come out in early
twenty nineteen. Probably not. We're looking at the end of
twenty nineteen if they can even do that. Full mines
are open. Three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three. You're listening to Rich on Tech. We're talking
about the Tesla Semi. They also unveiled a roadster, and
(05:40):
this is a car that's supposedly going to be the
fastest car ever in the world. And you know, I
was a little cool on Tesla. Before I did my
Tesla test drive. I took a They loaned me a
the pretty much their fastest Tesla Model S car, and
it was phenomenal. It really was. It was It was
so fast. When you accelerated, you just literally went back
(06:00):
in your seat. Three two three you're on with Rich.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, so I have this question. Maybe you could help
me out. I have an iPhone six S. It's a
sixty four gigabyte but I know it has nothing to
do with my iCloud. But every single time, once in
a while, I'll always get this pop up that'll say
forty four weeks that you haven't backed up this and
(06:23):
you need more iCloud storage. And I don't really want
to purchase like the extra memory for the iCloud, and
I'm just trying to see maybe a different alternative to
try to like get this annoying pop up to just
stop popping up.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Well, yeah, to buy the ninety nine cents. So here's
the thing. There's a couple of things going on which
you should know about. Number one, a lot of times
you don't actually need the extra iCloud storage. What's happening
is if you've upgraded your iPhone, Apple is keeping an
old backup in your iCloud, which is taking up a
lot of your storage. So the first thing to do
(07:00):
is go into your iCloud and go into your backups
where it says like manage storage and look for your
old backups, Okay, and that's the number one thing to do.
So once you like on mine, it kept saying that
same exact message, But the reality of it is, I
just needed to delete my old backup because a lot
of times your old backup has a bunch of stuff
in there you no longer need once you have a
new phone. That's the first thing. Second thing I would
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do is go into your photos if you don't want
to use iCloud and just use Google Photos and offload
all your photos there, or you can choose another one.
You can use Flicker if they're still around, you can
use Microsoft OneDrive. There's so many different things that you
can use to offload your pictures and keep them off
your phone. So I personally use Google Photos and I
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don't use the iCloud storage for my photos. Now, believe me,
when you go to turn this off, Apple's going to
make a huge deal and say, hey, okay, we're going
to delete everything you've ever done on your iPhone and
just you have to make sure everything's backed up first
before you believe that. But the reality is they're not
going to delete everything. But yes, your pictures will go away. Ncloud.
I think that's what's happening to your system. And I
(08:05):
think if you get rid of the old backups and
offload the pictures, I think you're gonna be okay. So
good question, Thanks so much for calling. Leave me that
first segment already in the can you guys, so I'll
be back with more after this. I got lots of
stuff to talk about. We have new phones, we've got
pixel buds, we've got oh my gosh, there's so many
things to talk about. In the tech world this week.
(08:27):
So I'll be back in just a little bit to
talk about more of that and take more of your calls.
You're listening to Rich on tech Live. Welcome back to
Rich on tech Live. I'm Rich Demiro. This is the
show where I talk about technology, answer your tech questions,
and tell you about all the cool stuff that's happening
in the tech world. Let's just go right back to
(08:47):
the phones. At three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three four one four you are on with Rich. Yes, good,
how are you doing?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
iPhone can X.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Sometimes it's gets struck like sometimes I can use like no,
nothing's disagree.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Nothing is working on which one on the iPhone ten
ten X? Yeah? Yeah, on which app?
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Or apps?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Oh? Interesting? You know, I've sort of noticed on the
iPhone ten that there are a lot of bugs. And
I've been using the iPhone ten for a little bit
and I'm telling you it's a beautiful device, but there
are a lot of bugs on this device. And here's
the thing that's happening. I notice, especially in the corners
of the phone, that anything that's in those corners can
(09:41):
sometimes be tough to manage or tough to actually tough
to actually use, and so if buttons are in the corners,
I've noticed that they don't always respond to my fingertip.
So I think that it's a matter of things need
to be updated, a matter of the iOS being updated
and also the apps being up dated. So I think
(10:01):
things are going to be okay eventually, but right now,
it is definitely an interesting experience on the iPhone ten
or X, whatever you want to call it, because of
all the updates that need to be done. So yeah,
so I would say my advice to you is just
hold tight and hopefully you get you'll get some of
the updates that we need to make this phone a
(10:23):
better phone. Speaking of phones, one Plus announced a brand
new phone. Have you guys heard of one Plus. This
is a brand that's out of China, but they make
some really nice devices and they've they make some of
my favorite Android phones. Some of my Android phones that
I love are kind of the clean Androids, like the
Pixel and also the one plus. This is now the
one Plus five T. The only thing I don't like
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about what they're doing is they're coming out with phones
way too fast. They just come out with their last
phone like six months ago, and now they have this
one one plus five T has a six inch screen,
it's an O led screen, it's got an eighteen to
nine aspect ratio. It's got a display that adapts. You
can see it out side. They move their fingerprint reader
to the back, and now they have the same regular camera,
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but now they have a better secondary camera, so it
gives you better low light pictures. And if you never
heard of one plus, check them out because they really
make some nice devices for the price. This phone, sixty
four gigabyte, starts at four hundred and ninety nine dollars.
It'll be available November twenty first, and it's got an
amazing design do I have? And it's you know, they
(11:26):
move the fingerprint reader to the back, which is really nice.
And it's if you're thinking of a phone, I'm telling
you don't want to get the iPhone. You don't want
to spend all the money on the iPhone, and you
don't want to spend one thousand dollars on a Google pixel.
Definitely check out one plus OnePlus dot net is their
website and they're doing solid stuff. It's a great device.
(11:47):
It's got a great camera, it's got great software, and
now they have face unlocked too, so you can use
your face to unlock the phone. They say they use
one hundred identifiers to unlock the five t different than
the way that Apple's doing it on the iPhone ten.
But it's a really nice phone, very smooth, and I
think you'll be happy with it. So check out one
(12:07):
Plus if you are thinking of getting a new smartphone. Phone.
Lines are open three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three. I'll never forget. I was in an
uber in San Francisco and the guy had a one
plus and I was like, wait, what phone is that?
It is the first time I ever saw it back
in the day. Sixty six one, you're on with Rich?
Who am I speaking with? Hey?
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Rich, It's Greg from the Antelope Valley.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
But what's on your mind?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I'm hoping, uh, Santy will bring me a three sixty camera?
What are your I'm hoping not to spend a whole
lot of money, but something with you know, fairly good quality.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Ooh, three sixty cam? Are you gonna be? Do you
want to standalone three sixty or do you just want
a three sixty cam that connects to a device.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Yeah, either either or I was looking at the uh
I think it's by say I'm sung and it kind
of looks like a little robot. M yep.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Do you have a Do you have an Android device?
Speaker 3 (13:06):
No? I have an iPhone okay, so.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
That one works with iPhone as well. So there is
one that's uh, there's two that I like. So the
one that you have, the one that you're talking about,
is the Samsung Gear and that one is really nice.
But the other one I really like is the Insta
three sixty. So that's the other one I check out,
and they sort of they came up with it there.
(13:30):
They make a really nice one. It kind of connects
right to your device, so it pops into the lightning jack,
which is kind of neat, whereas whereas the Samsung one
is standalone by itself and you just you know, you
offload it via Bluetooth or Wi Fi. So I would
check out Insta three sixty dot com and see what
you think about THEIRS. I've used THEIRS and I really
like it. It's just it's slick because it's just it
(13:51):
just pops into your phone, so you don't have to
carry anything around, you don't have to worry about it
being charged. It's just really nice that way.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
So oh and as far as the price, uh on.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
The Insta three sixty, uh, you know, let's see how
much that one is. They're not that expensive. I think
it's like, uh, well, okay, this one is expensive because
they have they have various models. The newest one is
three hundred dollars, but they have an old one. Let's
see an older one that is I think a little
bit less, and that one, yes, two hundred dollars. So
ok And if you look at the Samsung Gear, I
(14:24):
think the let's see Gear three sixty, that one. Do
you know how much that one's running? Uh?
Speaker 3 (14:33):
No, no, because I think they just came out with
the new one seventeen as well.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Yeah, there's a new version of it. So there's two
of them out there right now. And the new one
is let's see how much this one is?
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Interesting, they have the old one, I know is highly
discounted and a new one. Okay, new one's two hundred bucks.
So so yeah, I would look at those two Insta
Insta three sixty and then the Samsung Year three sixty
and see which one you like better. They're both basically
the same price. I kind of slightly go towards the
one that sticks into your phone because it's just a
(15:07):
little bit easier. But you know, you can do either one,
so see which one you like. All right, guys, rich
on Tech dot tv is the website. If you want
to learn more about me, I'll be back with more
of your questions. Welcome back to rich on Tech Live.
(15:30):
Thanks for joining me. I'm rich Dmiro and we are
talking about all kinds of fun technology. A bunch of
things happen this week in technology, and one thing that
is really fascinating to me is what's happening with the
smart home devices, especially the Google Home, which I've got
a couple of in my house, and they activated a
new feature it's called Google Home Broadcast. And this reminds
(15:53):
me of back in the day. At my house, we
had an intercom system and you can, you know, use
it to talk from room to room and from the
front door. And nobody in my house used it, obviously
because nobody it was like an older house, but it
just you know, I thought it was awesome and nobody
knew how to use this intercom pa system whatever you
want to call it. But I did, and so I
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would use it to, you know, say things from room
to room, talk to my parents downstairs, whatever. And now
you have a Google Home basically letting you do the
same thing. So Google Home Broadcast is a news service
from your assistant on Google Home that lets you broadcast
your voice to all your speakers. So let me tell
you how you can use this. So if you have
(16:35):
a Google Home in your house, you can say the
code word, which is mmmmm, which I can't really say
it because mine will go off. But it's the letters
O and then K and then the search term goog
l E and then you say broadcast and then whatever
you want to broadcast, and when you say that, it
(16:56):
will take your recording of your voice and broadcast that
to all the other speakers in your house. So I
did this the other night when it was time for
my kids to read. I said, all right, uh, okay,
Google broadcasts it's time to read. And there goes. So
it said it's time to read kids on all the
other Google Homes throughout my house. How cool is that?
I love it. You can also say uh, now, yeah,
(17:19):
there cos it's broadcasting. Now you can also say okay, Google,
it's dinner time and they ring a dinner bell on
all your Google homes. That's really fun. And you can
also from your phone. I'm not sure. Yeah, I know,
thank you. But the other thing you can do is
from your phone if you have the Google Assistant, either
installed or on your phone, if you know, if you
(17:39):
have an Android it's kind of built in if you
install it on your iPhone, you can open up the
Google Assistant app and then say, okay, Google broadcast, I'm
on my way home. And next thing, you know, all
your speakers in your house will say that even if
you're outside of your house. Isn't that fun? So and
I know you're like, oh, I would never need that,
but I'm sure you do this, you know, with if
(18:00):
you're a significant other or your kids. You know, you're
leaving an appointment or whatever, and then you that's I'm sorry, Angie.
I know, Angie said, you're making my Google Home go off.
That's why I try not to say the words, but
sometimes it was tough not to. But yeah, you can
do this from outside your house. So if you're leaving
an appointment, coming back from the dentist, whatever, it's still broadcasting.
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You can just do that I think this is really fun.
It's rolling out right now, it's online, it's probably on yours,
and the Google Home is going to be one of
the hottest products this holiday season for sure. I think
it's the best one out there. I think it's better
than Alexa. I think it's better than anything we have.
If you want to spend fifty bucks, and they're going
to be cheaper this holiday season, I think they're going
to be like thirty dollars, I definitely get one of
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these things. The Google Home Mini will will be your
best friend. It's such a cool little device to have around,
So check that out, all right. Phone lines are open
three one zero five to nine four three zero zero
three three one zero five nine four three zero zero three.
And yeah, I try not to when I'm talking talking
about this stuff, actually say the terms like the A word.
(19:04):
You know, Amazon's female name. I guess I guess she's female, right,
and then the the OKAG word because these things activate
people's stuff like crazy. So yeah, guys, re enter for
the charger. If you're on the Facebook Live you can
re enter as well. And I'll talk more about that
(19:25):
in a minute. But the phone lines are open if
you have a tech question three one zero five nine
four three zero zero three. While we're on the subject
real quick of smart things, I just want to tell
you about something that I really am obsessed with that
I love. It's the idea of these smart plugs. I've
got a couple of them around my house and during
the holiday is great thing to have because they can
turn on and off your Christmas lights or any of
(19:47):
your decorations or whatever you want. Basically, and now I home,
you know them, they make all those products. They have
an outdoor smart plug, so it's this forty dollars. And
most smart plugs right now I know are inside, so
they're mostly rated for indoor use. But this one is
for outdoor use. It's forty dollars and it goes, it can.
(20:07):
It's designed to withstand the elements control outdoor lighting decorations,
small appliances up to eighteen hundred watts. And this one
is also Apple home Kit. So here's the thing. There
are there are many competing home automation smart home stuff.
So you have Google Assistant, you have Alexa, you have
(20:29):
home Kit, and there's also there's another one, but no
one's really using that at this point. But basically, well,
Samsung has one too, But the reality is all these
are competing because the smart home is the future, and
if you have products that work with these other smart assistants,
people want to buy them. So if you have a
(20:50):
Google Assistant, then people are more app to buy the
Google Assistant products that work with that because you can
activate them. Most of the time when I'm seeing the
trend is that they're not choosing favorites right now. So
for instance, this iHome smart plug works with everything including
the A word, the G word, home Kit, Nest, and Wink,
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so you can basically control all these things from your voice.
And for me personally, I'm I'm kind of on the
Google Assistant realm right now because I'm really liking what
the Google Assistant does. I think it understands your language
in the most natural language possible. So when you give
a command, you don't have to say, please turn on
(21:35):
the bedroom light number two. It will understand if you
just say, hey, turn on my bedroom lights, and it
will turn them on. It's very smart like that. When
I had Alexa setup, i felt like she was much
more specific, like I had to say specific things to
her to make her work. Properly, and it's fine. I mean,
once you learn the syntax, you kind of figure it out.
But the reality is, I think Google is a little
(21:56):
bit easier. So I'll put all these links to things
I talk about on my website. It's Rich on tech
dot tv. You're listening to episode number two zero six
of the podcast. Angie Ford in the chat room says,
our curve TV's worth it. My guy really wants one.
I'd say no because they sort of went out of fashion.
They were, they were huge a couple of years ago,
and now you never see him anymore. So you might
(22:17):
get a good deal on them during Black Friday because
they're trying to clear them out. Two six two you
are on with Rich. Can you lower the Facebook behind
you so I can hear you? Two six two you're
on with Rich.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
Uh. Yeah, I was just putting ask Rich what does
he know about the Wish app about ordering stuff through Wish?
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Yeah, wish okay, good question. Where are you calling from?
Speaker 3 (22:41):
We're Sine Wisconsin.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Oh wow, Wisconsin? Okay, a good question. Caller wants to
know what about the Wish app. So. Wish is a
popular app on iPhone and Android, and it basically sells
a lot of stuff and at really cheap prices. So
you can browse through Wish and just see a whole
bunch of stuff that prices like I'm talking a dollar,
you know, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, whatever, and
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a lot of people like this app. It's super cheap.
It's like one of those things. It's like scrolling through
your Instagram feed, but you can buy stuff for really
cheap prices. But here's the catch. It ships from China
most of the time, and so the reality is it
takes a long time to get your stuff. That's the
biggest complaint about Wish. So what happens is it's so
(23:28):
cheap that you kind of forget you ordered it, and
then next thing, you know, six to eight weeks later,
it will show up on your doorstep, and you wonder,
how can you get something like an iPhone charging cable
for a buck? Well, let me tell you. When I
was in China, I could not believe how cheap this
stuff was over there. So the iPhone cables I saw,
(23:48):
I mean I'm talking every color, every imaginable type and
size or whatever, they were all a buck. I couldn't
even believe it. They sell them for the same exact
cables for twenty dollars. Here in the US. There's a
lot of markup on these tech products, so Wish is
it's fine. I mean, you know, I'm sure it's very
hit or miss. So the app is wish dot com
if you want to download it. I personally would probably
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not shop from something like this because I'm kind of
an Amazon guy and I just want to get my
stuff fast. And I also I think a lot of
this stuff it looks cool, but it's kind of cheap,
so you definitely want to just keep that in mind
when you're getting this stuff. All right, good question. Thanks
for calling from Wisconsin. Never been to Wisconsin, Wisconsin or Wisconsin,
(24:31):
I don't know. But you're listening to rich on Tech Live.
Thanks so much for joining me. Website is rich on
tech dot tv. If you want more information about everything
I talk about here, we'll be back with more of
your questions after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech.
This is the podcast where I talk about all the
fun stuff that I am seeing happen in the tech
(24:54):
world and also answering your tech questions. Let's go right
to the phone lined nine four nine. You are on
with Rich nine four nine. What's on your mind? Hello?
Speaker 4 (25:03):
La, Hi, Hi, Hi, This is Cindy. I have a question.
Sure my daughter recently she crashed her phone. She has
an iPhone seven and I call insurance. We have insurance,
but they said I have to pay to work two
twenty five. What's your advice for me? Whether it go
(25:28):
with them and I have to turn in her crass phone,
or should I just go buy a refurbished phone?
Speaker 1 (25:34):
What kind of phone?
Speaker 4 (25:35):
So if you can the seven seven, iPhone seven okay?
Speaker 1 (25:41):
iPhone seven okay. So your question is your daughter messed
up her phone and they want two hundred and twenty
five dollars to repair it through the insurance, or should
you just buy a refurbished phone? So an iPhone seven?
If we look online to see how much that costs.
Let's see. So let's buy a iPhone seven with device,
would you like? I'm on gazelle dot com. This is
(26:02):
a website that buys and sells phones. So you've got
an iPhone seven. They are going for about four hundred
and eighty nine dollars on the uh yeah, four hundred
and eighty nine on the cheap end. Anywhere from four
twenty nine to four eighty nine. So basically, the insurance
company wants two twenty five, you've already paid into the insurance.
I'd say, probably go for it. It's gonna be cheaper
(26:25):
than getting her a new phone. And I know it hurts,
but I would say get her the get her the
two hundred twenty five dollars, and get her a case
for that device as well, like a better case. So
I like cases from Tech twenty one. I like cases
from Incipio otter Box if you want something that's strong,
But you got to get her more than just a
case that looks nice. So because those are not going
(26:48):
to protect her phone in the way that you need
them protected. Realistically, when you're talking about protecting an iPhone,
the case has to have a little lip over the
screen because if the screen hits the ground, it's probably
gonna break. And some of these fancy cases that just
look nice, they don't have the protection that when your
phone falls flat on the ground, the screen is going
(27:08):
to hit the ground. So you definitely want a case
that has that comes up almost over the edge of
the phone a little bit, and that's kind of a lip,
and that will protect your phone much more so if
you have that insurance, I know, two hundred twenty five
dollars a lot, but you've probably also been paying into
that insurance as well, and that's the thing. So the
better thing, I mean, the insurance thing is a tough
(27:29):
one because it's so expensive. You're paying for the insurance
the whole time, and then when you actually have a problem,
you have to pay even more to use the insurance.
So it's tough. We're in a tough place with these
phones because they're getting so expensive that whenever there's a problem,
you realize just how expensive they are. Three one zero
five nine four three zero zero three three one zero
(27:50):
five nine four three zero zero three. Let me tell you,
guys about a new travel app I tried out the
other day. It's called hit List, And this is a
new app that it's it's pretty cool, it's kind of promising.
It just came to Android, it's been on iOS for
a while. And the way it works is you pop
in where you want to go, and it gives you
(28:10):
ideas on when to travel, the times to travel, and
it finds really good flight combinations. So the website is
hit List. That's the app. Go go find it in
the iTunes Store or the Android Store and see what
you think about it. I'm I'm a big fan of
all these travel apps because you kind of want to
find one that works for you. I really like my
(28:32):
Hopper app, and I of course like Google Flights. But
this is a new one. I'm gonna add this to
my list. It's called hit List, So check it out
if you're looking for a cheap flight. Spring Break is
just around the corner. I know crazy four one four
you are on.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
With rich him Christ your.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Right, I have a gals six. Maybe tell my trage up.
The valley guy is so fast? Is there a way
I can keep it charge up for like they usually
say like three or four days and give me charge.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Took forth So it used to hold a charge and
now it doesn't correct. Okay, So here's what i'd recommend.
So you've had this phone. If this is an S six,
this is okay. So number one, I'm sorry to tell
you this, but the Samsung Galaxy S six never had
a good battery. So even from day one, out of
all the phones I've tested, S six, for some reason,
(29:35):
the battery just drained on that thing really fast. So
it probably worked for a good amount of time to you.
But the reality is it's never worked very good, and
I know that's frustrating for a phone. I would say
with this phone, the only way to rescue it at
this point is to probably format it and start over.
And I know that that involves deleting everything off the
(29:55):
phone and reinstalling your apps one by one, but I
think there's something happening there where the old stuff is
kind of mixing up with your new stuff, and it's
just there's a lot of stuff hanging around on this phone.
Speaker 5 (30:07):
Now.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
If you don't want to do that, I would recommend,
in this order go ahead and delete any app on
that device that you don't use. Then I would make
sure that all of your apps are updated. Then I
would make sure you have the latest software update on
that phone, and then I would use an app that
I like called HTC boost Plus. And this app is free,
(30:29):
and what we'll do it will basically go through your
phone and kind of clear out all the junk. But yeah,
it's one of those things where the S six was
never good to begin with, and it's just a problem
because it's it's just not good after all these years.
So hopefully it answers your question. All right, five six two,
you're on with Rich.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
I'm Rich.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
My name is Ramon calling from Downy Hey, Ramone, how
you doing great?
Speaker 5 (30:50):
Love your show?
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (30:51):
Thank you question. I have an s A plus and
I was looking at the decks. Is that worth it
to get that?
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Or what is a plus is having that deck?
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Oh? Good question. So Dex is from Samsung. This is
a little device that you plug in your phone. It's
basically a little kind of what would you call a
doc that you plug your phone into your Samsung Galaxy
Note and the essay in the essay plus No. Eight
and it's a doc that connects to a big screen
(31:23):
like a computer screen, and it turns your phone into
a big screen computer and you can do a lot
of stuff on this thing. I saw. I saw the
demo twice and it's quite impressive. Now I haven't seen
the big pickup of it. I haven't seen a lot
of people using it, but I think that people that
have it are generally happy, and I think at the price,
(31:44):
it's not a bad investment. I don't know if it
can replace your computer forever, but it's kind of a
cool device and what can you do on it. Well,
you can surf the web, you can do your emails,
you can do you know, you can do almost do
everything you can do on your phone, obviously, but on
a bigger screen in a nicer way. So I haven't
heard a lot of people that have used it. I
think it's one of those sleeper kind of things that
it's going to get better as it goes along. But
(32:06):
it's a fun thing to have, and I don't see
why you wouldn't want it if you just want to
carry your phone around and you know, then you can
dock your phone in your office and just have a
nice big screen to use with it. You're not gonna
be able to do everything that you could do on
a real computer, but you can do a lot of stuff.
And so yeah, I don't think it's a bad thing.
(32:27):
It's not one of those things that came out and
people were like, you know, wrong answer. Yeah, now that
I have these sound effects, I'm gonna use them. But
I think that at the same time, it's something that
not that many people know about and not that many
people are aware of, but you know about it, so
I don't know, check it out all right, good question,
(32:48):
Thanks so much for calling in. Today. I appreciate it.
All right, man, that's going to do it for the show.
Can you believe it already? Wow? That went fast?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Huh?
Speaker 1 (33:00):
All right, thanks so much for joining me on rich
on Tech. Hope you guys enjoyed doing this as much
as I did. And I think I got a good
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All right, that's going to do it for me. I'm
rich Damirol. Thanks so much for listening. I will see
you next time.
You are listening to Rich on Tech. I'm Rich Demiro.
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little at three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three. So start thinking about what's going on in
your life. What's going on in your tech life, specifically
that you want to ask me about, because I will
do my best to help you answer those. I want
(01:17):
to talk about Tesla real quick. So yesterday was depending
on when you're listening, but this is yesterday. Last night
was the big Tesla unveil. So Tesla unveiled a semi
truck and didn't work out for me to be at
the event. I was invited. I did not go, basically
due to some circumstances around my job and kind of
(01:39):
timing of the story and all that stuff. But I'm
still excited for what Tesla has and I think the
semi truck is interesting. But the reality is, when it
came to me covering this, I think there's a lot
of people out there still waiting for their Tesla Model three.
And so you have Tesla already now promoting this new
semi truck and then this new roadster that's supposed to be,
(02:02):
you know, the follow up to their original roadster, and
I'm sitting there wondering, well, wait, a second war is
my Model three? And when I say my Model three,
I don't mean my Model three. I mean all the
people that have ordered them, and Tesla said they were
going to do like five thousand a quarter. They've only
made like two hundred and sixty of these things, and
they took a lot of reservations. So the semi truck
(02:24):
is cool. But to me, it's like, come on, let's
concentrate on getting this stuff out that people have already
put their thousand dollars down for, people are waiting for.
Some of these people aren't going to see a car
for a good two years from the time that they
put down their money. To me, that's kind of crazy.
But I will tell you about the semi truck. This
(02:45):
is a brand new Tesla electric semi truck. It can
go zero to sixty and five seconds compared to fifteen
seconds with a diesel. And this is the interesting part.
They say it can climb five percent grades at a
steady sixty five miles an hour, where a diesel truck
max is out at forty five miles an hour on
a five percent grade. It's also more responsive. It can
(03:07):
cover more miles than a diesel truck in the same
amount of time. And they are saying it's going to
integrate with passenger cars better. So I find that really interesting.
I mean, I think what they're doing here is pretty awesome.
They've got two touchscreen displays inside. This thing looks very futuristic.
It has navigation, blind spot monitoring, electronic data logging. Here's
the other thing. They've got to build new chargers for
(03:28):
these semi trucks. So now these are called mega chargers.
So you've got the Tesla, you've got regular electric car chargers,
then you've got superchargers, and now you have mega chargers.
These are going to add about four hundred miles to
the truck's range in thirty minutes. But now, don't forget
they have to build all these things. They're not built.
When it comes to safety, the semi does not jackknife.
(03:50):
Apparently it's got some onboard sensors that detect instability and
react with positive or negative torque to each wheel while
independently working all the breaks. So that's really interesting. And
you've got autopilot, automatic emergency braking, lane keeping, lane departure
event recording. And here's the other cool thing it can do.
(04:10):
It can travel in a convoy, so you can have
a bunch of these semi trucks all following each other
like a herd of elephants, and there you go autonomously,
so you only need one driver for like five or
six trucks. How crazy is that it can go five
hundred miles on a charge at highway speed and filled
(04:30):
with a bunch of stuff. And Tesla says that eighty
percent of freight in the US is moved less than
two hundred and fifty miles, So that's kind of interesting.
I didn't realize that, because you would think that freight
would be moved, you know, across the US, like they
ship things from you know, New York to LA. But
I guess now that I think about it, most of
the major companies have like regional factories where they make
(04:51):
stuff like Cheetos and stuff, so they don't really need
to ship those. You're not getting your Cheetos in LA
from New York, getting them from a factory somewhere in
the LA area, I'm guessing. So here comes the when
can I get it question? When it comes to the
Tesla semi five thousand dollars deposit and production is in
twenty nineteen. So twenty nineteen is two years away. Well,
(05:15):
it's only a year away. But here's the thing, you
really think these are going to come out in early
twenty nineteen. Probably not. We're looking at the end of
twenty nineteen if they can even do that. Full mines
are open. Three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three three one zero five nine four three zero
zero three. You're listening to Rich on Tech. We're talking
about the Tesla Semi. They also unveiled a roadster, and
(05:40):
this is a car that's supposedly going to be the
fastest car ever in the world. And you know, I
was a little cool on Tesla. Before I did my
Tesla test drive. I took a They loaned me a
the pretty much their fastest Tesla Model S car, and
it was phenomenal. It really was. It was It was
so fast. When you accelerated, you just literally went back
(06:00):
in your seat. Three two three you're on with Rich.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, so I have this question. Maybe you could help
me out. I have an iPhone six S. It's a
sixty four gigabyte but I know it has nothing to
do with my iCloud. But every single time, once in
a while, I'll always get this pop up that'll say
forty four weeks that you haven't backed up this and
(06:23):
you need more iCloud storage. And I don't really want
to purchase like the extra memory for the iCloud, and
I'm just trying to see maybe a different alternative to
try to like get this annoying pop up to just
stop popping up.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Well, yeah, to buy the ninety nine cents. So here's
the thing. There's a couple of things going on which
you should know about. Number one, a lot of times
you don't actually need the extra iCloud storage. What's happening
is if you've upgraded your iPhone, Apple is keeping an
old backup in your iCloud, which is taking up a
lot of your storage. So the first thing to do
(07:00):
is go into your iCloud and go into your backups
where it says like manage storage and look for your
old backups, Okay, and that's the number one thing to do.
So once you like on mine, it kept saying that
same exact message, But the reality of it is, I
just needed to delete my old backup because a lot
of times your old backup has a bunch of stuff
in there you no longer need once you have a
new phone. That's the first thing. Second thing I would
(07:22):
do is go into your photos if you don't want
to use iCloud and just use Google Photos and offload
all your photos there, or you can choose another one.
You can use Flicker if they're still around, you can
use Microsoft OneDrive. There's so many different things that you
can use to offload your pictures and keep them off
your phone. So I personally use Google Photos and I
(07:45):
don't use the iCloud storage for my photos. Now, believe me,
when you go to turn this off, Apple's going to
make a huge deal and say, hey, okay, we're going
to delete everything you've ever done on your iPhone and
just you have to make sure everything's backed up first
before you believe that. But the reality is they're not
going to delete everything. But yes, your pictures will go away. Ncloud.
I think that's what's happening to your system. And I
(08:05):
think if you get rid of the old backups and
offload the pictures, I think you're gonna be okay. So
good question, Thanks so much for calling. Leave me that
first segment already in the can you guys, so I'll
be back with more after this. I got lots of
stuff to talk about. We have new phones, we've got
pixel buds, we've got oh my gosh, there's so many
things to talk about. In the tech world this week.
(08:27):
So I'll be back in just a little bit to
talk about more of that and take more of your calls.
You're listening to Rich on tech Live. Welcome back to
Rich on tech Live. I'm Rich Demiro. This is the
show where I talk about technology, answer your tech questions,
and tell you about all the cool stuff that's happening
in the tech world. Let's just go right back to
(08:47):
the phones. At three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three four one four you are on with Rich. Yes, good,
how are you doing?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
iPhone can X.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Sometimes it's gets struck like sometimes I can use like no,
nothing's disagree.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Nothing is working on which one on the iPhone ten
ten X? Yeah? Yeah, on which app?
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Or apps?
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Oh? Interesting? You know, I've sort of noticed on the
iPhone ten that there are a lot of bugs. And
I've been using the iPhone ten for a little bit
and I'm telling you it's a beautiful device, but there
are a lot of bugs on this device. And here's
the thing that's happening. I notice, especially in the corners
of the phone, that anything that's in those corners can
(09:41):
sometimes be tough to manage or tough to actually tough
to actually use, and so if buttons are in the corners,
I've noticed that they don't always respond to my fingertip.
So I think that it's a matter of things need
to be updated, a matter of the iOS being updated
and also the apps being up dated. So I think
(10:01):
things are going to be okay eventually, but right now,
it is definitely an interesting experience on the iPhone ten
or X, whatever you want to call it, because of
all the updates that need to be done. So yeah,
so I would say my advice to you is just
hold tight and hopefully you get you'll get some of
the updates that we need to make this phone a
(10:23):
better phone. Speaking of phones, one Plus announced a brand
new phone. Have you guys heard of one Plus. This
is a brand that's out of China, but they make
some really nice devices and they've they make some of
my favorite Android phones. Some of my Android phones that
I love are kind of the clean Androids, like the
Pixel and also the one plus. This is now the
one Plus five T. The only thing I don't like
(10:44):
about what they're doing is they're coming out with phones
way too fast. They just come out with their last
phone like six months ago, and now they have this
one one plus five T has a six inch screen,
it's an O led screen, it's got an eighteen to
nine aspect ratio. It's got a display that adapts. You
can see it out side. They move their fingerprint reader
to the back, and now they have the same regular camera,
(11:05):
but now they have a better secondary camera, so it
gives you better low light pictures. And if you never
heard of one plus, check them out because they really
make some nice devices for the price. This phone, sixty
four gigabyte, starts at four hundred and ninety nine dollars.
It'll be available November twenty first, and it's got an
amazing design do I have? And it's you know, they
(11:26):
move the fingerprint reader to the back, which is really nice.
And it's if you're thinking of a phone, I'm telling
you don't want to get the iPhone. You don't want
to spend all the money on the iPhone, and you
don't want to spend one thousand dollars on a Google pixel.
Definitely check out one plus OnePlus dot net is their
website and they're doing solid stuff. It's a great device.
(11:47):
It's got a great camera, it's got great software, and
now they have face unlocked too, so you can use
your face to unlock the phone. They say they use
one hundred identifiers to unlock the five t different than
the way that Apple's doing it on the iPhone ten.
But it's a really nice phone, very smooth, and I
think you'll be happy with it. So check out one
(12:07):
Plus if you are thinking of getting a new smartphone. Phone.
Lines are open three one zero five nine four three
zero zero three. I'll never forget. I was in an
uber in San Francisco and the guy had a one
plus and I was like, wait, what phone is that?
It is the first time I ever saw it back
in the day. Sixty six one, you're on with Rich?
Who am I speaking with? Hey?
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Rich, It's Greg from the Antelope Valley.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
But what's on your mind?
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I'm hoping, uh, Santy will bring me a three sixty camera?
What are your I'm hoping not to spend a whole
lot of money, but something with you know, fairly good quality.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Ooh, three sixty cam? Are you gonna be? Do you
want to standalone three sixty or do you just want
a three sixty cam that connects to a device.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Yeah, either either or I was looking at the uh
I think it's by say I'm sung and it kind
of looks like a little robot. M yep.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Do you have a Do you have an Android device?
Speaker 3 (13:06):
No? I have an iPhone okay, so.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
That one works with iPhone as well. So there is
one that's uh, there's two that I like. So the
one that you have, the one that you're talking about,
is the Samsung Gear and that one is really nice.
But the other one I really like is the Insta
three sixty. So that's the other one I check out,
and they sort of they came up with it there.
(13:30):
They make a really nice one. It kind of connects
right to your device, so it pops into the lightning jack,
which is kind of neat, whereas whereas the Samsung one
is standalone by itself and you just you know, you
offload it via Bluetooth or Wi Fi. So I would
check out Insta three sixty dot com and see what
you think about THEIRS. I've used THEIRS and I really
like it. It's just it's slick because it's just it
(13:51):
just pops into your phone, so you don't have to
carry anything around, you don't have to worry about it
being charged. It's just really nice that way.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
So oh and as far as the price, uh on.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
The Insta three sixty, uh, you know, let's see how
much that one is. They're not that expensive. I think
it's like, uh, well, okay, this one is expensive because
they have they have various models. The newest one is
three hundred dollars, but they have an old one. Let's
see an older one that is I think a little
bit less, and that one, yes, two hundred dollars. So
ok And if you look at the Samsung Gear, I
(14:24):
think the let's see Gear three sixty, that one. Do
you know how much that one's running? Uh?
Speaker 3 (14:33):
No, no, because I think they just came out with
the new one seventeen as well.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Yeah, there's a new version of it. So there's two
of them out there right now. And the new one
is let's see how much this one is?
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Interesting, they have the old one, I know is highly
discounted and a new one. Okay, new one's two hundred bucks.
So so yeah, I would look at those two Insta
Insta three sixty and then the Samsung Year three sixty
and see which one you like better. They're both basically
the same price. I kind of slightly go towards the
one that sticks into your phone because it's just a
(15:07):
little bit easier. But you know, you can do either one,
so see which one you like. All right, guys, rich
on Tech dot tv is the website. If you want
to learn more about me, I'll be back with more
of your questions. Welcome back to rich on Tech Live.
(15:30):
Thanks for joining me. I'm rich Dmiro and we are
talking about all kinds of fun technology. A bunch of
things happen this week in technology, and one thing that
is really fascinating to me is what's happening with the
smart home devices, especially the Google Home, which I've got
a couple of in my house, and they activated a
new feature it's called Google Home Broadcast. And this reminds
(15:53):
me of back in the day. At my house, we
had an intercom system and you can, you know, use
it to talk from room to room and from the
front door. And nobody in my house used it, obviously
because nobody it was like an older house, but it
just you know, I thought it was awesome and nobody
knew how to use this intercom pa system whatever you
want to call it. But I did, and so I
(16:14):
would use it to, you know, say things from room
to room, talk to my parents downstairs, whatever. And now
you have a Google Home basically letting you do the
same thing. So Google Home Broadcast is a news service
from your assistant on Google Home that lets you broadcast
your voice to all your speakers. So let me tell
you how you can use this. So if you have
(16:35):
a Google Home in your house, you can say the
code word, which is mmmmm, which I can't really say
it because mine will go off. But it's the letters
O and then K and then the search term goog
l E and then you say broadcast and then whatever
you want to broadcast, and when you say that, it
(16:56):
will take your recording of your voice and broadcast that
to all the other speakers in your house. So I
did this the other night when it was time for
my kids to read. I said, all right, uh, okay,
Google broadcasts it's time to read. And there goes. So
it said it's time to read kids on all the
other Google Homes throughout my house. How cool is that?
I love it. You can also say uh, now, yeah,
(17:19):
there cos it's broadcasting. Now you can also say okay, Google,
it's dinner time and they ring a dinner bell on
all your Google homes. That's really fun. And you can
also from your phone. I'm not sure. Yeah, I know,
thank you. But the other thing you can do is
from your phone if you have the Google Assistant, either
installed or on your phone, if you know, if you
(17:39):
have an Android it's kind of built in if you
install it on your iPhone, you can open up the
Google Assistant app and then say, okay, Google broadcast, I'm
on my way home. And next thing, you know, all
your speakers in your house will say that even if
you're outside of your house. Isn't that fun? So and
I know you're like, oh, I would never need that,
but I'm sure you do this, you know, with if
(18:00):
you're a significant other or your kids. You know, you're
leaving an appointment or whatever, and then you that's I'm sorry, Angie.
I know, Angie said, you're making my Google Home go off.
That's why I try not to say the words, but
sometimes it was tough not to. But yeah, you can
do this from outside your house. So if you're leaving
an appointment, coming back from the dentist, whatever, it's still broadcasting.
(18:20):
You can just do that I think this is really fun.
It's rolling out right now, it's online, it's probably on yours,
and the Google Home is going to be one of
the hottest products this holiday season for sure. I think
it's the best one out there. I think it's better
than Alexa. I think it's better than anything we have.
If you want to spend fifty bucks, and they're going
to be cheaper this holiday season, I think they're going
to be like thirty dollars, I definitely get one of
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these things. The Google Home Mini will will be your
best friend. It's such a cool little device to have around,
So check that out, all right. Phone lines are open
three one zero five to nine four three zero zero
three three one zero five nine four three zero zero three.
And yeah, I try not to when I'm talking talking
about this stuff, actually say the terms like the A word.
(19:04):
You know, Amazon's female name. I guess I guess she's female, right,
and then the the OKAG word because these things activate
people's stuff like crazy. So yeah, guys, re enter for
the charger. If you're on the Facebook Live you can
re enter as well. And I'll talk more about that
(19:25):
in a minute. But the phone lines are open if
you have a tech question three one zero five nine
four three zero zero three. While we're on the subject
real quick of smart things, I just want to tell
you about something that I really am obsessed with that
I love. It's the idea of these smart plugs. I've
got a couple of them around my house and during
the holiday is great thing to have because they can
turn on and off your Christmas lights or any of
(19:47):
your decorations or whatever you want. Basically, and now I home,
you know them, they make all those products. They have
an outdoor smart plug, so it's this forty dollars. And
most smart plugs right now I know are inside, so
they're mostly rated for indoor use. But this one is
for outdoor use. It's forty dollars and it goes, it can.
(20:07):
It's designed to withstand the elements control outdoor lighting decorations,
small appliances up to eighteen hundred watts. And this one
is also Apple home Kit. So here's the thing. There
are there are many competing home automation smart home stuff.
So you have Google Assistant, you have Alexa, you have
(20:29):
home Kit, and there's also there's another one, but no
one's really using that at this point. But basically, well,
Samsung has one too, But the reality is all these
are competing because the smart home is the future, and
if you have products that work with these other smart assistants,
people want to buy them. So if you have a
(20:50):
Google Assistant, then people are more app to buy the
Google Assistant products that work with that because you can
activate them. Most of the time when I'm seeing the
trend is that they're not choosing favorites right now. So
for instance, this iHome smart plug works with everything including
the A word, the G word, home Kit, Nest, and Wink,
(21:11):
so you can basically control all these things from your voice.
And for me personally, I'm I'm kind of on the
Google Assistant realm right now because I'm really liking what
the Google Assistant does. I think it understands your language
in the most natural language possible. So when you give
a command, you don't have to say, please turn on
(21:35):
the bedroom light number two. It will understand if you
just say, hey, turn on my bedroom lights, and it
will turn them on. It's very smart like that. When
I had Alexa setup, i felt like she was much
more specific, like I had to say specific things to
her to make her work. Properly, and it's fine. I mean,
once you learn the syntax, you kind of figure it out.
But the reality is, I think Google is a little
(21:56):
bit easier. So I'll put all these links to things
I talk about on my website. It's Rich on tech
dot tv. You're listening to episode number two zero six
of the podcast. Angie Ford in the chat room says,
our curve TV's worth it. My guy really wants one.
I'd say no because they sort of went out of fashion.
They were, they were huge a couple of years ago,
and now you never see him anymore. So you might
(22:17):
get a good deal on them during Black Friday because
they're trying to clear them out. Two six two you
are on with Rich. Can you lower the Facebook behind
you so I can hear you? Two six two you're
on with Rich.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
Uh. Yeah, I was just putting ask Rich what does
he know about the Wish app about ordering stuff through Wish?
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Yeah, wish okay, good question. Where are you calling from?
Speaker 3 (22:41):
We're Sine Wisconsin.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Oh wow, Wisconsin? Okay, a good question. Caller wants to
know what about the Wish app. So. Wish is a
popular app on iPhone and Android, and it basically sells
a lot of stuff and at really cheap prices. So
you can browse through Wish and just see a whole
bunch of stuff that prices like I'm talking a dollar,
you know, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, whatever, and
(23:05):
a lot of people like this app. It's super cheap.
It's like one of those things. It's like scrolling through
your Instagram feed, but you can buy stuff for really
cheap prices. But here's the catch. It ships from China
most of the time, and so the reality is it
takes a long time to get your stuff. That's the
biggest complaint about Wish. So what happens is it's so
(23:28):
cheap that you kind of forget you ordered it, and
then next thing, you know, six to eight weeks later,
it will show up on your doorstep, and you wonder,
how can you get something like an iPhone charging cable
for a buck? Well, let me tell you. When I
was in China, I could not believe how cheap this
stuff was over there. So the iPhone cables I saw,
(23:48):
I mean I'm talking every color, every imaginable type and
size or whatever, they were all a buck. I couldn't
even believe it. They sell them for the same exact
cables for twenty dollars. Here in the US. There's a
lot of markup on these tech products, so Wish is
it's fine. I mean, you know, I'm sure it's very
hit or miss. So the app is wish dot com
if you want to download it. I personally would probably
(24:11):
not shop from something like this because I'm kind of
an Amazon guy and I just want to get my
stuff fast. And I also I think a lot of
this stuff it looks cool, but it's kind of cheap,
so you definitely want to just keep that in mind
when you're getting this stuff. All right, good question. Thanks
for calling from Wisconsin. Never been to Wisconsin, Wisconsin or Wisconsin,
(24:31):
I don't know. But you're listening to rich on Tech Live.
Thanks so much for joining me. Website is rich on
tech dot tv. If you want more information about everything
I talk about here, we'll be back with more of
your questions after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech.
This is the podcast where I talk about all the
fun stuff that I am seeing happen in the tech
(24:54):
world and also answering your tech questions. Let's go right
to the phone lined nine four nine. You are on
with Rich nine four nine. What's on your mind? Hello?
Speaker 4 (25:03):
La, Hi, Hi, Hi, This is Cindy. I have a question.
Sure my daughter recently she crashed her phone. She has
an iPhone seven and I call insurance. We have insurance,
but they said I have to pay to work two
twenty five. What's your advice for me? Whether it go
(25:28):
with them and I have to turn in her crass phone,
or should I just go buy a refurbished phone?
Speaker 1 (25:34):
What kind of phone?
Speaker 4 (25:35):
So if you can the seven seven, iPhone seven okay?
Speaker 1 (25:41):
iPhone seven okay. So your question is your daughter messed
up her phone and they want two hundred and twenty
five dollars to repair it through the insurance, or should
you just buy a refurbished phone? So an iPhone seven?
If we look online to see how much that costs.
Let's see. So let's buy a iPhone seven with device,
would you like? I'm on gazelle dot com. This is
(26:02):
a website that buys and sells phones. So you've got
an iPhone seven. They are going for about four hundred
and eighty nine dollars on the uh yeah, four hundred
and eighty nine on the cheap end. Anywhere from four
twenty nine to four eighty nine. So basically, the insurance
company wants two twenty five, you've already paid into the insurance.
I'd say, probably go for it. It's gonna be cheaper
(26:25):
than getting her a new phone. And I know it hurts,
but I would say get her the get her the
two hundred twenty five dollars, and get her a case
for that device as well, like a better case. So
I like cases from Tech twenty one. I like cases
from Incipio otter Box if you want something that's strong,
But you got to get her more than just a
case that looks nice. So because those are not going
(26:48):
to protect her phone in the way that you need
them protected. Realistically, when you're talking about protecting an iPhone,
the case has to have a little lip over the
screen because if the screen hits the ground, it's probably
gonna break. And some of these fancy cases that just
look nice, they don't have the protection that when your
phone falls flat on the ground, the screen is going
(27:08):
to hit the ground. So you definitely want a case
that has that comes up almost over the edge of
the phone a little bit, and that's kind of a lip,
and that will protect your phone much more so if
you have that insurance, I know, two hundred twenty five
dollars a lot, but you've probably also been paying into
that insurance as well, and that's the thing. So the
better thing, I mean, the insurance thing is a tough
(27:29):
one because it's so expensive. You're paying for the insurance
the whole time, and then when you actually have a problem,
you have to pay even more to use the insurance.
So it's tough. We're in a tough place with these
phones because they're getting so expensive that whenever there's a problem,
you realize just how expensive they are. Three one zero
five nine four three zero zero three three one zero
(27:50):
five nine four three zero zero three. Let me tell you,
guys about a new travel app I tried out the
other day. It's called hit List, And this is a
new app that it's it's pretty cool, it's kind of promising.
It just came to Android, it's been on iOS for
a while. And the way it works is you pop
in where you want to go, and it gives you
(28:10):
ideas on when to travel, the times to travel, and
it finds really good flight combinations. So the website is
hit List. That's the app. Go go find it in
the iTunes Store or the Android Store and see what
you think about it. I'm I'm a big fan of
all these travel apps because you kind of want to
find one that works for you. I really like my
(28:32):
Hopper app, and I of course like Google Flights. But
this is a new one. I'm gonna add this to
my list. It's called hit List, So check it out
if you're looking for a cheap flight. Spring Break is
just around the corner. I know crazy four one four
you are on.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
With rich him Christ your.
Speaker 5 (28:52):
Right, I have a gals six. Maybe tell my trage up.
The valley guy is so fast? Is there a way
I can keep it charge up for like they usually
say like three or four days and give me charge.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Took forth So it used to hold a charge and
now it doesn't correct. Okay, So here's what i'd recommend.
So you've had this phone. If this is an S six,
this is okay. So number one, I'm sorry to tell
you this, but the Samsung Galaxy S six never had
a good battery. So even from day one, out of
all the phones I've tested, S six, for some reason,
(29:35):
the battery just drained on that thing really fast. So
it probably worked for a good amount of time to you.
But the reality is it's never worked very good, and
I know that's frustrating for a phone. I would say
with this phone, the only way to rescue it at
this point is to probably format it and start over.
And I know that that involves deleting everything off the
(29:55):
phone and reinstalling your apps one by one, but I
think there's something happening there where the old stuff is
kind of mixing up with your new stuff, and it's
just there's a lot of stuff hanging around on this phone.
Speaker 5 (30:07):
Now.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
If you don't want to do that, I would recommend,
in this order go ahead and delete any app on
that device that you don't use. Then I would make
sure that all of your apps are updated. Then I
would make sure you have the latest software update on
that phone, and then I would use an app that
I like called HTC boost Plus. And this app is free,
(30:29):
and what we'll do it will basically go through your
phone and kind of clear out all the junk. But yeah,
it's one of those things where the S six was
never good to begin with, and it's just a problem
because it's it's just not good after all these years.
So hopefully it answers your question. All right, five six two,
you're on with Rich.
Speaker 5 (30:46):
I'm Rich.
Speaker 1 (30:46):
My name is Ramon calling from Downy Hey, Ramone, how
you doing great?
Speaker 5 (30:50):
Love your show?
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (30:51):
Thank you question. I have an s A plus and
I was looking at the decks. Is that worth it
to get that?
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Or what is a plus is having that deck?
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Oh? Good question. So Dex is from Samsung. This is
a little device that you plug in your phone. It's
basically a little kind of what would you call a
doc that you plug your phone into your Samsung Galaxy
Note and the essay in the essay plus No. Eight
and it's a doc that connects to a big screen
(31:23):
like a computer screen, and it turns your phone into
a big screen computer and you can do a lot
of stuff on this thing. I saw. I saw the
demo twice and it's quite impressive. Now I haven't seen
the big pickup of it. I haven't seen a lot
of people using it, but I think that people that
have it are generally happy, and I think at the price,
(31:44):
it's not a bad investment. I don't know if it
can replace your computer forever, but it's kind of a
cool device and what can you do on it. Well,
you can surf the web, you can do your emails,
you can do you know, you can do almost do
everything you can do on your phone, obviously, but on
a bigger screen in a nicer way. So I haven't
heard a lot of people that have used it. I
think it's one of those sleeper kind of things that
it's going to get better as it goes along. But
(32:06):
it's a fun thing to have, and I don't see
why you wouldn't want it if you just want to
carry your phone around and you know, then you can
dock your phone in your office and just have a
nice big screen to use with it. You're not gonna
be able to do everything that you could do on
a real computer, but you can do a lot of stuff.
And so yeah, I don't think it's a bad thing.
(32:27):
It's not one of those things that came out and
people were like, you know, wrong answer. Yeah, now that
I have these sound effects, I'm gonna use them. But
I think that at the same time, it's something that
not that many people know about and not that many
people are aware of, but you know about it, so
I don't know, check it out all right, good question,
(32:48):
Thanks so much for calling in. Today. I appreciate it.
All right, man, that's going to do it for the show.
Can you believe it already? Wow? That went fast?
Speaker 2 (32:58):
Huh?
Speaker 1 (33:00):
All right, thanks so much for joining me on rich
on Tech. Hope you guys enjoyed doing this as much
as I did. And I think I got a good
podcast on this thing. You can find me weekdays on
the KTLA five Morning News. My segment airs around five fifteen,
seven fifty and nine thirty am. Definitely check out my
website and bookmarket It's richontech dot tv. I'll have links
(33:22):
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(33:43):
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All right, that's going to do it for me. I'm
rich Damirol. Thanks so much for listening. I will see
you next time.
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