September 20, 2025 • 8 mins
Rich DeMuro hosts the nationally syndicated "Rich on Tech" radio show on 350+ stations, including 710~WOR in New York City. On the show, he discusses consumer technology news and answers questions. Rich covers major tech events and received a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for his coverage of technology-related social issues. He has appeared on numerous national TV shows and networks, prior Rich was a senior editor at CNET and a reporter at Channel One News and local TV stations. Originally from New Jersey, he graduated from USC with a degree in broadcast journalism, and has over 1 million combined followers on social media @richontech. Now Rich can heard Sunday evenings 8PM and his weekly segment with Mendte in the Mornings on 710~WOR.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from WOR. Here's Larry Minty with
more of the WOR Saturday Morning show. Welcome back. If
you love Amazon Prime Days and if you love iPhones,
You've come to the right place. There are new iterations
of both, and Rich DeMuro, the host of Rich on
(00:20):
Tech on WOR, has all the details. So Rich, you know,
I'm an Apple guy. I'm excited about this new iPhone
coming out, but I don't buy every new one unless
there's something so spectacular about the new model that I
have to get it. So is that the case with
(00:42):
the new model coming out?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, you know, there's four new models, so it really
depends what you're looking for. But I will tell you this,
the headline this year is if you are thinking of
upgrading or you're wanting to upgrade, this is the year
to do it. Really, I think that Apple, Yes, I
think that Apple has hit it out of the hark
this year. Every single phone they came out with is
(01:04):
in its own right, really really good, and they fixed
a lot of the stuff that tech reviewers like myself
had issues with. So for instance, entry level iPhone seventeen,
you're gonna get better battery life, You're gonna get a
better screen, it's glare free. You're gonna get the new
selfie camera that's eighteen megapixels, take selfies and horizontal vertical
group solo. You don't have to shift your phone around.
(01:26):
It's also going to get glass that doesn't break as much.
The screen is brighter, it charges faster, and the thing
they change that everyone wanted and this was for nerds only.
Regular people didn't really notice this, but we did. When
you scroll through social media, it's going to look smoother,
and when you watch movies, they're going to look better.
So that's just the iPhone seventeen entry level at eight
(01:47):
hundred dollars. I think that is an incredible phone for
most people.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
What are the other phones? Is it unusual they're putting
out four phones? Are they still just the new model
the iPhone seventeen just different?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, it's different variations, but typically they've done an iPhone
seventeen and then an iPhone seventeen plus. This year they
ditched the plus. They replace that with a super thin
model called the iPhone Air. Super thin and lightweight. If
you are all about like the latest, greatest, coolest Apple stuff,
you want this one. The downside to that phone is
(02:21):
there's only one camera lens, so you're very limited in
the types of pictures you can take. And then the
other thing is the battery life. It's good, but if
you are on your phone twenty four to seven, it's
not going to be the best that Apple offers. And
then if you are all over social media, not only
looking at it, but also taking pictures, taking videos, and
you want the best of the best. This year, the
(02:41):
iPhone seventeen Pro and Promax, they stay cooler, they have
better screens that are glare resistant, which is really nice.
They've got that new selfie camera, new ultra wide camera.
The battery life is better. I think that Apple just
polished these phones to a level that they said, you
know what, We're just gonna do everything that people have
an asked for years. And I don't think you can
(03:02):
find a better overall phone at this point.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Wow, you talk me into it. I'm gonna get a
new phone. How about the iOS twenty six they had
to roll out as well.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, so iOS twenty six. If you're not getting a
new phone, and by all means, if you like what
you got, you don't have to change it. You get
this new software updates called iOS twenty six, now available
for the iPhone eleven and higher, also the iPhone se
two and higher. Yes, they changed the whole naming convention.
It used to be iOS eighteen. They skipped nineteen through
twenty five. They went straight to twenty six, kind of
(03:33):
like the car makers. They call it liquid Glass. There's
a whole bunch of new features. I think the most
important one to turn on is the call screening assistant.
I posted this to my Instagram at rich on Tech. Basically,
your iPhone will answer your phone in the background to
people that are unknown callers and ask them to say
their name and the reason they're calling you. Then and
(03:55):
only then will it ring your phone with that information
that they just said inscribed on your lock screen. So
if you're getting a call from solar panel installation company,
it will say, Jim from Solar Panel Installation, We've got
a great deal for you. You say, never mind, you
hang up on them, not that you have to if
you want solar go ahead.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Oh it sounds amazing. There's another Amazon Prime Day coming up.
Didn't we just have one?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Larry, I don't even want to talk about prime Eda
anymore because it's so boring it's like, okay, we get it.
You have these like every other third Thursday of the year.
But we do have another one. It's called Prime Big
Deal Days. It runs October seventh through eighth. You do
have to be a Prime member Amazon. I feel like
they've saturated the market with the Prime memberships. Now you
heard we talked about a couple of weeks ago how
(04:40):
they're kind of cutting off the external sharing with other
people that you might know, so they have to get
their own membership. You know, teenagers have to get their
own membership. So Amazon's really pushing Prime Day to sell
more memberships. But also you do save money. And my
advice is the same for every single Prime Day. Number one,
add the stuff that you want your cart right now.
(05:02):
If you can wait two weeks, that stuff might go
on sale. The second thing is if you have your
eye on any Amazon products. We're talking Kindle, Echo, Ring Fire,
those typically go on discount, so wait to buy those
products until October seventh and eighth. The other thing is
Amazon services, whether you want Kindle on limited audible, Amazon Music,
(05:24):
all those things typically have some sort of good introductory
deal or just a deal in general. So again, a
lot of Amazon stuff on sale, but other products as well.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I'm embarrassed to say this, but I had no idea
and still have no idea what Google's Nano Banana AI is,
and now they held an update.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
It's not a big deal that you don't know what
this is. I just think that well number one, Google
pushed out this update to their AI. You know, Google's
AI is called Gemini. That's their big competitor to chat gibt. Right,
they are locked in an all out war because CHATGBT
is changing the way that Google does business. And so
basically Gemini has reached number one in the App Store
(06:08):
on the iPhone because of this Nano Banana AI photo
editing update. Here's what you can do with it. Not
only can you edit photos now if you upload something
and just say change the background, take away that tree,
make me a clown, whatever you want to do. It
takes that photo and makes those edits in a very
realistic way. That's something you used to have to know
(06:28):
Photoshop to do. Here's the two cool things you should
try with this. Number One, you've got an old photo
that's damaged or it's black and white, you want to
make it color, upload it to Gemini AI say restore
this old photo. Boom, it will do it perfectly, something
that used to take a lot of skill. Second thing,
you got a picture of your kid playing baseball through
(06:48):
a fence, ask it to remove the fence. It will
remove the fence and make the picture look perfect. It's
really quite incredible. They call it nano banana. That's just
fancy speaker. It's really fancy and high tech.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Here's a real important one. And I have a couple
of people in my family with autism, and there's a
new screening test out.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, this is wild. So it's a test called clear strand.
And you know if you if you have a child
with autism and you've talked to a doctor, they say
it can take years to get a diagnosis. Well, this
test uses just a couple of strands of hair. You
send them into a lab and it will tell you,
even if the kid is as little as one month old,
(07:29):
if they don't have autism. So it doesn't say yes,
your child has autism, but it's ninety five percent accurate
in saying your child does not have autism. So it's
a really interesting new way to screen for this. If
you suspect your child has this and that way you
can get them the help they need sooner, and we
know that that makes a big difference in the quality
(07:50):
of life later on. The test is expensive, it's seven
hundred and fifty dollars. They're hoping to get more insurance
on board. But again it's called clear strand. And by
the way, Larry, they say, in the future they can
apply this same technology to test for other things like
adhd als, even pancreatic cancer. This is just an incredible breakdown.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
That's amazing. Rich DeMuro rich on Tech has heard Sunday
nights from eight to eleven PM on WR. Rich is
with us every Thursday at nine thirty five. Make sure
to sign up for his newsletter at Richontech dot tv.
This has been a podcast from WR
This is a podcast from WOR. Here's Larry Minty with
more of the WOR Saturday Morning show. Welcome back. If
you love Amazon Prime Days and if you love iPhones,
You've come to the right place. There are new iterations
of both, and Rich DeMuro, the host of Rich on
(00:20):
Tech on WOR, has all the details. So Rich, you know,
I'm an Apple guy. I'm excited about this new iPhone
coming out, but I don't buy every new one unless
there's something so spectacular about the new model that I
have to get it. So is that the case with
(00:42):
the new model coming out?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, you know, there's four new models, so it really
depends what you're looking for. But I will tell you this,
the headline this year is if you are thinking of
upgrading or you're wanting to upgrade, this is the year
to do it. Really, I think that Apple, Yes, I
think that Apple has hit it out of the hark
this year. Every single phone they came out with is
(01:04):
in its own right, really really good, and they fixed
a lot of the stuff that tech reviewers like myself
had issues with. So for instance, entry level iPhone seventeen,
you're gonna get better battery life, You're gonna get a
better screen, it's glare free. You're gonna get the new
selfie camera that's eighteen megapixels, take selfies and horizontal vertical
group solo. You don't have to shift your phone around.
(01:26):
It's also going to get glass that doesn't break as much.
The screen is brighter, it charges faster, and the thing
they change that everyone wanted and this was for nerds only.
Regular people didn't really notice this, but we did. When
you scroll through social media, it's going to look smoother,
and when you watch movies, they're going to look better.
So that's just the iPhone seventeen entry level at eight
(01:47):
hundred dollars. I think that is an incredible phone for
most people.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
What are the other phones? Is it unusual they're putting
out four phones? Are they still just the new model
the iPhone seventeen just different?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, it's different variations, but typically they've done an iPhone
seventeen and then an iPhone seventeen plus. This year they
ditched the plus. They replace that with a super thin
model called the iPhone Air. Super thin and lightweight. If
you are all about like the latest, greatest, coolest Apple stuff,
you want this one. The downside to that phone is
(02:21):
there's only one camera lens, so you're very limited in
the types of pictures you can take. And then the
other thing is the battery life. It's good, but if
you are on your phone twenty four to seven, it's
not going to be the best that Apple offers. And
then if you are all over social media, not only
looking at it, but also taking pictures, taking videos, and
you want the best of the best. This year, the
(02:41):
iPhone seventeen Pro and Promax, they stay cooler, they have
better screens that are glare resistant, which is really nice.
They've got that new selfie camera, new ultra wide camera.
The battery life is better. I think that Apple just
polished these phones to a level that they said, you
know what, We're just gonna do everything that people have
an asked for years. And I don't think you can
(03:02):
find a better overall phone at this point.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Wow, you talk me into it. I'm gonna get a
new phone. How about the iOS twenty six they had
to roll out as well.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, so iOS twenty six. If you're not getting a
new phone, and by all means, if you like what
you got, you don't have to change it. You get
this new software updates called iOS twenty six, now available
for the iPhone eleven and higher, also the iPhone se
two and higher. Yes, they changed the whole naming convention.
It used to be iOS eighteen. They skipped nineteen through
twenty five. They went straight to twenty six, kind of
(03:33):
like the car makers. They call it liquid Glass. There's
a whole bunch of new features. I think the most
important one to turn on is the call screening assistant.
I posted this to my Instagram at rich on Tech. Basically,
your iPhone will answer your phone in the background to
people that are unknown callers and ask them to say
their name and the reason they're calling you. Then and
(03:55):
only then will it ring your phone with that information
that they just said inscribed on your lock screen. So
if you're getting a call from solar panel installation company,
it will say, Jim from Solar Panel Installation, We've got
a great deal for you. You say, never mind, you
hang up on them, not that you have to if
you want solar go ahead.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Oh it sounds amazing. There's another Amazon Prime Day coming up.
Didn't we just have one?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Larry, I don't even want to talk about prime Eda
anymore because it's so boring it's like, okay, we get it.
You have these like every other third Thursday of the year.
But we do have another one. It's called Prime Big
Deal Days. It runs October seventh through eighth. You do
have to be a Prime member Amazon. I feel like
they've saturated the market with the Prime memberships. Now you
heard we talked about a couple of weeks ago how
(04:40):
they're kind of cutting off the external sharing with other
people that you might know, so they have to get
their own membership. You know, teenagers have to get their
own membership. So Amazon's really pushing Prime Day to sell
more memberships. But also you do save money. And my
advice is the same for every single Prime Day. Number one,
add the stuff that you want your cart right now.
(05:02):
If you can wait two weeks, that stuff might go
on sale. The second thing is if you have your
eye on any Amazon products. We're talking Kindle, Echo, Ring Fire,
those typically go on discount, so wait to buy those
products until October seventh and eighth. The other thing is
Amazon services, whether you want Kindle on limited audible, Amazon Music,
(05:24):
all those things typically have some sort of good introductory
deal or just a deal in general. So again, a
lot of Amazon stuff on sale, but other products as well.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I'm embarrassed to say this, but I had no idea
and still have no idea what Google's Nano Banana AI is,
and now they held an update.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
It's not a big deal that you don't know what
this is. I just think that well number one, Google
pushed out this update to their AI. You know, Google's
AI is called Gemini. That's their big competitor to chat gibt. Right,
they are locked in an all out war because CHATGBT
is changing the way that Google does business. And so
basically Gemini has reached number one in the App Store
(06:08):
on the iPhone because of this Nano Banana AI photo
editing update. Here's what you can do with it. Not
only can you edit photos now if you upload something
and just say change the background, take away that tree,
make me a clown, whatever you want to do. It
takes that photo and makes those edits in a very
realistic way. That's something you used to have to know
(06:28):
Photoshop to do. Here's the two cool things you should
try with this. Number One, you've got an old photo
that's damaged or it's black and white, you want to
make it color, upload it to Gemini AI say restore
this old photo. Boom, it will do it perfectly, something
that used to take a lot of skill. Second thing,
you got a picture of your kid playing baseball through
(06:48):
a fence, ask it to remove the fence. It will
remove the fence and make the picture look perfect. It's
really quite incredible. They call it nano banana. That's just
fancy speaker. It's really fancy and high tech.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Here's a real important one. And I have a couple
of people in my family with autism, and there's a
new screening test out.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Yeah, this is wild. So it's a test called clear strand.
And you know if you if you have a child
with autism and you've talked to a doctor, they say
it can take years to get a diagnosis. Well, this
test uses just a couple of strands of hair. You
send them into a lab and it will tell you,
even if the kid is as little as one month old,
(07:29):
if they don't have autism. So it doesn't say yes,
your child has autism, but it's ninety five percent accurate
in saying your child does not have autism. So it's
a really interesting new way to screen for this. If
you suspect your child has this and that way you
can get them the help they need sooner, and we
know that that makes a big difference in the quality
(07:50):
of life later on. The test is expensive, it's seven
hundred and fifty dollars. They're hoping to get more insurance
on board. But again it's called clear strand. And by
the way, Larry, they say, in the future they can
apply this same technology to test for other things like
adhd als, even pancreatic cancer. This is just an incredible breakdown.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
That's amazing. Rich DeMuro rich on Tech has heard Sunday
nights from eight to eleven PM on WR. Rich is
with us every Thursday at nine thirty five. Make sure
to sign up for his newsletter at Richontech dot tv.
This has been a podcast from WR
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