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.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Here again is Larry Minty with the WR Saturday Morning Show.
Do you have a techie on your Christmas list and
you're not sure where to go for the best deals?
We've got you covered, or I should say, wr's Rich
DeMuro from rich on Tech has your covered. Good morning
till you're rich, thanks for being with us as always,
(00:24):
So it sounds like.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The big go ho ho.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
The big news of the week and just in time
for Christmas, comes from Samsung.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Huh yeah, I mean, look, I think in the US
we haven't really warmed up to foldable phones yet. You know,
the one that just folds in half. Now, Samsung is
doing a trifold. That's right, it's called the Samsung Z trifold.
You've got basically three screens side by side that fold
up like a Z but they unfold to a ten
(00:53):
inch display. We're talking. You know, that's a mini iPad
in your pocket. Right. So this is already launching in
South Korea next week, and then in the US it's
gonna be the first quarter of twenty twenty six. Price
probably expecting around twenty five hundred dollars. We'll see. This
is probably gonna be a very limited availability and a
very limited audience that actually wants something like this. And
(01:14):
you sound skeptical, Well, I've tried foldable phones. I think
they're great if you are a traveler or a business person.
I personally just don't really have a need for it.
But I think that people who have them that I know,
they absolutely love them. So there is a market for it.
It's just very small and Apple has not done this yet.
Once they do it, that market will grow.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Talking about growing, it's amazing what Amazon has grown into.
Everybody seems to be shopping on Amazon, and everybody's looking
for the best prices. You've been grad at telling us
some of the ways they can find the best prices.
If somebody is going down right now the shop for
Christmas on Amazon, what do you suggest walk us through it?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Okay? Number one. Amazon has added a price history link
near most of the pricing on their website, so look
for that. Most people miss it. You tap that, it
will bring up a chart of the past thirty or
ninety days of the price of that product. That way
you can tell if the current price is lower than average,
or it's the same as average, or if it's a deal,
(02:16):
So that's number one. If you don't see that, they've
got this AI assistant called Rufus, which is actually really
good about telling you information about Amazon products. So look
for that link and you can type in price history.
It will give you the price history. You can ask
questions about the product, and you can even set it
to auto purchase the product at a price that you want,
(02:36):
or you can even have it alert you to a
price to a price drop. So if you want something
for twenty dollars versus twenty five, you could set that
price drop. You have to do that in the mobile app.
The other two things I like Camelcamelcamel dot com I know,
silly name, but helpful website. You can paste an Amazon
link in there. It will give you the full price history.
And then if you want to see all the price
(02:58):
history like way too much, I'm telling you, Larry, it's
called Kipa. You can install that on your browser and
on every Amazon page it will show you, I'm not kidding,
more stuff than you need to know about pricing history.
It's all there on your page.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
So not worth the price is what you're saying.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
No, it's free, but it's you know, it's just that's
for like real shopping nerds. Like we were shooting a
story yesterday about this product in my photographer goes, that's
for like real shopping nerds. Tom. I'm like, yes, and
that's what I am. That's why I have it on.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
That Oh so so you like it. It's for you,
but you're saying it's not for everybody. I get it.
I will tell you this.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
You have to be prepared for what you're going to see.
There's a lot.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
You've talked about camel camel cammell before, and now I've
heard about camel Camel, Camel, camel cammell from three different
people who are not tech people. This is becoming extremely popular.
Explain why.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Well, the thing is it tells you. You know, on Amazon,
there's a lot of pressure because they are the smartest
retailer in the room right now. So they know how
to make us press by and they know. I always
joke to my wife, my paycheck should go directly to
Amazon and they give me the rest when they're done
with it, because that's what's happening at this point. So
Amazon knows how to get us to spend money. I
(04:08):
think having that price history and that perspective on the
pricing kind of relieve some of that pressure to buy now.
And I get it. It's shopping. It's holiday season. We're
looking for those gifts, so we want to buy things.
But just know that if something is not a deal,
you can kind of push it off a little bit
until it does become a deal.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Can we trust the deals online in promo codes?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I think so, And again, I think it all comes
down to perspective. And that's why I've got websites that
I like. So if you're looking for Apple products, I
know you like your Apple products. Larry two websites that
I really love. The first is called the mac Rumors
Buyer's Guide. This lists every single Apple product and tells
you if you should buy it now or if you
should wait because a new version might come out, or
(04:53):
if you're looking for a deal because it's new, you
may not want to get that. You might want to
get the older model because you can save a bunch
of money. Now, when it comes to actually buying those products,
there's a website called appleinsider dot com. They have price guides.
Any products that you want from Apple. You can go
to their price guide and it looks at the prices
(05:13):
across the Apple Store, which does not discount them, but
Amazon BNH Best Buy. So right now, if you're buying
the one hundred and twenty eight gigabyte M three iPad air,
that's six hundred dollars at the Apple Store, five point
fifty at BNH, five hundred at Amazon. You could save
yourself one hundred dollars just by doing a little research.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Let's get to your gadget of the week. What have
you got for Christmas?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Uh, I've got something fun. This is a magical telephone.
So this telephone is you connect it to Wi Fi
and it looks like a rotary phone and it's from
a company called mister Christmas dot Com. And basically your
child picks up the phone and they are instantly connected
to the Big Man himself. Wow a clause and they
(05:58):
can chat with Santa. My ca It's had a field
day with this after they figured out what a rotary
phone was. That so parents will enjoy that. But the
Santa that you talk to is very incredible. It can
ask you about the gifts you want. It knows everything,
and it's all because of something called AI. It's helping
(06:19):
Santa become the magic that we know and love. So
that's one hundred dollars. It's sold everywhere now and it's
just a fun way to interact with Santa this year.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
That's a great idea. Real quick, let's talk about your
ultimate holiday shopping cheat sheet? Where can people find that?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Yes, so you can find it at richon tech dot tv.
Sign up for my newsletter. It is all there. And
I got to tell you one more before we go.
Sure my absolute favorite place to look for those coupon
codes you were talking about. I only check one website,
simplycodes dot com. I'm telling you, if there's a code available,
a discount code, a promo code for a website, this
(06:58):
site has it. It's all linked up at my newsletter
richon Tech dot tv.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Rich DeMuro rich on Tech has heard Sunday nights from
eight to eleven on wor. You can also follow him
at rich on Tech on Instagram. This has been a
podcast from wr
This is a podcast from wor.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Here again is Larry Minty with the WR Saturday Morning Show.
Do you have a techie on your Christmas list and
you're not sure where to go for the best deals?
We've got you covered, or I should say, wr's Rich
DeMuro from rich on Tech has your covered. Good morning
till you're rich, thanks for being with us as always,
(00:24):
So it sounds like.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The big go ho ho.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
The big news of the week and just in time
for Christmas, comes from Samsung.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Huh yeah, I mean, look, I think in the US
we haven't really warmed up to foldable phones yet. You know,
the one that just folds in half. Now, Samsung is
doing a trifold. That's right, it's called the Samsung Z trifold.
You've got basically three screens side by side that fold
up like a Z but they unfold to a ten
(00:53):
inch display. We're talking. You know, that's a mini iPad
in your pocket. Right. So this is already launching in
South Korea next week, and then in the US it's
gonna be the first quarter of twenty twenty six. Price
probably expecting around twenty five hundred dollars. We'll see. This
is probably gonna be a very limited availability and a
very limited audience that actually wants something like this. And
(01:14):
you sound skeptical, Well, I've tried foldable phones. I think
they're great if you are a traveler or a business person.
I personally just don't really have a need for it.
But I think that people who have them that I know,
they absolutely love them. So there is a market for it.
It's just very small and Apple has not done this yet.
Once they do it, that market will grow.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Talking about growing, it's amazing what Amazon has grown into.
Everybody seems to be shopping on Amazon, and everybody's looking
for the best prices. You've been grad at telling us
some of the ways they can find the best prices.
If somebody is going down right now the shop for
Christmas on Amazon, what do you suggest walk us through it?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Okay? Number one. Amazon has added a price history link
near most of the pricing on their website, so look
for that. Most people miss it. You tap that, it
will bring up a chart of the past thirty or
ninety days of the price of that product. That way
you can tell if the current price is lower than average,
or it's the same as average, or if it's a deal,
(02:16):
So that's number one. If you don't see that, they've
got this AI assistant called Rufus, which is actually really
good about telling you information about Amazon products. So look
for that link and you can type in price history.
It will give you the price history. You can ask
questions about the product, and you can even set it
to auto purchase the product at a price that you want,
(02:36):
or you can even have it alert you to a
price to a price drop. So if you want something
for twenty dollars versus twenty five, you could set that
price drop. You have to do that in the mobile app.
The other two things I like Camelcamelcamel dot com I know,
silly name, but helpful website. You can paste an Amazon
link in there. It will give you the full price history.
And then if you want to see all the price
(02:58):
history like way too much, I'm telling you, Larry, it's
called Kipa. You can install that on your browser and
on every Amazon page it will show you, I'm not kidding,
more stuff than you need to know about pricing history.
It's all there on your page.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
So not worth the price is what you're saying.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
No, it's free, but it's you know, it's just that's
for like real shopping nerds. Like we were shooting a
story yesterday about this product in my photographer goes, that's
for like real shopping nerds. Tom. I'm like, yes, and
that's what I am. That's why I have it on.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
That Oh so so you like it. It's for you,
but you're saying it's not for everybody. I get it.
I will tell you this.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
You have to be prepared for what you're going to see.
There's a lot.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
You've talked about camel camel cammell before, and now I've
heard about camel Camel, Camel, camel cammell from three different
people who are not tech people. This is becoming extremely popular.
Explain why.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Well, the thing is it tells you. You know, on Amazon,
there's a lot of pressure because they are the smartest
retailer in the room right now. So they know how
to make us press by and they know. I always
joke to my wife, my paycheck should go directly to
Amazon and they give me the rest when they're done
with it, because that's what's happening at this point. So
Amazon knows how to get us to spend money. I
(04:08):
think having that price history and that perspective on the
pricing kind of relieve some of that pressure to buy now.
And I get it. It's shopping. It's holiday season. We're
looking for those gifts, so we want to buy things.
But just know that if something is not a deal,
you can kind of push it off a little bit
until it does become a deal.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Can we trust the deals online in promo codes?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I think so, And again, I think it all comes
down to perspective. And that's why I've got websites that
I like. So if you're looking for Apple products, I
know you like your Apple products. Larry two websites that
I really love. The first is called the mac Rumors
Buyer's Guide. This lists every single Apple product and tells
you if you should buy it now or if you
should wait because a new version might come out, or
(04:53):
if you're looking for a deal because it's new, you
may not want to get that. You might want to
get the older model because you can save a bunch
of money. Now, when it comes to actually buying those products,
there's a website called appleinsider dot com. They have price guides.
Any products that you want from Apple. You can go
to their price guide and it looks at the prices
(05:13):
across the Apple Store, which does not discount them, but
Amazon BNH Best Buy. So right now, if you're buying
the one hundred and twenty eight gigabyte M three iPad air,
that's six hundred dollars at the Apple Store, five point
fifty at BNH, five hundred at Amazon. You could save
yourself one hundred dollars just by doing a little research.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Let's get to your gadget of the week. What have
you got for Christmas?
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Uh, I've got something fun. This is a magical telephone.
So this telephone is you connect it to Wi Fi
and it looks like a rotary phone and it's from
a company called mister Christmas dot Com. And basically your
child picks up the phone and they are instantly connected
to the Big Man himself. Wow a clause and they
(05:58):
can chat with Santa. My ca It's had a field
day with this after they figured out what a rotary
phone was. That so parents will enjoy that. But the
Santa that you talk to is very incredible. It can
ask you about the gifts you want. It knows everything,
and it's all because of something called AI. It's helping
(06:19):
Santa become the magic that we know and love. So
that's one hundred dollars. It's sold everywhere now and it's
just a fun way to interact with Santa this year.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
That's a great idea. Real quick, let's talk about your
ultimate holiday shopping cheat sheet? Where can people find that?
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Yes, so you can find it at richon tech dot tv.
Sign up for my newsletter. It is all there. And
I got to tell you one more before we go.
Sure my absolute favorite place to look for those coupon
codes you were talking about. I only check one website,
simplycodes dot com. I'm telling you, if there's a code available,
a discount code, a promo code for a website, this
(06:58):
site has it. It's all linked up at my newsletter
richon Tech dot tv.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Rich DeMuro rich on Tech has heard Sunday nights from
eight to eleven on wor. You can also follow him
at rich on Tech on Instagram. This has been a
podcast from wr
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