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Brian Tong hey hey what's up everybody welcome to show it is episode a 1:09 Apple byte extra crunchy keeping it Monty you know how it is beach and tonk in the house we had a little video technical difficulty so if you're listening for the first time like an experiencing just our voice and nothing else we are here to tell you that we are doing this podcast completely naked totally nude I mean I am on about you Beach I'm sending you nudes right now dude I don't want to I know oh my god I just got one oh my god which one which one I sent like 30 of them I know it's and you know I needed I need to do the pinch and zoom specifically the zoom part alright guys and gals thanks so much for listening in it is episode 109 you know you can all be a part of our show all you have to do is just call us at all right let's get to the show really the breaking news the top story of the day which should have happened to me at least a week ago the iOS bug where you type it's kind of like the eye bug where you type in the letter I character when it stood alone for a lot of people not everyone it would end up Auto correcting - like a character with the space and then this question mark in a box almost like a Mario box it was either the letter a sometimes it was a hashtag sign sometimes it was an exclamation point it didn't happen to me right away but it did happen just starting two days ago but finally Apple has released a fix publicly with iOS eleven point one point one it's an update that you can get right now and according to what Apple claims uh I haven't put it on my phone yet cuz it just literally just dropped about like half an hour ago this update will fix that I bug issue I mean everyone was going crazy about did you ever see a beach dude I saw it on Twitter and I thought it was the funniest thing because there's all these people walking around with their one thousand dollar iPhone 10 and they can't use the letter I you know it was just ridiculous and then a friend of mine he like he found this Photoshop image you know it's like the iPhone X say hello to the futures like that oh yeah but then it has like a little a and the question mark in the box exact I know exactly what I'm mother's hilarious hilarious dude and I can't believe that's happening and it's 2017 it's I think the thing is that yeah they know was did anyone actually catch this like this is it affected hundreds I think it really affected hundreds of thousands of phones I mean a lot of it wasn't like a very isolate everyone can see it people are doing it and the weird thing is about it is that like I said mine didn't kick in until just like a day ago and I'm like oh my gosh it is just killing me the other there are ways to fix it but really the easiest way now is just download the iOS 11 point 1.1 update we were gonna tell you the ways to kind of go about it into your keyboards and then go into text replacement and then do something like that but you don't need to now just get the software update and hopefully it doesn't screw anything else up I saw this really funny post from someone because I guess Apple released like a blog post or like a how-to how to fix that right yes exactly and and I see all these like people on Twitter or wherever it was and they're just like I didn't break it Apple why are you telling me to fix it you fix it I didn't bring it come on damn real talk right there real talk right there yeah so Apple did finally fix it but again it I feel like it's been over a week since it dropped maybe I'm not familiar with how time works but it's it's been way too long so fine I'm not gonna dump on them anymore but it kind of speaks to me this is just a bug but this is a this is a significant bug that you just wouldn't expect them to do and I'm sorry I know people hate this but imma go I'm gonna rewind back in time and just be like this is what I'm gonna say it this wouldn't have happened under Steve Jobs is watch no and if it did the people responsible would have been put to task or put in the corner and then they would have addressed it they would have addressed it immediately it would not have taken a week I just think ultimately sounds messed up but people aren't afraid of Tim Cook inside apples walls I'm sure they're having more fun and I'm okay with that like again we're the consumer that reaps the benefits of all the hard work and when someone listens and says you don't even know how to program and do that crap guess what you're right I don't it's not my job you know so this stuff is not easy but again this is something like we literally have never seen a bug like this ever in the history of Apple it is hilarious too because yeah I'm still seeing it like an tweet you know it's just it's everywhere and like it'll be like some very famous like you know journalists or something tweeting something important and then you see those little characters in there you're like what the hell man yeah it's it's just crazy so get a face but I you know I talked to some of my buddies I'm like literally Steve Jobs was feared and sometimes as a leader being having fear in the hearts of your employees can actually work to the company's advantage oh yeah not not in everyday fear but just that Oh a certain level of standard that we are expected to meet and if we don't we're gonna get in a lot of trouble or maybe even lose our jobs like that that's this is Apple baby this is Apple in 2017 oh that bug was just that was just embarrassing yeah the I I mean it's called the iPhone and you can't anyways so that's that hey good good luck it's all resolved let's let's keep on rollin - really great scoops and stories from our buddy Marc German who was a guest on the show and from who works for Bloomberg the first story leading off Apple is working on a 2018 iPad redesign with facial recognition this would be a new model that similar to the iPhone would eliminate the home button the other caveat around this is you remove the home button you're able to bring the glass closer to the edges now specifically for an iPad I actually don't want a bezel this iPad because you need to be able to touch the edges and not mess with the screen or they could maybe deactivate the edge or make it so that the ED the super side edges aren't but there's something about having just a little bit of bezel on the iPad that that I would like I mean if you were using that beach wouldn't you say the same yeah for sure I mean you have fingerprints all over your screen if you know it's yeah there's a lot of reasons you can also eat it sometimes you just drop it you might ding an edge or something you know I'm bad for the sorry soul that drops their iPad on them that would just be horrible yeah the thing about this iPad some new details that have emerged from it so obviously the idea is to bring facial recognition iPhone tens face ID to the table but this tablet is also unlikely to include an OLED screen that you know we know that the iPhone 10 is an OLED screen there first you know or find their second OLED screen in a product but they have more vivid colors sharper clarity the thing about this is that it would also drive up costs for the iPad a whole lot more they're looking at at least one new iPad model with a screen size similar to the 10.5 inch iPad pro we've already talked about face ID we've already talked about them removing the home button this is all stuff that you could pretty much expect the thing about also is if they did go with an OLED screen it would raise the cost but another thing is that their supply chain they're available partners in manufacturing that can just can't even supply OLED panels that large so we know Samsung is the sole supplier for their panels for the iPhone right now they would also be the only display maker that Apple is partnered with right now that would have the capacity to produce new OLED screens for the iPads so there's technical and financial constraints that will make this unlikely the other suppliers at Apple's partners with if you talk about companies like LG Electronics Japan they display incorporated in sharp corporation even smaller China based firms that they have on their roster they're unlikely to have the ability to even supply tablet-sized OLED screens to Apple next year these are partners that they're trying to get them ramped up just for the iPhone yeah it feels like they're painting themselves into the corner a little bit here like you know they only have one supplier available and then also this trend of all their products going up in price that's that's not good I don't like I don't like hearing that it's gonna be more expensive you know well there was a real there's an interesting time where you know Apple was seen as being a company that had really a little exorbitant premium prices and people were getting turned off by that like they were kind of catering to the almost to the elitists on purpose then they started actually arguably under Tim Cook's reign right before SJ was left the company they started bringing down some of the general cost of their products and you're like oh wow that's a lot more in line with what's out there is still more expensive than other products yeah but you look at something like the iPhone 10 you know it's not really the first thousand dollar phone you could look at the note 8 as being that first $1000 phone yes it does more it is a different product so but maybe in people's minds Apple is set this ceiling of okay we're gonna make a $1000 phone that when Apple does certain things because of the power that they have to the general consumer perceived differently so that I just I don't think quite honestly I used the iPad Pro every day I loved it I wouldn't want an iPad pro twelve point nine inch with an OLED screen if it cost me three hundred to four hundred dollars more I mean unless unless they make it so it's more like a like a laptop kind of kind of situation right well that that I again that'll be the day I think we're finally seeing the iPad do more and I love what they've done with it because it feels like a unique product but it still can't do it nearly what the surface pro does yeah right it's a better it's an absolutely better product it's one of my favorite Apple products and I know that it is more limited but you can actually it has unique features that make it feel like its own thing and I think that's kind of important that a product doesn't feel like every other product that's out on the market yeah I just feel like if they're gonna make a new one you know maybe work on improving it I I understand they're gonna improve the screen that's gonna make it more expensive but I don't know I feel like maybe try to bring the cost down because iPads and tablets in general or just you know they've been slowly you know their sales have been slowing over the past few years so why why make another fancy iPad with a better screen and make it more expensive you know I feel like that's kind of the wrong direction I don't know all right no one you know to your point it's interesting about the iPad look demand has lower global tablet sales according to the report have declined seventeen percent of the past three years Apple couldn't really avoid that right they were being dragged I think that's something like 13 or 14 straight declines in iPad sales but now with kind of this new iPad pro line the Cooper you know Apple reported last week in their earnings that iPad revenue rose 14% in their fourth fiscal quarter with an 11% increase in the number of units sold we'll see how that trends over time but you know I've been a big proponent and it's kind of good when I get excited about a product and I actually really say like you know what I enjoy this product it's nice to see that other people are responding to because the iPad is a product that I do not want to go away like I want to keep that thing out there as long as because as someone who travels it is perfect for me yeah I mean I do use I will use our app out a lot too when we travel so so we'll see what happens with the iPad but again rumor 2018 redesign facial recognition slim borders no OLED screen also the Apple pencil which we've talked about before is expected and not only be a new kind of improved Apple pencil better accuracy and new software features that will work in partnership with this new iPad so we'll see how that all shakes out another story from Bloomberg that they dropped here we go get ready for it before you know it it's gonna be here Apple is ramping up work on an augmented reality headset to succeed the iPhone now the report from Bloomberg and Mark government again says Apple hopes to have the technology in place to build their new augmented reality headset sometime in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020 they want to get this Apple eyeglass they're not gonna call it AI glasses but you know what I'm they want they're over the whole I name right so the current write what they're doing here right is we we know that they've been working on this they've been hiring boatloads of staff people in augmented reality expertise eye scanning eye tracking so so many different layers here they have a our kit that was rolled out on iPhones other people like Google reacted and was like oh we better release our a our platform Eric it is showing off some of its potential I don't think we're really seeing until we start seeing maybe some specific apps catered specifically to the iPhone 10 which does have the most capable front-facing camera that we've seen so far we'll get to an emojis in a little bit but according to the report Apple's device their their own AR headset will have its own display which means it will not use an iPhone as the display to slide in there's going to be its own standalone product it will run on a new processor chip specifically for this and it will also have its own operating system according to people familiar with the product this is in the Bloomberg report the development time is pretty aggressive they said it could still change so we'll see how this how this goes again Apple is not the first to market almost all the time they'd like to see how the market evolves and changes then they'd like to put out their offering sometimes it's good sometimes it takes a while to get to get good the Apple watch is a great example to me yeah I bought the first Apple watch knowing it wasn't the greatest thing I wanted to review it I wanted to have it and have my own experiences with it but now the Apple watch in its third iteration with the new watch OS four with the new internals that make it speedier and quite honestly the LTE for someone like me who works out and wants to have access to everything but not be fully connected with a phone the Apple watch series 3lt is legit like I love it that's good and I need it I didn't love my Apple watch before after two generations but now I'm turning around man you've definitely turned around on the Apple watch since the Lima show block when the products good right like when it's so I think that that's a good sign that it may be fine it takes them a little longer to get there we I want them to come out with dope stuff I wish they came out with the Amazon echo quite honestly they should have done I mean these kind of did was Syria I mean they were the first to have like or you know a personal assistant we were talking to I guess but it's not not doing what the echos doing hey getting back to the the AR headset when they say it's gonna succeed the iPhone what does that mean it's gonna be like like a accessory to the iPhone or it's that sounds to me like well the title yeah the title is a little tricky but I think what they're just trying to say is their next breakthrough product right that will succeed like we had iPhone we had iPad what is the next big Apple product I think people should listen to our show even as far back as two three years ago where I've always said look I'm not trying to be mr. future predictor but if there was any product that could be the next breakthrough product for Apple it would be a pair of glasses oh yeah yeah like I said that you can I don't even know what episode it wasn't last week guys yeah I think we were even talking about there was like some eyeglass demo that that we were showing out there's like a little video you know there's you know your stuff out there but in reality thing they have all the pieces in place and they can make it look stylish enough they made the Apple watch look stylish whether or not you like the fact that it has a round face or not so the new operating system Ochs go ahead yeah I was I was just gonna echo you and say it definitely has to be stylish because the the the VR headsets that we're seeing now and like the Google glass they just looked ridiculous and people just laugh at them you know when they see them kind of so if if Apple could do something that's augmented reality glasses but make them look like a cool pair of sunglasses or something you know then then they win you know what I mean like if it's like a pair of ray-bans or something then they win that holes they'll win that whole scene you know yeah the big issue according the report that Apple is having is creating their own headset with a built-in display that can also stream 3d video without draining its battery it's obviously a lot of components here working together that makes it complicated I don't wish this on anyone figure that out now a couple quotes just to see where Apple's brain is that cook in our interview with the independent recently said anything you would see on the market anytime soon would not be something any of us would be satisfied with so he's kind of talking about the overall market like look Apple knows what they want to do but they're not it's not there yet chief design officer Johnny I've told a tech panel last month that there are certain ideas that we have and we are waiting for the technology to catch up with the idea so it comes down to right some of this is battery optimization how do you actually do that and sizes of batteries and their capabilities to be able to support this I mean we've seen unfortunately because these devices are so much more demanding like our phones it's not like we've seen revolutionary breakthroughs in battery life but the fact is that these devices do so much we take for granted the fact that how much battery life we actually get from them you know yeah here's another thing I just kind of ago to kind of pile on with this Apple isn't going to wait around for enough chip to kind of be a part of this they're going to create their own ship we've seen Appl be very successful working creating their own six you know their own silicon they have their own you know a 11 chip series that they've worked on to kind of customize they have specific chips in the new iPhone that aid whether it's the photo optimization and the kind of machine learning that's happening on the iPhone 10 they have they're making specific custom chips for that as well so they're working on their own system on a package component for this new AR headset and they're also working on a new operating system that they're calling our OS for reality operating system oh wow that's grow our OS you ready for that ready for that you're ready for our OS all right let's just take a little breather and get to an awesome word from our sponsors this episode is brought to you by LinkedIn learning it's now featuring lynda.com content that was from a recent acquisition the leader in online learning for the past 20 years linked in learning is for problem solvers for go-getters for people who want to make moves in their career maybe you wanted to do things like this master Photoshop design a website expand your creativity everything you need to achieve and more is on LinkedIn learning so look whether you shoot photos on your phone or a DSLR LinkedIn learning can 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out everybody that's cool ok shall we continue to roll through the show continue on all right I don't know about you did you see an emoji karaoke over the past week Beach I do yes what did you think I thought it was fantastic I helped seen it in espanol they did like a little Spanish karaoke together yeah it's like a sing-along a group sing along and it's pretty awesome man yeah it's you know I mean I'm the first to always say I hate it on an emojis I mean I thought they were cute but it's like Oh like look let's be real don't don't tout this as a feature for the iPhone 10 although it is hinting at how capable the cameras are I get it it's a fun way I mean there was even like a TV commercial I was watching last night from t-mobile and it featured an emojis like yeah it was just featuring a dude talking on his aunt emojis like text messaging back and forth with a friend and I'm like oh my gosh it's happening but an emoji karaoke like took the world by storm even I'm not here to talk about my own and emoji tweet but write it right now I'm watching it can I play it well what's the what's the yeah I mean you you yeah you can try and play oh you you you got many likes on this one how many likes it out you know social media internet it's about timing like how many how many likes is on that thing now 3945 [Laughter] it's just me as the Fox music box so an emoji karaoke check it out look it's not too hard to do all you you kind of have to have to you have to have your phone and you have to have another audio source whether it's another phone or a speaker something playing this music put your phone right next to it and you get like a 10 second clip to do that there's people that are going crazy advanced where they're now screen recording so that they can get longer than a 10 second clip they're doing the screen capture on your phone singing through a whole song and then syncing it later on I'm guessing that's what Espanyol did right they all we're capturing their screen exactly yeah exactly and then someone edited it together it's like I'm just you know this trend is gonna be this trend will live for a while but it's already kind of lost it's already like kind of dipped right it's like it's hot it's one thing it's gonna you're gonna try it once and be like oh that was cute and then you play and never do it again yeah it's like it's so sad how how fast trends and new cycles move now like I feel like it's all kind of almost old yeah but it will be you to everyone who gets a new iPhone they're gonna be like I'll dude I'm gonna totally do that the first time I get it yeah I wouldn't blame you but the tracking is really awesome like the face tracking is totally awesome all right let me let me play you a Spaniels just for a second oh my god wow that they trying to sound annoying no they that's I think that's how oh sorry okay I apologize maybe they're you know they're probably all they're all I haven't put them together smiling and laughing sir someone sounded like they were literally they had just sucked helium out of a balloon I don't know if I I don't want to be offensive but I'm just saying that's how I feel all right let's check it out the iPhone has been obviously making the rounds in the internet world this is really cool we know about DxO mark who is kind of established themselves as one of the leaders that is that comes out and says look this is these are the best cameras for phones marques Brownlee mkbhd did a really amazing explainer about how DxO mark actually works I would just say look into that yourself there's too much to talk about and give them props for putting that out there but the iPhone 10 was rated the highest smartphone camera specifically for photos in a smartphone ever right now it had a rating of 101 they're scale is not based out of 100 so the iPhone tends photography received a score of 101 it's video received a score of 89 with an overall score of 97 which leads the leaves the pixel to is still the number one phone based on a camera they had an overall score of 98 compared to the iPhone tens 97 their photo performance was a 99 compared to the iPhones 101 and their video score was a 96 compared to the iPhones 89 that that was kind of where the iPhone dropped off a little bit these scores are weighted it's not like it's out of a hundred there's different aspects that they measure with photography like exposure color balance texture and then they prioritize those and then they kind of weight it based on which ones and their minds are are the most important so either way you're getting one of the best cameras smartphone cameras on the market today which it which is which is a good thing I mean you should be it's pretty amazing have you seen some of the photos at least that I mean just photos that cameras on phones are taking these days in general is just bonkers yeah Lexi posted like a bunch of photos they took with the iPhone 10 on Instagram and I was and it looks they looked incredible I was like I was really shocked at how good they looked like you know their DSLR quality pretty much yeah it's pretty wild so check this out there's a funny article though that came out later because people that have iPhone tens are kind of freaking out about how clear the selfie camera and the cameras in general look like and it's funny that they say that because I didn't think about it I'm not like a person who takes a bunch of selfies but me and my lady were we were taking photos and I'm like there's way too much detail on my face but I didn't I didn't realize that people were talking about I was like I don't that looks gross right I did like that it was winter I saw that trending and people are like I look so ugly in the new iPhone 10 camera because it's so good you can see every pore every zip everything on your face iPad it's like it's funny we're getting a point where there's too much detail i I'm curious really what you all think about that have been able to get an iPhone 10 just your experiences with the cameras cuz dang it's like you know selfies looking a little too good now shoot showing our flaws what's up we need touch-up apps no filters more filters dude it's crazy another thing display mate who has kind of been the de-facto one of the sources for raiding the you know how good screen is on a phone they have just tested out the iPhone 10 and they call it according to display mate the most innovative and high-performance smartphone display that they have ever tested of course with an A+ rating they also congratulated Samsung display for developing and manufacturing the outstanding OLED display Hardware on the iPhone 10 the thing is that also I a Polly Parker ship with this screen so that's why I write when I talk about they're working on their own ships for optimizations with the screens like Apple has kind of a role to play as well check this out the iPhone 10 matched or set new smartphone display records in the following categories highest absolute color accuracy highest full screen brightness for OLED smartphones highest full screen contrast rating in ambient light and a highest contrast ratio it also had the lowest screen reflectance and smallest brightness variation with a viewing angle so this is basically the best screen that you can get in a smartphone and it's like the funny thing is you you can get all these ratings that's great I think sometimes you can see differences in screens when you have them side-by-side but when all you're looking at as a as a phone I think there's the psychology where people just want to know that when they pay X amount that this is the best screen ever and it's like they're all amazing screens you know sure they have their issues to a certain degree but I will I will agree this screen is really really really nice it does look beautiful definitely but it's funny that they they they you know they congratulate Samsung they're like congratulations Samsung I'm the best thing I mean in the iPhone they've got a they've got to give them some props now we all yeah it's I mean it's it's really nice so the other thing about this is we know for people that care about technology in general the pixel 2xl got a lot of criticism because it started showing effects of whether it was image retention or burn in just even like a week into it they've released software updates for it we'll see how that helps or not over the long term but Apple you know you know kind of a preemptive strike just to make sure they were because they saw all the bad press at the pixel 2xl god I mean it it really hurt the initial impressions I talked to people yeah and without any follow-ups or like oh yeah the pixel to excel screen is not that great and I'm like I I have a pixel too as well it's still a great screen but you know sure when you tilt it side to side it changes colors so does the iPhone 10 but not as much it's it's a lot bluer but again when you look at these things head-on they look fine it they really look fine we haven't seen any burnin with the iPhone yet or image persistence so Apple released the official statement and this is kind of what they said to address it in regards specifically to the OLED screen this is from a document they released an announcement they made it says if you look at an OLED display off angle you might notice slight shifts in color and hue this is a characteristic of OLED and his normal behavior with extended long-term use OLED displays can also show slight visual changes this is also expected and can include image persistence or burnin where the display shows a faint remnant of an image even after a new image appears on the screen this can occur in more extreme cases such as when the same contract high contrast images continuously displayed for prolonged periods of time so we've engineered the super Retina display to be the best in the industry in reducing the effects of OLED burnin and so we'll see how we'll see how that plays out over time but I just found it interesting that you didn't really hear people complain about more mostly because we haven't actually seen burnin on the iPhone 10 yet but Apple is like okay let's just put this out there just to let people know because everything that they said is really what Google said it's just that Google screen showed some image retention and burnin after a week yeah I mean I even saw with my own eyes and it's it's pretty shocking it's like that that's a big deal that's a big problem yeah it's it is it is so we haven't seen on the iPhone yet but people are just concerned basically yeah and I mean you spent all this money for these things you better be so we'll see how what happens long term but right now I mean look everyone is saying the iPhone is the best screen Apple has put this out about preventative measures that they're taking and we have not seen any burnin in it so it it is good as gold to me right now and then finally we can't really show it but all I'm gonna say is go online search Samsung growing up and watch the video that they put out it's like a commercial where they just literally went in on Apple they went savage and basically calls out Apple for how Samsung was the first with a lot of kind of trends and innovations and smartphones from a larger screen waterproofing wireless charging keeping the headphone jack but they finished it up with this hilarious part where they had people in line waiting for the iPhone 10 and they gave a dude a haircut with the iPhone in the end of iPhone 10 line that looks like the knotch oh really a telephone I'm watching it right now it's it's brilliant it's like a very it's a saga it's a very long one I got to see it sir good thing though crazy that's funny so I was just like it's pretty beast is pretty B so let's get to the voicemail shall we let's do it thank you guys all for calling we got a lot of good voicemails this week and we're gonna start off with this one he's asking about the Qualcomm versus Intel chip explain the difference between the Intel modem and a qualcomm modem the iPhone came I know why kind of scaled down not the advantage of the 5g network or maybe neither one can take advantage of the fire to network and I think all calls and half the phones and Intel in the other piece thank you all right my man so check this out just this is kind of we don't know everything but this is what we know so far much like the iPhone 7 there are two versions of antennas ins LTE modem sorry inside the phones now there's two specifically in the iPhone 10 there's the iPhone 10 with the part number or model number a 1/8 65 it uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon x16 LTE modem I could read the whole model number but you don't want me to bore you with that there's also the iPhone 10 with model number a 1 901 which uses the Intel modem now which one is better historically and it is true that the Qualcomm modem is a superior modem most people prefer it because it actually covers more cellular bands and the performance of Qualcomm chip has been better than Intel's in the 7 it was actually tested in comparison the Qualcomm chip was a better chip than the Intel modem sorry the Qualcomm modem was a better modem than the Intel modem now why why are there even two well one of the issues is supply and what it comes down to is the Intel chip supports GSM bandwidth but the Qualcomm chip also supports CDMA networks so Qualcomm supports GSM and CDMA networks which means look you're gonna have to put a Qualcomm chip in those phones but if you have stuff like t-mobile AT&T here in the u.s. you can use an Intel modem because it supports just GSM we know that and this is Qualcomm and Apple are going back and forth in their their lawsuits being filed back and forth at each other Qualcomm is accusing Apple basically making them look bad and throttling the speeds of their Qualcomm modem from the iPhone 7 so that it was in parity with the Intel modem so they basically slowed it down so that the performance would be generally about the same they're also the only chip maker like making modems with the next-generation gigabit LTE network but you're not gonna see that in an iPhone 10 model because Apple disable the feature as well it's it's not going to be supported so even though 5g what the marketing term is gonna be 5g LTE is not officially here yet this is expected to roll out sometime I think late next year but Android phones will be able to support that faster network speed I'm not exactly sure who in the US is going to roll out with it first it might be t-mobile we'll see but that also makes you feel like okay so how do I get a phone with the faster modem if you really care about it I mean I experienced specifically a worse signal in San Francisco once I got the iPhone 7 and I know it's specifically attributed to the fact that it was an Intel modem that I was in my phone I wasn't making it up first two weeks I'm like this is decidedly different and it was I think once you're used to it you don't think about it but when you know it you know it so the only way really to get an iPhone 10 with a Qualcomm chip is either through Verizon or Sprint and you want to get the unlocked SIM version there are ways that you can kind of even go around it where it is a pain in the butt but you could buy an iPhone 10 at Verizon you could kind of sign up for their introductory like their 3 it's like a 3 gig data plan then cancel it but once you cancel that plan you could then pop in you know a chip from another company to use that phone kind of like an unlocked SIM free version so there's ways to go around it but ultimately the only phone that has the quality Verizon or Sprint phones and its story that can't be told in a minute right I just went into a deep but that is what's happening that's also because of how Apple is treated the Qualcomm modem and throttling and whatnot they're they're also in court against each other so that's crazy I know it's funny because they you know they they buy the chip and then they're upset because they're not using the chip properly so and also because of all this beef you know there's been rumblings that Apple is gonna move exclusively to Intel modem chips for future products and just say screw you Qualcomm because they're having there's so much beef between them right now Wow Wow it's a game Game of Thrones out there man that's right alright here's the next call hi guys Jimmy Guerrero calling about the whole home button issue and about getting used to it I had to send a similar issue with gigantic scene as 7 to 8 actually I got pretty used to it I actually prefer not having the button now and it's nice how when you press on the bottom of the screen it does vibrate and Google also I also like what Google did by adding the smart lock so if it's connected to Bluetooth if I'm at home from a certain places I don't even have to worry about unlocking the phone it does it automatically so I just wanted to put my two cents and and yeah you should be a an apple guy now I'm an Android guy but you know I love technology so I still keep up so guys keep up the good work Brian Tom you're the shit woah woah woah language link I have never said a bad word on this show cool well that's very helpful help very helpful information it's good perspective I like it ok there's another one here we go order B Qing Tong this is medicinal manchild California wanted to float a little hat by you so Apple came out and said that they did not lower the accuracy or detail of the face ID camera production but I was wondering if you thought possibly they cut down on the radius which is why people are having problems unlocking their phone on a flat table surface you know what you think shot up Wow well I think it's a fun conspiracy theory that we'll never get the answer to you know so they could know them now he's thinking they cut down the radius of where the camera can see is that what that what are you saying yeah yeah you know there were rumors that they throttled down like its accuracy but no one knows exactly in order to make to have them pass kind of Apple stringent requirements that's an order for some of those parts to be pushed through so that they could then make more phones I don't know will will we will never know I think it's a fun conspiracy theory but you know face ID people are I think most people are pleasantly surprised with face ID but it's still not as fast as touch ID and it still errors more than touch ID ever did and it won't ever be as fast as touch ID yet I still do like it I think it's great but it's it's not as fast as any phone before it's oh okay and that kind of harkens back to that story that Apple was like making it easier they were what were they were scaling it back the face ID yeah they're just turning down the accuracy just to make it so yeah and you know who knows if it really has an actual effect on the final product we will never know we'll never know next call hey Brian this is Shahab from Murrieta California last week you were talking about the gesture controls for the iPhone 10 and how you guys didn't like it how do you have to swipe down for the control panel and things like that do you think that it would have been wise of Apple to let the customer choose what they want to do with this gestures like where you could go into the settings and have a swipe up be something and right down be something else for each different phone I would like to know your opinion thank you but I think you are very optimistic but there remember Apple is one of the most controlling companies we've ever seen in consumer electronics and so you know you can actually add like a home button virtual home button to the iPhone 10 using the accessibility options but for Apple to let us decide what gestures do what I expect us to never ever see that day it's just not in their DNA they've never been that way to be like oh yeah you can swipe up and do this instead I I just don't see it other than you know accessibility will at you can you can add different functions but assigning it for the general consumer for you and me to do all the time I just don't see it it's just not in their DNA it's just I mean they're none of the most lockdown company when it comes to consumer electronics they're gonna tell you what gestures to use and you're gonna learn they've all told us gestures we have no choice so yeah okay here's the last call and it's a real quick one here we go I have a question Apple has so much money in the bank why don't they just by Comcast outright and put the u.s. out of its misery yes yes please I paid too much for Comcast you don't pay the same or more if Apple takes over I'm just messing around I mean I don't I don't know know that but you know you might possibly yeah yeah well that's it Brian that's all we got man all right bro thanks for doing the show thanks for anyone hanging again remember to call us to be a part of the show or you know week by the time you listen this be safe all right peace