Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to the host of Rich
Speaker 1: on tech right here on KFI KTLA's tech reporter Rich DeMuro. Rich,
Speaker 1: you're playing with folding phones.
Speaker 2: Yes, Samsung's got two new foldable phones, the z Fold
Speaker 2: seven and the z Flip seven. Notable improvements on the
Speaker 2: fold This is the one that opens up like a book.
Speaker 2: The outside screen is way bigger. It's actually usable this
Speaker 2: time compared to previous models. The inside screen is even bigger.
Speaker 2: It's now eight inches, which means it's essentially a mini
Speaker 2: tablet in your pocket that you can unfold. They also
Speaker 2: put their best camera on this device for the first time.
Speaker 2: It's a two hundred megapixel camera, which is really great
Speaker 2: for folks that want to use this. The trade off
Speaker 2: is that they removed support for the spen that's their stylus,
Speaker 2: you know, that little thing you can use to write
Speaker 2: on the screen. And they also increase the price, so
Speaker 2: it is now two thousand dollars. Wow, but yeah, I know,
Speaker 2: but you're getting two and one. You get the phone
Speaker 2: and the tablet. You got to look on the bright side.
Speaker 2: So nobody pays full price for Samsung devices. There's always
Speaker 2: some sort of discounter trade in then they've got the
Speaker 2: Flip seven. This is the one that's probably better for
Speaker 2: most people. It's the one that opens up like the
Speaker 2: old school flip phones, except the entire outside screen when
Speaker 2: it's closed is a screen. Now it's pushed all the
Speaker 2: way to the edges. The inside screen is much wider,
Speaker 2: so it feels more like a proper phone when you
Speaker 2: open it up. The downside to this one is there's
Speaker 2: really not one actually, so people seem to like this
Speaker 2: thing a lot. Eleven d dollars for that.
Speaker 1: Okay, so the flip one when it's folded is it's
Speaker 1: a square pretty much right correct, And it's got the
Speaker 1: same screen, just smaller as what happens when you open it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's got an outside screen that you can do
Speaker 2: a lot of things on, not everything, but you can
Speaker 2: do a lot on there. And yes, it's much bigger.
Speaker 2: And the cool thing about this form factor that people
Speaker 2: may not realize is that you're always using your best
Speaker 2: cameras to take your pictures. So whether you're capturing a
Speaker 2: selfie or a selfie video or an actual you know,
Speaker 2: camera photo, you're always using those front facing cameras, which
Speaker 2: are the best cameras on the device. It's kind of
Speaker 2: hard to imagine in your head, but you're literally always
Speaker 2: shooting with the best cameras on this phone, which is
Speaker 2: why people like it as well.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then my other question was you mentioned that
Speaker 1: they put the really good camera on the Is it
Speaker 1: on both of them or just on the Galaxy the
Speaker 1: Z fold just on the fold?
Speaker 2: Okay, just on the fold.
Speaker 1: Do you have to unfold the camera to use it
Speaker 1: or can you use it when it's closed?
Speaker 2: No, you can use that one when it's closed. You
Speaker 2: can use them both when they're closed, or you can
Speaker 2: use them when they're open. But you know, the it's
Speaker 2: very They call it the flex screen the flex hinge
Speaker 2: because it's flexible. You can do whatever you want with
Speaker 2: these things. You can use them open, you can use
Speaker 2: them closed. There are various benefits to both of those,
Speaker 2: you know orientations. So look, these are for people that
Speaker 2: want something different, that want something new, that wants something
Speaker 2: unique and and yes, there are some productivity and creator
Speaker 2: benefits to having this form factor, but it's not for everyone.
Speaker 1: Okay, But you're enjoying it, you like it.
Speaker 2: I think they're really cool. I mean no, I really
Speaker 2: do think they're cool. I'm not sure they're for me personally,
Speaker 2: but I'm still testing. It's only been a couple of days,
Speaker 2: and all, let's put it this way, every single tech
Speaker 2: person I know, they're all loving these things like they're
Speaker 2: going and just gaga over them because it's finally gotten
Speaker 2: to a place where these phones are usable for the
Speaker 2: average person. And that's a really good thing on Samsung's part.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've not seen any in real life. I think
Speaker 1: I saw you do a story on it earlier, but
Speaker 1: I've not actually seen or touched one of them. So
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see more people start buying them.
Speaker 2: I look out for these things and so I see
Speaker 2: them all the time, and every time I see when,
Speaker 2: I'm like, Okay, that person's pretty cool, Like they're on
Speaker 2: the cutting edge here.
Speaker 1: Okay, here's something else that's pretty cool. AI's making some
Speaker 1: magic with your photos.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. If you have access to Google Gemini,
Speaker 2: Like if you're paying for Gemini, which is their AI
Speaker 2: it's twenty bucks a month, but you might be paying
Speaker 2: for it. You have access to this cool new feature
Speaker 2: that brings photos to life. You upload a picture, you
Speaker 2: describe the scene, and Jem and I will take a
Speaker 2: minute or two and literally make an eight second video
Speaker 2: out of that scene. So it basically brings the photo
Speaker 2: to life. I've tested this with a bunch of different pictures.
Speaker 2: I took one of the studio at KTLA and I said, hey,
Speaker 2: have a giant elephant marching through the studio, and it
Speaker 2: did like my kid watched it last night. He goes,
Speaker 2: I can't believe how realistic that is. So this is
Speaker 2: using VO three, which is their text to video generation system,
Speaker 2: and it should put Hollywood ONU noticed because it's pretty wild.
Speaker 2: How good this is?
Speaker 1: Okay? And does it do? Is it just video? It doesn't?
Speaker 1: It doesn't add audio? Or can you add audio to
Speaker 1: your little video clip?
Speaker 2: Yes, it does add audio, so you can say, like
Speaker 2: I did another one of a bee buzzing around a
Speaker 2: flower and it added the buzzing sound. Now it didn't
Speaker 2: sound completely real. It's like a little hyper realistic. But
Speaker 2: believe me, this is day like seven of this technology,
Speaker 2: and it's really good and scary good.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I always like to include scary when I'm talking
Speaker 1: about AI, but that's just might just be me. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is something that is not scary. And speaking of magic,
Speaker 1: you get you got to go behind the scenes with
Speaker 1: Disney Imagineering and uh, I'm jealous.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was just as cool as I imagined. When
Speaker 2: Disney calls you and says, hey, do you want to
Speaker 2: see behind the scenes, you say yes, no matter what.
Speaker 2: And I went to Glendale, this is where Imagineering is headquartered,
Speaker 2: and I got to play with a lightsaber, interact with
Speaker 2: a cute robot. I got to check out their new
Speaker 2: infinite floor that they have and the thing, I think
Speaker 2: it's just it's called hollow tile and it's basically they
Speaker 2: invented this floor where you can walk on it. It's
Speaker 2: like a treadmill that goes in like every direction all
Speaker 2: at once, so you can walk infinitely forever in the
Speaker 2: same spot. I mean, they're gonna use it for like attractions.
Speaker 2: They don't know what they're gonna use it for yet,
Speaker 2: but it's like this new thing they invented, really really cool.
Speaker 1: Okay, and that's your story today on KTLA. So if
Speaker 1: people want to get some some sneak peaks at what
Speaker 1: you got to see, that would be a good time
Speaker 1: to watch that on KTLA.
Speaker 2: Let me just ad I know we got to go.
Speaker 2: Let me add one more thing yep, I thought that
Speaker 2: everyone at the Imagineers was an engineer or an artist.
Speaker 2: It takes like one hundred different backgrounds. So if you're
Speaker 2: looking for a job, go to the Imagineering website. I'm
Speaker 2: not kidding. They have like seventy five jobs open right now,
Speaker 2: all kinds of different backgrounds. Whatever you do, you can
Speaker 2: bring that to the table. So that was my biggest
Speaker 2: takeaway there.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's kind of cool. I love that that they're
Speaker 1: integrating all kinds of different people.
Speaker 2: Yes, all right.
Speaker 1: Rich Demiro the host of rich on Tech right here
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Speaker 1: you put up that lightsaber on your Instagram because I
Speaker 1: saw it earlier this week. You can also get his
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Speaker 1: so much
Speaker 2: Thanks Amy, You have a great day.