Sorry about chapters everyone! We made 1 small edit to the thumbnail and for some reason when you update anything on a live video it gets rid of all the chapters! Trying a few fixes but might just have to wait a little before it comes back up!

What a plot twist having the devices delivered in the middle of the pod

Ellis proposing to Adam was the highlight of my morning.

“We’re making it thinner and thinner and eventually it becomes a knife” had me

There is literally no better feeling than forgetting it’s Friday and getting the notification for this podcast

You guys got the "scroll wheel" on the cmf phone totally wrong from last week😂😂

40 years ago I was a consultant on the TEP4 contract in Saudi Arabia where I was advising on the telecoms network for what was the world's first and largest GSM project. The mobiles were Motorola/Nokia, the switching was Ericssons and the backhaul was AT&T/Teletra. I smile and enjoy these podcasts knowing that I had a small part in the original tech that makes them possible... 🤓

Nah bro, in India we don't use nfc. We use upi Its a qr code to share and transfer money Its operated by government of India so it's safe It is both online and offline

22:15 as Marques mentioned the market it is primarily targeted towards is India and NFC payments are not a thing here, we have UPI (scan a QR code > enter pin > payment done) so NFC is not required here so it is a pretty sweet device which looks gorgeous. Anutosh touched upon the point of UPI. 25:01

Seeing Marques, tall man that he is, hold the S24 Ultra to his face for the Samsung delivery call and still make it look huge really drives home how big that phone is lol

So the S8 display was called infinity display because of the switch to the 18.5:9 aspect ratio along with the curved edges becoming standard across the board. Up until that point Samsung used to do an edge variant of whatever S phone they released for example S6 and S6 Edge, S7 and S7 Edge, and the Note Edge came a year before the S6 along with the Note 4.

Marques really thought that any of his co-hosts would get that 'convict musik' Akon reference???? L-M-F-A-O

David: is euphoria still happening? Ellis: 😖😅 Jesus Christ

1:14:05 those fanfics finally came true😭 Edit: 1:32:11 aww....such a Cute Married Couple 😊

In Southeast Asian countries, QR payment is prominent (usually tied to bank account rather than creditcard). I needed NFC in London because the phone signals does not exist in the tube, but in SEA, QR payment is not a problem cus the internet is cheap & has stable signal for big cities.

IMO youtube is the best podcast platform because everyone uploads video to it. On spotify it’s hit or miss on whether the video version is uploaded, and there’s no comments. Comments make it for me, having video is nice for when I wanna throw a podcast on the TV while I clean the apartment.

I am the creator who was "painful" thanks :)

"NFC is versatile, interacting with various standards, including the more niche ISO/IEC 14443. ISO 14443 is a standard designed for proximity or contactless smart card communication. It typically uses a 13.56MHz radio frequency that only transmits digital data within a short range - about 4 centimeters or less - beyond, the signal is too weak. It can never exceed 10 centimeters."

idea for smart ring testing: wear multiple rings during the same period of time to track exact differences between them!

1:02:06 "Are you a fish?" Needs to go on the soundboard! edit: With context

Yeah now it feels like it's Friday ❤.

Pretty much everyone unboxing different Samsung products at the same time had me smiling from ear to ear. It looked like Christmas in there. Please keep doing that, even with different products. 😁

KZfaq will do literally anything but implement the Replace Video feature that Vimeo’s had since 2017

1:29:16 To be specific, Y is considered a vowel when..... ✅ There's no other vowel in the word. ✅ Y is after a consonant at the end of a word. ✅ When Y is after a vowel at the end of a word. ✅ When Y is at the end of a syllable. ✅ When Y is in the middle of a syllable.

Most of the people I know change their phones because the battery dies out, and then tend to have battery life as a main decision driver along with camera. Battery > Thin

Friday is here! 🕺🕺🕺

Even after zillion of phone reviews and unboxing, the spark in the eyes of these tech enthusiasts while opening new gadgets show that how much they love what they do! ♥️ Thank you for you authenticity!! Appreciate it!

26:47 yup that’s how it works. You scan the QR code of receiver and pay (also you can pay by entering phone no or upiID, but QR is code scanning is much more easy)

Regarding infinity display and edges: S6 edge had the curve on both sides, it didn't start with the S8. On the other hand, the S8 (alongside the LG G6) had the display nearing the top and bottom edges (before moving the front-facing camera to the inside of the screen with the S10 which enabled them to actually "reach" the edges), which is why they called it infinity display.

I like the idea of you guys unboxing different products in the middle of the podcast 😂👌🏽

I remember the Infinity Display Marketing for the Galaxy S8. I loved the silhouette of the phone on that black background. So good.

It’s that’s Friday weekend feeling guys in the UK. 🇬🇧 However we have gone European! Watching in Greece 🇬🇷 whilst on holiday! Waveform, beer and sun! 🙌

Honestly I disagree. Give normal people more battery life and they will prefer that over thinner

Hey! So to answer Elis' question on NFC, I have an interesting usecase! I'm a type one diabetic and I use a device called a 'Freestyle Libre'. You can check your glucose level by using NFC on your phone to scan it, and all the data is recorded into the app. I literally couldn't live without a phone with NFC! :D

7:35 - "Sweet Escape" has one of my favorite lyrics: "'Cause I've been acting like sour milk all on the floor It's your fault, you didn't shut the refrigerator Maybe that's the reason I've been acting so cold" Rhyming floor with refrigerator is just *chefs kiss*

i love how andrew and marques are just stretching without a care lol

Galaxy watch ultra is 47mm while the largest Watch 7 is 44mm, I don't know why you guys think they're the same size 52:36?

UPI probably the best payment method in the world should dive into it for some future episode

Some considerations regarding shared comments across all podcast platforms: - Different platforms can have different comment structure. Replies allowed? Upvoting? Downvoting? Threading? - What if a platform has worse tools for preventing spam? Now all platforms are affected.

Let me try to explain UPI so you guys understand UPI is a protocol for payments like RSS is for podcasts or Fediverse for social media, you can have a UPI ID/QR code and anyone can pay you regardless of which app they are using.

16:25 I’d like to add material to this list. Specifically no plastic or cheap feeling materials

Waited for the video version. I'm a big Samsung fan so I wanted yalls take!

David's "dyson zone and vision pro" comment absolutely killed me

KZfaq just needs a dedicated Podcast page or app similar to KZfaq Music, that's what we want.

Friyay feels with Waveform

When it comes to thin… my iPad Pro 11 M4 “looked” thinner however in daily use it has no impact and I no longer notice it. It was a marketing point. It got peoples attention.

NFC is huge for college students, at least in the US. Our campus student IDs are done via smartphone primarily. Most use them to swipe into dining halls and buildings as well. There is an option for a physical card but it’s very rare to see someone with one

The biggest upgrade to the Z Flip 6. In my opinion is the new 50mp main camera module that has the semi optical zoom. Having that camera flexibility is clutch.

Bingo, let’s go! It’s Friday y’all.

1:03:26 "yes you do so you don't get hit by the ambulance" 😂

Any other Lawrence fans here that love seeing Andrew pop up in his band t shirt all the time?!?!?

The amount of wild things that happened during the unboxing that was hilarious

Saving this for my trip tomorrow!!

Robomarques telling me *”Give me your thoughts.”* would be terrifying

33:19 “Allegedly!” needs to be added to the soundboard 😂

Love the collective unboxing! I'd vote to hear about the ring and the buds3 pro first:)

We might get GTA VI before Louis Rossman situation is addressed...

I am from India, but living in the US right now and so yeah i think Zelle is pretty much what UPI is trying to do. The only difference I can see is UPI is more "open source protocol" whereas Zelle is owned by (i think) chase? So the protocol for zelle is closed source and they have a monopoly over the protocol. HOWEVER, I do find NFC far better because 1) UPI doesn't work with Credit Card...you need NFC Tap to Pay for that 2) If you have NFC Tap to Pay for credit card, may as well have it for phones too! Simplify everything instead of having so many different protocols 3) NFC is slightly faster than scanning a QR Code (which UPI relies on for merchant payments)

I think that for 90% of the population, batteries only need to last one day if they are charged habitually at bedtime. Therefore, choosing light and thin (pocketable or easy to carry in a bag) makes your life easier every moment of the day, inconveniencing you only in creating a charging habit at bedtime. Those people I know who don’t charge every night, are the people who have to panic charge their phone at some random moment during the day (my wife and kids and most of my staff) or carry chargers with them. That won’t be fixed by batteries that last slightly longer than one day. The rest of us will still charge our phones at bedtime and have a full battery in the morning, and they’ll still- at some point during the day- run out of juice, just maybe at a different point in the day because they have slightly longer runtime.

The S8's screen was also the infinity display because of the 18:9 aspect ratio:) because prior to it the S6 edge and the S7 edge also had both sides curved

Marquees had more Akon songs in the bag😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

IT'S FRIDAY MY DUDES

In Sweden we usually use Swish for payment between each other, and NFC when in shops.

I have an Aura ring and it does a great job of activity detection and also allows you to set the activity for a previous days activity. The sleep score is great. The tips, hints and feedback when things change (sick, caffeine...) with info. I like having way better battery life and quick charging compared to my watch. I did get grandfathered into no subscription because I had first gen.

if you test the oura ring, make sure to note that it's pretty useless without the subscription

Mobile payments in India is biggest in the word in terms of sheer transaction volume. +1 to what was written in discord. We don't use NFC. Its UPI.

31:38 The lanyard makes more sense to be worn crossbody, imo. At least that's how I use it for when I travel. But then, I am short so maybe that's why it makes more sense for me.

I need you all to make a Lord of The Rings reference when shooting the Galaxy Ring review!

David: *pronounces "Nummer eins" perfectly* Andrew: "Noomur uhynz?" Somehow, this really reminds me of a moment in an ancient LTT video where Linus completely butchers a German warning. If you want to look it up: "This cooler VOIDS your warranty! - Worth the risk??" at 4:17

I wish they would talk about the Louis Rossman response.

UPI works exactly as David suggests - a QR code links directly to the recipient account. Individual account details are verified using the contact number on the mobile device and matching it against the registered number in the account. Sender scans the code using the payment app and goes on to pay. There are no transaction charges at present (though that may change soon). Nobody I know uses NFC.

They should make a silicone "cover* to go over/around the Ring to help protect the outside from scratches

Note! NFC on Android phones with quick/nearby share can be used to quickly turn on device visibility Explanation: You want to send a photo through quick share, you turn on Bluetooth, location and all that, but your friend doesn't have any of that enabled (he just might not care), so you can tap two phones back to back and your friend gets the "choose who to be visible to" dialog to pop up on their phone.

41:30 insane camp rock reference 😂

For the knob on the case, I can see that. At my job, I spend a lot of time in "headphone" activities, doing things I don't need to interact with anyone. I usually leave my phone at my desk and wear my headphones as I wander our warehouse (about 5000 square feet). If the case is half, or a quarter of the weight of my Note 10 plus (don't shame me, it still works like a champ), I'd be giddy about it. My earphones are a pain to adjust volume on, so this would be cool.

I believe android beam did not require the devices to keep touching within nfc range. NFC paired the devices and used Bluetooth to complete the transfer. S Beam was the Samsung extension of Android beam that used wifi direct after pairing for faster transfers. I do wish quick share had the option to use NFC for the initial handshake as sometimes it takes a while to detect the target device.

It would be amazing, if you could show all the images and videos shown throughout the podcast again in a row at the end! That way we wouldn't have to search though the whole podcast to see that one thing that I was curious to see while listening to it. Thanks!

David saying the razr is cooler than the flip is wild... razr genuinely feels and looks like a toy vs zflip. In a fisher price breaks on the first drop typa way... not a teenage engineering typa way 💀😂

22:45 NFC can work fine with removable backplates. The 2013 BlackBerry Q10 and Z10 had the NFC coil stuck to the backplate connected with a couple of small pogo pins, which seemed to work well.

as someone who's 30 I appreciated that Akon "convict music" reference 😂 Also Andrew: "Beautiful Girls?" very close, that was Sean Kingston 🤣

The best unboxing clip, like seeing a bunch of kids opening the boxes of new toys wholesome

I am also very stoked to get my galaxy watch ultra!

Recently had a meeting with Spotify reps (audio drama podcast producer here) before the comment function was implemented and we discussed how the Q&A section just acted as a comment section since nobody really just answer the question of the day. So the pivot to comment section makes sense.

The thing with the Infinity Display was that they got rid of the Buttons on the front of the device

Another awesome episode, Samsung nailed it with new watches 😊❤❤❤. Definitely upgrading to Watch 7 Keep up with great work bringing us podcasts like this 😊❤

I feel like the infinity display wasn't really about the edge screen, they had just removed the physical home button and made the display much taller (less top and bottom bezels too) so the front of the phone felt almost like all screen for the first time. The edges were part of the aesthetic but not the main thing

I'm glad how Andrew is getting fully in samsumg equal system without knowing 😅

🇩🇪 Y’all’s German is *flawless* 👌

Congratulations to Adam and Ellis!!

1:29:04 As a german listening to this podcast i had a very good time listening to you guys trying to speak german.😂 But well done guys!

Listening to the pod then had to transition to vid for the unboxings lol

7:37 Sean Kingston!! Let's goo

I was wondering if you guys have considered adding the video podcast to spotify?

I'm definitely in the club of more battery

"Is Euphoria still happening?" "Jesus Christ..." Lmao

Thank you for the work you do Marques and the team. It's been a week or more and maybe I've missed it but have you chosen to respond to Louis Rossmans video about you being shills for status quo? You've quoted him and his efforts positively in your content and it would be nice to have your response.

This is a group of kids opening their toys together at Christmas. 😂😂 really enjoyed watching it.

I swear this has to be like top 5 Waveform episodes, it was so funny

Ahh great podcast guys. Thank you!

Great way to talk about Galaxy Unpacked.