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In this week's episode, we look at why buying a foldable in 2025 makes sense (or not). We also look at what AI Agents are and how they are automating basic human tasks online. This and more on this week's episode.
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00:00now if you've been wondering whether a foldable phone really makes sense in 2025
00:18we have got some questions and answers we want to ask whether you should really buy a foldable
00:24phone plus ai agents are just about everywhere but what really are ai agents and what do they do
00:30and whether these are really useful or just a tech hype we'll try to answer that question as well and
00:37for all the car lovers out there by the way we've got some smart accessories that can upgrade your
00:43car without you know spending a bomb this is cyrus and welcome to a brand new tech today and before
00:49we get on with the big talk of the town and the big tech story let's check out the headlines of the
00:55week open ai has officially launched chat gpt5 the smartest and fastest version of chat gpt yet
01:08now available to all users ceo sam altman calls it a phd level expert with significant leaps in health
01:15advice writing coding and reasoning new mini and nano versions make it affordable for developers
01:23while pro users get unlimited access with gpt5 you can expect smoother and smarter conversations
01:30we'll get more about this next week
01:33instagram just got a serious upgrade now you can repost public reels and posts
01:44right to your profile and find them all in the new reposts tab
01:48there's also a snapchat style map inside dms so you can share your last active location with friends
01:59only if you opt in plus a revamped friends tab highlights what your friends are liking and
02:05resharing more ways to connect on insta more controls at your fingertips
02:10google's gemini just turned storyteller expert its new storybook tool lets you type in any idea
02:22and gemini instantly crafts a 10 page illustrated book with narration you can even upload photos to
02:30personalize the art choosing styles like pixel art comics or even claymation it's perfect for bedtime
02:38education or bringing your imagination to life with no drawing skills required
02:4311 labs just dropped 11 music an ai powered music generator that's legit for commercial use
02:55you can now create full songs from vocals to instrumental just by typing your vision
03:00the service is backed by licensing deals with merlin and cobalt
03:05so it's official and law-friendly ideal for filmmakers podcasters advertisers and anyone needing custom
03:12tunes without copyright hassles
03:14google just teased the pixel 10 lineup complete with a playful jab at apple's slow ai rollout
03:26and confirmed the made by google launch event which is happening on the 20th of august
03:31rumors suggest the series will include the pixel 10 pro and pro excel models this tea sets the stage for
03:38one of google's biggest hardware pushes yet stay tuned as we will get you more from google's events soon
03:44the fact that my phone can actually do this it folds gives me exclusive bragging rights against all of
04:02those people who think that their iphones are cool well let me tell you guys as far as being uh top in the
04:08coolness meter is concerned this foldable phone is right up there but let me just try to gauge the
04:14sentiment of the junta if you really had the money for example 1.5 lakh rupees would you buy a foldable
04:21or an iphone they look good they feel good they have a high utility and uh iphones are in day overrated
04:28and overpriced fold phones are more novel you know it's something unique it's something fresh we still
04:32uh you know are not used to it and it's still so rare to see them uh around a person like me very
04:39clumsy often drop my phone so a foldable phone is not an option for me i usually use phone to watch
04:46netflix to watch movies and this phone will actually give me a better experience but if you ask me
04:53then i would rather skip it why because the value of the phones drop faster the battery life decreases
04:59and the repair costs are quite expensive i'll go for a macbook air and an iphone because for
05:04about 70 80 000 rupees you usually get a macbook air and for the rest of the money i can get the iphone
05:1016 so i think so two products for the price of 1.5 lakh rupees that's a more practical choice
05:22globally the foldable phone market is still relatively niche but it's steadily growing
05:29in 2024 global foldable device shipments reached approximately 20 million units and the number
05:39is still expected to increase to 30 million by the end of 2025 according to an idc report
05:46but in the grand scheme of smartphones where over 1.2 billion units are sold annually foldables are still
05:52less than three percent of the total market but again these phones aren't meant for all
05:59they serve a specific segment of users the multi-taskers the quick app switching ninjas and the binge watchers
06:08the galaxy z fold 7 the oneplus open and the vivo x fold 5 are some of the top foldable phones in india
06:16which offer these huge h inch displays that stretch out into mini tablets almost flagship level camera
06:23systems and the ability to use the phones as tripods batteries that have improved significantly
06:29many can now last a full day with ease and yes almost a futuristic split screen experience
06:37and your regular phones can't do this that's where foldables stand out but here's the big question
06:43are they practical for everyday use
06:49tell me honestly have you even tried texting using the foldable phone it's like typing on a bigger
06:55remote control almost like one of those handheld communicators the phones that you had back in the
07:002000s and all of these physical quality keyboards that you had earlier kind of are the same on these big
07:05screens now the inside yes there's a big screen glorious but unless you are constantly watching
07:12content on this editing spreadsheets and maybe in even running multiple applications side by side just
07:18not a regular slap phone but like multiple apps then i think it makes sense in fact during my time of
07:25using this phone i was mostly using the front display and just 20 percent of the time i was using the
07:31inside display when i was gaming and watching movies so yes for people who do a lot of the you know the
07:37outlandish stuff game movies and everything but then the bigger screen kind of makes sense
07:44and then there's the price the galaxy z fold 7 starts at 1.75 lakh rupees while both the oneplus open and
07:52the x4 5 start at 1.5 lakh rupees compare that to the iphone 16 pro or the samsung galaxy s25 ultra
08:00you're paying more but are you getting more now the biggest question here is the price to performance
08:07and the utility ratio here that's where things really get tricky when you talk about foldables
08:12yes i agree foldables look very cool they're versatile and give you exclusive bragging rights like
08:18i have right now but in terms of raw value like camera or battery or performance they're only just
08:24catching up to traditional flagships like maybe the iphone or the samsung's out there and that's where
08:30i think the foldables really need to evolve according to counterpoint research the indian market for
08:36foldables was just around 0.5 percent of the total smartphone shipments in 2024 foldable smartphone
08:43shipments in india fell 47 year on year according to idc counterpoint research reported a 12 decline in
08:512024 and a 36 drop in q1 2025 and this year we are seeing a little bit higher adoption but this category
09:01remains in niche for a master adoption we think the price of the foldable needs to trickle down to
09:08somewhere closer to like 600 to 700 dollars as in case to almost like 1800 to 2000 dollars right now
09:15but that will happen over a period of time now let's be real let's be practical right now nobody is
09:20buying a phone for 1.5 lakh rupees just to check their emails until and unless you have a lot of
09:27money maybe even more than elon musk so who should really buy a foldable phone in 2025 now here's the list
09:34if you are a creative professional who edits a lot of content on the phone and on the go i think
09:40these devices make sense for you now the finance bro who's running a lot of dashboards on the phone
09:46all day it makes sense for you as well business travelers who want the tablet experience right in
09:52their pockets and do not want to carry a heavier device alongside i think foldables just make sense
09:58and it could also be someone who just wants to stand out and be the talk of the town might not want
10:04to use all of the features but just wants a good looking a funky smartphone most analysts agree foldables
10:13will grow but not explode durability weight battery life and app support still need to improve
10:21also the tech has to go beyond just the wow factor all right so let's end this segment and answer the big
10:30question would i really spend 1.5 lakh on a foldable phone in 2025 not really only if it maybe does my
10:39laundry and gets me coffee that's the only reason i will buy it because otherwise i'll have to wait for
10:44prices to drop the features to grow and maybe just maybe there will be a day where foldables really feel
10:50normal in the hand and you know don't really feel awkward because right now they are evolving this
10:57feels more natural and if i can slip it into my pocket and not really feel that i have a multi-screen
11:03phone i think that is the line that is the place where foldables really need to be
11:13tell me are you curious about ai and what it can do for you well i am your ai guru giving you a crash
11:22course about everything ai today on the show and we're going to talk about a very unique piece of
11:28technology in the ai space which is called ai agents and i'm not talking about the agents that
11:33you've seen in the movie the matrix those are scary but not this one right now so what really is an ai
11:39agent and why is it really buzzing in the tech space can it really make my life easier or take my
11:47job away let's try to answer some of these questions in our segment okay let's break it
11:54down for you ai agents are digital assistants that don't just follow instructions they understand the
12:01goal plan the steps and get the job done on their own these agents can make decisions and adapt as they
12:10go unlike chat bots like chat gpt you don't have to keep prompting them just give them a goal and they
12:17figure out how to achieve it often by using multiple applications on your behalf so let's have a
12:23better understanding of ai agents let me give you a demo of how an agent actually works and we'll do
12:30this by using a website called mindtrip.ai where you can automate your travel planning and it's pretty
12:36simple it's just like a basic website let's say you need to plan a holiday to bali where you need to book
12:42flight tickets hotels plan an entire itinerary etc now that's a lot of work right but with this
12:48platform it's very easy now with agents all you have to do is give them a goal like i'm going to put
12:56into this prompt box a very simple prompt that i have taken and copy this entire thing it is basically
13:03related to the kind of trip i'm going to have and then after i have put the prompt just hit enter now
13:10while it's processing all you need to do is keep a watch on what it is doing and then if you want to
13:16book something you can do it directly on the platform and even if you want to make any changes
13:21to any recommendations or any flight options you can do that so imagine almost 80 to 90 of the work
13:29is being done by this ai agent and i think it is just a great way to save a lot of the effort that you
13:36are currently putting now when you look at all of these options that this uh this entire interface
13:42gives you it's very easy it's very intuitive and you do not have to go back and forth on the internet
13:48anywhere to reference these links all of these have been laid out and all of the reference links are
13:54available on the platform the flight options are right there so just imagine how easy this life you know
14:02your life becomes when you have an ai agent like this and this is just not for trips you can automate
14:08a lot of other things even running businesses can do something like this and i think this is fantastic
14:15today most of these ai agents which are operating are being used by software developers mostly for
14:21high-end work you give them a task like clean up the code or find a bug and they actually do it step by
14:28step without any assistance by the coders now on the outside of the tech world in maybe shops offices or
14:36factories they are still rare why because they're not fully polished yet you see these agents need access
14:44to your personal data to work efficiently and that can be a big privacy risk now would you really let a
14:51machine access all your emails maybe even shopping habits or even your location i think that sounds really
14:58scary so agents i would say aren't ready however in the future as they become smarter they will
15:05automate basic online tasks that we do now currently companies like github and even foxconn are using
15:12these ai agents to automate jobs but will it eat our jobs mo goddard former google x leader
15:22warns that ai could displace most knowledge workers roles by 2027 calling it a potential white collar
15:29bloodbath unless society adapts responsibly over the next 10 to 15 years 35 to 50 percent of current
15:39jobs are going to go okay okay okay 100 of jobs are going to get impacted 35 to 50 percent will be lost
15:50right so it's a very big number on the other hand sap ceo christian klein believes while ai boosts
15:58productivity human judgment remains indispensable in leadership and cross-culture roles he sees a
16:05workforce transformation not elimination fueled by analysts and data strategists so people are divided
16:13about the role of these agents india's it bpm sector still generates many jobs but by 2030 up to 69
16:22percent of formal tasks may be automatable with low skill roles most at risk but new roles are also
16:29emerging like ai process designers prompt engineers and human agent supervisors so yes agents could replace
16:37some jobs but they could also create entirely new industries regardless what happens agents are coming
16:44and here to say so better learn how to live with them because whether you like it or not these agents
16:52might just become your best friends what does a car buyer really look for when they are actually going
17:07out to buy a car they pull out a list look for all of the tech before buying and making the final
17:12decision and i feel they kind of opt out of some of these options because one tech can just bump up the
17:19price by a lot and every small upgrade gets the car costlier but there are some accessories that you
17:27should definitely not miss out on and you know upgrades for your car that are essential
17:39four accessories four ways to save yourself a headache and the first one on the list is a must-have
17:46especially if you're driving in cities where people have very little road sense
17:53see exactly i don't have to flip my lid unlike what we see on social media and whenever you
17:58meet a collision because even though i was coming from the right side and he was coming from the wrong
18:03side i have a dash cam installed which proves that i was right and he was wrong and it can also help
18:09you in a situation like this although now i have to take care of this dent which is a bit of an inconvenience
18:16dash cams are like your digital eyewitness they can be used for evidence for insurance claims
18:23protection in hit and run cases and give peace of mind in parking lots or public roads
18:29now when you're installing a dash cam in your car make sure that you install it in a position which
18:34doesn't impede your view of the road because this piece needs to be absolutely clear so
18:39i have found a position right over here over the rear view camera all i need to do is just remove the
18:44adhesive over here
18:49there is also already a protection which i've installed and then just position the camera
18:55and let's stick it over here and there you go
19:00and the one we have been testing is this the cubo smart dash cam pro 3k compact smart and sharp it
19:14records in 3k resolution that's clearer than standard hd and gives you a 140 degree wide field of view
19:21plus it comes with a built-in g sensor that detects sudden impact and locks the footage automatically
19:27a friendly advice whenever you're trying to install a gadget like this in your car if you can please
19:34get professional help because installing this is no cakewalk because we tried it i almost ripped off
19:41the adhesive the first batch of the adhesive like this it is not easy and also for the fact that
19:46the instructions need to be followed to the t so if you can get professional help great otherwise
19:52i mean it's not that difficult but it just saves you a lot of pain so try getting professional help
19:57there so whether you're driving across states or just to work this little device can make a big
20:05difference now let's talk about something even smaller but just as powerful if you're buying a car
20:14you always have to take it out of the showroom with insurance but regardless of insurance the one
20:19problem that a lot of car owners face is theft especially in cities like delhi a lot of cars
20:26are stolen but that one gadget that can help you recover your car or maybe even help in legal
20:32proceedings is a gps device now this device looks as small as this and it's installed inside of your
20:40car in the main mcu unit so there's a lot of wiring that needs to be done for this to efficiently work
20:46and it also is compatible with an app that you can track your phone now the best part is that all of
20:51these functionalities are within the application if you want to track where your car is you can also
20:56set geo-fencing whether alerts need to be sent to your phone if your car is out of a particular
21:02proximity so there are a lot of advantages with gps but the thing is the only complication that you
21:07would have to face is installing this one because there are a lot of wiring there's a lot of installation
21:13pre-installation and you would need to take professional help to install something like this because
21:17you cannot do your i mean i would advise you not to do it on your own but the best feature of this is
21:23your car remains safe you'll be able to track it down and it just gives you an extra added layer of
21:29protection which i feel every car owner should have especially those cars that do not come with
21:34pre-installed gps so yes invest a couple of bucks and get a device like this and peace of mind
21:41you can even view trip history and drive behavior all from your phone while using the compatible app
21:52so whether you share your car run a fleet or just sleep better knowing where your car is
21:57this is one device that can work silently but seriously
22:01i had parked my car here for like five minutes and my producer was supposed to check this but
22:13apparently she didn't get a good appraisal because of which she has done this but i actually used that
22:18appraisal that i was about to give her to buy a gadget a secret gadget which is going to help me with
22:23this problem let me show you how the cubo smart tire inflator is cordless compact and strong with up
22:39to 150 psi pressure it has preset modes for different vehicles it even has a built-in led light for night
22:47emergencies this inflator can top up eight tires on a single charge and comes with
22:53a 5000 mAh battery inside with multiple nozzles it's multi-purpose and convenient to carry
23:05all right so i am done filling the tire it takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish one tire from a
23:12flat which i think is a decent pace but the problem here with this gadget is that it is running on a
23:18battery so you need to constantly keep charging and then you'll be able to use it so just make
23:24sure when you are leaving for road trips or going for a longer duration charge this one keep the
23:29battery full and then you'll be able to use it make the best use of it i understand sometimes people
23:39are faced with a situation where they have a laptop all right you have to head to office as an important
23:45presentation that you have to give unfortunately the laptop has run out of juice now i cannot use
23:51my 12 volt socket over here to charge my laptop so what am i going to do there is a gadget to help me
23:57with that and this is that gadget i can just put this one into my 12 volt socket and use my basic adapter
24:08charger which looks like this plug it in and then connect it to my type c charger and
24:19it's able to charge because uh it can take in the voltage and that is where the advantage comes in
24:24and i think this is great if you have to charge multiple devices heavy devices laptops even if there
24:32is something heavier maybe even heavy power banks cameras i think this is a great option to have in
24:38your car the ultra pro link mark ac 200 is a 200 watt car inverter that turns your car's 12 volt dc output
24:49into a true ac power just like a wall socket for charging it features two universal 200 watt ac outlets
24:57two usb cpd 24 watt ports and two usb a ports for protection it also has nine layers of protection
25:05for voltage heat and current it's perfect for creators remote workers or anyone who works on the go
25:13with this in the car you don't need to worry about dead batteries ever again not for your laptop or your
25:19phone or for anything so there you have it four problem solving gadgets that turn your car into a
25:27smarter and safer machine so phones are folding ai is getting smarter and agents are really taking
25:40over the internet the question is are you keeping up pace with all of the advancements if you want to
25:45know more please come to the show and watch tech today because we have all the updates coming to you
25:50right here this is cyrus signing off and i'll be back with a brand new episode next week take care guys
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