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Kim Komando Today

AI pet friends, TikTok ageism & most confusing acronyms

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Plus, how many times can you flip your phone before it breaks? YouTubers are testing this out in a really bizarre way, and the results will shock you. Uncover secrets to tracking flights, snagging a sold-out campsite and calculating binge-watch time of your favorite shows. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital

0:07.0

and beyond. And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak

0:12.4

with me. Just head over to commando.com and on the top right, there's a button that says email, Kim.

0:17.0

Fill that out and that's it. All right, I always like to kick things off with something super interesting.

0:21.7

And when I saw this story the other day, I was like, oh my gosh, people are actually watching

0:26.3

this on YouTube because they're trying to figure out how many folds does it take to actually

0:31.8

break a flip phone.

0:33.4

Who comes up with these things?

0:34.8

I don't know.

0:35.6

It's a YouTube stream of people that are just opening and closing flip phones to see just how many times that it can actually do that before it just bites the bucket, right? And so it's from YouTube, Mr. Keyboard. He pitted the Samsung Z Flip 5 against the Motorola Razor 40 plus ultra. I don't know much about that phone, but it must be really good because it's

0:55.5

called the plus ultra. It's also very expensive. Is it? How much is it? I think all those phones are

1:02.3

about $2,000. Oh my gosh. For a flip phone? Really? Well, they're a foldable phone, Kim.

1:09.0

Oh, that's true. It is foldable. Anyway, the folding match has lasted nine days.

1:13.1

And most smartphone websites say that the flip phones can last up to 400,000 times without breaking.

1:20.0

Survey says the razor broke at 126,367 flips.

1:25.3

Wow.

1:25.8

The Samsung, 223,000 flips. So far from the 400,000 flips that the manufacturers say that it actually works. Okay, speaking of, if either you know how to fix broken hinges, I just want to tell you, I always have that open door policy.

1:46.9

Oh, okay.

1:47.5

I'm sorry.

1:49.3

It's going to get better.

1:49.9

I promise.

1:53.2

Hey, buckle up for another turbo church episode of Kim Commander today.

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