OUR TOP STORY THIS HALF HOUR,
APPLE'S BIG EVENT TODAY, THE
COMPANY IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE
THREE NEW iPHONES.
JOINING US NOW IS THE CYBER GUY,
KURT KNUTSSON, TO TALK ABOUT
APPLE.
HI, KURT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE'RE HERE AT STEVE JOBS THEATER
AT APPLE PARK.
BEHIND ME, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
MAINLY FROM THE MEDIA, WILL POUR
IN THERE TO SEE A BRAND-NEW
IPHONE.
IS THIS IT?
NO, THIS IS THE NEWEST PHONE TO
ME WHICH IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD.
I ASKED MYSELF, HOW WOULD THEY
IMPROVE THIS SO IT WOULD GET A
CONSUMER TO BUY A NEW PHONE AT
THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
PRICE POINT NEAR $1,000 AND
PASSING IT EVEN SOMETIMES.
SO WHAT IF YOU COULD PUT THREE
CAMERAS ON THE BACK, A WIDE
ANGLE LENS, TELLY PHOTO LENS AND
ANOTHER LENS, WHAT COULD THAT
MEAN?
IT COULD OPEN UP A DOOR INTO
AUGMENTED REALITY.
IT COULD BE 3D CAPABILITIES THAT
GO WITH THE PHONE.
ALL SPECULATED RUMORS AT THIS
POINT.
THE NAMES OF THE PHONE, THREE OF
THEM, iPHONE 11, THE -- EXCUSE
ME.
AND THE 11 PRO AND 11 PRO MAX
EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
THERE'S A RUMOR THE ENTRY LEVEL
iPHONE MAY COME IN A VARIETY OF
COLORS AND ALSO HOW WOULD I MAKE
THIS BETTER?
I HAVE A SCRATCH ON HERE.
APPARENTLY, LEADING RUMOR IS
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THE GLASS ON
THE iPHONE TO BE MUCH MORE
SCRATCH RESISTANT AS WELL AS
MORE WATER RESISTANT, EVEN
THOUGH THIS IS WATERPROOF TO
SOME DEGREE.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, FASTER
PROCESSOR, THE A-13 AND A
CO-PROCESSOR WHICH COULD BE THE
SECRET SAUCE, CODE NAME ROSE, IT
WORKS TOGETHER WITH THE BATTERY
AND PROCESSOR ALLEGEDLY TO BRING
ABOUT SUPER LONG BATTERY LIFE.
WE COULD BE HEARING ABOUT THAT
LATER TODAY AS WELL.
DAGEN: KURT, IT'S DAGEN.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT --
>> HEY, DAGEN.
DAGEN: THE 11, I'M LOOKING AT
AT THE -- SO THE 11, THE 11 PRO
AND THE 11 PRO MAX, IS THERE
REALLY A NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE
THE PHONES AND GET A LITTLE BIT
MORE GRANULAR IF YOU WILL?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT YOU'LL
SEE IN THE PRO MAX IS THE LARGER
FORMAT PHONE AND THEN YOU'LL SEE
THE CAMERA SET THAT IS GOING TO
BE THE BIG, BIG NEWS HERE.
SO APPLE'S GOT TO DO SOMETHING
TO GET US EXCITED.
THE CAMERAS ARE APPARENTLY IT,
ALONG WITH WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE
WOULD BE A DEVELOPER KIT THAT
GOES ALONG WITH CREATING
AUGMENTED REALITY.
IT IS EASIER FOR MAKERS TO MAKE
THINGS TO ENGAGE WITH THE
PHONES.
THAT TYPICALLY IS WHERE THE
MONEY COMES IN, THE
ADVANCEMENTS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO PAY MORE FOR
THE MORE SPACE, THE FASTER
PROCESSOR, LONGER BATTERY LIFE,
LARGER PHONE AND THEN THE
CHASSIS ON IT IS LIKELY TO BE
GLASS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ON THE
LOWER END MODEL.
>> KURT, I WANT TO RUN A THEORY
BY YOU.
YOU TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.
MOST PEOPLE GET A NEW PHONE
EVERY -- THEY USED TO DO IT
EVERY TWO YEARS, NOW THEY'RE
PUSHING THREE YEARS.
PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE UPGRADE,
THEY'LL SAY BETTER CAMERA BUT MY
CAMERA'S ALREADY PRETTY GOOD.
BETTER SCREEN, BUT MY SCREEN IS
PRETTY GOOD.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO HOLD
OUT FOR IS WHATEVER 5G WILL MEAN
FOR THE WORLD.
SO THEREFORE, I WANT TO SKIP THE
UPGRADE AND WAIT FOR THE 5G
PHONE A YEAR OR SO FROM NOW.
>> THAT COULD SPELL BIG TROUBLE
FOR APPLE.
HOW PROFOUND WILL THAT CAMERA
SET BE, HOW PROFOUND WILL THE
DURATION OF BATTERY LIFE BE, IF
THEY REALLY NAIL IT AND IF YOU
CAN MAKE A PHONE WHERE I CAN
THROW IT AROUND AND IT DOESN'T
SCRATCH OR SMASH, MAYBE THAT
COMPELS ME TO GET INTO THIS
GENERATION.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, 5G IS NOT IN
THIS CHIPSET BUT IT WILL BE IN
FUTURE PHONES.
YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.
APPLE'S MADE SURE OF THAT.
BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE LATE TO
THIS GAME.
KEEP IN MIND ALSO, WE'RE FOOLED
INTO THINKING THAT 5G IS
EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA.
IT'S NOT.
IT'S IN THE VERY MINUTE POCKETS
STILL AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT ROBUST NEXT GENERATION
WIRELESS THAT WE'RE HOPING FOR
IS STILL YET ON THE
INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, A LITTLE
BIT WAYS OUT WHERE YOU CAN RELY
ON IT JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE.
DAGEN: I DON'T EVEN HAVE CELL
SERVICE BETWEEN MY PARENTS'
HOUSE AND RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
AND THAT'S A TWO HOUR DRIVE.
AND THERE'S ZERO CELL SERVICE.
>> HAVE I SUGGESTED A CB RADIO
TO YOU?
DAGEN: AS IF I DON'T HAVE ONE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
MARIA: I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.
THERE AREN'T ANY 5G PHONES ON
THE MARKET BY THE WAY AND I AM
BEING TOLD THAT THE FIRST REAL
5G SITUATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEE IS ENTERPRISE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CONSUMER
PRODUCT RIGHT AWAY.
IT WILL BE MORE ENTERPRISE
BUYING INTO 5G.
SO WE'LL SEE.
AT&T SAYS IT'S CALLING IT
EVOLVING, YOU KNOW, IT'S
ADVERTISED, THE MARKETING IS ALL
EVOLVING.
>> IT'S A MARKETING SPIN.
MARIA: THERE'S NO 5G PHONES ON
THE MARKET.
I'VE GOT TO ASK ABOUT THE
ANTI-TRUST PROBE INTO SOME OF
THE COMPANIES.
GOOGLE FACING AN INVESTIGATION
FOR 50 ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF
POTENTIAL MONOPOLIES BEHAVIOR.
THE KEY ISSUE THAT PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT IS WHETHER GOOGLE
A ABUSES MARKET DOMINANCE IN
ONLINE SEARCHES AND ADVERTISING.
DIDN'T WE SEE THAT IN THE 2016
ELECTION WHERE IF YOU GOOGLED
HILLARY CLINTON THAT YOU GOT ALL
THESE STORIES ABOUT HER.
WHEN YOU GOOGLED DONALD TRUMP,
YOU GOT HE WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
THE WAY THEY PUT THEIR SEARCHES
WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR SOMETHING IS
BEING LOOKED AT.
>> AS WELL AS HOW THEY FINISH
THE SEARCH, IF YOU NOTICE, WHEN
YOU BEGIN TO TYPE HOW IT WILL
SUGGEST A SEARCH FOR YOU THAT
CAN LEAD YOU TO A NEGATIVE PATH
AND AN OUTCOME OR PRO OR
POSITIVE PATH AND WHEN YOU SEE
THESE 50 U.S. STATES LED BY KEN
PAXTON, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
THE STATE OF TEXAS, HE'LL BE
LEADING THE CHARGE.
THIS IS AN ENORMOUS CONCERN FOR
GOOGLE AND ALL TECH COMPANIES IN
SILICON VALLEY, TO HE SEE ALL
THIS UNIFIED ACTION FROM STATES
AGAINST SILICON VALLEY AND THE
IDEA OF THE MONOPOLIES, I THINK
THERE'S A THOUGHT NOW THAT
SILICON VALLEY HAS JUST GOTTEN A
LITTLE BIT TOO BIG FOR THEIR
WITCHES
BRTCHES
BRITHES
BRITCHS