What's up geeks

What's up geeks describes itself as a desi technology podcast, and in one cold open the host lays out the pitch plainly: this is for someone who does not much care about tech and just wants to know what is in it for them. It is a useful filter. Benchmarks matter less here than whether a gadget or service would change an ordinary day. Vikram Mohan leads, opening with a greeting that doubles as the show's name before bringing in a co-host. In some episodes that is Vinayak, introduced as his partner in crime; in another it is Vijay. The rapport is loose, with room for small talk about vacations and the odd self-deprecating aside. Phones and the platforms that run them come up again and again, and the titles show it: What's up geeks! #78 - Origami Phone, The talkingTech podcast #77 : Galaxy Eve and What's up geeks! #113 - Android 11 all sit on that beat. In the Samsung discussion, the foldable's steep price is set against a costlier Huawei rival and then deliberately put aside, since a first-generation device was always going to be expensive. The better question, for the hosts, is when anyone would actually unfold one. The answer lands on pocketability when closed and room for reading or maps when open. Apple gets the same use-first treatment. After an Apple event, the conversation fixes on whether signing into Apple TV still means choosing a Netflix profile a second time. There is genuine surprise, too, that Apple called Xbox and PlayStation controllers two of the best, and a joke that it would sooner have built its own and charged a fortune. Before an iPhone launch, the talk turns to rumors of OLED screens across the range and a model near the size of a Pixel 4a, with one host counting down the two days left to feel good about owning an iPhone 11. PlayStation 5 pricing gets flagged as one to watch. The Indian setting is what keeps this from being generic gadget chat. Amazon's new UPI app, partnered with Axis Bank, is called another me-too entry beside Paytm and Google Pay, and then the hosts walk through the checkout, from typing a UPI ID to switching apps for a fingerprint and PIN, to guess which steps Amazon might remove. App picks are a standing part of the format, and listener questions arrive through a segment called Ask the Geeks, by email or WhatsApp. Sign-offs point to sister podcasts from the same network and to videos Vinayak makes for the show's YouTube channel. For a first listen, What's up geeks! #78 - Origami Phone shows the approach clearly: an expensive new category, weighed by asking when anyone would actually use it.