{"id":"1794009803296-tech-segment","slug":"renting-flagship-phones-for-concerts","title":"Renting flagship phones for concerts","summary":"The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour is playing Kuala Lumpur on 4–5 November 2026 at TM Stadium Nasional; the 5 November show was added after high demand.\n\nProPublica reports that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has tens of millions of dollars invested in the AI industry and is leading the administration's push to open public lands for data centers.","publishedAt":"2026-11-07T00:03:23.296Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour is playing Kuala Lumpur on 4–5 November 2026 at TM Stadium Nasional; the 5 November show was added after high demand.\nSource: [livenation.my](https://www.livenation.my/event/the-weeknd-after-hours-til-dawn-tour-kuala-lumpur-tickets-edp1672816) / [bandwagon.asia](https://www.bandwagon.a (https://x.com/hape_inn/status/2117841564718498034)\n\nTRUE: ProPublica reports that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has tens of millions of dollars invested in the AI industry and is leading the administration's push to open public lands for data centers.\nSource: [propublica.org](https://www.propublica.org) NAMES: Doug Burgum = U.S. Secretary of the Interior; ProPublica = nonprofit investigative newsroom (https://bsky.app/profile/propublica.org/post/3mzngvxt7sc22)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour is playing Kuala Lumpur on 4–5 November 2026 at TM Stadium Nasional; the 5 November show was added after high demand.","sourceName":"[livenation.my](https://www.livenation.my/event/the-weeknd-after-hours-til-dawn-tour-kuala-lumpur-tickets-edp1672816) / [bandwagon.asia](https://www.bandwagon.a","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/hape_inn/status/2117841564718498034","claim":"WTR Want to rent Open rent Sewa Hp Konser Samsung Galaxy S Ultra series Iphone Pro Series Konser The Weeknd luar negeri/overseas [The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour] Kuala Lumpur 4-5 November ✅️ 📍COD Jakarta/Bandara https://t.co/AMWhLxPsXc","author":"Hape.in Sewa HP Samsung Konser (@hape_inn)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"ProPublica reports that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has tens of millions of dollars invested in the AI industry and is leading the administration's push to open public lands for data centers.","sourceName":"[propublica.org](https://www.propublica.org) NAMES: Doug Burgum = U.S. Secretary of the Interior; ProPublica = nonprofit investigative newsroom","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/propublica.org/post/3mzngvxt7sc22","claim":"NEW: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has tens of millions of dollars invested in the AI industry. Meanwhile, he is leading the Trump administration’s charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.","author":"ProPublica (@propublica.org)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/hape_inn/status/2117841564718498034","name":"[livenation.my](https://www.livenation.my/event/the-weeknd-after-hours-til-dawn-tour-kuala-lumpur-tickets-edp1672816) / [bandwagon.asia](https://www.bandwagon.a","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Hape.in Sewa HP Samsung Konser (@hape_inn)"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/propublica.org/post/3mzngvxt7sc22","name":"[propublica.org](https://www.propublica.org) NAMES: Doug Burgum = U.S. Secretary of the Interior; ProPublica = nonprofit investigative newsroom","kind":"bluesky","verdict":"TRUE","author":"ProPublica (@propublica.org)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794009803296-tech-segment-renting-flagship-phones-for-concerts","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794009803296-tech-segment-renting-flagship-phones-for-concerts","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794009803296-tech-segment-renting-flagship-phones-for-concerts and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Chris","text":"Forget renting a tux. A phone rental account on X called Hape Inn will rent you the best camera for The Weeknd."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A phone. You rent a phone?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Samsung Galaxy Ultra or iPhone Pro, advertised for his Kuala Lumpur show on November fourth and fifth."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Right, and that part is real. The fifth was added after demand."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The pitch is simple: huge sensor, long zoom, better concert footage than your old phone."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So for one night, you hand over a down payment and hope a stranger shows up with a flagship."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It's not that sketchy. You pay twenty-five percent down, rest at the venue."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"At the venue. So you're at the gate, wallet open, hoping the phone isn't a dummy."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's how a lot of ticket and equipment deals work. You meet, you inspect, you pay."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But the listing doesn't say what happens if the phone gets scratched or the show is cancelled."},{"host":"Chris","text":"No deposit. Maybe they refund if the event moves."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Maybe? That's my problem. You're betting a stranger's refund policy."},{"host":"Chris","text":"You always assume the worst."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"No, I assume the terms should be in the post. They're not."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine. But for The Weeknd, the demand is real. People flew in for that show."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I get the motivation. Those zoom lenses are the difference between a blurry dot and an actual shot."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Exactly. A ticket costs more than a phone rental. If you're already paying to be there, why not capture it?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Because the whole point of a concert is to watch it, not film it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Oh, here we go."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You know it's true. Half the crowd watches through a screen."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Some people want a memory. You can't replay a feeling."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You can if your phone is rented — and then you give it back."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's actually a pretty good line."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Thank you. The account also lists a Guns N' Roses show in Jakarta on November twenty-first."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That one I can't confirm. The band hasn't officially announced that date."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So they're taking down payments on a show that may not happen."},{"host":"Chris","text":"They're advertising. It's a spot on the rumored tour."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's worse! You'd be paying to rent a phone for a concert that might vanish."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But the ad says full payment at the venue. If the show doesn't happen, you're not at the venue."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You already paid the twenty-five percent down. That's lost."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Unless they refund. We keep going in circles."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Because the post doesn't say! That's the entire problem."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine, for unconfirmed events, don't send money. But for The Weeknd, it's a done deal."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I still wouldn't rent a phone from a random X account."},{"host":"Chris","text":"What if a friend rented it for you and brought it?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Then it's not random, it's my friend's problem."},{"host":"Chris","text":"There's the angle. For the right price, I'd do it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'd just bring a friend with an Ultra and make them film."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So you'd outsource the labor, not the device."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Exactly. Why rent the phone when I can rent the friend?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's friendship."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Real trend though — concert footage is now social currency."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And the phone is the ticket to that. I just wouldn't hand mine to a stranger."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Or their phone to you. Either way, the show's the thing."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Go watch it."}]}