Allison interviews JW Huang from Torres about their varied line of products, including their MagSafe iPhone cases with a built-in ring, their Coolify neck air conditioner for staying cool on the go, and their 10,000 mAh Powerbank with a built-in, retractable USB power cable.
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Transcript of Interview:
Allison: For a long time I’ve been using a ring on the back of my phone to hold on to it to make it more grippy when I’m walking and I want to fool around with my phone. But I’ve always been intrigued by cases that have a built-in ring for doing that. So I’ve stopped by the Taurus booth and I’m talking to Jason Huang of Taurus.
JW Huang: Hi, nice to meet you guys. I’m a designer of Taurus. I’m going to show you guys the phone case.
Allison: We’re going to be doing audio podcast as well as video so describe it as much as you can.
JW Huang: Yeah, sure.
Allison: Great.
JW Huang: So first of all, I’m going to show you the one I’m using. So you can see the first thing you can see the air bubble here. So it’s a very good protection for a phone but in a very light way. And then we have a really good grip on the side. And then in the middle we have a ring here. You can see it from the outside but when you open it, actually it’s a well engineering, very precise structure here.
Allison: So what’s nice about having a ring on the back of your phone for people don’t understand the problem to be solved is one is dropping it but also to have a way to prop it up to hold it.
JW Huang: I can just hold it like this one. So I can just walk in and I can have a secure grip.
Allison: But you can also use it to prop it up because it’s one of the thing I was looking for was I like to turn it 90 degrees to stand it and then I like it the other way. So this rotates as well.
JW Huang: Yeah, you can rotate and stand up to almost 90 degree.
Allison: That’s nicer than what I’ve got. I’m telling you.
JW Huang: So if you want to take a selfie and then we can very easily to do it like this one.
Allison: Yeah, very good.
JW Huang: And then you can do it like a landscape way. So you can stand and show it this way. So it’s very stable.
Allison: You see, and so this is this is a pretty thin and light case. But like you say, it’s got the bubbles on the corner for protection, which I need because I do drop my phone. And what do you do for the Oh, you’ve got a camera control. Cutaway for camera control. I think actually the cutaway might work better than some of the other methods. So I think that’s great.
JW Huang: This is really another button here. This is not really an open hole.
Allison: It isn’t an open hole. Okay, so what’s that what’s that made out of for for where the camera control button is?
JW Huang: Yeah, it’s actually a camera control here.
Allison: Okay. What is the button itself made out of?
JW Huang: As a multi material, we have a silicon at the back, so it won’t scratch your original button and then a metal ring to reinforce the structure and we have a glass here for the best.
Allison: There we go. There we go. We are talking to the designer so that I knew he would know the answer to that question. Those are beautiful. How much are the tourist cases?
JW Huang: We have a wide range. So we have like $20 to $60. It’s the man on the material and the structure and the design of the cases.
Allison: Okay, so where would people go to find these cases?
JW Huang: You can find us on Amazon and then also on our official website, the tourist.com.
Allison: It’s T O R R A S. So I’m really I really like these and I think that this might be something that I’m going to I’m going to switch to I have a feeling because I’ve been I’ve been looking at that. Oh, one of the things we didn’t talk about is that with this you can actually still attach a power bank to it or other MagSafe devices, right? You could charge it and you have a you just happen to have a power bank right here. I’m sorry, battery.
JW Huang: Battery, power bank.
Allison: Yeah, this is very thin. It’s 5000 mAh. So and then we can still be attached on this one. So we have an ecosystem to work with the best. What’s the speed on that? The speed for normal wireless charging is like 7.5 watt.
JW Huang: Okay, so it’s not Qi 2, but it’s Yeah, it’s not Qi 2. We have a Qi 2 actually.
Allison: Oh, well, he’s gonna go get another one.
JW Huang: Yeah, it’s a bit thicker, but it’s got a 10,000 mAh. Yeah, 10,000 mAh.
Allison: Very good. Those are nice products.
JW Huang: Oh, you can just put it on this lady neck.
Allison: Okay, they’re doing something to me here. They have just put something around my neck. What is it? What is this? Oh, I’m getting cool underneath my hair there. Oh, that feels good. So what is this? I’ve got I’ve got something on my around my neck.
JW Huang: It’s a Coolify. We call it Coolify. So means that air conditioning on our neck. So in winter, we can give you some warmth. But in summer, we can give you some cool conditioning here.
Allison: Oh, you do both. Both heating and air conditioning. But you know it’s gonna be hot here today, right?
JW Huang: Yeah, it’s hot.
Allison: There’s all kinds of cool lights on this.
JW Huang: Yeah. So if you go out, it’s a bit cold, you can make it warm again.
Allison: Yeah, so very nice. Yeah, the back of my neck gets really hot because I have long hair. So it’s like we’re it’s like wearing a scarf all the time.
JW Huang: Yeah. So it’s not designed to you know, to defend your hair, you know, to stuck into the hole. Yeah, so we have some detail for you for ladies.
Allison: Actually, that’s really important because when I was a little girl, I got my hair caught in a fan. So I don’t want to do that. So what is this product called again?
JW Huang: Coolify.
Allison: All right. And how much is this?
JW Huang: Oh, you also got a wide range of this. We got three, seven different prices. Yeah, but I don’t really remember. Sorry about that.
Allison: Okay. Can we can we find that also at Torras.com?
JW Huang: Yeah, on Amazon and also on Torras. Yeah.
Allison: All right. Is there anything else you need to show me here?
JW Huang: Yeah, one more thing.
Allison: Yeah, let’s let’s take this off.
JW Huang: Let me help you.
Allison: Because it’s actually kind of loud. Here, let’s put the mic near it.
JW Huang: Is that okay?
Allison: Yeah, that’s good. Oh, I feel good now. That was great. I’m all I’m like all refreshed
JW Huang: Yeah, and then one more product is this power bank. So I always forget to bring my it’s okay. Bring my cable when I go travel. So this is how we work on it.
Allison: So he’s got a power bank. That’s a how big is this power bank?
JW Huang: Also 10,000. Yeah.
Allison: And he just pulled a flat cable USB C cable out of it.
JW Huang: Yeah, cable. Yeah. So I can just simply just plug it into my under my phone. And then I can sorry. And the plug here. And then I just put it in my pocket. So I can walk in and use my phone without heavy.
Allison: You boys in your pockets. All you all the boys keep talking about their pockets.
JW Huang: You can put on your pouch.
Allison: There you go.
JW Huang: We could you don’t need to hold it. It’s heavy. Actually, the battery. Yeah, yeah.
Allison: That’s actually a really nice design. I like that. That and it seems to be going in and out quite repeatedly.
JW Huang: Yeah, it’s not getting tangled or anything. We have some taxes where to make sure you can use this like five days a time without any damage.
Allison: How many times 5000? Holy cow. You know, I’ve got an iron I bought that has retractable cable and it worked once.
JW Huang: Oh, okay.
Allison: The second time I tried to use it, it got stuck like a foot short or six inches short. Is it possible for Torras because we had to test it so it’s go back easily, smoothly. Jason is pulling this in and out and in and out. He just he loves this design.
JW Huang: Yeah, yeah. We love those design because we want to really change people’s lives. You know, with some detail, some differentiation from the market. You can find this on the market. This is one original design from Torras.
Allison: Good. I like that you’re proud of the work you’re doing here because it’s clear a lot of thought has gone into making this be what it needs to be for the market. Thank you very much. Jason, this is great. So torras.com t-o-r-r-a-s.com and also on Amazon.
JW Huang: Yeah, thank you so much.