Pocketnow Weekly Podcast

It's just like the first episode all over again. We have on the people who started this podcast and all of the amazing discussion around it. Our Editor-in-Chief, Anton D. Nagy, Pocketnow founder Brandon Miniman and, of course, newly-turned Mr. Mobile, Michael Fisher.

We're all a little older, a few more wrinkles, a little less hair (except for Michael's luscious locks), but we're all still producing and talking about tech. The faces have changed, the players have moved around, but we're all still reporting the story.

Covering this week's top news pieces, and taking a look back, join us for the five year anniversary of this podcast, so make sure your phaser banks are charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 1:15pm Eastern on July 6th, or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

July 6, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Anton D. Nagy

Brandon Miniman (XDA-Developers)

Michael Fisher (Mr. Mobile)

HelloFresh is on a mission to save home cooking (because it’s too good to go away). It not only takes groceries farm-to-box, but gets you from couch-to-kitchen with recipes you can easily follow, handle and tackle no matter if you’re a kitchen novice or a seasoned expert — most of them in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients come from the freshest sources and are measured to the exact quantities needed so there’s no food waste. Plus, HelloFresh employs two full-time registered dieticians on staff who review each recipe to ensure it is nutritionally balanced.

Customers can order 3 to 5 different meals per week designed for 2 or 4 people for under $10 a plate — but Pocketnow Weekly listeners can get $30 off their first week of deliveries by visiting hellofresh.com and entering the code “POCKETNOW30” when they subscribe!

Thanks to HelloFresh for sponsoring this episode of the #PNWeekly!

7:25 | OnePlus 5 flipped turned upside down

16:49 | Touch ID out, 3D facial scanning in for the iPhone 8

24:19 | If Bixby can't even speak right, how can it have a speaker?

35:57 | Intermingling fates between Samsung, Apple and LG

45:34 | Nokia and Zeiss, together again?

47:40 | Jolla's Sailfish OS sails onto the Sony Xperia X

49:19 | Rear screen phones and the Meizu PRO 7

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• The podcast before the podcast — the Pocketnow Pocketcast! (ft. Evan Blass)
• The first ever episode of The Pocketnow Weekly, episode 001
• Jules's favorite episode, episode 065 (ft. Taylor Martin, Stephen Schenck)
• We get recognized by Stitcher as Best Technology Podcast, episode 082
• Our first video podcast, episode 101 (ft. MKBHD)
• Juan Carlos Bagnell's first episode, episode 184
• Michael's last episode, episode 189

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It was OnePlus 5 launch week and you’ve probably seen a few too many videos on the darn thing before it even launched.

That was our lede last week. It still feels like OnePlus 5 launch week. So many comparisons and so much coverage and the litany doesn't stop, as you'll see in our news. Yes, there can be too much of a... bad thing?

We'll also talk about that phone which shall no longer be named with The Technology Nerd Who Likes to Film Stuff, Erica Griffin! She's also going to share her take on the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, a phone that can capture up to 960 frames per second and play back 4K like it means it.

Make sure you're charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 4:00pm Eastern on June 28th (coming soon), or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

June 28, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Erica Griffin (YouTube)

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The news delivered in just a few minutes.

• The OnePlus 5's display is upside down and that has some side effects
• LG Q6 could actually be a mini G6
• Xfinity Mobile launches LG X charge
• Comcast and Charter interrupt T-Mobile's merger talks with Sprint
• Jay-Z's TIDAL is slayin' (in several ways) with "4:44" and Sprint
• Lenovo may rescue Project Fi from being too expensive
• AT&T does home and business internet via cell towers now
• T-Mobile helps to preserve PBS in the rural plains and ridges
• LG G4 bootloop issues get proper warranty support in Canada

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It was OnePlus 5 launch week and you've probably seen a few too many videos on the darn thing before it even launched. Like it or not, we've all added to the hype train of this phone from a company that seems to have slammed its way to an inner cranny of our hearts in the critical circles of mobile technology.

Let's try and weigh ourselves down a bit, shall we? We have Marton Barcza, the man behind TechAltar and some well-informed rants and explainers, on this week right after a chock full of iPhone news of all sorts, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 3:15pm Eastern on June 22nd (coming soon), or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

June 22, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Marton Barcza (TechAltar)

(4:21)

The news delivered in just a few minutes and a good dose of discussion.

• 2,000 pixels per inch on a next-gen Gear VR?
• Nokia eats up Withings brand
• Razer sets up shop with Three HK
• The Note 8 expected out in late August
• Verizon deal for RV trippers cut down
• Virgin Mobile sires a new iPhone-only strategy
• Memory chips now on a backlog because of iPhone 8
• Touch ID on the iPhone 8's getting weird

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On top: Marton Barcza, TechAltar Bottom, from left: Tiffany Harden, Dennis Blake, Alan Robinson, Daniel Constant, Christopher Chin, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei

• We were at the OnePlus 5 New York pop-up event in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan
• Some of the recent controversies surrounding the OnePlus 5
• Pocketnow OnePlus 5 coverage: video review | Real Audio Review | Real Camera Review | Top 5 features | vs Galaxy S8+ | vs OnePlus 3T
• TechAltar's OnePlus 5 rant | Enthusiast brands rant

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We spend the bulk of the show talking to the man that transferred the first photo through a phone into the internet... back in 1997. He then went on with his business partner and wife to make the first commercially viable Camera-Phone in Japan before later doing the same in the United States.

Our conversation is with Philippe Kahn and that's right after the top news stories of the week, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 8:50pm Eastern on June 16th (coming soon), or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

June 16, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Philippe Kahn

HelloFresh is on a mission to save home cooking (because it’s too good to go away). It not only takes groceries farm-to-box, but gets you from couch-to-kitchen with recipes you can easily follow, handle and tackle no matter if you’re a kitchen novice or a seasoned expert — most of them in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients come from the freshest sources and are measured to the exact quantities needed so there’s no food waste. Plus, HelloFresh employs two full-time registered dieticians on staff who review each recipe to ensure it is nutritionally balanced.

Customers can order 3 to 5 different meals per week designed for 2 or 4 people for under $10 a plate — but Pocketnow Weekly listeners can get $30 off their first week of deliveries by visiting hellofresh.com and entering the code “POCKETNOW30” when they subscribe!

Thanks to HelloFresh for sponsoring this episode of the #PNWeekly!

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The news delivered in just a few minutes.

• Meizu PRO 7 may have a second, rear screen
• The refurbished Note 7 FE has a launch timeline...
• The HTC U11 beats its poor sales rap
• A tell on Google Pixel sales
• Google wants to eat Apple's chips for lunch
• A stable screen for the BlackBerry KEYone is coming
• Verizon drops CDMA for a flip phone

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• It's been 20 years and a week since the first-ever image internet-distributed image came through a phone.
• From there, Philippe Kahn and his tech entrepreneur wife Sonia Lee co-piloted the commercialization of an integrated product first in Japan with J-Phone, then with Sprint in the US.
• The two now run Fullpower, which focuses on sleep tracking data-gathering.

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The Worldwide Developers Conference left us with plenty to work with in both the software and hardware departments, including Apple's first smart speaker entry that looks... well, it's uhhh.... interesting. We cover that and a controversy that pitted HTC fans with content creators and observers all alike with our guest, Nick Gray.

Make sure you're charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 3:10pm Eastern on June 8th, or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

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June 8, 2017

Jules Wang

Adam Doud

Nicholas Gray (HTCSource)

(3:38)

The news from WWDC delivered in just a few minutes and some in-depth discussion.

• The HomePod is here
• Two sizes of iPad Pro get updated
• MacBooks and iMacs, Macs galore
• A Woody watchface on watchOS 4
• macOS goes up into the High Sierra
• iOS 11 popping up with better storage and tablet features
• Metal and ARKit go killer on alternate realities (the good ones)

(30:10)

• Our video review and HTCSource's review
• The kerfuffle involving HTC Elevate influencers

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LG seems to have plenty on its back burners at the moment. One uncovered initial design for the V30 seems to have been very ideal, but would be prone to being overpromised and undercooked. The G6 gets Sidekicks to party with in Korea (and potentially the world) while the news isn't so great at Samsung, we hear.

Most importantly, we've stopped Chris Davies from driving another review car for SlashGear just long enough for him to talk with us about why Andy Rubin made his Danger-ous decision to make another Android phone and call it... Essential. Trust us, it's gonna be more than about just one phone. 

It's a podcast Playground this week, so make sure you're charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 3:10pm Eastern on June 1st, or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

June 1, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Chris Davies (SlashGear)

HelloFresh is on a mission to save home cooking (because it's too good to go away). It not only takes groceries farm-to-box, but gets you from couch-to-kitchen with recipes you can easily follow, handle and tackle no matter if you're a kitchen novice or a seasoned expert — most of them in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients come from the freshest sources and are measured to the exact quantities needed so there's no food waste. Plus, HelloFresh employs two full-time registered dieticians on staff who review each recipe to ensure it is nutritionally balanced.

Customers can order 3 to 5 different meals per week designed for 2 or 4 people for under $10 a plate — but Pocketnow Weekly listeners can get $30 off their first week of deliveries by visiting hellofresh.com and entering the code "POCKETNOW30" when they subscribe!

Thanks to HelloFresh for sponsoring this episode of the #PNWeekly!

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The news delivered in just a few minutes and a lotta bit of discussion.

• Motorola plays out the Moto Z2 Play
• Nubia Z17 nails 8GB of RAM
• BlackBerry (and TCL) breaks records with KEYone
• LG G6 Pro/Plus/Pahhhhh
• A vision of Project Joan, or the LG V30
• Samsung's Bixby assistant still needs ESL classes....

(35:44)

• From Essential Products, the Essential PH-1 is a $699 modular device running Android...
• But the Essential Home is said to take on any assistant you throw at it
• Things start rolling out this month and will work on all major US networks
• EXTRA: Will Spigen destroy Essential's brand?

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This week had a load of convertibles thrown upon us — and we're not talking about Corvettes. We intersect Surface Pro and MateBook with Chinese companies winning and flailing and playing some sleight of hand, plus a quick hot take or two on how Android O will save Google from the big "F-word," all on this week's show.

Our own Adam Z. Lein joins us for this tailspin, so make sure you're charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 11:15pm Eastern on May 25th, or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

May 25, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Adam Z. Lein

(3:51)

The news delivered in just a few minutes and a lotta bit of discussion.

• LeEco downsizes in the US after grandiose run
• iPhone SE ranked high in customer satisfaction
• Galaxy S8's BOGO deal is lasting longer than the LG G6's BOGO deal
• Huawei does laptops

(36:23)

• Check out our Samsung Galaxy Book review
• Microsoft Surface Pro refreshed
• Huawei follows up with MateBook E
• Questionably-funded Chuwi SurBook leaves us wondering
• Not convertible, but it's a huge 'ol Wacom Windows tablet!

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Fragmentation's been causing a lot of trouble in Android land. Will the next version fix things up with Project Treble's way of letting vendors implement code without hand-holding Android code?

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This is a special podcast folks. It's our pleasure to introduce you to a new team member here at Pocketnow. Joel "the new guy" will be joining us to chat about the HTC U11! Also, what's the deal with Nintendo? Will we get a killer Zelda game for our phones?

Plus we'll cover the top stories from Pocketnow.com!

Watch the video recorded from 9:45pm Pacific on May 17th, or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

May 17, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Joel Heslop

The news delivered in just a few minutes and a lotta bit of discussion.

• Let's look through the Google Lens!
• Galaxy Note 8 with dual cameras?
• Is the iPad mini dead?
• Verizon kills LG LTE Watch before launch.
• Nintendo to bring Zelda to our phones?

Say hello to a new contributor on Pocketnow! Joel drops by to chat about our first impressions with the HTC U11.

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We've got a lot to talk about this week. Google's Fuchsia stirred up quite a few Android fans. Will this be the Google's next operating system? We also got a sneak peek at the next OnePlus. We had to bring on a guest to discuss these stories, so Enobong Etteh from BooredAtWork drops by to chat.

Plus we'll cover the top stories from Pocketnow.com!

Watch the video recorded from 2:15pm Pacific on May 11th, or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

May 11, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Enobong Etteh (Booredatwork)

The news delivered in just a few minutes and a lotta bit of discussion.

• TCL partners with T-Mobile for a trio of phones.
• Xiaomi expands into North America, but south of the USA.
• Microsoft explains the lack of USB-C on Surface Laptop.
• McAfee thinks your Galaxy phone needs anti-virus.
• Sailor Moon phone comes with selfie wand!

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We cover a little news and talk about big impacts this week: Apple may not have an iPhone 8 ready in time for this fall while Microsoft tries to compete against the Chromebook and the Macbook at the same time. Also, Apple sheeple are rightly pissed and so is a certain prescriptivist language masseuse of ours.

Beyond that, we have our old news editor, now PhoneArena's Stephen Schenck on to trade notes, feelings and hopes for TCL, BlackBerry, the KEYone and you. Do you even want a smartphone keyboard these days We discuss all that and a little bit more, so make sure you're charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the video recorded from 3:15pm Eastern on May 4th, or check out the high-quality audio version right here. You can shoot your listener emails to podcast@pocketnow.com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week!

May 4, 2017

Juan Carlos Bagnell

Jules Wang

Stephen Schenck (PhoneArena)

(6:05)

The news delivered in just a few minutes and a lotta bit of discussion.

• The iPhone 8 may have to wait until next year
• Qualcomm wants to ban Apple from selling the iPhone in the US
• Is your Galaxy S8 bleeding red? It may not get fixed
• Microsoft launches Windows 10 S with its Surface Laptop
• Apple fans are "sheeple"

(49:55)

• Check out Pocketnow's KEYone content: Review | Real Camera Review | Real Audio Review
• And here's PhoneArena's video and text review!

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