Tune in for episode 139 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guests Finbarr Moynihan (MediaTek) and TK Bay (XDA Developers) -- brought to you by Audible. In today's episode we discuss MediaTek's new flagship 5G SoC -- called Dimensity 1000 -- and how it's shaping the future of affordable, powerful (sub-6GHz) 5G smartphones. We also cover Honor's impressive new V30 Pro and V30 flagships, and Huawei's excellent FreeBuds 3 noise-cancelling true wireless earbuds. Finally, we share our long-term thoughts on Google's Pixelbook Go, and Nubia's Z20... Exciting stuff!

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Finbarr Moynihan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finbarr-moynihan-b653b51/

TK Bay: https://twitter.com/tkdsl8655

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 5G SoC: https://www.xda-developers.com/mediatek-dimensity-1000-7nm-soc-integrated-5g/

MediaTek/Intel 5G partnership: https://www.xda-developers.com/mediatek-making-5g-modems-pcs-partnership-intel/

Honor V30/V30 Pro: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/11/26/20983441/honor-v30-view-30-pro-announced-specs-price

Huawei FreeBuds 3: https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/06/huawei-freebuds-3-noise-canceling-airpods-hands-on/

My Huawei FreeBuds 3 unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ING2xrPHBIU

TK's Pixelbook Go review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjztNb0jnRo

My Pixelbook Go unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_u-CaJBzY

My Nubia Z20 unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O5ktgKAscQ

TK's NVIDIA Shield TV unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMFC_EC2G7c

My uleFoneArmor6E story: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/18/rugged-oddball-the-ulefone-armor-6e-was-the-perfect-phone-for-burning-man/

My uleFoneArmor6E unboxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6gC052wMps