Pocketnow Weekly Podcast

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What's Pocketnow Weekly Podcast about?

Mobile-tech talk and lame jokes from the informative yet unrefined team at Pocketnow. Covering smartphones, tablets, wearables and other gadgets you dreamed of owning when you were young. Stitcher Award winner: Best Technology Podcast, 2013

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Sony Xperia 1 IV or Pixel 7...

05.14.2022

Google I/O has come and gone, but there were so many great announcements made that JV and Nick Gray have to make a chunky episode talking about everything that they were excited about. Google wasn't the only one that had ...

Pocketnow Weekly Podcast episodes:

03.02.2021 The Oppo Find X3 Pro (teaser) looks crazy! (Nick Gray, Phandroid) The week starts off with rampant speculation after both OnePlus and Oppo release teasers for specific features of their upcoming devices -- in the case of Oppo, the leaked teaser basically spills all the beans. Nick Grey and JV talk ...
02.26.2021 JV sees a future with Alexa (literally) and Jaime can't wait for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 (Jaime Rivera) Jaime is back on the show! With all precautions taken, Jaime visits JV and they catch up via the second half of this week's podcast. Topics include new Amazon products, some thoughts on the state of VR, and looking forward ...
02.23.2021 The Huawei Mate X2 appears! (Nick Grey, Phandroid) We're shifting the podcast to a dual weekly format -- originally, the show was two big topics with a break in-between, so it felt right to just split that up so that you can kick it with us twice a ...
02.19.2021 Should we even have MWC 2021? (TK Bay) TK Bay comes back to the show to talk about MWC 2021 trying to move forward with their large event WITH people, before talking about Nothing and the Android 12 developer preview that was just released. Follow our guests! TK ...
02.15.2021 Leaks of the OnePlus 9 Pro and Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra (Nick Gray, Phandroid) Nick comes to the show with Xiaomi Mi 11 in hand to talk about the latest device rocking the Snapdragon 888. But the Mi 11 is apparently not alone because leaks of the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra have surfaced -- ...
02.08.2021 What's going to happen to Google Stadia? (David Imel) David Imel returns to the show, and he explains why it is significant that he's appearing on our tech show during a transitional period in his life and career! Best friends JV and David pick right up from there, looking ...
02.01.2021 What exactly is Nothing? And making sense of STONKS (Nick Gray, Phandroid) Nick Gray of Phandroid brings his prior education in the financial sphere to the show, trying to explain to JV all of the craziness regarding the stock market and the Gamestop fiasco. From there, they got Nothing. Literally, Nothing -- ...
01.26.2021 Is LG really shutting smartphones down? (TK Bay) TK returns to talk with JV regarding the rumors regarding LG's potential exit from the smartphone business. The two reminisce about past LG device experiences and try to speculate a future for, at the very least, LG's flagship lines. Before ...
01.18.2021 First thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra! (with David Imel, Android Authority) The Samsung Galaxy S21 line has arrived and JV brings on David Imel to talk about his review unit (Josh didn't get his yet at the time of this recording) -- but before all that, the two talk digital CES ...
01.11.2021 CES 2021 Day 1 Reactions! (with Nick Gray, Phandroid) CES 2021 is here, but we are not there. That's right, the tech trade show that starts every calendar year has gone virtual and everyone -- including JV and Nick Gray -- are sitting at home enjoying the fact that ...
01.08.2021 How does social media tackle misinformation? Plus, missing CES 2021 and the OnePlus Nord N10 (with TK Bay) Friends, it has been one hell of a week. It's almost cliche to say that after the way 2020 went, but hardly anyone expected an insurrection to actually occur at the Capitol. What follows is part of our conversation today, ...
12.31.2020 A final look back at 2020 (David Imel, Android Authority) David Imel from Android Authority returns for a NYE hangout -- one that JV is happy to have for an extended period in this longer-than-usual episode! After geeking out a little bit about our current gaming habits, JV invites David ...
12.21.2020 Looking back at 2020 and covering our eyes on Cyberpunk 2077 (with Nick Gray, Phandroid) Nick Gray of Phandroid brings his video idea of talking favorite 2020 smartphones to the podcast, as JV laments over the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 -- don't get us wrong, the game is amazing on PC, but the ongoing controversy ...
12.14.2020 Why get the Airpods Max? (with TK Bay) TK Bay takes a moment outside the world of Cyberpunk 2077 to talk with JV about the Airpods Max (any why he actually bought them!) After that, the two talk about their favorite tech of 2020! Follow our guests! TK ...
12.08.2020 Snapdragon 888 or Triple-8? (with David Imel, Android Authority) David Imel from Android Authority returns shortly after the announcement of the Qualcomm processor, the Snapdragon 888. Will he be making all of his videos on the new phones in 2021 rocking this new processor with the new M1 MacBooks, ...
11.30.2020 The M1 Macbooks are SHOCKING (with Jaime Rivera) Jaime jumps on to talk about one of his most exciting products of the year -- after convincing JV to buy one. We're talking, of course, about the new Macbooks with the Apple M1 processor! These surprisingly great little laptops ...
11.23.2020 Playstation 5 or Xbox Series X? (with Booredatwork) Thunder E from Booredatwork returns to the show to talk gaming in a conversation that is longer that would fit in a Twitter Fleet. What system do you rep -- Xbox or Playstation? That's always how the conversation turns out ...
11.16.2020 Why, Google Photos, why?! (with Nick Gray, Phandroid) Nick Gray of Phandroid returns to give us some updates from yet another month of quarantine, before getting heated about the Google Photos announcement that got some pretty negative reactions from many people. Then he and JV talk about the ...
11.09.2020 Jaime is hyped for the iPhone 12 Pro Max... and close to killing Spotify Jaime Rivera is back! JV and Jaime chill out together and catch up over drinks in this in-person episode recorded in Josh's office. Jaime fills everyone in on what he's been up to (and going through) since we last had ...
11.02.2020 JV is not feeling the Huawei Mate 40 Pro... (with TK Bay) TK Bay visits JV in his office to record the first face-to-face podcast we've recorded in months! The two let the tangents fly but parts of the conversation include Josh's unboxing of the League of Legends Oppo Find X2, Apple ...
10.27.2020 Why does TK Bay hate the iPhone 12 Pro? (with TK Bay) JV grills TK Bay on why he didn't get on the wave of preorders for the iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 Pro -- obviously they're joking around -- and talk through why the Mini and the Pro Max might be ...
10.22.2020 433 Post-Show: The LG Wing is a ton of fun (with Nick Gray, Phandroid) The post-show hang out with JV and Nick Gray brings our third topic: The LG Wing! This swerving dual-screen phone is one of the most interesting phones of the year, and both gentlemen have the device in hand with plenty ...
10.19.2020 Which iPhone 12 did we order? (with Nick Gray, Phandroid) Phandroid's Nick Grey helps JV slowly regain consciousness after pulling an all-nighter to order his new iPhone at 5am PDT. As excited as they are for the new iPhones, the Pixel 5 and OnePlus 8T that are actually in their ...
10.13.2020 432 Post Apple Event Q&A: iPhone 12 has arrived! And now our hosts JV and TK Bay get together right after the Apple Event to talk about all of the announcements: Homepod, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max! That's a lot ...
10.12.2020 That's a lot of iPhone 12 devices... (with TK Bay) JV and TK Bay talk about their love affair with the Sony Xperia devices, how VR in Star Wars Squadrons has blown their minds, and then unpack the full leaked specs and versions of the iPhone 12. There will be ...
10.07.2020 431 Post-Show Q&A: Galaxy Z Fold 2 or Note 20 Ultra? Why does JV love the Apple Watch SE? (with Nick Gray, Phandroid) JV and Nick Gray hang out after recording the main episode to hang out and answer questions on Instagram Live! Here is the audio from the live, which included questions regarding the Galaxy Z Fold 2, the Pixel 5, and ...
10.05.2020 The Pixel 5 is finally coming -- but it's not alone! (with Nick Gray, Phandroid) Nick Gray, editor in check of Phandroid, comes back to discuss Google's announcements that include two Pixels and a brand new Chromecast that comes with a remote. However, the first half of the show deals with a couple of other ...
09.29.2020 Is the Amazon Ring Home going too far? (with David Imel, Android Authority Amazon's flurry of announcements included their own gaming service and a drone that can literally fly around your house and map it -- JV talks with David Imel about how interesting it is that a company can be simultaneously interesting ...
09.22.2020 Talking Apple's announcements with Phandroid (with Nick Gray) We get the irony of having the editor-in-chief of Phandroid on to talk about Apple's latest announcements (which did not include the iPhone 12, of course) but Nick Gray had plenty to say about the new iPad Air and the ...
09.15.2020 Social media as news? And Surface Duo thoughts! (with TK Bay) TK Bay brings his Surface duo to the show to talk about foldables -- well, technically Microsoft's return to the smartphone space is more like a dual screen device, but we talk about it alongside other pieces of news like ...
09.07.2020 IFA 2020, we hardly knew ye... (with Nick Gray of Phandroid) IFA has come and gone without many of us there to enjoy the fun in Berlin -- but Nick Gray shares Phandroid's Best of IFA 2020 awards in the first half of this week's episode. After that, we give some ...
08.31.2020 The OnePlus "Clover"? (with TK Bay) OnePlus is apparently about to bring an affordable phone to the States, but it's far from the Nord we might have expected. Also, JV challenges TK Bay to convince him that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 is anything ...
08.25.2020 Taking some time off the grid (with Nick Gray of Phandroid) Nick Gray returns to the show all rested up after taking a few days to get away from all of the craziness in tech these past few weeks. JV talks with him about the importance of taking some time off ...
08.20.2020 Apple and Epic Games, FIGHT! (with David Imel of Android Authority) In an episode recorded late last week, JV and David Imel react to the actions by both Epic Games and Apple in a war that has only increased over the last couple days. Aside from that, Microsoft announced sales of ...
08.11.2020 Unpacking everything Samsung! (with TK Bay) TK brings his Galaxy Watch 3 to the show after JV discovered he already had it during a socially distant hangout. The two get together to talk about everything Samsung announced at Unpacked, but only after giving some quick reactions ...
08.04.2020 (Anti)Trust issues and the OnePlus Nord (with Nick Gray of Phandroid) Nick Gray, EIC of Phandroid, returns to the show to talk about the all-digital move by CES, the grilling by Congress on the CEOs of four major tech companies, and reactions around the OnePlus Nord. Become part of the conversation ...
07.23.2020 Unpacking Samsung's New Computing (with Hassan Anjum of Samsung!) In this special episode of the Pocketnow Weekly, JV and Jaime Rivera have the honor of interviewing Hassan Anjum, the Director of Product Marketing in Samsung's New Computing division! You all might know him as one of the personalities that ...
07.20.2020 Did the Vivo X50 Pro put smartphone cameras on notice? (with Jaime Rivera) With the Vivo X50 Pro showing us what a super-powered OIS looks like (they call it a gimbal camera, but we think it's a little much), Jaime returns to the show to talk about the state of smartphone cameras and ...
07.14.2020 Sony Xperia 1 ii or OnePlus Nord? (with David Imel of Android Authority) Old friend of the show David Imel returns to the show and catches up with JV over news of new cameras, his Xperia 1 ii review, and reactions to the OnePlus Nord documentary New Beginnings. JV and David are long ...
07.06.2020 The OnePlus NordVPN (with TK Bay) TK Bay returns to this episode of the podcast that was not broadcast to Instagram Live -- we are looking at Facebook Live as the new live platform while posting the final episodes to Facebook and IGTV after the fact. ...
06.29.2020 WWDC got Jaime HYPED! (with Jaime Rivera) JV couldn't pass up a request from Jaime Rivera himself to get on the podcast and talk about everything Apple announced at WWDC. Buckle up, friends, because iOS has widgets and ARM processors are officially on the way! Become part ...
06.23.2020 HTC has a new phone! (with Phandroid) HTC finally comes back to the smartphone game! But many of us won't get to enjoy it. Nick Gray, our resident HTC expert and editor of Phandroid, comes back to the show to talk about what could have been and ...
06.12.2020 The PS5 and Android 11 have arrived! (with Jaime Rivera) Jaime is back on the show and gives his thoughts on Android 11 -- namely, how it's finally addressing his grievances regarding Android notifications! After that, JV gets on the hype train for the PS5, even if it looks like ...
06.08.2020 A Conversation about Black Lives Matter (with Booredatwork) This episode is a conversation that has to happen everywhere -- with friends, family, and even within our tech community. JV is joined by Thunder E of Booredatwork to listen and share perspective on the current social climate that has ...
05.29.2020 Is the Sony Xperia 1 ii matching its price? (with TK Bay) The Sony Xperia 1 ii (pronounced "mark 2") is showing how much Sony is trying to make a smartphone into a pro-level enthusiast camera rig, and TK Bay joins JV to basically talk about why he loves it so much. ...
05.25.2020 Thoughts on IFA 2020 still happening with David Imel (Android Authority) JV and David Imel haven't caught up in some time, so they were due for a conversation that goes in multiple directions on the Pocketnow Weekly! There is a bit of structure to the discussion after the check-in, including talk ...
05.16.2020 Poco F2 Pro and TCL 10 Pro -- midrange flagship killers? (with Nick Gray of Phandroid) The Poco F2 Pro gets announced globally, adding fuel to the fire of mid-tier priced but powerful smartphones. Back in the US, the TCL 10 Pro is on it's way and some reviews are already out, so we give our ...
05.12.2020 Is Microsoft underrated as an audio brand? (with Booredatwork) Microsoft took the covers off the latest slew of products in an announcement earlier this week, revealing not only the new Surface Book 3, but an affordable Surface Go 2 and two wireless audio products! Thunder E of Booredatwork brings ...
05.01.2020 My iPhone SE broke... so did Instagram (with TheUnlockr) We get TheUnlockr on the podcast to talk about the iPhone SE, the Moto Edge+, and a new video creation toy that he's super excited to start using! Unfortunately, Instagram Live was failing us during the call so you'll hear ...
04.27.2020 Does the iPhone SE (2020) change everything? (with TK Bay) The iPhone SE is finally in our hands -- well, in JV's hands, anyway, because guest TK Bay was still waiting for his to arrive -- and it's time to react to this throwback of a phone that is surprisingly ...

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