Galaxy S5 Prime review, custom Moto 360, luscious new Lumias & more! | Pocketnow Weekly 103 (Hangout)

Galaxy S5 Prime. Galaxy S5 LTE-A. Galaxy S5 SUPREME. Whatever you callit, we've spent the week getting to know Samsung's most polarizingQuad-HD flagship, and we know you've got questions. So we've gotour review unit all charged up and ready for an on-air"live Galaxy S5 Prime review" of sorts, along with some compellingSamsung topics a few eager readers have already sent in, on today'sPocketnow Weekly podcast!

But there's more to life than Samsung, so we're mixing in a wholelot more mobile tech talk for your expectant eardrums. We'll coverHTC's newest financials, Lenovo's obscene production targets,Motorola's drool-worthy Moto 360 promises, and the next rumoreddevices from the land of Lumia! And as if all that weren't excitingenough, we're also kicking off our first-ever sponsorship with thisepisode, thanks to the good people at Swappa!

If that sounds like way too much to squeeze into one podcast,well, as Billy Joel says "for all I know, you may be right." Comesee how it goes, and bring your participation spirit! Join us at2pm Eastern (click here for your own local time) forPocketnow Weekly 103, and shoot questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow[DOT] com if you just can't bear to wait for the Q&A. See youthen!Pocketnow Weekly 103

Recording Date

July 3, 2014

Hosts

Michael Fisher

TaylorMartin

StephenSchenck

Podcast Rundown

Sponsor

(00:02:22)

Please join us inwelcoming the Pocketnow Weekly's first-ever sponsor, Swappa! Swappais a marketplace for buying and selling gently used, fullyfunctional mobile devices, and we're delighted to have them as apartner. Pay them a visit,and tell 'em Pocketnow sent you!

Announcements

(00:03:44)

Pocketnow's Month of Giveaways starts nextMonday!

Oppo Find7 in the house

OnePlus One guest piececoming soon

Samsung Galaxy S5 Primereview is up!

Thought Thread

(00:09:33)

Jeff writes inwith an apt question on our Samsung-centric week:

I've been doingsome phone shopping, and it seems everywhere I go the sales dudesare always pushing the Samsung devices. Do they make morecommission or something with the Samsung products? I've been toVerizon, Best Buy, Walmart, T-Mobile, and some  others and thestory from the sales peeps are always the same. According to themif you want the best camera, Samsung. If you want the best batterylife, Samsung. If you want the best display, Samsung. Marcia,Marcia, Marcia! What gives?

Pocketnow iskillin' it!

-Jeff fromRichmond Virginia

News

(00:22:14)

New Samsung Galaxy F image leaks, lending credence toearlier pics

HTC turns a quarterly profit, hits earningsestimate

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact screenshot leaks alongsidespecs

Lenovo to launch 60 smartphones this year, Motorolanot included

Hangouts integration with Google Voice nearlycomplete?

Moto 360 watches could get the custom Moto Makertreatment

NewNokia phone turns up in pics: Lumia 830? McLaren? Tesla?

Out There review

Gadgets in Hand

(01:10:40)

Thanks to the folksat 28 Mobile, we've got aGalaxy S5 LTE-A (a.k.a. "Galaxy S5 Prime") in our battered andbruised reviewers' hands, and it's ripe for your questions!Use the Q and A feature of the Hangout to submit your most burningqueries about the Prime before we send it back to HongKong!

Tough Spot

(01:24:41 )

A segment about tough choices. Onthis installment: what if you had to carry a Samsungsmartphone as your daily driver? Which would you choose, and howwould you make the most of it?

Listener Mail

(01:47:02)

E-mailed submissionsfrom JasonBeckles and Alif Prakoso

Music

It may just sound like a ringtone to you, but our transition musictrack ("Radiation") is a real song, from a real album, by a realartist: Ali Spagnola. You can download that album, along with manyothers, at Ali's website here, visither YouTube page here, and follow her on Twitter here!

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Thanks forlistening! See you next week!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Galaxy S5 Prime. Galaxy S5 LTE-A. Galaxy S5 SUPREME. Whatever you callit, we've spent the week getting to know Samsung's most polarizingQuad-HD flagship, and we know you've got questions. So we've gotour review unit all charged up and ready for an on-air"live Galaxy S5 Prime review" of sorts, along with some compellingSamsung topics a few eager readers have already sent in, on today'sPocketnow Weekly podcast!

But there's more to life than Samsung, so we're mixing in a wholelot more mobile tech talk for your expectant eardrums. We'll coverHTC's newest financials, Lenovo's obscene production targets,Motorola's drool-worthy Moto 360 promises, and the next rumoreddevices from the land of Lumia! And as if all that weren't excitingenough, we're also kicking off our first-ever sponsorship with thisepisode, thanks to the good people at Swappa!

If that sounds like way too much to squeeze into one podcast,well, as Billy Joel says "for all I know, you may be right." Comesee how it goes, and bring your participation spirit! Join us at2pm Eastern (click here for your own local time) forPocketnow Weekly 103, and shoot questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow[DOT] com if you just can't bear to wait for the Q&A. See youthen!

Pocketnow Weekly 103

 

Recording Date

July 3, 2014

 

Hosts

Michael Fisher

TaylorMartin

StephenSchenck

 

 

Podcast Rundown

 

Sponsor

(00:02:22)

Please join us inwelcoming the Pocketnow Weekly's first-ever sponsor, Swappa! Swappais a marketplace for buying and selling gently used, fullyfunctional mobile devices, and we're delighted to have them as apartner. Pay them a visit,and tell 'em Pocketnow sent you!

 

Announcements

(00:03:44)

Pocketnow's Month of Giveaways starts nextMonday!

Oppo Find7 in the house

OnePlus One guest piececoming soon

Samsung Galaxy S5 Primereview is up!

 

Thought Thread

(00:09:33)

Jeff writes inwith an apt question on our Samsung-centric week:

I've been doingsome phone shopping, and it seems everywhere I go the sales dudesare always pushing the Samsung devices. Do they make morecommission or something with the Samsung products? I've been toVerizon, Best Buy, Walmart, T-Mobile, and some  others and thestory from the sales peeps are always the same. According to themif you want the best camera, Samsung. If you want the best batterylife, Samsung. If you want the best display, Samsung. Marcia,Marcia, Marcia! What gives?

Pocketnow iskillin' it!

-Jeff fromRichmond Virginia

 

News

(00:22:14)

New Samsung Galaxy F image leaks, lending credence toearlier pics

HTC turns a quarterly profit, hits earningsestimate

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact screenshot leaks alongsidespecs

Lenovo to launch 60 smartphones this year, Motorolanot included

Hangouts integration with Google Voice nearlycomplete?

Moto 360 watches could get the custom Moto Makertreatment

NewNokia phone turns up in pics: Lumia 830? McLaren? Tesla?

Out There review

 

Gadgets in Hand

(01:10:40)

Thanks to the folksat 28 Mobile, we've got aGalaxy S5 LTE-A (a.k.a. "Galaxy S5 Prime") in our battered andbruised reviewers' hands, and it's ripe for your questions!Use the Q and A feature of the Hangout to submit your most burningqueries about the Prime before we send it back to HongKong!

 

Tough Spot

(01:24:41 )

A segment about tough choices. Onthis installment: what if you had to carry a Samsungsmartphone as your daily driver? Which would you choose, and howwould you make the most of it?

 

Listener Mail

(01:47:02)

E-mailed submissionsfrom JasonBeckles and Alif Prakoso

 

Music

It may just sound like a ringtone to you, but our transition musictrack ("Radiation") is a real song, from a real album, by a realartist: Ali Spagnola. You can download that album, along with manyothers, at Ali's website here, visither YouTube page here, and follow her on Twitter here!

•

Thanks forlistening! See you next week!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.