Friday, September 23, 2016

iPhone build costs, say hello to Allo, and a Comcast MVNO? | Pocketnow Weekly 219

Update: Video coming soon!

How much does it REALLY cost to build an iPhone? Can any software truly be intuitive? Why is Comcast getting into the carrier game? We say hello to Google’s Allo messenger, and we have a BUNCH of smartphone announcements to chat about from Huawei, LeEco, and Blackberry! These stories plus your questions, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!

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September 22, 2016

Juan Bagnell

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Enobong Etteh (Booredatwork)

Jules Wang

 

Can software REALLY be “intuitive”?

(00:04:35)

“The iPhone 7 camera app is not intuitive” – Change our view! (Video Debate)

News

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12:55 | Google’s Primetime Pixel TV ad!

22:41 | Hardware Hoedown: HTC Bolt, LeEco Le Pro 3, Blackberry DTEK60, Huawei Mate 9

32:47 | Google Allo is now available!

42:45 | Will Comcast and Verizon join forces for a new MVNO?

48:17 | Could HTC deliver a truly button-less phone?

53:12 | Tweeters rejoice! Media links no longer count against your 140 character limit!

 

No, the iPhone doesn’t cost $224.80 to make…

(00:57:39)

Preliminary iPhone 7 BOM is out: cheaper to make than Galaxy S7, costlier than iPhone 6s

Listener Mail

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GMailLogoListener questions this week from Abdul , Jon, and Coolharsh! 

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