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greetings from Asia this week's podcast was recorded with very few issues despite hi me being in Honduras where he usually has some Wi-Fi issues and me being in Manila Philippines where the Internet can be quite spotty but we triumph over those issues to bring you a show that luckily got delayed by one very eventful day and I say that because in that one day yep we got the Google leak Google just went ahead and became leakers of their own products the much-anticipated pixel for with their version of the square or to some people the stove camera design the pixel team seems to be applying their impressive algorithmic processing to more than one camera now it's exciting all of this news comes after we discuss a few further developments on the us-china trade war and also hallways cancellation of the upcoming made book which made us all a little bit sad and then some news from e3 including the advent of game streaming by way of Google stadia support for the pocket now a weekly podcast comes 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weeks and the story just keeps building and building huawei lost the licenses with Microsoft and Intel this is actually hurting an actual device line that we all seem to really enjoy so I wanted to know what your guys thoughts would be on this just real quick I'm gonna cry where would you get in our alternative that's close to the mate book X Pro if it wasn't for the nose cam like which is one of the main reasons why we got this logitech Brio just for the podcast and everything but it was mainly because using that computer for podcasting was impossible but but other than that just give me another device that competes there is none really there isn't the market itself benefited from having that form factor in the thinness I mean when they first came out with it I was like wow they can top it off and then they came up with like the other series right we have to make poor third matrix not that just to the pro 13 then there's the forum in like 14 it goes in it we're a little bit more of experiments the pro really was where it was at and I think even with the updated one the way josh has it set up with the external GPU it's literally like a full-fledged system that you go home you render you do everything you want to do you guys mentioned competition especially in terms of Huawei and I'm actually really excited to hear from TK from the XDA side of things about the idea that while we might be creating their own app store or they already have their own app store but they're gonna go all in on it now oh yeah yeah you know there's a big difference but the way development works in Android in the way it works with iOS iOS you develop for iOS it's easier people want to work with it and Android has a big fragmentation issue we already have that just to start with just having multiple devices there they're working it don't get me wrong when when they have to focus on exactly what they want they're doing it correctly I just think it's kind of funny how we came from there was an era where people would see that label made in China and have a certain feeling about the product maybe they did they thought that the quality of the product would be subpar and whatnot but the likes of Oppo Huawei Xiaomi have actually really fought against that stereotype now there's a whole new stereotype that if you have a product that hits says made for made in China there's a whole new implication involved here but with that in mind Foxconn and Google have moved their Hardware production away from China whether both companies got both countries negotiate or not it's still gonna happen they're still gonna move they're part of their production to India they already move the 6s production to India that's already done I mean Foxconn is a Taiwanese company because at the end they realized that you know the tariffs will impact the consumer because who pays for everything at the end it all gets you know put down to the customer so my hope is that they end up you know negotiate something soon enough that they can at least work out the details so that it doesn't end up being as an entire move more of you know getting more locations for production in any case did you watch any of the news anything exciting really pop out at you from e3 I hate that we didn't get more information on the new PS 5 but that's less of a focus it seems because instead of having a very powerful console you could have maybe a laptop like this or even a low powered low-cost device that just uses your fast internet connection to stream all of the Triple A games obviously one has an internet connection which one and a lot of commenters were concerned over the fact that you are going to pay the same amount of money for a game on stadia that you would on a Nintendo switch with the difference that what happens if you're on a plane like me can you play your game can you download your game temporarily like you can on Spotify I just can't wait for the Dragon Ball game to come out I just I saw that there was enough it's like I sorry it just you know it's just me Kakarot always that DK is a TK is a simple man he sees Dragon Ball Z it's like you guys it's like pre-order please send me notifications now thank you very much from the news two episodes of black mirror stories about cybercrime are all over the place if you're concerned about your personal devices like your webcam or your voice assistant spilling your secrets hackable looks to answer those questions and more each episode found on all major podcast platforms has hackable host jeff Siskin inviting a white hat hacker to try and hack a device he's using and in season 4 you can see if these show friendly hackers can crack smartphones printers even smart kettles learn if the Internet connected essentials that power your life also leave your personal data vulnerable and then learn how to protect yourself from letting your love of devices put you at risk listen and subscribe to hackable today on all major podcast platforms including Apple and stitcher and I can't believe that I'm saying this but for the first time I don't think I remember any time that a company has actually gotten ahead of the leaks and have gone ahead and just released information about a product that we're all clamoring for by themselves that's exactly what Google exactly that's including crap they own that so well yesterday I was like whoa what's up with these guys ya know man finally I mean with with everything that when the way it went with the pixel 3xl launch event and all of the things and everything that was going around going up to that having them post that picture yesterday was like it's like come on welcome to the game this is what they need to do to get the buzz I like I don't blame them they need to get the buzz out right because their product is not necessarily it's okay fine the pixel three is wasn't great phone but it's you know it's got some great things so I I commend them for being aggressive about marketing finally my hope essentially is that did now that they're no longer a Verizon exclusive with the three a that maybe that could carry over with the three that with the four in the four Excel you just got a pixel three a Google all of a sudden gets put onto like the local news or on the airwaves or on the tweets so with this leaked of the pixel for do you end up feeling that phone Envy because it's no because Peaks been so little time since the three yes but peak people that bought the three a are not in the market for the for exactly just the way it is know exactly if you bought the three a and the three a appeal to for anything regardless obviously and camera was one thing but you wouldn't necessarily be like oh I got to spend a thousand dollars for the upgraded version it you're happy with it and you and I'm pretty sure you'll be glad to have to wait if you want to upgrade again for you know the for a the before a excel whatever the end the next iteration of that that devices it's a great device it's really priced at the right point and honestly my only limitation for that was honestly two storage options I wish we had something a little bit more but that was that all I've really seen that we know is confirmed from Google is that one suite that they put out with the back with that stove camera but there's only two cameras in there right yeah yeah I didn't see there was I didn't see a quad or a triple I saw a double so interested to see what the secondary lenses its if it's if it's because I don't they don't need the secondary lens for depth right this isn't something that they needed if anything it may be just an introduction of a new wide-angle lens which a lot of us would love to have on the device maybe I'm just arguing semantics here but it's one thing for someone who's not privy to the information to leak that information but when a company quote-unquote leaks the information isn't I call the teaser isn't that call that trailer isn't it I think it is I think it would yeah this is a definitely a three second teaser for what's to come we need the trailer yeah so as far as leaks are concerned like does it does it does it color your experience with all of these things because not that Google is actually being the company that is going to leak things ahead of everybody else aren't they sort of adding to this little phenomenon that some of us tech reviewers have where we see leaks in speculation so much that eventually we get to the launch and we're not surprised by anything anymore Google's feeding into that culture now no generally leaks if anything like you said it keeps them in them in the news it keeps them fresh and it keeps people thinking about them and it keeps us you know excited about what's to come otherwise it'll be like the you know we show up every once in a while like he says think about it yeah if your Apple if your Apple and your launch timeline is the fall and you're the galaxy the newest galaxy is going to be launched early that year leaks are gonna be very convenient for Apple and on that note thank you very much for watching the highlight reel of the pod canal weekly and for listening to the full episode on your favorite podcasting app Jaime is found at Jaime underscore to Vetta and TK Bay is found at TK DSL eight six five five I am at JV tech T you know me I'm JV I love tech and I love to drink me some tea pocket now is found at pocket now on Twitter and Instagram and you can make your voices heard by emailing us at podcast at pocketnow.com leave some reviews and thoughts on the show across all the different podcasting platforms including Apple stitcher Spotify Google Play Music and anywhere you might be enjoying our show every single week hopefully the internet will cooperate as I bring you next week's show from behold in the Philippines once again for now though we'll call it on this episode and you can join us in our next episode you