Pocketnow Weekly 227: The iPhone Economy and Answering YOUR tech questions!

We're taking a look at the iPhone index of economy health, augmenting our reality with the Phab Pro 2, and answering YOUR tech questions! Make sure you're charged and ready episode 227 of the Pocketnow Weekly! Watch the live video broadcast from 1:00pm Eastern on November 18th (click here for your local time), or check out the high-quality audio version right here. For folks watching live, you can comment and ask questions by using the #PNWeekly hashtag on Twitter during the broadcast. For folks watching later, you can shoot your listener emails to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air the following week! Pocketnow Weekly 227   Recording Date November 18, 2016 Host Juan Bagnell Jules Wang   Sponsor This week's episode of the Pocketnow Weekly Podcast is made possible by: Traditional stock media typically costs an arm and a leg, and has historically only been available to large production houses and agencies. Check out how we aim to change that by delivering great content to all creatives – even the little guys. VideoBlocks.com is the only subscription-based site that provides members with a discounted library of stock video, After Effects templates, motion backgrounds plus a membership library where members can download unlimited clips at no additional cost. With over 2 million clips and counting, we provide unparalleled value to our customers saving our typical customer thousands of dollars each year compared to expensive alternatives. - Unlimited daily downloads from a library of 115,000+ HD video clips, After Effects templates, motion backgrounds and cinemagraphs. - AudioBlocks has a 130,000+ library of music tracks, sound effects, and loops - On average, subscribers pay less than a dollar per download over the course of a year - Great variety of time lapse, aerials, US/International locations, slow motion, nature shots and more - Continuously adding new content to the library so it stays fresh - Everything is 100% royalty-free even if a subscription has come to an end VideoBlocks is offering our listeners a year’s subscription to both VideoBlocks AND AudioBlocks for just $149. This is a $100 discount for my listeners only. - Get your yearly subscription today for only $149 at http://Videoblocks.com/pocket2016 The iPhone Economic Policy Index The MIT Technology Review speculates on what it would mean for Apple to produce an All-American iPhone? Complicating things is Trump's trade policy with China, Apple's biggest de facto manufacturing partner, as residents could see a $1,000 base model iPhone. Those same Chinese complain about the lack of support from the company once their iPhone 6s gets borked.  But as iPhone 7 might not be living up to demand, we may see these fiscal impacts surface in the iPhone 8 as KGI again predicts a trio of devices for release next year. News 41:42 | Qualcomm shrinks Snapdragon 835 to 10nm thanks to Samsung manufacturing 45:23 | Andromeda lives! But we won't get it for at least a year... 49:52 | OnePlus 3T sells for $439. Refresh or rehash? 55:20 | Deutsche Telekom might not try to sell T-Mobile in light of Trump presidency 56:58 | Crowd designed Eve V laptop on Indiegogo November 21   Viewer Mail and #PNWEEKLY Hashtag Questions! (01:03:17) We've got a FULL slate of viewer questions and emails to chew through! Thanks to everyone who sent in a query! • See you next week!