Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Like a lot of things, CES looks slightly different this year. We take a quick look at some of the tech items making their way into the news from the virtual trade show. Then, we discuss our first virtual smartphone event of 2021, the full Samsung Galaxy S21 line, and the final design of the new S21 itself. Finally, we speak with our special guest Kyle Conner, who was previously featured on last week's episode. He currently holds the EV cross-country cannonball record and tells us how he got into EV's and exactly how he planned for the lengthy trip in the Porsche Taycan. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganell https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Kyle Conner: https://twitter.com/Out_of_Spec https://outofspecstudios.com/ https://bit.ly/3bDS4AS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's our first episode of 2021 and the start of our new weekly episode schedule! We kick it off by taking a look at the Porsche Taycan setting a new electric U.S. cannonball cross country race record, previously held by Tesla. We then cover several forthcoming smartphone rumors before moving on to our crystal ball predictions for the 2021 Smartphone Awards. Happy New Year! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganell https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Taycan Record: https://bit.ly/3hTS6pq OnePlus 9 Rumors: https://bit.ly/38mRrJV Samsung S21 Rumors: https://bit.ly/3q0AVFz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this, our last Waveform episode of 2020, we take a look at the big end-of-year tech stories like DJI potentially being banned in the US, Elon mentioning that he tried to have Tim Cook acquire Tesla years ago, and explanations for our reasoning behind the 2020 Smartphone Awards and who some of the snubs may have been. Lastly, we do our own 2020 Waveform Awards where we celebrate some of our favorite tech and creators of the year. From our Waveform family to you and yours, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganell https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Google x Nickelback: https://bit.ly/37JdhXH DJI Entity List: https://bit.ly/3rkTHZX Mark Rober Squirrel: https://bit.ly/37KHc1N Julie Nolke Pandemic: https://bit.ly/3mMbeqm ProzD Let's Try Food: https://bit.ly/2JgRGg5 Dave2d Thumbnail: https://bit.ly/3hbpYhi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch

In this week's episode, we take a look at so-called "luxury iPhones" to see if they're legit or not. Next, we reminisce about the olden days of simple Instagram and their new toned-down app, Instagram Lite. Lastly, we discuss how insect wings are what folding phone companies should strive to be like (for real), before wrapping up the episode with a debate about the age-old question, "Why are Airpods priced so high?" Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganell https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Mark Rober Glitter Bomb: https://bit.ly/3gZv9AP Obama Interview: https://bit.ly/3oZcI1S The Daily Facebook: https://nyti.ms/3gYFz3z Caviar Space Phone: https://bit.ly/3h19hVQ Instagram Lite: https://bit.ly/3p044jI Z Fold Premium Issues: https://bit.ly/3p64LrV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we prepare to wrap up the longest year in history, 2020, we discuss several of the latest tech news stories: Apple releases their insanely expensive $500 Airpods Max, Samsung might not include a charging brick with the Galaxy S21, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman joins us again to talk about the potential of future iPhones being portless! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganell https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh https://twitter.com/markgurman Portless iPhone Video: https://bit.ly/2Kdk5n8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode, Andrew pitches his new Mario Kart game mode, Marques gets his hopes up regarding Apple's new M1 chip, and then we go over some Black Friday planning and "rules" to live by. Lastly, we go behind the scenes of our annual blind smartphone camera bracket. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganell https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Why Enthusiast Brands Will Betray You: https://bit.ly/3laLtPr Apple Gun Permits: https://bit.ly/39eOEDF Price Tracker: https://camelcamelcamel.com/ Tracktor Extension: https://bit.ly/3fy5eiS SlickDeals: https://slickdeals.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, we dive briefly into Bunny the talking dog and the PS5 launch, before sitting down with Apple's Bob Borchers, VP of Product Marketing, and Tim Millet, VP of Platform Architecture, to talk about the recently-announced Apple Silicon M1 chip. Next, we bring in MKBHD Visual Director, Brandon Havard, to explain the magic behind some of the recent eye-catching MKBHD intro shots. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganell https://twitter.com/BrandonJHavard https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Bunny the Dog: https://bit.ly/38BZCm9 Brandon's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCABwqCK6XMowQDwlIz00UFw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode, we dissect LG's new concept rollable phone patent and preview Apple's upcoming Silicon event. Lastly, we hit up the Twitter mailbag to answer questions from you, our listeners, about anything we may have missed during our busy season. It's a fruitless attempt at playing catch-up with your plethora of questions. Happy Technovember! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh LG Rolling Phone: https://bit.ly/3508y2t Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first thing we cover on today's episode is the fact that YOU NEED TO VOTE. Then, we move on to slightly less important things like AMD's new graphics cards and how they compete against NVIDIA's RTX series. Next up is a quick peek at how Amazon bizarrely opens your Motorola Razr Box before sending it to you, followed by a chat about the hype and marketing behind Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X and why the embargoes are a just a tad crazy. Lastly, we play a little game called "What we liked and didn't like about a bunch of the latest smartphones." Did we also mention that YOU NEED TO VOTE? Links: vote.org https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh AMD RX Series: https://bit.ly/34Hzbtc Amazon Opening Razr Boxes: https://bit.ly/3mAiANX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're in the deep, beating heart of smartphone season! With three big new phone events since our last episode, we revisit our power rankings, cover several of the new phones being released, and wrap it all up with a discussion about phone-price ranges and where the elusive sweet spot for phone-pricing actually resides! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Our Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mkbhd Vergecast with Marques: https://bit.ly/2SZdmhS Jon Morrison iPhone Xr Screen: https://bit.ly/2H2oEj7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our very special guests this week, Maingear Founder Wallace Santos and Marketing Director Ron Reed, join us to discuss the state of the PC gaming community, especially with the PS5 and Xbox Series X on the horizon. We cover console obsolescence, 8K & VR gaming, and the crazy performance specs on the new Nvidia RTX 30 series like the RTX 3080 and the RTX 3090. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Wallace: https://twitter.com/santos_wallace Ron: https://twitter.com/IamRonReed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, joins us to give a behind the scenes look into the development of the Microsoft Surface Duo, all the way back to literal brain scans. We also discuss Andrew's favorite new gaming mouse, as well as LG's crazy new swiveling dual-screen phone, the LG Wing. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Logitech G Pro Lightspeed: https://amzn.to/33HUito Andrew's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/andrewmanganelli Surface Duo Review: https://bit.ly/2E9HV0v Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, we have a special bonus episode of Waveform! We recently had an interview with Mark Zuckerberg in our series "Talking Tech" on the MKBHD channel, but we left a bit of it on the cutting room floor. Hence, we decided to upload the full and uncut version of the interview to Waveform to let you hear everything we talked about, in its entirety! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Talking Tech with Mark Zuckerberg: https://bit.ly/3c2Uw22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we take a slightly different approach and open the episode with the epic tale of our hectic start to "Techtember". We present a detailed re-telling of Marques' bumpy trip to Arizona for a video shoot with David Blaine and the adversity that followed. From editing mishaps to clandestine overnight shipping strategies, we had to work through quite a bit of craziness to film and upload our Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 unboxing video. So grab a comfortable seat and enjoy a special "Waveform Story Time"! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh David Blaine Ascension: https://bit.ly/31UuWc8 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Unboxing: https://bit.ly/3jKwknT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode we announce some exciting upcoming schedule additions for Waveform. We then move on to cover a multitude of new products including the RED Komodo, Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Microsoft Surface Duo, and Nomad's much-anticipated Airpower competitor! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh David Blaine Ascension: https://bit.ly/3gwksUB David Blaine Joe Rogan: https://bit.ly/3b9V4D2 Original Surface Duo Video: https://bit.ly/3gAifHE Nomad Basestation Pro: https://bit.ly/2FUdVGr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special "versus" episode is here! Today, we debate several of the hottest topics in the tech world. First up, Epic Games and Fortnite are engaged in legal warfare with heavyweights Apple and Google. Next, we invite studio members Vinh Dang and Brandon Havard onto the podcast to discuss the battle of the newest mirrorless cameras out right now: the Canon EOS R5 and the Sony a7S iii. Finally, we debate the feature we'd most like in a smartphone: an extra large battery or a battery that charges super fast. Strap in. This is a fun one. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Captain Dissillusion: https://bit.ly/2Yig0Cq Rene Ritche Epic vs Apple: https://bit.ly/2EnDKOi Wild Wild Tech Podcast: https://bit.ly/WildWildTech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this, the one-year anniversary of Waveform, we discuss all the devices launched at Samsung's Unpacked event, while simultaneously ranking the highs and lows of the livestream event. Then, we interview Facebook CPO Chris Cox about their new Reels feature, before wrapping the episode up with a recap of the first year of the Waveform Podcast and what the future has in store! Links: To check out the new Wild Wild Tech podcast, go to: https://bit.ly/WildWildTech https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a virtual grab-bag of tech news topics this week! First we recap the great Twitter hack of 2020, where celebrities like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and even Barack Obama had their accounts compromised. We then take a quick look at Black Magic's new 12K (Yes, 12K!) video camera and the future it foretells. Lastly, with "Smartphone Season" just around the corner, we discuss the latest rumors before all the big announcements soon arrive. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by KamrenB: https://spoti.fi/2WRJOFh Reply All: https://bit.ly/32N5Hth New Tesla Model S: https://bit.ly/2CGTPhM NBA in a Bubble Vlogs: https://bit.ly/2WNkyAc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special bonus episode, Marques interviews Carl Pei, entrepreneur and Co-Founder of OnePlus, about the entire process behind building a smartphone, from the price of all the pieces, to IP certification, to how long a phone design is set in stone before launch. Don't miss out on everything you need to know before the official OnePlus Nord launch! Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by Kamren Barlow: https://bit.ly/2JSbKTd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First up in tech news is the sudden demise of streaming platform Mixer and all the myriad ways this affects the overall livestreaming space. Then, we conduct a classic devil's advocate debate about the rumors regarding Apple not including a phone charger with the upcoming iPhone 12's. And with "Smartphone Season" almost upon us, we also cover iPhone 12 model leaks, Galaxy Note 20 rumors, and the elusive Pixel 5! Finally, we close everything out with another Q & A. Links: https://twitter.com/wvfrm https://twitter.com/mkbhd https://twitter.com/andymanganelli https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ shop.mkbhd.com Music by Kamren Barlow: https://bit.ly/2JSbKTd iPhone No Charger: https://bit.ly/2ZdIQ7R iPhone 12 Model: https://bit.ly/2W4nurI Pixel 5 Rumors: https://bit.ly/3gI3vXx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices