Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Finally, a classic gadget week! First, it's all about the Garmin Cirqa, the newest Whoop competitor to enter the fray. Then Marques, Andrew, and David debate whether the new Lite Flip minimal phone is worth the asking price. Once the dust settles, it's all about the newest Samsung Z Flip 8, Z Fold 8, and Z Fold 8 Ultra. After that, Marques tries to explain something in tech terms, David talks about the new Peak Design field bracket, and the crew discusses new reporting that Apple is going to start a leasing program as early as next week. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia. Enjoy!

Links:

DesFit - Garmin CIRQA video

DC Rainmaker - Garmin CIRQA video

MKBHD - Galaxy Impressions

Light Flip

Peak Design Field cage

Bloomberg - Apple Leasing Program

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Trivia is back! After almost a full year we finally end this season of trivia by making Marques, Andrew, and David play on teams for most of the game! It's a fun and chaotic trivia finale as always so hopefully you learn some stuff and have a good time. We sure did.

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r/AskReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/
r/stupidquestions: https://www.reddit.com/r/stupidquestions/
r/OutOfTheLoop: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/
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Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin

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So much happened this week! First, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about everything from the new pickle emoji to OnePlus shutting down operations in the U.S. Then they get into all of the Pixel 11 color and pricing leaks before talking about Apple suing OpenAI. It all gets wrapped up with some show & tell where Marques demonstrates a new skill he learned. It's a fun one!

Links:

Jennifer Daniels Substack - New Emojis

David Imel - How AI Stolen the Sparkle Emoji

Waveform - History of CyanogenMod

MKBHD - The Downfall of OnePlus

MKBHD - What Happened to OnePlus

Verge - google will allow third party app stores

9to5Google - Pixel 11 Leaks

Droid Life - Pixel 11 price leaks

Verge - Samsung Titanium Flex display

Are Technics - OpenAI sued by Apple

Bloomberg - Apple sues OpenAI

Tom's Hardware - Codex AI Macropad

xteink x4 ereader

Typora app

Dead eyes podcast

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Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin

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This week, Marques, Andrew, and David talk Pickle! Remember those? Then they discuss the new Nothing Phone 4b and the Ear 3a earbuds before getting into the upcoming Samsung and Google events that were just announced. They wrap it up with a little Meta news, a new video editing tool from Twitter, and app intents in iOS. It's a nerdy one. Enjoy!

Links:

Joanna Stern - Meta glasses

MKBHD - Nothing Phone 4b

Nothing - Ear(3a)

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026

Verge - Pixel 11 event

Wired - Meta Muse Image model

Twitter's New Editing Tool

ACCESS podcast with Flighty developer

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Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin

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Marques, Andrew, and David start things off talking about Apple raising prices for a bunch of products by...a lot. Then they talk about the rumored Samsung foldable that's coming before discussing a bunch of smaller stories like WhatsApp getting usernames and Sony discontinuing physical discs. We wrap it all up with trivia of course. Enjoy!

Links:

Bloomberg - Apple to skip high-end M6 chips

Verge - Polestar to leave the U.S

WhatsApp launches usernames

Verge - Playstation ending physical discs

DBrand companion cube statement

The Completionist - Buying every Nintendo Wii U game

Video game history foundation

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David: https://www.instagram.com/davidimel/
Adam: https://www.instagram.com/parmesanpapi17/
Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin

Waveform:
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