Galaxy Fold Called "Alarmingly Fragile"
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| Galaxy Fold Called "Alarmingly Fragile" | |
| Number | 820 |
| Broadcast Date | APRIL 24, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:29 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
iFixit has its results in for the Galaxy Fold, AT&T relies on Warnermedia to bolster earnings, and Apple might have a new AirPod design coming.
Headlines
- iFixit released the results of its teardown fo the Samsung Galaxy Fold, calling the design "alarmingly fragile." While the hinge seems sturdy, iFixit found dirt could easily get between the 7mm gap between the bezel and OLED screen. It said, "When closed, the screen is protected—but the spine is flanked by massive gaps that our opening picks hop right into." This may explain what happened to the model at the Verge and iFixit says, "you'll almost certainly be replacing the screen before long."
- TF industries' Ming-Chi Kuo reports that his sources say Apple will launch new AirPods models sometime between September and March. One of the models will have an all-new design.
- Microsoft issued a support document saying its May 2019 Windows 10 update may not install on systems that use external USB storage or SD cards due to inappropriate drive reassignment. Users can remove external USB drives and SD cards and restart the May 2019 Update to get it to work. For those running Windows off a thumb drive, for instance Microsoft plans to address the drive reassignment in a future Windows 10 servicing update. Also, users going from a version of Windows 10 prior to the April 2018 update will not have a problem.
- The Telegraph reports that during a National Security Council meeting, the UK Prime Minister has approved the use of Huawei equipment in non-core parts of 5G networks in the country. A recent report by the UK's by the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board said it could only provide limited assurance that risks to national security posed by Huawei parts could be mitigated.
- UAV delivery company Zipline is expanding its unmanned aircraft deliveries to Ghana. It will deliver 150 different medicines, vaccines, and blood to 2,000 clinics in Ghana. Zipline drones can travel up to 160 kilometers at speeds of up to 110 km/h. Zipline has operated in Rwanda since 2016 and began rolling out service for Tanzania last year.
- AT&T lost subscribers in all its services except wireless last quarter. TV subscribers fell 544,000 and DirecTV Now subscribers fell 83,000. AT&T aded 80,000 wireless phone subscribers. WarnerMedia operating income rose 11.6% helping bolster total revenue to $44.8 billion and earnings per share of 86 cents.
- At a board meeting Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted not to change its eligibility rules for feature-length films. Any movie that has at least a seven-day theatre run will remain eligible. Stephen Spielberg had led a movement to increase that requirement in order to disqualify Netflix movies which do not get the usual 90-day theater-exclusive run. Once change that was approved was renaming the foreign film category to International.
- A state court in Tamil Nadu, India moved to reverse its ban on the Tik Tok app. The court had previously ruled the app encouraged pornography and caused Apple and Google to remove it from their stores in India. The Federal IT ministry will request Apple and Google reinstate Tok Tok to their stores there. It does not appear that this latest decision will be appealed.
- Bloomberg says it has a source that claims a less expensive version of the Nintendo Switch will arrive by the end of June. A previous report from the Wall Street Journal said a cheaper Switch with reduced features might arrive this summer. However Bloomberg's source says a more powerful version of the Switch, also reported by the Wall Street Journal, is NOT in the works, but a more modest upgrade might arrive by the end of the year. Nintendo has been selling the Switch without a dock in Japan since May, 2018, but that hardware is unchanged.
- OnePlus will hold launch events for its OnePlus 7 phone lineup in New York, London, Beijing and Bangalore on May 14 at 11 AM Eastern. OnePlus is selling tickets to the events, but it will also stream them on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and its website.
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