Pocketnow Weekly 136: Galaxy S6 wireless charging, G Flex 2 review, LG Watch Urbane

A new Samsung smartphone with some flashy new features. A new HTC flagship prioritizing premium build quality. A slew of new wearables for the new year. Call us crazy, but it's almost like we've been here before.
In addition to the usual news of the week and the torrent of pre-MWC leaks, though, we are indeed bringing you something special: a guest from the land known as Greenbot. While we've hung out with her plenty of times before, this'll be our first combined device evaluation in quite some time – and today we're picking apart a doozy. Join us as we team up with Florence Ion to recap the LG G Flex 2 review!
All of the above, plus the usual trio of listener letters, lies ahead; join us, won't you? Pocketnow Weekly 136 is waiting for your participation –either through the live video stream at 12:45pm Eastern on February 20 or the high-quality audio version available later on– and shoot your questions to podcast [AT] pocketnow [DOT] com for a shot at getting your question read aloud on the air. See you then!
Pocketnow Weekly 136
 
Recording Date
February 20, 2015
 
Hosts
Michael Fisher
Stephen Schenck
Florence Ion (Greenbot)
 
Producer
Jules Wang
 
Podcast Rundown
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News
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Devices
BlackBerry Passport in the house
New HTC One M9 confirmed for March 1 / HTC One M9 rumor roundup
Samsung teasers hype "the next Galaxy" / What can we expect from the Samsung Galaxy S6? / Smaller battery?
Lenovo Vibe Shot revealed as leaked "Vibe Z3 Pro" from last month
LG reveals Watch Urbane / Retailer throws out possible G Watch Urbane pricing
Pebble hardware rumors claim it's finally going color
Geeksphone smartwatch set to track some very different activity
 
Developments
T-Mobile reports pushing past Sprint to become America's third-largest carrier
Spy agencies infiltrate world's largest SIM card maker
 
 
Gadgets in Hand
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Our LG G Flex 2 review is live, but our analysis is far from over. Joining us to help examine the world's newest and most capable curved smartphone is Florence Ion from Greenbot. If you're watching live, use the Q&A feature of Google Hangouts to submit your own questions and we'll try to answer them live on the air! If you're catching the rebroadcast or streaming the high-quality audio instead, check out this post to see if we already got to your question in a followup video!
 
Pocketnow review LG G Flex review: tomorrow's tech, yesterday's problems
Greenbot review LG G Flex 2 review: A powerful curved smartphone that just might convert you
 
Listener Mail
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E-mailed submissions from Fredrik Andersson, Kacper Wojtyniak, and Zack Schmiesing
 
Music
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