Ford F-150 Lightning review, stress-testing earbuds, and a Galaxy foldable Q&A

The Vergecast

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4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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02:33 - The Verge's David Pierce brings in deputy editor Dan Seifert, reviewer Allison Johnson, and managing editor Alex Cranz to answer Vergecast Hotline questions about Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4. 24:18 - Chris Welch returns to the show for more earbuds voice call testing, this time on the NYC ferry with the new Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro and the Google Pixel Buds Pro. 41:18 - Nilay Patel shares his experience reviewing the Ford F-150 Lightning, and the troubles with its touchscreen control panel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the VRTCHCAST, the flagship podcast of Loud Engine Sounds.
0:08.6	I'm your friend David Pierce and I am currently sitting in my basement playing Mario
0:12.0	Tennis on my Nintendo Switch on my television, which doesn't sound like a big deal, but
0:17.6	is actually a very big deal to me.
0:19.4	You might have heard me complaining on the show a couple of weeks ago about all of Nintendo's
0:22.8	stupid proprietary docs and cables for the Switch, and a bunch of you reached out to recommend
0:28.0	that I buy one product.
0:29.6	The Genki, I don't know, it's GENKI and the product is called the Convert Talk.
0:35.4	I bought one, it works perfectly, and I'm very grateful to everyone who recommended.
0:39.9	Anyway, we have a great show for you today.
0:41.8	We're going to talk about Samsung, we're going to answer a bunch of your questions about
0:45.3	Samsung's new phones, the future of flip phones, and what it's like to be a green bubble.
0:49.4	We're also going to continue our testing of wireless earbuds to see if we have a new
0:53.2	best choice for voice calls and Zoom meetings.
0:56.4	And Neil Ipatella is going to come on and tell us about all of his adventures with the
0:59.7	Ford F-150 Lightning.
1:01.6	All that's coming in just a sec, I just have to win this tournament real quick.
1:05.3	Fun fact about me, I'm not good at most video games, but I'm really good at Mario Tennis.
1:10.8	If you ever want to play, get at me.
1:12.1	This is The Vergecast, see you in a second.
1:16.6	Support for today's show comes from Slack. A digital HQ in Slack brings your teams, partners
1:27.4	and tools together in one space.
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