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Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Marques Brownlee

News, Hobbies, Technology, Tech News, Leisure

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David first dig into all of the weird products that are coming out of Mobile World Congress 2025! Topics range from solar smartphones to briefcase displays and extra long laptops. There are a ton of weird gadgets and it's great. Then, they go over all of the new Apple products that were released before talking a little about YouTube Premium Lite and Google Fi. There's a lot to get into in this one! Enjoy! Links: Android Authority - Xiaomi's modular phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcGz3ur-bE Verge - Sony QX10 and QX100 review: https://youtu.be/-F5D-7WRA8o?si=PaJmopfPVsbR7CC7 Verge Nubia Music 2 Article: https://www.theverge.com/news/616633/mwc-2025-news-products-announcements DesignBoom - Samsung Briefcase display: https://www.designboom.com/technology/samsung-flexible-screens-stretch-foldable-briefcase-gaming-devices-mwc-2025-03-05-2025/ 9to5Google - Techno Spark Slim: https://9to5google.com/2025/03/05/tecno-spark-slim-hands-on/ Music provided by Epidemic Sound Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Socials: Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to introduce you to another show from our network and your next favorite money podcast,
0:04.0	net worth and chill. Host Vivian 2 is a former Wall Street trader turned finance expert,
0:08.2	entrepreneur, a New York Times bestselling author. She talks about financial topics as they relate
0:12.3	to your actual life. Two breaks down complicated economic and business concepts into easy to
0:16.7	understand terms and taps experts, professionals, and some of your favorite famous faces to
0:20.8	give actionable tips and advice on how to make the most of your money.
0:24.1	Episodes of Net Worth and Chill are released every Wednesday.
0:26.6	Listen wherever you get your podcast or watch full episodes on YouTube.
0:32.7	Some things feel like a fact of life.
0:35.2	The sun rises and sets.
0:36.9	Winter turns from spring to fall. And the deadline to get a fact of life. The sun rises and sets, winter turns from spring to fall,
0:39.2	and the deadline to get a real ID always gets pushed back. I was just at the airport last night,
0:45.0	and I saw that enforcement was delayed until 2025. So what on earth is happening in the last
0:50.7	20 years? Do we just throw up our hands in the air and give up?
0:55.7	This week on Explain It to Me, the two-decade push and pull over that little piece of
1:00.2	plastic in your wallet. Find Explain It to Me on Sundays wherever you get your podcasts.
1:09.5	Okay, here's the move. Here's the move.
1:11.6	There is this parkhouse in my neighborhood that I go to that's outside and I sometimes work on my laptop outside.
1:17.6	Wait, there's a what?
1:18.6	Parkhouse, it's like it used to be a government. It doesn't matter.
1:21.6	It's just an outside building.
1:23.6	Sorry.
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