Gather back around! Again! The big trucks have dropped off boxes with a bunch of apples in them. It’s ripe season for those new iPhones and Apple Watches -- and we’re about to take our first bite.

But before dessert, we’ve got dinner. A smorgasbord: Amazon’s new Echo speakers and… an Alexa-powered microwave. A OnePlus television set. A bixby key that will never NOT work. And the Galaxy Note 9 that has that key… and a problem with temperature. Oh. A Note up in smoke... Here we go again... it's the Pocketnow Weekly!

Watch the YouTube video recorded at 2:00pm Eastern on September 21st or check out the high-quality audio version right here or through Apple, Google, our RSS and wherever you get your podcasts. Talk back live while you’re watching the show on Twitter with #PNWeekly and shoot feedback to the hosts at [email protected]!

Host

Joshua Vergara

Guests

Jaime Rivera

Brandon Miniman

Executive Producer

Jules Wang

News

• Galaxy Note 9: Is this phone on fire? Again?
• Bixby key: Why can't we have our freedom?
• Apple Watch Series 4: Is the ECG DOA with PhDs?
• Amazon: How much Alexa do you want in your new smart home?
• OnePlus TV: Does OnePlus have the right formula to expand?
• Xiaomi ads: A cheap phone for all the ads you don't want?

iPhone unboxings

The crew all have iPhones in their hands and we're not talking about the iPhone 4. We discuss what's going on:

• Apple suppliers fear of iPhones' high prices
• Tim Cook says it's not cheap to make an iPhone XS
• You probably shouldn't upgrade from an iPhone X
• The most demand yet to come for iPhone XR?

And Finally...

• What's the neatest wireless charging trick you'd like to see?

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