Mobile Roar 102: OnePlus & Motorola events, SIM cards, and Google is SkyNet

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We’ve got some big mobile events coming up next week, so we preview what we expect to see from OnePlus and Motorola. Other big news this week includes a rumor that Apple and Samsung are working together to eliminate SIM cards. Is that a good or bad thing? We also talk about Toshiba’s big scandal, Google doing scary Google things, crazy standing desks, vertical videos, and much more!

Top Stories

• OnePlus and Motorola events coming up

Quick Hits

• Apple and Samsung want to kill the SIM card
• Toshiba fakes $1.2 billion in profits
• Google makes it easier to see where you’ve been
• Sony rolling out Android 5.1

Wins/Fails

• Joe: Stir M1 smart standing desk / Oh yeah, Nexus 5 battery life sucks
• Chris: YouTube app now shows full-screen vertical videos / Everybody is already using the Snapdragon 810 v2.1
• Ashley: Nintendo SmartBoy concept / Qualcomm split up

App Picks

• Joe: Cortana for Android
• Chris: Trepn Profiler
• Ashley: Arrow (iOS / Android)

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