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Published: Sept. 8, 2015, 11 a.m.

b'In which we start by looking at how to think about buying new phones\\u2026 And then pivot into a discussion of major economic transitions. Like robots.\\n
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• Carriers dropping subsidies:\\n
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  • \\u201cT-Mobile faces war of words after killing subsidies, contracts\\u201d (CNET)
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  • \\u201cVerizon Wireless moving away from contracts and phone subsidies\\u201d (Ars Technica)
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  • \\u201cSprint to end two-year contracts - now here come the deals\\u201d (CNN)
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• Motorola Razr
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• \\u201cPre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS\\u201d (The Verge)
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• How Blackberry Fell (The New Yorker)
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• MMS (multimedia messaging hack)\\n
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  • on iOS: \\u201ciOS bug lets anyone crash your iPhone with a text message\\u201d (The Guardian)
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  • on Android: \\u201c950 million Android phones can be hijacked by malicious text messages\\u201d (Ars Technica)
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• Xiaomi
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• Windows Phone
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• From the Garden to the City
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• Previously on the show:\\n
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  • 1.18: Keep on Keepin\\u2019 On
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Before You Go

The Atlantic\\u2019s new Notes (blogging) section, with \\u201ccomments\\u201d via email. Perhaps particularly relevant to our listeners is their response to Chris\\u2019 email. Note that they followed up a couple days after the episode was recorded with a personal email noting that they\\u2019d launched\\n
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Music

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• \\u201cPirates\\u201d, by Heptagon Heaven. Used by permission.
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• \\u201cWinning Slowly Theme\\u201d by Chris Krycho. Slowly winning the \\u201ccan\\u2019t get it out of your head\\u201d spot in every listener\\u2019s inner ear.
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Sponsors

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Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month\\u2019s sponsors:

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• Jeremy W. Sherman
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• Jeremy Cherfas
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