Mobile Nations Weekly: A little bit of give and take

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The tech gods giveth and the tech gods taketh.

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The news this week around Apple revolved around money. Apple reported their quarterly earnings, and while they were right in track with what Apple had predicted, it was the first time that Apple saw a year-over-year drop thanks to a
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.
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despite Apple's forecasting of a great-but-not-spectacular quarter three months prior.

Oh, happy day —
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And
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— and it matches the Instagram for iPhone app feature-for-feature! But wait, Windows Phone is dead, right?
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.

Comings and goings were the story on the Android front.
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,
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, and rumor has it the
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. Meanwhile, the classic
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and
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.

We're still about 18 months out from the launch of the
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, but that doesn't mean excitement can't build until then — especially when there's a
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. And, just for giggles,
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(hint, it doesn't fair well for Nissan — or
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). And if the $35,000 starting price for the Model 3 is too rich for your blood, and we totally understand if it is, don't worry — there's
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after it.



Android Central — Google has a big week


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As we approach Google I/O, interesting information about the
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has emerged — that'll be one to watch in a few weeks. In more Google news, the
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. The Google Camera app also received an update this week
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. The
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— let the speculation begin!

You may have noticed that popular Twitter app
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… only to
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. We're not sure how long that'll last.

The transition to USB-C has been … less than perfect, but Qualcomm assures us that phones using the new connector
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.

CrackBerry — Marshmallow!


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This week, Marshmallow arrived officially factory unlocked Priv's, BlackBerry hired a new senior vice president for global device sales and finally, rolled out BBM Video in beta form for Android and iOS through a BBM update.

iMore — Unhappy amounts of money


iMore is now on Instagram! That's right, you can now follow
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for super-slick shots of Apple products, live action from events, and exclusive glimpses behind-the-scenes at iMore! You can even submit your own pics by using the hashtag #imore!

Oh, and some other stuff happened, like Apple still reporting more money than almost anyone else in the world and
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for doing so.
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. And yet more
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rumors about
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, of course...

Tesla Central — Absolutely Ludicrous


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We're still about 18 months out from the first
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rolling off the assembly line, so there's still plenty to learn about the car — and plenty of comparisons to make. So we decided to pit the Model 3 against its best available EV competition: the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf is an okay car, and by virtue of its price the best-selling EV to date. But, at least on paper,
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. And that's before we even get to fancy versions like the kind that will be
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.

And for a taste of what Ludicrous Mode can do, here's a
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.

While the Model 3 may be the most affordable EV that Tesla's made, its $35,000 starting price is still going to be a big ask for a lot of people around the world — even in developed nations. Tesla knows this, as CEO Elon Musk revealed that
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. Even so, Tesla's already received around 400,000 reservations for the Model 3.

Windows Central — Retrenched, not dead


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This week Microsoft continued to improve Windows 10 with a cumulative update for those on the Preview Release Ring of the Insider program. Build 10586.240 for PC and 10586.242 for Mobile hit devices late Wednesday
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Facebook released their official apps
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on Windows 10 for PC this week, making millions of users happy.

Beta no more! The official
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and it's a direct and current port of the iOS version. While scrolling performance could be better, it's great to see feature parity for once.

Is Windows Phone dead? Microsoft's current position is retrenched, but we acquired an internal email from Windows head Terry Myerson revealing that
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. However, the big push for Mobile won't come until 2017 when the company refocuses its efforts around "innovation" around phones.

Likewise, while a Surface phone is in the works
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in April 2017.

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