{"id":4530,"date":"2017-03-06T21:14:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T04:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/geared-up-the-new-xbox-game-pass-and-the-future-of-smartphone-design\/"},"modified":"2017-03-06T21:14:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T04:14:06","slug":"geared-up-the-new-xbox-game-pass-and-the-future-of-smartphone-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/geared-up-the-new-xbox-game-pass-and-the-future-of-smartphone-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Geared Up! The new Xbox Game Pass, and the future of smartphone design"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be a formative year for smartphones: the highly anticipated Samsung S8 and the upcoming\u00a0LG G5 are just\u00a0two high-profile products coming out this year, check<\/a> and early glimpses\u00a0 indicate they\u2019re making big changes to traditional smartphone design.<\/p>\n

On this week\u2019s episode of GearedUp, purchase<\/a> we take a look at a G5 demo phone and leaked images <\/a>of the new S8, both of which are maximizing screen area while keeping the phones small and sleek. We\u2019ll dive into the direction these devices are taking and what might be next for other phones coming out this year, including\u00a0the next generation of iPhones.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Plus, we talk about the Xbox Game Pass<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s new game subscription service that will launch this spring. It sounds like a good deal, but how much value are you really getting?<\/p>\n

Listen to the show above or download it <\/a>as an MP3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s going to be a formative year for smartphones: the highly anticipated Samsung S8 and the upcoming\u00a0LG G5 are just\u00a0two high-profile products coming out this year, check and early glimpses\u00a0 indicate they\u2019re making big changes to traditional smartphone design. On this week\u2019s episode of GearedUp, purchase we take a look at a G5 demo phone… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t