Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra in for review

The new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra landed in our office and it's time to unbox it. The phone ships in a plain box with a (3A) USB-C cable. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra ships in Graphite, Cream and Violet Shadow. Samsung.com’s exclusive fourth color is called Green Shadow. You can have it in 12/256GB or 12/512GB configurations; prices are €2,200 and €2,400, respectively. You shouldn't judge the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra on its specs or the way it looks on a webpage. Half of the charm of these folding phones is the way they all feel different than your regular slab phone. And the Galaxy Z...

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After OnePlus, Nothing might exit multiple global markets

Last week, OnePlus announced what was rumored for months: its exit from the North American and European markets. Now a new report claims Nothing will follow suit, exiting 12 "or more" global markets. This includes the Middle East, Japan, and "parts of Europe". Unfortunately, the report doesn't go into any more detail about specific countries. Nothing is also said to be reducing its workforce by 40%, while its R&D unit is facing layoffs of around 50% in China and 30-40% in London. Nothing Phone (4a) Pro Obviously, Nothing is impacted by the rising memory prices, and seems to want to...

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Honor and Arri will showcase the Robot Phone next week, Honor unveils a new logo

The Honor Robot Phone may arrive earlier than expected – Honor announced an “Imaging Technology Launch Event” for July 28 (that’s Tuesday next week). Honor, along with partner Arri, will present a phone that “packs a full-stack cinematic workflow”. Honor and Arri will hold an Imaging Technology Launch Event on the 28th They are really leaning into the phone’s video skills. If you watched the FIFA World Cup 2026 final, you may have spotted the Robot Phone. It also made an appearance at the Shanghai International Film Festival. And even though it was first unveiled months ago, the...

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iPhone Ultra is now rumored to be delayed, again

In the latest episode of 'will it, won't it?', a new report claims the iPhone Ultra may be delayed after all. This comes after some recent rumors saying it was actually not delayed, which followed a few earlier reports that said it was. At this point, we can't be sure either way. Still, most of the latest rumors have at least agreed that the iPhone Ultra will be unveiled as scheduled in September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. So now the question is just whether it will be available in stores at the same time as those two devices or not. Today's report claims...

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Samsung is giving the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Galaxy Watch9 five years of updates

Yesterday during its big Unpacked event in London, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Watch9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra2. Both of these are going to receive five major OS upgrades as well as five years of security updates, the company has now confirmed. [#InlinePriceWidget,14813,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14805,1#] They are going to be released on August 7 running Wear OS 7 and Samsung's own One UI 9 Watch on top. Older Samsung Galaxy Watches were promised four major OS upgrades and four years of security updates, and the company hasn't updated that promise. So if you want the maximum amount of...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 in for review

We've got an extensive hands-on with the new Galaxy Z Fold8, as well as a detailed look at how it compares to the Z Fold8 Ultra for different content types, now it's time to unbox the phone as it joins our review queue. It comes in Graphite, Cream, and Lavender. Samsung.com offers an exclusive fourth color, Pistachio. Prices start from €1,999/£1,699 for the 12/256GB model. You get a USB-C cable in the box. In the hand, the Galaxy Z Fold8 is something of a novelty. We've become accustomed to tall and narrow foldables, and this one is the exact opposite. The first impression of many...

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Indian Redmi Note 17 runs Geekbench, reveals its chipset and RAM amount

Redmi unveiled the Note 17 and Note 17 Pro in China earlier this month, and now it looks like the Note 17 headed to India has just run Geekbench. As usual, this means there's a listing for it in the Geekbench online database, and that it reveals the chipset at the helm. It's the Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 SoC, same as in the Chinese Note 17. This is aided by 8GB of RAM in the specific unit that ran the benchmark. The phone runs Android 16. As you can see in the screenshot below, it managed a 950 single-core score and a 2,324 multi-core score in Geekbench 6.7.1. According to a recent rumor,...

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Oppo Find X10 family is being tested against the iPhone 17 Pro, live shots prove

According to new information from a tipster on X, Oppo is currently testing the upcoming Find X10, Find X10 Pro, and Find X10 Pro Max alongside the iPhone 17 Pro, presumably to compare their camera prowess against Apple’s latest flagship. The images below seem to show all three devices in a rig with the iPhone 17 Pro, and even though the Oppos are inside a case that's meant to obscure their designs, we can make out the fact that they all appear to have an iPhone-like two-part rear panel design. Or, to put it another way, an iPhone-like gigantic rectangular camera island that stretches...

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Sony launches FX5 cinema camera with open gate recording

Sony has launched the newest member of its compact cinema camera series in the form of the FX5. In another timeline, the FX5 may have just been an update to the Sony FX3 that launched in 2021, but in the current market it will be launching at a higher price, while the FX3 continues to be on sale. The FX5 launches with enough new toys to make the current and potential FX3 buyers jump ship. It has a new 16.6MP full-frame fully-stacked Exmor RS CMOS sensor along with a BIONZ XR2 processor with built-in AI processing. You can record up to 5K 60fps and 4K 120fps video right now, and 5K...

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Apple's Mac roadmap for the next two years leaks

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to release a new entry-level MacBook Pro powered by the M6 chip before the end of this year. The same time frame allegedly also applies to some new iMacs. The MacBook Ultra with OLED touchscreen, expected to be offered in 14" and 16" sizes, is said to be "on track for release between the end of this year and early next year". This will be powered by the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The Ultra is reportedly being tested with macOS 27.1, which is expected to become available at the end of October, so the hardware is definitely not...

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Apple Upgrade program is coming next week with up to 36-month payment plans

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to launch a new device leasing program in partnership with Klarna. It will be called Apple Upgrade and will require a soft credit check. It will apparently work like a subscription, with iPhone and Apple Watch leases running for 24 months and iPad and Mac leases running for 36 months. The Apple Watch SE, the base iPad, the iPhone 16, and the MacBook Neo will be excluded from the program. You will be able to pay off the device early and upgrade early to a new model, as well as decide whether to return or keep the device at the end...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 4G review

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Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is on hold

The bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery was won by Paramount Skydance, which forced Netflix to drop out. The deal has however been put on hold by a judge. Twelve US state attorneys general requested a temporary restraining order to block Paramount Skydance from closing the deal, and US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin of the Northern District of California granted the request. The deal is now effectively on hold for the next 14 days. On August 3, the judge will hold a hearing on the state attorneys general's motion for a preliminary injunction, which would freeze the deal until...

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Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone may offer a 7-inch screen

Apple's iPhone will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, and the company is rumored to mark the occasion with a major redesign for its iPhone Pro lineup. The upcoming models are likely to go by the iPhone 20 moniker and are said to feature an edge-to-edge quad-curved display and solid-state buttons. Well-known tipster Digital Chat Station has now claimed that Apple is testing a 6.96-inch display, which could make its way to the iPhone 20 Pro Max. Image generated using Gemini AI While that's only 0.06 inches larger than the panel on the current iPhone 17 Pro Max, the tipster...

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European Commission fines AliExpress €550 million for counterfeit goods

The European Commission has today issued a fine of €550 million against the Chinese e-commerce giant AliExpress for failing to "diligently assess and mitigate risks relating to the sale of illegal, unsafe or counterfeit products", according to the official press release. The company was found to be breaching its obligations under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA mandates that online platforms like AliExpress take measures to review potentially illegal products, and AliExpress apparently "overestimated the effectiveness of its system in detecting and removing illegal products"....

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Samsung unveils tandem OLED display for laptops that can reach 1,600 nits peak brightness

A couple of weeks ago, VESA introduced a new top-level certification for displays called DisplayHDR True Black 1400, which increases the brightness requirement by 40% compared to the previous top standard (you guessed it, it’s up to 1,400 nits now). Samsung just announced that its new OLED display has earned this certification and that it is already supplying panels to laptop manufacturers. The certification requires that black pixels remain at 0.0005 nits or lower while white pixels blast out 1,400 nits at 10% On Pixel Ratio (i.e. 10% of screen pixels are showing white, the rest are...

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AT&T is raising prices next month, leaked document reveals

AT&T is apparently planning yet another price hike in the near future. Starting on August 16, customers on copper and fiber internet plans established between June 2024 and July 2025 will see their monthly bills increase by $5. The same hike will be applied to customers on the $15 per month Copper Plan for speeds up to 50Mbps, grandfathered in this May. This information comes from a leaked internal document which you can see above. The company's employees have been instructed to tell affected customers that "AT&T is making a small adjustment to your monthly internet rate", in order to...

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 details leak, here's what to expect

Qualcomm is working on a new chipset with the model number SM4875, and details about it have now been leaked. This is expected to be called Snapdragon 4 Gen 6, and thus will obviously be the successor to the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5, which was unveiled back in May. The Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 comes with a very similar configuration of its CPU to that of the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5. It uses two Kryo Gold cores and six Kryo Silver cores. Unfortunately the leaked diagram you can see below doesn't show the clock speeds. The Snapdragon 4 Gen 6's GPU is now the Adreno 6 series (compared to the Adreno 4...

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Oppo A7 Pro Max is coming soon with a 10,000mAh battery

A new leak suggests Oppo is gearing up to launch its A7 series of smartphones. The leak also reveals the key specifications of one of the lineup's rumored models, the Oppo A7 Pro Max. Tipster Digital Chat Station shared the alleged specs of the Oppo A7 Pro Max in a post on Weibo. The phone is tipped to be Oppo's first to pack a 10,000mAh battery, corroborating an earlier leak from June. Oppo A6 Pro According to the leak, the Oppo A7 Pro Max will sport a 6.78-inch flat AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 1.5K resolution. The smartphone is tipped to be powered by the...

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Samsung to reportedly produce more Galaxy Z Fold8 Wide units than Fold8 Ultra and Flip8

Ahead of Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22, a new supply chain report has revealed the company's planned production volumes for its upcoming Galaxy Z foldable smartphones. The report, citing industry sources, claims that Samsung has set a higher production target for the wide-screen Galaxy Z Fold8 than the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip8. According to the report, Samsung has asked its suppliers to produce around 2.8 million units of the Galaxy Z Fold8. In comparison, the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is said to have a production target of roughly 2 million units, while the...

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