Mobile Devices

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 series will use a new foldable display technology that will finally fix the crease visibility. The company is calling it "Flex Titanium", a new display technology for its next generation of foldable devices, ahead of Galaxy Unpacked on July 22. Samsung says the tech is the culmination of everything that the company has learned over seven generations of foldables.

Flex Titanium is built around two titanium-based components to improve strength, flexibility, and slimness. The first component is a titanium-alloy film that sits beneath the OLED panel. Samsung says it offers 20 times greater mechanical stiffness than the polymer films used in previous designs while measuring less than 30% the thickness of a human hair.

The second component is a titanium plate positioned below the film, which eliminates air gaps between the display module and its adhesive using what Samsung describes as advanced hole-processing technology. Micro-patterned holes in the plate's folding section allow it to remain sufficiently flexible for repeated folding while providing more stable support when the device is open.

Hisense just dropped a phone that feels like a throwback, but with a modern twist, and while it is admittedly not for the general consumer, the A10 looks like it will be thoroughly enjoyed by those who wish to distance themselves from technology but don't want to sever their connection entirely.

The Hisense A10 is an E Ink smartphone with a detachable color LCD screen that you can snap on and off at will, with reports citing an insider who said the detachable magnetic screen might not be included with the phone and will be sold separately. It's a novel approach to the screen, and certainly a bold design choice.

The A10's main display is a 6.13-inch E Ink panel, which offers the low-power, glare-free benefits that make e-readers so appealing. But the real highlight is the magnetic color LCD on the back, which can be used for video, apps, and anything that requires color and motion. The two screens communicate, though Hisense hasn't explained how. I suppose if the color screen is sold separately, it would mean the A10 has modular phone add-ons.

The PocketMage is a modern reimagining of the classic PDA, a unique handheld device that blends E Ink and OLED displays with a tactile QWERTY keyboard, but all within an adorable form factor.

Developed by Talisman Design, the PocketMage features a 3.1-inch E Ink display paired with a compact OLED strip above a physical keyboard. This dual-display setup allows for low-power note-taking on the E Ink side while enabling faster interaction with the OLED, and a splash of modern technological shine. The device runs on a proprietary operating system, described as "wizard-themed", making it certainly a unique offering in a space predominantly dominated by smartphones.

The resurgence of PDA-like devices taps into a growing appetite for minimalist computing, a growing reaction to the overstimulation of smartphones, and the general transition to a more digitized daily life. The trend of reducing technology has popped up in numerous forms, such as barebones smartphones like the Nothing Phone, or apps designed to reduce screentime by locking users out of social apps.

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max is on track to cost significantly more to build than the current iPhone 17 Pro Max, with component costs expected to rise by nearly $300. Counterpoint Research has published a detailed breakdown of the next iPhone's bill of materials, highlighting a sharp increase in key parts, and the cause of the price increase is the demand from AI companies.

NAND and DRAM price hikes are the primary cost drivers. Counterpoint notes that the costs for these memory components alone could nearly equal the total bill of materials of the current model. Both NAND and DRAM industries are currently in a crisis as demand cannot keep up with supply, and current supply is being directed toward the AI industry, driving up the cost of the components.

Another factor contributing to the expected price increase is the new 2nm SoC and advanced packaging. Display and other parts are expected to see cost reductions, but camera costs will rise due to the new variable-aperture Main camera.

Samsung has officially confirmed that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. The confirmation comes via a Weibo post that teased a "brand-new form factor" for what is expected to be a new trio of foldables.

The Samsung announcement aligns with earlier reports that the new generation of foldables will be adopting Qualcomm's latest chipset. Alongside the Fold 8, Samsung will also unveil the Z Fold 8 Ultra and Z Flip 8 at its Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22 in London. The company has already begun teasing the event across multiple platforms, including Instagram and Weibo, with content that strongly suggests the Fold 8 is getting the top-tier Qualcomm chip.

This move signals a continued seemingly exponential partnership between Samsung and Qualcomm, with the chipset maker now exclusively powering Samsung's mainstream foldables in both the US and Chinese markets. While the Fold 8 Ultra is also expected to use the same processor, the Flip 8 instead reportedly uses Samsung's own Exynos 2600 chipset.

Apple's rumored foldable iPhone is now in full mass production and appears to be on track for a September 2026 launch, according to multiple reports citing sources who spoke with individuals working on the supply chain.

The device, widely referred to as the iPhone Ultra or iPhone Fold, has passed key production hurdles and is moving toward large-scale assembly.

Chinese outlet Cailian Press and others confirm that Apple has locked the design and is working with Foxconn to scale up production, including a hiring push to meet demand. Despite earlier reports of hinge and yield issues, sources say these have been largely resolved, with the foldable iPhone expected to debut alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models later this year.

Elon Musk is reportedly working on a secretive new AI-powered device from SpaceX, and the way it differentiates itself from current smartphones is already raising more questions than it answers.

According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, SpaceX has been demoing a sleek, iPhone-like handheld device to investors, featuring a proprietary operating system and AI capabilities powered by Musk's xAI division.

The device, described as "slimmer than an iPhone," was reportedly shown ahead of the company's extremely successful IPO. The leak has already sparked speculation about SpaceX's foray into consumer hardware, following Musk's previous comments denying that SpaceX is developing a smartphone.

The iPhone may have played a major role in the decline of U.S. fertility rates since 2007, according to a new study. A research paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests the device accounted for up to 52% of the drop in births between 2007 and 2011.

The study used Apple's early exclusivity with telecommunications carrier AT&T to examine iPhone-specific data, and compared birth rates in regions with higher AT&T adoption to those with higher Verizon adoption. The researchers found a strong correlation between rising iPhone ownership and declining birth rates, particularly among teens and young adults. However, the paper also notes that older generations had correlating declining birth rates in line with iPhone adoption within those demographics.

Furthermore, the study noted a shift in social behavior as being one of the causes of declining birth rates, pointing to reduced in-person social time and increased pornography consumption due to smartphone adoption. The researchers acknowledge that the iPhone is not the sole cause of the fertility decline, as there are many factors at play, with a main one being that as individuals begin to earn more or become more educated, they tend to have fewer children.

Nothing has confirmed that the successor to its CMF Phone 2 Pro will not be launching this year, with the company pointing directly at skyrocketing memory prices as the reason. Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis broke the news on X.

"We were working on a successor but with memory prices where they are right now, we can't build a phone that feels like a genuine step forward at a price that makes sense for CMF. As a result, we've decided not to launch a new CMF phone this year."

To put the price impact in perspective, the CMF Phone 2 Pro launched in the US in 2025 at $279, with the base model starting at around Rs. 18,999, roughly $200, in India. Evangelidis said that launching the exact same hardware today would push the price to somewhere between $318 and $370, before accounting for any actual hardware upgrades a true successor would need.

Although tablets have evolved over time with more advanced processors, improved displays, and lighter form factors, the overall functionality hasn't really changed. And really, you could boil the options down to two categories: Apple's iPad devices running iOS and everything else running Android. However, Lenovo's new surprisingly affordable Tab Plus Gen 2 tablet is different from anything else we've seen because it's a tablet and portable Bluetooth speaker in one.

Partnering with the audio experts at JBL, the Tab Plus Gen 2 includes an integrated JBL 9-unit Pro speaker system with Dolby Atmos support, a nine-speaker system that's essentially a portable Bluetooth speaker mounted to the back of the tablet. And the Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 features a dedicated Bluetooth speaker mode so it can function as a standalone speaker in addition to being a 12.1-inch tablet.

And to support the dual nature of the device and using the speaker for watching movies, streaming shows, or listening to music, the Tab Plus Gen 2 features an integrated 360-degree kickstand that can support multiple portrait and landscape orientations. And you get a custom carrying sleeve for portability and transport.

Commodore is launching a retro flip phone which very definitely isn't a smartphone, but isn't a dumb phone either - it strikes a balance between old and new.

Or as Commodore puts it, the Callback 8020 (as spotted by Tom's Hardware) is the "not dumb dumbphone", a mobile which doesn't have a touchscreen - it really is a traditional flip-open handset - and dispenses with a browser, while completely doing away with social media.

Installing those apps (and other email or work-related software) is blocked on this device, and doom-scrolling is a thing of the past here. ("Less scroll, more soul" is another soundbite that's aired, and Commodore's marketing department has plenty of these - they're pretty catchy, too).

After its website reportedly leaked customer data, the Trump Mobile T1 is now facing another controversy after the gold-painted device was torn down. According to a detailed teardown by iFixit, working with NBC's media sample unit, the T1 is almost component-for-component identical to HTC's U24 Pro, a Taiwanese-branded phone from 2024.

The internal layout, chip placement, and even screw patterns matched between the two phones. To prove the point, the folks at iFixit swapped the motherboards between the T1 and the U24 Pro, and both phones booted up and ran fine in each other's bodies. Both run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, paired with matching 6.8-inch curved displays.

The biggest change is that Trump Mobile's version comes with a different battery. The T1 uses a 19.35Wh cell manufactured in the Philippines, compared to the U24 Pro's 17.23Wh China-made battery. Despite the larger capacity, the T1's battery charges more slowly, capping at 30W compared to the U24 Pro's 60W.

Valve is finally adding SteamOS support for Intel-based handhelds, enabling Linux gamers to run Valve's official Linux OS on various Intel-based handhelds without resorting to third-party counterparts such as Bazzite. YouTuber ETA Prime tested SteamOS beta 3.8.7 on a Lunar Lake-based MSI Claw 8 AI+, showing SteamOS functioning well on Intel hardware.

SteamOS beta 3.7 introduced a variety of updates for non-Deck-specific hardware, including improved compatibility with "recent Intel and AMD platforms", initial firmware for upcoming Intel handhelds, and controller support for a variety of handheld devices including the MSI Claw 8 AI+. This is a big deal, as Valve has traditionally focused on AMD support for SteamOS on handhelds, thanks to the Steam Deck running on custom AMD silicon.

Despite one quirk where the menu on the handheld failed to come up using controller inputs, ETA Prime notes that the OS ran well on the Intel-based Claw 8 AI+ and achieved playable performance in several games all the way down to 15 watts. The YouTuber tested Cyberpunk 2077, Spider-Man 2, Forza Horizon 6, Left 4 Dead 2, and The Witcher 3 and found that the Lunar Lake handheld was able to achieve performance better than the Steam Deck. That said, the only performance issue the YouTuber noted was in Cyberpunk 2077, where the game ran worse compared to the same game running on Windows.

Neural Dawn is an impressive new mobile game co-developed by Arm and Sumo Digital, created in part to showcase the capabilities of Arm Neural Technology in next-gen Arm Mali GPUs that are set to hit the mobile space later this year. Launching exclusively on Android, Neural Dawn is also the first game to make use of Unreal Engine MegaLights, the impressive ray-traced lighting tech that delivers high-end desktop-class visuals.

As seen in Neural Dawn, Arm Neural Technology leverages AI-powered solutions to improve image fidelity and performance, much like DLSS, FSR, and XeSS in the PC space. Here, it includes Neural Super Sampling (upscaling), Denoising (NSSD), and Neural Frame Rate Upscaling (NFRU). The latter is Arm's take on Frame Generation, while the AI denoiser should hopefully deliver results close to NVIDIA's DLSS Ray Reconstruction or AMD's FSR Ray Regeneration.

Part game, part tech demo created to showcase what's possible with mobile games, Neural Dawn will ship with around two hours of gameplay across four levels as players follow a research scientist exploring a cave network to uncover the "truth behind a collapsing civilization." Lighting plays a major role in how the game plays out, which makes it all the more impressive that this will be the first mobile game to use Unreal Engine 5.6.1 and Unreal Engine MegaLights in real time.

Apple kicked off WWDC 2026 by addressing one of the most consistent pieces of user feedback from the past year: Liquid Glass. The translucent design language that debuted across Apple's software ecosystem last year had users divided, with many users finding the transparency effects difficult to read.

While Apple improved things over the years, it is finally adding a new slider that lets users control exactly how much Liquid Glass they want. Rather than a simple on/off toggle, the slider moves between fully opaque and completely clear, giving users genuine control over the look rather than forcing a single default.

Apple said, "Since everyone's preference varies, we're adding a new slider and settings to adjust Liquid Glass, so you can set it anywhere from ultra clear to fully tinted." Beyond the slider, Apple is updating how Liquid Glass is rendered across the system. The goal is to improve contrast and readability by increasing visual separation between content layers, so that buttons and toolbars stand out more clearly against the background.

MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 8550, a targeted revision to its existing flagship-killer chipset. It is not much different in terms of raw specs, but it now supports Google's new Gemini Nano V3 AI. But before you get too excited, having this chip in your phone does not automatically unlock Gemini Nano V3 features. There is more to it than that.

On paper, the core computing foundation of the Dimensity 8550 remains largely identical to that of the Dimensity 8500, which itself arrived in January 2026. It retains a 4nm manufacturing process and uses an all-big-core octa-core CPU configuration with eight Cortex-A725 cores alongside a Mali-G720 MC8 GPU. Because the core CPU and GPU performance metrics match those of its predecessor, users can expect the same reliable performance for gaming and daily multitasking.

The main change is Gemini Nano V3 compatibility, enabled by an upgraded NPU 880 and LLM Booster, which allows on-device AI processing even without an internet connection, provided the device meets RAM requirements. With that one upgrade, MediaTek is bringing capability that has been reserved for ultra-premium silicon, think Samsung Galaxy S26, Google Pixel 10, and OnePlus 15, down to sub-flagship price tiers.

Trump Mobile's website is reportedly leaking customer data, including names, addresses, and order numbers, and the fallout has seemingly already revealed a customer base that is much smaller than previously believed.

The breach, uncovered by YouTubers Voidzilla and penguinz0, suggests that the Trump T1 Phone may have only 30,000 pre-orders from roughly 10,000 unique customers, which is a stark contrast to the 590,000 figure once floated in early speculation.

The leak came through a simple security exploit, allowing access to a database that not only exposed customer information but also painted a bleak picture for the Trump T1 Phone's commercial viability. According to TechRadar, and the YouTubers, the hacker doesn't intend to use the information, which includes names, addresses, email addresses, and "everything short of a credit card number," said penguinz0.

Apple is reportedly testing a quad-curved display for the iPhone 19 Pro, a design that wraps the screen around all four edges to eliminate bezels.

The prototype, currently at the evaluation stage, features a hole-punch cutout for the front-facing camera, but Face ID is said to be fully hidden under the panel. The news comes from according to Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station, a renowned Apple leaker with a very healthy track record of revealing Apple design choices. The quad-curved display is reportedly destined for Apple's purported 20th-anniversary iPhone next year, which could feature a more refined version of the quad-curved display seen in the evaluation model, and have no cutouts.

The leaker has a history of accurate Apple leaks, including the iPhone Air and the triple 48MP rear camera system on the iPhone 17 Pro. The challenge for Apple lies in integrating Face ID and the front-facing camera under the panel without compromising quality, and according to reports Apple engineers are finding it difficult to cover up the selfie camera cut out.

Apple's long-rumored OLED MacBook Pro is on track for production despite ongoing delays, with reports suggesting a 2027 release.

While initial leaks in 2021 hinted at a 2023 launch, recent supply chain updates from 9to5Mac, citing a report from Bloomberg and The Elec, now place the device's arrival in early 2027 due to ongoing DRAM shortages and component constraints.

The M6 MacBook Pro is expected to feature a thinner design, improved power efficiency, and potentially a touchscreen display, which, if true, will mark a major shift for Apple's premium laptop line. Perhaps the biggest upgrade, or at least the most noticeable at first glance, is reportedly the adoption of an OLED panel, which would bring Apple's premium line of laptops up to the latest-generation pixel technology.

Apple is officially rolling out the red carpet for WWDC 2026, with event invites now going out to media, as individuals have begun sharing screenshots of their WWDC 2026 confirmation on social media.

According to reports from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and other outlets, iOS 27, which is expected to be unveiled at the show, is going to introduce a redesigned Siri interface, along with improved Apple Intelligence features that directly tie into the Siri experience. The WWDC 2026 teaser artwork, as noted by MacDailyNews, subtly hints at the new Siri redesign, suggesting Apple is making a significant shift in how its voice assistant functions and integrates with the OS.

iOS 27 is also pegged to to include standalone Siri app, new editing tools within Apple Photos, and several AI-driven enhancements, such as a new swipe-down-from-the-top gesture that triggers an AI-powered "Search or Ask" bar within the Dynamic Island. Given it's rumored contents, the upcoming update could redefine how users interact with their devices.