Galaxy S23 Ultra is so awesome it’s making foldables worthless for me

Four years since Samsung started making foldable phones, I’ve not felt the need to switch to one. The camera experience is the main reason for that on the Galaxy Z Flip line, along with the narrow cover screen on Galaxy Z Fold smartphones. And now that the Galaxy S23 Ultra is here, it looks like […]

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Trendforce: Over 18 million foldables to be shipped in 2023, up 44% from last year

Trendforce published a report predicting that shipments of foldables will increase 44% YoY in 2023. The improved sales will affect the market for hinges in foldable OLED smartphones and will reach $500 million. Last year saw 12.8 million shipped foldable smartphones, which will jump to over 18.5 million for the calendar 2023, forecasted Trendforce. Samsung […]

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Galaxy Z Fold 5 could fix huge design flaw with Samsung’s foldables

The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is arguably the best foldable smartphone released in 2022, as it offers a great balance of build quality, cameras, software, and battery life. But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. The company needs to fix a design flaw that can bring it closer to the recently released foldable […]

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Weekly poll results: Oppo’s Find N2 foldables excite, but availability is an issue

Last week’s poll shows that Oppo can become a major player in the foldable smartphone market – the new Find N2 duo was received with praise and enthusiasm. However, only one stands a chance of making it big in the global market. The Oppo Find N2 Flip will be available in many markets, though which […]

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Apple’s secret advantage will hurt Samsung a lot in 2023

Apple and Samsung remain the dominant forces in the global smartphone market. The former is a titan of the industry in its own right. Its pivot from being purely a hardware company to a subscription service behemoth has been executed subtly and has now become indestructible. Apple makes a lot less hardware compared to Samsung […]

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Samsung Galaxy S22 sales to come short of 30 million sales goal, foldables also in decline

The Galaxy S22 series was expected to strengthen Samsung’s position as a top manufacturer, but sales failed to reach their goal. According to Korean sources, Samsung increased its devices’ ASP (Average Sales Price) by just 2%, while Apple saw a rise of 7%. Local media and analysts pointed out that Samsung might lose its premium […]

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Samsung End of Year Sale lets you save on foldables and smartwatches

As 2022 is coming to a close and Samsung US is offering some great discounts on its foldable phones and Galaxy smartwatches. If you’ve been eyeing a new Galaxy foldable or smartwatch then you can pick one up until January 1 when the End of the Year Sale event is officially over. The first phone […]

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Oppo Find N2 and Find N2 Flip early bookings open, new promo videos of the foldables surface

Oppo is gearing up to launch its Find N2 and Find N2 Flip foldable phones at its upcoming Inno Day event on December 15. Ahead of the big announcements, Oppo listed both new foldables on its online store in China and eager buyers can now book their units by depositing 1 CNY. Oppo Find N2 […]

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Oppo Find N2 foldables to arrive on December 15, rumor claims

Oppo traditionally has an event in December called Inno Day. It is where the company announces all its innovations and accomplishments and is also the stage for launching new products. According to one trustworthy leakster, Oppo Inno Day 2022 will be on December 14. A day later, on December 15, we will see the announcement […]

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Demand for Samsung Galaxy foldables more than doubles among enterprise customers

Samsung has found success in selling its smartphones to enterprise customers. For example, the 740 thousand Galaxy XCover Pros it sold to Walmart replaced handheld scanners and walkie-talkies on the shop floor. But now a new category is gaining popularity among business users – foldable phones. The company revealed that between January and October of […]

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Business customers are falling in love with Samsung’s foldables

Samsung shared a bit more information about the sales performance of its Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold lineups in 2022, focusing on the enterprise segment rather than the consumer market at large. And according to the company as well as independent market researchers, Samsung’s foldable phones now have a higher adoption rate in […]

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More Google apps get improvements on tablets and foldables

Google is making an all-around effort to better support big-screen devices such as tablets and foldable phones. In line with this, Google is updating a bunch of its Workspace apps and adding drag-and-drop improvements and full mouse support. This could also be because the company is reportedly working on a Google Pixel tablet, which is […]

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Google is encouraging developers to make better-behaving apps for foldables

Most smartphone buyers buy a phone to take advantage of these phones’ great camera capabilities. For example, the Galaxy S22 Ultra saw a huge demand among smartphone buyers because of its exceptional camera performance. And cameras are going to be one of the top reasons for a consumer to purchase a phone. App developers, in […]

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Samsung US early Black Friday deals include discounted foldables, Galaxy S models and Tab S8 slates

Singles’ Day is not (yet) a traditional shopping holiday in the US, so you can call these early Black Friday deals if you wish. Either way, here are some special offers from Samsung US (note: the deals are available only from the links below and won’t appear if you just visit samsung.com). We’ll start off […]

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It’s Apple, not Samsung, that will make the foldables segment really take off

It’s often said that Apple is always late to the party. The Cupertino-based company takes years to bring over features that have been available on Android/Android devices for a long time to iPhones and iPads, and usually, the fanboy response is that Apple delays things because it wants to perfect those features before bringing them […]

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Samsung wants to sell 270 million devices next year with a big focus on foldables

Samsung is expecting to sell around 260 million smartphones this year and aims to sell about 270 million units in 2023, according to a new report out of its home of Korea. The company’s device sales peaked back in 2017 at 320 million units, and it’s not gone over 300 million ever since. The current […]

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Beyond the ThinkPad: How Lenovo is innovating with foldables and rollables

For a company whose laptops are best known for their boxy black aesthetics, Lenovo has steadfastly embraced the understated appeal of its ThinkPads. Rather than chase after the fickle tastes of millennials and ever-changing whims of Gen Z with colorful clamshells, Lenovo stubbornly iterated and perfected the innocuous squared-off design – which was inspired by […]

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It’s high time Sasmsung started public One UI 5.0 beta testing for its latest foldables

The Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy Z Flip 4 might not bring too big a list of upgrades over the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Z Flip 3, but still, the overall package you’re getting for the asking prices is pretty compelling. Sadly, as we’ve complained before, one thing we would have […]

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Google Play Store now looks better than ever on Galaxy foldables and tablets

Google has redesigned the Play Store app for foldable phones and tablets to take full advantage of the bigger screen. The new design will show more content in the same area and look more polished than ever before. It will look great on your Galaxy Tab or Galaxy Z Fold series device. At Google I/O […]

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Samsung teams up with designer Juun.J on limited edition foldables and accessories

Samsung and South Korean fashion designer Juun.J released a new collection of limited edition Galaxy Z Fold4, Z Flip4, Buds2 Pro, Watch5 series devices. The new devices are all available in South Korea from the Samsung Korea online store, Galaxy Campus stores and partnering retailers. Samsung Galaxy x Juun J. collection The new limited edition […]

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