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Stuff.tv
a day ago
- Stuff.tv
Samsung is launching an Ultra folding phone – and it could be arriving very soon
If you've been waiting for Samsung to release its next bendy phones, your wait might be over sooner than you think. This year, we're expecting an Ultra folding model for the first time, alongside regular refreshes in the Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip line-up. A report from reliable leaker Evleaks points to 9 July as the date for the next Galaxy Unpacked launch. That's the event where we're expecting Samsung to show off the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7. Given last year's foldables got their debut on 10 July, this leak doesn't feel like much of a stretch. Apparently, things are due to kick off at 10am ET/3pm BST. This leak doesn't come with any new specs, sadly, but that hasn't stopped the rumour mill from grinding away. Word is the new foldables will have upgraded cameras and some new AI software features. Samsung has also already confirmed the new devices will launch with One UI 8. Then there's the so-called Galaxy Z Fold 7 Ultra, which Samsung seems to be increasingly hinting at. Recent official announcements promise 'industry-leading hardware, cutting-edge performance and seamless AI integration optimised for the foldable format'. Whatever that means. The next Galaxy Unpacked: 9 July 2025 @ 10AM EDT — Evan Blass (@evleaks) June 18, 2025 While we're yet to get official confirmation on the names, I'd put money on them being called the Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7, because of course they are. We may also finally get eyes on Samsung's long-rumoured tri-fold foldable, supposedly dubbed the Galaxy G Fold. It's been teased and rumoured for a while now, and this could finally be the year it trots onto the stage. And let's not forget the wrists. The Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic are also expected to make an appearance, which will be the perfect companion to the latest Galaxy smartphones. Although, the Watch Ultra 2 might be keeping a low profile until 2026. If the launch does happen on 9 July, then I expect pre-orders to go live later that day. Based on past launches, pricing is likely to sit in high-end flagship territory – we're talking north of $1700/£1749 for the Fold 7, and closer to $999/£1049 for the Flip 7.
India Today
a day ago
- India Today
iPhone Fold: Everything we know about Apple's Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 rival so far
A latest development has surfaced about the rumoured iPhone Fold. While Apple hasn't officially confirmed anything, multiple leaks and analyst reports suggest that a foldable iPhone is very much in the works. What's known until now is that the iPhone Fold will be Apple's first foldable, expected to launch sometime in 2026, probably alongside the iPhone 18 series. This would be Apple's first entirely new iPhone form factor since the original iPhone X, and expectations are naturally sky-high. After all, Apple has had plenty of time to study the market, especially Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold series, which has evolved rapidly over the last few years. advertisementAccording to trusted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is targeting the second half of 2026 to begin mass production of the iPhone Fold. Assembly partner Foxconn is said to kick off the project in late Q3 or early Q4 of 2025. However, as of now, many component specifications — including the hinge design — are still being finalised. Source: Ming-Chi Kuo/ X (formerly Twitter) Interestingly, the display is one of the few components that's reportedly locked in. Samsung Display is expected to produce around 7–8 million foldable panels per year for Apple. That doesn't mean Apple will ship that many units right away, though. Analysts believe the company is planning for a 2–3 year product lifecycle, with total shipments of 15–20 million units spread across that period. Other than this, several leaks have suggested that the iPhone Fold will have a book-style fold, much like Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold series, and will likely include a 7.8-inch internal display paired with a 5.5-inch outer screen. One of the key highlights could be its slim profile — reportedly measuring just 4.5mm when unfolded and around 9mm when folded. advertisementTo achieve this slimness, Apple may drop Face ID and bring back a physical side-mounted Touch ID sensor. The company could also use a titanium frame, similar to the iPhone 15 Pro and 16 Pro models, to keep the device both strong and lightweight. However, will they, considering the company is expected to revert to aluminium in the iPhone 17 series, including the Pro models?Moving on, the front-facing camera on the iPhone Fold is rumoured to use a hole-punch design instead of Apple's usual Dynamic Island. This change could also appear on the iPhone 18 Pro models, thanks to Face ID components reportedly being moved under the display. If this happens, the iPhone Fold may match the top-left cutout placement seen on the rest of Apple's 2026 lineup, leaving only the iPhone 18 Air to retain the Dynamic expected features include dual rear cameras, cameras on both the inner and outer screens, and possibly a hinge made from liquid metal — a material known for its durability and previously used in Apple's SIM ejector tools. If true, this could help reduce the crease along the folding area, one of the most common pain points in current said, until Apple makes anything official, it's best to treat all of this as speculation. But if the leaks so far are even halfway accurate, the iPhone Fold could be one of the most exciting products Apple has launched in tuned to India Today Tech for all the latest on the iPhone Fold.
Phone Arena
2 days ago
- Phone Arena
After years of doubt, I finally found a foldable worth using daily (Spoiler: It's not a Samsung or a Pixel)
As a tech reviewer, I've had access to foldable phones for years, ever since the first Galaxy Z Fold wowed and impressed. But over the years, I've seldom played with one, and I purposefully abstained from putting my SIM card inside a foldable and using it as a daily driver. The reason was, well, pretty logical in my mind: none of the foldables I saw in person didn't feel like a superior device to the conventional flagships I could use. Something always felt off. Some had unsightly display creases that totally broke the immersion, others were lacking either in the battery life or the camera areas, which are always crucial, some had unusable interfaces, and others were just peculiar in the negative sense of the word. My point being, no foldable really enticed me to use it as a daily driver, until I stumbled upon this "older" device released back in 2024. The phone I'm currently talking about and the one I'm obsessed with right now is the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro, and it's easily among the best foldables to this day. It definitely is a more complete phone than any Galaxy Z Fold you can get, that's for sure. Here's my colleague Preslav giving the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro a heatlthy skeptical look. But believe me, my friend, this is the foldable that could finally make even you switch from your precious Samsungs. (Image by PhoneArena) To explain why I rate this foldable much higher than, say, the Galaxy Z Fold lineup, which is what most people think of when they hear " foldable phone " , I will do what I do best and give you a quick review of the phone in question. The first thing that blew me away with this Vivo was the design. We start off with a pretty thin body that measures 4.7 mm unfolded and 10.2 mm folded. It's not the thinnest foldable around, true, but it's still super-thin and sleek. When you use it folded with a case on, it feels just as large as an iPhone 16 Pro Max with a case on. Moreover, at 236gr, this phone is lighter than some iPhones I've used. Both objectively and subjectively, it's a beaut' (Image by PhoneArena) I particularly loved the aspect ratio of the phone itself. At 21:9, it's perfectly functional and notably more useful than the Z Fold's narrower outer screen. The X Fold 3 Pro is perfectly usable even in its folded state, so you're not forced to unfold it every time you want to use it. The crease on the inner screen is there, you can sometimes see it when a reflection hits, but you can barely feel it when you move your fingertips on top of it. That's just the solution I love with foldables, as the necessary drawback of a crease is almost negligible here. In addition, the hinge is super-strong and solid, unlike the flimsy ones on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. There's also a simple but very useful hardware mute switch, which is super-convenient. The there's the interface. Laugh all you want, but I'm convinced that Vivo's oddly named Funtouch OS is among the best custom Android skins. It's functional, feature-rich, and manages a sleek interface style devoid of any fleeting design trends. There are tons of useful features sprinkled throughout the interface, which is usually the case with phones hailing from China, but interestingly, Funtouch OS is probably the least "Chinese-looking" phone skin I've laid my eyes upon. For example, Xiaomi's HyperOS or Oppo's ColorOS are instantly recognizable with their near-identical iOS-like styling that oozes with everything but originality. Funtouch OS is more understated as it's definitely closer to stock Android yet still has its own, rather unique UX design. Classy notifications (with colorful icons, mind you), a unified notification shade that simply revels in efficiency, and all the latest Android features you've come to expect are currently here. There are many personalization and customization features, with Funtouch OS' Dynamic Effects offering some of the deepest and most intriguing ways to shape the interface to your liking. You can change the home screen entering animation, the fingerprint icon and recognition animations, the charging and USB insertion animations, the ambient light effect when receiving a notification, and so much more. A proper treasure trove for customization freaks like me! There are some AI features, but they are mostly forgettable. As long as I have access to Gemini and ChatGPT, my AI needs are sorted, and I have hardly needed anything more. I absolutely adore the foldable-specific features here, like swiping up an app to open it in split-screen or run in a floating window, as well as the neat dock at the bottom. If you quickly close and open the foldable, you can easily open most apps in split-screen, and that's genius. Position the phone half-open on any surface, and you get a customizable standby clock. Okay, technically, we don't get the latest hardware inside the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro: there's "only" a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip inside instead of the more powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite. Is that a problem? Absolutely not! The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is still a flagship chip that marries superb raw power with decent enough efficiency, despite clocking it slightly lower scores in the synthetic benchmarks. The performance is top-notch in almost any task you might think of, and I could even emulate some of my favorite PC and PS3 games with respectable frame rates (thank the gods for Android emulation). The phone is equipped with 16GB of RAM, which is great in itself, but Vivo also lets you use up to 16GB of the 512GB of storage as additional memory, totalling to around 32GB of available memory. This allows the phone to hold so many apps in its memory that I'm sometimes surprised that apps I haven't used in a day or so were still held in the memory. This is perfect for heavy multitaskers, which I apparently am. There's somehow a 5,700mAh battery fitted on the foldable phone . Vivo has used a second-gen carbon-silicon battery which boasts 780 Wh/L density. I will be honest with you, I don't know what that means exactly at the top of my mind, but I can attest to the decent battery life of the phone itself. With a mixed folded/unfolded use through the day and usually moderate usage, it's easily a day, day-and-a-half phone. What I like even more is the fast 100W charging. Pop the phone on the charger, go make yourself a brunch and some coffee, and voilà, it's typically trickling at around 80%, which is more than enough to last you a day. There are also two ultrasonic fingerprint scanners here, one on the internal screen and another one on the external display. That's a rarity, with many manufacturers opting for either an ultrasonic/optical or a single capacitive fingerprint in the power button. Speaking of the displays, both are superb. Colorful OLEDs with just the right amount of customization allowing you to fine-tune the color temperature and tone, very high peak brightness and low enough minimum one, with a smooth 120Hz refresh rate. Absolutely top-notch! Not the very best, but good enough for me (Image by PhoneArena) Although it received a fairly middle-of-the-road score in our PhoneArena camera tests, the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro camera still amazes me to this day. It reminded me that the best camera is the one you have on you, but also the one you know the strengths and weaknesses of, allowing you to squeeze the best possible results with what you have available. Hardware-wise, it's a pretty respectable triple camera setup with a 50MP main camera with a large sensor, a 50MP ultrawide, and a high-res 64MP telephoto with 3X optical zoom that uses sensor cropping to zoom even further without any noticeable image quality loss. I routinely take photos at between 6X and 10X, and the quality is more than acceptable (taking your kid to the park apparently involves a lot of zooming in to capture all the shenanigans). I absolutely adore the number of features and hidden functionalities available in the camera app. Apart from the standard photo, video, Pro shooting, and portrait modes, this phone also lets you take tilt shift photography, dabble into astrophotography (with AR constellation support), have access to many portrait modes emulating the look of some classic Zeiss lenses like Distagon, Sonnar, Planar, Biotar, and so much more. There's a proper macro mode here, which uses the correct camera (it's the telephoto one, not the ultrawide). You can also customize the cinematic video mode look by applying custom or some preloaded LUTs, apply a slow-shutter effect, and generally feel like an aspiring cinematographer. All cool beans! Although it's not the best camera around in terms of pure quality, it's just enough for me. More often than not, it's not the camera hardware, but the creativity that takes a better photo. he hinge is perfect. Once more for the Galaxy Z Fold users in the back, THE HINGE IS PERFECT (Image by PhoneArena) The things I don't like? The phone can capture up to 8K@30fps videos, but the quality is just okay. There's a big difference when you switch between the different cameras when taking a video, which doesn't always look great. Newer Vivo phones also have the very useful Live Photo feature, which works just like on the iPhone and captures a short video before and after you hit the shutter button, but the X Fold 3 Pro only allows this in its dedicated Snapshot mode. In it, none of the standard camera features are available, so it's mostly a wasted functionality here. Other foldables like the Oppo Find N5 support regular Live Photo capture in all standard still photography modes, so excuse me if I'm a bit envious. The phone is only IPX8, not IP68. While that's normal to expect from a foldable, I would have loved some minor dust proofing, at least IP48 matching the Galaxy Z Fold series. The glass on the outer screen, while having super-strong shatter resistance (at least according to the official specs), the outer glass isn't very scratch-resistant. While I pamper it, I can notice some micro scratches here and there, which isn't inspiring a lot of confidence, as I now have to consider getting a 3D glass protector from Chinese online retailers. The audio quality isn't too good as well, but that's usually the case with foldable phones . The dual stereo speakers inside are tiny due to the cramped space inside, which could be some of the reasons why the audio is simply lacking in terms of strength and presence. You eventually get used to it, but if someone plays the same audio track on a Galaxy flagship or an iPhone, it would be a night-and-day difference. And yes, the pricing isn't the most affordable. Currently, you can find the phone going for around $1,300 from reputable online retailers that specialize in reselling Chinese phones, but the price was higher last year. Now that I've used the phone, I'm fully convinced it's worth it, though: the value you get out of the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro definitely beats those equally expensive newer foldables out there. Currently, I have no plans to stop using this device. It has everything I could possibly want from a phone, be it a foldable or a regular one. Given the increasing pace of rumors regarding the upcoming Vivo X Fold 5 (the company conveniently skips the "4" iteration of the phone as is the Chinese tradition), I am fully expecting to be shock-and-awed by Vivo's next-gen foldable phone and would absolutely rattle up the chain of command so that I can review it as soon as it enters the PhoneArena premises. As a conclusion, I've you've been hesitant to try out a foldable phone , make sure to look past the usual suspects coming from Samsung and Google. Chinese manufacturers are playing in another league altogether, and I'd never swap the X Fold 3 Pro for a Galaxy Z Fold. 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Deccan Herald
13-06-2025
- Deccan Herald
Samsung Galaxy Ultra foldable phone to come with AI camera
Samsung, which is expected to launch the new generation Galaxy Z Fold series next month has released a new teaser highlighting its new reveals that the upcoming Galaxy Fold Ultra will boast a new triple camera that will do more than regular tasks of taking images and camera hardware will be optimised with generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI) so that it can help device owners get information about things in front of them more easily in a short 16: Seven key features you should know about Google's latest mobile already have Google Lens which can help with retrieving all the related information about an image. But, it requires several steps to complete the task. The user has to open the Google search app, tap on the camera icon to take a snap and then, tap the search tab to get the in Galaxy Fold Ultra, the image search option will be available right within the native will greatly help tourists in exotic places. They can just point the camera to a banner or restaurant menu in a foreign language to get translated into the user's native language or will be similar to Visual Intelligence feature we see in iPhone 16 18.4: How to use Visual Intelligence feature on your iPhone."As AI evolves from text-based prompts to multimodal understanding, Galaxy devices are becoming smarter — able to get what you're looking at and respond to situations. The camera is at the heart of this transformation. More than just a tool for capturing images, coupled with enhanced AI-powered features, the Galaxy camera is now part of the intuitive interface that turns what users see into understanding and action," said also promises the user's privacy will be safeguarded with robust security and ensure all data remains within the device and protected against cyber this week Samsung also revealed that the Galaxy Z Fold Ultra will be the slimmest and lightest foldable phone. It will also be made of the sturdiest materials to sustain daily wear and tear, and accidental water splashes and be able to serve the customer for several is expected to bring two or three foldable phones including the Galaxy Z Flip7 with a clamshell design. It remains to be seen if Samsung plans to bring a Galaxy Z Fold7 Ultra and a regular Galaxy Z Fold. Or, just the to bring Perplexity AI to Galaxy phones: the latest news on new launches, gadget reviews, apps, cybersecurity, and more on personal technology only on DH Tech
Tom's Guide
12-06-2025
- Tom's Guide
Galaxy Z Fold 7 expectations: Samsung is setting a high bar for its next foldable with all this pre-launch hype
Samsung really wants you to know its working on some new foldable phones. And it's also hoping that will get you excited about the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7, even if the rumors about those devices haven't yet gotten your heart racing. It started a week ago when Samsung posted a teaser that promised "cutting-edge performance and seamless AI integration optimized for the foldable format." "It's what users have come to expect from Galaxy Ultra," Samsung said of its upcoming foldabe, raising the specter of a second, higher-end Galaxy Z Fold model. (That's likely not the case, though, as we'll get to in a bit.) Then, while Apple was wrapping up its WWDC keynote a few days ago, Samsung decided to remind us once more that new foldables were on the way. And this version was going to be even more slender than previous models. "The newest Galaxy Z series is the thinnest, lightest and most advanced foldable yet — meticulously crafted and built to last," Samsung's latest teaser claimed. "The Ultra experience is ready to unfold." Two consecutive weeks of foldable-touting posts sets the stage for a big announcement, which rumors claim will be happening in July. All that's required now is for Samsung to produce new foldable phones that live up to this hype. Unfortunately, if you go by the rumors that have emerged around either the Galaxy Z Fold 7 or Galaxy Z Flip 7, that's going to be tough for Samsung to do. There's always the possibility for surprises, of course, but the chatter around the next round of foldable phones from Samsung covers a lot of the improvements you'd expect — new chipset, larger displays and other enhancements here and there — but nothing that seems to herald a new era for foldable devices. In fact, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 sounds like a pretty run-of-the-mill upgrade. It's set to feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, though models released outside of the U.S. may turn to Exynos chips instead. Both the main screen and cover display are tipped to be bigger, and Samsung could use a bigger battery in this year's model. But the camera setup on this foldable flip phone isn't likely to change. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 sounds a bit more promising, in that it's expected to adopt the 200MP main camera already found on the Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Edge. That upgrade will go along with larger screens plus the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, according to rumors. But based on its teasers, Samsung seems to want us to focus on the thinness of its phones, the Galaxy Z Fold model in particular. The current Galaxy Z Fold 6 is 5.6mm thin when unfolded — just a little bit more slender than the ultra-thin Galaxy S25 Edge. But rumors suggest the Galaxy Z Fold 7 could shrink further, with a reported thinness between 3.9mm and 4.5mm. A phone that thin would certainly impress. But I'm not sure it moves the needle for people who've yet to consider a foldable device over a phone with a more conventional design. If you've been holding out on giving foldable phones a try, does it really matter to you that Samsung is shaving a millimeter-and-a-half off the thickness of its flagship device? I'm guessing the answer is no. Rather, I think the thing that will convince more people that foldable phones are the wave of the future will be when they offer capabilities that take advantage of that flexible design. Multitasking that makes the most of that enlarged interior display — reportedly 8 inches on the Galaxy Z Fold 7! — seems like a prime area for Samsung to make its mark. To be fair, current Samsung foldables do offer some multitasking features, even if more apps could be optimized for foldable displays. And in its June 4 Galaxy Z Fold teaser, Samsung mentions "seamless AI integration optimized for the foldable format," which would seem to imply that Galaxy AI features geared toward its foldable phones could be in the works. If so, then that would certainly lend some muscle to that "Ultra experience" the phone maker keeps touting. But it's also noteworthy that amid all of Samsung's talking points about its foldables — They're thin! They're light! They're versatile! — the affordability of the Z Fold and Z Flip aren't being mentioned at all. And in light of price hikes last year that upped the cost of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 by $100, that's a little worrisome. I understand that foldables are going to cost more than conventional phones. And though the Z Fold 6 is very expensive at $1,899, the best foldable phones from OnePlus and Google aren't exactly inexpensive in their own right, either. But at some point, Samsung's going to have to shift its focus away from making everything thinner and lighter to making a foldable phone that more people can afford. There had been talk of that happening with an FE edition of the Galaxy Z Flip, which would be a smart move on Samsung's part, given that two of the three Motorola Razr (2025) models cost less than the $1,099 Z Flip 6. But the rumor mill has been quiet on the prospect of a cheaper Z Flip model lately, making me wonder if it's going to be a part of the next Galaxy Unpacked event that brings us new foldables. I keep circling back to Samsung's use of the word "Ultra" in its recent foldable teasers and wondering whether the upcoming models will live up to that branding. Certainly, a 200MP main camera on the Z Fold 7 would put camera capabilities on a par with the Ultra and a thinner design would be nothing to sneeze at. But I think it's going to take more than the standard upgrades you'd expect to see to live up to the hype Samsung's looking to generate. That could be anything from record-setting battery life — remember, most foldables struggle to last long on a charge — or features that are unique to the Fold and Flip. If they're Galaxy AI exclusives, all the better. Deliver something like that, and I'll tip my hat to Samsung at the next Unpacked. Roll out the same-old same old — and at the same price — and I won't be the only one wondering what all the pre-launch fuss was about.
