iPhone Ultra to sport a liquid metal hinge

Apple's first foldable smartphone, widely rumored to be coming this fall under the name iPhone Ultra, is now said to sport a liquid metal hinge. This information comes from one of the most prolific leakers over on Weibo. According to this source, the development of the iPhone Ultra is progressing rapidly, and prototypes have already been shipped to carriers worldwide for testing ahead of the launch. Despite the name, "liquid metal" is an alloy that isn't actually liquid, but unlike traditional metals, which have a rigid, crystalline atomic structure, it has a disordered,...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 and Fold8 Ultra's dummy units appear in side-by-side comparison photos

CAD-based renders of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Wide, now reportedly renamed Galaxy Z Fold8, revealed its design back in March. However, we recently saw a dummy unit of the Fold8 in a hands-on video, which gave us a better look at the wide foldable. The smartphone was also spotted in the wild, and now we are looking at more images, showing the dummy units of the Galaxy Z Fold8 and the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra (previously called Fold8) side-by-side. These images don't reveal anything new and only show how both foldables stack up in terms of design. The taller phone, previously called Fold8 and...

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iPhone 18 Pro will offer two different battery capacities, claims new rumor

The upcoming iPhone 18 Pro is rumored to continue the battery strategy Apple introduced with the iPhone 17 Pro, offering different battery capacities depending on the region. According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the Chinese variant of the iPhone 18 Pro will feature a 4,056mAh battery, while the US model is said to pack a slightly larger 4,288mAh cell. iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro A similar approach was adopted with the iPhone 17 Pro lineup. The difference stems from the fact that Chinese models include a physical SIM card slot, whereas iPhone 17 Pro units sold in the...

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Samsung is moving its US headquarters to Texas

Samsung’s US operations have been headquartered in New Jersey for over 40 years – and the majority of that time was spent in Ridgefield Park. Then in 2024, the company announced that it will move to Englewood Cliffs, also in New Jersey. But now Samsung is moving again and is leaving the state altogether. According to the Korea Times, Samsung will relocate its headquarters to Plano, Texas. Plano is just north of Dallas and is around 200 miles away from Taylor. Samsung has built several massive semiconductor fabs in Taylor and wants to build more. In 2024, it received a $6.6 billion...

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OnePlus Turbo 6X and Turbo 6X Pro specs and images are out

OnePlus launched the Turbo 6 and Turbo 6V in January, and now the company is rumored to be working on two more members to add to this family: the Turbo 6X and Turbo 6X Pro. Both of these have now been spotted in the Google Play Console, following their prior certifications in China by TENAA. According to those, the Turbo 6X has a 6.72-inch FHD+ LCD screen with 144Hz refresh rate, the Dimensity 7400 SoC at the helm, 6/8/12GB of RAM, 128/256/512GB of storage, and a 7,000 mAh battery. On the rear is a 50MP main camera with a 2MP decorative sensor next to it, while for selfies you get an 8MP...

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Photo of the iPhone Fold (in white/silver) shared by Ice Universe

Alright, show of hands – who here thought that Apple’s first foldable will be a wide-style device, instead of the more common book-style of flip? Well, that is what Cupertino went for as you can see in the photo shared by Ice Universe on Weibo. This doesn’t come out of the blue – we’ve seen dummies with this design and CAD schematics that revealed the dimensions – 120.6 mm tall and 167.6mm wide (unfolded). When folded, the device is expected to measure 9.23mm (well, 13mm with the camera island). An alleged photo of the Apple iPhone foldable This photo also shows off one of the...

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