Samsung’s third Unpacked of 2021 is over, and like all events since the coronavirus spread around the world, Samsung’s latest launch was all-virtual. Foldables are the big phones of the day: Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 3, which expands outward from a phone into a tablet, and the Galaxy Z Flip 3, a clamshell design. New …
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Ocean plastic is a major problem. Samsung may use it in future phones
This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. What if your future Galaxy phone was made of reclaimed ocean plastic? That’s one possible future Samsung has in mind. The consumer electronics titan became the most recent Big Tech company to embrace a …
Read More »With Z Fold 3, Z Flip 3, Samsung’s doing all the right things. But it may still struggle
Samsung has its newest foldables ready for buyers. Now, it has to see if buyers are actually ready for them. The South Korean company unveiled its $1,000 Galaxy Z Flip 3 and $1,800 Galaxy Z Fold 3 on Wednesday during a virtual Unpacked event. Both feature tweaks in materials and design that make them more robust than their predecessors. Both …
Read More »Google Fi has one of the most interesting Samsung Galaxy Flip 3 preorder deals today
There’s no shortage of ways to preorder a Samsung Galaxy Flip 3 today. The real challenge is choosing the one with the best combination of useful add-ons, discounts and trade-in value for your current phone. While most retailers are offering deals fairly similar to Samsung’s own website, Google Fi is trying something different. If you’re new to Google’s phone service, …
Read More »Magic 3 is Honor’s first post
After being sold off by Huawei, Honor is back in the limelight with its new flagship Magic 3 series. It’s the company’s first global flagship launch since Huawei sold Honor to a consortium of buyers. And unlike Huawei devices, the Magic 3 lineup, will run Google’s popular software and apps in their full capacity — features it lost access to when …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3: Can the upgrades win over foldable skeptics?
After what seemed like an endless string of rumors and leaks, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is finally a reality. Samsung announced the third-generation folding phone along with the Galaxy Z Flip 3 at a virtual Unpacked event on Wednesday. Both phones prove that Samsung hasn’t given up on foldables. In fact, the Z Fold 3 angles to be the …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3: Is it the foldable phone for the masses?
Fundamentally, the new Galaxy Z Flip 3 is a phone that folds in half to get smaller, whereas the new Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a phone that opens up to make the screen bigger, like a tablet. The two latest additions to the Galaxy Z foldable line were announced at a virtual Unpacked event Wednesday. Samsung showcased durability improvements made …
Read More »Bixby makes a surprising appearance at Samsung Unpacked
At the all-virtual Samsung Unpacked event on Wednesday, the tech company resurfaced Bixby, Samsung’s somewhat forgotten virtual assistant. While showing off the new Galaxy Z Flip 3 features, Samsung said Bixby is now 35% faster on the phones and supports on-device transcription for voice-to-text. Samsung’s newest foldable phones took center stage during Unpacked, namely the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and …
Read More »Galaxy Watch 4: Samsung is coming for Apple Watch’s crown with Wear OS 3
There’s one clear go-to smartwatch for iOS: the Apple Watch. But for Android, there hasn’t been a singular option. Will the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 finally be that watch? At Samsung’s newest folding-phone-focused Unpacked announcement where the latest Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 phones were unveiled, the company also announced the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 …
Read More »Why Samsung reinvented its Google
Samsung has had a long history in smartwatches, with a lot of experimentation in features and software ideas. The company’s latest Galaxy Watch 4 represents a new phase. Its software is the result of a partnership with Google, the first entry in what could be a whole new line of Android watches using Wear OS 3. The new Galaxy Watch …
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