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Foldables in China are developing rapidly - slimming down in size while offering more powerful chipsets, cameras and larger batteries. Xiaomi’s new Mix Fold 4 is impossibly thin and light and it’s going directly at the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 and Honor Magic V3 while offering a larger main display, four rear cameras including a 5x periscope lens.At just 226 grams, Mix Fold 4 weighs as much as Honor’s Magic V3 and it’s nearly as thin - 4.59mm unfolded and 9.47 mm in its folded state. Xiaomi went with a curved frame design with the sides tapering into the aluminum...


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Netflix will discontinue the Basic plan in the United States and France. The cheapest ad-free plan will be scraped and users will be pushed towards the more expensive Standard, or a cheaper ad-supported tier.The announcement came through the Q2 financial report, where the company revealed the change was first tested in the United Kingdom and Canada. Users from several countries already reported the change, which now seems to be official.The Basic plan that costs $11.99 in the United States was removed for new users but Netflix allowed paying customers to keep it. Now, they are...


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Samsung's Galaxy Tab S10 series hasn't launched alongside the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 at the company's Unpacked event earlier this month, but it is of course still coming this year.Last week we heard that the tablets would launch in October, and today that rumor has sort of been confirmed by a new rumor, which says that production for the Tab S10 models will start in August.Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and S10 Ultra are expected to begin production in August, consistent with October launch rumors. Colors are Gray and Silver for each.— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) July 22, 2024...


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Apple's first foldable iPhone has been in the news for years, and it's still not materialized. That, however, might change in 2026, according to a new report from Asia today.It will be a flip-style foldable reminiscent of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6, and not the Fold6, the report goes on to claim. Apple has allegedly started the research and development phase for the device this year, which means a release in 2026 is most likely based on its typical two-year development cycle for smartphones.What AI thinks a foldable iPhone will look likeThe folding screen will be supplied by...


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The Deadpool & Wolverine movie is coming out on July 26, and it looks like Poco has a special (possibly limited edition) treat in store for us to mark that occasion. A special edition Deadpool & Wolverine Poco F6 has been leaked today, as you can see below, and it's reportedly due to be unveiled in India on - you guessed it, July 26.The phone's back is painted in Deadpool's trademark Crimson Red color, and it has a bunch of Deadpool and Wolverine accents spread across its rear (including that Deadpool 'face' over the LED flash array, which you can see).While we're not 100% sure...


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Amazon Prime Video is a streaming service, but also a hub that allows you to use other streaming services (e.g. Max). This is cool and all, but it can get a little confusing about what you can and can’t watch at no additional cost. Amazon is currently rolling out a redesigned UI that fixes that and brings other improvements too.In the new UI, there are several tabs on the top row. By default, there is a Prime tab, which only shows movies and TV shows that are available with your Prime subscription. Next to that is the Subscriptions tab where you can add partner services.The...


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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 brings several key improvements over the Z Flip5. Some are pretty straightforward like using a 50MP sensor in the main camera. Others took some doing. For example, the 2024 model features a larger combined battery capacity of 4,000mAh, compared to the 3,700mAh of the Z Flip5.It is split between two cells – the main one with 2,870mAh and a secondary cell with 1,130mAh capacity. The Z Flip5 battery was split into a 2,700mAh main and 1,000mAh secondary cells, so the 2024 model managed to pack more into each. You can see them in PBKreviews’ teardown video, here...


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HMD's been very active recently, especially in leaks - the Finnish company is apparently very busy working on a bunch of own-brand smartphones, and on July 25, it will be brining some of them to India. We're talking about the brand new HMD Crest series, which promises that "a new era of portraits" is coming.It will also be "crafted to perfection" with a "glass back finish", the screen will bring you "stunning visuals", the cameras will deliver "unmatched clarity in every shot", and the phones will be "engineered for easy self-repair". Finally, they should boast "super-fast & stable...


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Samsung recently introduced the Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition at its Unpacked event. This custom smartphone will be gifted to all athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.The company announced that it had just started distributing units to nearly 17,000 participating athletes, who will be able to experience the new Flip foldable even before the device's official market launch.The Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition comes in a custom-made Yellow color with the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics logo engraved on the back panel. Every device has an eSIM...


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The Made in India smartphones are about to get 15% cheaper for local customers after a new tax reduction was implemented by the Finance Minister of India.The 2024 Union Budget will see the basic customs duty on smartphone components reduced by 15% in order to make devices more affordable and boost the mobile industry in India.The reduction only applies to parts and not completely built units – this means only phones assembled in India will be affected by the change.According to analysts, the move is anticipated to boost local assembly and attract global investments. It could...


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Have you ever watched a teardown video of a modern smartphone and wondered “what does that thingy do?” Well, the curious are in luck – Samsung has posted exploded views of the Galaxy Z Fold6, Z Flip6 and Galaxy Watch Ultra with explanations of what each component does.Let’s start with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6. These modern devices are so tightly packed that we have to look at both sides of each board and panel to see everything, there is no space left blank. So, here are all the components seen from the front and back. You can read Samsung’s detailed post for more on each individual...


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Samsung's Galaxy A06 is coming soon, and it might actually arrive very soon. The device has now been listed on Samsung India's support pages, with the model number SM-A065F/DS. This obviously means India will be one of the markets where it will be available. The "DS" suffix in its model number also tells us it will have dual-SIM functionality. The Galaxy A06 has previously been certified by the Bluetooth SIG, BIS, NBTC, and the FCC. It was also spotted in the Geekbench online database a while back, and that run revealed the fact that it will be powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, just...


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Poco has now announced that it's officially launching the M6 Plus in India on August 1. This phone will be the newest member of the M6 family, and Poco has already teased the fact that it has a 108 MP main camera with 3x in-sensor zoom and f/1.75 aperture. Interestingly, this looks a lot like the Redmi 13 5G which launched earlier this month, so it could be a rebranding of that model. It definitely wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary for Poco. If this pans out, then expect the Poco M6 Plus to sport a 6.79-inch 1080x2460 120 Hz LCD touchscreen, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC,...


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It's been a long, hard, windy road but WhatsApp has finally reached 100 million monthly active users in the US. That market is notoriously enamored with Apple's iMessage so this is quite the feat for WhatsApp - unlike ever other place in the world where WhatsApp is as dominant as iMessage is in the US, or more. This information is official and comes straight from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The fastest-growing markets for WhatsApp in the US are Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Seattle. The company is also saying it's experienced "significant growth" in the South, with Texas having more than...


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