Samsung finally gave the Fold line a true Ultra, and it earns the badge. The Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, shown July 22, 2026 at Unpacked in London and on sale August 7, goes straight at the three complaints Fold7 owners repeated all year: a battery that quit early, charging that crawled, and an ultrawide that […]
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You don’t need to have won a Commodore preorder to start putting your phone down. That itch to unplug was never really about one specific gadget. It’s about wanting your attention back, and there’s more than one way into that. The Commodore Callback 8020 became the internet’s shorthand for that urge this year, a $399
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Phone upgrades used to be judged on the spec sheet. Lately the color you choose says just as much, and it is usually the first thing anyone notices when you pull the phone out. That is what makes the newest Pixel 11 leak worth a look, because a fresh wave of leaked renders and retailer
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Samsung revealed the Galaxy Z Flip 8 at Galaxy Unpacked in London on July 22, 2026. Preorders are open now, and the phone ships August 7 starting at $1,199 for 256GB. The headline change is the FlexWindow cover screen, which gains new gestures, wider app support, and deeper Galaxy AI features rather than a larger
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Apple has spent the last decade making the iPhone better without making it look all that different. That streak is expected to end in 2027, the year the iPhone turns 20, and the reporting so far points to the most dramatic redesign since the iPhone X. Here is what the current wave of reports and
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Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked is set for July 22, 2026, and the company has already confirmed the date, the London venue, and a teaser line that reads “a new shape unfolds.” It’s Samsung’s first summer Unpacked staged in the UK capital, and the “new shape” wording has most people reading it as a hint at
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Selling out in minutes normally means a company has a hit on its hands. Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold spent three months proving that a phone can sell every unit it makes and still walk away from the market. At $2,899, it was the most expensive phone Samsung had ever sold in the US, and it
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Caviar took football’s biggest argument and turned it into a checkout page. The Dubai luxury house’s new Legends collection hands Lionel Messi a customized Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and gives Cristiano Ronaldo an iPhone 17 Pro, each finished with 24-karat gold plating and a hand-fired enamel portrait. Only 19 of each will ever
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Xiaomi’s X-series has always chased one thing, which is the most speed you can get for the least money. The Poco X8 Pro keeps that promise with a Dimensity 8500-Ultra chip, a 6500mAh battery, and 100W charging, all starting near $355. It landed on March 17, 2026 next to a larger Pro Max sibling, and
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Motorola made the wireless charging pitch a lot more interesting for Android buyers. The new Edge 70 Max is one of the first Android phones outside Google’s Pixel line to build in magnets for native Qi2.2 magnetic charging, so a whole ecosystem of magnetic accessories snaps on without a special case. That’s a small hardware
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The entire appeal of a dumb phone is that it leaves the noise behind, no apps, no feeds, no assistant nagging for your attention. So it’s a little strange that HMD’s four newest Nokia feature phones ship with a dedicated AI button sitting right in the middle of the keypad. Price: TBD Where to Buy:
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Xiaomi just made the Redmi Note lineup a lot more interesting. On July 14, 2026, the company launched the new Redmi Note 17 series in China, and yes, you read that right, it jumped straight from the Note 15 family to Note 17. There is no Redmi Note 16. Xiaomi skipped the number entirely, likely
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Google has already confirmed the date: August 12, an event in New York teasing “the next generation of Pixel.” Everything else about the Pixel 11 series, from pricing to colors to the chip inside, is still coming from leakers, retailer listings, and the occasional Amazon slip-up. This year’s leak cycle has been unusually detailed, covering
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Leaks usually show up as blurry renders and spec sheets you have to squint at. This time, someone appears to have walked right past a finished unit. Images circulating online this week seem to show a Galaxy Z Fold 8 already sitting on display in a Samsung store in South Korea, roughly a week and
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Hisense announced the A10, a phone built around a 6.13-inch monochrome E Ink display with a detachable magnetic color LCD for the back and a Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor. The removable rear panel lets you swap between a slim reading-focused device and a full-color smartphone without carrying two phones. It is also the first
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Apple’s ultra-thin iPhone Air arrived as one of the most polarizing flagships in years. It won praise for its impossibly slim titanium body and premium feel, but it drew just as much criticism for its single camera, modest battery, and steep price. Almost as soon as it shipped, attention turned to the sequel. The iPhone
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Thin phones almost always come with an asterisk. To get that slim profile, you normally give up battery life, accept a more fragile body, or both, and you find out the hard way a few months in. That tradeoff is the reason most people scroll right past ultra-slim phones, and it’s exactly the problem ZTE’s
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You have probably skipped a phone simply because it never officially launched in the US, treating that absence as a verdict on quality. If a company didn’t bother selling it here, the reasoning goes, it couldn’t have been worth owning. Price: $279.50 | AED1,635.00 Where to Buy: Amazon | Amazon UAE That assumption falls apart the
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Xiaomi’s next flagship is already generating serious buzz months ahead of its expected debut. If the leaks hold up, the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max won’t just be an iterative bump over the 17 Pro Max. It’s shaping up to be one of the boldest camera phones of 2026, headlined by a rumored dual 200MP setup
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This is not a generic Amazon best-seller list. It is a reader-interest snapshot built from Clicky traffic on The Gadgeteer from June 1-28, then checked…
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