The Samsung Galaxy Z8 foldables and caller smartwatches are now disposable globally (the authoritative motorboat was connected Friday). Another large lawsuit happening soon is the unveiling of the Google Pixel 11 bid next week.
First, the foldables. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 is the caller hotness – it accounted for 40% of each Z8 pre-orders successful Europe and a whopping 70% of pre-orders successful Korea. Is it really that good? Check retired our Galaxy Z Fold8 review for our thoughts connected the caller wide signifier origin Galaxy.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra whitethorn present person an “Ultra” tagged to the extremity of its name, but this is the instrumentality that traces backmost to the archetypal Galaxy Fold. It has immoderate improvements implicit its predecessor, the Z Fold7, similar a larger 5,000mAh battery. You tin find much connected the artillery life, the faster charging and the different improvements successful our Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra review. But which 1 should you get – the Galaxy Z Fold8 oregon the Z Fold8 Ultra? Our versus nonfiction goes into the pros and cons for each model.
Then there’s the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 – this 1 uses a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset successful the US (and respective different regions) alternatively of an Exynos chipset similar the Z Flip7 past twelvemonth and Z Flip8 units sold successful astir of the world.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch9 besides has a caller chipset – the Snapdragon Wear Elite replaces the Exynos W1000 of the Watch8. The 40mm exemplary gets a decent bump successful artillery capableness (from 325mAh to 390mAh), but the 44mm exemplary lone gets 10mAh extra.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 is the due sequel to the 2024 archetypal (last twelvemonth we lone got a refresh). This 1 besides replaces the Exynos W1000 with a Snapdragon Wear Elite chipset. Better yet, it bulks up the h2o absorption with an IP69K standing and a EN13319 certification (a European certification for diving tools). The artillery got a sizable upgrade acknowledgment to Si/C tech from 590mAh to 800mAh.
If you are not a instrumentality of foldables, the Samsung Galaxy S26 trio is holding a comparatively dependable price. Compared to past week, the Galaxy S26 Ultra dipped nether $1,000 again (for the 256GB model, which was $1,050 past week), the 512GB S26+ is nether $1,000 excessively and the vanilla S26 remains the cheapest of the three.
Google volition unveil the Pixel 11 bid adjacent week – however, we don’t expect to spot a caller a-model yet. The Pixel 10a was unveiled successful February of this year, portion the different Pixel 10 members are from August 2025. So, the Pixel 10a volition stay the inexpensive enactment for astatine slightest a fewer much months. And if you similar what you see, you tin get an authoritative silicone lawsuit too.
For the aforesaid price, you tin get a Samsung Galaxy A57 instead. It’s a larger telephone (6.7” surface vs. 6.3”), but with a somewhat smaller 5,000mAh battery. The Pixel 10a has lone 100mAh much successful its tank, which was capable to triumph the Active Use Score conflict – 15:13h for the Google telephone vs. 13:59h for the Galaxy. The aging Tensor G4 amazingly holds its ain successful benchmarks against the caller Exynos 1680 too.
You tin besides find the older Galaxy A56 for $50 less, but successful our head-to-head comparison, the A57 had wide advantages that are good worthy the tiny terms premium.
Earlier this week we saw a leak for 2nd gen Bose QuietComfort headphones. The erstwhile exemplary has been astir for respective years present and presently carries a coagulated 36% discount.
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