The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, claiming the company abuses its dominance in the search and advertising spaces to… stay on top of the search and advertising spaces. Xda-developers has a pretty good write up of the allegations. The case is likely to play out in years rather than […]
Tag: foldables
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is available for pre-order for $2500
Lenovo’s first PC with a foldable OLED display is up for pre-order for $2500 and up and expected to ship in the fourth quarter of 2020. First announced earlier this year, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is a computer that sort of straddles the line between tablet and notebook. It’s a Windows tablet with a 13.3 inch, […]
Royole FlexPai 2 is a 5G foldable phone for under $1500 (in China)
The first company to launch a smartphone with a foldable AMOLED display… did an underwhelming job of it the first time around. But Chinese company Royole is giving foldable phones another try. The Royole FlexPai 2 is now available for purchase in China for about $1470 and up. While that’s not exactly cheap, it does […]
Lilbits: KDE Plasma 5.20, Royole FlexPai 2, and Sony Xperia 5 II
Sony’s latest smartphone packs a 120 Hz OLED display, three rear cameras with Zeiss optics, and support for slow-motion HDR video capture, among other camera tricks. The Sony Xperia 5 II also packs a $950 price tag, because flagships are expensive these days. At least it has a headphone jack. If you’re looking for something […]
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G specs leaked
After showing us what its next foldable smartphone would look like earlier this month, Samsung is scheduled to officially introduce the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G during an event on September 1st, 2020. But many of the key details were just leaked by WinFuture. Update: The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 is official, the leaked specs were […]
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G looks like a much better foldable phone
The Samsung Galaxy Fold was one of the first smartphones to ship with a foldable AMOLED designed to let you use the device as either a phone or a tablet. It’s an expensive phone with questionable build quality and durability. Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold2 5G looks like a much better device. But looks are about all […]
Royole FlexPai 2 foldable phone is brighter and more bendy
Samsung, Motorola, and Huawei may have been the best-known companies to launch phones with foldable displays in 2019. But Royole was the first company to unveil a foldable phone. It’s just that the original Royole Flexpai wasn’t all that impressive in person thanks to a janky folding mechanism and highly visible crease. Now Royole is back with the Flexpai […]
Huawei introduces Mate Xs foldable phone (with a modest spec bump)
A year after introducing its first foldable smartphone (which didn’t actually start shipping until a few months ago), Huawei is back with the Huawei Mate Xs. The new folding phone… looks an awful lot like the old one. But it has some key updates. The Kirin 980 processor from the original Mate X has been […]
Samsung to sell Galaxy Z Flip’s foldable glass displays to other companies
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the first smartphone to ship with a foldable glass display. And while it turns out the screen may not actually be that much more durable than plastic, it certainly looks nice and early reports are that it feels nicer than the foldable plastic OLED screen on the new Motorola Razr […]
Compal Flex Book is a foldable tablet with a laptop dock
Dell unveiled a concept tablet with a foldable OLED display at CES in January, and Lenovo promised to actually bring one to market later this year. Meanwhile Taiwanese manufacturer Compal has unveiled a Flex Book design that combines elements of a foldable tablet and a 2-in-1 laptop. At first glance the Flex Book looks like a […]
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is a modern flip phone with a flexible glass display
Samsung’s first smartphone with a foldable AMOLED display got mixed reviews, but at least it had a clear selling point — it’s a phone that also works as a tablet when unfolded. The company’s next phone is a modern smartphone that… you can fold in half. If early reviews of the similarly-shaped Motorola Razr are […]
You probably shouldn’t buy a smartphone from Pablo Escobar’s brother (Updated)
Late last year a company founded by the little brother of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar started promising to sell a smartphone with a foldable display for a fraction of the price charged by more established companies. So far Escobar Inc has failed to deliver its first phone… but that hasn’t stopped the […]