Samsung's best pre-order perk won't be available for the Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8

The best part about pre-ordering a new Samsung smartphone has, for the past few years, been that you can get a 'free' storage upgrade. Pay for one storage tier, get the higher one for no additional cost. However, a new report from Korea today claims Samsung will not be offering this perk for the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8, which it will unveil on July 22. Instead, the company will only cover 50% of the price difference between the 256GB option and the 512GB model. So basically, you'll pay half of the difference to get the higher storage tier when you...

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Samsung's best pre-order perk won't be available for the Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8

The best part about pre-ordering a new Samsung smartphone has, for the past few years, been that you can get a 'free' storage upgrade. Pay for one storage tier, get the higher one for no additional cost. However, a new report from Korea today claims Samsung will not be offering this perk for the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8, which it will unveil on July 22. Instead, the company will only cover 50% of the price difference between the 256GB option and the 512GB model. So basically, you'll pay half of the difference to get the higher storage tier when you...

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Carrier-financed iPhones in the US now get locked to that carrier

It used to be that all iPhones bought directly from Apple in the US came unlocked, meaning that you could use them with any carrier – even if you bought the phone with financing from another carrier. Now that’s no longer the case. Apple has updated its FAQ and it now says that iPhones bought with carrier financing are locked to that carrier until the phone is paid off. Once you complete the final payment, the phone will be unlocked and you will be free to switch to a different carrier. The updated FAQ states that you no longer get an unlocked phone with carrier financing This...

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Carrier-financed iPhones in the US now get locked to that carrier

It used to be that all iPhones bought directly from Apple in the US came unlocked, meaning that you could use them with any carrier – even if you bought the phone with financing from another carrier. Now that’s no longer the case. Apple has updated its FAQ and it now says that iPhones bought with carrier financing are locked to that carrier until the phone is paid off. Once you complete the final payment, the phone will be unlocked and you will be free to switch to a different carrier. The updated FAQ states that you no longer get an unlocked phone with carrier financing This...

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Apple releases the first iOS 27 public beta

Apple went through several iOS 27 betas, but those were only for developers. Now, the company has released the first public beta of iOS 27 – as well as public betas for the related iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, macOS 27 and tvOS 27. The stable release is coming this fall. But if you want to get an early start, you can sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program and install version 27 on your device today. Which phones are supported? Apple didn’t drop compatibility, so if your phone runs version 26, it can run version 27 too. This means iPhone 11 or newer (including iPhone SE (2020) or...

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Apple releases the first iOS 27 public beta

Apple went through several iOS 27 betas, but those were only for developers. Now, the company has released the first public beta of iOS 27 – as well as public betas for the related iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, macOS 27 and tvOS 27. The stable release is coming this fall. But if you want to get an early start, you can sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program and install version 27 on your device today. Which phones are supported? Apple didn’t drop compatibility, so if your phone runs version 26, it can run version 27 too. This means iPhone 11 or newer (including iPhone SE (2020) or...

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An unlikely Chinese company claims they have the first "AI Agentic Phone"

A Chinese company you may have never heard of has just announced that it's making a smartphone - or at least sourcing one from an ODM. But wait, this is no regular smartphone; it's the world's first AI agentic phone. And guess what, it's being hyped before OpenAI got a chance to hype up its own rumored smartphone. The company in question is called StepFun - it was founded in 2023 by former Microsoft employees in Shanghai, and the phone they are teasing today is called the StepX Neo. StepFun is no stranger to on-device AI, but they've so far provided service integrations to manufacturers...

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