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Teardown video shows the Galaxy Z Flip5 is much easier to repair than predecessor

Last year the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 received a below average 4/10 repairability score in disassembly video. How does the new Galaxy Z Flip5 fare? Much better actually, it got a 7.5/10. A major reason for this improvement is that Samsung used pull tabs for the two batteries whereas they were just glued in place last year. The small battery in the top half has 1,000mAh capacity, the one in the…
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Watch the Honor Magic V2 get assembled on video

We assume that, over the years, you’ve seen your fair share of teardown / disassembly videos, where one YouTuber or another takes apart a smartphone or another. Maybe they even reassemble it at the end. That’s cool enough. But you know what would be cooler?
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is $100 off right now

If you’ve been looking to pick up Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip 5, the foldable phone is now down to $900 at Amazon for a 256GB model. That’s a $100 discount for a device that only officially went on sale last week. You’ll just need to clip an on-page coupon to see the deal at checkout.  Photo by Cherlynn Low / Engadget Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5…
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Apple's 10.2-inch iPad drops back to a record low of $250

No matter how old you get, something happens inside your brain in mid-August that signals it’s time to buy new supplies. As a child preparing to go back to school, this might have been notebooks and erasers. As an adult, it can be a little bigger — especially if…
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Xiaomi's third foldable phone adds a zoom camera but keeps the slim frame

Summer season is also foldable phone season, it seems. Following on the heels of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the impressively slim Honor Magic V2 (along with smaller models from Samsung and Motorola), it’s now Xiaomi’s turn to unveil its annual refresh. The aptly named Mix Fold 3 offers several expected improvements in terms of folded thickness (5.26mm), unfolded thickness…
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Huawei Mate 60 leaks in hands-on images

Huawei is expected to launch its Mate 60 series sometime this fall and we now have our first look at the Mate 60 thanks to a series of hands-on images doing rounds on Chinese social media platform Weibo. The new shots depict the Mate 60 sporting a dual-tone back with what looks like frosted glass on the top half and a metal bottom part. The previously leaked circular camera island is still present…
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