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Leaked Samsung promo reveals special-edition Galaxy Z Flip w/ funky design

Samsung Unpacked kicks off tomorrow with the reveals of new smartphones, accessories, and more from the smartphone giant. In that lineup is the Galaxy Z Flip foldable, and a last-minute leak is showing off a special edition design of the device. Shown off on Twitter (via Ishan Agarwal), a leaked Samsung promo reveals the Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne Edition. Thom Browne is an American fashion…
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LG's big phone this spring may be the V60, not the G9

For the longest time, LG’s phone releases ran like clockwork: you could expect a G series phone around Mobile World Congress in late February, while V series devices would appear either in the fall or when LG had some big new feature to promote. It appears to be…
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Samsung aims to ship 2.5 million Galaxy Z Flip units this year

Samsung expects to ship around 2.5 million Galaxy Z Flip foldable display phones this year, according to inside sources cited by Korean media. The maker will reportedly have 500,000 units ready initially with the option to assemble some 2 million more down the road if the…
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Arm unveils 2 new AI edge computing chips

Semiconductor and software design company Arm is doubling down on edge AI hardware, a market that’s expected to be worth $1.15 billion by 2023. It today announced two new AI-capable processors — the Arm Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U55, a neural processing unit (NPU) — designed for internet of things (IoT) endpoint devices, alongside supporting software libraries, toolchains, and models. The company…
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New Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G live photo surfaces

The Galaxy S20 phones will be unveiled tomorrow, but that hasn’t deterred leaks. Here’s a live photo of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G shared by prolific leakster Max Weinbach. The punch hole for the selfie camera is smaller than in the previous generation and is placed right on the bottom of the status bar. Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G The bezels have been slimmed down as well. Ice Universe compares…
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Foxconn’s biggest iPhone plants: one banned from reopening, second 10% staffed

The impact of the coronavirus on Apple suppliers continues into a second week, with Foxconn’s biggest iPhone plants severely hit. One plant has been banned from re-opening by the government, while only 10% of the company’s workforce has turned up to a second one… Foxconn last week informed workers at its headquarters in Shenzhen that they should not return to work. To safeguard…
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