There is a spec war going on among companies to claim the crown of thinnest foldable. Phone manufacturers are playing with fractions of millimeters to boast about their phone’s thickness. Honor is winning this race on a theoretical basis with its 8.8 mm (when folded) thick Magic V5 foldable. I’m saying theoretical because there is a huge, camera-bump-sized caveat to this. Image Credits:Ivan Mehta The device’s thin frame looks and …
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Honor launches the world’s thinnest foldable in Europe
Honor is bringing the Magic V5 — the world’s thinnest foldable phone, though only just — to Europe, where it’s available to order now following its Chinese launch last month. It’s joined by a new MagicPad 3 tablet and MagicBook Art 14 laptop. I’ve just reviewed the Magic V5, which is a whole 0.1mm thinner than either the Oppo Find …
Read More »Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest foldable, but that’s not what matters
Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn’t tell. It’s just 0.1mm thinner — that’s four-thousandths of an inch — than the Oppo Find N5 or Samsung’s recent Galaxy Z Fold 7. If that’s a difference you claim to perceive, then I’m afraid I simply don’t believe you. I’ve put the V5 side …
Read More »Why Apple’s Foldable iPhone May Outclass Rival Devices From Google And Samsung
Wongsakorn 2468/Shutterstock Apple famously prides itself not on being first to market, but on being the best. We saw this play out with the iPod, the iPhone, and to a lesser extent with the Vision Pro. Indeed, Apple executive Greg Joswiak a few years ago said that Apple won’t even enter a …
Read More »Details About the First iPhone Foldable Are Coming Into Focus
We keep collecting more details about what Apple’s first foldable iPhone will look like when it launches in 2026. The latest information is pretty intriguing. As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the foldable is code-named “V68.” It will have four cameras and be available only in black-and-white variations. The device will also rely on Touch ID (not Face ID) and …
Read More »Apple will reportedly bring back Touch ID on a foldable iPhone
As an iPhone user who has watched the release of foldable Android mobile phones with envy, I can’t wait for 2026. Yes, Apple’s 2025 iPhone launch event is next month, but I’ve been eyeing Apple’s first foldable iPhone, rumored to launch next year. It’s part of three years of Apple’s planned iPhone redesigns. While this would be a new addition …
Read More »Report Reveals Major Details About Apple’s Foldable iPhone
Apple is looking for its next cash cow. But Tim Cook won’t need to look far because, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company is working on reinventing the iPhone with not one, not two, but three models. The first of the three iPhones will come next month at Apple’s annual fall launch event. The long-rumored “iPhone 17 Air” will …
Read More »How the newest foldable phones stack up
Last month, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 was released and immediately became the de facto king of the foldable phone hill. But now a new challenger has arrived: The Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The full details are now available in the wake of Google’s splashy launch event, which debuted the Fold alongside the full new Pixel 10 line, a …
Read More »A Brompton Reborn: How to Future-Proof a Decades-Old Foldable Bike
And that’s precisely what happens. A quick blowtorch to the back frame loosens the bolts, and Pala is able to swap the original part for a state-of-the-art titanium rear triangle in just a few minutes. Instead of the original hefty old Sturmy-Archer three-speed gearing, Brompton has developed its own new 12-speed system, which has a mini four-speed cassette on the …
Read More »Samsung’s foldable bet is finally paying off in the US
Samsung managed to claw back some US market share from Apple recently, and it comes as the company’s efforts with foldables are finally seeing some level of success. Data shared by Canalys late last month showed that Apple shrunk year-over-year in Q2. The company still commands a whopping 49% of the US market, but that’s down from 56% the year …
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