Thu. 07/11 – Samsung’s Foldable Event

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

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All the headlines from what was largely a foldable phone event from Samsung yesterday. Apple has settled with the EU. More numbers on Apple Vision Pro sales. Why the sparkle emoji is the defacto symbol of AI. And, of course, the Weekend Longread Suggestions. Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: Galaxy Z Fold 6 goes official with 7 years of updates, wider displays, starting at $1,899 (9to5Google) Galaxy Z Flip 6 starts at $1,099 with battery, cover display, and camera upgrades (9to5Google) Apple Avoids EU Antitrust Threat With Tap-and-Pay Probe Settlement (Bloomberg) Apple’s Vision Pro Won’t Cross 500,000 Sales This Year, IDC Says (Bloomberg) Has Artificial Intelligence Co-opted the Sparkle Emoji? (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Thursday, July 11th, 2024 I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.8	All the headlines from what was largely a foldable phone event from Samsung yesterday.
0:13.6	Apple has settled with the EU.
0:15.7	More numbers on Apple Vision Pro sales.
0:18.5	Why The Sparkle Emogee is the de facto symbol of AI.
0:21.8	And of course, the weekend long read suggestions here's
0:24.0	what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:29.4	So here's what happened at that Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris yesterday.
0:37.0	The big news was, well, depends on which style of foldable phone you want.
0:42.0	First up, Samsung debuted the Galaxy Z Fold 6
0:45.9	with a wider outer display up to 2,600 nits of brightness,
0:49.6	a thinner frame, IP 48 water resistance, and seven years of updates, all for $1,89 bucks.
0:57.0	Quoting 9 to 5 Google.
0:59.0	First and foremost, Samsung has updated the aspect ratio of the display.
1:03.8	The super narrow size of the outer display has long been criticized, but now it's wider.
1:09.0	The outer display features an aspect ratio of 22.1 by 9, wider than the 23.1 by 9 of the Galaxy Z-fold 5 by a slight margin.
1:18.6	For comparison, the 1-plus open has an aspect ratio on its outer display of 20 by 9, while Galaxy S24
1:26.0	Ultra has an aspect ratio of 19 and a half by 9. The inner display meanwhile is
1:31.1	also a bit wider with an aspect ratio of 20.9 by 18 putting
1:35.1	it even closer to a square.
1:37.4	Samsung has also made the fold six thinner with the folded device measuring 68.1 by 153.5 by 12.1 millimeters. Unfolded it measures 132.6
1:50.0	by 153.5 by 5.6 millimeters and the whole device weighs 239 grams about 6%
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