Welcome to the TechMeme right home for Wednesday, July 9th, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today. All of the headlines from the Galaxy Unpacked event. That was mostly about really thin, new foldable phones. Big changing of the guard at Apple. What happens when you make a bet on a betting market think you've won, but then are told you're not,

and a useful new feature from Gmail.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Samsung had a big unpacked event here in New York City this morning, where among a bunch of stuff,

they unveiled the $2,000-plus Galaxy Z-Fold 7 with a bigger 8-inch and 6.5-inch display,

200-m-mapsule, 12-magixel, and 10-mepixel cameras, and a thinner 8.9 millimeter design

coming in four colors. This is reportedly the most

significant foldable hardware upgrade that Samsung has done since 2020. This new model boasts a much

thinner and lighter design, as I mentioned, measuring just 8.9 millimeters thick when closed,

down from the 12.1 millimeters on the Fold 7 and 4.2 millimeters when open.

Weight has dropped from 239 grams to 217 grams, and the device now carries an IP48 rating

for improved dust and water resistance. The Fold 7 also introduces a revamped camera system

headlined by that 200 megapmachixel main sensor,

alongside a 12-magipixel ultra-wide and 10-mapixel telephoto lens.

Both the inner and outer displays now feature 10-mapsel selfie cameras,

replacing the under-display camera used previously.

Under the hood, it's powered by the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Chip,

with options for 12 gigabytes or 16 gigabytes of RAM and up to 1

terabyte of storage. It retains the 4,400-m-a-hour battery with 25-watt charging. The device

ships with Android 16 and 1 UI8 plus a promise of 7 years of OS and security updates.

Available in Jet Black, Silver Shadow, Blue Shadow, and Mint. The Fold 7 starts at

$1,99.99 for the 12-gabyte, 256-gabyte version, a $100 price hike from last year. However,

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