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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways
- Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked lawsuit is adjacent week.
- It volition denote caller foldable phones, smartwatches, and more.
- Early reports suggest a caller foldable design.
We're days distant from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked, wherever the tech elephantine volition unveil its latest procreation of foldables and smartwatches. Samsung's mobile motorboat lawsuit takes spot connected Wednesday, July 22, astatine 6 p.m. ET successful London, and ZDNET volition beryllium connected the crushed catching the latest news.
Samsung's latest procreation of foldables includes the eighth-generation Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8, arsenic good arsenic the adjacent procreation of Galaxy smartwatches: the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Galaxy Watch 9.
Samsung could besides beryllium cooking up a fewer surprises, similar a wider Galaxy Z Fold 8, the Galaxy XR Glasses Samsung teased earlier this year, oregon a second-generation Galaxy Ring.
Here is everything we're expecting Samsung to unveil adjacent week.
All-new foldables
Samsung precocious teased that a caller foldable is successful the cards this year. It adjacent showed disconnected a "brand caller shape" successful the Spider-Man trailer, truthful each signs constituent to the much-discussed wider Galaxy Z Fold 8 launching adjacent week. This volition beryllium Samsung's seventh procreation of foldable phones, truthful we expect immoderate innovation connected the signifier factor.
Rumors suggest that the Z Fold 8 volition diagnostic a bigger artillery astatine 5,000 mAh, a dual camera setup, and a tablet-adjacent facet ratio. This could beryllium announced alongside the mainstay foldables Samsung has unveiled each summer, including the next-generation Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Flip 8.
Two caller watches - but nary Classic
We're connected way to get the ninth-generation Galaxy Watch and the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Rumors suggest Samsung is skipping its Classic signifier origin this year, truthful if you're successful the marketplace for that rotating bezel design, instrumentality a look astatine past year's Galaxy Watch 8 Classic.
As for the caller watches, the Galaxy Watch 9 is rumored to get the accustomed scope of updates, including perchance caller processors and a much almighty battery.
Galaxy Ring 2
While Senior Vice President and Head of the Digital Health Team astatine Samsung, Hon Pak, confirmed that a second-generation Galaxy Ring is successful the works, there's not overmuch chatter that it's coming immoderate clip soon. We haven't seen galore rumors that it's slated to motorboat adjacent week, but possibly Samsung is moving successful stealth connected this one.
If it doesn't motorboat this week, we'd estimation a motorboat day person to aboriginal 2027 -- perchance astatine CES successful Las Vegas.
Galaxy Glasses
This could beryllium different curveball merchandise release, but Samsung's enforcement vice president of mobile business, Jay Kim, said successful February that the Galaxy XR Glasses would beryllium released aboriginal this year. Well, it's officially "later", but we inactive don't cognize a full lot.
We bash cognize a little about Samsung's plans, though. For one, they'll person an eye-level camera built successful and integrate with the remainder of the Galaxy ecosystem. Kim said the glasses volition beryllium a mode AI tin seizure and contextualize your environments done the integration with different products, and it wouldn't beryllium a standalone AI device.
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How to ticker Samsung Galaxy Unpacked
To drawback Wednesday's keynote, travel on connected July 22 astatine 9 a.m. ET connected Samsung.com, Samsung Newsroom, and Samsung's YouTube channel. ZDNET volition beryllium connected the ground, reporting connected the latest advancements and investigating retired the products live. Be definite to cheque backmost present and besides travel our societal media to get exclusive sum of the event.
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Is Samsung offering immoderate preorder deals?
If you're already sold connected buying Samsung's latest devices without adjacent knowing what they volition be, Samsung is offering a $30 preservation recognition erstwhile you preorder the instrumentality up of Unpacked. Additionally, you'll suffice for trade-in offers erstwhile pre-ordering, for up to $1,200 disconnected a caller Galaxy device.
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