Xiaomi’s wide foldable promises more power than Samsung’s
The Verge's brief hands-on with the Xiaomi 18 Fold says it looks and feels similar to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 but has superior specs, and is both shorter and wider, with a roughly 1.4:1 aspect ratio on both displays.
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First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost
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Report: Samsung’s 4nm lines run at full tilt as HBM4 chips eat up to 60% of foundry output
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Why the iPhone is about to get more expensive
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