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February

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra is a perfect phone, with four slip-ups

Did the company fail to add magnets to its new handset just to be annoying? Maybe not. It could signal a broader trend we like to call “peak phone”.

January

South Korea’s political crisis will delay much needed corporate reforms. A protester demands the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence this week.

South Korea’s political turmoil embroils family dynasties

A protracted political stand-off could delay crucial corporate governance reforms aimed at reining in the powerful family conglomerates and that is already triggering a backlash.

October 2024

How the Google TV Streamer changed my life (but not my channel)

Google’s new internet TV box can bring fresh technology to a stale old TV.

Samsung Electronics is looking to pare its overseas headcount.

Samsung begins job cuts in Australia

The South Korean company has begun to pare staff, following similar moves in India and Latin America.

September 2024

Google or Samsung, which folding phone is best?

Google’s folding Pixel phone has finally come to Australia, so we’ve put it head to head with the incumbent.

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August 2024

The Fold6 is compatible with the S-Pen, it just doesn’t have a place to store it.

Hold off buying Samsung’s new folding phone for a few days

Just as Samsung irons out the last of the problems in its flagship Galaxy Z Fold6, Google looks set to announce an AI phone that just might be worth waiting for.

July 2024

Samsung plans different shape for AI phones

Regular phones have peaked, but AI phones are going to need new shapes and sizes, says Samsung’s Mobile president, and it is already working on them.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6.

Meet Samsung’s new Ring, Watch Ultra and not-so-new folding phones

At its biggest gadget launch of the year, the Korean tech giant finally launched its finger-worn health tracker and a new outdoors-oriented watch.

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With its new wearables, Samsung goes toe-to-toe, ear-to-ear with Apple

The tech giant has finally released its long-awaited Galaxy Ring fitness tracker, but it’s not coming to Australia until later this year.

The Galaxy Ring

What to expect from Samsung’s biggest launch of the year

An outdoorsy Galaxy Watch Ultra could be the biggest news at this week’s Unpacked, alongside the usual artificial intelligence announcements.

June 2024

John Davidson, Paul Smith, The Fin

Why investors are watching AI’s move to ‘the edge’

This week on The Fin podcast, Paul Smith and John Davidson explain the latest shift in artificial intelligence and talk about what that means for jobs, energy use and investor returns.

May 2024

Alex Pollak, chief investment officer and founder of Loftus Peak, says a new race has begun in AI.

Alex Pollak is already investing in ‘the very next’ Nvidia

A shift in where AI queries are being handled has opened up the investment field to more chipmakers, and to apps we haven’t even dreamed of yet.

February 2024

Why this new Samsung phone can help you be your best self

Samsung’s latest Galaxy S Ultra maintains its position as the most useful phone you can buy. So what if sometimes it gives you more than you bargained for?

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Apple is reportedly working on foldable iPhones

Reports suggest the tech titan is finally working on foldable iPhones, to rival those from Samsung, Google, Oppo and Motorola.

January 2024

Patrick Chomet, who presides over customer experience at Samsung, gets to decide what’s in and what’s out of your next mobile phone.

Meet the man putting an end to the era of the app

With the introduction of the Galaxy S24 this week, Samsung believes it has kicked off a new era in smartphones, where an AI-powered user interface does everything you need.

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Will Samsung’s new feature make you ditch your iPhone?

The centrepiece of this year’s Galaxy S24 phones will be generative AI software called Circle to Search.

The Rabbit R1 could replace your smartphone one day with its simple voice interface to all your common tasks.

You thought AI was hot? These AI gadgets are sizzling

We scoured the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and came up with five of the best AI-powered gadgets at the show.

November 2023

Samsung outfoxes Apple with a must-have phone accessory

Samsung’s SmartTag2 is as good as Apple’s AirTag in most respects, and better than the AirTag in some respects that matter a great deal.

August 2023

Make them bigger and more expensive: Samsung’s plan to tackle the iPad

Can the world’s No.1 phone maker do with the Android tablet what it did with the Android phone?

It’s great for a group selfie in which everyone is positively beaming at the camera.

Why the Galaxy Z Flip5 is the best phone I’ll never own

This delightful little Samsung is not for people like me, you see: it’s too much fun, too much about taking group selfies with your friends.

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