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Fairphone set an August 18 livestream for the Fairphone 6+. Leaks point to Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, 12GB RAM, and Cobalt Blue, while iQOO teases Z11 and Buds for August 20 in India.
AI servers are absorbing DRAM and HBM capacity that phones also need. Analysts now model higher smartphone bills of materials and possible iPhone 18 Pro price hikes.
Apple has not sent invites. Gurman and the usual rumor mill lean toward September 9, with August 26 as the likely invite day. Pro models and a foldable Ultra are the expected stage. Uncertainty still applies.
Made by Google lands August 12, 2026 in New York with Trevor Noah hosting. Pixel 11 hardware is expected to share the stage with Gemini Intelligence as the main software story.
MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+ lands at $1,799 while OEMs blame a memory crunch that TrendForce says sent LPDDR5X contract prices up nearly double as capacity shifts to HBM.
Apple removed Telegram worldwide for a short window on August 3 after finding CSAM that violated App Store rules, then restored the app the same day after Telegram removed the content and banned the user. Existing installs kept working.
Google is closing a long-standing gap: apps can currently scan a phone's local Wi-Fi network for other devices without asking. Android 16 introduces an opt-in NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES-adjacent local network permission, and Android 17 will enforce it, forcing every smart-home and casting app to update before the deadline.
PhoneArena reports the Z Fold 8, alongside the Ultra and Flip 8, will be the first Galaxy devices to use silicon-carbon battery cells, with an EPREL cycle rating of 1,200, behind the 2,000-cycle rating on the Fold 7 and Flip 7, but ahead of the iPhone 17 and Pixel 10 at 1,000.
Early hands-on coverage of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 points to a new Flex Titanium film-and-plate structure, roughly 20 times stiffer than the polymer used before, as the reason the display crease looks nearly invisible out of the box. The Flip 8 does not get the same upgrade.
