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Samsung’s best ever devices but you’ll need big bucks, and more tech news today

Jul 22, 2025

1. Galaxy Unpacked best yet, but is it the right time?

The biggest announcements from yesterday’s Samsung Unpacked 2020 event were not exactly under wraps if you’ve been following the leaks and news.

But Samsung came to the party with the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, the Galaxy Tab S7 tablet series, Galaxy Watch 3, and the Galaxy Buds Live, also known as Beans.

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 punch hole

I want to start with the device not mentioned above, the Galaxy Z Fold 2. It’s the device that has the tech industry buzzing most.

Galaxy Z Fold 2

Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra

Galaxy Tab S7

Galaxy Watch 3

Samsung Galaxy Buds Live

More onwhere and when can you buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra.

2. DidGoogle accidentally leave in the expected date of the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel 5in a French blog post? It could be: October 8th was the date left in. Also, in another sign, Google hasalready discontinued the Pixel 4 and 4 XL(Android Authority).

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  1. There’s also a rumor abouta foldable Google Pixel in 2021, via a reported internal Google document (Android Authority).

4.Intel, MediaTek 5G laptops are one step closer to launch, via new modem for 2021 laptops (Android Authority).

5.Instagram Reels is now out in 50 countries, built into IG (TechCrunch).

6.Animal Crossing catapults Nintendo to stratospheric earnings. Wow: the game sold more copies than GameCube consoles: 22.4M. Still second to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, though! (The Verge).

7.Audi drops E-Tron price by nearly $9,000and ups the range by 18 miles, plus new Sportback model (Engadget).

8.Insecure satellite Internetis threatening ship and plane safety (Ars Technica).

  1. “I walked Spot, the Boston Dynamics robot dog, remotely— and only crashed once” (CNET).

  2. Dutch hackers found asimple way to mess with traffic lights(Wired).

  3. Satellite observations identify at least 11 new Emperor penguin breeding sites byspotting guano stains on the ice, lifting the population by as much as 10% (BBC).

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