This Company Has Figured Out a Way to Make Face ID Invisible
… This island could get much smaller, however, thanks to new under-display camera technology announced at Display Week 2026 from Metalenz, a optics startup from Boston. …
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The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Makes Me Wish All Phones Had a Privacy Screen
… This is a scenario that Samsung's new smartphone avoids. It's rare for a new smartphone hardware innovation to affect so much of our day-to-day experience, but that's exactly what the Privacy Display on the Galaxy S26 Ultra does. …
Samsung’s 2 New Midrange Phones Get Price Hikes and Small Updates
… The outlier is the iPhone 17e, which managed to add features like MagSafe and a new processor, along with a few other upgrades, without a change to the price over the iPhone 16e. “Price increases or ‘down‑speccing’ have become the norm,” writes Jitesh Ubrani, research manager at IDC, in an email to… …
Motorola’s New Razr Folding Phones Command a Higher Price With Few Upgrades
… Flippy Razrs These new 2026 Razr flip phones see very minor spec bumps and no dramatic changes to hardware or design. The Razr Ultra's inner display is now a bit brighter, hitting a peak brightness of 5,000 nits. …
This Windows Laptop Makes the MacBook Neo Look Overpriced
… The good news is that HP didn't skimp on the display for the OmniBook 5. It's OLED, which gives it infinitely better contrast and a broader color range. It's certainly the best Windows laptops display you can get at this price, surpassing rivals like the Asus Vivobook 14. …
The Coros Pace 4 Has More Than Twice the Battery Life of Garmin’s Running Watches
… Coros' software wizards are also working to future-proof your watch with new tools and features across the lineup. These features often apply to past-gen devices, unlike brands like Apple, which often introduce new hardware every year so that new updates can be restricted only to the latest devices. …
Can Modular Phone Accessories Finally Evolve Beyond MagSafe?
… Then, agentic AI, on-device for lower costs and better security, made modular design even less optimal.” Repairable Modules One strong and emerging argument for true hardware modularity is repairability. …
Nvidia’s RTX Spark Laptops Look Hell-Bent on Disruption
… The exciting part is that these devices will provide hardware not previously available in the Windows ecosystem, creating a new class of device out of whole cloth. …
Sony’s PS5 Price Hikes Prove This Console Generation Is Far From Over. Good.
… If successor hardware is held off until 2028 at the earliest, that’s more time for players to get stuck into what’s already available. There’s also an argument to be had over whether we’re entering an era of diminishing returns for each new console generation. …
There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
… Privacy Blunders New Amazon hardware would have to contend with the company's checkered history in user privacy. …