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We are so hooked on smartphones that Gen Z has found its own “detox”: sending letters again

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I remember perfectly the first letter I wrote. My best friend had moved to a town in Ciudad Real and the distance, back then, was measured in the time our parents allowed us to use the telephone line. We couldn’t spend hours on the phone, so we decided to tell each other our lives by email. Every week, a letter. That exchange of envelopes lasted as long as it took us to have a computer tower and internet access. Then the great migration arrived: Messenger, Fotolog, Tuenti, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp… Today we send photos to each other in real time and make video calls. If someone had told those two girls that technology would be the glue of their friendship, they wouldn’t have believed it. In the middle of 2025, history seems to be closing an unexpected circle. We live in the era of immediacy, where WhatsApp messages coexist with saturated emails that ask for mercy under the tagline ASAP (as soon as possible). The saturation is such that the phone’s storage warns every so often that there is no space, while the messages are interspersed with alerts, reminders and the white noise of a hyperconnected world. Faced with this “uncontrolled beat of the digital rush”, Generation Z has rescued the habit of being penpals or pen pals. Stamps.com Data reveal that almost 48% of this generation sends physical correspondence at least once a month, breaking the myth of the young person unable to tear themselves away from the screen. On Instagram, the hashtag #penpal already exceeds 1.3 million of posts, while TikTok becomes a catalog of calligraphy and sealing wax. It’s not about sending a text; It is a “slow ritual” where both the content and the container count. Neuropsychology explains this return with crystal clear clarity. According to psychologist Noelia Barroso, interviewed by El EspañolWhile digital notification triggers a rapid and volatile dopamine pulse, waiting for a letter activates multisensory processes that generate much more stable oxytocin peaks. The weight of the paper and its aroma link deep memories that the pixel simply ignores. This phenomenon is, in essence, a measure of mental health. The Tunheim report points out that 44% of young people have reduced their screen time out of sheer exhaustion, searching through the mail for a necessary “digital detox.” The expert Victoria López, in Hello magazinedefines it as a form of “constant presence”: a physical object that lives on a shelf and that, unlike a chat, has a mass and texture that make it indestructible against oblivion. A love of the tangible This “historical nostalgia” for times they did not live in is an emotional compass towards the authenticity that the algorithm has worn away. The impact is such that the market is transforming. Pinterest Predictions 2026 indicates that searches of “beautiful stamps” have risen 105% and that letter writing will be considered a “performative art.” However, the road is uneven. While in the United States 31% of young people trust the email for securityIn Europe we are experiencing radical contrasts. Denmark has stopped delivering letters after 400 years due to extreme digitalization, but even so, young Danes send three times more letters than the rest of the population through private companies, according to The Guardian. Even the connection with our own future has changed. Tools like FutureMe either Letter to Yourself They allow you to send messages to yourself ten years from now. It is an exercise in “realistic optimism” to connect with the present and relativize the current crises, a way of “leaving a mark.” In the end, Generation Z is not technophobic; They are simply the first to understand that technology is a means, not an end. According to sociologist Narciso Michavila in La Vanguardiathey look for the physical because hyperdigitization no longer surprises them; It is its natural state and, therefore, it lacks the value of the extraordinary. This need to touch the memory has crystallized into another practice that is sweeping networks: junk journaling. It’s not just collecting papers; is, as WeLife explainsthe art of turning recycling into a personal diary to reconnect with yourself. The New York Times collect how young enthusiasts They rescue everything from traffic tickets to museum tickets or bread wrappers for their aesthetic value. “It’s a challenge to find things you would normally throw away and use them in a fun way,” its practitioners explain. In a world consumed by screens, the junk journal forces hands to still and embrace the silence of cutting and pasting, creating physical time capsules that, unlike the cloud, do not depend on a server to exist. In a context where generative AI can write thousands of emails in seconds, human handwriting is positioned as the last bastion of the unrepeatable. The handwritten letter has ceased to be a formality and has become an object of resistance against the attention economy. Some things don’t go out of style, they just wait for us to need them again. Today, in 2025, it seems that Gen Z has found in a sealed envelope the calm that fiber optics failed to give them. Image | freepik Xataka | Harvard bought a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in 1946. They just discovered they had a treasure worth a fortune

direct signal for smartphones worldwide

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Spacex closed a few days ago the greatest purchase of its history. It has nothing to do with rockets, or spacecraft, but it paves the way for Starlink not to leave any corner of the earth without coverage. A little context. On September 8, Spacex announced an agreement which shake again the foundations of the satellite industry: the purchase of the entire spectrum of the band S of Echostar in the United States and its global satellite mobile service licenses. The operation, valued at 17,000 million dollars, is astronomical because it does not seek a short -term investment return, but the strategic domain of the market. With this play, Spacex acquires the necessary lane for its Direct To Cell Cell Call Service, but also eliminates its main power competitor from a strokewhich was the echostar. Charlie Ergen’s company had been accumulating this valuable spectrum for decades without displaying its own network, and now becomes the fuel of Elon Musk’s plans. A giant jump. The current constellation Starlink Direct to Cell satellites has more than 600 satellites in orbit that offer 4G coverage. The Spacex plan is to use its frequencies newly acquired to move to the next level. The next generation of Direct To Cell satellites promises to multiply the current capacity by 100 thanks to the new spectrum and 5G protocols. In practice, this should translate into the total elimination of dead areas: provided you can see the sky you will have coverage, either from your land operator or Starlink. Buy spectrum to eliminate competition. According to an analysis by the specialized consultant TMF Associates, the purchase is designed To corner other competitors such as Ast Spacemobile or the alliance between Apple and Globalstar, forcing them to join Spacex or be left behind. In a characteristic turn of the character, Elon Musk responded to the analysis stating that “almost everything in this article is wrong”, which leaves a cloud of uncertainty about the finest details of the strategy, but not on its impact. Starship, the piece that was missing in the puzzle. Having the best spectrum in the world does not serve to offer global coverage to millions of customers if you can’t launch many Satellites And this is where the second key piece comes in: Starship. After a series of failed test flights, the tenth launch of the world’s largest rocket managed to display a load for the first time. August 26, Starship not only reached space and survived an infernal reentrybut he fulfilled a key mission for the future of Starlink: he successfully displayed a payload. Using a mechanism that Spacex compares with fish candy dispensers, the ship released eight Starlink satellite simulators, which shows that it is already ready to self -financing in the short term. This milestone is crucial. Starship will be the vehicle in charge of launching the new generation Starlink V3 satellites, and the difference in capacity with the Falcon 9 is abysmal: while a Falcon 9 rocket can put into orbit about 22 satellites V2 mini, Starship is expected to deploy much larger batches. Not only more satellites, but much better. The last key of the plan is the technological evolution of Starlink satellites themselves. Starship will not only allow more satellites, but much larger and more capable satellites. According to Spacex herself, a single starship launch with satellites V3 will add 60 tbps capacity to the networkmore than 20 times which achieves a Falcon 9 today. The Starlink V3 also involve an engineering leap, especially because of their navigability. They incorporate new generation hall argon propellers such as the one seen in the header image. According to A SPACEX managerThey destroy the specifications of the already impressive current thrusters and allow more efficient orbital maneuvers. A constellation to dominate them all. Spacex’s strategy is built on a practically unattainable basis by competition. The Starlink Broadband Network has More than 8,300 satellites in orbitmore than all other constellations together. Broadband Internet service offers discharge speeds of 200 Mbps and latencies of 25 milliseconds in the United States, with a total capacity of almost 450 Tbps. And although third generation satellites (V3) will not reach until 2026the Spacex production machine does not stop. The future of Spacex. But the vision of the future goes even further. Spacex recently revealed A new “25 Gbps” mini-raser that will be integrated into its satellites. This technology not only serves for Starlink to communicate with each other creating a mesh in space, but will allow other ships, satellites or space stations to connect directly to the Starlink network as if it were an orbital internet provider. With the purchase of the ideal spectrum, a heavy launching vehicle and a satellite technology that advances at a dizzying pace, Starlink’s goal of eradicating dead the dead coverage areas on Earth has ceased to be a chimera to become an engineering plan in full execution. The world is about to become much smaller. Image | Spacex

that most of his smartphones come from India

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The worldwide technology panorama has taken a spectacular turnaround. And for the first time in history, India has destroyed China as the main smartphones provider to the United States. According to the firm figures Canalysin the second quarter of the year, the phones manufactured in India represented 44% of American imports of these devices, compared to the low 13% of the same period of 2024. China, which until just one year ago dominated with 61% quota, has collapsed up to 25%. Tariffs make a dent. The tariff climb between the United States and China has forced a total reconfiguration of technological supply chains. The US government imposed in April tariffs up to 145% To Chinese products. However, as of May, both countries They reached an agreementreducing 30% tariffs and with 90 -day moratorium. The extreme tariff policy of the Trump administration has especially affected companies such as Apple, also pressing the company led by Tim Cook so that Produce iPhone in US territory. This is something that experts consider practically impossible without shooting prices. Change of strategy. After the unpredictable policy of tariff changes, Apple has been forced to Move your production to India. The Cupertino company began shyly in 2017 by manufacturing the iPhone se In Indian soil, but now plans to assemble all iPhone for the US market in India before the end of 2026. According to IDC dataApple produced between 40 and 43 million iPhone in India last year, of which some 30 million were exported. To meet US demand, which exceeds 60 million units annually, will need to increase its Indian production to 80-85 million devices. India has a great challenge ahead. The transition is not being simple. Manufacturing efficiency rates in India are still lower than those of China. In 2023, the Tata factory in Hosur, which produces iPhone housings, had a success rate of just 50%, with half of the components failing Apple’s strict quality controls. “There is simply no sense of urgency,” confessed An ancient Apple engineer at the Financial Times about operations in India. The expansion planned for 2025-2026 will be the definitive proof of whether this situation has improved. China’s experience. While the United States seeks to reduce its dependence on China, India You need Chinese engineers and workers To establish the production lines. “You need China’s experience,” explains Navkendar Singh, associate vice president of IDC in India. In addition, the components of greater technological value continue to be manufactured in China, and the most advanced processors continue to occur In TSMC plants In Taiwan. Apple may have solved its tariff problem, but not your problem with China. And now what. The next step will be to check if other brands such as Samsung and Motorola, which are also moving production to India although on a smaller scale, can follow Apple’s rhythm. Vietnam maintains 30% of exports From smartphones to the US, also surpassing China. For India, the challenge is to demonstrate that it can maintain the necessary quality and efficiency to become the new nerve center of world technological production. In Xataka | Apple has discovered gunpowder with the 16E iPhone. So he has launched the machinery to replicate his success, according to Gurman

The number of smartphones produced by each technological company in the world, illustrated in this graphic

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The world of technology is fierce. Although in almost all segments we have several brands in Liza, it is one or two that lead. We see it on video games with Nintendo and PlayStationin Nvidia graphics cards or on televisions with Samsung and LG. In the world of mobiles it is not different and, although there are multitude of brandsthose that are distributed by the cake are Apple and Samsung. It is something that It was not always like thatand in this graph prepared by Visual Capitalist We can see the evolution of mobiles produced by the different manufacturers in the last decade, as well as those that survived and those that remained on the road. Dance of two. Although the graph, which reflects the data of Trendforceleave out Many Chinese giantswhat is clear is that the global market is dominated by two players: Apple and Samsung. It is estimated that, between the two, more than 40% of the world smartphones market dominated, highlighting Apple in Income and Samsung in total market volume, and in the Visual Capitalist graph, what we see is not the total market, but the evolution of the units produced by the selected brands. That is the reason why we do not see others like Xiaomi or a huawei that now sells, above all, in China, but for a while He played the reign to Apple and Samsung. Apple Samsung 2015 215.3 million 321.5 million 2016 225.5 million 309 million 2017 225 million 312 million 2018 200.5 million 292.6 million 2019 190.4 million 287.5 million 2020 214.6 million 276 million 2021 239 million 272.8 million 2022 225 million 245.4 million 2023 222.4 million 227.55 million 2024 222.5 million 225.8 million The ones we lost. But, although the graph is not complete, it is interesting for a reason: it allows us to see the evolution of many historical brands outside the two largest today. Thus, we can see how Nokia in 2015, already low Microsoft’s mantle, It was small compared to what it wasbut he kept planting. The same with Sony and, to a lesser extent, Asus and HTC. Nokia and Sony are still there, although with a volume very far away they handled, but the biggest batacazo without counting a Blackberry which was lost in 2018 was LG. The South Korean occupied a privilege position until it vanished in 2021, when they decided abandon completely The smartphones business. Google Sony Nokia LG 2015 – 29.5 million 30 million 66.5 million 2016 450,000 16.4 million 15 million 74.7 million 2017 3.65 million 13.5 million 14.8 million 56.1 million 2018 4.55 million 6.95 million 14.3 million 39.3 million 2019 4.75 million 4.2 million 9.5 million 33 million 2020 4.05 million 2.85 million 6.7 million 30.2 million 2021 6.45 million 2.7 million 3.3 million 3 million 2022 8 million 2.6 million 3.1 million – 2023 10.3 million 2.8 million 780,000 – 2024 10.5 million 2.45 million 160,000 – Google. It seemed that Asus was going to have his time, especially in a few years in which they innovated with their Reversible Chamber Systems – The Zenfone Flip– And some phones like the Zenfone 10 that bet on gross power in a contained size when The rest of the market was going to huge diagonalsbut the adventure did not curdle. Like that of a Sony converted into a niche brand with its Ultrapanoramic screens and powerful recording and editing tools, but that produces fewer units. In the graph we can see a very different story, that of Google. The company has been supporting others such as Samsung, HTC or Asus since 2010 to create His Nexusbut in 2016 they made the leap to their own mobiles with the Google Pixel. That first Pixel was revolutionary in the Android market and, although they have not opted for power, they have been consistent when creating mobile phones with very Good camera systems and one Applied to photography. They have also relied to being the entrance door to New Android versions of each yearand in the graph we can see how they go from having a marginal position to be one with increasing presence. Also in advertising, with series such as Last season of ‘You’ In Netflix in which the characters use brand devices. And the Chinese? They are the great absent of this comparison. Taking data from 2023, Xiaomi shipment about 146.1 million smartphones worldwide, which represented a slight annual decrease in global computing, but a light Growth in a premium segment in which they want to strengthen. Oppo (including Realme and OnePlus) sent about 100 million units and from Huawei there are no data, but after years of sanctionsin 2023 and 2024 They returned strongly to the Chinese market. In fact, although the figures say that the iPhone 15 It was the best -selling mobile of 2024 and Samsung also appears well stopped on the list, last year The great victory went to Chinawith its main brands rising in a spectacular way. And you have to wait for 2026 to see the full photo of 2024. In Xataka | The long goodbye of Huawei in Spain: of strategic partner to Technology Non Grata

20 years ago someone predicted that the iPod would end up being irrelevant to the arrival of smartphones: it was Bill Gates

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When it comes to technological innovation, the real triumph It is not to get a supervent productbut be able to advance what will be the one that will be sold the most One and even two decades later. That talent is the one that has made many founders of large technology today are among the Greater fortunes in the world. In May 2005, with the iPod selling as churros and revolutionizing the way of listening to music, Bill Gates Auguró In an interview to a German medium that, a few years later, The iPod was going to be irrelevant. Although for those years, many interpreted His words like agoreras And the result of Microsoft’s inability to deal with the success of the iPod, Gates gave in the nail. The launch of the iPhone in 2007 and the arrival of the smartphones meant the First nail in your coffin. Bill Gates saw him come. Microsoft let him escape In your interview for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The technological millionaire refined his crystal ball from the technological sector. Two years before the launch of the first smartphone as we know it today, predict what the mobile Two decades later. “The mobile phones market is strategically fundamental. More and more functions will be integrated into a single device, and this requires software solutions. The perspective of having all relevant functions in a single device will be irresistible for consumers,” Gates said in 2005. With that statement, Microsoft’s founding millionaire gave in the nail with What was going to happen in the next decade with the development of the smartphones industry. However, in addition to seeing them coming, companies must be able to position in the right place for Take advantage of those predictions And that, with Steve Ballmer already in front of the company doubting success From the business model that the iPhone anticipated, it was the great pending subject for Microsoft. Despite the Windows Phone effortsthe huge mobile software market that Gates predicted was going to stay In Google’s hands and Apple with their respective operating systems, while Microsoft was relegated to a Minority market share with an operating system that did not convince. Ipod fall predicted, not the success of the iPhone “I do not believe that the success of the iPod can be sustained in the long term, however good Apple is. I think you can establish parallels with computers: here also Apple used to be extremely strong with its Macintosh and its graphical user interface (similar to the current iPod) and then lost their position. Consumers want more options and get them because there is a lot of innovation in this area,” Gates said in 2005. Again, he accounted for 100% in what consumers would require mobile devices in the next decade, and the iPod was going to fall short. However, again, and despite the adequate forecast of the millionaire, Microsoft He could not find his space neither Take advantage of your strengths. Instead, Apple not only responded to demands from your customers integrating the functions of the iPod into the iPhone for make it more versatilebut took advantage of the app store to Expand your functions opening a door to millions of applications. In this way, it was Apple who took advantage of the premise that, very rightly, had announced Bill Gates. In Xataka | Bill Gates’ first business was a failure: there he learned everything he needed to build the Microsoft empire Image | Flickr (World Bank Photo Collection), Xataka

Transform smartphones sensors into an antimatter chamber

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One of the reasons why Antimatter is so interesting Not only for particle physicists, but also for the people to whom we are passionate about science, is that the tools we have They still do not allow us to understand what role he played in The origin of the universe. However, the enigma does not end here; Nor do we know what laws govern the faint line that delimits the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the cosmos. Before moving forward, we are worth stopping for a time to briefly review what antimatter is and what makes it so peculiar. Actually, it is nothing more than a form of matter constituted by antiparticles, which are particles with the same mass and spin as the particles with which we are familiar, but with opposite electric charge. In this way the antiparticle of the electron is the positron or antielectron. And the proton antiparticle is the antiproton. The antimatter has a surprising property: when they come into direct contact with the matter, both are annihilated, releasing a large amount of energy in the form of high-energy photons, as well as other possible particle-antiparticle pairs. It is currently being studied in much of the research centers specialized in physics of most important particles in the world in the hope that knowing it better helps us understand some of the mysteries of the cosmos that remain out of our reach. The AEGIS experiment demonstrates how ingenious particles are physicists The sensors of the cameras of our mobile phones are very valuable when it comes to unraveling the mysteries of the antimatter. This a priori statement may seem strange, but it is reliable. And is that a team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) who works side by side with scientists from the Cern (European Organization for Nuclear Research) has designed an experiment that, precisely, resorts to this strategy. It’s called aegis (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy or ‘Antimatter experiment: gravity, interferometry, spectroscopy’) and is extraordinarily ingenious. AEGIS uses modified sensors of mobile phone photo camera to identify the points where antimatter and matter are annihilated In the cover photography of this article we can see what the device they have built. Broadly the purpose of this experiment is to study the interaction between gravity and antihydrogen, which is a form of antimatter, to verify if the latter behaves before gravity in the same way as ordinary matter. As we can deduce from its name, it resorts to interferometry and spectroscopy techniques to carry out its objective, but the most surprising thing is that the detector uses modified sensors of camera photo cameras to identify in real time the points in which the antimatter and the subject are annihilated. “For AEGIS to work properly we need a detector with an incredibly high spatial resolution. And the smartphones camera sensors have pixels of less than 1 micrometer,” Francesco Guatieri explainedmain investigator of the experiment. “We have integrated 60 camera sensors in our detector, which allows you to reach a resolution of 3,840 megapixels, the largest amount of pixels of any image detector to date.” It is spectacular. Let us trust that Aegis fulfills its mission and these scientists manage to understand a little better how the interaction between antimatter and gravity is. Image | Cern More information | Cern In Xataka | CERN physicists believed that symmetry between quarks up and down is broken. Is much more than they expected

Apple’s folding sounds more and more strength. It is a golden opportunity to change the smartphones market

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We have been with the cantinela for years that “next year, Apple will present its folding smartphone.” And no, there is not always water in the river When it sounds. However, this start of 2025 starts with increasingly solid tracks About this project. The last They are related to Chinese manufacturer Lens Technology, who will supposedly manufacture the ultrafine glass that will supply 70% of Apple’s orders. Some of the company’s plans are also detailed to improve existing products. The problem? We have been with folding phones on the table for years, and they still do not be mature. Apple’s plan. Rumors are increasingly lighter, and everything indicates that in the first half of 2026 the company will make its folding iPhone known to the world. Apple would like to lose the closest part of the hinge, to achieve a greater thickness in the ultra -laced glass sheet and improve the durability of the product. Lens Technology would be the main glass manufacturer, with Samsung Display as a screen supplier itself. Technology to create a product that aspires to be the maximum reference in its territory. A little mature market. Foldables still do not democratize today. The price might seem the main reason, but we are strict, a Galaxy Z Flip6 it costs practically the same as a Galaxy S25+ And less than a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. The problem of folding, despite the fact that manufacturers promise thousands of folds, is that they continue to throw durability doubts. A quick walk by Reddit shows Samsung mobile problems, Huawei either Xiaomi. In fact, in my own particular case I have suffered the wear and tear of the occasional folding … in just one week of use. A Chinese crown. If they ask you who is the king of folding phones, Samsung may come to mind, but it is not. Huawei It is, by far, the most folding company sells worldwide, well above Samsung, Honor and Motorola. The success of its folding range in China will not be easy to replicate for Apple, who may seek to settle in Europe as the main reference and popularize this telephone concept. Despite these figures, the folding market is still a minority. The question is whether Apple’s proposal will continue to be a niche product or if it will make the turns change. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The dream of mass folding mobiles remains distant. They are still expensive and fragile

Reaching extreme thinness is the next trend in smartphones. The question is … for what?

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. This is the most mysterious member of the S25 family, one that comes with extreme thinness as the main ally. After leaking some of his Key specificationseverything indicates that the final thickness of the device will be less than six millimeters. A rather spectacular design in response to a phone that has not yet left (like that is the smartphones market) but that already seems a reality: the iPhone 17 Air. The obsession with extreme thinness will be a trend in 2025. The questions are why and for whom. Samsung has advanced. He iPhone 17 Air It has been rumored for months and with quite consistent information. Except for surprise, Apple will present a new model specifically focused on the thin world. The key is that this will not happen foreseeably until September 2025, and Samsung wanted to advance. In January, together with Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S25+ and Samsung Galaxy S25, advanced the design of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. A thinner phone than the rest of his brothers. But little else. The commitment. Manufacture a extremely thin telephone It has consequences, and they are never positive if we talk about hardware. The leaks tell us about less than 4,000mAh for the S25 Edge, a figure we had without seeing for years. For more miracles that are achieved with optimization, the battery capacity looks very diminished. And this is the main debate and point with thinness: if we prefer a thin mobile with less battery or thicker with plenty of battery. According to the feedback of the xatakers and the mobile requests they usually make, the battery is always a priority. Delgadeness, no. In fact, I remember that after the great reduction of thickness that brought the goodbye of the rounded design (iPhone 11), the rest of the models were growing in thickness and with it, in Mah. He iPhone 14 It was thicker than the iPhone 13and the iPhone 13 was thicker than the iPhone 12. Each and every one of these generations won MAH, and complaints with thinness were … zero. What will happen to the iPhone Air. The Galaxy S25 Edge has had to officially give up a camera, and unofficially (according to leaks) to the battery of his older brothers. The iPhone 17 Air, except for surprise with the implementation of a large-capacity carbon-silege battery, will be a phone with less autonomy than its brothers from the iPhone 17 family. Nor are we clear if it will mount the same camera sensor and Pro lenses of the PRO Models and, if so, Apple will not be easy to continue improving the size of this hardware if the body must be smaller and smaller. In other words, it is currently not possible that two phones, one being thicker than the other, have the same potential at the hardware level. There are battles to be resolved, such as The increasingly durable batteries either The increasingly bright screens But that of increasingly thin mobiles is one, perhaps, inception. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Where are not the mobiles: we thought that innovating was the way but we were very wrong

The Google Pixel 8a that Amazon sells for less than 400 euros in Spain and that you cannot miss

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Google is preparing the year and is already starting at launch very tempting offers for some of their best mobile phones as is now the case with the Pixel 8a launched last year in Spain and which has proven to be one of the best in its price range. Range that is now considerably reduced with this incredible offer on Amazon Spain. The technological giant of online searches demonstrates year after year that its Pixels are becoming the users’ favorite mobile phones who are looking for a more special experience than those provided by Samsung and other Android manufacturers. Above all because it has accustomed its users to receive news with regular updates and thus the purchase of the Pixel 8a has more value, especially because it is a mobile phone that has one of the best experiences in photography thanks to Google’s achievements in computing; capable of covering hardware shortcomings by mounting lower capacity sensors to achieve incredible results in captures. A photograph that stands out in hardware for a dual system composed of a 64 Mpx main (dual pixel PDAF, OIS) and a 13 Mpx ultra wide angle. On the front it has a 13 Mpx more than enough for magnificent selfies and video recording. The screen is 6.1 inch AMOLED with 1,080 x 2,400 resolution with a 120 Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 2,000 nits. It has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to protect the panel and resistance to water and dust thanks to IP67 certification. Google Pixel 8a Chema Flores The Free Android With a large screen and very special photography, Google’s Pixel 8a can be purchased on Amazon in Spain for a price of 399 euros and thus enjoy a 27% discount (its usual price is 549 euros) for the 128 GB variant. If the 256 GB storage option is preferred, it is available for 449 euros (regular price 609 euros) with a 26% discount. In his bowels runs the Tensor G3 chip designed by Google itself and that year after year it shows more power and better management of energy efficiency. It is accompanied by 8 GB of RAM and 128/256 GB storage. Chema Flores The Free Android Mentioned about energy efficiency, battery is 4,492 mAh with 18W fast charging and 8W wireless charging; one of the lowest specifications of a mobile phone that reaches the day of autonomy without any type of problem. The Google Pixel 8a moves away from the dimensions of other larger ones: 152.1 x 72.7 x 8.9 mm with a weight of 188 g. But there is more to the Pixel 8a with details that should not be ignored such as Bluetooth 5.3, WiFi 6e stereo speakers and on-screen fingerprint sensor. And if it is characterized by its computational photography, it also does so in software with a great novelty: Circle to searcha of the new experiences of the technological giant last year to make direct queries of everything that is generated on the screen by making a quick gesture.

Two new models are filtered for 2025 that can change everything

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This week, all the spotlight should go to the new Galaxy S25which will be presented tomorrow as the new generation of Samsung’s leading mobile phones, and the one that aims to maintain the good streak started by the Galaxy S24. However, this is just the beginning for Samsung, which is preparing a very busy 2025 in all aspects. In fact, over the next few months we will see several very important launches, both of new generations of already established mobile phones and of completely new models, starting with the Galaxy S25 Slim who will join his range colleagues in the middle of the year. And the good news is that Samsung has not forgotten about foldables. Although folding phones have not achieved the same success as traditional Samsung models, the company is going to continue betting on them, even expanding its range. This is confirmed by the latest leak published by @Jukanlosreve in Xwhere he advances some of the details of Samsung’s plans for its foldables. To begin with, the first two models that will hit the market will be the new Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Galaxy Z Fold 7. Far from being a simple renewal, as has happened in previous years, this generation will bring more news than usual, although some will be controversial. According to rumors, Samsung is considering changes to reduce production costs, one of the big problems with folding phones, and that may affect functions such as S Pen compatibility. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 could have an independent touch pen, which would have to be charged separately, and which would use the technology of the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition to reduce the thickness even if it affects the functionality of the pen. In addition, the new foldables could also use a new Qualcomm processor model, a trimmed version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite with fewer cores but cheaper. Samsung has realized that price is the biggest obstacle that users have when making the leap to foldables, and the third launch of the year aims to solve it. He Galaxy Z Flip FE It will be a cheaper version of the folding clamshell, which may become the best option to make the leap to this type of mobile. It would be a mobile phone very similar to the current Galaxy Z Flip 6, or perhaps the previous model, and possibly with Samsung’s new Exynos processor. Gizmochina The Free Android Finally, Samsung prepares the biggest things for last: its first triple folding. The Galaxy Z Tri-Fold (not the definitive name) could be a real revolution due to its two-hinge design that will allow you to open the phone twice to obtain a gigantic screen; According to rumors, it could reach up to 10 inches, the size of a conventional tablet, which could be reduced to the size of a normal mobile phone by closing the two hinges. Of course, this wouldn’t be the first triple foldable on the market; he has that honor Huawei with the Mate XTreleased last year. However, at the moment Huawei has only launched this revolutionary device in China, so Samsung has the opportunity to reach the global market first.

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