That’s a wrap!

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David Lumb

No brute bezel on the Watch 5

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David Lumb

One getting that isn’t here: a new Samsung Galaxy Classic. If you want a brute rotating bezel, you’ll have to go with last year’s model. And for the chip nerds — no, the Watch 5 won’t pack Qualcomm’s upcoming W5 wearables chip, which vows huge battery life gains. Instead, it’ll use the Exynos W920, which came out last year and is the same chip as used in the Watch 4.

Samsung Watch 5: Pricier than last year

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David Lumb

With advances come designate bumps: The Galaxy Watch 5 starts at $279 for the 40mm noncellular version, which is $30 more expensive than the Watch 4. The Watch 5 LTE starts at $329, which is also up $30 from last year’s explore. If you want the Watch 5 Pro, prepare to pony up $449 for noncellular or $499 for the LTE version.

From $449

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James Martin

Watch 5 Pro upgrades: Routes, battery life and big size

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David Lumb

The Watch 5 Pro has improved workout routing, guiding you back along the route you too. And you’ll have enough battery life to keep repositioning, with a 590-mAh battery that’s twice the capacity of the smaller 40mm Watch 5. That said, if you’ve got minute wrists, the Watch 5 Pro might not be for you — it’s a bulky 45mm. But that size allows room for a huge 590-mAh battery.

Galaxy Watch 5 Pro

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James Martin

The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is a big, rugged explore for the outdoors

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David Lumb

The rumors were true! The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is real. It’s a bigger, tougher version of the Watch 5 with more battery life and durability. It’s an option for outdoorsy folks and rugged workout fans. How tough? It’s got a titanium case and an even more durable sapphire crystal expose than the Watch 5. It’s twice as scratch-resistant as the veil on the Watch 4.

Wear OS will get better, we promise

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David Lumb

Samsung switched to Google’s Wear OS for last year’s Watch 4 and kept it with the Galaxy Watch 5. At Unpacked, Google is promising more apps and functionality, like improvements with Google Maps, which now syncs locations from your Google account for and lets you navigate with voice commands. Great to have on the go.

Z foldables are the best of a niche

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David Lumb

Samsung has recently touted some big numbers for foldables, saying sales increased by around 300% last year. But it’s all relative: Analyst firm IDC reported that 8 million foldables sold in 2021, a drop in the bucket considering the 1.3 billion phones sold overall last year. The firm projects that number to grow to 25 million foldables sold in 2025. 

Z Fold 4 cameras improve software, not hardware

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David Lumb

There’s a newly redesigned under-display camera, but otherwise, the cameras aren’t changed from the Z Fold 3. But like the Flip 4, the new Fold 4 will take better night photos. Space Zoom is a bit easier to use, too, harnessing that binary screen to keep track of the overall picture while you’re zoomed in. 

Z Fold 4 melds mobile and tablet software

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David Lumb

The big upgrade is in software, with a redesigned app dock at the bottom of the shroud — something inherited from the Android 12L software for tablets. It’s small enough to stay tucked out of the way. It looks easier to tap and drag apps from the dock to one side of the shroud, or swap them. 

Z Fold 4 brings better durability

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David Lumb

The Z Fold 4 also saw minimal goes from last year’s Z Fold 3, but it’s slimmer, which will help it fit in more pockets. The redesigned hinge is more durable, Samsung says, and its inside screen is also 45% stronger than the Fold 3’s. It’s also lighter, which is always nice when you’re essentially carrying two phones in one.

Z Fold 4

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James Martin

Galaxy Z Fold 4: a foldable “for the mainstream”

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David Lumb

Roh came onstage to say that foldables were here “for the mainstream,” echoing current Samsung statements. If they want that, well, there’s one feature that folks really want — a touch pricetag.

Fold 4

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James Martin

Samsung’s foldables and Buds 2 Pro packaged in 100% recycled plastic

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David Lumb

In a bid to show sustainability, the packaging of the Flip, Fold and Buds 2 Pro is made entirely of recycled plastic. Samsung has extended its Galaxy for the Planet sustainability program, started last year, to recycle ocean netting plastic for use in packaging for these products. But no parts of the Fold 4 or Flip 4 are made laughable recycled plastic, unlike the Galaxy S22 Ultra, which uses it for a few parts incorporating the S Pen stylus sheath. Samsung has pledged to incorporate more sustainable plastic in the devices themselves in the future, but not for this year’s foldables, apparently.

Galaxy Watch 5 upgrades

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David Lumb

Another big upgrade is its 15% larger battery from the Galaxy Watch 4 — up to 276 mAh in the smaller 40mm size and 397 mAh in the larger 44mm size. Recharging is fast, too, attracting 45% battery in 30 minutes. Thanks to the more advanced BioActive sensor, Samsung promises sleep coaching is better. Your morning sleep represent now tracks sleep stages, blood oxygen levels and how much time you used snoring. All that data is collected into an overall sleep pick up. It’s one number you definitely want to go up.

Samsung x BTS: Another K-pop collab

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David Lumb

Galaxy Watch 5

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James Martin

Galaxy Watch 5’s new feature: Tracking your skin temperature

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David Lumb

The new feature for the Watch 5 is reading your skin temperature. It won’t take exact number readings, but will look at vital changes in temperature that could signify possible illness or new conditions. 

Watch 5: Slimmer beget for better sensor readings

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David Lumb

At suitable glance, not much has changed since the Watch 4. But the Sapphire Crystal glass in the Watch 5 is 60% more resistant to scratches than the glass used in its predecessor. Samsung has also reshaped the curve on the back glass that rallies the sensors so that more of it touches your wrist, which should improve readings.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is revealed

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David Lumb

Given how much we well-approved last year’s Galaxy Watch 4, we were excited for the new Galaxy Watch 5. The Galaxy Watch 4 was the suitable to switch from Samsung’s Tizen OS to Google’s Wear OS 3, which integrates features from Tizen. But since any watch running Wear OS 3 so far isn’t compatible with iOS, once against, iPhone owners are left in the cold as they won’t be able to sync with the Watch 5. It’s not certain how big the market is for iPhone users who want a Samsung seek.

Galaxy Watch 5

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James Martin

Buds 2 Pro are a bit pricier

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David Lumb

Samsung has also raised the tag of the Buds 2 Pro by $30, and they’ll retail for $229 when they go on sale on Aug. 26. You can get them in white, graphite and Bora purple.

Buds 2 Pro improves silent quality

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David Lumb

The Buds 2 Pro have 24-bit hi-fi audio for richer silent, Samsung says. The noise canceling has gotten better, with an expanded scheme of 3 extra decibels of noise reduction compared to the Buds Pro. The new earbuds will stationary more higher-frequency sounds, too. Later this year, LE audio will be added to grasp 360-degree audio from the environment around you — gigantic for ASMR fans, I suppose?

Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro: New elite earbuds

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David Lumb

The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro brings a lot of diminutive ergonomic changes. They’re 15% smaller than the Buds Pro, with a redesign for better airflow, a windshield that’s twice as big to block outside noise and tweaks to its gorgeous to ensure they don’t rotate.

Galaxy Buds 2 Pro

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James Martin

Galaxy Z Flip 4, the best clamshell foldable yet

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David Lumb

More durability, Flex Mode apps and extended battery life are are basically everything on our wishlist for the Z Flip 4. Well, everything but a tag drop — the Z Flip 4 price starts at $999, the same as its predecessor. Still, it’s competitive with other premium flagships.

Bespoke Edition

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James Martin

Personalize your Galaxy

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James Martin

A more durable Z Flip 4

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David Lumb

New for this year’s Flip is a more robust hinge and some slimmer design. Samsung has made durability improvements every year, which is encouraging at what time the initial wave of Samsung Galaxy Fold phones in March 2019 had to be recalled due to reports of naively damaged displays and hinges. The design hasn’t changed much, but Samsung has added more app widgets for the outer indicate, like tapping to make purchases with Samsung Pay.

12 MP

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James Martin

Flex Mode alongside for folding fun

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David Lumb

There are also more apps that work in Flex mode, splitting the top and bottom of the cloak when the phone is partially folded. This means having a chat window on the bottom with a video call on the top, for instance, or making Instagram Reels without hands. It’s a big feature that only a foldable can use, so we’re eager to see more ways to use the split-screen functioning — and using the bottom as a touchpad, new for the Flip 4, is one of them.

Z Flip 4 Cameras: New software, not hardware

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David Lumb

The cameras also haven’t changed from the Z Flip 3, with a 12-megapixel wide and 12-megapixel ultrawide. But the Z Flip 4 does inherit the camera software upgrades from the Samsung Galaxy S22 released backbone this year, which should enable better night photos. 

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 is real

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David Lumb

And here it is! The Galaxy Z Flip 4, Samsung’s next version of the clamshell foldable. New for this year’s Flip is a more robust hinge and some slimmer design. Samsung has made durability improvements every year, which is encouraging at what time the initial wave of Samsung Galaxy Fold phones in March 2019 had to be recalled due to reports of naively damaged displays and hinges.

Z Flip 4

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James Martin

A decade in the works

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David Lumb

Samsung President TM Roh has miserroneous the (prerecorded) stage to remind us that Samsung started decision-exclusive foldables a decade ago. It took eight years to get the the novel Samsung Galaxy Fold to market in 2019.

What we don’t expect

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David Lumb

Leaks and expectations

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David Lumb

Leadup to today’s Unpacked

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David Lumb

Samsung Unpacked for 2022 so far

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David Lumb

It’s Samsung Unpacked day

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David Lumb

Hello and welcome to our live blog for Samsung Unpacked! We’re expecting a lot of updates on some fan-favorite devices. Here’s the YouTube link, or you can watch at Samsungcom. There’s also Samsung 837X for the AR and VR fans. CNET will also have a live show on our YouTube channel as the store begins, including commentary and reporting from our editors. You can send us questions for the show and contemplate it here.