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OnePlus Nord is hot competition, Galaxy Z Flip 5G launched, and more tech news
August 06, 2025
1. Nord too shabby, but the market is about to heat up
Finally, OnePlus Nord is everything we expected from the leaks and slightly frustrating long marketing cycle from OnePlus. (And let’s not speak of the AR phone launch, which required a dedicated app that kept crashing. TheYouTube presentationworked, but without the AR effects.)
But all that aside, the key to the OnePlus Nord is how much you get for the price. And the price is looking pretty good:
Here’s an overview:
So, what’s missing?
OnePlus Buds, too:
Upgrade problems:
- Samsung quietly released the new Galazy Z Flip 5G, with a Snapdragon 865+ under the hood, more colors, and up in price a little for the 5G: $1,450, up from $1,380. Also in Samsung’s world:huge Galaxy Note 20 Ultra leakspills glorious images, flagship features (Android Authority).
3.LG Velvet is coming to the US this weekwith an aggressive price: $599 (Android Authority).
- Gmail is about to start testing verification-like logos for email, in the coming weeks (Engadget).
5.Apple Glasses patentsuggests any surface could become a virtual touch interface (MacRumors).
- Here’s a bold prediction:iPhones to get periscope telephoto cameras in 2022,says key Apple supply chain guru (The Verge).
7. TikTok news:investors in parent Bytedanceare looking at upping their stake to majority ownership to weaken Chinese ownership arguments (The Next Web). It’s also hosing down complaints with jobs:TikTok says it’ll be hiring 10,000 staff in the USin the coming years (Axios). It has now beenbanned from US Federal devices(Android Authority).
8. Walmart will close stores on Thanksgiving,end Black Friday tradition(Business Insider)
9.San Diego Comic-Con goes virtual todayfor the first time, 350 panels free (CNET).
10.Xbox’s Summer Game Fest eventhas 70 demos of new games you may try now (The Verge).
Thelast Qantas 747 flightis taking place today (Twitter). As it flew out of Sydney to the Mojave desert, itfollowed a route that drew a Kangaroo in the sky. Just zoom out to east of Australia to spot it, orwatch this gif(Flightradar24).
Also in goodbyes to early giants, the first luxury cruise megaship, the Sovereign of the Seas, built in 1988, has arrived in Turkey where it will be scrapped. Mega cruise ships easily outclass this giant now, but she was the first! (maritime-executive.com).
“What life changing item can you buy for less than $100?”(r/askreddit). This post is ridiculously popular right now, with more than 40,000 comments so combing it will take time. A few popped up that I heartily endorse: motion sensor night lights, good kitchen knife or two, carbon monoxide detector, and a good shower head. Mind you, my knives are a little blunt at the moment.
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