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Gear News of the Week: Samsung’s Trifold Promise, Ikea’s Sonos Split, and Hugging Face’s New Robot

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Last updated: 12 July 2025 13:27
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Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in Brooklyn earlier this week debuted seven new devices, from the Galaxy Z Fold7 to the Galaxy Watch8 series. But there weren’t any surprises at the end, despite rumors that Samsung would unveil a trifold phone. Sensing disappointment, the company later confirmed that the phone is expected to land in 2025.

“I expect we will be able to launch the trifold phone within this year,” TM Roh, head of Samsung’s mobile business, told The Korea Times. The trifold phone, rumored to be called the Galaxy G Fold, would have a normal screen on the front and two hinges that let you open it up as a tablet-sized screen.

Huawei first unveiled its trifold, the Mate XT, in China last year, with an eye-watering price of 3,499 euros ($4,090~), and Samsung showed off a concept version at Mobile World Congress 2025. Considering it has upped the price of its Galaxy Z Fold7 flagship to $2,000, expect a high cost. Samsung is also expected to launch its Android XR mixed reality headset in the fall, so the trifold could land alongside it.

Hugging Face Has a New Robot

AI startup Hugging Face has announced a new coding robot called Reachy Mini, mere months after acquiring Pollen Robotics, the company behind the Reachy 2 humanoid robot. The Reachy Mini is open for preorder for $449 (though there’s a Lite version for $299), and it’s an open source robot designed around AI experimentation and coding.

Think of it like a STEM toy or a Raspberry Pi (in fact, the Robot is powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 minicomputer)—you have to build it yourself, and there are more than 15 “robot behaviors” so you can learn how to use it out of the box. Reachy Mini can employ the latest AI models, and you can program it to act in certain ways. The head is motorized, and the antennas move around, too. It has a camera, microphone, and speakers for interacting with its surroundings.

Reachy Mini owners will be able to upload and share these robot behaviors with the Hugging Face community, and download other ones too. It’ll ship this fall, though the Reachy Mini Lite, which isn’t wireless, will arrive first, late summer. We can only hope this cute little robot won’t have the same fate as the Jibo.

Apple’s iOS 26 Beta Drama

The public beta for Apple’s iOS 26, macOS 26, and iPadOS 26 is expected to launch next week, but some drama has been brewing after the recent developer beta 3 for iOS 26. The company has reduced the transparency of its Liquid Glass design language, making the interface appear more like frosted glass. That’s drawn criticism online that Apple has changed it too much, though there was plenty of backlash and readability concerns when Apple debuted the design at WWDC 2025.

In more Apple news, the company is expected to debut a new Apple Vision Pro later this year, powered by the M4 chipset that’s in some MacBooks and iPads. The hardware itself won’t look any different, though Bloomberg reports there will be a more comfortable strap. The rumored cheaper version of the Vision Pro is still a few years away.

Ikea Ditches Sonos and Zigbee for Matter and Spotify

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It’s a new day for smart home strategy at popular Swedish furniture purveyor Ikea, as the company announced more than 20 new Matter smart lights, sensors, and remotes using the Thread protocol. That means you can snag some of Ikea’s affordable wares and use them directly with your Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, or Samsung SmartThings setup, without having to purchase an Ikea hub. And Ikea’s David Granath told The Verge there are “more new product types and form factors to come.” Folks with Ikea’s Dirigera hub will also be pleased to learn that Ikea is activating the built-in Thread radio and adding Matter support. That means it can serve as a Matter Controller and a Thread Border Router, enabling it to hook up and control any Matter devices in your home. Sadly for some, this signals the end for Zigbee support, as Ikea plans to replace its Zigbee gadgets with Matter devices.

Ikea also unveiled two new Bluetooth speakers this week—one that looks like a retro radio and another that doubles as a lamp. Both have a dedicated Spotify Tap button that allows you to jump straight back into whatever you were last listening to on Spotify. It’s another nail in the coffin for Ikea’s partnership with Sonos, as Ikea strives for simplicity, accessibility, and affordability. —Simon Hill

OnePlus Has 5 New Devices, but Only 2 for US

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It was five plus for OnePlus this week, as the company unveiled a slew of new devices. A smaller, 43 mm, version of the Watch 3 that’s far more comfortable, but has less stamina than its larger sibling, is now available from OnePlus for $300 (a full $100 less than the 47 mm model). The very affordable wireless Buds 4 are also landing in the US at $130.

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