Samsung’s Recent Foldables, Flips, and Apple Clones

While the rest of the tech industry seems to be moving toward overproduced infomercials for its product launches, Samsung is sticking close to its love of giant live events in massive arenas. This year, at Unpacked in Paris, the company announced a whole bunch of recent gadgets. The recent Fold and Flip look pretty, but also a little uninspiring; the Watch Ultra and Buds 3 look almost too familiar; and the Galaxy Ring could be the start of something really nippy.

ON this episode Weather forecastwe discuss all of Samsung’s announcements and try to figure out whether “Apple products, but on Android” is actually a winning strategy. It just might be! Plus, we debate what to make of Samsung’s somewhat flat upgrades to the Flip and Fold — maybe they’re just not the smartphone form factors of the future. Or at least not yet.

If you want to learn more about what we cover in this episode, here are some links to get you started. First, Samsung:

And in the blitz round: