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Apple is nearing decision on foldable display partner

Samsung lost its leading position to Vivo in India in Q4 2024; reveals Counterpoint

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Joel Joseph
February 02, 2025

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Good morning, tech folks! ☀️ I hope you all had a good weekend.

Today, we've got Apple inching closer to their foldable future, while Samsung's losing ground in India to Vivo.

Meanwhile, Samsung's promising free AI features, Berkeley researchers are making AI affordable, and mobile gaming's getting prettier.

Ready to explore these tech developments? Let's dive in!

Here's what you'll find in today's tech roundup:

Apple‘s long-rumored entry into the foldable phone market may be drawing closer. A recent report suggests the company is in the final stages of selecting a display supplier for its anticipated foldable iPhone.

While Samsung and Google have already released multiple foldable phones, the Cupertino giant has remained patient with its foldable iPhone. However, behind-the-scenes work appears to be steadily ongoing.

According to a new report, the tech giant is in the final stages of selecting a display supplier for its foldable iPhone. The company will reportedly decide by late February to early April.

Read on to find out more details.

The Indian smartphone market saw a major shift in 2024, with Samsung losing its leading position to vivo, according to the latest report from Counterpoint Research.

Vivo captured 19% of total shipments, while Xiaomi followed closely with 17%, pushing Samsung to third place.

Most of what’s new in the Galaxy S25 series is Galaxy AI. And it was rumored that Samsung will charge for Galaxy AI starting in 2026.

Now tipster PandaFlash X claims that most of the Galaxy AI features such as the Photo Assist, AI Instant Slow-mo, and Writing Tools will remain free.

AI research is usually a game for big tech companies with deep pockets. However, a team at UC Berkeley just flipped the script.

They have replicated the core abilities of DeepSeek R1-Zero for just $30 (not a typo). Their project, called TinyZero, proves that advanced AI reasoning models don’t have to cost a fortune.

Mobile games are now pushing the boundaries of visual fidelity thanks to great improvements in hardware performance.

With the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Ray Tracing support was a major part of the announcement with various next-gen games now bringing what initially seemed to be a PC exclusive tech. So here’s a list of 5 new mobile games that support ray tracing.

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