The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
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episode 342: The Samsung Galaxy Fold is here and so is the Galaxy S10
Samsung unveils its new Galaxy foldable phone and the new S10 at their latest event. The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Dan Seifert, and Paul Miller react to the latest Samsung event and debate whether a foldable phone priced at a nearly $2,000 will be a game-changer. They also discuss the new updates to Samsung’s S10 phone, including a headphone jack.
Stories mentioned in the show:
Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980
Samsung officially announces the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus, starting at $899
The Samsung Galaxy S10E is small without skimping too much
Hands-on with Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch Active
Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch Active measures blood pressure
Nike says it’s ‘actively working’ to fix its broken smart sneakers
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G will temporarily be a Verizon exclusive
Trump wants 6G internet ‘as soon as possible’
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on Recode Media
Google claims built-in Nest mic was ‘never intended to be a secret’
Apple dug a tunnel beneath the App Store, and the rats are getting through
Apple to combine iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps by 2021, says Bloomberg
You can remap the Bixby button on Samsung’s Galaxy S10 to do whatever you want
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