Smartphones

Sony launches the Xperia 5 IV

Featuring a larger battery and better processor

Published

September 1, 2022

Luigi Leonardo

It’s been a year since the Xperia 5 III’s launch. However, despite having a relatively smaller 6.1-inch screen, there’s nothing compact about this compact flagship. Now, Sony announced the flagship’s successor during its own event. As expected, the new Xperia 5 IV is beefier and packed with a new infusion of juice.

First of all, the smartphone comes in the same compact form factor. It has the same 6.1-inch OLED display with 2520 x 1080 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. If anything, the new phone is 50 percent brighter and a millimeter thinner.

Underneath that screen, the Xperia 5 IV sports a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of internal storage. However, unlike other flagships of its caliber, the phone will come with a microSD slot and a headphone jack.

At its back, the Xperia 5 IV comes with three 12-megapixel rear cameras: wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto. However, instead of a 4.4x periscope lens, it only goes up to 2.5x. In front, the phone will have another 12-megapixel shooter for selfies.

Also, like Sony’s other offerings, the new flagship will comes with Dolby Atmos, DSEE Ultimate, Hi-Res Audio, and 360 Reality Audio.

A big change from its predecessor, the smartphone will have a 5000mAh battery — a step up from last year’s 4500mAh battery. With a 30W charger, the phone can reportedly go up to 50 percent in just 30 minutes. It can also charge wirelessly. Unfortunately, the box will not come with either a charging adapter or a wire.

Coming this month, the Xperia 5 IV will come in Green, Black, and Ecru White. It will retail for EUR 1,049.

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Samsung teases what’s next for Galaxy foldables

Foldable future teased

Published

July 1, 2026

GadgetMatch

File Photo: Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7

Samsung has begun building anticipation for its next generation of Galaxy foldables with a series of teaser videos set to premiere on its official global social media channels.

Rather than showing the devices themselves, the teaser campaign transforms familiar everyday objects into visual hints. Pizza slices, chocolate bars, and other items appear in proportions that longtime Galaxy fans may recognize, subtly pointing toward the company’s foldable lineup.

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According to Samsung, the campaign reflects its ongoing vision for foldables—one shaped by years of engineering innovation and consumer insights. The company says its goal is to make foldable devices feel more useful, natural, and intuitive in everyday life.

The teaser also suggests Samsung is looking beyond simply launching another device. Instead, it hints at expanding the Galaxy foldable portfolio with more choices and new ways for users to experience the Galaxy ecosystem.

Samsung has yet to reveal additional details, but the latest teasers mark the beginning of its next foldable campaign ahead of an expected Galaxy Unpacked event later this month.

Stay tuned to GadgetMatch for more updates as Samsung unveils what’s next for Galaxy foldables.

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Samsung might be working on a rollable phone

It might be called the Galaxy Z Slide.

Published

June 30, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

For Apple, the next holy grail is a foldable iPhone. However, for Samsung who’s already had an iron grip on the foldable market for years now, the next evolution might be a rollable phone.

According to several Korean sources, Samsung’s next project is a rollable phone. Samsung Display is currently discussing the technology with the company’s smartphone arm for a potential consumer-ready product.

As is normal with new technologies, it might take a while for a rollable phone to enter the market. Samsung is reportedly planning a 2028 release for the device.

As for the name, the brand might settle for the Galaxy Z Slide. With how Samsung names its devices, “Slide” makes sense.

Now, a rollable phone has been a dream for a few other brands. For example, LG, before they gave up on the smartphone market, dished out a concept for a rollable display in the TV and the smartphone space. Sony, Motorola, OPPO, and TECNO have also experimented with the technology.

With its resources, Samsung stands to be at the forefront of the rollable market, just as it did with the foldable phone. But, as always, take the rumors with a grain of salt. There’s still quite a bit of time before 2028 arrives. The brand can easily change its mind.

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Android is finally getting a foldable gaming mode

It’s coming in the next few months.

Published

June 29, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

On today’s episode of “We Can’t Believe It Took Them This Long to Add This,” Android is finally introducing a native foldable gaming mode for smartphone with two screens.

Foldable smartphones have been around for a while now. Despite the popularity of the form factor today, they are, ironically, not the best ways to play games. Though they usually have the performance, their designs are hardly conducive to long play sessions. They don’t feel like handheld consoles; they are more like thick slabs without built-in buttons.

Over the weekend, Mishaal Rahman, now working with Google, has unveiled a new foldable gaming mode, which natively turns one of a foldable’s screens into a gamepad.

It’s a complete gamepad, too. The feature adds a D-pad, two thumbsticks, A-B-X-Y action buttons, L1-L3, R1-R3, and Start. Users can manually adjust the layout, the size of the buttons, haptics, and dark mode. The only drawbacks are that the gamepad is currently locked to 50 percent of the screen (or one of the displays) and that you can’t adjust the transparency.

This is a much needed feature. Most mobile games today offer only single-screen gamepads overlapping the whole screen. Some, of course, can utilize the second screen but not natively. Though developers will still need to adapt to the feature, having a native gamepad is a huge boon for regular mobile gamers.

The foldable gaming mode is expected to roll out starting with Android 17 in the coming months.