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Samsung starts removing free chargers from affordable phones
Starts with the Galaxy F23 5G

Remember the great charging scandal a few years ago? Starting another controversial trend, Apple removed the free charging adapters from its iPhone packaging. The company’s rivals lambasted Apple for doing so but ironically followed suit for flagships not long after. Still, adapter fans could still claim a new one with more affordable devices. However, that’s changing soon. Samsung has started removing charging adapters from its affordable lineup.
In India, Samsung recently launched the Galaxy F23 5G, a new entry into the company’s more affordable roster. While Samsung usually retained free charging adapters in this lineup, the Galaxy F23 5G is the first one to not have one, as confirmed by Onsitego. In fact, it’s not just the first one in that lineup; it’s Samsung’s first affordable phone to not carry the valued accessory.
Though not a flagship, the Galaxy F23 5G isn’t a slouch itself. The 6.6-inch smartphone sports a Snapdragon 750G processor. It even has a 50-megapixel rear camera, paired with an 8-megapixel ultrawide sensor and an additional 2-megapixel one. The front panel has an 8-megapixel selfie shooter. Finally, it has a 5000mAh battery compatible with 25W fast charging.
Regardless, users won’t be able to use the 25W fast charging capabilities without buying a new charger to go along with it. While the Galaxy F23 5G is only one affordable phone limited to India, it is likely that more charger-less phones are coming to more smartphones in more countries. Samsung, in fact, confirmed so in the past. Likewise, it is also likely that consumers won’t agree to the decision.


Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event is coming home. The smartphone giant will unveil its next generation of foldable devices in late July 2023. The event will take place at the COEX in Samseong-dong, Gangnam in the South Korean capital of Seoul.
Samsung has held Unpacked in key cities around the world. These include Las Vegas, New York, London, Berlin, and Barcelona since 2010.
Now, the global platform will focus on Samsung’s next line of foldables, as well as its groundbreaking technologies to offer the world a glimpse into the future.
The brand has enjoyed success in the foldable smartphone category; in 2022, the Korean market has had a remarkable 13.6% foldable phone adoption rate.
Samsung has also dominated foldable phone market shares last year, enjoying more than an 80% mark.
Global shipments have also increased, while it is predicted that foldables’ compound annual growth will increase to more than 30%.
Samsung introduced its first ever Galaxy Fold in 2019, and since then, the company has released a handful of high-end devices, with the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4 being its latest.
SEE ALSO: 90 days with the Galaxy Z Fold4

The release date of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has been revealed. The much anticipated sequel will drop on October 20 for PlayStation 5.
The game will come in Standard, Digital Deluxe, and Collector’s editions, for the following prices
Standard Edition
- Singapore: SG$ 97.90
- Malaysia: MYR 299
- Indonesia: IDR 1,029,000
- Philippines: PhP 3,490
- Vietnam: PhP 1,799,000
Digital Deluxe Edition
- Singapore: SG$ 109.00
- Malaysia: MYR 399
- Indonesia: IDR 1,179,000
- Philippines: N/A
- Vietnam: N/A
Collector’s Edition
- Singapore: SG$ 318.90
- Malaysia: MYR 969
- Indonesia: IDR 3,349,000
- Philippines: PhP 11,490
- Vietnam: PhP 5,799,000
Pre-orders will start on June 16 in all participating retailers and PlayStation stores.
The Digital Deluxe edition will include the game, all pre-order incentives, as well as 10 unique suits – five for each – additional Photo Mode frames and stickers, and two additional skill points.
For hardcore fans, the Collector’s Edition includes a voucher for the Digital Deluxe Edition, as well as a Steelbook case, and an extraordinary, high-quality 19-inch statue featuring both Spider-Men battling Venom.
Explore New York as both Peter, Miles
In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, players will get to experience Marvel’s New York as both the protagonists. The main storyline will have them take both Spider-Men at different points of the campaign.
As players explore Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, fan-favorite villains like Venom, Lizard, and Kraven will threaten them, and it’s up to them to utilize Peter and Miles’ new abilities to win.
Eddie Brock isn’t Venom
Another sort of big reveal is that Venom won’t be Eddie Brock which is how it initially played out in the original comic books. Insomniac Games Creative Director confirmed as much at the Summer Game Fest 2023.
“It is not Eddie Brock, our goal was to tell an original story something you haven’t seen in the comics and the movies yet,” said Intihar.
SEE ALSO: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 shows 10 minutes of gameplay

The HONOR Magic5 Pro, officially released at MWC 2023 in Barcelona, has finally landed in the Philippines. This is HONOR’s flagship smartphone and touts its triple 50MP cameras, top-of-the-line looks, and cutting edge performance.
In our HONOR Magic5 Pro review, we said it’s “easily one of the Top 5 standard slate flagship smartphones” of 2023. That’s thanks to its “specs, design, and overall feel.”
Price and availability
The HONOR Magic5 Pro retails for PhP 59,990 in the Philippines. From June 8 to 15, it’s available for pre-order and comes with a couple of freebies. These are the HONOR Band 6 smartwatch and HONOR X3 Lite Earbuds (worth PhP 6,000).
You can also grab the phone with Globe at GPlan 2499 with a one-time cash out of PhP 17,900. The freebies are also available in this option.
It’s also available through Home Credit at 0% interest starting June 16. Payment plans start as low as PhP 1,718 per month without insurance and PhP 2,085 with insurance.
The phone comes in Meadown Green and Black.
HONOR Magic5 Pro Specs
- Processor — Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset
- OS — MagicOS 7.1 based on Android 13
- Graphics — Adreno 740 GPU
- Memory — 12GB DDR5X
- Storage — 512GB UFS4.0
- Display — 6.81-inch LTPO quad-curved floating screen, 2848 x 1312, 120Hz, 100% DCI-P3, 1800 nits peak brightness, HDR10+, TÜV Rheinland certified Low Blue Light
- Audio — Stereo system with dual speakers, DTS:X Ultra
- Security — Dual-TEE security system, NFC support, 3D face recognition, AI Privacy Call 2.0, fingerprint sensor
- Connectivity — USB Type-C, dual-SIM slots
- Wireless — Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.2
- Battery — 5,100mAh, 66W wired and 50W wireless SuperCharge
- 50MP wide camera (f/1.6, 1/1.12-inch sensor)
- 50MP ultra-wide camera (f/2.0, 122 degrees field of view)
- 50MP Sony IMX858 telephoto camera (f/3.0, 3.5x optical zoom, 100x digital zoom)
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