Twitter vs. QAnon, Galaxy Z Flip 5G, and more | Digital Trends Live

By Todd Werkhoven Published April 25, 2023

On this episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler breaks down the top tech news of the day, including Twitter’s crackdown on QAnon, Facebook and Instagram study of racial bias, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5G, streaming music directly to your brain, and more.

Winnie Sun

Winnie Sun of Sun Group Wealth Partners discusses the ending of the $600 monthly unemployment benefit, and what’s included in the next stimulus package.

DT writer Andy Boxall joins the show to talk new mobile devices, including the Asus ROG Phone 3 and the OnePlus Nord, which has a 5G chip.

Marc Levin

Nibler then talks to filmmaker Marc Levin, director of the new documentary Stockton On My Mind, which follows 26-year-old mayor Michael Tubbs and his mission to reshape Stockton, California, after the drastic effects of the subprime mortgage implosion.

What’s TBD this week? We join DT’s Jess Surbaugh and Adrien Warner as they discuss the 50th anniversary of the San Diego ComicCon, and how to join the convention at home via streaming.

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Our first look at the Galaxy Z Flip 7 reveals more than just design

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We finally know what the Galaxy Z Flip 7 will look like, and it's hard not to be enamored with its Gameboy SP vibes. The Z Flip 7 will have a 3.6-inch cover display that opens to a 6.8-inch internal display, making it officially larger than its predecessor. It's a welcome bump in size, although the Z Flip 7 is still smaller than other flip phones on the market.

The images come from an official CAD render leak for the Z Flip 7, first obtained by Android Headlines. While these leaks don't confirm the device's internal specs, they do make it easier to make educated guesses based on what we see.

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The Galaxy Z Flip 7’s camera spec has made us worry

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The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is the next iteration of Samsung's foldable "flip" phone, but the latest leaks suggest that absolutely no hardware change at all is coming to its cameras. The Z Flip 7 will reportedly arrive with the exact same configuration as the Z Flip 6, sporting a 50MP main camera and a 12MP ultrawide, alongside the 10MP selfie camera.

But that doesn't mean all hope for an upgrade is lost. While the hardware looks to be largely the same, Samsung has plans for the phone's software that could result in much better pictures. For starters, the S25's ProVisual Engine (or a variant of it) could come with the Z Flip 7, according to GalaxyClub. This suite of AI-powered tools lets you tweak and edit even subpar photos into something worthy of hanging on the wall.

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Samsung’s budget Galaxy Z Flip FE will keep this spec from the Galaxy Z Flip 6

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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip FE is expected to launch sometime next year, most likely toward the end of the second quarter of 2025. We don't know a lot about the budget-oriented flip phone yet except that it's expected to use the Exynos 2500 chip. Now, another leak suggests it will keep the same display as the Galaxy Z Flip 6.

Ross Young, a known tipster and supply chain analyst, responded to a comment on X and stated that the Z Flip FE would have the same panel as the Z Flip 6. For reference, that's a 6.7-inch AMOLED panel with 2640 x 1080 resolution, a 120Hz variable refresh rate, and a maximum brightness of 2600 nits.