TL;DR - You have to install a malicious app that pretends to be something else, then the app will try trick you into installing another APK (to which you have to specifically agree), and then your phone gets malware.

I mean, I'm not saying it's pointless, because even of it's to send a message, sanctions are worth it. Sanctions are also clearly destroying the rubble. It's a huge blow to Russia. But until there's a huge blow to PUTIN, not much is going to change. This bitch is never gonna go hungry, never gonna feel cold, never gonna have to budget between a better insurance plan or a bigger place to live. His astronomical savings are untouchable. If these were ever at risk, then itdtbe a blow to him. What's one less yacht?

Questions to both (or either)

1. Does any device presented today feel like a meaningful upgrade? I can't remember the last time everything was so incremental. Even the bigger outer screen on the Flip 5 is just that, bigger screen. It's still a limited set of widgets, only this time bigger. How much difference does that make?

2. Is the s-pen case for the Fold 5 actually something that's usable? Or does it make the whole device an unwieldy brick?

3. Does the dock with up to 4 recent apps on the Fold 5 feel more useful and convenient, or rather overwhelming and cluttered?

4. What color variants do you see there for all those devices? Which do you like the most?

Appreciate the answers, and can definitely understand colors were the least of your interest haha. But since you did mention "hinge, crease, software", I'm going to ask about that (if you don't mind). In MKBHD's video I noticed the foldable a don't really open fully flat. More like 179.5°. Is that camera distortion, or maybe a faulty device that Marques had a hands-on with? Or is it just a drawback of the hinges with teardrop creasing display, just like is the case with the Pixel Fold?

If you were to go see this in a store and pick it up so you know what the first thing you'd notice is? The 21:9 form factor [...] Yet bone of these guys ever mention this.

I can't recall a video from MKBHD of Mr Mobile etc about an Xperia phone where there wasn't mention of this unique aspect ratio. Maybe you watch the wrong videos?

This reviewer says the screen is poor because on the extreme angle it colour shifts. That's pure BS! Until you've done some objective scientific tests to determine the display quality, you can't say it's poor quality.

Have YOU done "some objective scientific tests to determine the display quality"? Because if not, how can you be so sure this person's claims are bullshit? At least they have the phone in their hand.

No iPhone clones here. Sony has it's own design language which no one else has.

Really, no one else has their own design language? Have you seen Pixels? Nothing Phones? ASUS ROG?

Slap a Redmi logo on the back instead and I wouldn't even question it.

That makes a terrifying amount of sense and I never looked at this issue from the angle you presented. God damn it, fucking capitalism.

B-but think of the shareholders!

Why would EU ever do that?

Red Dead Redemption 2. Trying not to rush through the story and just explore. Can't get enough of this game.

I'm in the exact same position and if there are no compelling Black Friday deals for the S23, I'm probably gonna hold on another year. Or I'm gonna go back to OnePlus.