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Chris Welch

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Chris Welch has worked at The Verge since the site's founding in 2011. In the years since, he has published over 5,800 articles that range from breaking news and comprehensive reviews to useful how-tos and thoughtful analysis. Aside from his editorial duties, he's also among The Verge's most highly regarded photographers. Chris specializes in personal audio and home theater and has published numerous scoops about Sonos. You can tip him privately and securely using Signal at (845) 445-8455.

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Samsung says adding a stem to its earbuds produced a “quantum leap” in comfort.

Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Galaxy Buds 3 ditch the more discreet look of the company’s past earbuds for a familiar stemmed design. The company says a ton of research and analysis on ear shapes and comfort led to the big design shift.


A screenshot of Samsung’s Unpacked keynote.
Image: Samsung
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Samsung has reached the point of “improving the flatness” of its foldables.

Now six generations into its foldable devices category, Samsung just showed a video about the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s display, which has a new coating, a less noticeable crease, fewer layers between the screen and your eyes, and smaller bezels. And apparently it’s even flatter than before when open.


A hands-on photo of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 smartphones.
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
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Apple’s very expensive Formula 1 movie has a very simple title.

The first teaser for F1 will debut this weekend, and today Apple shared a poster and confirmed its rather straightforward title.

Brad Pitt stars as a former Formula 1 driver making a comeback to the circuits. F1's budget has reportedly ballooned to over $300 million, though co-producer (and seven-time F1 champion) Lewis Hamilton has disputed such estimates.


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The Galaxy Z Flip 6’s outer display is probably still OLED after all.

Earlier this week, a leaked spec sheet revealed an odd hardware downgrade for Samsung’s incoming Galaxy Z Flip 6. The specs listed an IPS LCD for the outer display.

Now, SamMobile is reporting that someone likely just goofed up when making the document. The external cover screen will likely be OLED just like last year’s phone.