Samsung unpacked: New foldable phones, watches and more
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Samsung is treating foldables and wearables as the hardware chassis for its AI layer — not just form-factor experiments. If you build consumer software, assume multimodal, multi-device contexts as default and design experiences that span phone, watch, and larger fold-out canvases.
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