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Sleeker looks and the promise of exciting AI make the devices interesting again

Duncan McLeod

Duncan McLeod

Columnist

Drivers across Uber and Bolt have either gone offline or increased their prices drastically in protest against the commissions offered by the companies and the seemingly unending discounts offered to passengers at the expense of the drivers.
Drivers across Uber and Bolt have either gone offline or increased their prices drastically in protest against the commissions offered by the companies and the seemingly unending discounts offered to passengers at the expense of the drivers. (123RF/ammentorp )

After a long period of minor advances in innovation, smartphones deserve to have close attention again.

Drivers across Uber and Bolt have either gone offline or increased their prices drastically in protest against the commissions offered by the companies and the seemingly unending discounts offered to passengers at the expense of the drivers.
Drivers across Uber and Bolt have either gone offline or increased their prices drastically in protest against the commissions offered by the companies and the seemingly unending discounts offered to passengers at the expense of the drivers. Drivers across Uber and Bolt have either gone offline or increased their prices drastically in protest against the commissions offered by the companies and the seemingly unending discounts offered to passengers at the expense of the drivers. (123RF/ammentorp /123RF/ammentorp )

You’ve been willing to put up with the relatively poor battery life of foldables, smartphones have become boring slabs of glass. From one Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S series device to the next, there have been few meaningful changes in at least half a decade. But things are about to change.

Manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei found that the only way they could make their products stand out was to design unique camera bumps — in Apple’s case, a distinctive triangle of lenses; in Samsung’s, a vertical lens arrangement. It’s basically the only way to see at a glance what phone someone is using.

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