Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked (July 2023): Galaxy Z Flip5, Fold5, Watch6, Tab S9 Series

Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked (July 2023): Galaxy Z Flip5, Fold5, Watch6, Tab S9 Series

Everything else is the standard-fare upgrades on these phones. The Flip5 now comes with 256 GB of internal storage instead of 128. Both phones are powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset like the one in the Galaxy S23 series. As for the cameras, there are minor changes to the hardware, but Samsung says the phones' image-processing engine now reduces noise, offers more accurate skin tones, and performs better overall in low light. 

The Galaxy Z Flip5 is $1,000 and the Galaxy Z Fold5 costs $1,800, and both can be preordered now. They'll officially go on sale August 11. If you preorder, you can get a free storage upgrade. For example, if you choose the 256-GB Flip5, you'll be upgraded to the 512-GB model.

Three New Tablets
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Samsung's Galaxy Tab S9 series consists of three tablets: the Galaxy Tab S9, Tab S9+, and Tab S9 Ultra. The S9 is the smallest with an 11-inch screen, the Tab S9+ follows with a 12.4-inch display, and the Ultra remains a behemoth with its 14.5-inch screen. 

The biggest change is that they all have the same Dynamic AMOLED 2X display panel, which delivers inkier blacks and better contrast. (Last year's Tab S8 was the only one of the lot that stuck to an LCD panel.) Samsung says it has also ported its Vision Booster technology from its phones—it detects ambient lighting conditions and optimizes the screen to best suit the environment you're in, much like Apple's True Tone. 

The speakers are now 20 percent larger, there's IP68 water and dust resistance, and, like the new folding phones, they're powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chipset. Samsung still includes the S Pen stylus with every slate, and now you can magnetically stick the stylus in any direction on the back of the tablet for storage and wireless charging. Previously, you had to place the pen with the tip facing a specific direction. The stylus is also rated IP68 so you don't have to fret if you drop it in the toilet bowl. (OK, fret a little; that's disgusting.) 

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