Thoughts Unboxed

Samsung is gearing up for the second part of its highly-anticipated bi-annual Unpacked event, scheduled for July 27th at 7AM ET. The first part of this event took place back in February when Samsung unveiled its impressive S23 lineup alongside the Galaxy Book series, including the flagship Galaxy Book3 Ultra. However, the absence of the Galaxy Tab S9 series left fans eager for more. The upcoming event has been teased with the tagline "Join the Flip Side" in Samsung's marketing material, heavily hinting at the launch of the next generation of foldables, which includes the Galaxy Flip5 and Galaxy Fold5.    How to Watch the Event? The Galaxy Unpacked event will be live-streamed on Samsung's official website , as well as their YouTube account . For your convenience, we have included a direct link to the live stream in this post, so you can easily tune in and catch all the action. Here is the timings for various regions: 7:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) 4:00 AM Pacific T

  Samsung has paused its internal review of replacing Google with Bing as Default Search Engine on its Mobile Internet Browser, reports The Wall Street Journal . In report published last month by The New York Times , it was reported the Samsung was planning on switching to Bing as the default Search Engine for its mobile browser. The news came as a big surprise, and it could have cost Google around $3B in annual revenue. Details are scarce regarding why Samsung was planning to drop Google as default search engine before course correcting it later.  TU believes the decision may have to do with the success of ChatGPT and its inclusion in Bing. This AI aspect of Bing put into a limelight that Microsoft's search engine has never enjoyed in the past. Samsung may have sensed an opportunity to utilize Bing's new AI features within its Smartphone lineup. However, the plans might get dropped later with fears of severing ties with Google.  Google may have a sigh of relief for no

 Apple has reportedly decided to postpone the release of MacBook Pros with OLED Panels, likely due to a recent decline in sales of the MacBook Pros. Over the past two quarters, MacBook sales have experienced a significant decrease of nearly 50%. In response, Apple has chosen to delay one of the most anticipated upgrades to the MacBook Pros, namely the introduction of OLED display panels. It's worth noting that the decline in sales is not exclusive to Apple computers alone. The entire PC industry has been adversely affected by this sudden and substantial sales slump. Chromebooks have been hit particularly hard, while other PC manufacturers have also struggled. Reports from Korean media outlet TheElec suggest that Samsung's plans for investing in Gen-8 OLED panels will also be put on hold, as Apple would have been one of the major customers for these panels. Apple, along with other technology companies, has been making adjustments to their plans in recent months, often cancellin