Sixth-generation folder adds bigger battery, better camera, brighter screen and more fancy AI features

Samsung’s popular folding-screen Z Flip phone is back for 2024 with a faster chip, much longer battery life and more AI.

The Galaxy Z Flip 6 is the smaller of Samsung’s two new folders for this year, launched alongside the book-style Z Fold 6. It takes the flat sides and slab-like design of Samsung’s standard Galaxy S24+ and folds it in half, turning a big-screen phone into a compact clamshell.

Main screen: 6.7in FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED Infinity Flex Display (425ppi)

Cover screen: 3.4in AMOLED

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

RAM: 12GB

Storage: 256 or 512GB

Operating system: One UI 6.1 based on Android 14

Camera: 50+12MP rear, 10MP front-facing

Connectivity: 5G, nano sim + esim, wifi6E, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3 and GNSS

Water resistance: IP48 (1.5-metre depths for 30 minutes)

Folded dimensions: 85.1 x 71.9 x 14.9mm

Unfolded dimensions: 165.1 x 71.9 x 6.9mm

Weight: 187g

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Focusing on phones and social media allows adults to ignore the real fears of adolescents, writes Dr Helen Care. Plus letters from Jo Johnson, Alison Watson and Arnold Brown

Lucy Foulkes makes an important point, having interviewed adults about their own past experiences: “adolescence is bewildering to live through” and smartphones are only “one piece of a large and complicated puzzle” ( I’m an expert on adolescence: here’s why a smartphone ban isn’t the answer, and what we should do instead, 15 June ). I work with teenagers, and they are fed up with the narrative that smartphones and social media are the cause of their mental health issues. It lets us adults off the hook.

How much easier it is to blame phones and social media than to acknowledge the harm we do by taking away creative outlets in school such as art, music or sport, and focusing only on targets and rote learning. And how much easier it is not to take responsibility for fixing the other aspects of their lives that bring anxiety: the climate crisis; the lack of affordable housing; the cost of living crisis. Smartphones are a distraction from the real issue facing adolescents – they are fearful for their futures. Despite this, many of the young people I work with are hopeful, determined and courageous. Let’s celebrate them and ask them what would help, instead of looking for an easy answer and taking their phones away.
Dr Helen Care
Clinical psychologist, Woodstock, Oxfordshire

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Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a statewide ban as states and large school districts have pursued similar prohibitions to prevent disruption and cyberbullying.

You’ll need to hand over your phone before you can grab a coffee at the Netherlands’ Offline Club, or attend a music event from Off the Radar. Why are the Dutch so keen on digital detoxes – and are there lessons for the rest of the world?

When I walk into Amsterdam’s Cafe Brecht , I immediately want to take a picture. The old-fashioned bar – with its plush sofas, vintage art and warm lighting – is what the Dutch would call “ gezellig ”, a word with many meanings but perhaps best summed up as “cosy” or “pleasant”. My instinct is to whip out my phone and take a photo. For friends? Future reference? Who knows? But I’ll have to rely on my memory, as I’ve checked it at the door.

I’m at the cafe for a Sunday morning “digital detox hangout”, organised by the burgeoning Offline Club . I’ve dropped my phone off in slot seven of a fancy-looking lockbox, committing to spend the next few hours unplugged. There’s a set schedule: we have some time to chat at the beginning, then 45 minutes to ourselves, another 30 minutes to connect, followed by another 30 minutes of quiet time. During the quiet time, we are invited to do any sort of activity – I brought a book – provided we don’t interrupt others.

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Microsoft alerte sur l'existence d'une faille de sécurité qui se cache dans des applications Android. Elle menace des milliards de smartphones et tablettes, avec un risque sérieux pour vos données personnelles.

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Owner of Al Condominio in Verona says response to the initiative during meals has been very positive

An Italian restaurant is offering a free bottle of wine to customers who relinquish their mobile phones during meals.

Angelo Lella, the owner of Al Condominio, a restaurant that opened in the northern city of Verona in March, said the aim was to revive the conviviality of an eatery in which diners chat to each other as opposed to constantly glancing at their phones.

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South Korean firm regains pole position amid biggest drop in iPhone sales since Covid-19 lockdowns

Apple has lost its spot as the world’s biggest mobile phone seller after a steep sales drop as South Korean rival Samsung retook the lead in the global market share.

Samsung had been the biggest seller of mobile phones for 12 years until the end of 2023, when sales of Apple’s iPhone models overtook it .

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The photographer was in Nepal when she happened upon a wedding ceremony and a once-in-a-lifetime image

Joyful, dancing wedding guests were following a ceremonial procession and car through the streets of Bhaktapur, Nepal, when Callie Eh happened upon them. The Malaysian photographer was in the country for a photography workshop.

“I try to attend them every year or so,” says Eh, who now lives in Switzerland. “I can improve on existing skills and learn new ones, meet other photographers and exchange ideas.”

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