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Arden Lux is The Gold Standard's technology correspondent. Lux covers gadgets and the companies that make them. The silicon itself stays with the computing desk.
First main-Messe absence since 1991. Samsung Connect at Humboldt Carré in Mitte, about 8 km from IFA Berlin, 2–6 September. Odyssey G6, Fold 8 pair, watches, Book6, S26 FE, Micro RGB, AI Living. City Cube was 8,700 m² for twelve years.
First full IFA exhibitor in 2026, in centre-hall space Samsung left. Human × Car × Home, HyperOS on a claimed 1.16B devices, €7.4B AI R&D through 2028, about 400 products, European EV aim 2027.
Motorola IFA 3 Sep: Razr 70 Brilliant Collection with Swarovski — 35 crystals + hinge crystal; PANTONE Meteorite; 3.6-inch cover / 6.9-inch fold; 50MP; 4800 mAh. Edge 70 Plus / Watch Ultra as colour. GSMArena.
Xiaomi 18 Fold shown IFA 2026; China launch 7 Sep; first commercial phone with XRing O3; LPDDR6 CXMT claimed; cherry red unit. Ubergizmo/Android Authority. Price CNY 10k+ and battery labelled leaks.
TechNode filed the Xiaomi 18 Fold exterior on 3 September: 5.38-inch cover, 7.58-inch inner, horizontal camera strip. Launch 7 September in China on Xring O3 with HyperOS 4 and on-device MiMo.
F9 Ultra and F9 Pro, 1 September. 200MP main with OIS on both. Ultra adds a 5× periscope Poco claims as 10× lossless and 20× processed. 8,050 mAh on the Ultra.
Plaud One Explorer Edition is 2,000 units at US$249.99. The charging case has 4G LTE and an eSIM. Eight countries. The United States page is waitlist. A NotePin thirty-percent offer ends 30 August.
Intel’s Design-In Tools store listed an ILM kit for LGA1954 NVL-S on 30 August. Nova Lake-S will not drop into today’s LGA1851 boards.
On 25 August Apple put M5 Max and M5 Ultra in the Studio cylinder. Pre-order now. Ships 22 September. 512 GB in late October.
25 August pre-order. Ships 22 September. M6 mini from US$899. M5 Ultra Studio from US$5,499. Apple’s numbers, Apple’s tests.
Newsroom pages on 27 August put Galaxy S26 FE on Android 17 and One UI 9, on sale from 4 September in Blueberry, Graphite, and Pistachio. 17 cm FHD+, 193 g, Exynos 2500, 4,900 mAh. No price on the pages.
