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iPhone Ultra – BETTER than we thought!

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We've had a ton of leaks on Apple's

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upcoming foldable iPhone, the iPhone

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Ultra. We're talking storage options,

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pricing, a completely new type of

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display, and even a possible delay. So,

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get that popcorn ready. And here's

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everything that we know. But first, yes,

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you've heard that right. iPhone Ultra.

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Just like I mentioned in our previous

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videos, Apple could be using the Ultra

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naming scheme for their upcoming

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Foldable instead of iPhone Fold,

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according to Margar. Although, this

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isn't 100% confirmed as of yet. So fold

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could be another option as well. So

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let's start with the new leaks.

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According to digital chat station, a

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well-known leaker, the iPhone fold could

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actually be using not one but two layers

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of ultra thin glass or ultra thin and

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flexible glass. And then the display

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itself would actually be between the two

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sheets of glass, effectively creating a

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sandwich. Okay, so what does that mean?

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Well, foldable phones like the Galaxy

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Xfold 7, they use one layer of ultra

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thin glass on the top to protect the

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display from external damage. By adding

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a second layer underneath, it would add

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extra protection to the display panel

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itself from ever coming in contact with

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the internal hinge mechanism. This

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sandwich structure would also help

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spread the mechanical stress across both

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layers instead of a single layer of

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glass like most foldables use today.

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This would increase durability and also

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limit the crease visibility when brand

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new and especially over time once the

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phone has been folded and unfolded

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thousands of times. But wait, it gets

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even better because this new dual

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layered glass and the separation of the

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display from the hinge would also mean

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that the crease will be practically

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invisible. According to the latest

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reports, the depth of the crease will be

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around a quarter of that of the Samsung

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Galaxy Zfold 7 at only 0.15 mm deep as

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opposed to around 0.7. However, that

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also means that it actually won't be as

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good as on this guy, the Oppo Find N6,

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because the N6 has just a 0.05 mm crease

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depth. And here, it's truly impossible

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to feel. like you can kind of see it

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under the right lighting, but even then

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it's very very hard. So, the iPhone

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Ultra's crease won't be as impressive.

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In fact, Alpo even mentioned this in

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their briefing with us, which makes me

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think that they're really confident

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about their product and rightfully so,

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as it honestly nails every single aspect

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of what affordable should be. But back

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to the iPhone Ultra, its crease should

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be in between the ZFold 7's and the

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Apple Find 6's, which makes me very

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curious about the upcoming ZFold 8's

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crease because that device also seems to

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be getting rid of the crease by adopting

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two layers of ultra thin glass. And

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that's coming a few months before

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Apple's iPhone Ultra. So yeah, I'm

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really curious to see um if Samsung

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actually ends up having an even

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shallower crease than the iPhone Ultra

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and more similar to the Apple Find 6 or

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not. But either way, the report on Waybo

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also claims that when unfolded, the

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crease angle would be less than 2.5° on

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the iPhone Ultra. And once again, the

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closer the number gets to zero, of

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course, the flatter the display will

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appear. And the same report also

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mentions that the order for these

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displays has just been placed by Apple.

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Placing the order around March time also

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points to a likely September launch

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alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro

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Max. Even though, according to Apple

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analyst Tim Long, the iPhone Ultra may

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be delayed to around December time. He

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mentioned that shipments may start in

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December. However, this could also mean

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that the iPhone Ultra could still be

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announced alongside the iPhone 18 Pro

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and 18 Pro Max in September and then

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released of course later. And

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unfortunately, I do think that this is

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actually very plausible. Why? Well,

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Apple does actually tend to do these one

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more thing product announcements. If we

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go back to 2017, the iPhone 10 was

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announced back in September, but only

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started shipping on the 3rd of November,

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around 2 months later after the

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announcement. And that's probably

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because the iPhone 10 brought so many

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new technologies, including an OLED

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display, Face ID, and so much more. And

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of course, all these new components can

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lead to supply chain delays. And with

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the iPhone Ultra being just as big of a

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leap as the iPhone 10 was, I wouldn't be

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surprised if Apple announces it in

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September and then releases it in

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December. Same thing also happened with

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the Apple Vision Pro that started

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shipping 8 months after its announcement

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or the um Apple Watch that shipped 7

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months after its original announcement.

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So yeah, delay between the event and the

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actual shipping is entirely possible.

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Now, back to the iPhone Ultra. It's also

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believed that it could be shipping with

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the same amount of RAM as the iPhone 17

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Pro, Pro Max, and the iPhone Air, and

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that's 12 GB. I was personally hoping

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for more. Like 16 would have been nice,

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especially considering the price and

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considering that the Ultra is set to be

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a productivity powerhouse. But iOS is

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very efficient with RAM usage. So, it

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would probably be fine. And it also

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makes sense as the A20 chip that's

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rumored to be inside of the iPhone Ultra

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is not expected to bump the RAM to 16 GB

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anyways, as it is expected to stick to

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the current 12. Also, my M5 iPad Pro

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comes with 12 GB of RAM as well. And for

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when I'm running two apps side by side,

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it's perfectly fine. If I do use stage

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manager with a ton of apps opened, then

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yes, it actually starts lagging. But for

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the iPhone Ultra, which may only run two

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apps side by side, I think it will be

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fine. Now, Samsung will be the sole

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supplier of these 12 GB RAM modules for

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the Ultra. And apparently, they've

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managed to negotiate a much higher price

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for these modules at around $70 for 12

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gig. For reference, the 12 GB inside the

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iPhone 17 Pro and Air, they only cost

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about $30. Given the global shortage of

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RAM and the massively increased prices,

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that does make a lot of sense. I'm just

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hoping that the increased cost won't be

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directly handed over to uh all of us the

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consumers. Now, some of you may be

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wondering, wait, why are we talking

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about RAM modules here? Isn't the RAM

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built into the iPhone chip? Well, yes

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and also no. You see, RAM is built into

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the chip packaging, not the silicon die.

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So, while the silicon die is

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manufactured by TSMC, the RAM that gets

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slotted into the packaging is made by a

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different manufacturer, in this case

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Samsung. Speaking of pricing, we've also

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had some leaked figures shared by

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Instant Digital and Waybo. The prices

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were originally listed in Chinese yen,

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but then converted to US. They come out

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to roughly $2,320 for the 256 GB model,

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then 2610 for the 512, and a staggering

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2900 for the 1 TB model. If we also have

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a two TB version like the 17 Pro Max,

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then it would easily exceed $3,000,

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probably being as expensive as a 16-in

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OLED MacBook Pro. And yeah, that would

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be insane for a phone. Also, I feel like

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256 GB is starting to feel a bit low,

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especially for a productivity device

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like this one. So, I was hoping for a

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512 GB minimum for the base model and

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then two tiers above it being 1 TB and 2

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TB. Now, going back to productivity,

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that will be achieved by apparently an

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iPad-like UI that would allow you to run

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two apps at the same time. Basically,

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like I was saying before, uh when the

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device is unfolded, according to

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