Samsung's new phones will almost certainly be the most popular Android phones of 2025. They will probably also be among the better Android phones of 2025. And yet, this week's Unpacked event seemed like one of the most boring phone launches… ever. Are we entering a new phase of the smartphone industry, where companies are basically releasing the same thing over and over again? Wait a second: have we been in that phase for a while now?
After that, we took a deep breath and headed into the first week of the new Trump administration. The edgeLauren Feiner explains what's happening with Stargate and why a $500 billion ai data center plan is being announced at the White House. We talk about the US Digital Service going full DOGE, the controversy over Elon Musk's salute, and the latest deeply confusing updates on the TikTok ban. TikTok is back! For now. Maybe not for long. But maybe forever? We have approximately 70 days to resolve it.
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, starting with Samsung:
And in the lightning round:
