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    A phone that bends over backwards for you.

    I got to check out Motorola’s concept phone with a bending display. Is it impractical? Yes. Is it cool as hell? Also yes.

    I was allowed to put it on my own wrist with a special magnetic bracelet keeping it in place. Can you imagine just casually checking the time on your bendable slap bracelet phone in the middle of a meeting? The ultimate flex!

    Photo of bending concept phone worn on the wrist showing a watchface.
    Motorola’s bending phone concept, curved and sitting on a table.
    1/3Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge
    Allison Johnson
    Allison Johnson
    All Tensor, all the time.

    Android 15 is official and as Android Police points out, it serves as a milestone for the Pixel line: the start of the all-Tensor era. The developer preview released today is compatible with the Pixel 6, 7, and 8 series — leaving the Snapdragon-powered Pixel 5 series in the history books. Gone but not forgotten.

    The OnePlus 12R is a $500 phone with flagship tendencies

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    Time for Samsung and Google to make some room in the midrange.

    Allison Johnson
    Allison Johnson
    Allison Johnson
    There’s no app for that.

    A smartphone without apps — that’s the idea behind a device Brain.ai and Deutsche Telekom plan to announce at Mobile World Congress. Brain.ai is the startup behind an iOS app called Natural that uses AI to create a central interface for various shopping, travel, and food delivery apps. This latest concept seems similar, except it’s a whole phone. Ambitious! We’ll look out for it at MWC.

    Rendering of a phone with Natural AI interface on the screen.
    Deutsche Telekom, who you may know as T-Mobile’s parent company, is partnering with Brain.ai.
    Image: Brain.ai