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The company has confirmed its Find X9 Ultra is getting its global launch in April, though the exact date remains unknown. The teaser poster shows what appears to be the returning haptic camera button from the Find X8 Ultra, only now more eye-catching in Hasselblad / iPhone orange.

The flagship launches in China on March 30th, though we don’t know if the promised international launch will be at the same time. We’ve also gotten our first good look at the phone, which includes a snazzy two-tone body. It’ll launch alongside the more affordable X300S, and both phones will support Vivo’s telephoto converter lenses.

Samsung has discontinued its TriFold phone after just a few months on sale, amid speculation that it only ever manufactured a few thousand devices. So long, TriFold, we barely knew ye.

The company says it will put the investment toward expanding fiber, 5G home internet, and satellite connectivity across the US over the next five years. It also plans on hiring “thousands” of technicians this year to support the buildout.

Bloomberg reports Apple manufactured 55 million iPhones in India in 2025, up from 36 million a year before, following a concerted effort to move production after Trump’s tariffs. Its aim is reportedly to build the 60 million annual US iPhone sales to India by the end of this year.

Oppo says its latest flagship foldable will be getting a “global launch” on March 17th. A promo for the Find N6 was also posted by Oppo’s official X account, though specific regional availability hasn’t been confirmed. The Find N5’s “global” release never went beyond Asia, will this make it further afield?

The Infinix Note 60 Ultra, launching today in Malaysia, was codesigned with Italian auto designer Pininfarina. I’m not sure I see much of its influence in the phone’s dot matrix rear display or odd inspirational lockscreen quotes, but the sports car-shaped SIM tool and wireless charger do give off a very specific energy.

It’s just a concept, but it’s fully functional at the big MWC show. Even the mix-and-match magnetic accessories seem to all work on the prototype we tested.

Not to be outdone by yesterday’s news that the Vivo X300 Ultra will launch in Europe, Oppo has confirmed its Find X9 Ultra will also get the series’ first release outside China. And… that’s all we know, except that it’s coming “later this year.” Will it beat the Find X9 Pro’s excellent 7,500mAh battery?

The privacy and security-focused Android fork currently only has official support for Pixel devices, but that could be changing. Motorola announced on Monday at MWC that it has struck a long-term partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation to “strengthen smartphone security and collaborate on future devices engineered with GrapheneOS compatibility.”