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Oppo Find N6 first impressions, Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Buds4 Pro review, Poco F8 Pro, and more with Nick Gray of Phandroid

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Nick says the Galaxy S26 Ultra is "not an ultra phone anymore" and should cost $100 less.

1. Mobile Tech Podcast with Myriam Joire and Nick Gray focuses on the Oppo Find N6, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, and related smartphone launches on March 19, 2026. 2. Myriam Joire hosts the show, and Nick Gray returns as a frequent guest who compares foldables, flagships, cameras, and earbuds from Oppo, Samsung, OnePlus, Honor, and Nothing. 3. The episode asks whether Oppo’s foldables and Samsung’s Ultra phone still justify their prices, given newer batteries, camera upgrades, and software tradeoffs. 4. Nick says the Oppo Find N6’s "zero feel crease" is "99%" of what Oppo claims, while the phone still folds and shows a faint crease only under the right light. 5. He compares the Find N6 to his year-old Find N5 and says the new hinge treatment, display surface work, and camera upgrades make the newer model feel more refined. 6. Myriam and Nick also describe Oppo’s multitasking approach, including freeform windows and three-app side-by-side layouts, as a reason the foldable is useful beyond hardware thinness. 7. The battery discussion turns to silicon-carbon cells, with the Find N6 moving from 5,600 mAh to 6,000 mAh in the same form factor. 8. Nick says he interviewed Honor and OnePlus engineers for a Tom’s Guide story and asked about degradation, swelling, cost, cycle count, charging challenges, and battery management. 9. He argues that silicon-carbon is no fad and says Apple, Samsung, and Google will eventually adopt it after Chinese brands prove it at scale. 10. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra segment centers on Nick’s review, his 3,300-word writeup for HotHardware.com, and his view that Samsung has made a "fine flagship" rather than an "ultra phone." 11. Nick criticizes the phone’s 10-megapixel 3x telephoto as useless and says the 50-megapixel 5x telephoto and 200-megapixel main camera should carry the imaging load instead. 12. He argues that Samsung should remove the S Pen from the base Ultra model, make it optional, and lower the price by about $100. 13. Myriam pushes back by framing Samsung as a company that should still keep a halo device, even if that means selling a very expensive bar phone that does not target everyone. 14. The two also compare the Galaxy S26 Ultra with the OnePlus 15, with Myriam calling the OnePlus 15 a strong $899 alternative despite its camera downgrade. 15. Nick says the S26 Ultra’s privacy display is innovative but compromises brightness, viewing angles, and perceived resolution even when the feature is turned off. 16. He describes the implementation as turning off pixels to restrict the viewing cone, which makes the display less attractive for users who care most about screen quality. 17. The tone is conversational and opinionated, with Myriam steering from one hardware topic to another while Nick answers with direct judgments and comparison points. 18. The format is a long, product-heavy interview with rapid-fire transitions, side comments about review units, and repeated references to daily-use testing. 19. Listeners who follow Android flagships, foldables, camera phones, and earbuds will get the most out of this episode. 20. Listeners who want brief news headlines without detailed device comparisons may skip it.

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A grounded look at whether Samsung's privacy display is worth the everyday screen tradeoff.

The Mobile Tech Podcast keeps a busy hardware week centered on a clear question: what does a privacy display ask users to give up? Myriam and Nick Gray move through the Oppo Find N6 before settling into the strongest part of the episode, a discussion of the Samsung Galaxy S26…

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Want subway privacy without giving up more screen quality than you can stand?

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