Samsung reportedly pushing to hike its RAM chip prices even higher

The effects of the current RAM crisis are being felt across the tech industry, and Samsung — one of the world's top memory suppliers — is reportedly pushing for another 7% to 10% price hike on mobile DRAM and NAND chips.

That would mean a knock-on effect of even more expensive consumer electronics. Amazingly, Samsung's own handsets, like the upcoming Galaxy S27 Ultra, could also increase in price as a result. According to a report from SamMobile, Samsung's mobile division doesn't get any preferential treatment from its semiconductor division.

Third-party AI models with Siri AI

In a surprising turn of events, Apple appears to be allowing Siri AI to work with third-party AI models, including Claude and ChatGPT, at some point in the futrue.

Noted code digger pdfu found the AI tweak in iOS 27 and posted about it on X (embedded above), showing off how it will work when the time is right.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like users can get access any settings to change the AI tool used with Siri AI, but it's interesting that Apple has the framework in place to make it happen.

The battle rages on

Whenever Apple, or any other player, enters a new market, comparisons to existing devices are inevitable. Now that the iPhone Duo is pushing Apple into the foldable phone space, we're forced to compare it side by side with the Galaxy Z Fold 8.

The real deep comparisons will come later, when review units arrive, but for now, we've started digging in based on our hands-on time with the phone and the specs. Here's a look at the head-to-head pieces we've done so far.

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