view : This week has been all about foldable phones , with both Samsung and Honor unveiling raw bendy devices that are sparse , lighter and more feature of speech - packed than before .
Samsung ’s yearly summer Unpacked outcome took topographic point in Paris this week and was attended by everyone from this newspaper column ’s common writer Hannah Davies to Euphoria doer Sydney Sweeney .
The Louvre - based showcase take in the Korean firm reveal theGalaxy Z Fold 6,Galaxy Z Flip 6 , a duo of newfangled smartwatches and earbuds too . It was a packed outcome , withnumerous credit of AI – something we ’ve total to expect from technical school launches in 2024 .
Not to be outflank , honour alsorevealedits approaching foldable – the Honor V3 – which is stunningly thin at just 9.2 mm .
While both these foldable launch are big news , we ’re looking elsewhere for our hebdomadary winner and loser .
Winner: Severance season 2 release date revealed (finally)
Apple ’s TV Plus streaming service remains one of the best around , systematically churning out excellent shows that are often far superscript to the standard menu served up by competition like Netflix and Prime Video . Arguably the best show to slay the divine service isSeverance , a dark dystopian whodunit asterisk Adam Scott .
falling out was a sleeper hit when it first arrive way back in February 2022 , landing on many ‘ Best TV Show ’ tilt after it completed its initial run . fan of the show have been wait age for news of time of year two , and now a handout date has been sustain .
Now , while we apprise Apple finally giving us a confirmed date , we ca n’t help but be a lilliputian foiled it wo n’t hit screens until 2025 . January 17th 2025 , to be precise .
Alongside the release date , Apple also dropped a trailer – which you may see below .
A three - year gap between seasons is scarce ideal , especially when The Bear – another wildly hyped serial publication – has churn out three time of year in the same catamenia . However , going by the trailer it looks like Severance ’s second junket will be deserving the wait .
Apple TV Plus is n’t without top shows for the rest of the year though , with the marvelous tedious horse return for its 4th series on September 4th .
Loser: Game Pass price hikes sting
Once one of the cracking deals in gaming , the lustre is starting to come off Microsoft ’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service withthe news that it ’s get under one’s skin a rather respectable price rise .
Microsoft has started charge out emails to client annunciate a new structure for the subscription service . The topXbox Game Pass Ultimatetier will cost £ 14.99 / $ 19.99 / € 17.99 per month – an increase of £ 2 / $ 3 / € 3 each calendar month .
The microcomputer - specific Game Pass tier is also increase in price to £ 9.99 / $ 11.99 / € 11.99 per month .
Alongside the updated pricing , Microsoft also revealed there ’s now a Modern tier to consider when you ’re sign up . In place of the outgoing Xbox Game Pass for Console , there ’s now a fresh Xbox Game Pass Standard tier that has access to the common back catalogue of games and on-line play , but , importantly , does n’t let you take on day one releases right off . Considering this persist a fundamental selling point of Game Pass , it certainly seems an odd deletion .
It ’s onlybeen about a year since the last damage jump , when Game Pass Ultimate went up from £ 10.99 to £ 12.99 in the UK .
This news program descend shortly after Microsoft declare the next entry in theincredibly popular Call of Duty series , Black Ops 6 , will fall to Xbox Game Pass on release sidereal day so it ’s certainly not out of the question that this damage rise is a termination of that .
