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A visitor holds a Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone during a launch event at a Samsung store in Seoul on December 2, 2025. Samsung Electronics unveiled its first tri-fold phone on December 2, as the conglomerate rushes to show it can keep pace with rivals in generative AI. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

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