IT General

At present, I think the best Windows laptop for most people is the 13.8-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 powered by the Snapdragon X Elite chip. It's a stylish workhorse with enough power to handle demanding workloads and has a premium build as well as an amazing all-day battery life (outdone by just two other models). Even the M4 MacBooks can't keep up. Beyond that, I have other picks for users with different budgets, use cases, and design preferences.

I chose my picks based on hands-on testing conducted by myself and other Mashable staff and contributors. We've reviewed dozens of PCs on the basis of performance, build quality, battery life, and value over the years, and the ones I'm recommending are the cream of recent-gen crops. Most of them scored high enough to secure a Mashable Choice Award, the highest honor we give to the gadgets we review.

Why now is a good time to buy a new Windows laptop

AI data centers have gobbled up DDR5 RAM and SSDs in recent months, leading to a shortage of such components for consumer devices — laptops included. Experts predict that PCs will get pricier over the coming months or ship with lesser specs, as Mashable's Alex Perry reported. Remember the dark days when mid-range laptops started with just 8GB of RAM? That's looking like a possibility again. (Yeah, it's bad out there.)

This is all to say that I recommend buying a new Windows laptop sooner rather than later, and to consider a storage or memory upgrade if you can afford it. You'll add some extra future-proofing while avoiding imminent price hikes amid the persistent AI boom.

On a more positive note, now is the time of year when I typically see many current-gen laptops go on sale at deep discounts. They're about to be refreshed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a huge tech industry trade show that happens in early January, so retailers price them to move. Act snappy and you could score a great laptop at a great price before the RAM and SSD shortage (probably) makes everything a worse value.

What's new

As of December 2025, I've added a couple new picks based on our latest round of testing. The Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 14 (Gen 10) is our new favorite Windows laptop for students, and the HP OmniBook 5 14 is our new battery life champ. Both are new categories for this guide.

I've also removed the Acer Swift X 14 (2024) as our top pick for photo and video editing, as it's getting difficult to find in stock. The newer Acer Swift 14 AI isn't a good replacement because it lacks a powerful dedicated GPU, has an ARM-based processor that might pose software compatibility issues, and doesn't have a microSD card slot or HDMI port. I'm currently on the hunt for a new winner in that category.

What didn't make the cut?

We've tested other very good-but-not-great Windows laptops so far this year. They might meet some users' needs or have a couple of standout features, but our top picks outclass them in their respective categories.

The Acer Predator Helios 16 is a powerhouse with a stellar thermal design and a matte display, but its obnoxious, gamer-y look is a turnoff.

The Alienware 16 Area-51 (RTX 5080) is another lightning-fast gaming laptop. It has fun, customizable RGB lighting, tons of ports, and an excellent keyboard, but it's hot, loud, and clunky.

The Dell XPS 13 (9530) has a fantastic tandem OLED display and a slick edge-to-edge design — it's such a striking laptop, and a very portable one, too. Unfortunately, its keyboard is cramped, its touchpad is glitchy, and it's scant on ports.

The Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 (AMD) is an impressive performer for the price, but it has poor speakers, a crude webcam, and a cheap feel to it.

The Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1 is configurable with a gorgeous mini-LED touchscreen, but it has a mediocre battery life and a creaky build.

The Dell 14 Premium is a powerful, well-made laptop with an oh-so-sexy design, but it's heavy for a 14-inch laptop, its battery life isn't great, and it has a frustrating capacitive touch function row.

Similarly, Dell 16 Premium (RTX 5070) is beastly and drop-dead beautiful, but it's too heavy, too expensive, and needs to ditch that capacitive function row. Plus, we got better graphics performance from cheaper last-gen gaming laptops.

The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 is a handsome convertible with a velvety touchpad, a springy keyboard, and a rich 3K OLED touchscreen, but it underperforms for the price and has some strange port placements on its corners.

The HP OmniBook X Flip 14 is another pretty 2-in-1. Its thin, travel-friendly design features a vivid 2.8K OLED touchscreen with a 120Hz refresh rate and an aluminum chassis that doesn't cling to fingerprints, and it comes with a stylus. However, its battery life disappoints, and its lattice-style keyboard takes a while to get used to. It's a runner-up to the Lenovo Yoga 7 2-in-1 14 as a good pick for students.

The HP Omnibook X Flip 16 is an oversized hybrid laptop with a vibrant 3K OLED touchscreen, a strong hinge, and an above-average battery life. But it's weighed down by an awkward zero-lattice keyboard, middling performance for the price, and a heavy build. If you really want a 16-inch hybrid laptop, I'd go with this one before the two others on this list.

The Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 2-in-1 16 (Gen 10) has a solid battery life, but most of the other convertibles we've tried offer better build quality, performance, and future-proofing.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 16 OLED (Gen 10, RTX 5080) is the fastest Windows laptop we've ever tested. Its 240Hz OLED display, RGB keyboard, and port selection are all wonderful, but it's really expensive and overkill for the average PC gamer.

The MSI Prestige 13 AI+ Evo is extremely lightweight and compact, and it has a nice (albeit overly glossy) 2.8K OLED display. But it otherwise felt and looked cheap, and isn't an impressive performer compared to cheaper models. It doesn't take much to get its fan to turn on, and you can feel it whir through the keys.

Cloud storage services like Google Photos and Dropbox force you to overpay for storage. And can you really trust these corporations to respect your privacy? For those who want to escape from cloud storage, Synology's BeeStation is the easiest, most user-friendly solution.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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A charge.

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DEBIT

Hurdle Word 2 hint

A singing voice.

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TENOR

Hurdle Word 3 hint

A link.

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JOINT

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Awesome!

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GOODY

Final Hurdle hint

A household appliance.

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DRYER

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Tonight, the Moon is still very thin, marking the start of the waxing crescent phase in the U.S. However, in some parts of the world (depending on the time zone) the New Moon is officially occurring tonight.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Saturday, Dec. 20, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent (if you're in the U.S). There is little to be seen tonight, with NASA's Daily Moon Observation stating 0% of the moon will be lit up. So, of course, there's little to no chance of spotting any features on the Moon's surface tonight.

When is the next full moon?

The next full moon will be on Jan. 3. The last full moon was on Dec. 4.

What are moon phases?

According to NASA, the Moon takes around 29.5 days to complete one full cycle. This is known as the lunar cycle. Throughout this time, it passes through a series of phases as it orbits Earth. Although the same side of the Moon always faces us, the amount of sunlight reflecting off its surface changes, which is why it can appear fully illuminated, partly lit, or completely invisible at different points in the cycle. This process is divided into eight main lunar phases:

New Moon - The moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it's invisible to the eye).

Waxing Crescent - A small sliver of light appears on the right side (Northern Hemisphere).

First Quarter - Half of the moon is lit on the right side. It looks like a half-moon.

Waxing Gibbous - More than half is lit up, but it’s not quite full yet.

Full Moon - The whole face of the moon is illuminated and fully visible.

Waning Gibbous - The moon starts losing light on the right side. (Northern Hemisphere)

Third Quarter (or Last Quarter) - Another half-moon, but now the left side is lit.

Waning Crescent - A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before going dark again.

Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.

How to play Pips

If you've ever played dominoes, you'll have a passing familiarity for how Pips is played. As we've shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don't necessarily have to match.

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The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible – and common – for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.

Here are common examples you'll run into across the difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.

• Equal: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.

• Less than: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.

• Greater than: Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.

If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.

SEE ALSO: NYT Strands hints, answers for December 20, 2025 Easy difficulty hints, answers for Dec. 20 Pips

Number (0): Everything in this space must add up to 0. The answer is 1-0, placed horizontally.

Number (8): Everything in this space must add up to 8. The answer is 4-4, placed vertically.

Equal (3): Everything in this space must be equal to 3. The answer is 3-3, placed horizontally.

Equal (2): Everything in this space must be equal to 2. The answer is 2-0, placed vertically; 3-2, placed vertically.

Number (0): Everything in this space must add up to 0. The answer is 2-0, placed vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for Dec. 20 Pips

Number (7): Everything in this space must add up to 7. The answer is 6-1, placed horizontally.

Less Than (4): Everything in this space must be less than 4. The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally.

Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally.

Number (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally; 0-0, placed vertically; 6-3, placed horizontally.

Number (0): Everything in this space must add up to 0. The answer is 5-0, placed vertically.

Less Than (6): Everything in this space must be less than 6. The answer is 3-0, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for Dec. 20 Pips

Number (8): Everything in this space must add up to 8. The answer is 2-2, placed vertically; 2-5, placed horizontally; 2-3, placed vertically.

Equal (5): Everything in this purple space must be equal to 5. The answer is 5-5, placed horizontally; 2-5, placed horizontally; 5-3, placed vertically.

Equal (4): Everything in this light blue space must be equal to 4. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally; 4-0, placed vertically.

Equal (3): Everything in this yellow space must be equal to 3. The answer is 5-3, placed vertically; 2-3, placed vertically; 3-3, placed horizontally; 3-1, placed vertically; 3-0, placed horizontally.

Number (0): Everything in this space must add up to 0. The answer is 4-0, placed vertically; 3-0, placed horizontally; 2-0, placed horizontally.

Equal (6): Everything in this green space must be equal to 6. The answer is 2-6, placed horizontally; 6-6, placed vertically.

Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 3-1, placed vertically; 1-2, placed horizontally.

Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 2-0, placed horizontally; 1-2, placed horizontally.

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Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you know tactics.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier — so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections: Sports Edition?

The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake — players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. Here's a hint for today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Sports planning

• Green: Universities

• Blue: Same player, different teams

• Purple: Teammates

Here are today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: X's and O's

• Green: Teams with colorful nicknames

• Blue: LeBron James teams

• Purple: Members of the Detroit Lions

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #453 is...

What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

• X's and O's - PLAYBOOK, SCHEME, STRATEGY, TACTIC

• Teams with colorful nicknames - ALABAMA, COLUMBUS, TEXAS TECH, TULANE

• LeBron James teams - CLEVELAND, LOS ANGELES, MIAMI, ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY

• Members of the Detroit Lions - BRANCH, MONTGOMERY, READER, ST. BROWN

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Connections.

The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you're a rock music fan.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for December 20, 2025 Here's a hint for today's Connections categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: They hold things

• Green: Clothing maintenance

• Blue: UK musicians

• Purple: Solid as a ___

Here are today's Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Containers

• Green: Laundry services

• Blue: British bands formed in the 1970s. with "The"

• Purple: Rock ___

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections #923 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Containers: BUCKET, CAN, DRUM, TIN

• Laundry services: DRY, FOLD, PRESS, WASH

• British bands formed in the 1970s. with "The": CLASH, CURE, DAMNED, FALL

• Rock ___: BOTTOM, LOBSTER, MUSIC, SALT

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

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Are you also playing NYT Strands? Get all the Strands hints you need for today's puzzle.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Connections.

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're in the holiday spirit.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for December 20, 2025 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for December 20, 2025 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: All the trimmings

The words are related to decorating.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe ways to commemorate a winter holiday.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Christmas Tree.

NYT Strands word list for December 20

• Ornament

• Star

• Christmas Tree

• Lights

• Ribbon

• Angel

• Tinsel

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Strands.

Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you don't like bright colors.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

SEE ALSO: NYT Pips hints, answers for December 20, 2025 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

Blank.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

There are no recurring letters.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter W.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...

Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today's Wordle is...

WHITE

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

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Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Wordle.

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When veteran Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo talks, markets listen. That's because Kuo, based in Hong Kong, sits in the middle of Apple's Asia-Pacific supply chain; he knows all the vendors, sees the Apple gears in motion when any new iPhone is in the works, and is usually on the money.

In a new interview, Kuo says that the iPhone Fold — Apple's first smartphone with a folding screen — is real, and it's coming next year. But he also warns that the company is having a hard time building them fast enough to meet the likely massive demand. (Likely massive because ... c'mon. Foldable. iPhone.)

"Development of the foldable iPhone is behind earlier expectations, but the product is still expected to announce" in the second half of 2026, Kuo writes in his summary of the interview. "Due to early-stage yield and ramp-up challenges, smooth shipments may not occur until 2027. With limited supply and expected strong demand, the foldable iPhone could be facing shortages until at least the end of 2026."

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Translation: The iPhone-making machine in Kuo's part of the world, the one that the Cupertino company still relies on, isn't ramping up fast enough and doesn't have enough materials. So, a lot of customers are going to find they can't get the top item on their Christmas lists in 2026.

And that means we're looking at another iPhone 14 Pro/Max situation. That was where — as Kuo predicted at the time — many customers found them out of stock at the Apple store until 2023, despite an October 2022 launch.

That's not the only reason you might be disappointed by the iPhone Fold. The other reason: Its price tag.

Another analyst in the region pegged the likely cost at $2,399, which is on the high end of other analyst estimates. You could get at least two MacBook Air laptops for that price (and maybe even three with the M4 chip at current prices.)

That may be too much for many consumers, especially if the economy takes a post-AI bubble downturn. Which would mean diminished demand, which in turn would mean that if you really want to shell out all that scratch for an iPhone Fold, you might just have a chance of getting one in time to take candid shots with its cameras (two on the front, two on the back, according to the rumor mill) on New Year's Eve 2026.

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