For the first time, Samsung’s three new foldables use silicon-carbon batteries, meaning higher capacity in a smaller space. Samsung says it’s focused on maintaining longevity and stability, sometimes worse with silicon cells, but that’s stopped it hitting the enormous capacities of rivals like Oppo and Honor. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/slack-upload-1784726319725.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all]

This is big news for Samsung foldables

It’s happening. Samsung has officially adopted silicon-carbon batteries on its latest foldables, though you wouldn’t know that by looking at...