This Week in Tech (Video) TWiT 1095: Horses and Sailboats - Folding Phones Get Cute and Expensive in a Race With Apple
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Aug 3, 2026 
Abrar Al-Heeti, CNET tech reporter known for hands-on phone reviews, and Mike Elgan, tech and AI commentator, unpack the rush of foldable phones, AI-first mobile designs, and whether AR glasses become the next interface. They also debate Apple’s pricing and leasing moves, rising cloud and data-center bets, and real-world risks from AI-powered security exploits.
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Use Leasing To Afford Expensive New Devices
- Consider leasing high-end devices instead of buying to spread cost and upgrade frequently.
- Leo noted Apple's leasing uses Klarna as the back end and includes inspection/balloon mechanics like car leases to assess returned device condition.
Pocketable Foldables Become Mini iPads
- Foldable phones are shifting to pocketable, iPad-mini–sized experiences that change how people use phones.
- Abrar liked the Galaxy Z Fold 8 for its palm size, landscape/portrait rotation and near iPad mini inner-screen feel.
AI Floods Bug Reports Faster Than Teams Can Triage
- AI tools have massively increased the volume of vulnerability reports and are overwhelming vendor triage pipelines.
- Apple capped submissions and added a 30‑day cool-off because researchers using ChatGPT found scores of privilege escalation bugs fast.
