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Cover card: Apple Watch Ultra 4 from $799, up to 50 hours battery, 3,000 nits brightness

Deep Dive · Wearable · Korea

Apple Watch Ultra 4 Costs More, Runs Out Sooner

Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Series 12 went on sale in Korea on September 18. We lined their battery, brightness and price against the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, already on shelves.

Cover card: Violoop early-bird $399, retail $699, open-code-review 34.4k stars, +8.5k this week

Weekly Brief · AI Device · GitHub

Violoop's $399 Won't Last the Campaign

No confirmed Korea product launches this week. Globally, screen-watching AI hardware Violoop opened its Kickstarter at $399, and on the software side Alibaba’s open-sourced code review tool gained about 8,500 GitHub stars in a single week.

Cover card: CB7 Core compute +40%, controller footprint -30%, UR17g-1300 top speed 5 m/s, unveiled at IMTS 2026 (Sept 14)

Deep Dive · Robot · Global

UR Gen 7: Quicker Arm, Smaller Brain

Universal Robots unveiled its seventh-generation cobot platform, UR Gen 7, at IMTS 2026. We compare the UR17g-1300 to the previous-generation UR10e, which shares the same 1300 mm reach.

Cover card: Dyson R3 Nurovi 30,000Pa suction vs Dreame Aqua20 40,000Pa suction, 180C steam, $1,199 price

Deep Dive · Home Appliance · Global

Nurovi's UV Light Meets Aqua20's 180°C Steam

Dyson unveiled its ‘Nurovi’ robot vacuum lineup at IFA 2026, while Dreame showed off the Aqua20 Pro Ultra Roller X Complete at the same show. We compare suction power, stain removal, and navigation.

Cover card: iPhone Duo peak outdoor brightness 3,000 nits, IP68 rating, US price $1,999, Korea launch date October 23

Deep Dive · Smartphone · Korea

iPhone Duo Folds Late, Costs More

Apple unveiled its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, at its September 9 event alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup. Here’s how it compares with the Galaxy Z Fold8 on specs and price, plus Korea’s launch timeline.

Cover card: weight 799g (among the lightest 14-inch laptops), thickness 12.9mm, 50Wh battery, EMEA launch December 2026

Deep Dive · Laptop · Global

Lighter Than a Gram: Acer's Swift Blade 14

Acer unveiled the 799g Swift Blade 14 at IFA 2026. We weigh it against LG’s 1.29kg gram AI 2026 14-inch, which just launched in Korea this month.

Cover card: 16MiB PSRAM, 1.008GHz clock, 16MiB flash, price TBC

Deep Dive · SBC · Global

YuzukiNeko, Pico's Size With a Linux Brain

YuzukiNeko is an open-hardware RISC-V board shaped exactly like a Raspberry Pi Pico, but it runs Linux instead of bare-metal firmware. Here’s how it compares to the Pico 2.

Cover card: Xiaomi 18 Fold with a 6000mAh battery, 5.02mm unfolded, 219g, and a 200MP main camera

Deep Dive · Smartphone · Global

Xiaomi 18 Fold: A Thinner Body, a Bigger Battery

Xiaomi has officially launched its first wide-format foldable, the Xiaomi 18 Fold, in China. A 6000mAh battery and a slimmer hinge put it in direct comparison with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7.

Cover card: Roborock at 36,000Pa suction, Ecovacs at 27,000Pa, 8.8cm threshold clearance, 497 minutes of Ecovacs runtime

Deep Dive · Home Appliance · Korea

Roborock Pulls Harder, Ecovacs Rinses Cleaner

Roborock’s Saros 20 lineup and Ecovacs’ Deebot X12S OmniCyclone both launched at IFA 2026. We compare suction power, obstacle-clearing chassis design, mop hygiene, and price.

Weekly brief card: Galaxy S26 FE 256GB at KRW 1,045,000 with a 4,900mAh battery, Atlas 1.0 at $499, Solar Open2 at 250B parameters

Weekly Brief · Smartphone · Wearable

Galaxy S26 FE Costs Less, a Wearable Reads More

Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE went on sale in Korea at KRW 1,045,000, a brainwave-reading wearable called Atlas 1.0 launched abroad, and Upstage’s large open model Solar Open2-250B drew attention in software.