Folding and flipping phones are getting seriously good

July 25, 2026 David Pierce

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 137, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy phone season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I've been reading about Google Zero and armored cars for rich people, watching a lot of That's a Bad Idea videos now that YouTube knows my love for Curry Barker, testing the new 2Do redesign for my tasks, watching this excellent doc about the legendary designer Susan Kare, obsessing over every sound on the Jauffre's Sounds TikTok, sending myself lockscreen notes with the new Mononote app, and trying to vibe-cod …

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