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Samsung’s latest clamshell-style foldable is officially here, and it brought a new, more affordable sibling to the party. The Z Flip 7 was announced at Samsung’s summer Unpacked event this morning, and it’s been updated with an edge-to-edge cover screen. Alongside the Flip 7, Samsung is also launching a new model: the Z Flip 7 FE, which maintains the older, file-folder-shaped cutout for the cover screen.

The Flip 7 FE is the first foldable that Samsung has introduced in its “Fan Edition” line, which provides budget-friendly alternatives to the company’s flagship Galaxy phones. At $899, it’s not quite affordable enough to compete with Motorola’s Razr, which starts at $699, but it’s a lot cheaper than the Flip 7 model, which costs $1,099.

Both versions are available for preorder in the US starting today, with general availability beginning on July 25th. The Flip 7 comes in a few color options, including black, blue, red, and green, while its FE counterpart is only available in black or white.

The new Flip 7 FE closely mirrors the Flip 6. It has a similar 3.4-inch cover screen with a 720p resolution and a 6.7-inch internal display, a 10MP front camera, a 12MP ultrawide camera, and a 50MP wide-angle camera. It also has a 4,000mAh battery and a choice between 256GB or 512GB of storage. Some aspects are a downgrade, however — while the Flip 6 has 12GB of RAM, the Flip 7 FE only has 8GB, and it sports a slower Exynos 2400 chipset instead of the 4 nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

The Flip 7 has a few other upgrades in comparison. It features an almost borderless 4.1-inch AMOLED cover display that wraps around the camera, alongside a slimmer hinge design than its predecessor. The 6.9-inch internal display is a smidge bigger, and both the internal screen and cover display support a 120Hz refresh rate and 2,600 nits of peak brightness, while the previous generation’s cover screen capped out at 60Hz and 1,600 nits.

The Z Flip 7 also supports Samsung’s DeX desktop mode and comes with a larger 4,300mAh battery despite being slightly slimmer overall, measuring 13.7mm thick when folded. Most other features remain consistent with the previous generation.

Linda Yaccarino, the boss of Elon Musk’s social media site X, has announced she is stepping down.

Ms Yaccarino has been in the role since June, 2023.

In a post on the platform, she said was “immensely grateful” to Musk for “entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App”.

Musk has posted a brief reply, saying only: “Thank you for your contributions.”

The BBC has approached X for comment.

Ms Yaccarino was previously head of advertising at NBCUniversal, where she was credited with helping to steer it through the upheaval caused by technology firms.

She joined X, then Twitter, at a time of tumult with advertisers quitting the site and Musk having overseen the firing of a huge number of staff.

In her departure post, she said that she had decided to step down after “two incredible years”.

She added: “When Elon Musk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company.”

It is not clear whether there has been any break down in their relationship since she joined in 2023.

But the platform’s tone has changed in that time.

Its former incarnation Twitter was accused of leaning left, now X leans unashamedly to the right in terms of the content that gets the most visibility.

Though Musk stepped down as CEO he never truly stepped back from his favourite social network, and has if anything grown louder and more controversial since he appointed her.

People who have worked directly with Musk have described him as both a visionary and a workaholic, who others can only keep up with for so long.

Whatever the cause, her exit comes at a difficult time for Musk, who is dealing with falling sales at his car maker Tesla.

He is also embroiled in a war of words with his former political ally, US President Donald Trump, culminating in Musk planning a new political party.

X has also continued to attract controversy.

The most recent of these has seen Musk’s chatbot, Grok – which is embedded in X – speak favourably about Hitler.

In a statement, xAI said it was working to remove what it called “inappropriate” posts.