The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium boasts a crazy 4K display in a smartphone. It’s both amazing and silly. It’s amazing that we have such dense 4K panels these days, but it’s silly to have such a high resolution panel in a phone. However, the Xperia Z5 Premium doesn’t even use a 4K resolution most of the time anyway.

Yes, the 4K display goes mostly unused. The phone only bumps the resolution up to 4K when viewing photos and videos, otherwise it runs 1080p. And considering the strain 4K would put on both the processor and the battery, that’s probably for the best. But 1080p is a little disappointing when many high-end smartphones have a 1440p resolution, though it’s arguable that even 1440p isn’t necessary.

What do you guys think? Did Sony make the right call? Should the Z5 Premium even have a 4K display in the first place?

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Samsung is no stranger to strange smartphone designs. The company has released Android-based high end flip phones, devices with gently curved displays, and now devices with sharp curves in the sides of the display. Screens are Samsung’s specialty.

The latest rumor going around is that Samsung is planning to release a new device with a foldable display. We have all seen bendable displays like the LG G Flex, but they only flex a little bit. This display will fold, which would be pretty awesome. A display that folds in half means that, unfolded, the screen size will be double the size of the folded device.

The rest of the rumored specs for the device are a Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB of RAM, a microSD slot, and a non-removable battery. We’ll see if these rumors hold true, but it’s exciting that Samsung will be bringing another new display technology to the market.

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A lot of people have been begging for a dislike button on Facebook. We all have those friends that just post things we want to dislike. It’s human nature. And Mark Zuckerberg announced today that a dislike button is in the works, though it’s not quite what people wanted.

He said that Facebook is trying to avoid a system like Reddit, where posts can be downvoted. And I can see what he means, Facebook isn’t exactly a place where things should be downvoted. You post what you want, unlike Reddit where you post what others want to see. The system will soon be in its testing phase, so don’t expect to see a public launch just yet.

The dislike button will be for disliking sad post, and other such cases where you’d feel bad for liking a post but want to show your support. Yes, it’s not what people have been asking for, but it’s arguably for the best that people don’t get a real dislike button. Although, it would truly be fun.

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