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TL;DR The Aurzen ZIP projector has a Z-shaped folding design that collapses to just one inch thick.
A 5,000 mAh battery delivers 90 minutes of operation on a charge.
In addition to the folding design letting you easily direct the ZIP’s output, you can turn it on its side for screen-mirroring portrait mode.
Listen, foldables are cool — who doesn’t love big things that transform into smaller things — but they’re also becoming a little been-there-done-that as manufacturers really start getting comfortable with the form factor. And that sort of familiarity is probably exactly why so many of us have been shifting our interests slightly towards the growing crop of “tri-fold” devices like Samsung’s upcoming TriFold or the new Mate XTs.
Editor’s note: When did the mobile industry forget how to count? All these things fold twice, not three times. Get it together.
This week at IFA 2025 in Berlin, I had the opportunity to check out a totally different category of mobile device that’s also been experimenting with the possibilities this kind of multi-fold construction affords: projectors.
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Stephen Schenck / Android Authority
This is the Aurzen ZIP, a compact portable projector with a surprising amount of versatility thanks to its folding design. It debuted earlier this year at CES, but right now it’s picking up new Cyber Edition and Titanium Gold colorways, so we’re taking a closer look at how that unusual shape opens up some fun possibilities that might be awkward — if not impossible — with more traditional projectors.
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