{"id":808677,"date":"2026-07-17T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808677\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:26:10","slug":"caviar-made-a-13000-lionel-messi-phone-with-an-unannounced-samsung-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808677\/","title":{"rendered":"Caviar made a $13,000 Lionel Messi phone with an unannounced Samsung device."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Jul 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Caviar made a $13,000 Lionel Messi phone with an unannounced Samsung device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Caviar is back with yet another ridiculously expensive device, and this time, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/caviar.global\/catalog\/custom-samsung\/samsung-z-fold8\/samsung-z-fold8_ultra\/lionel-messi_id28884\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra<\/a> with 24-karat gold plating, which is expected to appear at Galaxy Unpacked next week (sans the gold). 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