[android] Samsung Galaxy Fold

[Arthur]

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Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980

 

Samsung first teased its foldable phone back in November, and at the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event today, it’s further detailing its foldable plans. Samsung’s foldable now has a name, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, and the company is revealing more about what this unique smartphone can do. Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy Fold on April 26th, starting at $1,980. There will be both an LTE and 5G version of the Galaxy Fold, and Samsung is even planning on launching the device in Europe on 3rd May, starting at 2,000 euros.

 

Samsung is using a new 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display that allows the phone itself to have a tablet-sized screen that can be folded to fit into a pocket. The main display is QXGA+ resolution (4.2:3), and when it’s folded, a smaller 4.6-inch HD+ (12:9) display is used for the phone mode. Samsung is using 512GB of Universal Flash Storage 3.0 (eUFS) for fast speeds, alongside a Qualcomm 7nm octa-core processor and 12GB of RAM. Samsung has even built two batteries for its Galaxy Fold, that are separated by the fold but combined in the Android operating system to represent a total of 4,380 mAh.

 

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Edited February 20, 2019 by Arthur

[FishCustard]

Really can't see the use case for this, but I'll have a play with it when it arrives in the local phone shop just for the sake of curiosity.

 

Seems like something made purely to grab the headlines for now.

[Arthur]

Waiting for the second or third iteration is definitely a good idea. It should be cheaper and (hopefully) not as thick.

 

I would be constantly opening and closing the phone to view the larger main display inside since the outer display is only 4.6".

 

It's going to be interesting to see what other companies do too. I think I prefer the design of Xiaomi's foldable phone because it has a larger/wider display when folded up.

 

[hardtailstar]

So the phablet of yester year is making a comeback as a foldable one!

[Arthur]

Huawei's new Mate X looks even better than Samsung's Galaxy Fold...

 

 

So the phablet of yester year is making a comeback as a foldable one!

If a phablet is half-way in size between a smartphone and tablet, should these new foldable devices be classed as foldable tablets since they actually are large enough to be tablets?

[Arthur]

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