Samsung’s Galaxy Foldhas the dubious honor of being the first folding phone most of our readers could actually buy – but it won’t be the last. Last month, Motorola announcedaverticallyfolding throwback to its classic RAZR, and Samsung has teasedthat it might do something very similar. Now, images are floating around Chinese social media of a phone that looks like it might be Samsung’s clamshell Galaxy Fold – and you can check them out for yourself immediately above and below.
via Weiboby way of phone leaker Ice Universe, actually depict a Samsung device, much less one that’s headed to market . It could be a prototype, a concept, or even a clever fake. ButBloomberghas reportedsince Marchthat Samsung would follow the Galaxy Fold with a pair of additional foldable devices including a clamshell like the one you see above, and the overall silhouette lines up nicely withthe concept imagesthat Samsung officially shared in October.
You might note, though, that this foldable appears to only have two primary cameras around back, compared to
the five or soreportedly headed to Samsung’s Galaxy S 11 in February of next year. Earlier this month,
Bloombergreportedthat the next Galaxy Fold would launch around the same time, and would also get the same -megapixel main camera and 5x zoom camera as the Galaxy S – but if so, and if these images are that phone, it looks like it might rely on digital zoom for everything between 1x and 5x.
Earlier this month, after speaking to analysts, The Korea Heraldreportedthat the next Galaxy Fold is expected to be quite a bit more affordable than its predecessor at around $ (**************************************************************, less than half the $ 1, 980 the current device costs in the US. We’re taking that with a grain of salt sinceMotorola’s razr foldablewill cost $ 1, 823 This January despite its mid-range specs. Even $ would be pretty aggressive for a folding Samsung flagship.Yesterday, 19541469 Huawei announcedthat it’ll be releasing a faster, more durable version of its Mate X foldable next year , and will bring the existing version to Europe as well. It’s only been released in China so far.
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