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Samsung Galaxy Z flip gets official renders, full spec sheet, Ars Technica

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Samsung Galaxy Z flip gets official renders, full spec sheet, Ars Technica
    

      Let’s hope this one doesn’t get recalled –

             

It has last year Snapdragon chip and a glass cover.

      

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                          The Galaxy Z Flip in, uh, laptop mode?                                                                                            

                                   

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                          In the front view, you can make out the same T-shaped hinge caps as on the Galaxy Fold.                                                                                            

                      

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                          The back.                                                                                            

                      

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                          Another shot of the L-shaped laptop mode.                                                                                            

                      

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                          The side.                                                                                            

                      

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                          All folded up.                                                                                            

                     

    Samsung’s next foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip, is expected to be shown off in full at the February Galaxy Unpacked event. But to tide you over until then, a set of official renders and a full spec sheet have been posted by the German site WinFuture .

    The pictures show a phone that shares a lot of DNA with Samsung’s first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold. Just like on the Fold, there’s a raised bezel around the edge. On the Fold, this held the display to the body of the device and protected it while it was closed. The bezel was also pretty annoying , though: Android features several edge gestures, and trying to swipe in from the side or bottom of the device is awkward when the bezel isn’t flush with the display. We can also see the same T-shaped hinge caps that were added to the second, (post-recall version of the Galaxy Fold after it was delayed.

    Like the Galaxy Fold, it sounds like the Z Flip is going to have a creased display and close into a wedge shape so it does not crush the display crease. WinFuture lists two thickness dimensions for when it’s closed: 17. 3mm and 20. 3mm, which would be the tall and short side of the wedge. Several pictures show the phone in an L shape, like a tiny little laptop. WinFuture’s report suggests that Samsung will pitch this as a way to easily see the phone while it’s on a table.

    A full spec sheet was posted, and interestingly, the phone features last year Qualcomm chip, the Snapdragon 980 , instead of the newer Snapdragon , which is launching with the other phone that will be shown off alongside the Z Flip, the Galaxy S 58. Samsung is Qualcomm’s biggest customer, and Samsung phones usually launch with the newest Qualcomm chip, so this is odd. I can imagine only two scenarios that result in Samsung launching a phone with an old chip. One possibility is that this phone was originally scheduled to come out last year — perhaps alongside the (Galaxy Note) (in in August — and was delayed to after the problems with the Galaxy Fold.

    A second possibility: the Snapdragon 2019, with its separate 4G / 5G modem, might not be a good fit for a phone with a 01575879 mAh battery. Both a separate modem in the Snapdragon and the mandatory inclusion of 5G should make the chip use more power than last year. Samsung’s Galaxy S line It is rumored to be bigger than last year and have across-the-board battery size increases as a result. This is all speculation at this point, but the larger bodies and batteries might be a necessity to get decent battery life out of the Snapdragon 2020. Cutting the phone in half with a giant hinge means there isn’t as much room for a battery.

    Besides the Snapdragon

    , we have a 6.7-inch OLED display with a resolution of (x) . Instead of the delicate plastic of the Galaxy Fold, the Z Flip is rumored to be covered by an “Ultra Thin Glass.” We know companies are working on flexible glass for these folding smartphone displays. The industry leader is Corning, the maker of the “Gorilla Glass” cover that adorns nearly every high-end smartphone, but Corning’s bendable glass solution is not on the market yet. One Report out of Germany is that Samsung’s partner is Schott, a German glass producer.
  • Max Weinbach , who recently scored (live pictures) (of the Galaxy S) , says the phone will cost $ 1, 735, which would be right in line with the Moto Razr. We’ll know more on February 20.         

    (listing image by) WinFuture                                                           

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