foldables

The Galaxy Z Flip 3 was a hit. It wowed at its launch last August, impressed me enough to garner a rare 5-star review, and according to research firm Omdia Samsung shipped more Flip 3 units in just five months than every other foldable phone combined in the whole of 2021.  Nobody’s perfect though, and much as I loved last year’s Flip I had to acknowledge its flaws: slow charging, limited battery life, and a pretty basic camera by flagship standards.  Samsung clearly felt the same way though. For as much as this…

If you’re planning to get upcoming Samsung foldables or smartwatches, be prepared to pay more. We have already come across multiple reports that the new devices will see a price hike over their respective predecessors. Noted industry insider Steve H. McFly, aka OnLeaks, has now shared the European prices of the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5, and the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro and it confirms what we all feared, that they will cost more than last year’s models.According to McFly, Samsung will price the Galaxy Z…

Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked is just around the corner, and a new leak has revealed the pricing of the next Galaxy products, at least in Europe. The leak comes from Steve Hemmerstoffer, or OnLeaks. As per the report, the new foldables and the upcoming Galaxy Watch 5 look to see pricing updates from 20 euros to as much as 200 euros. Someone just sent me this (EU/FR) #FutureSquad – #GalaxyZFold4 256GB: €1799 / 512GB: €1919– #GalaxyZFlip4 128GB: €1109 / 256GB: €1169– #GalaxyWatch5 40mm BT: €299 / 4G: €349 – #GalaxyWatch5…

Samsung may drop the letter Z from the names of its foldables. The upcoming foldable duo could arrive as the Galaxy Fold 4 and Galaxy Flip 4, instead of the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4. This is reportedly a permanent change that will carry over to future generations as well.Samsung foldables to drop the Z brandingSamsung foldables didn’t feature the Z branding at the beginning. The first Fold series model launched in 2019 was simply called the Galaxy Fold. The company added the letter Z to the name with the first…

A few weeks ago, Google showcased its upcoming high-end smartphones, the Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro. They can compete with high-end phones from Apple and Samsung. But that’s not it. Google is planning to take Samsung head-on with a full range of high-end devices that can compete with best-of-the-best Galaxy smartphones, including foldables. According to a new rumor from China, Google has decided to launch its first foldable smartphone, and the famous contract manufacturing firm Foxconn has already started the mass…

Samsung US will continue accepting reservations for the gadgets that will be unveiled at the August 10 Galaxy Unpacked event for a few more days, the cut off is on August 9. You can make the reservation on Samsung.com or using the Samsung Shop App. The offer has been restructured a bit – you can get $100 in Samsung Credit if you reserve just a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 or Z Fold4 or you can get $200 if you reserve a phone, plus a Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Buds2 Pro. A note on how you can spend the credit: if you pick…

Samsung’s next big Unpacked event is scheduled for August 10 and the company promised to release teasers in the built-up to the event. Here is one, though note that it comes through unofficial means – it was posted by leakster @chunvn8888. The teaser states the mission goal of Samsung’s Z-series – “Flex is greater than Flat”. The video shows the silhouettes of the two foldables, the Galaxy Z Flip4 and Z Fold4, but it’s a “blink and you miss it” moment. We tried to brighten things up for the header…

The market for foldable phones is slowly but surely maturing and that’s reflected in the sales volumes. In a new blog post by TM Roh – President of Samsung Mobile shared that the foldable smartphone industry saw almost 10 million shipments in 2021. The figure is up 300% from 2020 and Roh believes this trend will continue in the years to come as “foldable devices are becoming widespread and staking a bigger claim in the overall smartphone market”. IDC previously published a report where it estimates a total of 7.1…

Samsung announced today that over 10 million foldable smartphones were shipped last year, which is a 300% growth compared to 2020. Most of them were Samsung’s Galaxy Z series devices. Now, the company says that it’s ready to unveil its next-generation foldable phones. TM Roh, President of Samsung MX, said, “Three years ago, Samsung Galaxy foldables could be summed up in a single word: radical. Very quickly, however, it became clear that this groundbreaking, flexible design fit perfectly into modern lifestyles. As a…

In an effort to hype up its just announced Unpacked event that is taking place on August 10, Dr. TM Roh, Samsung’s president and head of MX business has just penned a new blog post about foldables. Showing how excited he is to show us Samsung’s hard work.Essentially confirming that we’ll see foldables at this event next month, which was basically confirmed already. Dr. Roh talks about how they believe the “mainstream moment for foldable smartphones is here”, with the new Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Fold 4. Roh states that he…