Hey guys, I’m Roland the Techusiast. Samsung has finally revealed what they’ve been working
on for so many years, the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Let’s have a look!
The Samsung Galaxy Fold has been in the works
for at least 6 years and Samsung has promised to make something innovative, and something
that isn’t just a gimmick. Upon first inspection, I must be honest, it looks a little gimmicky,
especially when you take a look at the front of the device.
The design of the Galaxy Fold is nearly identical to the one shown off at CES in January. The
Fold works by having multiple rotating gears, flexing the display in order to fold it out.
All of this is of course hidden inside the hinge, which to me looks just like a normal
side frame of a smartphone, perhaps a bit more thicker.
The Fold has extremely large top and bottom bezels, which will most certainly not appeal
to many people, however let’s not forget the fact that this is a first-generation device.
Do you remember the original Samsung Galaxy Note Edge that came out in 2014? It was gimmicky,
but very cool and futuristic looking at the same time. It was the first of its kind, and
see how far Samsung has managed to build on top of that technology. Nowadays, all Samsung
flagships have some sort of a curved bezel and they have been really perfected so far
with features that many people may find very useful, depending on what activities you do
on your device, of course.
In order to make the Fold a device that isn’t only cool and futuristic looking, but fits
into our daily lifestyles, I am certain that we’ll have to see a generation or two in
order to fully adapt it and use it for useful things, such as: having applications and other
utilities benefit from the larger display, having more websites perfectly calibrated
to the new screen size and many more.
Now, let’s take a look at the specs.
The Galaxy Fold has 2 displays. The one on the front is called a cover, which is 4.6”
and it’s a HD+ Super AMOLED panel at the aspect ratio of 21:9. The one on the inside
is a 7.3” Dynamic AMOLED panel at the aspect ratio of 4:3.
The Fold comes with the latest 7nm Snapdragon 855 chipset with a whopping 12GB of RAM and
512GB of flash storage. The storage will not be expandable via a MicroSD card slot, but
considering that you’re getting half a terabyte, I don’t think it’s something we should
complain about. As you can expect, it will have Bluetooth 5.0 and NFC on-board, as well
as a USB-C port without a headphone jack.
There is no fingerprint sensor under the display either, instead it will be placed on the side,
just like on many other tablets and smartphones nowadays.
There are 6 cameras altogether on the device. 3 of these are on the back, 2 on the inside
in a notch-form factor, and a single one on the front. This pretty much includes all of
the areas on where you might want to take a picture or record yourself.
Having 6 cameras are definitely an overkill and too much, but when you consider using
the phone in a…well, phone format, you could still easily take selfies or have a video
call. When un-folded, you could easily switch from a small video call to a large screen
one, then switch cameras to show the person around using the back cameras. Pretty neat
if you ask me.
There are 2 batteries on each side of the device. When combined, the battery is 4380
mAh and can be charged at 18W, so it should be relatively fast to juice it up. In a Samsung
fashion, wireless charge will also be available.
The Galaxy Fold will also come in 4 colours: Cosmos Black, Space Silver, Martian Green
and Astro Blue. If that’s not enough, you will apparently have some options to customise
the colour of the hinge, although there aren’t many details on what colours you can expect
to choose from.
The 3 app multitasking seems to be a highlighted feature, however considering that the device
is 7.3” when un-folded, this could have also been done on existing tablets – I guess
every new device needs a feature that makes it stand out, even if it’s only just slightly.
I personally can see both average and power users benefiting from having a normal display
for every day tasks, and a larger display to do more things and entertainment, such
as watching movies or playing games.
For the average users, the larger display can eliminate the use of a secondary device
such as a tablet and can be used to watch movies, play games, while power users could
use it to edit spreadsheets, more comfortably write documents, and in general, to get work
done whiteout requiring a secondary device. Although, judging by the past, that still
has a long way to go before we can all use a single device, for literally everything.
I believe that the Galaxy Fold and other competitor devices from Xiaomi, Huawei and LG have a
ton of potential in the future, however, the future isn’t quiet here, just yet. If you
are eager to get your hands on the Galaxy Fold, keep in mind, it will come at a price,
just like most of these new generation of devices.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold will cost $1,980 dollars in the US and €2,000 in Europe. The Fold
will be available from 26 April, and you can pre-register at any time now.
So, I’m curious, what do you guys think of the new category Samsung has finally introduced
and shown us with the Galaxy Fold? Let me know in the comments down below. Also, don’t
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