So Samsung has just unveiled the Galaxy S10 Series at their Galaxy UNPACKED event. But wait, that’s just not all. Probably this year’s UNPACKED event is one of the most interesting events as compared to the past many years. Well, that’s because today Samsung has unveiled worlds first commercial foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold. This is probably the future of smartphone technology, so get ready to witness about the first foldable smartphone, by Samsung.
It has a book like the foldable design. The smaller display has a size of just 4.3 inch with HD+ (1960 x 840) resolution and 21:9 aspect ratio. Unfolding the larger display, it has a size of 7.3 inch with resolution of Full HD+ (2152 x 1536 and 16:10 aspect ratio. It comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 octa core processor that’s built on 7mm process along with Adreno 640 GPU. It has 12GB of massive RAM and 512GB of internal storage.
On the camera department, it has exact same camera setup as Galaxy S10+. The primary is a 12MP sensor with f1.5 dual aperture lens and dual pixel OIS. Secondary is also a 12MP sensor but with f2.4 telephoto 2x zoom lens, autofocus, and OIS. Lastly the third one is 16MP sensor with f2.2 ultra wide angle (133) lens but with fixed focus. It can record videos up to 4K at 60fps, 1080p at 240fps, and 720p at 960fps. On the front there is a 10MP sensor with f1.9 lens and Dual Pixel PDAF, and also a secondary 8MP depth sensor with f2.2 lens and dual pixel autofocus. This device also has 4K video recording option from front camera. Other camera features are AR Emojis, Stickers, and live focus. Now here comes a difference with a 6th camera. Yes, a 10MP sensor with f2.2 lens is placed above the smaller display, so that you can take selfie even with the phone being folded.
This Galaxy Fold runs on Android 9.0 Pie out of the box with Samsung’s One UI on top. It packs two sets of batteries within that makes the power of 4380mAh combined together. It has fast charging support, but no wireless charging is present. It ha single speaker with Dolby ATMOS support and 32-bit 3.5mm headphone jack. The fingerprint sensor is placed at the side. Also because of the foldable technology, this is the first smartphone to have three-way multitasking. This means it can open three apps simultaneously on the screen. For connectivity it has 4G, dual band Wi-FI, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC, aptX HD, and Type-C port. It has color options like Black, Grey, Yellow, and Purple.
Pricing & Availability:
- It is priced at $1980 (Rs.1,40,700) in USA and €2000 in Europe.
- It will be available from 26th April in USA and in Europe from 3rd May
- No information about the availability in other regions yet.
So that’s all the information we have as of now. So with this Galaxy Fold, we finally entered into the future of mobile technology. Though I doubt that it will be as easily usable as it seems, but initial start always have some flaws. What are your thoughts on this Galaxy Fold? Let us know in the comment section below. Also stay tuned with us for more information.
