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  South Korean tech giant is all set to launch its upcoming smartphone -- Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 -- on August 11, media report says. The new report claims that at the next Samsung Unpacked event the company will unveil the new smartphones along with a watch. The event will start at 10 a.m. ET and will be streamed on YouTube. Notably, Samsung has not publicly confirmed these details just yet, citing DigitalDailyNews, 9To5Google reported. A recent report said that the Galaxy Z Fold3 will feature an under-display camera and support the S-Pen stylus. Its next clamshell foldable Galaxy Z Flip3 is expected to have a bigger outer display. The Galaxy Z Flip3 is expected to feature a larger external display of 1.83 inches. It has a dual-camera system, which reportedly includes a 12MP main snapper and a 12MP ultrawide snapper. Read More

  Samsung is reportedly planning to launch three foldable smartphones in the market next year, including Galaxy Z Fold 3 , Galaxy Z Flip 3 , and an affordable model which could be named Galaxy Z Flip Lite . To keep the phone's price low, the company has decided to make this affordable mode an LTE-only smartphone, which means it won't have support for the latest 5G communication technology, reports news portal Gizbot. A new Samsung foldable smartphone with the model number SM-F720F was spotted and is expected to draw power from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, which is the currently available 4G chipset. Apart from this, there's not much information about the rumoured Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Lite. Read More

  Samsung will launch a new foldable phone called Galaxy Z Fold 3 with the S Pen support in June next year and the South Korean giant may discontinue the Galaxy Note lineup, the media reported on Monday. According to a report in the South Korean publication Aju News, Samsung Electronics has confirmed that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 foldable phone will arrive in June 2021. The report claimed that Samsung will discontinue the Galaxy Note series next year. "The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is developed as a premium smartphone that combines the latest technologies from Samsung Electronics, such as S Pen (electronic pen) and UDC (Under Display Camera)". UDC is a technology that allows to take pictures without a camera hole by placing a camera under the OLED screen. Read More

  Samsung showcased its next iteration of foldable device, the Galaxy Z Fold 2 , at the Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5. Now, the South Korean electronics maker is gearing up for the global launch of the device through an exclusive event, which will livestream across company’s digital properties starting 7:30 pm (IST) Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 launch event livestream The Galaxy Z Fold 2 launch is going to be a virtual event, which will livestream on company’s digital properties and social media channels. According to a blogpost on Samsung Newsroom, the event livestream will be available on Samsung web portal and Samsung Newsroom. The Galaxy Unpacked 2020 will also livestream on YouTube. “Samsung continues to pioneer an entirely new category of mobile devices by introducing the next generation of foldables— Galaxy Z Fold2. After releasing two foldable devices and listening to user feedback on the most requested upgrades and new features, Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Fold2 wi...

  South Korean electronics maker Samsung has announced to roll out three-generation of Android operating system upgrades for its Galaxy devices, including smartphones, foldable screen devices and tablets. Usually, only select original equipment manufacturers on Android One platform deliver three-generation of Android OS upgrades, while most smartphone brands stick to two-year of OS upgrades and three-year of security upgrades from Google. Before the announcement, Samsung also promised to service its Galaxy devices with Android updates for a maximum period of two years. However, the select Galaxy devices will now get up to three-generation of Android OS upgrades from Samsung. Galaxy devices eligible for three-generation of Android OS upgrades: Galaxy S series: Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, S20 Ultra, S20+ 5G, S20+, S20 5G, S20 in addition to S10 5G, S10+, S10, S10e, S10 Lite and upcoming S series devices Galaxy Note series: Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, Note20 Ultra, Note20 5G, Note20, No...

Samsung on Thursday revised the price of its clamshell design-based foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip . The bendable screen smartphone gets a price cut of Rs 7,000, bringing down its retail price to Rs 1,08,999. Moreover, the company is offering upgrade bonus of Rs 8,000 on exchange of select smartphones for the Galaxy Z Flip that brings down the effective cost of ownership to Rs 1,00,999. Additionally, the company is offering no interest equated instalment of up to 18 months. Launched earlier this year, the Galaxy Z Flip is second foldable smartphone from Samsung. It features Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ system-on-chip, paired with 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. The phone was launched at Rs 1,09,000, which was later hiked to Rs 1,15,999 owing to depreciating currency value and hike in goods and services tax on smartphones. Read More

Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Fold 2 later this year and the device may come in martian green as well as astro blue colour variants, ditching the S-Pen this time. The phone will have a slightly bigger screen but will keep the form factor of the original Galaxy Fold, reports GSMArena. The company is reportedly planning to start manufacturing components in May, and is looking at starting mass-producing the device in June/July. It is expected to hit the market in Q3 2020, and may be launched alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 in August. Galaxy Fold 2 can offer a larger cover display than the 4.6-inch screen on the original Samsung Galaxy Fold. Read More

Samsung brought its second foldable phone Galaxy Z Flip in India. The pre-orders started today and the deliveries will begin from February 26, 2020. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is priced at Rs 109,999. The phone features a 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED display with a 22:9:9 aspect ratio, 425 ppi, and 1080 x 2636 pixels resolution. It also has a secondary 1.1-inch Super AMOLED screen positioned on the back cover that displays notifications. The phone is covered with Gorilla Glass 6 on the outside as well as the inside. The Galaxy Z Flip is also the first foldable smartphone to use ultra-thin glass to cover the display rather than the plastic. The smartphone has a Flex Mode that lets you use two apps in split-screen mode. It is powered by a Snapdragon 855+ SoC paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage. The phone runs on Android 10 with the One UI 2.0 skin out of the box. It packs a 3,300mAh battery with 15W wired charging support. The phone is not too heavy, it weighs 183 grams. T...

Top Foldable Smartphones 2019 : Foldable devices, which were seen only as a concept until last year, became a reality in 2019. Though the first breed of foldable devices boasts bendable screen, the technology industry did not shy away experimenting other formats, too, including the dual-screen design. From a new category of smartphones doubling up as tablets, to just smartphones with the same qualities, phone makers explored different avenues to market their first foldable devices. Business Standard takes a look at what the 2019 had in store insofar as foldable devices are concerned: Samsung Galaxy Fold Samsung Galaxy FoldThe world’s first foldable device, the Galaxy Fold, is the only bendable smartphone that is currently available for purchase in India. Pitched as a new category of smartphones with foldable screens, the phone has two displays — a 7.3-inch dynamic AMOLED foldable display that bends inwards, and a conventional 4.6-inch secondary super AMOLED display on the ba...

South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung on Tuesday launched its first foldable device, the Galaxy Fold , in India, at Rs 1,64,999. With this launch, the company became the first smartphone brand in the country to foray into the new product category of bendable screen devices. The device, a foldable smartphone, comes with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. Its pre-orders will start from October 4, and the deliveries for pre-orders from October 20. The Galaxy Fold pre-orders could be done on the Samsung online store, Samsung shop, and select retail outlets, including the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru. The Galaxy Fold , introduced before the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, was upgraded recently to address the build and longevity issues reported by early reviewers. The reported issues were mostly related to the device’s bendable screen and hinge mechanism — key components of the company’s first foldable device. The upgraded version showcased by the compan...

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has wowed the smartphone industry with the first mainstream foldable screen, accompanied by a nearly $2,000 price tag that generated heated debate as to whether it may prove too expensive to revive slumping sales. The South Korean tech giant unveiled the Galaxy Fold which resembles a conventional smartphone, but which opens like a book to reveal a second display the size of a small tablet at 18.5 cm (7.3 inches). It will go on sale on April 26. At its launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Samsung upped the surprise factor by briefing analysts and journalists on widely anticipated aspects ahead of time, such as 5G versions of its existing top-end Galaxy S phones. The unveiling of the foldable device came as a shock to many in the auditorium. "I am blown away," said Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy, adding the phone could help Samsung rejuvenate its mobile business, whose lead is under attack from China's Huawe...

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its much-anticipated foldable phone in San Francisco on Wednesday, urging Android developers to start writing apps for it. Samsung needs to get the foldable phone right to reverse steep declines in profit for its mobile division and restore some of the cachet its brand has lost to Apple Inc . Foldable phones promise the screen of a small tablet in a pocket-sized device. Justin Denison, senior vice president of Samsung Electronics America's Mobile Product Strategy and Marketing, showed a prototype with a screen he said measured 7.3 inches diagonally. Folded in two it appeared to resemble a thick phone, but Samsung did not give media or developers a chance to touch or see the device up close. Dave Burke, vice president of engineering for Google's Android software platform, told a Google conference in California that Samsung planned to introduce a new Android-based device early next year. "We expect to see folda...