Samsung Galaxy Fold announced -- six cameras and two batteries for $1980

[RastaMentality]

• Company says phone will come in four colors; ready in April
• Device marks dramatic shift in type of mass-market smartphone

Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a $1,980 smartphone with a foldable screen, a dramatic shift in the mass market for phones.

The device has a 4.6-inch screen when used as a phone and can unfold into a tablet with a 7.3-inch screen, Samsung said Wednesday during a demonstration kicking off its Unpacked event in San Francisco. The company said the new phone, called the Galaxy Fold, will be available April 26 and come in four colors: black, blue, silver and green. Users will also be able to customize the color of the folding hinge.

Samsung's device is not the first foldable-screen phone, but the company's brand, reach and technological prowess makes it the most advanced folding phone for the mass market. It's a leap that rivals the category shifts not seen since smartphones took off with a broad audience more than a decade ago.

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Samsung first teased its foldable phone back in November, and at the company's Galaxy Unpacked event today it's further detailing its foldable plans. Samsung's foldable now has a name, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, and the company is revealing more about what this unique smartphone can do. Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy Fold on April 26th, starting at $1,980. There will be both an LTE and 5G version of the Galaxy Fold, and Samsung is even planning on launching the device in Europe on May 3rd, starting at 2,000 euros.

Samsung is using a new 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display that allows the phone itself to have a tablet-sized screen that can be folded to fit into a pocket. The main display is QXGA+ resolution (4.2:3), and when it's folded, a smaller 4.6-inchHD+ (12:9) display is used for the phone mode. Samsung is using 512GB of Universal Flash Storage 3.0 (eUFS) for fast speeds, alongside a Qualcomm 7nm Octa-core processor and 12GB of RAM. Samsung has even built two batteries for its Galaxy Fold, that are separated by the fold but combined in the Android operating system to represent a total of 4,380 mAh.

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[Cookie]

That is a stupid fucking price.

 

[ShadowAUS]

"Exactly what I've always wanted!!" Said no one ever. Especially for that price, phone prices are already in the stupid range at the moment and don't seem to be going down.
The tech has potential but everything I've heard about current folding prototypes makes it sound like we're a good few years away from it being worth looking at as an every day phone.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

Apple mad they didn't think of that price before

 

[lunarworks]

$2,605 Canadian.

Oof.

 

[Deleted member 18502]

One thousand easy payments of $1.98 and it's all yours.

 

[Vectorman]

Yeah no. I'll wait for the Galaxy Note 10.

 

[skipgo]

With that price, i'll fold.

 

[Deleted member 36708]

Ok let's make sure we complain about the price okay guys.

 

[bsigg]

Yo that price is something else

 

[Indy in the Fridge]

Can't wait to slap that baby closed only for the screens to shatter

 

[Biske]

I'd actually be down for a folding phone. but I'm not 2 grand down.

 

[DrewFu]

This seems like a solution to a problem nobody had.

 

[Stone Cold]

We're going past the sweet spot price for smart phones and I've got a fairly bad feeling about how well this is going to do. It's just too much money for a phone that you'll realistically only use for two to three years.

 

[iapetus]

Samsung out-Appling Apple again. And not in a good way.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Well.....its something

 

[PJV3]

It's nice but not the price, I will have another look in 5 years.

 

[Transistor]

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY US DOLLARS

 

[Charismagik]

"Exactly what I've always wanted!!" Said no one ever.

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Speak for yourself. I've always thought this is the direction phone/tablets should go. Of course the tech isn't really there yet, but this is a start

 

[Okabe]

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

#dowhatyoucant is a terrible hashtag.

 

[freshVeggie]

This isn't the future of flexible screens I fantasized about but it's gotta start somewhere.

 

[Kmonk]

Has anyone mentioned the crazy price? That's outta control!

 

[GK86]

There goes my tax refund.

 

[Deleted member 12379]

fuck yea can't wait to flex on nerds with my samsung fold

 

[DJ_Lae]

I still don't get it.

I mean, I get that it's a phone, and holy shit or something, you unfold it and it's now a bigger phone. But it seems unnecessary and awkward and fragile.

I also love their Apple-like choice of image with a black background to hide the enormous goddamn bezel on the 'phone' part.

 

[DarthWalden]

I want it

It's a tablet that fits in my pocket

 

[Mechanized]

That's a thick ass phone daddy.

This tech could be pretty slick in 5-6 years tho.

 

[RJeddy]

One (pricey) small step. This should lead to some cool innovations.

 

[Prolepro]

With that price, i'll fold.

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[Frozenprince]

Lesson #1, never get in on the ground floor of new tech.

 

[TheNotoriousAFG]

Awesome tech at a prohibitive price! Sounds about right.

 

[exodus]

That tiny front screen is useless. What the hell.

 

[Deleted member 9971]

Ay lmao at that price ill wait till a price drop under 1000 when the newness fades off 😂

 

[Sweeney Swift]

Glad to see the majority are in fact Not down with 2000+ dollar phones. I'm not either. thank u, next

 

[effingvic]

Cool tech but lol at the price. Cant wait to see how foldables evolve over the next couple of years.

 

[godofcookery]

it has a... side notch?

Maybe blacking out relevant information, ignore me.

 

[ILikeFeet]

I'll wait for the chinese version for half the price

 

[Shadownet]

That's really nice and all. But I'm gonna wait till foldable phones hit the $1000 range. But great for progress though.

 

[nekkid]

That thing is going to last years, I'm sure.

 

[Deleted member 9145]

Gotta start somewhere I guess

Hope this tech evolves fast

 

[Deleted member 862]

I don't think anyone is really going to buy this but as a 1st gen device it's really impressive.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

On a second watch it's actually kinda cool. A tablet that fits in your pocket.

Still at that price I'm good with my phone right now

 

[Vapelord]

$1980 and that outside bezel on the folded up screen? Ooof. Cool tech that a few years from now might be a thing. I paid $250 Canadian for my current Essential phone. So yeah, I am not the market for this thing.

 

[nanskee]

Looks pretty magical, that's about it

 

[Mechanized]

The price makes sense when you consider it's essentially two high spec phones fused together. I'm sure they'll be able to contract these out to people obsessed with new tech pretty easily.

 

[Lump]

I think it's incredibly neat. Not $2000 neat, but in a few years i'll be excited to see where it goes.

 

[Xevross]

5 years time these things will be awesome.

 

[Croyles]

I can see this becoming a thing in about 5 years.