The large image: Samsung is reportedly planning to unveil a clamshell-style folding telephone in February alongside the Galaxy S11, possible on the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Could 2020 be the yr of the reasonably priced foldable?
Industry sources aware of the matter lately advised the Korean Herald that the handset, which Samsung teased again in October, will possible verify in at a way more affordable value level.
We haven’t heard a lot about Samsung’s Galaxy Fold since its launch in September. Given the handset’s early troubles (which led to a prolonged delay), that’s in all probability a superb factor. Suffice to say, at $1,980, gross sales weren’t spectacular. According to the publication, Samsung has bought roughly half 1,000,000 items since launch.
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The first successor to the Fold will reportedly be priced round $850. A second revision – extra of a real successor to the present vertically-folding system – will reportedly break cowl in August. No phrase on how a lot that variant might command.
Pricing the subsequent Fold in keeping with different fashionable flagships is a smart transfer because it places it within the ballpark of way more potential patrons. Surely there are many folks keen on a folding smartphone that merely can’t get previous the thought of spending practically two grand on a handset. Motorola’s new Razr is a little more affordable at $1,500, however nonetheless, that’s a heck of so much for a cell phone.
