Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple could be launching a folding iPhone in 2023, and that the phone could have a screen between 7.5 and eight inches. The Verge reports: There have been numerous reports about Apple prototyping a folding iPhone, but according to MacRumors, Kuo says that the product has “not yet officially kicked off.” According to Kuo, the screen…
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Meet the $3,300 Edition of the Galaxy Z Fold 2
An anonymous reader shares a report: If you’re going to spend $1,000 on a phone, you might as well spend $2,000. And honestly, if you’re going to spend $2,000, why not just go for it and spend $3,300? That seems to be a chief guiding principle behind the Samsung Galaxy Fold Z 2 Thom Browne edition — a handset for those…
Samsung Is Reportedly Working On a More Affordable Galaxy Fold
According to a report from a South Korean publication, Samsung is working on Galaxy Fold Lite for as cheap as $900. Samsung will reportedly cut costs by downgrading the camera capabilities and internal specifications. Bleeping Computer reports: The Galaxy Fold Lite will reportedly launch in 2021, but remember that this is just a rumor out of South Korea and it has…
Samsung’s ‘Ultra Thin Glass’ On Galaxy Z Flip Is Basically Just Plastic
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: YouTuber JerryRigEverything regularly does destructive durability tests on phones, partly by attacking a device with a set of Mohs picks. These pointy metal tools that are calibrated to the Mohs scale of mineral hardness allow a user to determine the hardness of a surface by doing a scratch test. You start with…
Samsung Has Sold 1 Million Galaxy Fold Smartphones
An anonymous reader shares a report: Today at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, Samsung Electronic’s President Young Sohn revealed the company has sold 1 million foldable Galaxy Fold smartphones. Estimates from October pegged sales at that time at 500,000 units. “And I think that the point is, we’re selling [a] million of these products,” Sohn said. “There’s a million people that want to…
Brother of Drug Lord Pablo Escobar Launches ‘Unbreakable’ Foldable Smartphone
Roberto Escobar, brother of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, has announced a foldable smartphone that is “very difficult to break” thanks to the screen’s “special type of plastic.” The Escobar Fold 1, as it is called, significantly undercuts Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X with a price of only $349. Neowin reports: While all the foldable phones announced so…
‘My Galaxy Fold Display Is Damaged After a Day’
After spending about 27 hours with Samsung’s new rebooted Galaxy Fold, TechCrunch’s Brian Heater noticed something unusual: “a brightly colored, amorphous blob […] nestled between the lock screen’s flapping butterfly wings.” While it’s nowhere near as severe as the blacked out screens many reviewers of the first wave of units experienced, “it’s not a great look, considering that it wasn’t dropped…
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, Still Extremely Fragile, Goes on Sale in the US on September 27
After releasing it in South Korea and the UK, Samsung is finally ready to say when the Galaxy Fold will go back on sale in the US: September 27th. Samsung says it will be available both in an AT&T version and a standard unlocked version. It’s a smaller launch than the first time around, as it will only be available in…
How Samsung Fixed the Galaxy Fold
Samsung’s $2,000 foldable smartphone was scheduled to launch earlier this year, but was delayed after several major U.S. tech journalists experienced device-breaking display failures with their review units. This caused Samsung to push back the launch date and go back to the drawing board to try and fix these issues. At IFA in Berlin this week, Samsung brought an updated version…
Samsung Galaxy Fold ‘Ready’ For Launch After Screen Fix
Samsung said it has made the necessary improvements to fix the Galaxy Fold and put it back on sale. The April launch of the device was postponed after early reviewers reported broken screens; it’s now scheduled to go on sale in September. From a report: “Samsung has taken the time to fully evaluate the product design, make necessary improvements and run…