Towards the end of October, Samsung
gave us an official tease for its upcoming clamshell foldable phone. Since then
we’ve seen countless renders and rumors about the device but now we have our
first live look at the next-gen Galaxy Fold.
The design comes just as advertised
with a tall, vertically folding Infinity-O display with a centered punch-hole
cutout for the selfie cam. There’s quite some bezel on the sides and bottom but
no chin like on the Motorola Razr. The phone is running the familiar One UI
experience but we should expect Samsung to add some specific tweaks to take
advantage of the foldable form factor.
The front of the phone when folded has
a small display for the time, date and notifications which sits next to the LED
flash and dual camera setup. It's unclear if the area above it will hold
another display though.
The back appears to be made out of
glass while the hinge seems identical to the one on the Galaxy Fold, just
smaller. We also get to see the volume and power buttons which are placed in
the upper right-hand-side while the bottom houses the loudspeaker and type-C
port.
According to reports, the clamshell
Galaxy Fold will come with a pricetag in the US$ 1,000 range and should be
announced alongside the Galaxy S11 series on February 18. As always we’ll keep
you posted when we have more info to work with.
