Samsung first launched its foldable phone Open into a Tablet
Samsung is further detailing its foldable plans is an attempt break the innovation funk that has beset the smartphone market. Samsung’s foldable now has a name, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, and the company is revealing more about what this unique & creative smartphone can do.
Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy Fold on April 26th, starting at $1,980, It can work like a traditional smartphone with a 4.6 inch screen or morph into something more like traditional with a 7.3 inch screen there will be both an LTE and 5G version of the Galaxy Fold.
Samsung is further detailing its foldable plans is an attempt break the innovation funk that has beset the smartphone market. Samsung’s foldable now has a name, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, and the company is revealing more about what this unique & creative smartphone can do.
Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy Fold on April 26th, starting at $1,980, It can work like a traditional smartphone with a 4.6 inch screen or morph into something more like traditional with a 7.3 inch screen there will be both an LTE and 5G version of the Galaxy Fold.
With a hinge system that has multiple interlocking gears
The main display is QXGA+ resolution (4.2:3), and when it’s folded, a smaller 4.6-inch HD+ (12:9) display is used for the phone mode. Samsung is using 512GB of Universal Flash Storage 3.0 (eUFS) for using fast with a hinge system that has multiple interlocking gears 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.
Samsung has built a sturdy backbone to the device, with a hinge system that has multiple interlocking gears. All of these gears are hidden at the rear of the device, and allow the Galaxy Fold to transform from tablet to phone modes. Samsung says it’s able to fold at least 200,000 times, which works out to over 5 years if you fold it 100 times a day.
Samsung is also creating four different colors for the Galaxy Fold, but it’s the main tablet display that’s key here The Galaxy Fold will also boast six cameras: three in the back, two on the inside and one on the front.. There’s a 16-megapixel ultra-wide camera, alongside 12-megapixel wide-angle and telephoto cameras at the rear, and a 10-megapixel cover camera for selfies.
Three apps multitasking
Samsung launched the Galaxy Fold to run three apps at once on this Android device, and it’s using an app continuity system to adjust these apps when you move between tablet and phone modes. Apps like WhatsApp, Microsoft Office, and YouTube have all been optimized for the new display and modes, and Samsung has been working with Google to ensure Android 9 Pie fully supports this display. In addition to the extra screen, bigger battery, wireless charging coil and dual AKG speakers.
Samsung is also creating four different colors for the Galaxy Fold, but it’s the main tablet display that’s key here The Galaxy Fold will also boast six cameras: three in the back, two on the inside and one on the front.. There’s a 16-megapixel ultra-wide camera, alongside 12-megapixel wide-angle and telephoto cameras at the rear, and a 10-megapixel cover camera for selfies.
Three apps multitasking
Samsung launched the Galaxy Fold to run three apps at once on this Android device, and it’s using an app continuity system to adjust these apps when you move between tablet and phone modes. Apps like WhatsApp, Microsoft Office, and YouTube have all been optimized for the new display and modes, and Samsung has been working with Google to ensure Android 9 Pie fully supports this display. In addition to the extra screen, bigger battery, wireless charging coil and dual AKG speakers.
Samsung demonstrated a variety of apps running in this mode, and the switching from phone to tablet and vice versa. It looks rather smooth in the software right now, but it’s fair to say that the Galaxy Fold looks far better when it’s folded out than being used as a traditional phone.
The phone display is clearly designed to be used with one hand, but it’s flanked by large bezels that aren’t found on the tablet mode. when you close, you see the single pane of information in the flip board app. We’ll need to get a closer look at the Galaxy Fold to find out exactly how this impacts the device usability.
