Samsung announces the folding smartphone "Galaxy Fold", released in April 1980

Samsung announces the folding smartphone "Galaxy Fold", released in April 1980

Samsung Electronics held a product announcement event "Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2019" in San Francisco on February 20 (US time), and announced the folding smartphone "Galaxy Fold".The LTE version and the 5G version are prepared, and the release date is April 26, the price starts at $ 1,980US.

Galaxy Fold has two displays, a main display using the bent "Dynamic Amored Infinity Flex Display", a 4.6 -inch cover display on the outside.It can be used in a compact smartphone with a 4.6 -inch smartphone when folded in two, and a small tablet size with a 7.3 -inch tablet size.

Samsung、折りたたみスマホ「Galaxy Fold」発表、4月発売 1980ドルから

According to Samsung, the main display using the new material is flexible but durable, and is about 50 % thinner than a normal smartphone display.It is said that it has realized a "folding" display instead of "bending".The part that connects the two housing has a slim structure, but it has a hinge using an interlock mechanism, and can be opened and closed with smooth and natural movements.Two built -in batteries, a total of 4,380mAh.Considering the balance when holding it in your hand, it was placed evenly on each housing.

A UI/UX that makes use of the changing form factors is also available.The display of the app is seamlessly switched between the cover display between the cover display and the main display (App Continuity), such as checking the e -mail in the folded state, opening and creating a reply sentence on a large screen (App Continuity).In addition, multitasking with up to three windows is possible with a wide main display.Windows can be easily added/deleted and sorted by swiping, dragging and dropping.

The camera is equipped with three main cameras on the back, two front (main display), and one cover display (cover display), so that the camera can always be used in a foldable/open state.The main camera is a 16 -megapixel F2.2 super wide angle, 12 megapixel F1.5/F2.4 wide -angle, 12 -megapixel F2.4 telephoto, which is twice as possible.

We also have a performance suitable for a smartphone that can be used like a tablet.The SoC is equipped with a 7nm manufacturing octacore processor and a 12GB RAM (LPDDR4X).Onboard storage supports 512GB and UFS3.0.