Samsung’s foldable phone could cost you around $2,500

Samsung foldable phone is said to be the next big thing in the tech industry, but do not expect this foldable phone to be a mainstream device like Samsung Galaxy S9 or Note 9 as this device is a tablet, which is currently known as Galaxy F.

The company had announced its first foldable phone earlier this month, but the price of the phone was not revealed. A report from Gizmodo UK claims that Samsung’s first foldable smartphone will be sold between £1,500 (or Rs 1,35,896) and £2,000 (Rs 1,81,195).

The price seems to be higher than the top-end model of the iPhone XS Max, which costs $1,449 (or approx Rs 1,02,379). The report claims that the foldable phone will be available in multiple variants, and the top-end model will exceed the £2,000 mark. That’s surely not a price for a “mainstream phone”.

Meanwhile, the company is expected to launch the first foldable phone in the coming year.

The device could be a foldable phone but we do not know whether it will work exactly the way it has been advertised.  We are also concerned about the bulkiness of a foldable phone. When Samsung showed off its foldable phone concent earlier this month at its developer conference, it appeared to be bulkier than the standard phone we use on a daily basis. Battery life is another issue, given these devices use power-hungry screens.

During the launch event in California, Vice president of engineering for Google’s Android software platform —Dave Burke — said that Samsung planned to introduce a new Android-based device in 2019. “We expect to see foldable products from several Android manufacturers,” he said.

Samsung’s foldable phone is likely to have 7.3-inch QXGA screen with 1536x2152p resolution and 420 dpi (dots per inch) when fully unravelled, but will turn to 4.58-inch display with 840x1960p resolution and 420 dpi.

Neither Samsung nor Google has revealed much explanation about the foldable phone as of now. It remains to be seen if the foldable phones are merely a glorified concept or if Samsung can build unique use cases around the new form factor.

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