Samsung Galaxy Fold: 5 things you need to know about the foldable phone

Samsung Galaxy Fold will be available at twice the cost of Apple iPhone XS. Did you know the cover display of Galaxy Fold is just 0.6-inch bigger than iPhone SE ?

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Samsung's new Galaxy Fold smart phone features the world's first 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display. (REUTERS)


Samsung cut to chase at its ‘Galaxy Unpacked’ event as it unveiled its first commercial foldable phone, ‘Galaxy Fold’.
Galaxy Fold is also Samsung’s most expensive smartphone with price hovering above $1,900. The foldable device is scheduled to go on sale in select markets starting April this year.
Apart from a foldable design, Samsung Galaxy Fold comes with top-end specifications including the latest processor and software. The smartphone-tablet hybrid also comes in a 5G version.
Not the world’s first foldable phone
Galaxy Fold may be Samsung’s first commercial foldable phone, but it’s not really the world’s first. A lesser known California-based startup, Royale Corp, beat Samsung last year to win that title.
Royale Corp’s FlexPai foldable phone has the same fundamentals as Galaxy Fold’s. FlexPai opens up to a large 7.8-inch display and folds into two screens. Its main display is larger than Galaxy Fold’s 7.3-inch screen. FlexPai is available in China for much cheaper at 8,999 Yuan (Rs 95,000 approximately.
Cameras, everywhere

Samsung has introduced an interesting camera mechanism featuring as many six sensors. There’s one camera on the front, three at the rear and two ‘front’ cameras on the inside. Samsung says it wants users to access camera functionality in any format of the foldable phone.
The setup includes 10-megapixel selfie camera (f/2.2) on the cover. The triple-camera setup features 16-megapixel ultra-wide angle sensor, 12-megapixel wide-angle sensor, and 12-megapixel telephoto lens. Finally, the dual-camera module comprises 10-megapixel (f/2.2) and 8-megapixel (f/1.9) RGB sensor. Galaxy Fold comes with camera features like Dual Pixel AF, PDAF and supports up to 2X optical zoom.
Twice the price of iPhone XS
Apple broke the $1,000 price barrier for premium smartphones with it's iPhone X. Now, Samsung has taken it many notches higher with a hefty price tag of $1,980 for its Galaxy Fold. This makes Samsung’s foldable phone cost double of iPhone XS. Samsung rightly pointed out that its Galaxy Fold is a luxury device, for now.