Samsung Unveils Galaxy Fold Availability, Sort Of - AnandTech

Samsung late on Wednesday disclosed availability of its Galaxy Fold smartphone. The smartphone was originally set to be launched earlier this year, but had been delayed in April because the device needed a redesign in a bid to improve its reliability. As expected, the handset will be available in the US this October at previously disclosed price points.

Introduced at Mobile World Congress 2019 in February, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold was supposed to be launched in April. During evaluation of the device by the press, it was discovered that that its hinge needed reinforcements, whereas the top protective layer of the Infinity Flex Display needed to be redesigned to make it apparent that it was a part of the phone, not a protective film.

All the improvements had been made by late July, so the Samsung announced that that the Galaxy Fold would be available in September. On Wednesday, the company said that the foldable smartphone would be available 'next month', meaning October.

When bough in retail and without a contract, the Samsung Galaxy Fold will cost $1980 in the US, £1799 in the UK, and €2000 in Eurozone.

Samsung Galaxy Fold
	Galaxy Fold
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 1x Kryo 485 (CA76) @ 2.84GHz 3x Kryo 485 (CA76) @ 2.42GHz 4x Kryo 485 (CA55) @ 1.80GHz Adreno 640 @ 578MHz
Display	Main Display: 7.3" 2048 x 1536 Foldable Dynamic AMOLED (4.2:3) Cover display: 4.6" 1680 x 720 Super AMOLED (21:9)
Dimensions	Folded: 160.9 x 62.9 x 17.0 to 15.5mm Unfolded: 160.9 x 117.9 x 6.9mm 263g
RAM	12GB LPDDR4X
NAND	512GB UFS3.0
Battery	4380mAh (16.86Wh)
Front Camera	Cover Camera: 10MP f/2.2 "Selfie camera" Front camera: 10MP f/1.9 4K video recording Front camera: 8MP, f/2.2 Dual Pixel PDAF "Live focus"
Primary Rear Camera	77° Regular Angle 12MP 1.4µm Dual Pixel PDAF Tri-stack CMOS Sensor (Embedded DRAM), 4K60, 1080p240, 720p960 high-speed recording Adjustable aperture f/1.5 or f/2.4, OIS, auto HDR, LED flash
Secondary Rear Camera	123° Wide Angle 16MP 1.0µm f/2.2
Tertiary Rear Camera	45° / Telephoto lens 2x zoom 12MP 1.0µm f/2.4, OIS
SIM Size	LTE model: eSIM + nanoSIM 5G model: nanoSIM
Wireless	802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2x2 MU-MIMO, BT 5.0 LE, NFC, GPS/Glonass/Galileo/BDS
Connectivity	USB Type-C
Features	It Folds
Launch OS	Android 9.0
Launch Price	$1980 / £1799 / 2000€