Samsung Galaxy Fold, the innovative foldable smartphone from the Korean manufacturer, is reportedly going to launch in India on May 7, 2019. The pre-orders for the US market started on April 15, with first glimpse already made global in February 2019. The launch for Galaxy Fold will take place alongside the upcoming Galaxy A80. The powerful device comes with a 7.3-inch display with Dynamic AMOLED technology and folds itself into a 4.6-inch phone with HD+ resolution and 21:9 aspect ratio. The power for processing comes from Snapdragon 855 chipset and 12 GB of RAM.
In the standard form, the device comes with triple rear cameras and two front cameras (shared with Galaxy S10+) while the folded version utilizes an additional 10MP front camera. Samsung Galaxy Fold comes with 4380mAh battery pack while both fast and wireless charging is supported by the device. The fingerprint sensor is located on the side button. Internationally, the phone comes with Green, Blue, Black and Silver shade options while the Indian version can get a slight change in the availability of colours. The price tag is expected to fall around INR 1.50 lakh.
Samsung Galaxy Fold Specs
- Main Display: 7.3-inch QXGA+ Dynamic AMOLED 4.2:3 aspect ratio
- External/Cover Display: 4.6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED 21:9 aspect ratio
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 640 GPU
- 12GB LPDDR4x RAM, 512GB storage (UFS 2.1)
- Android 9.0 (Pie)
- 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.4-f/1.5 variable aperture, OIS,
- 12MP Telephoto rear lens with 45° FoV, f/2.4 aperture
- 16MP 123° Ultra Wide rear sensor with an f/2.2 aperture with 0.5X/2X optical zoom, up to 10X digital zoom
- 10MP Dual Pixel front-facing camera with 80° wide-angle lens, f/1.9 aperture
- 8MP secondary depth front sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 90° FoV
- 10MP cover camera with f/2.2 aperture
- Stereo speakers tuned by AKG, Dolby Atmos
- Side-mounted Fingerprint Sensor
- 5G Sub6 / mmWave (28G, 39G), 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ax (2.4/5GHz), VHT80 4×4 MIMO,
- Bluetooth 5, GPS with GLONASS, USB 3.1, NFC, MST
- 4,380mAh battery with fast Charging both on wired and wireless (WPC and PMA) charging
