Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 could launch in August alongside Galaxy S21 FE

Samsung Milky way Z Fold 3 could launch in Baronial alongside Galaxy S21 Atomic number 26

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Samsung'south plans for releasing phones in the second half of the year are coming into focus. And it looks like the lower-cost Galaxy S21 FE will debut aslope updated versions of Samsung'due south foldable phones at the aforementioned press consequence later this summertime.

That's the word from South Korea's Yonhap, which is reporting that the Galaxy Z Fold three, Milky way Z Flip three and Galaxy S21 FE will all launch at the same time. The report claims the phones volition debut in tardily August, just after an issue earlier in the month to showcase the new devices.

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If true, that'due south a bit different from before rumors about Samsung's launch plans for its foldable phones. Earlier reports suggested the Milky way Z Fold and Z Flip updates would come out in July. Just even if the August appointment is right, it would exist before than Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold ii and the Milky way S20 FE concluding year. Both those phones shipped in the fall.

Samsung may have a actually stiff incentive to release these phones sooner rather than afterwards. The Yonhap report goes on to say that Samsung "has decided not to release a new Milky way Notation this year."

At that place's been no official word from Samsung on the status of the Galaxy Note 21. Only the writing'southward been on the wall for the phone for some fourth dimension, with rumors circulating since the start of the twelvemonth that an updated phablet may not appear in 2021. In March, co-CEO DJ Koh told Bloomberg that the company was considering non releasing a Galaxy Note model this yr in part because of chip shortages and in office to streamline its product lineup. Fifty-fifty if in that location's no new version in 2021, the Note series could return next year, Samsung has said.

Samsung has emphasized that it wants to make foldable phones more mainstream this year, and an event that focuses on the Milky way Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip three may be part of that strategy. Yonhap's study claims that Samsung is looking to make the new Z Flip lighter than its predecessor, and information technology repeats an before written report that Samsung is looking to drop the price on this year's Galaxy Z Flip.

As for the Galaxy Z Fold 3, information technology'due south rumored to characteristic an under-display camera. That would be a showtime for Samsung, though other phones take added the feature, such every bit the ZTE Axon twenty 5G. You lot can expect that the foldable phone will join the Milky way S21 Ultra in offering compatibility with Samsung'southward S Pen, making the Galaxy Z Fold iii a potential stand-in for the Milky way Note.

The Yonhap study doesn't comprise too many new details virtually the Galaxy S21 Iron, though information technology does give u.s. a better idea of what that phone will cost. The S21 FE will reportedly debut at 700,000 won in South Korea — roughly $629 based on current substitution rates. That price range is in line with what we'd expect from a telephone that's a cheaper version of the $799 Galaxy S21 that offers scaled-dorsum features and specs.

All iii of the new Samsung phones slated for the August launch upshot are expected to be powered by Qualcomm'due south Snapdragon 888 organization-on-scrap, the same silicon found inside the S21 lineup.

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