Pre-orders open today
Samsung Electronics today unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event not only the latest generation of its Galaxy Z Flip5 clamshell smartphone , the Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic line of smartwatches and the Galaxy Tab S9 tablets , but also the new Galaxy Z Fold5 foldable smartphone.
According to the manufacturer, this is the thinnest and lightest smartphone ever released in the Galaxy Fold series. Samsung also eliminated a design flaw by eliminating the gap between the halves of the case when folded.
The gap raised concerns about durability, as dust, sand, dirt, and other particles could get on the phone’s internal display. According to some users, the gap in the last generation, the Galaxy Z Fold4, was even larger than in the Galaxy Z Fold3. As promised, the Galaxy Z Fold5 closes completely when folded, leaving no gaps.
Thinnest and lightest Galaxy Fold: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 unveiled without gap
Key specs include an internal flexible 7.6″ AMOLED QXGA+ (2176 x 1812 pixels) at 120Hz, an external 6.2″ AMOLED with a resolution of 2316 x 904 pixels at 120Hz, both screens protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, a 10MP front camera, a 4MP in-screen camera, a triple rear camera (50 Mp, 12 and 10 Mp), 4400 mAh battery with support for 25 W wired charging, 15 W wireless and 4.5 W reverse wireless, side fingerprint scanner, water protection (IPX8), stereo speakers.
The hardware basis was SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen2, 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256.512 GB or 1 TB of UFS 4.0 internal flash memory. The Android 13 operating system with the One UI 5.1.1 shell is installed on the smartphone. Dimensions folded: 154.9×67.1×13.4 mm, open: 154.9xx 129.9×6.1 mm. The smartphone weighs 253 grams. 5G, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 6E (2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.3, GPS with GLONASS, USB Type-C and NFC are supported.
Pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 will begin in a number of countries starting today, July 26, 2023. Open sales will start on August 11th. The price starts at $1,800 for the 256GB version, while the 1TB version costs $2,160. Available in black, purple and gold.
