Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 2 just leaked — and there's a big surprise

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 2 just leaked — and in that location's a big surprise

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The Milky way Z Fold 3 is going to be 1 of Samsung's biggest phone launches side by side yr. And a new rumor claims we're going to be seeing double when information technology launches.

ETNews reports from Korea that Samsung'southward working on four foldable models for 2021, all of which will get in in the second half of the twelvemonth. These are named by ETNews every bit the Milky way Z Fold three and the Galaxy Z Flip ii, both of which are reportedly getting two models.

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This has some precedent. Samsung has produced two Z Fold models for unlike markets. While those in the U.S. and U.K. have the Galaxy Z Fold 2, Samsung likewise makes the China-only W21, a customized version of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 with an extra SIM card slot and unique colour scheme. However, ETNews says these new models volition be both available in China and globally, hopefully meaning we'll really become two models of the new Z Fold 3 to effort out.

The logical thing to assume is that these 2 models might be a standard and "Lite" or "FE" version of the Z Fold three. However, ETNews doesn't specify the proper noun or features of the 2 Z Fold models.

The article does mention "loftier-end and full general models" for the Galaxy Z Flip 2, which will vary in operation and features. This sounds like a standard and Fe duo, since nosotros've heard nearly Samsung's plans to offering cheaper foldables for some time. However, it's besides possible that Samsung would instead offer a higher-spec "Ultra" edition as it does with the Milky way S20 Ultra, Galaxy Notation 20 Ultra and the expected Milky way S21 Ultra.

Manufacturing for these phones is ready to brainstorm in August, according to the report. If that'south the instance, so we'd likely see the foldables brand their debut in September, which is when the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and 5G version of the Galaxy Z Flip first appeared this twelvemonth. The Galaxy S21 is expected to launch January 14.

What hasn't been rumored or leaked yet is information on a successor to the Milky way Note 20 and Notation 20 Ultra. This may be because, as this written report and others are suggesting, Samsung plans to kill off the Galaxy Notation line of phones and merge its signature stylus support into the Milky way S21 line, specifically the S21 Ultra according. The Milky way Z Fold iii may also support the S Pen.

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