Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 Rumors: What We have Heard So A ways

Samsung’s tablet-size foldable telephone, the Galaxy Fold 3, is the latest flexible telephone from the corporate, along the clamshell Galaxy Z Turn 3. However 2022 will most likely carry extra foldable smartphone upgrades within the type of a rumored Galaxy Z Fold 4. As we look ahead to the following foldable telephone’s arrival, we are amassing probably the most credible rumors to piecing in combination what might be in retailer. 

Here is what we’ve got heard concerning the Galaxy Z Fold 4 to this point, in relation to worth, new options and in all probability specifications. We will be updating this tale as new knowledge turns into to be had.

Design: Galaxy Z Fold 4 is not getting an S Pen slot 

There is not any doubt in our minds that the Galaxy Fold lineup represents a exceptional exhibit of generation and innovation. However there is only one factor: Samsung’s probably the greatest foldable is not inherently sensible like, say, the Galaxy Z Turn 3 and even the Galaxy Notice sequence. As an example, there was once no slot for the S Pen within the Galaxy Fold 3, and in response to rumors, there may not be a holder for the S Pen both in its successor. For individuals who use it, you’ll be able to nonetheless need to have the ability to securely carry alongside your Samsung stylus.

We are crossing our hands that the leakers were given this one extraordinarily mistaken. We might love to peer a holder within the Galaxy Fold 4 or, even higher, in all probability see a solution to magnetically connect the S Pen to the Fold 3’s hinge the similar approach you’ll be able to connect an Apple Pencil to an iPad Professional. 

However the Galaxy Fold 4 may rock a double-sided fingerprint reader

Samsung offered a fingerprint sensor to its foldable telephone by way of the Galaxy Fold 3, the place it is situated at the proper facet of the handset. Out there whether or not the instrument is folded close or unfolded, it additionally doubles as an influence button. 

On the other hand, that fingerprint reader is also at the transfer, in step with Dutch newsletter Shall we Move Virtual, and is also positioned below the display as an alternative. The Dutch newsletter referred to a patent Samsung filed in March remaining yr to again up the declare, pronouncing the corporate plans to procedure the fingerprint reader in this type of approach that it may be used as a double-sided fingerprint sensor that can be utilized at the duvet display (when the handset is folded close), in addition to when it is unfurled to a tablet-size instrument. At the duvet display, it may well it appears be used from the middle backside of the show, and when spread out it will be at the heart backside of the left display, the document says. 

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Cameras: Galaxy Z Fold 4 will have under-display cameras on cover and interior screens

The Galaxy Fold 3 also debuted an under-display camera to Samsung’s lineup of foldables. It’s located under the large internal display, and is one of five cameras on the device. According to rumors, Galaxy Fold 4 will also rely on five cameras, but there will be two under-display cameras this time around, at least according to one Korean leaker, who goes by the handle yeux1122.

This is another rumor I hope is inaccurate (unless Samsung drastically improves its tech) since the Galaxy Fold 3’s under-display camera was its weakest link, camera-wise. According to a review of the Galaxy Fold 3 by CNET’s Patrick Holland, indoor selfies taken with it looked “highly processed” and even outdoor snaps in good lighting didn’t look much better. 

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Price: Galaxy Fold 4 might get cheaper

Many of the big-name foldables on the market today are available for closer to $2,000, putting them well beyond the budget of the average shopper. If Samsung and its rivals want their bendy devices to break into the mainstream in a big way, one major thing that’ll need to change is the price. And that may be happening, if rumors are accurate. 

According to that same Korean leaker, the price of the Galaxy Fold 4 will come down. The leaker didn’t provide more details. Going by the Fold lineup’s track record, there’s a reasonable chance that the Fold 4 won’t induce as much sticker shock as some of its predecessors. Although the Fold 3 is the most expensive phone Samsung has released this year, it still got a welcome price drop compared with last year’s Fold 2 and the original 2019 Fold. The Fold 3 comes in at a starting price of $1,800 in the US, which is a welcome $200 price cut from the Fold 2’s launch price. In the UK the Z Fold 3 will start at £1,599 for the 256GB variant, while in Australia it’ll start at AU$2,499. The Z Flip 3 meanwhile saw its launch price slashed by nearly $400.

For more, check out everything we know about the next Samsung event, as well as CNET’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 reviews.