Samsung launched the Galaxy Fold in India on October 1. The folding phone was relaunched on September 5 globally and went on sale in South Korea the next day. The device can now be pre-booked in India. However, it will start shipping from October 20 in the country. Here is everything you need to know about the Galaxy Fold.
The Galaxy Fold comes with a 7.3-inch QXGA+ Dynamic AMOLED Display (4.2:3) Infinity Flex main display. It has a resolution of 2152×1536 pixels. The cover display, which lies on the outside has a 4.6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display. It has an aspect ratio of 21:9 and 1680 x 720 pixels resolution. The Galaxy Fold is powered by a 7nm 64-bit octa-core processor, paired with 12GB RAM and 512GB of storage.
In the optics department, the Samsung Galaxy Fold has a total of six cameras: a 16MP ultra-wide camera + a 12MP wide-angle camera with Super Dual Pixel + a 12MP telephoto camera. Further, the folding phone has a 10MP selfie camera on the cover display, a dual front camera on the main display that consists of a 10MP shooter and an 8MP depth sensor. The rear camera has features like Dual OIS, 0.5x out and 2x optical zoom, up to 10x digital zoom, HDR10+ recording, Tracking AF.
Samsung Galaxy Fold packs a 4380mAh dual battery that supports Fast Charging technology on both wired and wireless mediums. In the connectivity department, the Galaxy Fold has one eSIM and one NAno SIM, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax HE80 MIMO, USB Type-C, NFC, 1024QAM Bluetooth 5.0, ANT+, and Location (GPS, Galileo, Glonass, BeiDou). Coming to the sensors, the Galaxy Fold comes with an accelerometer, barometer, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor, hall sensor, proximity sensor, and an RGB light sensor.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold costs Rs 1,64,999 in India. The folding phone was announced for EUR 2,000 in Europe, which converts to approx Rs 1,55,788 in India. It is priced at $1,980 in the US, which is around Rs 1.37 lakh here.
The Galaxy Fold is now up for pre-order here, and it will start shipping from October 20.