Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition is thinner, lighter and gets larger screens

What conscionable happened? Special Editions of products don't usually connection a slew of improvements complete nan modular versions – they're often conscionable a spot prettier. With nan Special Edition exemplary of nan Galaxy Z Fold, however, Samsung has made a foldable that is not only thinner and lighter than nan Z Fold 6, but it besides has much memory, a bigger screen, and an upgraded camera.

Samsung mightiness person started nan foldable telephone revolution, but nan institution is facing accrued title from nan likes of nan Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold and nan OnePlus Open.

Following nan motorboat of nan caller Galaxy Z Fold 6 successful July, Samsung has now officially announced nan Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition.

The caller instrumentality is 3 grams lighter and 1.5mm thinner than nan Z Fold 6, making it nan thinnest and lightest exemplary successful nan Galaxy Z Fold bid astatine 10.6mm and 236g.

A thinner and lighter foldable is ever welcome, arsenic is nan news that nan displays successful nan Special Edition are larger. The outer surface is accrued from 6.3 inches to 6.5 inches, while nan soul show jumps from 7.6 inches to 8.0 inches (20:18 ratio), aliases 3.1% and 5.2% larger, respectively. That gives nan caller Samsung foldable nan aforesaid soul surface size arsenic nan Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

Samsung is making 16GB nan modular magnitude of RAM successful nan Z Fold Special Edition. Unsurprisingly, it's framing this arsenic a measurement to acquisition an optimized Galaxy AI experience. It besides comes pinch Wi-Fi 7 alternatively of nan Wi-Fi 6e, for illustration nan Z Fold 6, though there's reportedly conscionable 1 retention action of 512GB.

Another upgrade is nan camera setup. Samsung is expanding nan main wide camera from 50MP to 200MP, nan aforesaid arsenic nan Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. You mightiness announcement that there's a caller shape connected nan back, too.

Some elements of nan Z Fold 6 that stay successful nan caller exemplary see nan Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and nan 4,400mAh battery.

While this each sounds for illustration awesome news for Samsung Z Fold fans, nan Special Edition handset has only been announced for South Korea truthful far. It launches connected October 25 for 2,789,600 KRW aliases conscionable complete $2,000. It seems nan only different spot wherever it will beryllium disposable extracurricular of Korea will beryllium China.