The new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition fixes 3 of the Z Fold 6's major issues

Samsung has officially announced nan Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, which is thinner and lighter than nan Galaxy Z Fold 6 while sporting larger displays and an improved camera system.

The Z Fold Special Edition besides comes pinch 16GB of RAM to support a “‘Galaxy AI’ acquisition optimized for foldables” and nan Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy chipset. We’ve yet to perceive astir really overmuch retention nan portion ships with.

The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition will only beryllium disposable successful South Korea erstwhile it launches connected October 25, and nan sole Black Shadow colour action will costs 2,789,600 won (or astir $2,000 / £1,550 / AU$3,000).

Leaks person pointed to a South Korea merchandise for months, but nan rumored China motorboat remains unconfirmed. There are presently nary signs of a wider world release.

The charismatic announcement includes comments from Sung-Taek Lim, executive vice president of Samsung Korea, who called nan Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition a “gesture of gratitude to home consumers who are starring nan foldable market”.

We dream nan upgrades fixed to nan Z Fold Special Edition will make their measurement to nan adjacent globally released Z Fold telephone – but nan Z Fold 6 was conscionable released backmost successful August, truthful we mightiness beryllium waiting a while to find out.

With that successful mind, here’s a rundown of nan awesome upgrades coming to nan Z Fold Special Edition.

Larger, wider displays

The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition has a 6.5-inch outer show and 8-inch soul display, arsenic compared to nan 6.3-inch outer and 7.6-inch soul displays of nan Galaxy Z Fold 6.

These enlargements bring Samsung backmost successful statement pinch its competitors, arsenic nan Z Fold 6 didn't rather drawback up to rival phones for illustration nan OnePlus Open and Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold erstwhile it comes to show size. And pinch an facet ratio of 21:9, nan outer show connected nan Special Edition is proportionally wider than nan skinny 22:9 screen surface of nan Z Fold 6.

The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition marks nan first summation successful soul show size since nan Z Fold 2 released successful 2020, and boasts nan aforesaid almost-square 20:18 facet ratio arsenic nan soul show connected nan Z Fold 6.

A decently flagship camera

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition whitethorn people a turning constituent for nan Z Fold bid by yet offering a comparable photography acquisition to Samsung’s flagship slab phones.

The Z Fold Special Edition comes equipped pinch a 200MP main wide camera, nan aforesaid solution arsenic nan main camera connected nan Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. This is simply a awesome measurement up from nan 50MP main camera affixed to nan Z Fold 6; astatine slightest connected paper.

Our Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 review recovered its 50MP camera to beryllium a frustrating oversight. So we’re gladsome to spot steps towards parity pinch Samsung’s different ultra-premium telephone and dream to spot nan aforesaid steps taken pinch nan adjacent world Z Fold release.

Thinner and lighter

Though nan title to nutrient thinner slab phones has been complete for years, successful nan foldable world it’s conscionable heating up.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition boasts a folded thickness of 10.6mm, shaving disconnected an awesome 1.5mm arsenic compared to nan Z Fold 6.

At 236g, it’s besides 3g lighter than nan Z Fold 6 – a humble improvement, but still a invited boost for 1 handed use.

This intends nan Z Fold Special Edition is some thinner and lighter than astir different flagship folding phones, slimmer than some nan OnePlus Open aliases Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold but still beaten by nan Honor Magic V3.

We’d for illustration to spot Samsung support nan aforesaid competitory tone erstwhile it comes to nan creation of nan adjacent world Z Fold phone, too.

As mentioned, we aren’t apt to spot a world merchandise for nan Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, but we’d different person expected to spot this caller telephone onshore a spot connected our lists of nan best Samsung phones and best folding phones.

And arsenic ever, for nan latest updates beryllium judge to cheque successful pinch our Samsung phones coverage.

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