The rumored budget Galaxy Z Fold 6 variant won’t launch during Samsung’s July event, it seems. According to a new report by The Elec, a Korean publication, the phone will arrive later in the year.
The budget Galaxy Z Fold 6 won’t launch alongside the regular Galaxy Z Fold 6
To be more accurate, this device, the so-called Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE, is said to launch in September or October. So it will launch two or three months after the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6.
Those two phones are tipped to arrive on July 10. That’s the rumored launch date. Samsung is seemingly planning to host it that early for several reasons. The Olympics are starting on July 26, and they’re taking place in Paris, where the Unpacked event is also tipped to take place. Both of those days are Wednesdays, by the way.
We’re not sure why Samsung decided to launch the budget Galaxy Z Fold 6 separately, but there you go. Based on this report, it’s coming later on. The company is not aiming at extremely high sales numbers either.
Samsung is not planning to ship out many units of this phone
Samsung is planning to ship out around 200,000-300,000 Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE models. Do note that it’s possible the company will use a different name for the product.
This foldable will launch around the same time the iPhone 16 models are coming. Samsung is probably hoping that it will be able to grab some attention away from Apple’s new devices.
The budget Galaxy Z Fold 6 model is said to be thinner than the regular one, and the regular one will be thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 5. It’s about time, as other companies have trumped Samsung in that regard at this point, by quite a margin.
The budget variant of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 also won’t come with the S Pen support, unlike the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
2024-03-19 15:05:53