In the heart of summer 2024, Samsung should launch several folding smartphones during its traditional Unpacked event. This January 31, WinFuture assures – supplementing recent rumors – that three models are under development. Known internally under the code names “B6”, “Q6” and “Q6A”, they would correspond to the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and two Galaxy Z Fold 6s, including a potential more affordable FE version.
More information has also come to light on this latest model, the source of an armada of rumors for several months. ETNews has indeed shared a report evoking the axes chosen by Samsung to lower the price of its large-screen folding smartphones.
According to the South Korean media, this Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE would first abandon support for the S Pen stylus. In addition, we learn that Samsung would reduce production costs by using less high-end components, particularly at the processor level. We could thus think of the chip of the Galaxy Z Fold 5, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, or even the recent Samsung SoCs, such as for example the Exynos 2400 of the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+.
In any case, Samsung must quickly find a strategy to compete with Chinese brands, now well established in the folding market. In addition to offering innovations for this product category, they very often display more accessible prices, which would ultimately justify a concrete response from the South Korean firm, for example with an FE model at a reasonable price.
Let’s finish this overview of rumors dedicated to Samsung’s folding smartphones with GalaxyClub, which for its part shared a blog post dedicated to the Galaxy Z Flip 6. According to its information, this new generation would have a significant advantage over the Galaxy Z Flip 5: a bigger battery. It would precisely have a capacity of 4000 mAh, or 300 mAh more than the current model. Samsung would thus correct one of the Achilles heels of its clamshell folding phones: autonomy. After five generations, the manufacturer offers just what is needed to last a day.