The Galaxy Z Fold 6 would be both thinner and more comfortable, especially when used once the folding screen is closed.
Samsung is undoubtedly a pioneer of the folding smartphone. But the more the years go by, the more the Korean manufacturer seems to fall behind its Chinese competitors, who generally offer more innovative smartphones. On the folding book format, like the Galaxy Z Fold 5, think in particular of the OnePlus Open or the Honor Magic V2, the first offering better handling, the second offering much greater finesse.
According to two leakers, @chunvn8888 And Yogesh Brar, the next Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 would be thinner and have a more comfortable screen ratio. This would confirm previous rumors according to which Samsung understood that more emphasis was needed on design.
Specifically, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 would measure 11mm thick when folded. This would therefore be thinner than a OnePlus Open, with its 11.7 mm thickness, but thicker than the Honor Magic V2 with its 10.1 mm. As for the screen ratio, it would adopt a 20:9 on the front, a much more traditional format and therefore easy to use.
As for the internal screen, it would be a little closer to the square by adopting a ratio of 1.08:1. The quasi-square format seems to be becoming a form of consensus for manufacturers of book-format folding smartphones.
For the rest of the configuration, don’t expect a revolution a priori. It would remain on a triple camera photo module (50 Mpx, 12 Mpx and 10 Mpx), a 4600 mAh battery and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
The reason given: sales volume
Why is Samsung so slow to align with its competitors? As a reminder, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 moved after everyone to the teardrop hinge allowing the smartphone to be completely closed without leaving a gap.
The official reason given by Samsung when we meet them is always the same. Paraphrasing it, it might look like this: “we sell smartphones by the millions while our competitors release very small units only marketed in China”.
Except that before long, this excuse will no longer hold. Oppo and OnePlus market their folding phones in many countries, Honor deploys its Magic V massively in Europe.
Additionally, Samsung actually isn’t as dominant as it once was. This is what the graph above, produced by Omdia, tends to demonstrate, for example, where we can clearly see that Samsung’s market share, in yellow, is tending to decrease considerably. The difficulties encountered by its competitors Oppo and Vivo for patent issues have even faded with an agreement reached. This should undoubtedly further accentuate this dynamic.
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Sam Mobile