After a very successful last model in August 2022, the next Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is expected for the end of 2023. If rumors about the new features that this version could bring have been multiplying for a year, a reliable leaker has just temper the expectations of fans of the South Korean manufacturer: the external screen and the main photo module should not change in the end.
If confirmed, these rumors may disappoint Samsung fans. In early March, leaker Ice Universe reported two new pieces of information about the next folding smartphone model in the format Fold from the South Korean manufacturer, the Galaxy Z Fold 5, reports the news site 9to5Google.
Expected for the end of 2023, the product is the subject of many rumors about its next novelties. The last two rumors, however, go the other way: according to the leaker, neither the external screen nor the main photo module would change in this new version.
An external screen still as narrow
Generally quite reliable, the leaker advances the first information in a message on his Twitter account, Wednesday March 8: Ice Universe “ confirmed” that the smartphone will keep a 6.2-inch external screen, the same size as the last three generations of Galaxy Z Fold. If this size is not a problem in itself, it does however suggest that the ratio of 23:9 would not change either.
Unfortunately, I can confirm that the Galaxy Z Fold5 external screen is still 6.2″😕 https://t.co/isu6Ylnhgi
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) March 8, 2023
As reminded 9to5Google “ Samsung has long been criticized for the exterior screen of its Fold range, since its very tall and narrow design can be awkward for typing on the keyboard and for using certain applications. The media also notes that other folding phones in this same format offer screen ratios much closer to traditional smartphones. We can mention in particular the latest Honor Magic Vs, whose launch in Europe was announced MWC 2023, equipped with a 6.45-inch external screen with a 21:9 ratio.
The same main photo module
The second bad news is shared by the same broadcast channel. In a tweet from Friday, March 10, Ice Universe continues to deliver disappointing information to Samsung fans: the smartphone should retain “the same camera module as Fold 4“. Again, the leaker only mentions the wide-angle module as such, but we can deduce that its 50-megapixel definition will also be unchanged.
Galaxy Z Fold5 will continue to use the same camera module as Fold4. It is impossible to use HP2.
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) March 10, 2023
Problem: this contradicts a rumor disseminated at the end of January 2023 by the Vietnamese mediaThe Pixelon an upcoming 108-megapixel wide-angle sensor. A definition available on Samsung smartphones since the Galaxy S20 Ultra… released in 2020. Although the sensor of the Galaxy Z Fold 4 had largely satisfied us during our test, the absence of such a definition for a premium smartphone could be noticed against its competitors.
The bad news is piling up
Bad news that adds to another negative rumor: at the end of February, the mediaET Newsestimated that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 would not be equipped with a pen slot, unlike Samsung’s Ultra line of smartphones.
There remains only one major improvement expected by the fans: it is rumored that the next folding Samsung will be equipped with a new generation hinge. Hoping that this innovation will not be reversed.
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