Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim May Not Be Thinner Than Its Rivals

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is anticipated to reach later this yr as a contemporary model of the corporate’s book-style foldable telephone, with a chiselled design and straight strains. Whereas Samsung has launched telephones with incremental updates over the previous two years, different corporations have launched slimmer rivals, elevating the bar by way of design. Whereas this yr’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 is slimmer than its predecessor at 12.9mm, competing gadgets on sale in India by Vivo and OnePlus (launched earlier) are already forward slimmer at 11.2 and 11.7mm, respectively. The South Korean tech conglomerate is tipped to launch one other foldable telephone this yr.

The purported Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim is anticipated to be slimmer than the present Galaxy Z Fold 6 which just lately went on sale. Nonetheless, The Elec studies that the rumoured foldable telephone should still be thicker than the competitors. Citing a supply, the report claims that Samsung has managed to realize a thickness of 11.5mm when folded. It has reportedly achieved this by eradicating the digitiser which is required when utilizing the S Pen. The digitiser layer reportedly provides about 0.6mm to the thickness of the presently obtainable mannequin.

Even at 11.5mm, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim will nonetheless be competing with an older set of foldables, which primarily contains Vivo’s X Fold three Professional (11.2mm) and OnePlus’s Open (11.7mm). Xiaomi has already introduced its newest book-style contender known as the Combine Fold 4 which is simply 9.47mm thick when folded.

Equally, Honor just lately introduced its newest foldable known as the Magic V3, which edges out the Combine Fold by about 0.2mm at 9.2-9.3mm.

The publication states that Samsung has been battling long-term reliability points when designing foldables to be slimmer than its present choices. The Slim is alleged to have a bigger 8.0-inch show accompanied by a 6.5-inch cowl show (with a broader 19.5:9 facet ratio), however latest studies recommend it should solely be obtainable in choose markets (South Korea and China).

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim is tipped to reach in October. An earlier report claimed that Samsung Electronics President and Head of MX Enterprise TM Roh requested Samsung engineers to develop an additional slim foldable smartphone just like the Samsung Galaxy S24. The Galaxy S24 Extremely, which we reviewed this yr is simply 7.7mm thick as it isn’t a foldable telephone.