After a few years of doing essentially the same things in the foldable device market segment, which it dominates quite comfortably globally, Samsung is expected to turn a new page in 2024 and attempt to appeal to an even wider audience with several devices in 2024. several different price brackets.
Although no one knows exactly how many foldable books the tech giant plans to release this year and what each of them will be called, many generally reliable publications and well-connected leaks predict the main ultra-high-end Galaxy. The Z Fold 6 will be joined on the market this summer by at least one cheaper, lower-end sibling.
Whether it is sold under a Galaxy Z Fold 6 Nicknamed FE, Z Fold FE, A Fold or something else, this still very mysterious device is now about to lose a feature… anyway, many users may not care much about it.
Did you even know that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 offers S Pen support?
You probably have if you're an avid follower of everything that moves and changes in the mobile industry every year, but otherwise, it's not like Samsung promotes the stylus functionality of its products much existing Z Fold
series these days.
This is obviously because the
Z fold 5, just like the Fold 4 and Fold 3 before it, doesn't actually come with an S Pen in the box or a built-in stylus holder like the Galaxy
S24 Ultra does. Instead, you have to separately purchase a case with a special S Pen attached, which isn't very convenient or affordable.
If the
latest ETNews report (
translated here) it is to be believed, Samsung will completely remove this “disadvantage” for this year's budget model
Galaxy Z Fold 6 variant, which should help reduce production costs as it will not be necessary to include a digitizer and carry out various tests to ensure the pen input works satisfactorily.
Of course, the lack of the “S Pen feature” alone is unlikely to make much difference to the price of this model, so many other downgrades, compromises and missing features are to be expected compared to the state. art Galaxy Z fold 5.
Unfortunately, almost all of these other cost-cutting measures are still secret, leading us to assume that a Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE could come with smaller and/or lower quality screens, thicker bezels, more modest cameras, less memory and storage, and reduced processing power.
What about the standard Galaxy Z Fold 6?
Alas, that one is also a big question mark, even after the very recent emergence of a number of renderings, hinting at major design revisions but not really inspiring much confidence as they rely mainly on patents which do not always materialize commercially. .. very quickly.
One change that would make a lot of sense right now is a slot for Samsung's signature S Pen, which could Finally be integrated into a foldable device and thus help distinguish the “normal” Z Fold 6 from its more humble and cheaper sibling.
The high end Galaxy Z Fold 6 could also be bigger than the Z Fold 6 FE and last year's Z fold 5providing more screen real estate inside and outside the crease while potentially providing an overall slimmer profile.
Admittedly, this looks an awful lot like wishful thinking from tipsters and leakers at the moment, although it's pretty obvious that Samsung needs to raise the bar in as many areas as possible (ideally, without raising the price further ) to keep fierce rivals like Huawei, Honor, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, Google and Motorola at bay.
