Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Lite could be Samsung's first affordable foldable

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Lite could exist Samsung's start affordable foldable

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We may run into a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Lite launch next year, which sounds like the first foldable phone the average user might exist able to purchase.

Display analyst Ross Young revealed the existence of this model on Twitter, following upward by saying it'll be made with UTG (Ultra-Thin Drinking glass) and with a comment that this phone will likely be a big seller.

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UTG is Samsung's plastic/drinking glass composite display mayerial that it debuted with the start Galaxy Z Flip. Information technology'southward not as tough as something like Gorilla Drinking glass, the toughened glass found on the majority of mod premium smartphones, only information technology's the best material anyone'southward used on a foldable telephone so far. Information technology won't protect the Z Flip Lite from major scratches, only information technology will go on the screen mostly blotch-free, and more importantly notwithstanding allow it to bend.

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Young's tweet also mentions the Galaxy Fold Lite, a previously rumored Samsung phone that was believed to be the company's get-go cheaper foldable. He says that he'due south no longer hearing news about it, and so information technology looks as if while the Z Flip volition get an entry-level edition, Samsung'southward flagship Milky way Z Fold 2 or the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 3 will not.

A different leak from Max Weinbach mentions a Z Fold FE, which seemingly contradicts what Young says here. Unless Samsung is going to mix upwards its names, or does withal plan to release a cheaper Z Fold aslope a cheaper Z Flip, then these leaks don't fit together. Nosotros'll have to await for more leaks to appear earlier we figure out which i is accurate.

Even though Young calls this a "Light" phone, this device will still likely be very expensive. The cheapest foldable Samsung currently sells is the $one,400 Galaxy Z Flip, so the Calorie-free version will nevertheless likely cost around $1,000. Since that's around the price of a normal flagship phone like the Milky way S21, it might be plenty to tempt some users to attempt out the new form factor.

We have heard previously that the Milky way Z Flip 2 is coming adjacent twelvemonth, likely alongside the Milky way S21 in January, or possibly later in the year with the Galaxy Z Fold iii. These would be ideal times for Samsung to reveal a Z Flip Lite too, just since it held a standalone launch for the Galaxy S20 FE a few months ago, perhaps information technology'll deem its first affordable foldable worthy of a headlining debut as well.

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