According to a report by the Korea Herald, citing industry sources, Samsung could launch a clamshell-style phone early next year and follow it up with a successor to the Galaxy Fold later in August. The former is expected to be priced at around $850 (roughly Rs. 61,000). That's much cheaper than the existing Galaxy Fold which currently sells at Rs. 1,64,999 in India.
Earlier this year at the Samsung Developer Conference, Samsung had showed off its foldable flip phone design. The smartphone can fold in half horizontally. This could be the folding phone Samsung is rumoured to launch early next year at an affordable price point. At the time, Samsung didn't reveal a launch timeline for the phone.
Last month, Samsung launched a new foldable smartphone called Samsung W20 5G that looks like a rebranded version of the Galaxy Fold with Snapdragon 855 SoC. A lot of other smartphone makers have also been shipping their foldable smartphones this year, and more are expected to launch in 2020.
Samsung may launch the clamshell-style foldable smartphone alongside the Galaxy S11 series in February next year. Samsung is rumoured to launch its next-generation flagship smartphones in the third week of February 2020.
