Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, the company’s upcoming foldable smartphone, is said to be unveiled this summer. The phone will arrive as a successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 4, which was launched last year in August. While the Galaxy Z Fold 5 is months away from its launch, it is expected to come with new features and improvements over its predecessor, including a dedicated Samsung S-Pen holder. It is also said to have significant upgrades to performance, camera, and other features. Galaxy Z Fold 4 also arrived with several upgrades over the Galaxy Z Fold 3, including a larger 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with 120Hz refresh rate.
According to a report by GizmoChina via The Pixel, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 will come with a standard S-Pen holder. The report said that this new addition can improve the overall productivity quotient of the foldable device. The new smartphone is also likely to make the phone heavier and thicker in thickness and weight.
According to the report, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 may now weigh 275 grams and have a thickness of 6.5 mm when unfolded, while its predecessor, the Galaxy Z Fold 4, weighs 263 grams.
Moreover, the report also indicated that the phone could be powered by a new processor from Qualcomm called Snapdragon 985 5G SoC based on a 4nm processor. However, this has not been officially announced by the semiconductor manufacturer. The report also mentions a previous article that mentioned that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 came with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 SoC.
Galaxy Z Fold 4 was launched globally at the Galaxy Unpacked event on 10th August 2022. It is priced at Rs. 1,54,999 for the 12GB + 256GB storage variant. The phone has Corning Gorilla Glass Victus Plus protection on the screen and runs Android 12 based on OneUI 4.1.1. It will have side-mounted fingerprint sensors for biometric authentication.
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