Samsung is slated to unveil the Galaxy Z Fold 6 — along with the Z Flip 6, Galaxy Watch 7 series, and the Galaxy Ring — sometime next month. But ahead of the formal announcement, a flurry of leaks has given us a fairly good idea of the massive design change that the Fold 6 will undergo. The improvements, however, will come with a price hike, as a new leak points out.
Cheap foldable phones are a rare sight, and Samsung has never been one to chase affordability. After all, the Fold has been its premier product for the last half-decade. The Fold 5’s $1,800 sticker price already leaves most buyers teary-eyed, and the Fold 6 threatens to bring on a flood. The Galaxy Z Fold 6 will have a starting price of $1,899, according to seasoned leaker @OnLeaks, and will potentially cost $2,259 for the highest specification. This is very close to the original Galaxy Fold’s high price when it was released in 2019.
Despite the price hike, the storage options remain unchanged from last year. The Galaxy Z Fold 6 will once again have a base 256GB of storage, along with other options with 512GB or 1TB of storage — same as the Z Fold 5. There haven’t been any rumors or leaks about Samsung upgrading the RAM to 16GB, so we suspect it will stick to 12GB like last year. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor is almost certain to power the foldable.
The Z Fold 6 may also come in new colors, including navy blue, silver shadow, and pink. Another reputed leaker, Evan Blass, adds that there will be a yellow shade (which may or may not be similar to the Galaxy S24 Ultra‘s titanium yellow) and an online-exclusive white.
Samsung is expected to completely overhaul the Fold 6’s design by fixing the awkwardly sized outer display, thus improving its ergonomics. The Fold 6 is expected to move to a more conventional 20:9 aspect ratio for the outer display and away from the unusual and restrictive narrow 23.5:9 ratio on the Fold 5. In addition, Samsung is expected to adopt the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s flat edges and make the phone significantly thinner and lighter than previous generations.
As per the information provided by OnLeaks and published by tech blog Smartprix, Samsung will likely rely on software traits such as out-of-the-box Galaxy AI features, along with the newer design, to justify the price hike. As with previous launches, we can expect Samsung to offer a free storage upgrade if you preorder the Galaxy Z Fold 6, along with handsome buyback value on older Samsung flagships.
But even with those introductory offers, the $1,900 price tag is far from pleasing and makes us hope for the cheaper Fold 6 that was previously rumored. Simultaneously, some doubt still lingers about the Fold 6 Ultra, which, if it truly exists, could be more expensive than the standard model.
The OnePlus Buds Clip are a new pair of open-ear earbuds built around a simple convenience. They join Sony’s LinkBuds Clip in the growing ear-cuff category, but either OnePlus bud can go on either ear.
Sensors recognize how the earbuds are being worn and route the audio channels accordingly. There’s no label to check before putting them on, and the feature also works when only one bud is used.
We buy fitness bands and activity trackers to keep tabs on our exercise, but it is easy to forget to start tracking or switch modes when moving between different activities. For Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, that could soon become a lot less annoying, as Google is rolling out a major upgrade to automatic activity tracking that can recognize more than 100 types of exercise, up from just 10 before.
Google first showed off the improved tracking earlier this month alongside the Fitbit Edge. It is now coming to Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, and Google claims the added context behind the system makes workout detection nearly twice as accurate while cutting missed activities by more than half. Fitbit Edge will support it too.