Samsung Announces ‘Unpacked: Part 2’ Event to Unveil Galaxy Z Fold 2; Official Price Leaked

Aug. 28, 2020

Samsungtook the wraps offthe long-rumored Galaxy Z Fold 2, alongside theGalaxy Note 20 lineupat the August 5 Galaxy Unpacked event. However, it appears like one event wasn’t enough for the Korean giant to detail its second-gen foldable. Samsung has announced today an ‘Unpacked: Part 2’ event for 1st September. It will properly detail the new hardware and software features of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 at this event.

The Korean giant unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 2, with an unboxing by popular Korean boyband BTS, at the Galaxy Note 20 event. But, it didn’t dole out all of the details for the foldable and said that the same would happen at a later date. Well, we now know that the later date is 1st September and it is when we learn the official specs and price for the Galaxy Z Fold 2.

“Join us on September 1 for Galaxy Z Fold 2: Unpacked Part 2 to explore in-depth the groundbreaking features of the Galaxy Z Fold 2,”says theofficial blog post.

Galaxy Z Fold 2 fixes all of the shortcomings of theoriginal foldable. It features bigger displays with punch-hole cameras on the inside and outside. You do not have massive bezels on the outside or a strange lip on the inside. Galaxy Z Fold 2 sports a7.6-inch QXGA+ (2208 x 1768) flexible AMOLED panelwith a 120Hz refresh rate on the inside and a bezel-less 6.2-inch Full-HD+ (2260 x 816) Super AMOLED display on the outside.

Galaxy Z Fold 2 appears to boast the same triple camera array on the outside as the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. You will also find a 10MP selfie camera each on the inside and outside, which is handy for use in any state. The device is said to bepowered by the Snapdragon 865+chipset, coupled with 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 built-in storage. There’s said to be a dual-cell 4,500Ah battery with 25W fast-charging onboard as well.

Just moments after Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Fold 2 event, the company’s own UK website leaked the official price of the foldable smartphone. Firstreportedby XDA Developers’ Max Weinbach,Galaxy Z Fold 2 has beenpriced at £1,799(around Rs. 1,75,599) and will start shipping by 17th September.

We are assuming that the price leaked by Samsung’s UK website is official but again, it could simply be a placeholder. We will have to wait until next week to learn the official price of the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Since the original Galaxy Fold was launched in India, we assume its successor should make its way to India over the coming weeks.