Samsung Unpacked

The world’s biggest smartphone maker, Samsung has unveiled its new flagship smartphones including a new foldable phone called the Galaxy Fold in San Francisco, stealing the spotlight from the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

- Shintu Dhang

Along with Galaxy Fold, Samsung unveiled its flagship smartphone in three variants. Samsung also launched three wearables, including Samsung Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Fit, and Galaxy Buds.

Samsung’s groundbreaking phones would also come with a premium price-tag when they arrive in India from March, and not all buyers would be willing to invest in first generation flexible smartphones before they prove themselves.

SAMSUNG GALAXY WATCH ACTIVE

Last year Samsung unveiled Galaxy Watch, and this unpacked event Samsung introduced Galaxy Watch Active which has a smaller, sleeker aluminium design. It’s more rounded than the Galaxy Gear Sport, and also misses widely popular rotating dial. The Galaxy Watch Active gives the watch a style that’s more like a traditional watch. There’s only a 40mm size option for the Galaxy Watch Active but comes with a 5 ATM water-resistance rating, so it’ll be able to handle a dip in the pool with ease. Like most of Samsung’s wearable range, the Galaxy Watch Active is running Samsung’s proprietary Tizen operating system with One UI.

SAMSUNG GALAXY FOLD

Samsung Unpacked event started by revealing Samsung ambitious project which was named Galaxy Fold. It was a much-anticipated smartphone with a 4.6-inch screen on the front and it can be opened up like a book to reveal a 7.3-inch foldable screen which has no gap near the folding area. Talking about cameras, the phone feature six cameras. It will come with a special edition of Google’s Android software to support its two screens. The Galaxy Fold, which uses a sophisticated hinge with interlocking gears that click into place. It will be thicker than a standard smartphone, but still small enough to sit inside a pocket.

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