Are you ready for a new revolution in the mobile phones world? Well, Electronics company Samsung has got something for you. This will greatly modernize the Mobile phones industry but as expected, the new masterpiece will not come in cheap as interested customers will be forced to dig deep into their pockets to own Samsung’s latest product.
The company said on Wednesday that it will release a folding smartphone in April that works with the next-generation 5G networks and will cost almost Ksh.200,000 ($2,000), a move to entice consumers to upgrade their phones.
The Galaxy Fold will go on sale on April 26, Samsung officials said at an event in San Francisco. The device will have a 4.6-inch (11.7 cm) display while folded and a 7.3-inch (18.5 cm) display when unfolded.
The device “breaks new ground because it answers skeptics who said that everything that could be done has been done,” DJ Koh, chief executive of Samsung Electronics, said at the event. “We are here to prove them wrong.”
The device could help Samsung, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, compete against rivals such as Apple Inc and China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. While Huawei gained market share last year, the entire industry saw overall unit sales fall as the Chinese economy struggled toward the end of the year.
Samsung also introduced several accessories to compete against Apple, including a pair of wireless headphones called Galaxy Buds. The headphones include wireless charging, a feature that Apple has promised to put into is competing AirPods but has not yet released.
Samsung also said that its new Galaxy phones will be able to wirelessly charge its headphones and new smartwatches by setting the accessories on the back of the phone.