Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Samsung Galaxy Fold – On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Samsung revealed its stunning foldable smartphone. This was revealed together with the Galaxy Note 20 series. This is the third foldable smartphone produced by Samsung. Samsung Galaxy Z fold 2 is an improved version of the original Galaxy fold.
There have been some speculations between Samsung Galaxy z fold 2 and it’s predecessor. Rumor has it that Samsung Galaxy z fold 2 carries some similar features of Galaxy fold. We’ve compared the speculations concerning the new Galaxy Z Fold 2 and original Galaxy Fold to see what adaptations have been made for the second era users and how the two devices differ from each other.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Samsung Galaxy Fold – Design
- The two phone’s book style designs
- Larger outer display on Galaxy Z fold 2
- More advanced design on the Galaxy Z Fold 2
Samsung Galaxy Z fold 2: The smartphone features a book-style design with a vertical fold, differentiating it from the recent Galaxy Z flip. It comes on two separate colors; Mystic bronze and mystic black.
Measurements have not been taken yet but the recent update from Samsung said that Galaxy Z fold 2 is much slimmer than Galaxy fold. The hinge spaces have also been redesigned, thus allowing for more openings at different angles. Sounds amazing right, the gap between the two hinges has also been reduced.
The space for the camera on the rear of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is like that of Note 20. There also exists a punch-hole camera on the cover screen, and also on the right-hand side of the internal display. The external display is also much larger than that of Galaxy fold, making it easier to stretch from edge to edge with slimmer bezels. There’s also a surrounding that waterproofing is also present on this latest Galaxy Z fold 2, even though it has been confirmed by Samsung yet.
Samsung Galaxy fold: The smartphone features a look-alike resemblance like that of Galaxy Z fold 2. They both features a book-style design and also with a vertical fold. When being folded, there’s an existence of triple camera action on the front. It also comes with an outer exhibition in the middle at the front of the smartphone.
The exterior part is also made from blameless steel, and the complexion comes as well with two color options; space silver and cosmos black.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Samsung Galaxy Fold – Display
- Galaxy Z fold 2: 6.2-inches external, 7.6-inches main
- Galaxy fold: 4.6-inch external, 7.3-inch main.
Galaxy Z fold 2: The main screen of the phone has an improved screen of 7.6-inch. It’s gossiped to be giving a 120Hz refresh rate, same as that of Galaxy S20 series, meanwhile, Samsung hasn’t confirmed yet.
However, the exterior display part has increased to 6.23-inches. The exterior display has the same 60Hz refresh rate as of Galaxy fold. As of now, no resolution has been made yet, but we’re expecting something similar, if not higher than that of the original.
Galaxy fold: It has a 7.3-inch screen display when being unraveled, alongside a 4.3-inch exterior display when folded. The main screen display is AMOLED with a screen resolution of 2152 x 1536 that delivers a pixel density of 362ppi.
The smaller external display is also AMOLED with a screen resolution of 1680 x 720 pixels giving a pixel density of 399ppi.
The Hardware and Specs – Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Galaxy Z fold 2: SD865+, 256/512GB internal storage, 12GB RAM, 4,365mAh, 5G network?
- Galaxy fold: SD855, 512GB internal storage, 12GB RAM, 4,235mAh, 4G/5G network.
The Galaxy Z fold 2 5G’s features haven’t been confirmed by Samsung yet. More information will be revealed on 1st September during the official viewing of the product. It’s required to run on flagship hardware, with the 865 Plus or Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, alongside 12GB RAM and storage space of about 256GB or 512GB neither of which are expected to have a micro SD.
The Galaxy Z fold 2 is a 5G network capable phone, while Samsung hasn’t confirmed the battery capacity yet, it’s being speculated that the device have an improved battery capacity of 4365mAh.
Galaxy fold: It operates on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor, supported by 12GB RAM. It possesses an inbuilt memory of 512GB but there’s no space for SDcard slot.
The Galaxy fold has a dual battery capacity of 4380mAh in the LTE model and 4235mAh in the 5G model.
Cameras – Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Galaxy Z fold 2: Triple rear, two-hole camera front
- Galaxy Fold: Triple rear, dual front camera, additional front.
Galaxy Z fold 2: It’s expected to have a similar rear camera like that of Galaxy S20, behind it is a 12-megapixel major camera, 64-megapixel 30x zoom camera and 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera.
The two front cameras are both punch-holes and are expected to be around 10-megapixel sensors.
Galaxy fold: Meanwhile, the Samsung Galaxy fold already possesses a triple rear camera comprised of a 16mp ultra-wide camera, a 12mp wide-angle camera, and a 12mp telephoto camera.
The front camera when unfolded is a dual camera, with a 10mp selfie camera and an 8mp depth camera. There is also a presence of a 10mp selfie camera on the front of the device when folded.
Prices of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Samsung Galaxy Fold
Galaxy Z fold 2: N600,000 – N700,000 ($1,380)
Galaxy fold: N500,000 – N600,000 ($1,149)
Conclusion
The Samsung Galaxy Z fold 2 offers a similar but improved version of the original Galaxy fold. The specs, design, and most importantly the price is something out of this world.
The features on that of Galaxy Z fold 2 are not yet out as of now, but we’ve gathered a whole lot of information on the smartphone. Kindly follow up on our website for you to get the complete features when it’s been released.
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