Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE; All the news and rumors about Samsung's economic folding phone

According to existing rumors, Samsung will soon unveil a cheaper model of its folding phones, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE – Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE. What specifications will this phone have?

Galaxy Z Fold 6F is the cheap Samsung foldable phone that we have been waiting for since the first generation of this series of phones. In recent months, many news and rumors have been heard about the possible launch of another foldable phone alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 series. Previously, many experts and whistleblowers believed that this third phone would be a more premium and expensive model of Samsung's folding products under the name “Galaxy Z Fold 6 Ultra”. At the same time, some others consider it more likely to release a cheaper model of this series known as Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE.

Earlier, we reviewed more details of Galaxy Z Fold 6 Ultra in Gadget News. So today we are going to introduce more Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE and check its design and possible specifications. Please note that all this information is compiled based on documents and information leaked on the Internet and has not been officially approved by Samsung in any way. Therefore, it is quite possible that in the end there will be no news of the Ultra Galaxy Z Fold 6 model, nor the FE model.

Until today, there are many unknowns about the budget foldable phone Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE. However, a large number of whistleblowers have mentioned the possible price of this phone at $800 and have considered its camera arrangement to be similar to Galaxy Z Fold 5 or Galaxy Z Flip 5. On the other hand, Samsung also some other parts of this phone, such as the screen or It will also feature a weaker battery than the standard Galaxy Z Fold 6 to keep the price down.

Design and screen of Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE

It is not yet clear what mechanism Samsung will use to design the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE. However, the initial information of this phone indicates a book design similar to the current Galaxy Z Fold series. Therefore, we can expect the presence of an external screen with the same size as mobile phones in this phone; While opening it will show the bigger internal screen.

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It is possible that Samsung will remove the digitizer from the screen to reduce the cost of its budget foldable phone, and as a result, the internal screen of the Galaxy Z Fold 6FE will not be able to support the S Pen stylus. Also, according to Sisa Journal, the screen of this phone will not have very exciting features! This news site reported that the cheaper version of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 will use a weaker processor, and its screen and battery will also have lower specifications than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 series. Of course, detailed information about the screen specifications of this phone is not yet available; But the Full HD resolution and lower refresh rate compared to the 120 Hz rate of the current generation of these flagships are among the expectations that can be expected from the screen of this phone.

Of course, all of Samsung's cost reduction methods are not necessarily bad; Because some sources have announced the use of a new inkjet printing method to make the edges of the Galaxy Z Fold screen, which can have a significant impact on reducing the costs of making this phone. It is not bad to know that the production of screen edges in folding phones is a very difficult and expensive process, and optimizing the methods related to it can greatly help to reduce the finished price of these products. Of course, this method is not only for Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE and can be used in other Samsung folding phones as well.

In this way, the Koreans will be able to deliver their foldable phones at a more reasonable price without having to use weaker hardware.

Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE technical performance

Not much information has been published about the technical specifications and hardware capabilities of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE; But obviously this economic folding phone with weaker hardware compared to other folding phones will be launched in the market in 2024. Weaker processor, lower RAM capacity and less internal memory are some of its expected features.

In the busy world of Android processors, you can find various products that have the potential to be used in this phone. Of course, one cannot expect that the chipset used in the cheaper budget phone Galaxy Z Fold 6 FA will be on par with the sample used in the Galaxy Z Fold 6 series (probably Snapdragon 8 generation 3); But the older generation of this chipset, i.e. Snapdragon 8 generation 2 or the new Snapdragon 8s generation 3 chip, which are designed and built with the aim of providing the best performance in mid-range phones, will be among the possible options for the cheaper model of Samsung's foldable phone.

Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE camera

Despite the fact that Samsung's Galaxy S series phones have always claimed the best cameras in Android phones, this situation has not been true for the company's Galaxy Z series phones at all! For example, the camera used in the Galaxy Z Fold 5 was exactly the same module used in the Galaxy Z Fold 4, which was a minor improvement for the Galaxy Z Fold 3! Unfortunately, the same situation will probably be the case with Z Fold 6 FA!

Previous reports of Sisa Journal indicate that Samsung's economic folding phone will be equipped with a camera similar to the current generation of these phones. Also, according to another part of this report, the camera module of this phone will probably be dual, and the arrangement and resolution of the cameras will be similar to the Galaxy Z Fold 5, and there will be no news of the third camera that was supposed to be equipped with a telephoto lens.

At the same time, it is not clear whether the camera module will be similar to Galaxy Z Fold 5 or Galaxy Z Flip 5! Galaxy Z Fold 5 will use a 50 megapixel main camera; While the main sensor of Z Flip 5 has a resolution of only 12 megapixels! In the meantime, of course, both Samsung folding phones of the current generation are equipped with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide secondary camera. Therefore, this camera will probably be present in the economic folding phone of Koreans.

Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE battery and charging system

The only news we have about the camera module of Samsung's economic folding phone is published by Sisa Journal, which indicates a lower battery capacity compared to other folding products of this company!

In this context, it should be noted that none of Samsung's foldable phones have had large batteries so far, and their battery charging has been mediocre at best. Therefore, you should not expect brilliant performance from the battery of this company's economic folding phone. In addition, the charging of the premium models of Samsung foldable phones is not too difficult. Therefore, it seems unrealistic to think that the Z Fold 6 FE will have a higher charging speed. Currently, the latest models of Samsung's folding flagships, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5, are equipped with 25 W wired charging and 15 W wireless charging.

Price, time of unveiling and release to the market

The most important feature of the budget phone Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE and its winning card in the competition with other folding phones in the market is probably its price. Galaxy Z Fold 5 now has a price of 1800 dollars and is out of reach of many enthusiasts. Therefore, Samsung can bring its foldable phones to more people around the world with the right price policy. However, the important question in this regard is to what extent the Koreans will be able to reduce the price of their standard folding models?

Many rumors point to Samsung's decision to offer this phone at a price below $800. In this way, the price of the Samsung folding phone will be about half the price of the Galaxy Z Fold 5! In addition, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE will also be cheaper than the thousand-dollar Galaxy Z Flip 5 and will cost almost the same as the Moto Razr 2023. This achievement will be amazing in any way we look at it and could bring incredible sales for the Z Fold 6F. However, the nature of Samsung's economic folding phone (folding or flip phone) can double the effect of this exceptional price.

Also, regarding the time of the unveiling of this phone, many people believe that it will be introduced along with other members of Samsung's 2024 foldable family, namely the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. On the other hand, some other media such as TheElec also believe that the FE version of Samsung's next generation foldable phone will focus more on the Chinese market; Where the number of folding phones is much higher than in other parts of the world.

On the other hand, Samsung also unveils the FE model of its Galaxy S series phones shortly after the main models. Therefore, if a cheaper version of Samsung's foldable phones is to be introduced, this will happen some time after the introduction of the main models. This issue has also been confirmed by a number of whistleblowers in the field of Samsung phones.

In any case, it seems that this year's Samsung foldable phones will be unveiled a little earlier than usual. The reason for this problem is Samsung's unwillingness to coincide with the event of introducing these phones and holding the Summer Olympics. This issue will probably cause the original series Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip 2024 to be unveiled in July. In this situation, we can expect the cheaper FE versions of these phones to be introduced in September or October.

Can the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE become a popular phone?

Right now, the volume of what we don't know about Samsung's cheap folding phone is much more than what we know! Therefore, it seems a little difficult to decide whether to buy this phone or not. However, at first glance, a foldable phone from Samsung that can be launched in the $800 price range and offer the same book-like design as the Galaxy Z Fold series seems very attractive and surprising.

At the same time, reducing the price of a phone by half is not a joke at all and will require serious changes in it. Flip phones have not become expensive and premium products for no reason. Therefore, if Samsung removes the key features of the Galaxy Z Fold phone series with the aim of designing and making a cheap phone, the final product may be so far from the DNA of the folding phone series of this company that even at half the price of the Galaxy Z Fold 6, it is not worth buying. Not high! Therefore, knowing exactly how much the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE is inferior to the Galaxy Z Fold series in terms of screen, technical performance, and camera can play an important role in its success or failure.

Despite all that has been said, it still seems too early to comment on the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE folding phones, and the conclusion about it requires the passage of time and the disclosure of more information. Undoubtedly, this information will be released closer to the unveiling time of this phone.

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