Good news for those that are salivating about pre-ordering the Galaxy Z Fold 2 next week. It appears that it will be cheaper than the original Galaxy Fold.
According to Roland Quandt from WinFuture, a leaker who has a pretty incredible track record with these things, the Galaxy Z Fold 2 price is going to be €1999. Which is €100 cheaper than the original Galaxy Fold was in most of Europe.
Samsung is cutting some corners to get a cheaper price
To get to this cheaper price tag, it appears that Samsung is going to be making some cuts in some areas.
For example, there will be less internal storage. The original Galaxy Fold had 512GB of storage, but the new Galaxy Z Fold 2 will be cut down to 256GB. However, there is still no micro SD card slot available. So you’ll be stuck with 256GB of storage.
That appears to be the only real difference from the original Galaxy Fold to the new Galaxy Z Fold 2. Besides the design changes. Like the full screen outer display, and Infinity-O displays on both.
So far, a lot of the changes have not been made public, about the Galaxy Z Fold 2. But we do know that there are newer and better displays on this model. It also has a better hinge, that is going to help keep dust out – very important on a foldable. And a few other hardware tweaks. But for the Galaxy Z Fold 2, the big thing is going to be the changes in software. Software is what is going to make foldables work well. And knowing Samsung, there’s likely plenty of changes to make use of that big tablet-like display.
It could cost $1799 in the US
We don’t know pricing for the US, and even this European pricing is just a leak. But it is likely accurate.
For the US, we are probably looking at the Galaxy Z Fold 2 being around $1799.
That would be a $180 price drop from the original Galaxy Fold. Making it cheaper, but not so cheap that it undercuts its other foldable – the Galaxy Z Flip 5G. Which is also important. And where this is a 5G smartphone, it would be pretty incredible to get it for that price.
Either way, we’ll know all of the details on September 1. Samsung has already announced Unpacked Part 2 for that date, where we will get all of the details on the Galaxy Z Fold 2. And it’s a day that we really can’t wait for.