Samsung just took the wraps off of its latest Galaxy foldables, and they look, well, familiar. Let’s face it, Samsung basically recycled the design of the Galaxy Z Fold 4. However, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 prototypes show that this phone could have looked pretty different.
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The Galaxy Z Fold 5 prototypes show a different design
While Samsung used a similar design for the Galaxy Z Fold 5, it doesn’t mean that the company didn’t work on making it look different. There was still a lot of planning that went into the final design.
Ray Wong posted a video to Twitter showing off four different prototypes that could have been the phone we see today. What’s most noticeable about these prototypes are the different aspect ratios. We know that, compared to most other foldables on the market, the Galaxy foldable phones are taller and thinner.
People are waiting for Samsung to get with the program and make a phone with a wider outer display that you can better use as a phone. Well, it looks like the company at least considered that. The outer display of the final version is a slender 23.1:9.
Believe it or not, Samsung explored other aspect ratios for the Galaxy Z Fold 5 like these prototypes in 19.5:9, 21:9, 22:9, and 23:9#SamsungUnpackedpic.twitter.com/0uhmiPoS9D
— Ray Wong (@raywongy) July 27, 2023
In the video, we see that the prototypes were actually wider than the final version. The first one is basically the same as the final version with a 23:9 ratio. The second one has a 22:9 aspect ratio, while the third has a more standard 21:9 aspect ratio.
The fourth one is interesting because it’s almost the exact aspect ratio as the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Ultra has a 19.3:9 aspect ratio and the prototype has a 19.5:9 ratio. If the company has stuck with that design, then it could basically feel like you’re using a Galaxy S23 Ultra that folds.