Samsung Galaxy Fold: 1,600 Units Of Luxury Phone Sold In 30 Mins In India, Specs, Price Here

Samsung Galaxy Fold, the company’s first foldable Android smartphone in the Indian market, has recently gone official. The pre-bookings for Samsung Galaxy Fold commenced on October 4, 2019 through the Samsung eShop and offline in 35 cities across select 315 outlets, including the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru. Samsung sold a total of 1,600 ‘Galaxy Fold’ devices in flat 30 minutes after pre-bookings were open on Friday, reported IANS. 

“The consumers who pre-booked Samsung Galaxy Fold have paid the full amount of Rs 1,64,999” IANS quoted sources. The sources further stated that the company has now temporarily closed the pre-bookings of Samsung Galaxy Fold in India as the initial stock was limited to 1,600 units. It is to be noted that the shipments of Samsung Galaxy Fold will begin from October 20. 

Samsung Galaxy Fold: Price 

The price for the lone 12GB RAM + 512GB storage variant of Samsung Galaxy Fold in India has been set at Rs 1,64,999. The phone comes in Cosmos Black colour option.

Samsung Galaxy Fold: Specifications

Samsung Galaxy Fold features two displays - with one flat screen featuring at the front and the second internal screen that sports a foldable design. While the front display has a 4.6-inch Super AMOLED panel with an HD+ (840x1960 pixels) resolutions and 21:9 aspect ratio, the foldable display includes a 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Dynamic AMOLED panel that has a QXGA+ (1536x2152 pixels) resolution with 4.2:3 aspect ratio.

Samsung Galaxy Fold runs Android 9 Pie with a tweaked One UI skin on top. The phone is powered by an octa-core SoC, paired with 12GB of RAM. It also comes with a 512GB of internal storage. Note that the storage is not expandable.

On the imaging front, Samsung Galaxy Fold comes equipped with a triple rear camera setup, two cameras at the front, and a single selfie shooter on the cover. Interesting. Isn’t it?

On the back, the triple camera setup includes a 16-megapixel primary sensor with an ultra-wide f/2.2 lens and a 12-megapixel secondary sensor with Dual Pixel AF lens that supports OIS and variable f/1.5 to f/2.4 aperture. There is also a 12-megapixel telephoto tertiary sensor with PDAF, OIS, an f/2.4 lens that enables 2X optical zoom.

The front-facing dual camera setup features a 10-megapixel primary sensor with an f/2.2 lens and an 8-megapixel secondary RGB depth sensor with an f/1.9 lens. On the other hand, the cover of the phone includes a 10-megapixel sensor with an f/2.2 lens.

Connectivity options on the phone include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, and USB Type-C port. It comes with stereo speakers. Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, ambient light, barometer, geomagnetic, gyroscope, in-display fingerprint and proximity sensor.

It packs a dual battery that has a capacity of 4,380mAh and supports wired as well as wireless charging. Also, there is a Wireless PowerShare feature that enables reverse charging. The device measures 62.8x160.9x17.1 mm when folded and 117.9x160.9x7.6 mm when unfolded along with 276 grams of weight.

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