Samsung’s next-generation foldable phone, the highly anticipated Galaxy Z Fold6, is reportedly targeting significant design changes when it launches alongside the Flip6 later this July.
Prolific leaker Ice Universe claims the Fold6 will incorporate a notably wider external cover display compared to previous Fold models, although still not as wide as Google’s upcoming Pixel Fold. Expanding this secondary screen would address one of the line’s most common complaints.
From now on, my Galaxy Z Fold6 leak is absolutely accurate, not based on patent drawings and other sources.
— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) February 20, 2024
First of all: the design of Fold6 is more square.
Along with increased display width, Ice says Samsung plans to square off the Fold6’s frame for a boxier aesthetic with right-angle corners similar to the Nubia Z60 Ultra. This would deviate from the tapered rounded corners featured on past Fold devices in favor of an industrial straight-edged appearance.
Galaxy Z Fold 6 is not as wide as the patent picture, but it is also relatively wide, and the screen R angle is close to the right angle. If you look for a mobile phone for analogy, it is more like the screen R angle of Nubia Z60 Ultra.And the middle frame is similar, which is a… pic.twitter.com/wWKCM0teMb
— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) February 20, 2024
Combined with rumors of an extremely flat frame profile, the Galaxy Z Fold6 shapes up to see dramatic styling revisions beyond the typical iterative updates. A wider front display and squared industrial design would distinctly modernize the pioneering foldable series that first launched in 2019.
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With its late July unveiling nearing, Samsung appears set to push the Galaxy Fold concept into new stylistic territory – hopefully matched by meaningful quality-of-life improvements befitting a fourth-generation product.