Every product we’re expecting in Samsung Unpacked: Galaxy Z Fold 5, Watch 6, Tab S9, and more

Last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 impressed with bright exterior and interior displays, a reliable camera system (though not as capable as the S22 Ultra), and an Android 12L software experience that’s surprisingly optimized for the resizable form factor. Was.

This year, Samsung can either play on its strength (and resources) and retain the narrow, candy bar form factor, or get experimental and possibly follow Google’s interpretation of the phone-to-tablet foldable that we’ve seen. Have seen, can match it.

In any case, expect to see improvements to the Z Fold’s durability and hinge system, both of which are becoming a focal point given the foldable’s fragile nature. According to recent press releases, both the Z Fold and Z Flip will be thinner and lighter than last year’s models. by how much? We’ll find out next Wednesday.

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Like the Z Flip 5, Samsung should also give the Z Fold 5 the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon processor treatment. And, hopefully, this will extend to foreign models as well, which were earlier equipped with a different in-house Exynos chipset.

The biggest question with the Z Fold, apart from its premium price, is the camera system. Samsung has yet to feature its top-of-the-line cameras on its foldables, but if it manages to fit the recent Galaxy S23 Ultra’s 200MP sensor (along with other specs) into the larger fold, So this could be the biggest upgrade of the model. It was since its inception.