Over the past couple of months, we’ve been following rumors about what could be Samsung’s thinnest foldable phone. It might go up against phones like the HONOR Magic V3. Well, it looks like this phone won’t be named the “Slim.” Rather, it could be called the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition.
The Galaxy Z Fold 6 hit the market a little while back, and people seem to generally be happy with the device. The thing is that, yet again, Samsung brought modest innovation to the phone line. This makes us look at the company with a critical eye, as competitors like HONOR have been breathing new life into the foldable phone market. Its phone is insanely thin, and it pretty much achieves the goal that all foldable phone makers have been trying to achieve. That goal is to make a phone that’s as thin as a regular slab phone when folded.
The Galaxy Z Fold Slim might be called the Special edition
The Galaxy Z Fold 6 proper is a good-looking phone, but it’s still on the thicker side. It’s definitely thinner than older foldable phones, but when you’re holding it, you know that you’re holding a foldable.
However, we’ve been following leaks pointing to a new version of the phone that will launch rather soon. We didn’t have an official name for the device, but Evan Blass might have given it to us. He posted a post on X which dispelled the rumor that this phone was going to be called the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim. He also did away with the rumor of it being called the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Ultra.
A while before the Unpacked event, news was going around that Samsung was building an Ultra version of the Galaxy Z Fold 6. We were chasing that along with the rumor about an FE edition.
At the bottom of the post, he put “Hola, Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition”. In the post, it’s not referred to as the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Special Edition (with the number 6 in the name). It’s just called the Z fold Special Edition. If that’s the case, then it might be a line of phones separate from the rest of the others, much like the Galaxy Watch Ultra.
We’re still in the dark on many of the details of this phone, so we’re going to need to wait for more information.
The price problem
Rumor has it that Samsung could charge more money for this phone than the regular Galaxy Z Fold 6. Sure, it will be thinner than it, but here’s the problem, the Magic V3 is expected to be less than $1,300. Meanwhile, the regular Galaxy Z Fold 6 is nearing $2,000. So, a more expensive model will surely cross that line.
Competitors in the foldable phone market are starting to deliver their phones at a lower price than Samsung’s phones. For example, the OnePlus Open started at $1,699. That’s $200 less than the Galaxy Z Fold 6. We have no idea how Samsung is going to justify selling a slimmer version of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 at a higher price when the competition is making comparable phones at lower prices.
