Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G on 3 Feb 2019. Its price in the UK is £ 1,599, or $1,999 in the US.
It has a 7.3-inch Foldable Dynamic AMOLED display, the Snapdragon 855 chipset, 12GB RAM and a 4235 mAh battery.
Connectivity & Networking
The Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G supports GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G on these bands:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71
- 78 NSA/Sub6
Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G connectivity options
- Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
- NFC: Yes
- USB: 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G Design
The phone measures Unfolded: 160.9 x 117.9 x 6.9 mm
Folded: 160.9 x 62.9 x 15.5 mm and weighs 263 g (9.28 oz). Build: Glass front (folded), plastic front (unfolded), glass back, aluminum frame. SIM: Nano-SIM
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified). Colours: Space Silver, Cosmos Black. Sensors: Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
ANT+
Bixby natural language commands and dictation
Samsung DeX (desktop experience support).
Display and Processor
The display measures 7.3 inches, 162.6 cm2 (~85.7% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1536 x 2152 pixels (~362 ppi density)
HDR10+
Cover display: 4.6", Super AMOLED, 720 x 1680 pixels (21:9). Panel type: Foldable Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors.
It runs Android 9.0 (Pie), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.1. The chipset is the Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) with an octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485) CPU.
Memory
The Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G comes with 12GB RAM and 512GB
UFS 3.0 storage.
Camera
The main camera has 3 lenses:
- 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
- 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
- 16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1", 1.0µm
Camera features: LED flash, HDR, panorama etc.
Selfie camera: 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3", 1.22µm
8 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1.22µm, depth sensor
Cover camera:
10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3", 1.22µm.
Battery
The Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G has a Li-Po 4235 mAh, non-removable battery with Fast charging 15W
Fast wireless charging 15W
Reverse wireless charging 9W charging. Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers.
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