Samsung sold nearly 10 million foldable smartphones in 2021

Samsung will have sold nearly 10 million foldable smartphones worldwide by 2021. That is about 300 percent more than in 2020, according to the company. The South Korean manufacturer also announced a new Unpacked event that will take place on August 10.

About 70 percent of Samsung customers who bought a foldable smartphone from the South Korean manufacturer last year chose according to the company for the horizontally folding Samsung Galaxy Z Flip smartphone. About a third of Samsung customers reportedly opted for a Galaxy Z Fold device.

Samsung also announced its next Unpacked event On. This will take place on August 10 this year and can be followed from 3 p.m. Dutch time on the Samsung website and the Youtube Channel from the company. The event was given the slogan ‘Unfold Your World’. The company shared some teaser images showing foldable smartphones.

At the end of May, the suspected specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 came out. This shows that the screens would become slightly less narrow. The primary camera would get a sensor with a resolution of 50 megapixels. That was still 13 megapixels with the Fold3. The front camera on the inside of the device would have a 16-megapixel sensor. The Galaxy Z Fold4 reportedly gets a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 as a soc.

Leaked image of the Galaxy Fold3. Image: EvLeaks