For all its worth, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold fans can look forward to a special "improved" physical feature of their favorite foldable when the Z Fold 3 comes out: its "weight loss."
According information from a reliable leaker, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 will be the lightest in this range of foldable phablets. In a tweet, Ice Universe again gave a short but detailed post about this fact: "Fold3 269g".
If this tweet is true, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's weight of 269 grams or 9.48 ounces will be the lightest in its series' history, with predecessor Z Fold 2 weighing 282g or 9.9 ounces. Interestingly, the original Z Fold model was 9.7 ounces.
Samsung Galaxy Fold 3 Just 18% Heavier than iPhone 12 Pro Max
And even more surprisingly, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a heavyweight compared to the much lighter iPhone 12 Pro Max, which weighs 8.03 ounces, a stark 18-percent difference, Tom's Guide pointed out. But then of course, the foldable line is an entirely new ballgame altogether given that it is both a phone and tablet, thus being entirely different in terms of its thick, resilient display design, internal components and handset structure, so this is quite understandable.
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Yet why will it turn out lighter than the rest of the Z Fold models? Tom's Guide revealed it's due to the slightly lower battery capacity of 4,380mAh than the 4,500mAh of the Z Fold 2, which surely gets a good amount of weight off the physical foldable.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 Specs: Under Display Camera, Snapdragon 888, S-Pen Support
Rumors also have it that it may use an adaptive user interface, with and Under Display Camera, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chip, with S-Pen support, Android Community reported. There was talk that its cover display and display size would be smaller, yet no specific details have surfaced.
Design-wise, the Z Fold 3 will have a different rear camera module with a slimmer layout, carrying only three sensors. Other leaks claimed that these sensors are similar to the Z Fold 2, which feature a 12MP primary camera, 12MP ultrawide and 12MP telephoto with two times optical zoom, Tech Radar revealed. The cover display camera is likewise no different from the Z Fold 2, having the same 10MP lens. However, the most glaring change lies on the selfie camera, which is now 16MP, unlike the 10MP in the Z Fold 2 and functions as an under display cam, which is the first-ever for a Samsung device.
As for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's availability, reports say that we may expect it to roll out in the summer, around July or August, together with another swanky foldable--the Galaxy Z Flip 3. In terms of pricing, no details are available yet, but knowing that the Z Fold 2 costs around $2000, users expect the Z Fold 3 to cost the same price if not more.
