Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6: what we know so far

28 April 2024
We're getting at least two Galaxy Z Fold6 - one of which is an Ultra.

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MindTheGap, 29 Apr 2024As far as I know, the only vendors that make their Control ... moreOnePlus has also adopted a control center like system although you used to be able to switch between the two.

Asus is a one other hold out though.

I don't like the pill style at all either, so for me that rules out Google and Motorola.

    Another major event on my birthday, first the Samsung event in July 26 2923, now the Olympics kick off

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      • 29 Apr 2024

      Battery life when

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        • 29 Apr 2024

        Coming with green line issue (same panel as s and ultra series) or not?

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          • 29 Apr 2024

          omg.. the only important thing to know are they finally able to solve the "crease" problem or not? It's going to be 6 gen... this is pathetic

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            • 29 Apr 2024

            Samsung should think about the inner screen, it should make inner screen more than 8 inches. Or else Samsung will lag behind like Nokia in foldables.

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              • 29 Apr 2024

              naap51d, 28 Apr 2024All of these folding screen phones...I would be using the C... moreI prefer smartphone makers make more 8" tablets with Gen 8 specs and a headphone jack.

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                WhoCaresTM, 28 Apr 2024As bad as OneUI is, it's still the best Android skin o... moreNot true. One Ui is very badly optimized, stock is the best

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                  Anonymous, 28 Apr 2024Samsung sells about 10.000.000 Z series per year. Do hono... moreYou forgot that samsung foldable market share is getting smaller each year. If samsung keep coming out with basically same Folds and Flips each year bcos they feel there is no need for major upgrade due to lack of competition in the global stage, their complacency will come back to haunt samsung

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                    WhoCaresTM, 28 Apr 2024As bad as OneUI is, it's still the best Android skin o... moreYou sounded like a samsung fan boi that never even use a samsung phone. Oneui is so resource‐heavy and unoptimized that even fast chipsets struggle to keep up.

                    Take my S21 FE for example. It has snapdragon 888 and 8gb Ram but the phone lags and stutters especially when switching between background apps with gestures. And the phone often fail to keep big apps in the the background bcos oneui and countless samsung apps already occupied a huge chunk of the 8gb ram when running.

                      WhoCaresTM, 28 Apr 2024As bad as OneUI is, it's still the best Android skin o... moreIn terms of what to be exact?

                        Anonymous, 28 Apr 2024Samsung sells about 10.000.000 Z series per year. Do hono... moreDoesn't mean Samsung is still better.
                        Apple sells the same overprice crap every year, yet they still have the most sales.
                        Also, as far as I know the only vendors that released their foldsbles outside China is just Samsung, OnePlus, Honor, and Google. And we know OnePlus, Honor, and Google's market are not as big as Samsung.

                          unxpctd, 28 Apr 2024This is an understatement. They are one of the only skins s... moreAs far as I know, the only vendors that make their Control Center looks like iOS knockoff is just Xiaomi (and all of it's subbrand), Honor, Infinix, Tecno, and Itel. So technically there are still more vendors that use the real Android-style Control Center than the one that uses iOS-style Control Center.

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                            Presumably trying to jump the gun on the Pixel Fold 2/iPhone 16 and eat into their sales a bit. Samsung haven't invested in their flagships for years now. Their sales subsist on aggressive marketing and negligible 'match-up' upgrades. Despite the declining competition in Android space, Samsung's market share will continue to slowly decline.

                              Anonymous, 28 Apr 2024You and other here need to understand. Samsung and Appl... moreOverall, you're spot on. The Mate X has great hardware, but Huawei is riding nationalism right now and the Z's hardware has been "inferior" since January 2020 when the Razr debuted with a teardrop hinge.

                              Samsung has more or less stood still while other fold manufacturers had 5 years to take over pushing hardware and they simply can't do it. I don't think the Pixel and Open combined has sold 50k.

                              I'll only disagree about sales. Samsung said they missed their sales target with the Z5 so they weren't happy about the initial release. The Z Fold still outsold all other book folds combined, but Samsung wants yearly growth. By now, they should have been selling 20+ million foldables.

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                                AnonD-1154715, 28 Apr 2024Selling more devices doesn't mean that product is bett... moreComing from someone who bought his first iPhone ever, after using only Symbian and then Android phones for decades...yes, they sell because they're really that good. Same goes for Samsung.

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                                  AnonD-1154715, 28 Apr 2024But DeX alone is not enough to offset the other greater dow... moreAs bad as OneUI is, it's still the best Android skin out there.

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                                    AnonD-1154715, 28 Apr 2024Selling more devices doesn't mean that product is bett... moreYou and other here need to understand.

                                    Samsung and Apple do not care if phones of other are considered better or worse.
                                    They care about how much money they are making.
                                    They do not care if they have to sell same phone year after year.

                                    Clients in China choose to pay over $2400 on Huawei Mate X/Xs , those with lame outer foldable type than paying 30-40% less for foldables from Vivo, Xiaomi and Oppo.

                                    If samsung is satisfied with how many Z phones are sold, do you really think samsung is gonna waste money on putting 6000mAh, periscope, 1/1.3" 200MP etc on Z Fold?
                                    With these or without, gonna sell same amount.

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                                      Anonymous, 28 Apr 2024Samsung sells about 10.000.000 Z series per year. Do hono... moreSelling more devices doesn't mean that product is better.
                                      Look at market availability of Chinese phones,they are sold only in handful of countries only,so obviously they can't sell as much.

                                      Apple iPhones (particularly base iPhones) are highest sold models each year then does it mean that base iPhone is a better device compared to other brand flagships costing same?

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                                        YUKI93, 28 Apr 2024At this point, the only reason to get the Samsung is becaus... moreBut DeX alone is not enough to offset the other greater downsides of OneUI.

                                        1.BLOATWARE
                                        OneUI is among the most bloated UIs among all smartphone brands & that is not something you'd like to see in a flagship device.
                                        Can you believe that there are 2 copies of most of apps that do similar thing (1 copy from GMS & 1 copy from Samsung's own) along with a plethora of Pre-installed apps/services that are impossible to delete/disable.

                                        2. INTEGRATION/COMPATIBILITY
                                        Even among the Pre-installed apps & services,most of them are only compatible with another Samsung product. That compatibility/integration with others is as good as non-existent...Even a Stock Android phone will connect much easier to other brand product than any Samsung phone.

                                        3. DESIGN
                                        OneUI is in 6th edition now & still its very inconsistent. At some places it feels like designed for one hand use while at other,it feels cluttered,impossible for one hand use, like Notification panel after 6.0 update-it takes up entire screen area even on Ultra display sizes.
                                        Also Design looks very much outdated,it's almost the same design from OneUI 1.0 h made very little progress.Just look at Pixel UI,it looks much more refreshing & modern.

                                        4. UI ANIMATION,RESPONSE
                                        Design aside,OneUI feel quite sluggish to use as well even on a flagship device. Compared to touchwiz era,things are much better as UI has improved quite a bit h SoCs have become vastly more powerful but still Samsung is far behind UI responsiveness compared to Stock UIs like Pixel & Nothing UI.
                                        Similar story with Animations as well as it doesn't even feel like using 120Hz Display.

                                        If I were to compare OneUI to iOS then I'd say that while iOS looks dated but its much more consistent & Animations,responsiveness is much better.


                                        So with all that said hope next OneUI updates clears some bloatware & unnecessary services or make them uninstallable atleast while focusing heavily on UI responsiveness,animations & Design consistency.

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