Samsung Galaxy Fold redesign complete: report

Samsung Milky way Fold redesign complete: report

Samsung is unlikely to announce a new release date during its August 7th Unpacked event

Galaxy Fold

Samsung has completed its redesign of the Galaxy Fold, according to Bloomberg.

Citing "people familiar with the matter," the publication writes that Samsung is "in the final stages of producing a commercial version," but adds that the firm has yet to determine on a revised launch date; in fact, Samsung executives are reportedly still debating when to release the delayed device.

It'south unlikely, however, Samsung volition relaunch the phone at its upcoming Baronial 7th Unpacked event in Brooklyn, New York.

Corroborating past reports on the redesign, Bloomberg writes that the Fold'southward protective motion picture now stretches across the entirety of the device's foldable display, making it impossible to peel off. The publication adds that Samsung reworked the Fold'southward hinge. Information technology'southward at present reportedly affluent with the brandish.

As a result of the changes, Bloomberg'due south sources say the film feels "harder," giving the impression it'south "a more natural office of the device." In addition, a byproduct of the ii tweaks is that film may exist less decumbent to creasing over time.

Samsung had initially planned to launch the Milky way Fold, its start foldable brandish smartphone, toward the stop of April. However, later the main display on a number of early units broke in the hands of tech journalists and YouTubers, the visitor indefinitely delayed the release of the device.

On Monday, Samsung Electronics CEO DJ Koh said he had "pushed" the Galaxy Fold "earlier it was fix." When asked about a potential release date, Koh said Samsung would share that information "in due course."

Source: Bloomberg