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Samsung’s vertical folding phone, 100 million pixel phones poured out

The Galaxy Z Flip is a vertically foldable smartphone that Samsung Electronics has previously introduced the concept of. It is a vertical foldable smartphone that is compact enough to fit in your pocket, but when you open the screen, you can use a large, large screen.

This product is equipped with a 12 megapixel wide-angle dual camera on the back of the main body. There is a Samsung logo on the hinge. The hinge part adopts a unique form of lotus-inspired hide-away hinge, and the folding angle can be adjusted or dirt and dust can be discharged from the hinge part with its own sweeper technology.

The display adopts a 6.7-inch AMOLED display. The resolution is 2636×1080, the pixel density is 425ppi, and the horizontal and vertical ice rate is 21.9:9. When you close the screen, it becomes a compact size and closes to a square. The body weight is 183g. On the side, a USB Type C terminal for charging and a power button are placed. The power button has a fingerprint sensor.

This product is equipped with Samsung Ultra Thin Glass, a foldable glass screen. According to Samsung Electronics, Samsung Ultra Thin Glass can withstand 200,000 folds. The folding angle is freely adjustable, so you can stand the body without a dedicated stand or tripod. Next to the rear camera, like a folder phone, there is a 1.1-inch secondary display for alarms. From here, you can display phone, email, or app notification icons and text. In addition, the secondary display can be used as a camera finder. In addition, it has a 10-megapixel camera on the front of the main body.

The processor is equipped with a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 855 Plus made through the 7nm manufacturing process, and has 7GB of RAM and 256GB of storage space. The battery capacity is 3,300mAh and can be used continuously throughout the day. The operating system uses a custom version of Android 10. However, 5G, the next generation communication standard, is not supported.

This product can open two applications at the same time and multitask using a vertical display. In this case, it is divided into two based on the hinge part of the center of the screen. The same is true when bending the body. When the screen is divided into two, one display size is 4 inches. You can choose from two colors, mirror purple and mirror black. The Galaxy Z Flip is released in the US on February 14th and is priced at $1,380.

In addition to this product, Samsung Electronics also announced a new flagship model, the Galaxy S20 series. The Galaxy S20 supports 5G communication, and the top model is equipped with a 108 million pixel camera sensor capable of 100x zoom.

The Galaxy S20 series is divided into three types: Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 Plus, and Galaxy S20 Ultra. The Galaxy S20 has a 6.2-inch display at 151.7×69.1×7.9mm, while the Plus model has a 161.9×73.7×7.8mm and 6.7-inch screen, and the Ultra has a 166.9×76×8.8mm and 6.9-inch screen size. They weigh 163, 186 and 220g, respectively.

It adopts Dynamic AMOLED 2X, an AMOLED display that supports Quad HD+ 120Hz, supporting all 3200×1440 resolutions. An ultrasonic fingerprint sensor is mounted at the bottom of the display, so you can use your fingerprint directly on the screen.

The Galaxy S20 series supports all types of paper 5G, and supports high-speed wired and wireless charging, and wireless power sharing that enables wireless power supply through Qi-compatible devices. As wireless communication standards, Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi 6 are supported, and not only a fingerprint authentication function but also a face authentication function is standard on the screen. Waterproof performance meets IP68.

The biggest difference between the Galaxy S20 series is the camera performance. The top model, Ultra, is equipped with a 108 million pixel image sensor and can zoom up to 100 times. Each model of the Galaxy S20 is capable of 10x optical zoom called Hybrid Optic Zoom. Samsung Electronics said that this zoom is lossless and expressed that there is no image quality degradation. Of course, the Ultra can be enlarged up to 100 times, but if you add a 10x digital zoom, the picture quality deteriorates. In addition, the digital zoom of models other than Ultra is up to 30 times, and the sensor is 64 million pixels.

The Galaxy S20 series is equipped with a single-take shooting mode, and if you shoot a video for up to 10 seconds, it automatically selects the best part and extracts it as a movie GIF image. It is also possible to process each extracted image.

Looking at the specifications, the Galaxy S20 has 8GB or 12GB of RAM, 128GB of storage space, and 4,000mAh battery capacity. Plus has the same RAM, you can choose between 128 and 512GB of storage space, and has a battery capacity of 4,500mAh. Ultra is divided into 12 and 16 GB of RAM, and storage space is divided into 128, 256 and 512 GB. The battery capacity is 5,000mAh. All of these products have a microSD slot of up to 1TB. The chipset will be equipped with either Samsung Electronics’ Exynos 990 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 depending on the country of sale.

You can choose from three colors: Cosmic Gray, Cloud Blue, and Cloud Pink. The global launch date is March 6 and pre-orders start February 21. It costs $999 for the Galaxy S20, $1,199 for the Plus, and $1,399 for the Ultra. Related information Galaxy Z flip here , the Galaxy S20 is here, it can be found at.