Samsung’s often-rumouredGalaxy Z Fold Special Edition(SE) is here. The new foldable phone is lighter and thinner than theGalaxy Z Fold 6and has more memory for Galaxy AI.
Samsung officially announced the phone in aKorean press release. Currently, it has only been announced for release in South Korea for 2,789,699 KRW (about $2,025 USD). There’s no word on whether the phone will eventually come to North America.
The Galaxy Z Fold SE is set to be released on October 25th.
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 is a modest upgrade to an already solid foldable
The company’s flagship foldable offers few upgrades over its predecessor, but it’s still a solid device.
The Galaxy Z Fold SE looks to be a refinement of the Z Fold 6
Lighter, thinner, with maybe a visible crease
The Galaxy Fold ZE is 0.05-inches (1.5 mm) thinner and 0.1oz (3g) lighter than theGalaxy Z Fold 6, which launched just a few months ago in the U.S. It also has 16GB of RAM, 4GB more than the Galaxy Z Fold 6. The new foldable phone is equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor.
The Galaxy Fold SE’s display features an 8-inch internal display and a 6.5-inch outer display. This is a slight increase from the Galaxy Z Fold 6, which features a 7.6-inch internal display and a 6.3-inch outer display.
Galaxy Z Fold SE
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold SE features a slightly larger interior display than the Galaxy Fold 6, more RAM and a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera
The Galaxy Z Fold SE has also received a camera upgrade, including a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera. This is significantly more than the 50-megapixel wide-angle camera the Galaxy Fold Z 6 features.
In-hand images of the Galaxy Z Fold SE posted onX by Ice Universealso show that the phone appears to have less of a foldable display crease line than the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
In ourPocket-link reviewof theGalaxy Z Fold 6, Patrick O’Rourke noted the flagship foldable’s visible crease line as a con.
It will be interesting to see how the Galaxy Z Fold SE directly compares to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 once consumers get both in their hands in South Korea. It’s unclear if Samsung plans to bring the Galaxy Z Fold SE to North America in the future.
