Galaxy Fold up for VIP Pre-Order in Korea; Expect Relaunch on Sept 27

Sep. 4, 2019

The shortcomings with Galaxy Fold have been fixed. Samsung has already confirmed that its first foldable smartphone is ready for launch, but we are still waiting on an official date with bated breath. Well, it looks like Samsung isready to relaunch the Galaxy Foldat last with thenew design changesthat make this foldable a lot more durable.

The VIP customers will be able to pick out a color combination of their choice. But, what comes as a big shock is that Samsung is asking them to pay the complete retail price of 2,398,000 Korean won (which is roughly $1985 or Rs 1.43 lakhs) upfront. Reports now suggest that around 10 units have already been sold via Samsung’s Digital Plaza stores, which is crazy for the price at which this first-gen product retails.

Apart from the VIP pre-sale in its home country, Samsung has alsoopened Galaxy Fold pre-registrationsin the U.S and UK. You can head over to Samsung’s website (based on your region) right away to register your interest in this folding smartphone, which has received an essential design change. Samsung has made changes to the screen protector and hinge design to provide added durability to the Galaxy Fold. I mean, it wouldn’t want the screens to break once again, would it?Courtesy: Twitter/Evan Blass