Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 leak just revealed S Pen and under-display camera

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 leak but revealed S Pen and under-display camera

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Nosotros've been hearing that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 volition arrive this summer, with estimates between May and July. Now screenshots from a leaked marketing video highlight the foldable'southward possible cardinal features.

The images beneath come up from @TheGalox_ – a leaker with a history on matters Samsung – and give u.s. our starting time (not-so-articulate) look at what the Galaxy Z Fold 3 will look like, with a more angular design that could merely also exist Sony every bit Samsung.

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More important than the looks are the features, and the leaked images evidence ii additions that accept been rumored for some time. First, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 could include the company'south first under-screen camera as previously predicted. When opened upwards, yous'll take the whole of the device's extended tablet screen to play with, with no distracting notch or pinhole camera in the style.

Secondly, with the rumored demise of the Galaxy Annotation family, it's expected that Samsung will attempt to bring the S Pen to the Galaxy Fold line. That's revealed with another screenshot from the video, showing the phone wedged open for a video call with the South Pen primed to take notes.

You'll note that the tip of the S Pen looks a scrap more rounded than what we're used to, which is unsurprising given the internal foldable screen of the Galaxy Z Fold series is less robust than your average device. Nevertheless, Samsung conspicuously seems confident in the display's power to withhold the pokes and prods of this modified S Pen if it's a major selling point in the marketing video.

Where the S Pen will live when not in utilize is a chip of a mystery. Apparently Samsung won't be docking it within the device equally information technology did with the Annotation handsets of old, because the company wants to introduce dust and water resistance to the Milky way Z Fold 3. The optional S Pen back up for the Galaxy S21 Ultra was aided by a $70 case with a stylus slot, but it's conspicuously not the virtually elegant solution.

The consensus is that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 will arrive in July, and the presence of this purported marketing video makes us call back that the device may be unveiled a fleck earlier than that. That would give some credence to Bloter's written report that the handset would launch in May, although the aforementioned article predicts the device will fold twice – a longstanding rumor that seems to be officially expressionless in the water for this generation with the release of these images.

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