{"id":372344,"date":"2020-02-10T07:28:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T05:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=372344"},"modified":"2020-02-10T07:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T05:28:36","slug":"samsung-reveals-galaxy-z-flip-foldable-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/372344\/samsung-reveals-galaxy-z-flip-foldable-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung reveals Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung Electronics Co on Sunday gave the world its first official look at the company\u2019s upcoming, more compact foldable smartphone in a commercial that aired during the Academy Awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The brief advertisement shows off the device\u2019s square folded shape, tiny notification panel on the exterior, and large widescreen display on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled for a glitzy launch event on Feb. 11 in San Francisco, the phone represents Samsung\u2019s effort to \u201cdefine a new era,\u201d in the words of its new mobile chief Taemoon Roh.<\/p>\n<p>The device will be known as the Galaxy Z Flip, according to people familiar with Samsung\u2019s plans, and Bloomberg News earlier reported that there\u2019ll be a special edition in collaboration with fashion designer Thom Browne.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Samsung just showed off its new Fold during an Oscars commercial. That\u2019s one way to announce something. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtSJ3jvkif\">pic.twitter.com\/rtSJ3jvkif<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Gurman (@markgurman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markgurman\/status\/1226677970208608256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Smaller and more compact than Samsung\u2019s original foldable, the book-like Galaxy Fold, this squarer device harkens back to the familiar form of flip phones, albeit at a larger size.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s commercial shows some camera interface optimizations for using only half the screen, with the semi-folded device acting as its own stand.<\/p>\n<p>The phone will come in at least black and purple colors, according to the advertisement.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korea-based technology giant is also expected to debut a trio of new phones in its flagship Galaxy S family, all launching under the Galaxy S20 banner at the same event as the new foldable device.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/349951\/samsung-unveils-new-mini-clamshell-folding-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samsung unveils new mini-clamshell folding phone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung Electronics Co on Sunday gave the world its first official look at the company\u2019s upcoming, more compact foldable smartphone in a commercial that aired during the Academy Awards ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":349959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,52],"class_list":["post-372344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372360,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372344\/revisions\/372360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}