Instead of pouring valuable time and money into making a slightly thinner, sturdier, and pricier Z Fold 6 Slim than the “standard” Galaxy Z Fold 6, Samsung would be much wiser to make the rumored Galaxy Fold FE happen this year.
Following last month’s glamorous Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 launch, Samsung is gearing up to announce the Galaxy Fold FE and S24 FE with just as much glitz at some point this fall. That’s what I wish I could report right now without fearing that time will inevitably prove me wrong.
Instead, here I stand shaking my fist at my computer screen in anger as I read the latest rumors on the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim, Galaxy S24 FE, and Tab S10 family only to realize it’s been a worryingly long time since last hearing. anything about the Galaxy Fold FE (or Z Fold 6 FE).What is Samsung thinking?!
This may sound odd to some of you, but the global leader of foldable sales has a bit of a problem in just that market segment, which could soon become a much bigger problem. After crushing all of its rivals with an 80 percent share of the world’s foldable device shipments in 2022, Samsung dipped to a 66 percent slice of the pie last year, which still seems like a very impressive result.
But then all of a sudden Huawei eclipsed the industry’s former champion in Q1 2024 foldable smartphone sales, and while Samsung should still be able to come out on top when the full-year results come in, the battle for supremacy is, well, finally a battle with more than one participant.
The Z Fold 6 is not very slim, but that’s not the only problem with it. | Image Credit — PhoneArena
With brands like Honor, Motorola, Oppo, and Vivo also boosting their global numbers at rates not seen since. Samsung made foldables mainstream in the first place, it’s obvious that something is not working. And that something is the Galaxy Z Fold line.
