NEW DELHI: The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip has arrived in India soon after the recent global launch. This is the second foldable smartphone from Samsung after the Galaxy Fold. The Z Flip flaunts a completely different design and unlike the Galaxy Fold’s plastic display, the Z Flip features Samsung’s proprietary bendable Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) display. While Samsung is claiming it as a foldable glass screen, note that there is a thin plastic cover on top of it for protection and removing that plastic layer will damage the display completely.
Featuring a clamshell design, the Galaxy Z Flip folds in the centre and protects the delicate flexible screen. The form factor is similar to the new Moto Razr.
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip India price and availabilityThe Samsung Galaxy Z Flip comes at a price of Rs 1,09,999. Consumers can pre-book Galaxy Z Flip on the Samsung e-shop and select retail stores starting February 21. Deliveries for Pre-booked consumers start on February 26. Buyers from Samsung e-shop will be offered premium white glove delivery.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip comes with accidental damage coverage, which includes one-time screen protection and a 24X7 Dedicated Call Center Support. There is 1-year Samsung Care+ Protection that offers 1-time screen damage protection service for inner screen and external screen at discounted fee (at the time of repair). There is a 4-month free YouTube premium subscription too.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip specsThe Galaxy Z Flip comes with a 6.7-inch FHD+ Dynamic AMOLED Infinity Flex Display with an aspect ratio of 21.9:9 and pixel density of 425 ppi. There is a small secondary cover display on the outside which measures 1.06-inch.
The main display comes with a punch hole notch which hides the 10MP selfie camera. On the outside, there is a dual camera setup with a 12MP ultra wide sensor with F2.2 aperture and a 12MP wide-angle primary camera with F1.8 aperture, OIS, up to 8X digital zoom. Interestingly, the device can be folded to 90-degrees and placed on a table to shoot videos or photos.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is powered by a 7nm 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor with 8GB of RAM. The device runs Android 10-based OneUI and is backed by a 3,300mAh battery with fast-charging support and there’s reverse charging support as well.
The device comes with a capacitive fingerprint sensor on the side. There is no headphone jack and Samsung is providing USB Type-C earphones inside the box. There is a nano-SIM card slot along with support for eSIM.