Samsung Galaxy Fold, priced abot Rs 1.40 lakh, starts a new era

Why would Samsung launch its flagship devices so far away from home and so close to the base of its rival. In the end the idea was clear. It was at this Bill Graham auditorium in San Francisco where Steve Jobs over four decades ago showed the world Apple II which went on to change personal computing. That was in 1977. In 2019, Samsung hopes its latest, the Galaxy Fold, will change the way the world uses smartphones.

The Galaxy Fold might look like a thick and a slightly archaic smartphone at first sight. But it opens up into a 7.3-inch tablet which the company claims will be able to offer seamless flow of content from one screen to another with a foldable screen where you don’t see the fold or the hinge underneath.

In the 10th year of the Galaxy series, Samsung has clearly learnt from the experiences of its two billion customers. So, app continuity, which will let the user move from an app on the smaller screen upfront to a more immersive experience of the same inside, will be at the core of this product.