Samsung upgrades folding smartphone in move to rev up sales

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a second-generation folding smartphone along with other new gadgetry aiming to jump-start sales in a market hit hard by the global pandemic.

The consumer electronics colossus unveiled its latest lineup at a streamed “Galaxy Unpacked” event, aiming directly at remote work and education trends supercharged around the world by the coronavirus outbreak.

“Our mission is to give you new ways to communicate; new ways to get your job done,” said Samsung Electronics mobile communications president T M Roh.

“Maybe even to help you play hard when you should be working hard.”