Samsung’s new folding phones cost the same as iPhones

The Samsung Z Flip 3 will remind you how cool flip phones were. (Image: Samsung)

Thu, 12 Aug 2021

Samsung’s new foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, are significantly cheaper than previous versions of the futuristic technology.Folding displays were once something out of a sci-fi daydream, but the global might of Samsung is pushing the price down at a remarkable annual rate, with the new Fold and Flip both $700 cheaper than their respective preceding models. Samsung announced a trove of new tech alongside the Fold and Flip flagship folding phones today, with two new models of smartwatch that run Google so...

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