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Key Takeaways
- The Galaxy Z Fold SE is lighter and thinner, with more memory than the Z Fold 6.
- The phone is set for release on October 25th in South Korea only.
- The Galaxy Z Fold SE has a larger 8-inch screen.
Samsung’s often-rumoured Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition (SE) is here. The new foldable phone is lighter and thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and has more memory for Galaxy AI.
Samsung officially announced the phone in a Korean press release. Currently, it has only been announced for release in South Korea for 2,789,699 KRW (about $2,025 USD). There’s no word on whether the phone will eventually come to North America.
The Galaxy Z Fold SE is set to be released on October 25th.
The Galaxy Z Fold SE looks to be a refinement of the Z Fold 6
Lighter, thinner, with maybe a visible crease
The Galaxy Fold ZE is 0.05-inches (1.5 mm) thinner and 0.1oz (3g) lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 6, which launched just a few months ago in the U.S. It also has 16GB of RAM, 4GB more than the Galaxy Z Fold 6. The new foldable phone is equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor.
The Galaxy Fold SE’s display features an 8-inch internal display and a 6.5-inch outer display. This is a slight increase from the Galaxy Z Fold 6, which features a 7.6-inch internal display and a 6.3-inch outer display.
The Galaxy Z Fold SE has also received a camera upgrade, including a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera. This is significantly more than the 50-megapixel wide-angle camera the Galaxy Fold Z 6 features.
In-hand images of the Galaxy Z Fold SE posted on X by Ice Universe also show that the phone appears to have less of a foldable display crease line than the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
In our Pocket-link review of the Galaxy Z Fold 6, Patrick O’Rourke noted the flagship foldable’s visible crease line as a con.
It will be interesting to see how the Galaxy Z Fold SE directly compares to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 once consumers get both in their hands in South Korea. It’s unclear if Samsung plans to bring the Galaxy Z Fold SE to North America eventually.
