The 2 is unsurprisingly the most popular foldable smartphone to date, at least in terms of pre-release performance. New reports out of South Korea reveal Samsung convinced about 50,000 consumers on its home turf to pre-order its $2,000 device at full price. Early orders are expected to reach 60,000 units by the end of this week once trade-ins are included in the figure. Those usually account for up to a fifth of pre-release numbers.
Most places that offered Galaxy Z Fold 2 pre-orders in South Korea are sold out as of today. While the official release is scheduled for this Friday, early adopters should start receiving their units as soon as tomorrow, a company official .
Foldable smartphones still enjoying rapidly growing momentum
In comparison, the first pre-order batch of the original barely included 1,000 units, with Samsung initially in total to its Korean customers. Assessing the near-term potential of such smartphones is made all the more difficult by the fact Samsung’s global foldable push continues to be .
As things currently stand, we’re still at least a couple of years away until flexible-screen smartphones become so commonplace (read: affordable) that Samsung starts maintaining a large inventory of them. Doing so right now would not be the wisest financial decision. Of course, there’s a very real possibility that that many are expecting.
On the bright side, another extra series of high-end devices per year means more opportunities for traditional flagships to get even more affordable relatively early into their life cycles. Which is why e.g. the start of Galaxy Z Fold 2 pre-orders prompted in South Korea.
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Most places that offered Galaxy Z Fold 2 pre-orders in South Korea are sold out as of today. While the official release is scheduled for this Friday, early adopters should start receiving their units as soon as tomorrow, a company official .
Foldable smartphones still enjoying rapidly growing momentum
In comparison, the first pre-order batch of the original barely included 1,000 units, with Samsung initially in total to its Korean customers. Assessing the near-term potential of such smartphones is made all the more difficult by the fact Samsung’s global foldable push continues to be .
As things currently stand, we’re still at least a couple of years away until flexible-screen smartphones become so commonplace (read: affordable) that Samsung starts maintaining a large inventory of them. Doing so right now would not be the wisest financial decision. Of course, there’s a very real possibility that that many are expecting.
On the bright side, another extra series of high-end devices per year means more opportunities for traditional flagships to get even more affordable relatively early into their life cycles. Which is why e.g. the start of Galaxy Z Fold 2 pre-orders prompted in South Korea.
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