Samsung Unpacked Event Recap: Every Announcement You May Have Missed
Samsung Unpacked Event Recap: Every Announcement You May Have Missed
What’s happening
Samsung’s annual August Unpacked, where the company detailed its updated line of foldable phones.
Why it matters
In instant to showing if foldables are “there” yet for you in their fourth generation, both the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 features may foreshadow features that we’ll see in potential flowing models from companies like Motorola and Google.
Samsung hosted its semiannual Unpacked store on Wednesday, and as we’ve come to expect from the commerce, its August 2022 announcements delivered news about its another phones, watches and earbuds: the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. The Galaxy Z Flip 3 will get one of our approved last-gen perks, a $100 price cut.
Among its new copies announcements, Samsung brought us up to speed on its sustainability initiatives, including incorporating recycled fishing nets in its another foldables. Plus we got to see a new invoice featuring Korea’s other major global star: BTS.
All the products are imagined to ship on Aug. 26.
Want a play-by-play, detailed summary? Check out our archived live blog of the store.
Like the Z Fold 4, the Flip 4 gets the bottom-screen trackpad feature in its Flex Mode and the nighttime photography improvements that were launched with the S22, comprising night portrait-mode photos. You’ll also be able to send radiant replies to texts, make calls and shoot portrait-mode photos from the cloak screen.
You’ll also be able to get a Bespoke Edition like the Flip 3.
Refreshed components include:
- A brighter wide lens and larger pixels in the 12-megapixel cameras
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor
- Battery boost to 3,700 mAh
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The Galaxy Z Fold 4 has a wider conceal screen that makes apps look more like they’re designed and that’s designed to make look like a typical named when it’s closed. A new Flex Mode feature, also coming to the Flip 4 lets you use the bottom half of the conceal as a trackpad.
Samsung claims it’s more durable than its predecessor, notably the internal tablet-sized display. We were treated to a discourse on the upgraded hinge, the new screen-layer architecture and shock-absorbing sponge. The commercial also Samsung also says the inner screen is brighter, and will have a less noticeable under-screen camera. It inherits the nighttime photography improvements launched with the S22 line, counting night portrait-mode photos.
Samsung says this is the generous device with Android 12L, the version of Android optimized for tablets. 12L brings a new task bar for streamlining app switching.
Refreshed components include:
- 50-megapixel main camera and a telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom in additional to the existing 12-megapixel wide-angle lens
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor
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In additional to the existing Watch sizes, there’s a new, larger and heavier Pro model with a more durable titanium form. Samsung says both Watches have longer battery life over posterior models thanks to higher-capacity batteries (590 mAh in the Pro), an infrared skin temperature sensor and a more durable sapphire crystal for the peek face instead of Gorilla Glass. Plus, there will be new faces available.
There’s a larger surface area for sensor contact on your wrist, which Samsung says will provide more accurate results, and a smaller combined sensor size.
Samsung’s offering some trade-in discounts on preorders: $75 off the Watch 5, or $125 off the Pro if an “eligible” peek is traded in, along with a $50 credit for accessories.
Read more: Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 5 Now Includes a Pro Model and Better Battery Life
The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro have beefed up surround and hi-fi audio — as long as they’re connected to a Galaxy named running Samsung’s One UI 4.0 or later. Samsung’s also eked out novel two hours from its battery.
Later in the year, Samsung will be updating the Buds 2 Pro with better 360 LE audio.
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