In case you are not aware of, Samsung sells an exclusive premium series of phones in China going by the name of Galaxy W. Up until 2018, the devices in this series featured flip phone form factor but the company replaced it with foldable in 2019 with its Galaxy Fold 5G.
This version of Galaxy Fold 5G came in White color and was powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ unlike the regular version with Snapdragon 855. Now, according to a new report, the South Korean tech giant will be soon launching Galaxy W21 as a custom edition of 2020 Galaxy Z Fold2 in an exclusive gold color paint job.
Every year, Samsung releases a premium smartphone exclusively for the Chinese market in limited quantity in collaboration with China Telecom. These devices bear the Galaxy W branding and is known as 心系天下 in Chinese.
According to a report by The Elec, this year’s edition of Galaxy W series phone will be called Galaxy W21 and it will be based on Galaxy Z Fold2. It will come in gold color and the company will only produce around 30,000 units.
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The upcoming Galaxy W21 is codenamed “victory” mocking Chinese companies like Huawei’s inability to make a foldable smartphone in gold color, which the Chinese customers adore, said a person familiar with the matter
Anyway, Samsung has been having a negligible market share (around 1%) in China smartphone market since 2017 due to the rise of domestic brands. So a victory in making an expensive phone that only elite people can buy cannot be termed as success.
That said, like last year’s Galaxy W20, we can expect the 2020 Galaxy W21 to be at least $1,000 costlier than the standard Galaxy Z Fold2 sold around the world. Last but not least, this handset was recently certified by TENAA and 3C. Hence, it should launch very soon.
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