2018 and 2019 might be remembered as the year slider phones made a brief comeback. One of the phones with a slider design announced during this period is the Galaxy A80. Now it has been reported that a successor, called the Galaxy A82, is coming and the big question is if it will bring back the slider design.
The Galaxy A82 was first heard of in early 2020 when Samsung applied for a trademark for a bunch of Galaxy A smartphones, some of which have already launched. It has been reported that the phone will have 5G support. However, there is no information about how it looks, so we do not know if it will keep the slider + rotating camera design of the Galaxy A80.
The Galaxy A80 launched with a 6.7-inch FHD+ display that didn’t have a notch or hole in the screen. Its sliding + rotating mechanism allowed for the triple rear cameras to slide upwards and then rotate to double as the front-facing cameras.
The phone also packed a Snapdragon 730G processor, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and 48MP+8MP+TOF triple rear cameras. It launched with a 3700mAh battery capacity with support for 25W fast wired charging.
Since the Galaxy A82 chipset will have 5G, it should come with a 5G chipset from Samsung, MediaTek, or Qualcomm; though our guess is that it will be powered by a Snapdragon chipset. We expect the phone to pack a bigger battery capacity than its predecessor and run Android 11 out of the box.
The Galaxy A82 is expected to be announced during or after summer, so there is still a bit of waiting to do. We expect more details to surface as time goes on. Nevertheless, please let us know in the comment box if you will like the phone to bring back the slider design of its predecessor or if you prefer the current punch hole trend.
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