Just a few weeks out from its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung has disclosed that “almost 10 million foldable devices” had been shipped globally. Dr. TM Roh, the company’s chief of Mobile Experience (MX) Business, stated in a post on the Samsung Newsroom that this is a 300 percent increase from 2020 and that he anticipates the “fast-paced growth” to continue. The Flip, which resembles a clamshell, was chosen by the majority of its foldable customers—apparently 70% of them. That comes as no surprise at all given that Samsung already acknowledged that the Flip 3 led to a greater number of brand switches than its flagship models.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event Poster Shipped 10 million foldable devicesNotably, the 10 million units Dr. Roh claims Samsung shipped last year is a significant increase over the prior shipment figures IDC released. According to report released in February by the International Data Corporation, 7.1 million foldable phones will be shipped globally in 2021, including both flip and fold form factors. Regardless of the actual number, Samsung’s MX division had an increase in income last year, largely as a result of the successful launch of its foldables and most recent Galaxy S handsets.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 renders leaked

Additionally, D. Roh provided an update on the performance of Samsung’s smartphones in addition to confirming that the company will unveil its upcoming Flip and Fold models at its upcoming Unpacked presentation. He added that Samsung made improvements to future products to improve user experience.

Samsung will host the Galaxy Unpacked event on August 10 at 09:00 AM EST to launch Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4. The newest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 engine, up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 1TB of UFS 3.1 storage will power the future foldable smartphones. The company is likely to launch Samsung Galaxy Watch Series 5 alongside the aforementioned devices.

 

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