Last week, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy W21 was certified by TENAA and 3C in China. Followed by that, a few days ago, a report from South Korea shed more information on this device. Now, TENAA has published the images of this handset revealing its entire design.

For those unaware, Galaxy W series is a series of premium limited edition Samsung smartphones in partnership with China Telecom sold exclusively in China. Up until 2018, these phones used flip phone form factor but from 2019, the company has begun to use its foldable phones.

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The Elec report from earlier this week confirmed that this year’s Galaxy W21 will be based on Galaxy Z Fold2 and will come in gold color. Unsurprisingly, it happens to be true as per the TENAA images.

However, the handset looks more silver than gold. But it has a unique finish than the standard Mystic Bronze and Mystic Black color variants of the Galaxy Z Fold2. 

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Also, unlike the regular model and Thom Browne Edition, which is another limited edition of Galaxy Z Fold2, the Galaxy W21 may come with a metal body instead of glass, as per the pictures.

Anyway, we will know more about this smartphone when it will be launching in the coming days in China. Samsung is reported to produce only 30,000 units of this phone.

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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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