Samsung has been dominating the foldable smartphone market with the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip series phones and has also managed to launch multiple generations of these phones, well ahead of the competition.

Now, the South Korean giant is reportedly planning to launch a new budget foldable smartphone which will be a part of the Galaxy A-series. While not much is known about this, its pricing details have leaked online.

As per the latest report, Samsung’s upcoming budget foldable smartphone could be priced at around 1 million won (approx. $771). However, in other markets, the device will be priced a bit higher because of the taxes but could be around $900 to $1,000.

It is also said that the company will cut corners by excluding premium features and the Galaxy A foldable lineup will only include core functionalities. It is said that the phone would not include the Ultra-Thin Glass layer found in the foldable phones of the company.

Currently, it is not known which form factor the South Korean giant goes with for the Galaxy A-series foldable device — the book-like fold found on the Galaxy Z Fold lineup or the clamshell fold found on the Galaxy Z Flip series.

The smartphone isn’t getting launched anytime soon and is speculated to go official sometime in 2024 or 2025. With new models of the foldable smartphone getting launched, the pricing is gradually decreasing and in a couple of years, it will be possible for Samsung to introduce a budget foldable smartphone in the market.

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Samsung has been dominating the foldable smartphone market with multiple devices already available for purchase. The South Korean giant has decided to double down on this new form factor to increase its lead in the market.

While the company is gearing up to launch the next-generation Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip phones in the market, a new report hints that Samsung could also introduce a cheaper foldable smartphone in the coming years.

As per the report coming from tipster @chunvn8888 on Twitter, Samsung is working on a cheaper foldable smartphone that will be launched in the market as a part of the company’s Galaxy A-series. However, the smartphone isn’t getting launched anytime soon and is speculated to go official sometime in 2024 or 2025.

With new models of the foldable smartphone getting launched, the pricing is gradually decreasing and in a couple of years, it will be possible for Samsung to introduce a budget foldable smartphone in the market.

It remains to be seen which form factor the South Korean giant goes with for the Galaxy A-series foldable device — book-like fold found on the Galaxy Z Fold lineup or the clamshell fold found on the Galaxy Z Flip series.

The demand for foldable smartphones has been steeply rising. A report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) reveals that the shipment of foldable smartphones in the first quarter of this year increased by 571 percent year-on-year with 2.22 million units shipped and Samsung continues to dominate the market with 74 percent market share.

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Samsung recently launched the Galaxy S22 series flagship smartphones at the Galaxy Unpacked event last month and now the company is gearing up to launch new A-series smartphones later this month.

The South Korean technology giant has now started sending out media invites for its second major launch event of the year. The event will take place on 17th March at 10:00 AM ET and will be live-streamed.

The event invitation from the brand clearly states that it will be focused on introducing the company’s mid-range Galaxy A-series smartphones but Samsung has not confirmed which devices will get launched at this event.

Reports about the event happening in the second half of this month were making rounds and Evan Blass recently shared leaked images related to this event. If the reports are to be believed, then Samsung could launch three devices — Galaxy A33, A53, and A73.

The Samsung Galaxy A33 is expected to be an updated version of the Galaxy A32 that was launched in February last year while the Galaxy A53 and Galaxy A73 will be the successor of the Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 smartphones launched in March 2021.

Based on the leaks, the Samsung Galaxy A73 is expected to have a 6.7-inch display and pack Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G chipset while the Galaxy A53 could have a 6.5-inch display and be powered by the brand’s own Exynos 1200 SoC. To know for sure, we will have to wait for the official launch event in a few days.

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Not long ago, Samsung registered the names for its 2020 Galaxy A smartphone lineup which will succeed the Galaxy A handsets launched in the current year. To recall, these handsets will be called Galaxy A51, Galaxy A71, Galaxy 91 and the similar name scheming with an increment of one number will be applicable to all other handsets.

Surprisingly, months before these 2020 handsets are unveiled, Samsung has already filed trademarks of its 2021 Galaxy A lineup in the Europe Union. The list of trademarks applied by the Korean electronics giant include: Samsung A12, A22, A32, A42, A52, A62, A72, and A92.

Even though these handsets have the “Samsung” suffix instead of “Galaxy”, the accompanying description makes it obvious that these are smartphones that we are looking at. Having already registered Galaxy A smartphone trademarks for two upcoming years, we don’t expect to see any more trademark applications by Samsung for this lineup anytime soon.

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As it happens, we barely know anything about 2020 Galaxy A smartphones except for the A91, it does not make much sense to make assumptions about companies lineup from the year 2021 or beyond.

Having said that, it is clear how crucial this lineup is for the company and it is here to stay for a long time like the Galaxy S series and the Galaxy Note series. Lastly, one of the first members of 2020 “Galaxy A” series are expected to be unveiled in month of February which is supposed to be the A31 or A51.

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