Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold Slim, also known as Galaxy Z Fold6 Slim, Galaxy Z Fold Ultra, and Galaxy Z Fold6 Ultra, will apparently use none of those names when it becomes official. Instead, it will be called Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition.
This information comes from legendary leakster Evan Blass, who also revealed that the device will have a 6.5″ outer screen, an 8″ inner display, and it will be 4.9mm thick when unfolded and 10.6mm thick when folded.
That will make it much more competitive against the Honor Magic V3 and the Xiaomi Mix Fold 4, the former being 4.35mm thick when opened and 9.2mm thick when closed, the latter 4.6mm / 9.5mm, respectively. Sure, Samsung isn’t matching either of these, but it’s getting much closer with the Fold Special Edition than it ever did with a non-Special Edition Fold, including the latest Z Fold6.
And now for the bad news. According to multiple previous rumors, the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition will be available only in Korea and China. That doesn’t make sense to us either, so hopefully this won’t pan out. We’ll have to wait and see what happens. The Fold Special Edition has been rumored to launch in September in Korea and October in China.
