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Samsung unveils first foldable smartphone

Name: Samsung unveils first foldable smartphone
Uploaded: 2019-02-21T10:07:40.881Z
Duration: 1 min 6 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: South Korean company hopes the new device will reignite declining smartphone sales

The launch kick-starts the biggest experiment in handset design since Apple’s iPhone launched 12 years ago

February 21, 2019

Footage by Reuters. Edited by Trixia Abao.

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With the Galaxy Fold, you get a powerful smartphone and a revolutionary tablet all in a single premium package. When it's folded, it has a 4.6 inch display. It's compact and perfectly portable, but when the device opens up, your world does too with a massive 7.3 inch Infinity Flex display that transforms the fold into a tablet.