Samsung is proclaiming that the long-awaited Galaxy Fold is 'now available' – at least in its home country of Korea, where it'll finally be delivered on Friday, September 6.
Don't worry, everyone else, there's more: Samsung's delayed foldable phone is then set to launch in the US, UK and other European countries 'in the coming weeks,' according to the company's official announcement.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold price will remain unchanged: high. It'll cost $1,980 / £1,800 (€2,000), twice the price of typical flagship phones, and come into two color options: Cosmos Black and Space Silver.
Today was also the first time that Samsung talked about the Galaxy Fold 5G, albeit vaguely, noting that "With a 5G-ready option in select countries, consumers will be able to unfold the future on the fastest network speeds available."
Galaxy Fold release date specifics
When will the Galaxy Fold launch in the US? Samsung doesn't give an exact date, but a recent tweet from leaker Evan Blass points to Friday, September 27.
That's five months (almost to the date [April 26]) after the Samsung Galaxy Fold was set to launch in the US. It was quickly delayed due to the fact that the foldable broke in the hands of some early reviewers. In that time, Samsung promised a bunch of fixes were made to the phone.
We expect more news from Samsung today, as this announcement is happening just ahead of its IFA 2019 press conference. Previously, we heard that Samsung was readying the 20,000 and 30,000 units of the handset by the September 6 release date, according to Korea Herald.
Of course, between the initial Galaxy Fold release date delay and now, smartphone competition has gotten even more fierce, including new Samsung phones arriving like the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus we just reviewed.
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