The foldable phone of Samsung Galaxy Flip 7 shows in a new leak

The new renderings of the Galaxy Z Flip7 Fe ​​phone, a cheaper alternative to Z Flip 6 from last year, hit the Internet via notable Evan Blass leak. The images were shared on Monday on smartphone News site Phone Arena.

The FE means Founders Edition and is the way of Samsung to offer comparable devices with slightly weakened specifications at more affordable prices. The phones passed in FE include the Samsung Galaxy S24 Fe and the Galaxy Tab S10 Fe and Fe Plus.

Renderings show a device that looks a lot like the Galaxy Z Flip 6, appearing in white and black colors. Phone Arena reports that the Flip 6 Fe will have a material similar to that of Flip 6 from last year, but can exchange the Snapdragon chip for an Exynos processor made by Samsung.

Blass also shared the renderings of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 lighthouse which, if precise, will abandon the camera and include the on -board on -board screen, with cuts for cameras, a bit like the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025.

Foldable phones, once aircraft of $ 2,000, slowly started to crawl down, because the conceptions have improved and more players have entered the space. Despite more foldable phones that enter the market, it is always a smaller piece of the larger global pie for smartphone.

TrendForce predicted last year that 17.8 million foldables would send in 2024, representing only 1.5% of global smartphones expeditions. Foldable telephone shipments have actually decreased by 1%, making it the very first drop in the T-Q3 segment, according to Counterpoint Research. This decline was awarded to a low performance of the Samsung’s Z Flip 6, which was a slight improvement compared to the 2023 model.

While Samsung is the world leader in the foldable market at 56%, the Z FLIP and the PLI 6 saw the shipments of 21%. With more exciting handsets leaving China, where Samsung has a smaller presence, consumers could hold cheaper prices or more exciting conceptions. Already, rumors claim that Apple could prepare its own foldable device, which could extend the market as well as Share from Samsung.

There are other concerns with foldables, apart from the higher price. According to a Kantar report in 2023, 55% of the first foldable buyers later returned to an ordinary slab phone. The lower battery life and the uncertainty of the software has moved away people, depending on the report. A Yougov report in 2024 said 56% of young adults said sustainability was a major concern when examining a foldable.

Some foldable phones see more affordable prices, including the new Motorola Razr 2025, which has a starting price of $ 700. If the Z Flip 7 Fe can correspond or undermine Motorola, this could attract certain consumers.