Samsung's next wave of foldable and mid-range phones may arrive at prices meaningfully lower than their predecessors, according to reports that have yet to be confirmed by the company itself. Price has long stood as the stubborn barrier between curious buyers and the folding devices that manufacturers have been trying to make mainstream. Whether these reported reductions hold will become clear only when Samsung reveals its official tags in August, and until then the numbers remain informed guesses, shaped by the baseline one chooses to measure from.
Samsung Reportedly Plans Up to 20% Price Cuts for Galaxy Z Fold 3, Flip 3, and S21 FE
Price has long been the largest obstacle for foldable phones.
Mark
So what's the headline here? Cheaper foldables?
Mimi
That's the claim. SamMobile says the Fold 3 and Flip 3 could be up to 20% cheaper than their predecessors, and the Korea Herald says the S21 FE will also come in below the S20 FE.
Mark
What would the Fold 3 actually cost?
Mimi
About $1,600 if you cut 20% from the original $1,999 price. About $1,450 if you cut from what the older model sells for today.
Luke
Worth noting that's math on a percentage, not a leaked price tag. The reports say 'as much as' 20%, so the real cut could be smaller.
Mark
And the Flip 3?
Mimi
Around $1,100 from its launch price, or $960 from its current price, using the same 20% cut.
Mark
Why does the S21 FE get a separate source?
Mimi
The Korea Herald reported it in won. The S20 FE started at 899,800 won, and the S21 FE is said to be 700,000 to 800,000 won.
Luke
And that doesn't convert cleanly to dollars. The move from $599 to near $500 is an approximation, not a reported US price.
Mark
So how much should a reader trust any of it?
Luke
Treat it as reported, not confirmed. Samsung hasn't said anything, and the August launch is where the real numbers appear.
Il Polso
- Leaked figures suggest the Galaxy Z Fold 3 could drop toward $1,600 from the $1,999 Fold 2 launch price.
- Reports claim the Flip 3 and S21 FE will also come in cheaper, pulling foldables closer to everyday budgets.
- Nothing is official yet, and the dollar estimates rest on percentage math and won-denominated pricing.
- All eyes now turn to Samsung's August launch event, where the real price tags will settle the question.
Samsung's next wave of foldable and mid-range phones may arrive at prices meaningfully lower than their predecessors, according to reports that have yet to be confirmed by the company itself. Price has long stood as the stubborn barrier between curious buyers and the folding devices that manufacturers have been trying to make mainstream. Whether these reported reductions hold will become clear only when Samsung reveals its official tags in August, and until then the numbers remain informed guesses, shaped by the baseline one chooses to measure from.
Samsung's next foldables may cost far less than the phones they replace. New reports point to the Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy S21 FE, all expected in August, with price cuts of up to 20 percent. For foldable phones, price has been the largest obstacle to wider adoption, and these reports suggest Samsung is searching for a number that finally clears it.
SamMobile says the Fold 3 and Flip 3 could each be as much as 20 percent cheaper than their predecessors. The baseline matters: measured against the original $1,999 Fold price, the Fold 3 would land near $1,600, while measured against today's street price it would be closer to $1,450. 9to5Google reads the $1,600 figure as the more likely one. The Flip 3 would follow similar math.
The S21 FE story comes from the Korea Herald, which reports a lower won price than the S20 FE, with the dollar equivalent perhaps falling from about $599 toward $500.
Everything here is reported, not announced. Samsung has confirmed no prices, and the dollar figures are estimates. The official launch pricing in August will show whether the cuts are real and how deep they go.
Samsung's next foldables may cost noticeably less than the ones they replace. That is the claim from new reports about the Galaxy Z Fold 3, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Galaxy S21 FE, all of which are expected to arrive in August. Price has long been the largest obstacle for foldable phones, and the reports suggest Samsung is trying to find the number that gets past it.
The foldable claim comes from SamMobile, which reports that the Fold 3 and Flip 3 could each be as much as 20% cheaper than their predecessors. Everything depends on the baseline. Measured against the original $1,999 price of the earlier Fold, a 20% cut would put the Galaxy Z Fold 3 at roughly $1,600. Measured against what the older model sells for now, the same cut would land closer to $1,450.
The $1,600 figure is the more likely of the two, according to 9to5Google's read of the report. Even so, it would be a large drop, and it would put the device within reach of more buyers than the Fold line has managed so far.
The Flip 3 follows the same arithmetic. A 20% reduction from its launch price would put it around $1,100. Applied to its current price, it would come to about $960.
The third device is the Galaxy S21 FE, and its pricing story comes from a different outlet. The Korea Herald reports that Samsung intends to price it below its predecessor as well. The Galaxy S20 FE started at 899,800 won, while the S21 FE is said to land between 700,000 and 800,000 won. Those figures do not convert directly into US dollars, but the shift could take the phone from $599 to something nearer $500. Evan Blass leaked the S21 FE again over the weekend, which keeps the phone in the news ahead of its debut.
All of this is reported, not announced. Samsung has not confirmed any prices for the three phones, and the dollar figures for the foldables are calculations built on a percentage rather than listed prices. The S21 FE dollar estimate is similarly an approximation drawn from Korean pricing.
Samsung is expected to introduce the Galaxy Z Fold 3, Flip 3 and S21 FE sometime in August. The official price tags at launch will show whether the cuts are real, and how deep they go.
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Prices for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 could drop by as much as 20% compared to their predecessors.— SamMobile report, as summarized by 9to5Google
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