Based on a new report, Samsung will use a very strong and light metal to build its upcoming foldable smartphones. In other words, titanium will be used for both the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Samsung’s very first tri-fold smartphone.
Titanium will be used inside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Samsung’s first tri-fold handset
The information comes from TheElec, a Korean outlet. This is not exactly new, as many Chinese companies have used titanium for their foldable smartphones, to an extent. Samsung will adopt this practice, it would seem.
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is expected to arrive in early July, during an event that is set to take place in New York. Based on a rumor, the company’s tri-fold phone will also arrive during that event, or later in the year.
What is interesting, however, is that this report claims Samsung’s use of titanium won’t be in a place you’d expect. Well, at least not only in that place. Based on the report, titanium will be used in the backplate of both devices. Not on the outer portion of the phone, though, let me explain.
Most companies use titanium for the frame and/or for the hinge when it comes to foldable devices. What is not so well-known is that Samsung already did something like this. It did that with the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, which features a titanium backplate.
When we say backplate, we mean a component that is used as a support between the hinge and the foldable panel. Glass still could be a factor, on top of titanium.
Samsung used stainless steel & carbon fiber in the past
As a reminder, Samsung has used a stainless steel backplate in the Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 2. Then the company switched to carbon fiber with the Galaxy Z Fold 3, and kept that practice until the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition.
The report also claims that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will not feature an S Pen digitizer. Samsung wants to reduce the thickness of the phone as much as possible, and a digitizer would do the opposite.
Samsung Display is developing an OLED panel that would allow a stylus to work even without a digitizer. The thing is, we’re not sure if it will make it to the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The chances are it will not, but who knows?
