Samsung Unpacked: How to Watch the Galaxy Fold 5, Flip 5 Reveal Event

Samsung’s subsequent wave of foldable telephones — presumably the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 — will probably be making their debut at subsequent week’s Samsung Unpacked occasion on Wednesday, July 26. The occasion goes to be the primary Unpacked occasion that Samsung will maintain from Seoul, Korea, making for a really early launch occasion if watching from the US.

While Samsung’s getting into its fifth consecutive 12 months within the foldable cellphone market, the gadgets it is launching at this 12 months’s Unpacked arrive amongst much more competitors. Google’s $1,800 Pixel Fold is the primary Pixel system to undertake an analogous fashion to the Galaxy Z Fold collection, during which a historically sized cellphone unfolds to disclose an interior tablet-sized display. OnePlus can also be rumored to have its personal foldable cellphone on the best way, which might additional disrupt the house.

And after taking a couple of years off from the US market, Motorola’s new $1,000 Razr Plus is now eyeing Samsung’s Z Flip collection, with the latest entry together with a bigger cowl display that may run most Android apps. We additionally know Motorola has a extra inexpensive Razr mannequin on the best way with a smaller cowl display.

And it is not all telephones. Samsung’s summer season Unpacked occasions usually embody an replace to the Galaxy Watch collection. While the Samsung Galaxy Watch now faces competitors with Google’s Pixel Watch, on the software program facet Samsung and Google stay in a partnership in the direction of the event of Wear OS. However Samsung usually differentiates its watches with its personal software program enhancements, and it is probably a brand new Galaxy Watch would offer a highlight for any new Samsung Health updates.

CNET will probably be masking the subsequent Samsung Unpacked occasion dwell because it occurs, and right here is how one can watch all the reveals subsequent week. This will embody a dwell weblog and a dwell watch celebration, which can cowl the leadup to the subsequent cellphone occasion and run by means of all the new gadgets as they’re unveiled.

How to look at the subsequent Samsung Unpacked occasion

Samsung’s subsequent Unpacked occasion begins on Wednesday, July 26 at 7 a.m. ET, 4 a.m. PT and 12 p.m. within the UK. The early product launch time is as a result of Samsung will probably be holding the occasion at 8 p.m. in Korea.

Samsung will probably be livestreaming the Unpacked bulletins on Samsung.com and on Samsung’s YouTube channel.

CNET’s dwell weblog will launch the day earlier than Samsung Unpacked, and our dwell watch celebration will stream on CNET’s YouTube channel.

What are we anticipating at Samsung’s Unpacked occasion?

Based on the Samsung Unpacked invitation, foldable telephones are virtually assuredly the main focus of the subsequent occasion.

Samsung gave the July 26 occasion a tagline of “Join the flip facet” whereas exhibiting a cellphone that unfolds and flips round in its GIF graphic (cautious eyes might catch two silhouettes, probably of each collection of foldables). This is probably going pointing to updates to the Galaxy Z Fold collection and the Galaxy Z Flip collection.

Samsung additionally historically debuts its newest Galaxy Watch alongside its foldable telephones, and that might additionally include bulletins associated to Samsung Health. Samsung has already teased that its upcoming One UI 5 Watch software program will embody a much bigger deal with sleep and coronary heart charge monitoring. Such options might level to the way forward for the subsequent Galaxy Watch, even when the software program updates are additionally arriving to prior Galaxy Watch fashions.

What are rumors saying about Samsung’s Unpacked bulletins?

The presumed Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 would possibly obtain slight redesigns to make every foldable cellphone take higher benefit of their form.

An early Z Fold 5 rumor, reported late final 12 months by Korean information outlet The Elec, pointed to the risk of an S Pen slot that might harken again to the Galaxy Note collection. If it does, this might improve the positioning of the Z Fold 5 as a productiveness system extra akin to a mini-computer. Samsung has already included options like a mini trackpad into the Z Fold collection when the system is folded midway to assist with searching the system extra like a laptop computer.

Following the Pixel Fold’s skill to shut fully shut, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 may also get a brand new hinge that might permit for a much less noticeable crease and a slimmer profile. That’s in line with a number of Korean information retailers together with The Elec, ET News and leaker Ice Universe.

Meanwhile rumors concerning the Z Flip 5 are primarily pointing towards a redesigned, bigger cowl display. If true, this might permit the Z Flip 5 to be much more helpful when closed — ideally utilizing miniature variations of Android apps that fill its larger display. Several presumed renderings of the Z Flip 5, which embody a SamMobile report from April to a newer report by 9to5Google, purport to indicate a bigger cowl display that may show a keyboard or widgets.

The rumored Galaxy Watch 6 might even have quite a lot of adjustments to each its design and to the way it’s offered. According to a 9to5Google report, the Galaxy Watch 6 collection might embody a 47mm Watch 6 Classic mannequin — which might be the most important Galaxy Watch thus far. The Galaxy Watch 6 may also get a much bigger battery, with Android Central reporting a potential 300mAh and 425mAh capability for various fashions. 

Leaker SnoopyTech is reporting that the Galaxy Watch 6 may also be offered as a part of a “enterprise mannequin,” which might imply quite a lot of potentialities. For occasion, Google’s Fitbit Premium subscription unlocks extra options and statistics that are not obtainable with out being a subscriber. Amazon tried an analogous subscription with its Halo wearables, which at the moment are defunct. 

Samsung might additionally showcase a brand new iteration of the Galaxy Buds headphones, or extra options that might arrive to its different Galaxy telephones. We’ll discover out quickly when Samsung’s Unpacked occasion arrives on July 26.