Samsung Galaxy Fold doesn’t have a headphone jack
The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s elusive foldable smartphone that the company finally showed off to the world, doesn’t have a headphone jack. According to Samsung, the Galaxy Fold will change “the shape of tomorrow”, and that means giving up on some yesteryear features, such as non-folding displays and, well, a headphone jack. A microSD slot isn’t part of the device, either.
Samsung obviously didn’t say anything about this, only choosing to focus on the good stuff in its Galaxy Fold introduction. And barring a headphone jack, the Galaxy Fold does have the latest and greatest specs underneath that stunning folding exterior. It is powered by a Snapdragon 855 SoC, comes with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, six cameras, and even 5G support. Whether the 4,380 mAh battery will be enough to keep the Fold running all day long with plenty of usage in tablet mode remains to be seen.
The Galaxy Fold goes on sale April 26 at a starting price of $1,980. No one has had the chance to play with one yet, but we will hopefully be able to get our hands on the device for a review before Samsung puts it on retail shelves.
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A headphone jack would have made the device even thicker, that’s why it was probably the first thing which had to go.
The devices that have jacks now are pretty damn thin as it is.
Shame that the removed the headphone jack from the Galaxy Folder as allot of people still use it. However if they include a wireless headset in the box, I guess that is a pretty good thing.
I want to know how many times that screen can fold before the center of the screen gets all jacked up. Like a crease or tear or damaged pixels.
What we have heard…. You can fold it 100 times per day for at least 5 year.
Thanks Danny. I hope that’s correct. That sounds like a lot of use.
This phone has been in development for over a decade. Back then, not all phones had jacks. So that might explain why.
Ah well, I wouldn’t worry about a headphone jack regarding this phone plus with 512gb storage, lack of an SD slot isn’t really an issue. The price is high though I’m imagining this device coupled with an SPen could be a huge winner for tech business people. Maybe next time.
Not too high, to be honest. Same hardware as an S10+ but two OLED screens and all that folding wizardry. Of course, it’s nowhere near affordable or something I’d ever have the money for. 😅
I don’t have money for it too.
Is the price really absurd? Ceramic S10+ + TabS5e is around the same price as the Galaxy Fold.
Yes it is absurd. A lot of people don’t have 2000$ to spent on phone. Especially in Poland or India.
It’s definitely a huge investment. You would really need to have major benefits from using it, as you could buy a decent phone AND a tablet for that money. Of course there’s the benefit of not having to carry two of them. You’re right , I don’t think many individual users will really justify the price.
They included galaxy buds with the box