The Samsung SM-F415 is not a budget foldable smartphone after all, it seems. This information comes from SamMobile. It says that it received that information from its sources.
To give you a bit of back story about all this. The Samsung SM-F415 popped up last month, in two separate reports. Considering the letter ‘F’ in its model number, many people assumed this is a foldable device.
Considering that Samsung is expected to deliver a budget foldable handset soon, that led to an interesting conclusion. People immediately assumed that the Samsung SM-F415 is a budget foldable smartphone.
The Samsung SM-F415 is not a budget foldable smartphone, it’s a regular handset
Well, if this report is to be believed, that’s not the case. SamMobile claims that the Samsung SM-F415 is a regular, budget smartphone. To be more specific, this is, allegedly, the Galaxy M31.
Yes, that is the very same Galaxy M31 that was announced in India last year. This was actually hinted by the Wi-Fi Alliance, as M315 was mentioned as the firmware version for the SM-F415F.
It seems like the SM-F415F and M31 are the exact same smartphone. They do come with different model numbers in different regions, though, it seems.
Samsung India is developing firmware for the Galaxy M31 with SM-F415F as the model number, instead of SM-M315F. Seems confusing? Well, yes, it is.
We have no idea why would Samsung India do this, as it makes no sense at all, but there you have it. This does not mean that a budget foldable is not coming from Samsung, though.
The company’s “budget” foldable could be called the Galaxy Z Fold Lite
Samsung is still expected to release a foldable smartphone. That phone may be called the Galaxy Z Fold Lite, or something of the sort. It is also still expected to arrive before the end of 2020.
None of this can be confirmed, though. Samsung may even wait until 2021 to announce this smartphone, as not much info surfaced. All we have thus far are rumors, pretty much.
Releasing such a phone definitely makes sense, though. Samsung is betting big on foldables, but the company’s main lineup is way too expensive. A more affordable foldable handset could make such form factor more appealing to the masses, even though $900-$1,100 is still a lot of money.
That is the price tag that is expected to be attached to the company’s budget foldable. More information regarding all this will hopefully surface soon.
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