Samsung Unpacked Coming Feb. 11 in San Fran: Will S11, Fold Be Seen?
The emblem for the Galaxy Unpacked 2020 occasion
It’s official: The following Samsung Unpacked occasion is scheduled for February 11 in San Francisco, the place the corporate is predicted to announce its newest client digital gadgets — notably the Galaxy S11 smartphone.
Samsung despatched “save the date” invites to pick members of the press together with Digital Tendencies late Saturday evening to announce the date and site for the occasion, which can be held within the San Francisco Palace of the Advantageous Arts in mid-Februrary. The announcement stated little about to what to anticipate, save for one cryptic line: “On February 11, Samsung Electronics will unveil new, progressive gadgets that may form the following decade of cellular experiences.”
The invite additionally contained a picture of the Galaxy brand, with block cubes standing in for the 2 letter As. The cubes resemble the white storage containers for the corporate’s Galaxy Buds, however the star of the present is nearly sure to be the corporate’s subsequent flagship smartphone, anticipated to be the Galaxy S11 telephone. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S10 on February 20, 2019 — Feb. 11 will mark practically a 12 months since that telephone was launched.
A key query forward of the occasion: Will it fold? Samsung used its final Unpacked occasion to unveil its folding smartphone, cleverly named the Galaxy Fold; our evaluation of the leading edge gadget lauds its innovation and suggests customers look ahead to the following mannequin. It stands to purpose that “progressive new gadgets for the following decade” will embrace the folding screens which have dominated conversations round smartphones for the previous couple of years — and a Fold 2.
Past that, there have been numerous rumors and options about what the next-gen telephone will appear to be. Current leaked renders confirmed a larger-than-ever digicam module on the again of the telephone, with totally 4 lenses and a flash unit. It’s … massive, and sure to be polarizing. However the energy of the digicam, if rumors maintain true, can be spectacular.
It’s anticipated that the three lenses on the left facet will embrace a monstrous 108-megapixel lens, which is able to use “pixel-binning” — a course of that may mix 9 pixels into one for a lot higher efficiency in low gentle. Additionally anticipated is an ultra-wide-angle lens, and the long-awaited periscope 5x telephoto zoom lens. The periscope lens is discovered on the backside of the module, given away by its distinctive sq. opening. A periscope lens runs alongside the telephone’s physique to present the longer zoom lens the room it must function and makes use of a periscope to redirect gentle into it.
Different leaks have pointed to a merely huge battery: Totally 5,000mAh, making it far and away the most important battery on a cellular phone but to this point. And it is probably not the Galaxy S11 in any respect. Some rumors have steered that Samsung could undertake a brand new naming conference for the brand new decade, opting to name the telephone the Galaxy S20.
No matter Samsung reveals, Digital Tendencies can be there to carry you all of the information. Keep tuned!
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