Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 could miss this major upgrade

An artist's render of the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 based on rumors. (Epitome credit: Zone of Tech)

We're gradually learning more and more about the Galaxy Fold 2, and the latest slice of news to surface is that Samsung's second-generation tablet-sized foldable will pack a 4,500-mAh battery.

A tweet from the_tech_guy on Twitter shows a pair of screenshots list battery components for a new device. It's not explicitly stated in the documents that these batteries will exist used for the Galaxy Fold 2, but context is added in the tweet itself.

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Like the original Milky way Fold, the successor is said to bring together two dissever batteries — one ii,090 mAh unit of measurement, and some other 2,275 mAh one. The sum of that is 4,365 mAh, which is right around the commencement-generation Fold'southward four,380 mAh total capacity.

Interestingly, minutes after that initial tweet was made, XDA Developers' Max Weinbach retweeted it, stating that the Galaxy Fold 2 will have a four,500-mAh unit. It's unclear where the extra 135 mAh came from, but the upshot is that the adjacent Fold'southward bombardment capacity will either come in virtually the same or ever so slightly larger than the showtime device's.

The get-go Galaxy Fold lasted exactly x hours and 1 minute in Tom'southward Guide's bombardment test, where smartphones endlessly load webpages over an LTE connection while set to 150 nits of screen brightness until they run out of juice. That's non a bad result, and if that battery grows a bit in the Fold 2, it'southward quite possible the new device will exceed that consequence.

4,500 mAh battery in the Galaxy Fold 2! https://t.co/gTb1oTaJfGJune 16, 2020

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Even so, this news will likely disappoint those hoping for massively upgraded longevity in the next Fold. Given the 5G modem onboard the next iteration — something the first Fold lacked — the battery might exist under more stress through a solar day'southward apply than the previous model's was.

We don't expect to see the Milky way Fold 2 in the mankind until Baronial. Ice Universe, a Twitter user who leaks lots of information apropos Samsung's mobile products, believes that Samsung is planning an issue on August five where information technology volition announce the Milky way Note 20, Galaxy Fold 2 and perhaps even the Galaxy Z Flip 5G, a new variant of the clamshell foldable the company launched earlier this year.

When all those phones volition really become on auction, however, is more difficult to predict. Weinbach believes the Milky way Fold 2 may make it in September, which would really square upwardly quite nicely with the original Fold's release in September 2019, after it was delayed due to blueprint faults after being sent to reviewers earlier that spring.

Adam Ismail is a staff writer at Jalopnik and previously worked on Tom's Guide covering smartphones, car tech and gaming. His dearest for all things mobile began with the original Motorola Droid; since then he's owned a diversity of Android and iOS-powered handsets, refusing to stay loyal to one platform. His piece of work has likewise appeared on Digital Trends and GTPlanet. When he's not fiddling with the latest devices, he'southward at an indie pop show, recording a podcast or playing Sega Dreamcast.