Most phones in the world won’t land in your pocket, but there are some standouts that are worth knowing about either way. After all, over 3 billion people own smartphones around the world — they’ve truly become must-have commodities. At the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, companies including Samsung, LG and Motorola showed off bold new designs at every price to tempt you.
There are phones that bend, pack in a ton of cameras and even flip up. Although most of them won’t deliver the same clout as the upcoming iPhone 11 or Google Pixel 4, seeing these devices gives us a window into where phones are going next. And it shows what you can get for your money today, no matter where you might live.
Here are the best of the bunch we saw at the show. Most will go on sale shortly, or launch by October. Some are concept designs to intrigue future you.
Redesigned Galaxy Fold
Samsung’s foldable Galaxy Fold never made it to its original sale date, after the company held off while making repairs on the accident-prone display. But now Samsung says it’s fixed the Galaxy Fold’s screen weaknesses, and we got to briefly try it out.
The saga is now in its next chapter. Samsung seems to have scaled back its Galaxy Fold ambitions, cancelling preorders to start again fresh, and cutting the blue and green color choices that it paraded around at launch. Silver and black will be your only options now.
We still don’t have every preorder detail, but the Fold is on sale in Korea now, hits the UK on Sept. 18 and is rumored to come to the US on Sept. 27. Samsung didn’t respond to a request for comment on the rumors, but we do know that it’s planning a Galaxy Fold Premier Service, which sounds kind of like a concierge service for Fold owners to get dedicated customer support. (Just like I called it.)
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