The Samsung Galaxy Fold has two screens, two batteries and six cameras, but you know what it doesnt have? A 3.5mm headphone jack. That puts it on a very short list of Samsung smartphone in many years to not have a jack (the others being the Galaxy A8s and exotics like the W2019 clamshell). Theres no microSD slot either (it shares this trait with the Galaxy S10 5G).
Samsung kept the Fold away from the prying eyes of tech journalists and is very selective about showing the sides of the device. For example, most product shots dont show the side-mounted capacitive fingerprint reader.
Finding an image of the top side of the device is even tougher, all we have is this. Starting from the top left and going clockwise, theres the loudspeaker, the USB-C port, an extra mic and… its not entirely clear what the hole in the bottom left is.
Its on the half that houses the external screen. That half also holds the SIM tray while the other half is home to the volume rocker, power key and the fingerprint reader.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold will be available for consumers from April 26 in the US and May 3 in Europe. And given the $1,980/2,000 price, we dont expect many Fold buyers to complain they cant use wired headphones.
Haslinda has worked with some of the largest telcos in North America and Asia. She loves tech and doesn’t like iPhone
