Samsung’s First Foldable Galaxy Tablet Tipped To Launch In Near Future

According to a post on Naver, Samsung will launch its first foldable tablet on the same day as the Galaxy Tab S9 (via SamMobile). If the company sticks to its current schedule, that could happen in just half a year, around January or February 2023. Details are still scarce, unsurprisingly, but the mere idea that we’re this close to seeing a foldable tablet could put the rumor mill into high gear.

Of course, Samsung has already shown multiple prototypes of a large slate that folds into a smaller form in different ways — it even named at least two of these, hinting that they could be the commercial names for these technologies. The Flex S is what most will probably think of when imagining a large table that has to fold into a more portable form—in this case, folding in opposite directions to create an S or Z shape. The Flex G, in contrast, has two flaps that fold on top of each other, resembling a squished G instead.

The rumor doesn’t mention which direction Samsung will go, but the Flex S style is definitely more impressive to look at and probably more practical since you can use the tablet even while folded. This tablet could be called the Galaxy Z Tab or Tab Z, depending on whether it’s true that Samsung is considering dropping the Z branding. Whichever way it goes, this tablet will definitely be the talk of the town next year, presuming it does launch as rumoured.