Have foldables already peaked? Samsung reportedly dials back targets

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• Samsung’s shifting output targets for 2025 will reportedly favor traditional flagships over foldables.
• Rather than the 8.2 million target for the Fold 6 and Flip 6, next year’s models may only ship some 5 million units.
• Samsung’s reportedly looking to optimize profit instead of focusing on volume.

There’s little denying that foldable smartphones are slick as hell, and they’ve already come an incredibly long way. While just a few years ago they felt like fantastical concept devices that were just too impractical to exist commercially, manufacturers like Samsung have proven that there’s absolutely a market for these boundary-pushing handsets. But now a new report suggests that this market may be drying up a little, as Samsung scales back its plans for next year’s folding models.

Maybe shoppers are just feeling a little burnt out on slight tweaks to older designs, or craving the wave of dual-folding screens, but we had already heard about Galaxy Z Fold 6 sales underperforming estimates. And while the thinner Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition sales sounded a lot more promising, even that may not be enough to convince Samsung of the market’s level of interest in yet another iteration of Fold and Flip models. Now a new report from South Korea’s ET News claims that the manufacturer is planning to shift its production balance towards more Galaxy S phones and fewer Galaxy Z foldables.




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