Published 13:55 IST, May 23rd 2019
This Game of Thrones inspired-limited edition Samsung Galaxy Fold will cost you over Rs 5 lakh
Only seven units of its Game of Thrones inspired limited edition Samsung Galaxy Fold will ever be made (and sold) - to commemorate the seven houses in Game of Thrones
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Russian brand Caviar known for its limited edition take on world famous smartphones apparently thinks Samsung’s infamous Galaxy Fold is in dire need for a makeover. Alrey. Even though Samsung has technically pulled Galaxy Fold from market – after many reviewers found serious problems with phone’s foldable display – and we don’t even know if it would ever make it back, Caviar clearly sees light at end of tunnel.
Taking inspiration from recently concluded Game of Thrones series, Caviar has announced a limited-edition Samsung Galaxy Fold that celebrates George RR Martin’s critically acclaimed books including yet-to-release ‘ Winds of Winter.’ Needless to say, re’s lot of action happening here – with dragons and whatnot – all in one Samsung Galaxy Fold frame. And re’s gold, lots and lots of it all over phone – in typical Caviar Fashion.
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Caviar seems to be taking inspiration really seriously, for only seven units of its Game of Thrones inspired limited edition Samsung Galaxy Fold will ever be me (and sold) - to commemorate seven houses in Game of Thrones. All that inspiration will unsurprisingly cost you a fortune – limited-edition Samsung Galaxy Fold will sell globally for a price of a whopping $8,180, that roughly translates to Rs 5,70,352 (minus necessary taxes).
only problem is, Caviar isn’t sure about shipping – because well, even Samsung isn’t sure wher Galaxy Fold will ever make it back to market (anytime soon). Possibly realizing what’s at stake here, Caviar has now taken down listing after initiating pre-orders. Caviar previously noted that “ start of sales will begin with opening of official Samsung Fold series.”
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Galaxy Fold was seemingly pulled off shelves ahe of its scheduled April 26 launch after many review units of foldable started breaking – eir because of debris that me its way inside from under exposed areas of hinge, or when top protective layer of main display (which looked like it was a screen protector) was peeled off.
Samsung recalled all review units and started an internal investigation to find out root cause(s) of problem. Only recently, Samsung came up and announced that it will cancel all pre-orders if it failed to ship Galaxy Fold by end of May – unless, those who pre-ordered were willing to stick around.
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Samsung Electronics CEO DJ Koh recently cleared some air over future of Galaxy Fold. Turns out, Samsung isn’t looking to cancel it, just yet. Rar, Samsung has reviewed all defects that led into Galaxy Fold’s fold-gate issue, and probably also has a fix just around corner. Furr details are awaited.
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13:52 IST, May 23rd 2019