The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 announced last week is 5.6mm thick when fully opened and 12.1mm thick when closed, making the product much thicker than its Chinese competitors. However, Samsung's next-generation Galaxy Z series could be significantly thinner. KED Global reports that TM Roh โ€“ President and Head of Samsung's MX Group โ€“ wants the next Galaxy Z foldable phones to be thinner and asked the team to develop an "ultra-thin foldable phone".

According to multiple industry sources, the publication claims that Roh asked engineers to develop a foldable phone model that is as thin as the Galaxy S24 series when closed. Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra are 7.6mm, 7.7mm, and 8.6mm thick, respectively.

If Samsung takes the thickness of the Galaxy S24 Ultra as its target and succeeds, the next generation Galaxy Z series will be 3.5mm thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 in its closed state, which is already 1.3mm thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6. Galaxy Z Fold 5. The source also claims that the MX team is looking to reduce the weight of the successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 below 239g. which is the weight of Galaxy Z Fold 6.

Samsung is also expected to launch the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Slim with a thickness of 10mm by the end of 2024. In addition, the product also has an 8" main screen, 0.4" larger than that of the Galaxy Z Fold 6.

In addition to developing thinner foldable phones, Samsung is also said to be creating content optimized for foldable phones and collaborating with Google and app developers to develop compatible apps. Optimized for folding screen phones.