Looking for a Valentine's bargain? Samsung's next pholdable tipped for 14 Feb release at a trifling $1,400

Samsung is expected to go public with its next foldable flagship, the Galaxy Z Flip, early next month at its Unpacked event in San Francisco. The choice of venue – America's most expensive metro – is apt given the $1,400 price tag the phone is reportedly going to sell for. That's a lot of money, sure, but for context, both the …

[Headley_Grange]

"..iron out several embarrassing quality control issues..."

Creased me up!

[Jedit]

"Creased me up!"

I hope you're not in the office, or you might have several embarrassing quality control issues. Luckily they are creases, so they can be ironed out.

(Mine's the one with, you guessed it, creases.)

[JohnFen]

I just can't imagine

I just can't imagine any phone being so awesome that it is worth four figures.

[the Jim bloke]

But when you spread the price over the length of its supported life...

it will still cost $1,400

People who buy this will do so because of the price, not in spite of it.

It is absolutely compensating for a small dick.

[Kevin McMurtrie]

Folding is nice but

This better be a folded up desktop computer at that price because Samsung phones are not fashion statements. It's going to need a ton of RAM, storage, 4K video ouput, and DeX desktop mode working as more than a toy.

[Blackjack]

Eh...

How much is a laptop again?

[John Brown (no body)]

Re: Eh...

One that fits in your pocket, or something else?

[Sgt_Oddball]

Re: Eh...

About £100-200 give or take off ebay. Look for the old Toshiba Librettos. Or you could get a planet gemini? Both of those should fit into a coat pocket without too much difficulty.