Every young person today should have the unique, flirty pleasure of having a colorful flip phone that is both a cutting-edge piece of technology and a fashion item. It’s the noughties technical expertise in plain English, or as it’s known, a polycarbonate.

However, despite advances in versatile screen technology and the development of foldable phones being more sophisticated than ever, the products on the market are typically extortionately expensive. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 from Samsung, which was unveiled on Wednesday at Galaxy Unpacked, costs an eye-watering$ 2, 000, for instance. That’s far above what most people, let alone adolescents, are willing to invest on a phone.

Samsung, in contrast, has long targeted the less expensive Galaxy Flip series toward Gen Z audiences by partnering with Sydney Sweeney, the phone’s front-facing picture camera, and promoting the device in particular. However, two years ago, I made a point about the Galaxy Flip 5 when it was released, claiming that the phone was still too cheap despite costing about half the price of the Fold. That observation also holds true for the most recent Fold and Flip versions.

I was enthralled when Samsung announced that the Galaxy Flip 7 FE would be the final addition to its devices home, making it even more affordable. The FE has a somewhat smaller screen and footprints than the Roll 7, and it also has a less advanced cameras system, which includes the Flip 7’s wide-angle 50-megapixel camera but not its 12-megapixel ultrawide glass.

” Samsung is then providing a broad profile catering for different parts and most notably those price-conscious people,” said PP Foresight researcher Paolo Pescatore.

The Flip 7 FE appears to be the Gen Z version of the tilt mobile that it has been waiting for. That is until you examine the cost. Even though it’s cheaper than the$ 1, 100 Flip 7, it’s only$ 200 cheaper at$ 900. That’s still the starting point for a non-flagship telephone. It’s no providing cheap, as the kids might think.

I’m not the only one who has reservations about the Flip 7 FE’s rate. The more economical Samsung Z Roll 7 FE is a step in the right direction, according to Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, but it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the market as a result. &nbsp,

Portable devices continue to be difficult to sell. IDC, a market researcher, notes that despite the marketplace expanding, businesses aren’t moving as many products as they should. According to it, prices is frequently the No. One factor preventing people from purchasing these devices is.

According to Wood, the need for devices is still” resolutely low.” Samsung will still need to address consumer apprehensions regarding foldables as a potential substitute for a conventional cellphone.

Will this be the time that teenagers will be able to experience the joy of flip devices? I have a suspicion that the based products may not yet be financially viable. However, if Samsung may find a way to make foldables actually cheap and not such a huge risk, I think there is still hope for another generation. They deserve the opportunity to grandly end a call by shutting their phone shut, then stuffing it into their dumb little clutch bag before heading to an indie-sleaze club night to make some poor decisions.