Skip to main content

Samsung Unpacked — and the Galaxy S11? and a new Fold? — is coming Feb. 11

The logo for the Galaxy Unpacked 2020 event
The logo for the Galaxy Unpacked 2020 event Image used with permission by copyright holder

It’s official: The next Samsung Unpacked event is scheduled for February 11 in San Francisco, where the company is expected to announce its latest consumer electronic devices — notably the Galaxy S11 smartphone.

Recommended Videos

Samsung sent “save the date” invitations to select members of the press including Digital Trends late Saturday night to announce the date and location for the event, which will be held in the San Francisco Palace of the Fine Arts in mid-Februrary. The announcement said little about to what to expect, save for one cryptic line: “On February 11, Samsung Electronics will unveil new, innovative devices that will shape the next decade of mobile experiences.”

The invite also contained an image of the Galaxy logo, with block cubes standing in for the two letter As. The cubes resemble the white storage containers for the company’s Galaxy Buds, but the star of the show is almost certain to be the company’s next flagship smartphone, anticipated to be the Galaxy S11 phone. Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 on February 20, 2019 — Feb. 11 will mark nearly a year since that phone was released.

A key question ahead of the event: Will it fold? Samsung used its last Unpacked event to unveil its folding smartphone, cleverly named the Galaxy Fold; our review of the cutting edge device lauds its innovation and suggests consumers wait for the next model. It stands to reason that “innovative new devices for the next decade” will include the folding screens that have dominated conversations around smartphones for the last few years — and a Fold 2.

Beyond that, there have been countless rumors and suggestions about what the next-gen phone will look like. Recent leaked renders showed a larger-than-ever camera module on the back of the phone, with fully four lenses and a flash unit. It’s … big, and certain to be polarizing. But the power of the camera, if rumors hold true, will be impressive.

It is expected that the three lenses on the left side will include a monstrous 108-megapixel lens, which will use “pixel-binning” — a process that will combine nine pixels into one for much greater performance in low light. Also expected is an ultra-wide-angle lens, and the long-awaited periscope 5x telephoto zoom lens. The periscope lens is found at the bottom of the module, given away by its distinctive square opening. A periscope lens runs along the phone’s body to give the longer zoom lens the room it needs to operate and uses a periscope to redirect light into it.

Other leaks have pointed to a simply enormous battery: Fully 5,000mAh, making it far and away the largest battery on a cell phone yet to date. And it may not be the Galaxy S11 at all. Some rumors have suggested that Samsung may adopt a new naming convention for the new decade, opting to call the phone the Galaxy S20.
Whatever Samsung reveals, Digital Trends will be there to bring you all the news. Stay tuned!

Please enable Javascript to view this content

Jeremy Kaplan
As Editor in Chief, Jeremy Kaplan transformed Digital Trends from a niche publisher into one of the fastest growing…
Samsung’s One UI 7 update makes the Galaxy S24 Ultra feel like new
A person holding the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

I’d been refreshing the Software Update menu on my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra for a few days, expectantly waiting for One UI 7 to arrive. Then, on the morning of April 10, it was suddenly available and I eagerly installed it. Samsung’s One UI 7 software over Android 15 on the Galaxy S25 Ultra is a big success, but what would it be like on 2024’s flagship Galaxy phone?
Not a massive update?

To my surprise, the One UI 7 update on the Galaxy S24 Ultra is modestly sized, and took less than three minutes to download and install on my phone. It did so without any issue too, and aside from a few setup screens to navigate through — one for accessing Google Gemini, and another showing the new Galaxy AI features — my phone was operational again in moments.

Read more
Samsung One UI 7 has finally begun to hit Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 handsets
The open Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.

The new Samsung One UI 7 has been teased but not given to Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 owners, until now.

At last it seems that the still-quite-new UI is beginning to appear on devices, in North America at least.

Read more
Forget the Z Fold 8, new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 leak suggests it could be worth buying
A person holding the open Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.

The new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has leaked again and this time it's looking like the next-gen foldable smartphone could be the one to buy.

This new rumour, coming from an X post by @The Galox_ reveals that the new Fold 7 could come with the latest Samsung Galaxy One UI 8 out of the box.

Read more