Early Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 pre-orders in Korea surpass the Galaxy S21 and Note20 series

Samsung received 920,000 pre-orders for Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Z Flip3 5G in total in South Korea during the August 17-23 period. This means in terms of first week orders the foldable duo has already surpassed the Galaxy Note20 and even the Galaxy S21. As a reminder, the S21 pre-orders in Korea surpassed those of the S20 series.

This is a signal that the time of foldables has truly arrived. The comparison to last year’s Galaxy Z Fold2 is perhaps even more telling – just two days before the second-gen foldable went on sale, Korean publications were reporting 60,000 pre-orders.

The…