It's pretty much customary in the Android world for carriers to come out with deals on old flagships right around the time successors are made official. The companies cut the prices in order to get more sales before the new models steal the spotlight. This seems to be what the three Korean carriers had in mind for the Galaxy Fold, but Samsung is having none of it. Apparently the carriers wanted to make the foldable device KRW 399,300 cheaper - that's a price cut of $337 or €306 at the current exchange rates. The rationale has to do with the imminent launch of the Galaxy Z Flip,...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/korean_carriers_want_to_make_the_galaxy_fold_cheaper_samsung_disagrees-news-41397.php
