Samsung’s Pokémon-themed Galaxy Z Flip 3 is sort of a actual life Pokédex

Move over, Thom Browne, and your stuffy leather-based trimmings! Samsung has a greater collaboration within the wings. The Pokémon Edition of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is official, and it comes with a bunch of equipment that rework the folding telephone right into a bonafide Pokédex for the true world.

Where was this collaboration when the Z Flip 3 launched final summer season? It’s so cute, and excellent for Pokémon Go because it by some means continues to keep up relevance 6 years after launch. The bundle contains the Galaxy Z Flip 3 in a particular field with a heaping of Pokémon-themed equipment. If the default Pikachu isn’t your starter, there’s an image case with swappable playing cards. (Since we’re sharing, I’m extra of a Squirtle Sun with a Bulbasaur Rising.) There’s additionally a transparent cowl set, a pouch that appears like a Pokédex with a lanyard strap, a Pikachu tail keychain, and a PokéBall stand. As for the Z Flip 3 itself, it comes preloaded with Pokémon ringtones, themes, and wallpapers. (I’m curious if the interface parts will make it individually to the Galaxy Apps retailer, as a result of if that’s the case, I’m so on it.)

The Galaxy Z Flip 3 is a pleasant little folding telephone. It hails premium specs and a succesful digicam system, and it flips down right into a pocketable nubbin’. But maybe the very best a part of the Z Flip 3 is that, as a result of it’s a foldable kind issue, it will possibly higher replicate a tool from a beloved nerd franchise. It’s too dangerous Samsung didn’t assume to make a case (for the telephone itself) that makes the Z Flip 3 appear to be an precise Pokédex. Pair that with an app like DataDex and it’s like the true factor.

I’m personally enthusiastic about this collaboration and what this may spell for the fourth-generation Z Flip and future branding. Pokémon has been a long-time favourite of mine, to the purpose that I’ve a themed Pop Socket to outfit each single smartphone that comes by way of my doorways for evaluate. Samsung has a historical past of launching telephones with model partnerships like Thom Browne, although they have a tendency to narrate to a extra business-oriented crowd. Conversely, the Z Flip 3 has been marketed towards a youthful consumer base from the beginning, so it is smart for Samsung to lean into it totally right here.

It’s additionally irritating being an Android consumer and never having the selection of instances that iPhone customers do. The different day, I used to be lamenting that Casetify’s newest Pokémon drop doesn’t have something for us Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy wielders. (Though they just lately added a wide range of instances for the Z Flip 3 and Samsung’s different telephones.)

The Pokémon collaboration seems to be restricted to South Korea, and Samsung is mum on pricing. But in case you’re curious and have a appropriate telephone quantity, you may join a textual content message when the particular edition Z Flip 3 goes stay on Apr. 25. If you’re into Star Wars, The Simpsons, and Marvel, Samsung additionally presents different themed Z Flip 3 equipment in its U.S. on-line retailer.