The Fold7 measures 8.9 millimeters when folded, a drastic discount from the 12.1-mm Galaxy Z Fold6. Unfold it, and also you’re a minuscule 4.2 mm of thickness, down from 5.6 mm final yr. Honor’s Magic V5 folding telephone, introduced final week, beats Samsung on thinness at 8.8 mm folded and 4.1 mm unfolded, however Samsung’s specs are nonetheless spectacular. The Fold7 can be lighter at 215 grams, a 24-gram drop from the Fold6. It weighs lower than an iPhone 16 Professional Max.
What’s even crazier is that the display screen sizes are larger. The exterior show is wider with a 21:9 facet ratio, extra like a standard smartphone, sitting at a snug 6.5 inches. Open the Fold7, and also you get an 8-inch display screen (up from 7.6 inches), much like the Google Pixel 9 Professional Fold. The load financial savings and thinness make a huge impact on a folding telephone as a result of they’ve traditionally been heavier and thicker than sweet bar telephones, however that is now not the case.
Samsung nonetheless claims this telephone is extra sturdy regardless of slimming it down, due to using Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2, which embeds ceramic crystals into the glass to strengthen it, very like Apple’s Ceramic Defend on iPhones. The hinge can be supposedly extra sturdy, with much less creasing seen on the display screen on the fold level.
Outdoors of the bodily adjustments, the Fold7 is without doubt one of the first to run Android 16 natively out of the field. It is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and 12 GB of RAM, just like the flagship Galaxy S25 sequence. It has the identical 4,400-mAh battery capability as final yr’s Fold6. The principle digicam now sits at 200 megapixels, just like the S25 Extremely, joined by a 10-megapixel telephoto that gives 3x optical zoom and a 12-megapixel ultrawide digicam. The principle 10-megapixel selfie digicam on the internal display screen has a wider subject of view at 100 levels, permitting extra folks to squeeze within the shot.
Samsung did not have a ton of software program options or adjustments to share exterior of higher app optimizations to make the most of the large display screen. Google’s Gemini, for instance, can increase and be utilized in numerous methods, together with a floating window or split-screen. Once you’re modifying a photograph in Samsung’s Gallery app, you’ll be able to see the unique subsequent to the edited model on the Fold7’s 8-inch display screen, permitting for a side-by-side comparability. Different software program enhancements Samsung touted embrace the flexibility to make use of Google’s Circle to Search when gaming, so you may get particular data about gadgets in video games or maybe fast hyperlinks to walkthroughs should you’re caught. (Google’s AI Mode can be now obtainable immediately by Circle to Search.)
Sadly, the Fold7 has jumped in worth by $100; it now prices $2,000. Samsung is making an attempt to play it off by calling it an “Extremely” expertise, matching its premium Galaxy S25 Extremely, however hardcore followers could not like that there is formally no S Pen stylus assist on the Fold7. You’ve got been capable of purchase a separate Fold Version stylus for earlier gadgets, however the Fold7 omits the potential altogether. There’s additionally no additional 5X optical zoom possibility like on the Galaxy S25 Extremely.
The Galaxy Z Flip7 and Flip7 FE
The adjustments to the Galaxy Z Flip7 make it slimmer than ever, with among the thinnest bezels across the screens on a Samsung telephone, although the influence is not as dramatic because the Fold7. Nonetheless, it appears to be like loads smarter, with a bigger 4.1-inch cowl display screen that mimics what Motorola has been doing with its flip telephones. That features a 120-Hz refresh price and a brighter AMOLED panel. The internal display screen is barely larger too, at 6.9 inches, and the hinge feels sturdier and extra seamless.