Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 hands-on

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7

Over the last few years, Samsung has been feeling the market pressure to radically overhaul its Galaxy Z Fold to be able to compete properly with the challengers from China. And this year, with the Galaxy Z Fold7, Samsung finally delivers.

Samsung made its big foldable thinner and lighter, gave it a serious camera system (for a foldable anyway), and most importantly, made it usable while closed. Let’s get into the details!

The Galaxy Z Fold7 is the company’s thinnest and lightest Fold yet. At just 8.9mm when folded, it’s 26% thinner than the 12.1mm Fold6. Even more impressive, at just 215g, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is 24g lighter than its predecessor, and is even lighter than the 218g Galaxy S25 Ultra. At only 0.7mm thicker when folded, the Z Fold7 isn’t far off the S25 Ultra in girth too.

Samsung also finally gave its Fold a serious camera system. Gone is the under-display selfie camera, replaced by a regular 10MP sensor. On the back, the main camera is the same 200MP unit in the Galaxy S25 Ultra and S25 Edge, while the 12MP ultrawide has autofocus and macro capability.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 specs at a glance:

• Body: 158.4×143.2×4.2mm, 215g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus Ceramic 2) (folded), plastic front (unfolded), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), aluminum frame; IP48 dust and water resistant (dust > 1mm; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min), Advanced Armor aluminum frame, Stylus support.
• Display: 8.00″ Foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2600 nits (peak), 1968x2184px resolution, 9.99:9 aspect ratio, 368ppi; Titanium plate layer for display support, Cover display:, Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2, 6.5 inches, 1080 x 2520 pixels, 422 ppi.
• Chipset: Qualcomm SM8750-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm): Octa-core (2×4.47 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L + 6×3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M); Adreno 830 (1200 MHz).
• Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.0.
• OS/Software: Android 16, up to 7 major Android upgrades, One UI 8.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 200 MP, f/1.7, 24mm, 1/1.3″, 0.6µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 67mm, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 120˚, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF.
• Front camera: Internal screen: 10 MP, f/2.2, 18mm, 1.12µm; Cover screen: 10 MP, f/2.2, 24mm, 1.12µm;
• Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@60fps, 1080p@60/120/240fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps (gyro-EIS), 10-bit HDR, HDR10+; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS.
• Battery: 4400mAh; 25W wired, QC2.0, 50% in 30 min, 15W wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4, aptX HD; NFC.
• Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); stereo speakers; Samsung DeX (desktop experience support), Ultra Wideband (UWB) support, Circle to Search.

The biggest upgrades, and quite literally, are the displays. The cover screen has grown by 0.2-inch to 6.5-inch and is now wider, with a regular 21:9 aspect ratio (vs 22.1:9 on the old phone) so it no longer feels like you’re using a Hershey Bar phone. The Dynamic AMOLED 2X has all the bells and whistles you’d expect – an LTPO 1-120Hz refresh rate and mighty brightness. The folding screen is also bigger at 8.0-inch.

Bigger displays, finally!

These diagonals put the Galaxy Z Fold7 in line with high-end rivals such as the vivo X Fold5 and Honor Magic V5 – something Galaxy faithfuls have been demanding for years now.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7

Moving to the Galaxy Z Flip7. Like the Fold, the new Flip made displays the priority. Both the cover and the inner screen grew compared to the Galaxy Z Flip6. The cover screen is the biggest upgrade – at 4.1 inches, it is bigger even than the one in the Moto Razr 60 Ultra. It’s a major jump up from the 3.4-inch unit on the Z Flip6. But even more so than size, the screen is now 120Hz and bright at 2,600 nits. Inside, the screen has grown to 6.9 inches – the biggest on a Z Flip device ever.

Continuing that thread, this is the thinnest Galaxy Z Flip ever. At 13.7mm when folded, the new Flip is 1.2mm thinner than its predecessor. When you unfold the Z Flip7, it’s 0.4mm thinner at 6.5mm.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 specs at a glance:

• Body: 166.7×75.2×6.5mm, 188g; Plastic front (unfolded), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), aluminum frame; IP48 dust and water resistant (dust > 1mm; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min), Armor aluminum frame.
• Display: 6.90″ Foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2600 nits (peak), 1080x2520px resolution, 21:9 aspect ratio, 397ppi; Cover display:, Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 2600 nits (peak), 4.1 inches, 948 x 1048 pixels (Gorilla Glass Victus 2).
• Chipset: Exynos 2500 (3 nm): 10-core (1×3.3GHz Cortex-X5 & 2×2.74GHz Cortex-A725 & 5×2.36GHz Cortex-A725 & 2×1.8GHz Cortex-A520); Xclipse 950.
• Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM; UFS 4.0.
• OS/Software: Android 16, One UI 8.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm, 1/1.57″, 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 123˚, 1/3.2″, 1.12µm.
• Front camera: 10 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.0″, 1.22µm.
• Video capture: Rear camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@60/120/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps.
• Battery: 4300mAh; 25W wired, QC2.0, 50% in 30 min, 15W wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4; NFC.
• Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); stereo speakers; Circle to Search.

What Samsung didn’t change on the Z Flip7 are the cameras. Aside from advancements such as the ProVisual Engine, Enhanced Nightography, and 10-bit HDR video, the sensor hardware seems the same as on the Galaxy Z Flip6.

Speaking of, Samsung added a one-more-thing in the form of the Galaxy Z Flip7 FE – the first “Fan Edition” model in its Z lineup.

The Z Flip7 FE has a 3.4-inch 60Hz cover screen, a 6.7-inch 120Hz cover screen, a 50MP wide + 12MP ultrawide + 10MP selfie camera system, and a 4,000mAh battery with 25W charging. If those specs sound identical to the Galaxy Z Flip6’s, they are.

The difference between the Z Flip6 and Z Flip7 FE is the chipset – the new phone swaps the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for an Exynos 2400, which is more of a side-grade rather than an upgrade, on paper at least.

Let’s explore the hardware in more tangible detail, shall we?