- The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 may very well be lower than 10mm thick when folded
- That would make it the slimmest Z Fold but, having even the Z Fold Special Edition beat
- However, that may apparently imply it lacks a digitizer, and will have an S Pen “downgrade”
This 12 months, it appears like Samsung might need turn into a bit obsessive about making its telephones as skinny as potential – even when doing so brings some downgrades.
Not solely is there the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge to think about, which has seemingly sacrificed a digital camera and maybe additionally battery capability to slim down, however now we’re listening to that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 may very well be extremely slim too.
Two separate sources have mentioned as a lot, with leaker @kro_roe (through GSMArena) claiming that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 would be the slimmest Z Fold ever, thanks partially to an S Pen downgrade.
The Fold 7 is the slimmest Fold ever, due to the S Pen downgrade.February 11, 2025
They do not get extra particular about how slim or what sort of downgrade, however a report in ET News (through @Jukanlosreve) means that Samsung is aiming to make the Galaxy Z Fold 7 lower than 10mm thick when folded.
For reference, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is 12.1mm thick, and even the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition is 10.6mm thick, so this ought to be a considerable discount in thickness.
However, to attain this discount, Samsung will apparently take away the digitizer from the foldable display screen, which is the show layer that interacts with the S Pen stylus. Removing it isn’t essentially a downgrade, although, as ET News claims that Samsung will merely construct expertise into the pen itself that enables it to work with no digitizer.
Report: Samsung to Remove Digitizer on the Galaxy Z Fold 7According to a number of trade insiders cited by the media, it has been determined that the Fold 7 won’t embrace a digitizer. They talked about that with a purpose to cut back the thickness, the digitizer shall be omitted, and the…February 13, 2025
Still, since @kro_roe mentions a downgrade, it’s potential that Samsung’s resolution will end in a much less feature-packed S Pen. Perhaps it would lack Bluetooth connectivity, which is a sacrifice we have already seen Samsung make with the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s S Pen, however that is simply hypothesis.
In any case, ET News additionally claims that the foldable show shall be 8 inches, and the duvet display screen shall be 6.5 inches, which might be a match for the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition however larger in each circumstances than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.
Mass manufacturing in May
Finally, the positioning states that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 will enter mass manufacturing in May, by which level Samsung may have finalized the thickness of the telephone.
It’s all the time value taking claims like these with a pinch of salt, however we’ve heard from a number of sources that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 may lack a digitizer, so there’s an excellent probability that that a lot, at the least, is right, and we have additionally heard these display screen sizes earlier than.
Whether the telephone actually shall be lower than 10mm thick is extra questionable, since earlier claims prompt it wouldn’t be any thinner than the Z Fold Special Edition. We’ll in all probability discover out in July, as that’s seemingly when the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will launch – in all probability alongside the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, and maybe even a tri-fold telephone.
