Samsung threw us a curveball this week, or relatively a ball that flies straight earlier than making a spectacular 90-degree flip, a fold, if you’ll: The firm plans to unveil a folding Galaxy Ultra.
Now, some may see this as a easy rebranding of the anticipated Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 (or possibly they had been simply jealous over Apple’s rumored rebranding of all platforms to yr format), however I do imagine it is greater than that. Without a doubt, it means excellent issues for the Z Fold…er…Z Fold 7 Ultra’s digital camera array, which has at all times lagged behind the flagship Ultra line. As with earlier top-tier Galaxy S telephones, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra encompasses a 200MP most important digital camera and 50MP 5X optical zoom. By distinction, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 has only a 50MP most important digital camera and a 10MP 3X optical zoom lens.
Most individuals now count on that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Ultra (or simply Galaxy Z Fold Ultra) will match the S25 Ultra digital camera specs.
But, to my thoughts, that also does not make this new foldable a real Ultra. To do this, it wants to include the S Pen. I’m conscious that the Galaxy S Ultra line did not at all times function a stylus. This occurred when, similarly to what Samsung is asserting right here, the Samsung Galaxy Note line disappeared and core options, just like the S Pen, turned a part of the S21 Ultra line.
It’s been 4 years since Samsung made that alternative and, as I see it, the S Pen is now integral to the S25 Ultra’s identification. It makes the telephone way more versatile than flagship opponents like my beloved iPhone 16 Pro Max and lots of different Android rivals. It’s a strong instrument when paired with Galaxy AI options like Sketch to Image, in addition to observe taking, and one in all my favorites, drawing.
S Pens aren’t overseas to the Galaxy Z Fold line. You should purchase a one or a particular case that includes one. It is not the identical S Pen that slips into the S25 Ultra. You would injury the Z Fold’s versatile display when you used the normal S Pen on it. There has by no means been, although, an S Pen included into the Z Fold physique.
There are doubtless good causes for this. Chief amongst them is the present Z Fold 6’s unimaginable svelte body. Unfolded, the Z Fold 6 is 5.6mm thick. That’s 0.2mm thinner than the brand new Galaxy S25 Edge and some millimeters thinner than the S25 Ultra.
Still, if Samsung insists on calling this new telephone an Ultra, easy “S Pen help” will not be sufficient. I need to see it innovate and make a particular S Pen skinny sufficient to slip inside one aspect of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 Ultra. It appears virtually attainable – in any case, Samsung already eliminated Bluetooth help from the present S Pens. That doubtless means fewer elements and more room, or at the very least the choice to slim down a little bit bit.
It’s not that I can not reside with an honest S Pen Z Fold case however, contemplating what we’re paying for the fold, and the Z Fold Ultra is unlikely to be any cheaper, why ought to I pay one other $100 or $150 for a case and accent? Also, the comfort of getting the S Pen only a press away – it pops out of the Z Fold Ultra physique – is so alluring.
So, that is my pitch. I’m all for a little bit strategic rebranding however, if you need me to get enthusiastic about it, it ought to carry some reinvention, too. A Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Ultra with an built-in S Pen can be absolutely the bomb.
