The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is coming, however this yr Samsung is ensuring you realize it. The firm has been trickling out particulars about its subsequent pill foldable. Unfortunately, by way of the haze of thriller, I can see that Samsung nonetheless hasn’t mounted the one huge downside I’ve complained about because the first Z Fold.
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is not a misplaced trigger; it might be a really thrilling launch. We already know there will probably be an Ultra model of the subsequent Fold, and that may solely imply one factor: Cameras. Much. Better. Cameras.
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Will the Z Fold 7 use the very same cameras because the Galaxy S25 Ultra? The skinny new Galaxy S25 Edge regarded the identical on paper, with its 200MP sensor, however that sensor is definitely smaller than the 200MP sensor used on the Ultra. It’s not fairly the identical, however Edge isn’t Ultra.
Will the Galaxy Z Fold 7 Ultra attempt one thing related? A spec that appears Ultra on paper however is not fairly the true deal inside? Maybe it’s going to have a smaller sensor or much less zoom – the S25 Ultra packs a 5X telescopic lens – mixed with some digital trickery.
I’d personally choose one gigantic 200MP sensor, greater than some other Samsung cellphone, and don’t trouble with any zoom or ultrawide lenses. Just do all the things else digitally, just like the Leica Q3. Smartphones don’t have room for the largest digicam sensors, but when any firm can match extra into much less, it’s Samsung.
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 would be the thinnest, similar to the Z Fold 6
Samsung can be hinting that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 would be the thinnest Samsung cellphone you should purchase. Umm, it higher be! The Galaxy Z Fold 6 is at the moment Samsung’s thinnest mannequin, and it isn’t even the thinnest cellphone I should purchase.
The Z Fold 6 is 5.6mm skinny when open, and that’s thinner than Samsung’s thinnest Galaxy S, the Galaxy S25 Edge, which is 5.8mm skinny. The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold – the thinnest cellphone I should purchase within the US – is barely 5.1mm skinny when open.
The thinnest cellphone on this planet is the Oppo Find N5, out there in China and some different markets. The Find N5 is 4.2mm skinny when open. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, much like the Galaxy Z Fold 6, however it may possibly pack a bigger battery, since its shows are greater than the Galaxy’s screens.
Will Samsung go thinner than Oppo? I believe that’s unlikely, and I don’t even suppose Samsung will knock Google off its bragging perch within the US market. But the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will probably be impressively skinny, with the skilled design language and sturdiness that Samsung has perfected over the previous decade.
Will the quilt show lastly look… regular?
Samsung likes to say that the Galaxy Z Fold cowl show is thinner as a result of that makes the cellphone simpler to carry and use one-handed. That might have been true when foldable telephones have been huge chonky boys, however now they’re super-thin: the thinnest telephones you should purchase, when open.
We’ve seen a silhouette of what might be the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The information won’t be good on the quilt show.
The photos that accompany Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 hints make the quilt show look further tall, round 22:9. It appears Samsung is sticking with the identical design, aside from the brand new thinness and Ultra cameras – assuming these hints are true.
Maybe Samsung is onto one thing? The OnePlus Open has a normal-looking cowl show, and the Oppo Find N5 ought to have been launched within the US because the OnePlus Open 2 – the businesses share a company umbrella. Instead, OnePlus determined to skip a foldable launch this yr and deal with flat telephones.
Maybe I’ll attempt a tall Galaxy Z Fold 7 Ultra that’s further skinny and it’ll all make sense. My thumb will casually stretch from one aspect to the opposite, and I’ll snap lovely photographs with its cameras, and all will probably be proper with the world. Or possibly it’s going to look bizarre. I’ll have to attend till Samsung’s subsequent Unpacked occasion – or till it drops sufficient hints that it ruins the ultimate shock.
