Samsung has been refining its foldable formula for years, and the new Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Galaxy Z Flip 7 show just how far the company has come. They’re Samsung’s thinnest foldables yet and the first devices this sleek to reach markets like the United States. In fact, unlike most new phone releases that often focus on specs and processing, the design of the phones is easily the most important thing about them.
Galaxy Z Fold 7 (left) and Galaxy Z Flip 7 (right)
The Z Fold 7 is particularly impressive. When unfolded, it measures just 4.2mm thick. That’s thinner than most flagship smartphones and a genuine feat of engineering that makes previous foldables, including last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 6, feel almost primitive by comparison. Even when folded, it’s a respectable 8.9mm, putting it in the same ballpark as many traditional phones, like the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which measures 8.2mm.
Galaxy Z Fold 7
Samsung isn’t the only company hitting these numbers, of course. Devices like the Honor Magic V5 are achieving similar thinness in some regions, but for the broader market, the Z Fold 7 represents a new standard for what a foldable can be. The difference is immediately apparent when you hold it. Gone is that brick-like heft that made early foldables feel more like carrying two phones taped together, and in place of it is a device that feels comfortable to hold, even when folded, and impressively thin when unfolded.
Galaxy Z Fold 7
The Z Fold 7 isn’t just thinner, it’s also taller and wider, which allows it to offer larger screens. There’s now a 6.5-inch cover screen, and an 8.0-inch display on the inside.
Galaxy Z Fold 7
Galaxy Z Flip 7
The Z Flip 7, while not quite achieving the same impossibly thin profile when unfolded, brings its own design evolution. At 13.2mm folded, it is still slightly thinner than the Z Flip 6 before it, and still easily pocketable when folded given its smaller footprint. The big change to the phone comes in the form of the cover screen, which is now edge-to-edge and flows around the two cameras. That’s instead of being smaller and having a larger cutout for the two cameras, and it’s closer to what Motorola has been doing with the Razr for a few years now.
Galaxy Z Flip 7
Beyond the sleek new profiles, both devices pack flagship-level internals that justify their premium positioning. The Z Fold 7 borrows the impressive 200-megapixel main camera from Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra, bringing a far improved camera to the phone. Both phones run on the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite processor and ship with Android 16, ensuring they’re not just thin but powerful.
Galaxy Z Flip 7
Both new devices make Samsung’s foldables feel more refined and more mainstream. Samsung already offered some of the most powerful foldable phones out there, but things like thickness have held these phones back from being truly mainstream.
Galaxy Z Flip 7
The other thing that might make some pause is that you’ll have to pay $2,000 for the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and while the Galaxy Z Flip 7 is a more respectable $1,099, it’s still costly.
For more information on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 or the Galaxy Z Flip 7, visit samsung.com.
