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8.5 / 10
SCORE Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 $2,000 at Samsung Pros Thin 4.2mm design
200-megapixel main camera
Powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite processor
Durable build Cons Steep $2,000 price tag
Same 4,400 mAh battery as last year's Fold
25-watt wired charging
Samsung has achieved quite a feat with the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Yes, it's a spectacularly thin phone, but an even greater accomplishment is that using both the cover and main display on this book-style foldable finally feels like an almost perfect experience. Almost.
I spent a week scrolling, snapping photos and texting on Samsung's new premium foldable, and it really was a "feeling is believing" experience. Because the Z Fold 7 is only 8.9mm thick when closed and 4.2mm when open, it's not clunky in either configuration. (For comparison, last year's Z Fold 6 was 12.1mm thick when closed and 5.6mm when open. That makes the new foldable phone just a bit thicker than the 7.2mm Galaxy S25 when closed.)
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