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Samsung’s new folding phones are all officially on sale, meaning you can now readily get your hands on the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Galaxy Z Flip 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE. The Fold 7 and Flip 7 are both shaping up to be excellent upgrades, but the Flip 7 FE is quite strange.
The Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE is Samsung’s first attempt at a “budget” foldable, and while the intent behind the phone is good, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The Flip 7 FE is essentially a repackaged Galaxy Z Flip 6, but with an Exynos chip instead of a Snapdragon one, less RAM, and much more boring colors. And at $900, it’s not exactly cheap.
While you could do worse than the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE, you could do a lot better, too. Before you spend your money on it, here are five Flip 7 FE alternatives I think you should buy instead.
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6
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The first Z Flip 7 FE alternative I’d recommend starting with is the phone it’s so heavily inspired by: the Galaxy Z Flip 6. The Flip 6 is essentially the same phone as the Flip 7 FE, but with better performance, nicer colors, and potentially a much lower price.
First and foremost, almost everything about the Flip 6 and Flip 7 FE is the same. Both phones have a 6.7-inch inner display, 3.4-inch cover screen, 50MP primary camera, 12MP ultrawide camera, 4,000mAh battery, and 25W wired charge speeds — all crammed into a body with the exact same dimensions and weight.
So what’s different? The Flip 6 has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, whereas the Flip 7 FE has an Exynos 2400. Both chips performed similarly in our testing, though the Snapdragon one is slightly more powerful. Combined with Flip 6 featuring 12GB of RAM instead of the 8GB that the Flip 7 FE has, last year’s Flip is the more technically capable. It’s a minor advantage, but an advantage nonetheless. Perhaps more importantly, the Flip 6 comes in lovely blue, green, and yellow colors — all of which are worlds better than the boring white and black Flip 7 FE colors.
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