Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
Announced July 25, 2025
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Reviewer Consensus
Strong
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the thinnest and lightest foldable in its class, featuring a refined design and a high-resolution 200MP main camera that significantly improves photography. That said, the device removes S Pen support to achieve its slim profile and remains prohibitively expensive for many users.
Weighted from 52 reviewer scores
Pros
- Ultra-thin and lightweight design
- Top-tier performance and software features
- Larger, more usable displays
- High-resolution 200MP main camera
Cons
- Mediocre battery and slow charging
- No S Pen support
- High price tag
- Table wobble due to camera bump
- Launch price $2,000 (USD)
- Main camera 200MP f/1.7 + 12MP Ultrawide + 10MP 3x Telephoto
- Video 8K 30p
- Display 8.0-inch LTPO AMOLED 120Hz
- Chipset Snapdragon 8 Elite 12GB, 16GB
What the Reviewers Say
All 52 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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- PetaPixel 6/10
While Samsung finally [...] chose to throw customers a bone with a worthy main camera, it’s let down by both inconsistent processing and a very mediocre telephoto camera.
- The Verge 8/10
If you compare the Z Fold 7 to a top-tier slab phone like the S25 Ultra spec by spec, the folding phone often comes up short. It’s less durable, battery life isn’t quite as good, and the camera system isn’t as versatile.
- Android Authority 9/10
After so many years of iteration, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is Samsung’s first book-style foldable that has sold the whole concept of the series to me.
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[T]he Fold 7 can at worst stand toe-to-toe with and at best defeat almost all of those global competitors.
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With a refined and appealing design, plenty of power, smarter AI, smoother multitasking, and improved cameras, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the best folding phone you can buy, bar none.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 feels like the holy grail of foldable phones. It’s super thin and light, so it feels like a regular phone in your pocket.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has reached foldable phone nirvana thanks to major reductions in its size and thickness. Though at $2,000, it remains extremely expensive.
- Digital Trends 8/10
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the best folding phone for most people. It took Samsung longer than the competition, but it was worth the wait: the Galaxy Z Fold 7 offers the most comprehensive folding phone experience available in most markets.
- CNET 8.5/10
If you’re all about having a sleek device with the option of a bigger screen, and a solid camera is one of your top priorities, the Z Fold 7 could be the right fit for you.
- PhoneArena 7.1/10
Samsung's Galaxy Fold 7 is lean and mean: it fixes everything wrong with the Fold 6 and could very well be the foldable to get in 2025.
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After a couple of years of stagnation, Samsung is back on track. This year's Galaxy Z Fold7 offers real upgrades and improvements in key areas that were lacking in the previous generations.
- The Telegraph 8/10
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the best full-sized foldable phone from Samsung yet. Its slimmed-down design makes it far more pleasant to carry around and use, while its larger internal display provides an even bigger canvas for being productive or leisurely watching shows and gaming.
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This thing is just what we wanted it to be. Finally like normal phone on the outside really awesome folding display that looks good gets bright is it's the cam main camera is well it's a lot better anyway but the price and always the worry about the durability too.
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[T]he Galaxy Z Fold 7 is a powerful, slim, lightweight, and durable device.
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[...] Samsung has built a no compromise foldable phone that I can genuinely say it's in the running for the best foldable phone in the world.
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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 delivers on the dream of a book-style foldable that's feels no different from a bar phone when closed, but it's not cheap.
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The Galaxy Z Fold 7 sets the new standard for foldable phones. It’s one of the most fun smartphones I’ve tested, and Google is going to have a hard time beating this one next month.
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For the first time in seven generations, Fold 7, it feels like they've got it right.
- CGMagazine 8/10
The updated design makes the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 way more desirable and easier to recommend, but the battery, charging and overall price are still holding it back from perfection.
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[T]his is definitely a phone that you want to check out.
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Galaxy Z Fold 7 is my favorite Samsung foldable yet almost entirely on the back of its extreme thinness and solid performance.
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There’s no question in my mind that Samsung cemented this as one of the best booklet-style foldables available right now.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the best foldable phone yet, effectively eliminating any compromises previous folding phones have had to make.
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[T]his is 100% absolutely it.
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[A]s you might have guessed, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is not my next smartphone.
- IGN 8/10
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is everything I wanted out of a foldable: It’s faster, easier to use, and no longer has a weird aspect ratio that makes everything look like it's getting squeezed.
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Certainly a big old upgrade over previous generations. Feels incredibly well put together.
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This phone right here, if somebody put this in your hand this is a fold.
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I just happen to think this is a phenomenal phone that only has a couple of very slight problems.
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The Galaxy Z Fold7 is a more mature device than its predecessors, sanding off the rough edges that have historically accompanied the form-factor. It's thinner, lighter, and more user-friendly.
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It's the best fold phone that Samsung has ever made, and we'll continue on down the road.
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The Z Fold7 finally feels like Samsung has nailed the folding formula thanks to a much thinner design than ever and a flagship-worthy 200MP main camera. It would be nice to have more optical zoom though, and if the price could come down a bit.
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The price is a tough ask for most people. But if you have disposable income to spare and relate to any of the use-cases I mentioned above, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is a super device that you’ll surely enjoy.
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I highly recommend it.
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The bottom line really is that Samsung have got the best and thinnest foldable in the market right now.
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I can safely say the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the best foldable you can reliably get in the US and Canada as of this writing.
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I've been using a Galaxy Z Fold7 review sample provided by Samsung for more than a week, and I've found it to be the best book-style foldable you can buy in the U.S.
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Samsung literally went all out this time and made the best Galaxy on Earth.
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The Z Fold 7 is the first foldable that doesn’t feel like a cool idea anymore; it’s just a great phone.
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I just feel like we are so close when it comes to getting the full package perfect phone.
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The ZFold 7 is easily the best foldable phone I have used. From the hardware to the performance to how well it fits in my daily life, this phone just delivers.
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Everything about the Fold 7 is near perfect.
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[T]he Fold 7 is definitely a gamecher for foldables and it's definitely a gamecher for foldables in the US.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the best foldable phone out there, and it’s an impressive device, with smart features that I loved using.
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[T]his update really got rid of most of the compromises with foldable phones, but also one of the best things about the Fold, which is the S Pen.
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The Fold 7 is a huge leap forward for this tech, and while I can't say I think it's necessarily the future of smartphones as a whole, it sure does make me wonder while I'm actually using it.
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The Fold 7 is holding down the fort here in the US, and even compared to those overseas options, you could make the argument that this is still the best foldable on the planet.
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If you’re a frequent flyer or a creative on the move, this is Samsung’s most convincing case yet for going all-in on a fold.
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Now, the fact that my only main gripe with this thing is the price, that's a good thing. That means that everything else they've kind of sorted out.
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I still think the Fold 7 is a really great choice, and I don't think there's a whole lot of compromises here this year that actually take away from the benefits that Samsung's brought to the Fold 7.
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A really, really awesome step forward that brings the fight to brands that have constantly been bringing the fight to Samsung. And for the first time in a long time, it looks like Samsung is absolutely holding its own.
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After 2 weeks of using this phone, this phone genuinely is the best folding phone I've ever used. It's got the best camera on a folding phone that I've ever used.
