Galaxy Z Fold7/Flip7

[SteveJUAE]

I am hoping the foldable iPhone will push Samsung to put all the high end cameras into the Fold without a major price increase. That and battery is the only thing I see as an area the Fold falls short of the S25 Ultra.

I do not think the IFold will push the Samsung Fold along as there is already likely better competition from others already driving hardware features.

However

Given Samsung are going to be producing another +10m folding screens for Apple I hope this will help reduce costs and so give Samsung some wiggle room for improvements without price increases.

 

[zenmacx]

I've been testing and evaluating my Galaxy Z Fold 7 for 10 days. While I prefer the results produced by the camera of my iPhone 16 Pro Max, the difference is actually quite small.

Running on my second line it's easy to compare to my active iPhone. Everything else about the Fold 7 is quite nice. I have no complaints about the modest crease and enjoy that closed it's as easy to carry as my S25 Ultra.

Being my first foldable, I must say this is better than expected. I removed my Galaxy S25 Ultra so as to use this line for the Fold 7 with the idea in mind that I would keep one of these Galaxy models and sell the other to a family member.

I'm certainly interested in the upcoming foldable iPhone but many years as an Apple customer has taught me that the wait for such a phone could be a very long time.

 

[super chimp]

Seems another manufacturer has come to the same conclusion as Samsung that the Elite isn’t suitable for Flip phones. As this is quite a well specced flip but uses an older flagship CPU.

Honor Magic V Flip 2 unveiled with 200 MP camera, 5,500 mAh battery

The Magic V Flip 2 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The Honor Magic V Flip 2 has been finally unveiled in China. Honor’s new clamshell foldable...

m.gsmarena.com

 

[scott craft]

What about dust protection? I hope Samsung manages to make the fold 8 ip68!

That would be nice but I never think about that. I use my current phone pretty much like a slab phone and I don't think about water and dust.

 

[scott craft]

I do not think the IFold will push the Samsung Fold along as there is already likely better competition from others already driving hardware features.

However

Given Samsung are going to be producing another +10m folding screens for Apple I hope this will help reduce costs and so give Samsung some wiggle room for improvements without price increases.

Worldwide that is true but in the US not so much. But hopefully the iFold at least challenges Samsung to not settle since Google doesn't seem interested in doing so with their foldable.

 

[skulls17]

So I re ordered a Fold 7 last week to give it another try without trading in my s25 ultra. Fedex lost it or someone at fedex stole it because it's just disappeared. No scans for 4 days. Best buy wont refund until it's lost for 10 business days. Crappy thing is that it was only an hour away at the fedex facility.

Update on this. I called Best Buy they sent me another fold no questions asked. They said if I end up with two folds just return one. I also opened a stolen package investigation with FedEx. Best Buy also opened and investigation with fedex. They basically told me FedEx is a big culprit for missing packages. Which I already knew cause this isn't my first rodeo with this issue with FedEx LOL. Literally before I even got off the phone with the Best Buy representative I Got a notification from Best Buy that my shipment was preparing. And this morning another label was already created

 

[mjschabow]

Update on this. I called Best Buy they sent me another fold no questions asked. They said if I end up with two folds just return one. I also opened a stolen package investigation with FedEx. Best Buy also opened and investigation with fedex. They basically told me FedEx is a big culprit for missing packages. Which I already knew cause this isn't my first rodeo with this issue with FedEx LOL. Literally before I even got off the phone with the Best Buy representative I Got a notification from Best Buy that my shipment was preparing. And this morning another label was already created

Glad you got it sorted out. I ordered mine via T-Mobile this time because I got a good promotion and it still hasn't shipped lol. Just patiently waiting over here.

 

[skulls17]

Glad you got it sorted out. I ordered mine via T-Mobile this time because I got a good promotion and it still hasn't shipped lol. Just patiently waiting over here.

Oh wow. Thats taking forever.

 

[SteveJUAE]

Worldwide that is true but in the US not so much. But hopefully the iFold at least challenges Samsung to not settle since Google doesn't seem interested in doing so with their foldable.

As we noted before IFOLD sales is more likely to cannibalise IPHONE sales especially in the US.

The IFOLD will help fold sales generally but brand loyalty will drive this more so than features and spec's

As we have seen it does not matter how far Apple lag on adoption of latest tech, the faithful do not jump ship easily

This does not help in driving all products forward as fast as we may wish 🙂

 

[scott craft]

As we noted before IFOLD sales is more likely to cannibalise IPHONE sales especially in the US.

The IFOLD will help fold sales generally but brand loyalty will drive this more so than features and spec's

As we have seen it does not matter how far Apple lag on adoption of latest tech, the faithful do not jump ship easily

This does not help in driving all products forward as fast as we may wish

That is true, I forget about brand loyalty.

 

[Cuesca]

After watching the Pixel event and hearing about batterygate I am glad I decided not to wait to get the Fold 7, I would probably have to wait until BF to get the same deals as the pre-order deals. It almost felt like Google was intentionally tanking the Pixel line at this point.

 

[mjschabow]

After watching the Pixel event and hearing about batterygate I am glad I decided not to wait to get the Fold 7, I would probably have to wait until BF to get the same deals as the pre-order deals. It almost felt like Google was intentionally tanking the Pixel line at this point.

Pixels are good phones, and awesome software. I was heavily considering going the Pixel route when I made the switch from Apple, but OneUI is just so good. imo, the best software on any phone.