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Galaxy Z Fold7/Flip7

scott craft said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
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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.

m.gsmarena.com

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...
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SteveJUAE said:
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.
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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.
 
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skulls17 said:
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.
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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
 
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skulls17 said:
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
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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.
 
scott craft said:
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.
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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 🙂
 
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SteveJUAE said:
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
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That is true, I forget about brand loyalty.
 
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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.
 
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Cuesca said:
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.
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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.
 
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@Ludatyk and the rest of the Thread Gang

here to announce that it has finally happened

not sure how many years in waiting

do not even rush to ask about my user experience YET because
the unboxing
the setup
the customisation

might just be long as well :)
 

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Tulani said:
@Ludatyk and the rest of the Thread Gang

here to announce that it has finally happened

not sure how many years in waiting

do not even rush to ask about my user experience YET because
the unboxing
the setup
the customisation

might just be long as well :)
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I'm so happy to see this right here, I hope you get to enjoy your long journey with it. What color did you get? Also that pen looks like the one that I bought from Amazon which I've used a little bit just more for testing and stuff like that but it's been good for my usage and all around UI
 
I’ve been running the Fold 7 alongside the S25 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max (each dedicated to different use cases: work, personal, and business). After nearly two weeks of heavy use, here’s my honest take, if anyone cares lol


What It Does Well
  • For entertainment and light productivity, the Fold 7 is excellent like YouTube, browsing, WhatsApp, and even drafting basic Outlook emails feel natural.
  • The large inner display remains unmatched for content consumption, multitasking, and sheer “wow factor.”
Where It Struggles
  • When it comes to serious productivity, the Fold 7 falls short. Editing Excel sheets with substantial data (let alone advanced functions like XLOOKUPs, Index-match et al) or Power BI, Dynatrace is frustrating enough that I usually revert to my laptop.
  • Despite owning multiple generations (since the Fold 3), I still can’t fully buy into Samsung’s “do real work on a foldable” pitch. For me, it’s an entertainment-first device, not a primary productivity tool.
Limitations (and Why I Can’t Switch Yet)
  • Battery life: Good, but not great for power users. Needs an upgrade.
  • Stylus support: A siloed S Pen is long overdue.
  • RAM: 16GB should be standard at this point. I noticed a tangible performance difference between the 12GB and 16GB variants, which is why I exchanged the 512GB model for the 1TB.

Other Considerations

Being in the U.S., we don’t have easy access to Chinese foldables ...and personally, I wouldn’t use them for sensitive apps anyway, given security concerns.


Bottom Line

The Fold 7 is a fantastic secondary device: great for media, multitasking, and casual productivity. But is it worth its premium price tag as a true laptop replacement or even a slab replacement? Not yet, at least for heavy work users like me.

Just my 2¢ as someone running a ton of work-related apps across multiple devices.
 
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M5RahuL said:
I’ve been running the Fold 7 alongside the S25 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max (each dedicated to different use cases: work, personal, and business). After nearly two weeks of heavy use, here’s my honest take, if anyone cares lol


What It Does Well
  • For entertainment and light productivity, the Fold 7 is excellent like YouTube, browsing, WhatsApp, and even drafting basic Outlook emails feel natural.
  • The large inner display remains unmatched for content consumption, multitasking, and sheer “wow factor.”
Where It Struggles
  • When it comes to serious productivity, the Fold 7 falls short. Editing Excel sheets with substantial data (let alone advanced functions like XLOOKUPs, Index-match et al) or Power BI, Dynatrace is frustrating enough that I usually revert to my laptop.
  • Despite owning multiple generations (since the Fold 3), I still can’t fully buy into Samsung’s “do real work on a foldable” pitch. For me, it’s an entertainment-first device, not a primary productivity tool.
Limitations (and Why I Can’t Switch Yet)
  • Battery life: Good, but not great for power users. Needs an upgrade.
  • Stylus support: A siloed S Pen is long overdue.
  • RAM: 16GB should be standard at this point. I noticed a tangible performance difference between the 12GB and 16GB variants, which is why I exchanged the 512GB model for the 1TB.

Other Considerations

Being in the U.S., we don’t have easy access to Chinese foldables ...and personally, I wouldn’t use them for sensitive apps anyway, given security concerns.


Bottom Line

The Fold 7 is a fantastic secondary device: great for media, multitasking, and casual productivity. But is it worth its premium price tag as a true laptop replacement or even a slab replacement? Not yet, at least for heavy work users like me.

Just my 2¢ as someone running a ton of work-related apps across multiple devices.
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Nice concise summary, appreciate it.

Question regarding productivity--while I agree about using current generation of foldable not being suitable to replace the functionality we would use much larger screens for, I feel like they are much better to do that sort of work in a pinch vs. the traditional slab phone so that might be a better point of comparison/evalution. I don't think many, if anyone, is looking to replace a laptop and phone with a foldable but more so a phone and small tablet.

Each of our use cases are going to be quite different but I find myself using my Pixel 9 Pro Fold in many cases where I'd previously grab my iPad Pro (though more for consumption but also some light productivity). I just find the extra screen real estate so nice vs. the same user experience on my 15 Pro Max.

Again though, thanks for your thoughts.
 
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M5RahuL said:
I’ve been running the Fold 7 alongside the S25 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max (each dedicated to different use cases: work, personal, and business). After nearly two weeks of heavy use, here’s my honest take, if anyone cares lol


What It Does Well
  • For entertainment and light productivity, the Fold 7 is excellent like YouTube, browsing, WhatsApp, and even drafting basic Outlook emails feel natural.
  • The large inner display remains unmatched for content consumption, multitasking, and sheer “wow factor.”
Where It Struggles
  • When it comes to serious productivity, the Fold 7 falls short. Editing Excel sheets with substantial data (let alone advanced functions like XLOOKUPs, Index-match et al) or Power BI, Dynatrace is frustrating enough that I usually revert to my laptop.
  • Despite owning multiple generations (since the Fold 3), I still can’t fully buy into Samsung’s “do real work on a foldable” pitch. For me, it’s an entertainment-first device, not a primary productivity tool.
Limitations (and Why I Can’t Switch Yet)
  • Battery life: Good, but not great for power users. Needs an upgrade.
  • Stylus support: A siloed S Pen is long overdue.
  • RAM: 16GB should be standard at this point. I noticed a tangible performance difference between the 12GB and 16GB variants, which is why I exchanged the 512GB model for the 1TB.

Other Considerations

Being in the U.S., we don’t have easy access to Chinese foldables ...and personally, I wouldn’t use them for sensitive apps anyway, given security concerns.


Bottom Line

The Fold 7 is a fantastic secondary device: great for media, multitasking, and casual productivity. But is it worth its premium price tag as a true laptop replacement or even a slab replacement? Not yet, at least for heavy work users like me.

Just my 2¢ as someone running a ton of work-related apps across multiple devices.
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I use the 16PM as my main phone and rotate between the Fold 7 and OP13 as my secondary.


I can't see myself using the Fold 7 as my main phone, just based on battery life alone. It's not bad, but it's nowhere what I'm used to nowadays.

I like the UI of the OP13 (OxygenOS) better, but the functionality and photo AI of Fold 7's (OneUI) better. And obviously because the Fold 7 is a foldable, multimedia and browsing is better.

I personally think Samsung's Fold is a couple steps away from a mass public adoption.

I'm waiting to see what the upcoming iPhone Fold brings to the table. If the iPhone Fold seems appealing enough, then I will stick to flagship slab Androids. If not, I will stick to slab iPhones and thin Android foldables. Basically, I must have a foldable. 😂
 
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