Galaxy Z Flip 7 Hands-On: I’m Excited About the Bigger Screens, Battery and FE Variant
Two phones at Flip Samsung Galaxy Z are better than one?
This is the question that I continued to think while I was holding the new Galaxy Z Flip 7 in one hand and the Galaxy Z Flip 7 Fe in the other during a preview of Samsung Press. This is a strategy that worked well for one of the company’s foldable phone competitors, Motorola, which has RAZR models starting as low as $ 700 and up to $ 1,300.
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The new Galaxy Z Flip 7, which starts at $ 1,100, has been completely redesigned with a 4.1 -inch blanket screen, a 6.9 -inch main screen, a larger battery and a thinner body than Galaxy Z Flip 6 from last year. It is not as thin as the new Galaxy z fold 7which was also announced at the Galaxy unpacked event.
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Then there is the Galaxy Z Flip 7 Fe (which means Fan Edition) which inherits from certain looks Galaxy Z Flip 6 in a smaller and more modest package, including the classic 3.4 -inch cover screen with a file tab for its cameras. It costs $ 900. There will certainly be people wishing to save $ 200 with the Flip 7 Fe. But there will be others wondering if Samsung has an iPhone 16th Apple type problem with regard to its definition of the affordable.
In my limited time with each phone, I was particularly in love with Flip 7 because it seems to have resolved for many gaps in previous Z Flip phones by adding a larger cover screen and battery.
The Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Flip 7 FE are now available for pre -order and will be on sale from July 25. The launch of Samsung coincides with the Amazon Prime Day event, which has sales on Samsung TV and laptops.
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Galaxy Z Flip 7
Here is the Z Flip 7 in a tent position with its deactivated cover screen.
Samsung’s premium 2025 vault is a bit paradox: compared to Flip 6, it has larger screens inside a thinner body. Before I even opened the Galaxy Z Flip 7, I could say that there had been major changes. The hinge is almost 30% smaller than that of Flip 6, said Samsung. And because the company applied the waterproofing on the internal circuits of Flip 7 (instead of the chassis), the body of the phone is thinner, 6.5 mm thick when it is unfolded, against 6.9 mm on Flip 6.
Flip 7 is available in three colors: blue shadow, jet black and coral red. Samsung offers a fourth color, Mint, on its website.
The cover screen is now 4.1 inches, has a cooling rate up to 120 Hz (like the main screen) and can reach a maximum brightness of 2,600 nits; Compare this to the outer screen of the Z Flip 6, which was 3.4 inches and exceeded 1,600 nits. This should make the jump and the back and forth between the main screens and the external screens more coherent in terms of brightness (in particular outside) and system animations such as the scrolling of a new or a social flow.
The Flexwindow, the name of Samsung for the display of the coverage, supports the Gemini, including Gemini Live. I can’t wait to test it and see what the biggest screen looks like in real life. I should note that Samsung boasted that there are 1.26 mm between the selfie shooters and the edge of the phone – so if you are not in large glasses, there is that.
The Z Flip 7 has a 50 megapixel camera with a wide angle lens and a 12 megapixel ultra wide camera in its cover screen.
Flip 7 has a 50 megapixel main camera with a wide angle lens and an ultra-large 12-megapixel camera. In terms of specifications, the three cameras are identical to those of Z Flip 6. But Samsung says it has made improvements to image processing, and Flip 7 supports HDR 10-bit videos and adds portrait improvements and a new zoom cachet (i.e. convivial). There is also a 10 megapixel selfie camera in the 6.9 inch main screen.
The phone supply is a 4,300 mAh battery. This is good news because the 4,000 mAh battery of Flip 6 simply did in CNET tests for my exam. Flip 7 has an Elite Snapdragon 8 and 12 GB chip. In fact, it supports Samsung Dex, which when the phone is connected to a monitor transforms Flip 7 into a computer with its own desktop mode.
Flip 7 works on Oneui 8 (Android 16), supports Gemini AI and is delivered with a certain number of Galaxy AI customizations:
- AI wallpapers organized in auto with photos of your gallery
- Personalized emojis and background
- A clock font that extends automatically around the image of your wallpaper
Galaxy Z Flip 7 Fe
The Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE is a new model to save money from people.
I am so happy to see Samsung extend its lawn line, especially with a model that arrives at a lower cost. While the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE at $ 900 is $ 200 less than Flip 7, it is also $ 200 more than the Motorola Razr (2025) – currently the most affordable flap that you can buy in the United States before discounts.
The new Galaxy Z Flip Fe seems to be a galaxy z flip 6 reconditioned in a thinner body, which is not necessarily a bad thing, especially since it happens at a lower price. He has the same cameras (just like flip 7) and the same 4,000 mAh battery. It works on an Exynos 2400 processor, instead of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 of the Flip 6. It is delivered with 128 GB or 256 GB of storage. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 Fe is available in black or white.
I can’t wait to know more about the FE and test the two new Galaxy Z Flip phones when I can get my hands on it.
