Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Will Be Thinnest-Ever Folding Phone, Report Claims
It's just a matter of days until the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is launched — read exactly when here — and while that phone will be strikingly slim, there's already news of something even more svelte, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 — will the next version be the thinnest folding phone yet? © 2024 Bloomberg Finance LP
And it's reported to be not just thin, but the thinnest folding phone yet. That's according to an exclusive report from Ice Universe. Forbes Samsung Galaxy S26: Exynos Chip Coming For Some Phones, Report Claims By David Phelan
In a post on X, the prolific leaker said that their information was all-new. 'According to some exclusive information, the next direction of Samsung flagship machine is still to be thin and light, and the battery will be thin and thin, and the body will continue to be thin,' they said.
That's a promising start. Maybe Samsung has taken learnings from the S25 Edge to make its next folder slimmer.
'The Galaxy Z Fold7 will be the thinnest folding machine in the world at that time, 3.9mm after unfolding, 8.9mm after folding, with a battery of 4400mAh. It is expected that the new battery and charging technology will be adopted, and the battery of Z Flip7 will be 4300mAh,' the report goes on.
There's a slight puzzle here. If it's 3.9mm unfolded, how come the folded thickness is more than double this (it's quoted as 8.9mm), assuming both sides are equally thin? My guess is that the folded thickness could include the camera bump. We'll have to wait and see.
Beyond that question, it's clear that Samsung's focus will be on providing a super-thin folding phone. The company obviously doesn't like being outdone by rivals such as Oppo and Xiaomi.
Ice Universe has one more nugget for us, and this refers to the next Samsung phones coming in 2026. 'The basic version of Galaxy S26 will continue to be thin,' they say.
The focus on super-slim phones seems to be inspired by two models: the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and the presumed model from Apple, the iPhone 17 Air (if that's what it turns out to be called). It's an interesting trend, so long as it doesn't remove too many features to make its head-turning looks happen. Forbes Apple To Make Unexpected Free Offer To All iPhone 13 Users By David Phelan
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