This is the foldable you’ve been waiting for.
The journey of the foldable phone started with skepticism. The first Galaxy Fold was ambitious but far from perfect — bulky, fragile, and trying a little too hard to feel futuristic. But here we are in 2025, and Samsung has finally done it. The Galaxy Z Fold7 is a proper flagship. Not a niche gadget. Not a prototype in disguise. A real, complete, top-tier phone that just happens to fold.
The Fold7 feels like a phone from a parallel timeline — one where foldables didn’t take years to mature and instead evolved at lightning speed. It’s slimmer, smarter, and more capable than ever, and it makes a stronger case than any foldable before it. If you’ve been waiting for the «right» foldable, this might be it. By the end of this review, you’ll understand why I say that without hesitation.
Samsung gave us the blue variant of the Galaxy Z Fold7 with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage, running One UI 8 on top of Android 16. That’s the version I’ve been using for the past three weeks — and not as a secondary phone, but as my primary device, my workhorse, my camera, my note-taker, and my pocket tablet. And honestly, I’ve never been more convinced that foldables are no longer trying to catch up. They’ve arrived.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Key specs
The ozempic era of foldables
My first reaction? Same as everyone else’s: «Damn, this is really sleek.» And that’s no small feat for a foldable. The Fold7’s form factor is so refined, it can easily be mistaken for a regular candybar phone at first glance—until you unfold it and reveal its secret superpower.
The Fold7 is incredibly thin when folded — just 8.9mm — and it weighs only 215 grams. On paper, those numbers might not sound wild. In hand, they absolutely are.
Samsung has clearly gone all-in on the design overhaul. The Fold7 feels like it’s been on Ozempic. The chunkiness is gone. It’s refined, slimmed down, and elegant in a way that not only makes it more pocketable but also more normal. That’s a good thing. Most people aren’t looking to carry around a science experiment. This phone can pass off as a regular candybar device when folded, thanks to the new aspect ratio, and it doesn’t scream for attention.
What surprised me even more was how easy it was to open. Unlike previous generations that needed both hands and a little leverage, I could unfold the Fold7 with one hand, with lesser effort than I needed on the Fold6. The hinge feels sturdy and well-engineered, not stiff or flimsy. And with the IP48 rating finally making its way to the series, the phone now has a solid level of dust and water resistance — enough to give you peace of mind without babying the device.
Display: Double blessing
One of the biggest wins on the Fold7 is how usable the cover display is. The outer screen stretches to 6.5 inches now, and it genuinely feels like a phone in its own right. For most tasks — typing, messaging, doomscrolling through reels, checking emails, streaming content — I didn’t feel the need to open the main display. That’s exactly how it should be. The cover display is sharp, bright, responsive, and smooth. It’s not just a fallback screen; it’s fully functional and deeply satisfying to use.
But when you do need that big-screen real estate, the Fold7 delivers something special. The main display has grown to a full 8.
