Samsung Z Fold/Flip 7 Impressions: Major Upgrades!

MKBHD reviews Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7: thinner design and flagship camera are real upgrades, but $2,000 price and no silicon-carbon battery are the catches.

• Z Fold 7 is 8.9mm closed and 215g — lighter than the S25 Ultra — a meaningful thinness leap over Fold 6.
• Fold 7 gets the S25 Ultra’s 200MP main camera, closing the gap between foldables and slab flagships.
• S Pen support removed from Fold 7; digitizer dropped, UTG layer thickened instead.
• Base price raised $100 to $1,999; battery stays at 4,400mAh with no silicon-carbon upgrade.
• Honor Magic V5 (not US-available) is thinner, similar weight, and packs a 5,820mAh silicon-carbon battery by comparison.
• Z Flip 7 switches from Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 back to Exynos 2500 — potentially a preview of a full Exynos return for the S26.
• Flip 7 gains a full edge-to-edge 4.1-inch 120Hz cover display and grows from 6.7 to 6.9 inches unfolded at the same $1,099 price.

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