Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: Price, specs, new features, and everything you need to know

Following a Galaxy Unpacked event, the wait is over: Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 is officially here. The foldable is said to deliver an "Ultra" experience for the first time, adding a standout main camera lens and a more compact form factor. It's also powered by the best mobile chipset in the world. But there are still a handful of similarities between the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and older models, plus one missing feature.

For fans of book-style Galaxy foldables, the new Galaxy Z Fold 7 might feature just the right upgrades in just the right places. It's thinner and lighter than ever before, weighing less than the top traditional flagships from Samsung, Apple, and Google. That's all while packing an 8-inch main screen and a usable 6.5-inch cover screen.

Here's everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, including pricing, specs, availability, and more.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: Pricing and availability

Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Fold 7 at the Galaxy Unpacked event in Brooklyn, New York. The launch was live-streamed on its website and YouTube. The flagship book-style foldable debuted alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 7, Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE, and Galaxy Watch 8 series.

Although the Galaxy Z Fold 7 brings many improvements, it also comes along with a price hike. The foldable phone will start at $1,999.99 in the U.S. for the 256GB variant, and 512GB or 1TB configurations will cost more. It comes in three standard colors: Silver Shadow, Blue Shadow, and Jetblack. This year's Samsung online exclusive is a fresh Mint colorway.

In Canada, the 256GB Galaxy Z Fold 7 will start at $2,499.99 CAD, with a 512GB upgrade available at a higher price. There is a 1TB version of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 sold in Canada, but it'll only be available directly from Samsung's online store. Pricing and availability for other regions are yet to be confirmed.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: Design and displays

With the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung is making its high-end foldable as thin and light as some flagships. The device weighs just 215 grams, which is less than the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Foldables now feel lighter than comparable traditional flagships, which is an incredible achievement. With a thickness of only 8.9mm when folded, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is 26% thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6.

The theme of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 might be bringing the flagship foldable in line with Samsung's other "Ultra" products. Aside from the refined form factor, the main screen is getting larger. It's now using an 8-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2x display panel, which should give you more room for content consumption and productivity work. The outside screen is a 6.5-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2x screen that'll feel like a normal smartphone.

The foldable still features Armor Aluminum side rails, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the back, and an IP48 rating against dust and water ingress. This year, Samsung is using a Grade 4 Titanium Lattice and a new Armor FlexHinge for enhanced durability. The cover screen has Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 as well, rounding out the phone's protection. It would seem that although the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is thinner and lighter, it's just as durable — if not more durable.

In terms of design, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 looks quite similar to the Galaxy Z Fold 6, as both feature a box and rectangular chassis. However, this year's Galaxy Z Fold 7 camera bump takes a few cues from the Galaxy S25 Edge. Like the Edge, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 features an oval-shaped camera bump with the camera lenses protruding overtop. The thicker camera bump could be designed to accommodate the more powerful main camera sensor.

Notably, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 does not support the S Pen. The display digitizer was removed to make the device thinner, sacrificing stylus support as a consequence.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: Specs and cameras

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset — a tweaked version of Qualcomm's top-of-the-line mobile platform specifically tuned for Samsung phones. This shouldn't be much of a surprise given that it's the same chip powering the top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 lineup. Many of the best Android phones boast the regular Snapdragon 8 Elite processor as well.

It provides a 45% boost in both single-core and multi-core performance, along with being about 40% more efficient than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. For reference, the ASUS ROG Phone 9 Pro achieved a single-core score of 3137 and a multi-core score of 9936 in Geekbench 6. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 manages a 2039 single-core score and a 6367 multi-core score.

While it was originally thought Samsung might opt for a lower-end version for the Galaxy Z Fold 7, this didn't end up being the case. The Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset in the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the same, eight-core version used in other Samsung handsets. It's paired with 12GB of memory for optimal performance.

All of that sounds pretty great, but besides the design, the other big upgrade is finally a better main camera sensor. The Galaxy Z Fold lineup largely stuck to the same 50MP/10MP/12MP combination for the past few years, but now, there's a vastly superior 200MP sensor. Unfortunately, the 12MP ultra-wide camera and 10MP telephoto camera are unchanged on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 6.

As for battery life, Samsung is relying on the same 4,400mAh battery that we've had since the Galaxy Z Fold 3. While the Snapdragon 8 Elite is more efficient, the 4,400mAh capacity simply pales in comparison to the competition.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: Software

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 will run One UI 8 out of the box, which is big news considering the troubles Samsung had delivering One UI 7 to the masses. Since Android 16 is out and the One UI 8 beta has already arrived for early testers, this isn't exactly a shock. The One UI 8 update brings a few quality-of-life upgrades and builds off the major overhaul that was One UI 7.

Samsung's newest foldables are the first devices to start with Android 16, though current Pixels already got the over-the-air upgrade to the latest Android version. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 gets a combination of Google AI and Galaxy AI, including multimodal Samsung Vision AI.

Samsung is giving the Galaxy Z Fold 7 a total of seven years of Android OS and security updates, which it helped make standard years ago.

For more news and information on Samsung’s latest foldables, check out our Ultimate Guide.