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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: release date, price, features, and everything you need to know
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip range offers some of the most popular foldable phones on the planet, and with good reason – they pair a folding form factor with decent specs and a relatively affordable price.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is set continue that trend, following a July 26 debut at Samsung Unpacked.
What is it? The next entry in Samsung’s foldable Z Flip line
When is it out? August 10
How much will it cost? From $999.99 / £1,049 / AU$1,649
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 release date and price
Announced on July 26
Ships on August 11
From $999.99 / £1,049 / AU$1,649
Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Flip 5 at its Galaxy Unpacked launch event on July 26. The company also announced the Galaxy Z Fold 5, the Galaxy Watch 6 family, and the Galaxy Tab S9 family.
As these are some of the best foldables, expect them to be rather pricey. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 will cost $999.99 / £1049 / AU$1,649 for the base model, with the price going up to $1,099.99 / £1,149 / AU$1,849 if you’d like to double the storage. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is available for pre-order July 26, but will ship on August 11.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 next to the Galaxy Flip 4 (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd)
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 design and display
Has a much larger 3.4-inch cover screen than the Flip 4
A new waterdrop hinge design is here to close the gap
A sick 6.7-inch 120Hz foldable screen
Starting off with the color options, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 will be available in Mint, Graphite, Cream, and Lavender. If you choose to order directly from Samsung, the company will offer it to you in Gray, Blue, Green, or Yellow. You have quite the choice of colors, just keep in mind that they won’t be available in all countries and all regions.
Design-wise, it’ll look broadly the same as the Flip 4. We say broadly because the cover screen is getting larger. It is now a 3.4-inch Super AMOLED 60Hz Display. It has a resolution of 720 x 748 which works out to 306 PPI.
Samsung hails this new cover screen — Flex display — as impressive, noting that you can check the weather, control your music, get stock market updates, and more. You can also view your notifications, adjust your settings, return calls, reply to texts, and use Samsung Wallet. Essentially, it’s a mini smartphone on your smartphone. The actual smartphone itself still holds up, however, being a 6.7-inch FHD+ display equipped with a Dynamic AMOLED panel supporting a refresh rate of between 1 – 120Hz (depending on what’s being shown).
That new cover display in action (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd)
Samsung will not be dustproofing this foldable, as rumors suggested. It’ll keep its IPX8 rating, but it’ll also get the new waterdrop hinge, allowing it to fold all the way and preventing little particles from getting stuck in the hinge. It may not be dust resistant, but that troublesome little gap is gone, along with one point of failure. Just don’t play too rough with it and you should be fine.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 cameras and battery
Two 12MP cameras, just like last year
New and improved sensors could be used
Same battery as last yer
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 keeps the same dual camera set up as the Flip 4. (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd)
Camera wise, nothing much seems to have changed from last year. There’s a 10MP selfie camera, and 2 12MP rear cameras. That’s the usual wide and ultra-wide camera set up we’ve seen on phones like this. No, there aren’t any periscope or zoom cameras, and that’s very much a consequence of the Z Flip 5 needing to conserve space. If you want the best cameras, you’ll need to look at something like the bigger S23 Ultra or even the Z Fold 5.
As for the battery, that is a 3,700 mAh unit that just about matches the quality of the Galaxy Z Flip 4. The Z Flip 4 had good, not great, battery life. However, the Z F;ip 5 has an ace up its sleeve that could see it grab an hour or two more screen on time than its predecessor.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 specs and features
Look ma, no gaps! The new waterdrop hinge leaves the gap behind (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd)
Comes with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset with 8GB of RAM
Storage tops out at 512GB
Up to five years of updates
The Samsung Galaxy Flip 5 comes with the expected Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. This is the same excellent processor the company put in the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra. Expect speedy performance and long-lasting battery (even though the battery size remains the same as the Flip 4). You can get it with 256GB of storage, or 512GB of storage. Either way, you get 8GB of RAM, and your apps will love it. If you want more RAM or storage, the best Samsung phones offer a lot more.
The usual extras are here. There’s fast charging up to 25W, fast wireless charging too. It comes with Android 13 and One UI 5.1.1, and Samsung will keep this updated for up to 5 years with security updates and four years with software updates.
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