Samsung will launch its 7th generation foldables – the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and the long anticipated Z Flip 7 FE at the Galaxy Unpacked event, which was previously expected to happen on July 4, 2025. While Samsung is yet to announce the date, a new leak claims we aren’t so close to the event.
According to X tipster @Ricciolo1, Samsung is planning for a “mid July” announcement, which means we’ll have to wait a bit longer. The tipster also speculates what’s improved in the book-style foldable compared to the Z Fold 6: a “better camera“, a larger display, reduction in thickness, “better stamina”.
The phone is said to be based on the South Korea-exclusive Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, which is indeed slimmer than the Z Fold 6 – 4.9mm vs 5.6mm when unfolded and 10.6mm vs 12.1mm when folded. The Z Fold Special Edition packed a 4400mAh battery, same as the Z Fold 6, and as per the speculations, the high-density silicon-carbon battery technology wont be a part of the 7th generation foldables. So the “better stamina” could just be an iterative improvement due to the more efficient Snapdragon 8 Elite and/or a smarter resource optimization in One UI 8.
Unfortunately, the leak also include a “higher price” which is more disappointing than the slightly longer wait. The Galaxy Z Fold 6 was launched with a starting price (12GB + 256GB) of $1,899. The 12GB + 512GB and 12GB + 1TB RAM and storage configurations were priced at $2,019 and $2,259 respectively. Since the price tags are already quite high, even for a book-style foldable, even a $50 increase in MSRP could make the product hard to appreciate, especially if the phone fails to live up to the hype of improvements.
Check out the colors and storage variants of the upcoming foldables here.
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