As one of the best Samsung phones released this year, the new Z Flip checks (almost) all the right boxes. The crease is now less visible, the phone looks thinner, has a bigger battery, and an improved 50 MP main camera. Plus, the new color options let it stand out in all the right ways. The cover screen hasn’t grown any bigger, unlike its main rival, the Razr+ (2024), but I appreciate the attention to detail towards the hinge. We’ve had no complaints about wobbliness while testing the Samsung phone for our Galaxy Z Flip 6 review.
Design improvements aside, the Android phone features a lovely 3.4-inch display with 60Hz refresh rates and a 6.7-inch main screen with Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X technology, supporting twice as high frame refresh rates. Needless to say, both displays look amazing. Then, you have an equally impressive Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy chip that delivers top-notch performance and a 4,000mAh battery, which promises plenty of on-screen time.
To me, another more than welcome change was the software support promise. Which one exactly? The seven-year one, of course! This handset will be good to go seven years from now. That means it comes with Android 14 out the gate and will get everything from Android 15 to Android 21 in 2031. For context, its successor would only get four years of OS updates.
Of course, all this awesomeness doesn’t come at cheap prices. Fortunately, the Samsung Shop app’s early Black Friday deal lets users grab $150 Samsung Instant Savings without trade-in via the Samsung Shop app. That means the 256GB model can be yours for $949.99 if you don’t trade in any device. But if you have an eligible device you can spare, I recommend going for the $650 maximum trade-in discount, as it brings the phone to even lower prices. On top of all, you get a free case worth $59.99.
If you, like me, like the latest flip phone from Samsung, I recommend you get one soon. The Shop app promo most likely won’t be available for too long.