Introduction
It’s that time of year again, and Samsung is taking the wraps off its latest foldables. On the surface, not much has changed between the Z Fold6 and Z Flip6. There are a few minor design tweaks here and there. But dig a little deeper and some innovations will start to emerge.
We’ll do our best to discuss what’s new in the Galaxy Z family – spoiler alert, a lot of it has to do with AI and software. But before we discuss all that, here are a quick overview and specs of both devices.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 specifications at a glance:
- Body: 132.6×153.5×5.6mm (unfolded)/68.1×153.5×12.1mm (folded), 239 grams; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2) (folded), Plastic front (unfolded), Glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), Aluminium frame; IP48 water resistant (up to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes), Armor aluminium frame with strong drop and scratch resistance (advertised), Stylus support.
- Display: 7.60″ foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X, Infinity Flex Display, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1856x2160px resolution, 20.9:18 aspect ratio, 374ppi; Cover display: Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, 6.3 inches, 968 x 2376 pixels, 22.1:9 ratio, 410ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8650-AC Snapdragon 8 Generation 3 (4 nm): 8-core (1×3.39GHz Cortex-X4 & 3×3.1GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.9GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.2GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 750 (1 GHz).
- Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM.
- OS/Software: Android 14.
- rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 1.0µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Ultra Wide Angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 123-degree, 12mm, 1.12µm.
- front camera: Wide (under-display): 4 MP, f/1.8, 2.0µm; Wide (Cover): 10 MP, f/2.2, 1.22µm.
- Record video: rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@60fps, 1080p@60/240fps (Gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps (Gyro-EIS), HDR10+; front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, Gyro-EIS.
- Battery: 4400mAh; 25W wired, 50% in 30 minutes (advertised), 15W wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless.
- Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Dual SIM; Wi-Fi 6e; BT 5.3, aptX HD; NFC.
- various: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); Stereo speakers; Samsung DeX (desktop experience support), Ultra Wideband (UWB) support.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 specifications at a glance:
- Body: 71.9×85.1×14.9mm (folded)/71.9×165.1×6.9mm (unfolded), 187 grams; Plastic front (unfolded), Glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), Aluminium frame; IP48 water resistant (up to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes), Armor aluminium frame with strong drop and scratch resistance (advertised).
- Display: 6.70″ foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1080x2640px resolution, 22:9 aspect ratio, 425ppi; Cover display:, Super AMOLED, 3.4 inches, 60Hz, 720 x 748 pixels (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), 306 ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8650-AC Snapdragon 8 Generation 3 (4 nm): 8-core (1×3.39GHz Cortex-X4 & 3×3.1GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.9GHz Cortex-A720 & 2×2.2GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 750 (1 GHz).
- Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM.
- OS/Software: Android 14.
- rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 1.0µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra Wide Angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 123-degree, 1.12µm.
- front camera: 10 MP, f/2.2, 1.22µm.
- Record video: rear camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+; front camera: 4K@30fps.
- Battery: 4000mAh; 25W wired, 50% in 30 minutes (advertised), 15W wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless.
- Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 6e; BT 5.3; NFC.
- various: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); Stereo speakers.
As we said, nothing immediately jumps out at us on the hardware level. Naturally, the foldable duo features Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset for the Galaxy. Both phones also promise better cooling to handle all that power. And there’s the upgraded ingress protection rating, which has gone from IPX8 to IP48 for this generation, which means at least some dust resistance.
Other notable changes include a wider 6.3-inch cover display on the Z Fold6. This generation’s panel has a slightly different aspect ratio, which should greatly improve the phone’s usability when closed.
However, the Z Flip6 gets a number of upgrades this year. Its main camera now boasts a 50 MP sensor and retains the f/1.8 aperture. Despite the slight reduction in thickness, the Flip6 has a larger 4,000 mAh battery and also has a vapor chamber inside.
