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Introduction
If it works, don’t touch it – that’s probably what the Galaxy Z Fold6 development team had written in big letters on the whiteboard when they gathered to lay out the concept for Samsung’s latest big foldable. In reality, the Fold5 was as close to an everyman’s phone-turned-tablet device as anything else on the market, and there wasn’t much incentive for disruptive changes on the new one.
The Z Fold6 comes with slight changes in the ratio of both displays, reduced weight, and now Evaluation Protection from solids (but not the thinnest of them). After a year, a mandatory chipset upgrade is also on the list of changes.
What hasn’t changed is any of the camera bits. Samsung didn’t even bother to improve this area last year, so the 6’s cameras are the same as the 4’s. Sure, it had a decently capable triple setup at the back and the under-display selfie camera is a sensible compromise, but other manufacturers are offering close-focus telephotos and big-sensor ultrawides (with AF) – not Samsung.
Galaxy Z Fold6 (left) vs Z Fold5
It’s also getting tiresome to protest every year about Samsung’s continued refusal to implement some sort of sensible charging solution – let’s see what the 25W spec will mean for top-up speeds this time around, but we’re not expecting miracles. Battery capacity is also the same as last year, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Of course, it’s hard to complain about the feature-rich One UI software package, and it makes the Fold6 a great option if you want tablet functionality in your pocket. The S Pen support is another great feature that’s hard to beat. There’s little room for improvement here, isn’t there. Oh, there’s Galaxy AI now, isn’t there.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 specifications at a glance:
- Body: 153.5×132.6×5.6mm (unfolded), 153.5×68.1×12.1mm (folded); 239 grams; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), Glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), Aluminium frame; IP48 water resistant (up to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes).
- Display: main: 7.6″ foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1856x2160px resolution, 10.5:9 aspect ratio, 374ppi; cover: Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, 6.3 inches, 968x2376px resolution, 22:9 aspect ratio, 410 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, 1TB 12GB RAM; UFS 4.0.
- OS/Software: Android 14, One UI 6.1.1.
- rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm, 1.0µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 10 MP, f/2.4, 66mm, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; Ultrawide : 12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚, 12mm, 1.12µm.
- front camera: Wide (main): 4 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, 2.0µm, under display; Wide (main): 10 MP, f/2.2, 24mm, 1/3″, 1.22µm; Wide (main): 10 MP, f/2.2, 24mm, 1/3″, 1.22µm.
- Record video: rear camera: 8K@30fps, 4K@60fps, 1080p@60/120/240fps (Gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps (Gyro-EIS), HDR10+; front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, Gyro-EIS.
- Battery: 4400mAh; 25W wired, QC2.0, 15W wireless, 4.5W reverse wireless.
- Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; 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; Stylus support.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 Unboxing
Gone are the days of fancy retail packaging in the Galaxy Z lineup. The Z Fold6 comes in the usual plain black cardboard box with nothing inside other than the phone.
You get a bunch of the usual paperwork, but as for items of any practical use, the list is limited to just a USB-C cable and a SIM ejection pin. Some pre-order deals or some carrier bundles might include a charger, but we wouldn’t count on it.
