The Galaxy Z Fold 7 might be Samsung’s best-selling foldable yet, and I think a tri-fold Galaxy is inevitable

Update: I asked Samsung to expand on its original statement and Vice President Blackard responded. His quote is included below

In comparison to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and all previous Folds, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is a success. Despite being the priciest phone I’ve ever seen at retail, with a starting price of $1,999, Samsung claims that the “Galaxy Z Fold7 received the most preorders in Z Fold history in the U.S.” Whatever sparked this interest in foldables, I’m on board and hope Samsung capitalizes on it to release a large Galaxy tri-fold next year.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 wasn’t the only model that early adopters liked. Additionally, Samsung reports that its Galaxy Z Flip 7 has been selling well and that preorders for the two models combined have increased by more than 25% over the Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 from the previous year.

Depending on your location, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 costs roughly the same as the Z Flip 6 from the previous year. However, it has a significantly larger cover display, which was a drawback of earlier Galaxy Z Flip phones. Additionally, the phone’s processor is a Samsung Exynos 2500 rather than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset that is exclusive to Samsung’s flagship phones.

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According to Samsung, preorders from US mobile carriers increased even more, with advanced sales of the models up 60% from the previous year. You can currently get a Galaxy Z Fold 7 from AT&T for 55% less if you pay for it over the course of 36 months. If you like to purchase this large foldable, you would have to pay $25 a month until 2028. With a new contract deal, all three of the main US carriers are offering the Galaxy Z Flip 7 for free.

How the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is better (and worse) than the Z Fold 6

The pricey Galaxy Z Fold 7 is outperforming its predecessor by a significant margin in early sales, which is astounding. Since its release on store shelves on July 25, Samsung claims that the Z Fold 7 has outperformed the Z Fold 6 by almost 50%.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, one of our favorite photography phones, and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 both include a 200MP camera sensor. That finally makes the Galaxy Z Fold a strong contender for one of the greatest phones available, bridging the camera gap that has kept foldable phones apart from flat phones.

Samsung’s decision to discontinue the S Pen on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 seems remarkably anti-Ultra, but it might have been the correct one. A special version of the Samsung stylus could be used with previous Galaxy Z Fold phones, but it had to be the Z Fold version of the S Pen to avoid scratching the sensitive folding display within.

For the previous four years, I have evaluated and used almost every Samsung Galaxy folding phone, and I’m hoping the Galaxy Z Fold 7 succeeds because, to be honest, Samsung finally paid attention to me (and its consumers).

The design of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is a victory after years of clumsy designs and a cover display that resembled a tiny bowling lane more than a smartphone screen. When it’s closed, it feels and looks like a standard, small smartphone, but when it’s open, it provides you an iPad-sized screen.

Samsung’s success is because of… me? (and also all the other customers)

Samsung also credits listening to me (and its consumers) with its success. “We’ve addressed consumer feedback year after year and have arrived at the kind of experience you can’t get on any other device,” says Drew Blackard, vice president of Samsung. Since they are the main improvements this year over previous, I assume that the questions “why is my phone so heavy” and “why does the cover screen look so weird” were among the feedback received.

I asked Samsung to elaborate: what particular consumer concerns did they resolve? “Since our first foldable, we have aimed to provide the kind of innovation that isn’t possible with a typical bar-type smartphone alone,” Blackard told me. With these extraordinarily light and thin designs, we’re now further perfecting that experience while maintaining usefulness, use, and power. Customers are telling us that when they use these products firsthand, they notice the difference right away. We take pride in the fact that there is no longer a trade-off for the foldable experience, as demonstrated by this additional evidence.

It appears that the secret was to make the Fold 7 extremely light and thin. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is really 12g lighter than Apple’s largest iPhone and only slightly thicker than an iPhone 16 Pro Max when folded. I wouldn’t have believed you seven years ago if you had told me that a foldable phone could blend in with any flat phone.

The time has come for foldable phones to gain popularity. Let’s face it: AI features don’t make smartphones more popular. To pique attention, phone manufacturers have required a fresh hook. It seemed like foldable displays may be that hook, but purchasers hesitated, possibly because they were scared the phones weren’t sturdy, or weren’t worth the extra price tag.

The durability rating has increased along with the price. Samsung’s IP48 rating makes the phone completely water-resistant for a swim in the pool, but it still cannot withstand dust and other tiny particles.

Additionally, the phone might be more robust than Samsung admits. Although I don’t like Jerry Rig Everything on YouTube because I don’t believe his claims and his testing, his incapacity to break or even fracture the Galaxy Z Fold 7’s screen is one of the most interesting breakdown films I’ve ever seen. Not only does the phone not shatter when he bends it backward, it also doesn’t crack! After his mistreatment, the inside display appears to be completely normal.

Time for Samsung to unleash the foldable beast

I now want to see Samsung realize the full potential of its foldable technology. The Z Fold line’s narrow front screen and the Z Flip phones’ tiny, ineffective cover display are the two key unfixed issues that have made me dubious of Samsung’s foldables. Those errors have been eliminated, and I don’t believe that the fact that sales are higher than ever is a coincidence.

The triple-folding phone from Samsung ought to be released as soon as feasible. Rumor has it that Samsung is working on a rival to the Huawei Mate XT, and this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase Samsung’s complete design capabilities. I hope that Samsung will take advantage of the success of the Z Fold 7 and release the new Samsung G Fold, which is the speculated name for the triple-screen foldable, in July of next year.

It is likely to cost twice as much as the Z Fold 7 of today. With Samsung’s newest slimline design and top-notch productivity apps, it will also be amazing. If it’s good enough, it might halt the enthusiasm surrounding AI features and reignite interest in new phone and hardware designs.