Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: The Future of Smartphones is Here
On July 9, 2023, Samsung Vietnam officially launched the Galaxy Z Fold7, a device that embodies the pinnacle of design sophistication, camera technology, and AI breakthroughs in the latest Galaxy Z Fold series. Not only does the Galaxy Z Fold7 deliver robust performance and an “Ultra” experience, but it also enhances efficiency with a larger, more immersive display upon unfolding. With the One UI 8 interface, this device integrates intelligent multitasking features, optimizing the user experience for a folding display.
“The Galaxy Z Fold7 integrates Galaxy AI with powerful software components, delivering the most advanced smart phone experience from Samsung to date. The new generation of this folding smartphone marks the intersection of design and technology, with AI specifically developed for foldable devices. Users can expect a high-end experience that is powerful, immersive, smart, and compact—all in one device.” – TM Roh, President and General Manager of the Experience Device (DX) division at Samsung Electronics.
Ultra Thin, Ultra Performance
The Slimmest Galaxy Z Fold Yet
The Galaxy Z Fold7 is designed for users seeking a device that maintains a slim profile while offering the visual appeal of traditional smartphones, combining powerful performance with the flexibility of a larger display when unfolded—all integrated into a single device. With an ultra-slim design and a larger display, the Galaxy Z Fold7 offers seamless experiences when transitioning from one task to another, enhancing usability while folded.
– Weighing only 215 grams, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is even lighter than the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
– The device measures just 8.9 mm thick when folded and 4.2 mm when opened.
– It features a 6.5-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a new 21:9 aspect ratio.
The Largest Display on a Galaxy Smartphone
When unfolded, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is more than just a smartphone; it transforms into a versatile device, providing a stunning visual experience for tasks such as editing, taking photos, or enjoying entertainment—while leveraging the capabilities of Galaxy AI. The main display of the Galaxy Z Fold7 is over 11% larger than its predecessor, providing extra space for content creation and multitasking on various applications.
– The main Dynamic AMOLED 2X 8-inch display offers vibrant colors and sharp details, making every piece of content come alive—from photos to various applications during multitasking.
– With Vision Booster and brightness up to 2,600 nits, the Galaxy Z Fold7 ensures clear visibility, even in direct sunlight.
Stylish Design, Built to Last
With its ultra-slim design, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is crafted to instill confidence in users. Whether folded or placed in a bag, the device is designed to be durable over time, with an improved hinge mechanism and display structure that enhances longevity and structural integrity.
– The Armor FlexHinge is thinner and lighter, featuring improved water resistance and a new rail structure that reduces the visibility of the fold while increasing durability.
– The display is protected by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Ceramic 2, a new material that combines ceramic glass with advanced elements, enhancing durability and resistance to scratches while maintaining a stunning visual experience.
– The Armor aluminum frame and hinge enhance durability by up to 10%.
– The main display has also been restructured to be thinner and lighter, achieving a powerful performance boost. This result is achieved through the application of Titan coating technology. Additionally, the Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG) layer has been increased by 50%, making the display top-notch.
Powerful Processing Capabilities Specifically for Galaxy
Another notable feature of the Galaxy Z Fold7 is its state-of-the-art processing unit, which is the most powerful chip ever found in Galaxy devices. This chip is specially tailored and supports real-time AI processing tasks on the device—such as real-time translation and Generative Edit—making operations faster and more seamless.
– The Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy processor delivers a performance increase of 41% for the NPU, 38% for the CPU, and 26% for the GPU compared to previous generations. This capability unlocks significant potential for AI processing directly on the Galaxy Z Fold7 without impacting overall performance.
Ultra 200MP Camera
Crisp, Detailed Images
The Galaxy Z Fold7 provides a professional-grade camera experience, combining cutting-edge components and intelligent processing capabilities to create stunning images and videos. The high-resolution camera captures intricate details, vibrant colors, and dynamic range, allowing users to relive moments vividly. AI-enhanced photography optimizes lighting, detail, and authenticity, ensuring images and videos are always clear and vibrant, even in low-light environments such as dimly-lit cafes.
– This is the first time a 200MP ultra-wide camera has been featured on the Galaxy Z series, allowing for high-resolution shots that capture details up to four times greater, with a 44% increase in low-light performance.
– A 10MP 100° camera on the main display enables wider framing for group selfies, capturing more surroundings while users take selfies.
– The new ProVisual Engine provides faster image processing capabilities, making every photo and video clearer, more vibrant, and full of detail.
– With Night Video, the intelligent motion detection technology ensures the best results by isolating moving subjects from backgrounds.
– The HDR 10-bit technology enhances color depth, resulting in videos with vibrant colors, deeper contrast, and more authentic detail, regardless of lighting conditions.
Creative Editing on a Large Display
The Galaxy Z Fold7 brings a professional-grade creative studio closer to users with AI-powered tools optimized for the larger display of the device. Users can record stunning images and videos, then edit them effortlessly. Removing unnecessary details in images becomes simple, making it easy to create sharp, high-quality content without needing additional software. The intuitive features on the Galaxy Z Fold7 allow users to seamlessly transform images and videos into professional-grade content without extra support tools.
– The Photo Assist feature allows for moving, deleting, or enlarging elements, adjusting angles, and positioning them with precision—all supported by AI. Users can easily capture vibrant expressions in images, including portrait shots with the Portrait Studio, and refine their images with the advanced Generative Edit feature of Galaxy. This feature also offers smart suggestions for erasing elements from photos, such as removing unwanted backgrounds, ensuring a seamless editing experience.
– Side-by-Side Editing and Show Original options allow users to compare images side by side and adjust them in real time on the large display, helping them decide whether to edit or keep certain details in their images.
– The Audio Eraser feature is also enhanced to be smarter and more efficient. Now, there’s a new button in the Library that can detect and remove unwanted sound recordings, like wind noise or engine sounds from video recordings.
Ultra AI Experience
Harnessing the Full Potential of Galaxy AI on a Large Display
The Galaxy Z Fold7 maximizes the capabilities of the folding display to enhance performance and advantages brought by AI, creating immersive, flexible, and efficient experiences. With the new One UI 8 interface, the device can recognize natural language commands, improving user interaction in a more intuitive way. This allows users to streamline transitions between applications and the display, facilitating creativity and productivity in a cohesive environment.
– Designed to serve as an intelligent assistant in everyday tasks, One UI 8 integrates seamlessly with the larger display’s multitasking capabilities, enhancing user interactions based on what users type, say, and see on the screen. The AI camera system also ensures that every user can have a smart and secure experience, ready to assist at a moment’s notice.
– The Galaxy Z Fold7 launches with One UI 8 on Android 16, integrating Samsung’s latest AI enhancements in this foldable device, delivering a new and improved Android experience for users.
– Gemini Live, now upgraded with AI capabilities, can understand what users see, say, and do on the screen, making it easier to enter or ask questions intuitively without needing to switch between applications. With features like screen sharing or camera sharing on Gemini Live, users can simply point to the content displayed on the screen or camera and then ask questions to receive specialized analyses immediately.
– With the Circle to Search feature, suggestions while gaming will appear whenever users need them. Just circle on the screen, and they will instantly receive results, suggestions, or strategies displayed through the small notification window on the screen, ensuring an uninterrupted gaming experience.
– With Galaxy AI optimized for the large display, the Galaxy Z Fold7 offers versatile experiences that leverage the advantages of the folding screen, enhancing productivity for users. AI Results View displays results from AI features either in Split View or Floating View, ensuring that the user’s corner of the screen remains unobstructed and clearly visible. Users can work more efficiently with Drag & Drop for AI-generated content, including images and text, directly from the multi-window interface. With tools like Drawing Assist or Writing Assist, moving content and images becomes more straightforward than ever, enhancing the creative experience through seamless integration and intuitive interaction.
Mobile Security Designed for the Future
As mobile experiences become increasingly intelligent and interconnected, Samsung is committed to enhancing mobile security by introducing new AI-driven security solutions on its devices, expanding detection capabilities to safeguard users while providing a seamless experience.
One UI 8 brings advanced security features for personalized AI experiences through the new Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP). KEEP creates distinct encrypted environments for each application within the device’s secure storage area, ensuring that only those applications can access sensitive data without interference from other apps. With One UI 8, Samsung continues to enhance Knox Matrix to provide solutions that are more user-friendly and secure across the entire Galaxy ecosystem. Furthermore, to maintain long-term security commitments, Samsung is integrating post-quantum cryptography into its Secure Wi-Fi feature. This enhancement ensures the security of data transmission over encrypted connections, safeguarding individual privacy even on public networks.
Availability and Pricing
The Galaxy Z Fold7 will officially be available for pre-order starting July 9, with sales commencing on July 26, and general availability starting August 3. The Galaxy Z Fold7 will be available in four color options: Navy Blue, Metal Gray, Jet Black, and Mint Green (limited edition online version).
The retail prices are as follows:
- Galaxy Z Fold7 12GB+256GB: 46,990,000 VND
- Galaxy Z Fold7 12GB+512GB: 50,990,000 VND
- Galaxy Z Fold7 16GB+1TB will be available in a limited special edition of only 200 units, bundled with the Galaxy Watch Ultra and Carbon Shieldcase, priced at 68,888,000 VND – available exclusively on Samsung’s official online store: samsung.com/vn.
Pre-ordering will come with multiple exclusive benefits, including:
- Complete Samsung Care+ package for one year
- Exclusive discounts of up to 3 million VND (including trade-in offer of an additional 1 million VND) for the 12GB+256GB and 12GB+512GB versions
- Luxury Z Elite gift pack worth up to 3 million VND (including exclusive family membership benefits, high-end services, and more)
- Access to exclusive usage of Google AI Pro and 2TB of cloud storage free for six months when using the Galaxy Z Fold7.
For more information about the Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7, and Galaxy Z Flip7 FE, please visit: Samsung Global Newsroom or Samsung.com.
