Galaxy Z Fold5
SamsungReleased Aug 1, 2023 · Analysis updated Aug 21, 2026
This foldable phone offers a gapless hinge, water resistance, and a lightweight, premium build for extended use. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 scores 80/100 based on 27 expert reviews in the foldable phones category. Coverage includes reviews from Gamerant, Manofmany, Hitechcentury, and Techradar.
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Pros
- Long battery life(16)
- Premium build quality(12)
- Gapless hinge(8)
- Water resistant(7)
- Excellent performance(4)
Cons
- High price(22)
- Bulky design(10)
- Poor camera quality(9)
- Slow charging(6)
- Narrow cover screen(6)
27 Publication Reviews
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is a perspective-changing addition to the smartphone market that successfully combines phone and tablet functionality with excellent performance and thoughtful design improv...
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is described as the most premium, polished foldable smartphone money can buy, offering a seamless marriage of hardware and software.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 sets a new bar for flagship foldables with the best Snapdragon processor currently in the market, powerful rear cameras and superb displays paired with a lighter, slimmer ch...
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is a worthy successor to the Z Fold 4, bringing a flatter and lighter profile to an otherwise-familiar foldable formula.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is the best foldable phone for those looking for a phone and tablet in one and are willing to pay a steep price.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is a minor upgrade over the Z Fold 4, but it's a more polished package than the Pixel Fold or Honor Magic Vs – Samsung's main competition in the West – and it's also the on...
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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold5 is still the best folding phone available in the US, but its updates are more iterative than revolutionary.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 delivers excellent performance and refined design with its new hinge, but remains expensive with camera hardware that hasn't evolved from the previous generation.
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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 5 is still the best big-screen foldable despite modest camera upgrades.
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Samsung has given its latest book-style foldable meaningful upgrades in multiple ways, making it even closer to a premium foldable with a worthy, yet eye-melting price tag.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 offers significant refinements over its predecessor with an improved hinge, powerful performance, and enhanced productivity features, making it a compelling flagship folding...
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is a truly excellent phone for productivity-focused users, offering meaningful improvements over its predecessor despite being a relatively minor upgrade.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 offers the best foldable experience on the market with its refined design, powerful performance, and excellent multitasking software, though it comes at a premium price.
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Samsung has created its best foldable to date with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5, though battery and camera performance is still quite average.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 offers meaningful improvements in design, performance, and battery life, but its high price and lack of camera upgrades make it a tough sell despite being the best foldable...
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 refines the folding phone experience with a flat folding design, improved hinge, and better multitasking, though its high price and dated camera sensors hold it back from be...
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is an incredibly expensive phone, but does it offer something unique for photographers?
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Samsung's foldable concept is nearing perfection, but who will buy it?
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is the best large foldable phone you can buy today, with the best-built hardware, best-designed software, and widest accessory support, but it feels like a largely iterativ...
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The Galaxy Z Fold 5 is a very good folding phone but it's still a niche, expensive device with disappointing cameras.
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 review with a 7.5 score, suggesting it's a good but not exceptional foldable phone.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 continues the legacy of its predecessors with an attractive and premium design, featuring a gapless foldable design, powerful performance, and a large 7.6-inch display.
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 offers a compelling foldable experience with improved hinge design and excellent displays, though it comes with dust collection issues and average battery life.
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The Galaxy Z Fold5 is a refined iteration that fixes the screen gap and boosts performance, but it feels more like a minor facelift than a significant generational leap.
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Although the Samsung Galaxy Fold5 did not make into the upper regions of the DXOMARK Camera ranking, it delivered decent results across most of our test categories and was capable of capturing nice ph...
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