It’s taken me a long, long time to fall in love with book-style foldables. Why? Well, for a while, it was because there weren’t any good options in the US, let alone many options at all. But as time passed, the competition grew, the designs became more durable, and the performance began to match what I expected from true flagship phones. The thing is, though, I could barely make myself fall in love with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold, the phone that started it all.
That was, at least, until the Galaxy Z Fold 7 showed up. Samsung finally found a way to make its most ambitious foldable as thin as a standard Galaxy S25 while preserving its capable cameras and solid performance. Suddenly, my problems dwindled to just the fact that I didn’t love the almost-square internal aspect ratio.
