After months of anticipation and rumors, Samsung on Wednesday finally took the wraps off the next generation of its top-end smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023. This is Samsung's second event of the year after launching the S23 series in February. But what makes this year's event so special? Well, this is the first time that the event is being held at Samsung's home turf in Seoul, South Korea. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 is Samsung's top-of-the-line device, and although most of the details were leaked previously, the phone is now officially announced.
Here's everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 builds upon the success of its predecessor and brings incremental improvements. It gets a 6.2-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display on the outside display with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz. While on the inside, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 features a larger 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with the same refresh rate as the cover display and 1750 nits peak brightness.
Samsung has made the Galaxy Z Fold 5 thinner this time around with 13.4mm thickness compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 4 which is 15.8mm thick. The device also gets a 10-gram weight reduction, and it now weighs 253 grams, making it the lightest Galaxy Fold yet. Samsung has also adopted a new Flex Hinge mechanism and the smartphone now closes fully without any gap. The company has also worked on the inner display and the crease is almost invisible. All this is packed in a revised frame which Samsung calls Armor Aluminum.
The Z Fold 5 gets the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 under the hood, which is clocked at 3.36GHz, and it is paired with 12GB LPDDR5X RAM. It is available in multiple storage options with
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