Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE

It's a positive step that Samsung finally launched a cheaper foldable phone, and that the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE matches up to its more expensive counterpart on camera and software quality. However, the drop in performance, battery life and overall build you have to accept for just a $200 discount doesn't feel like a fair exchange. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE is the best value Samsung foldable, but definitely not the best value foldable if you look at the offerings from other device makers.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE is a great phone in many ways. It has a solid design, excellent camera and decent everyday performance. The displays are fantastic too, and Samsung’s software experience is one of the best in the business. There are a couple of things to Consider however, from low internal storage and underwhelming battery life, to a cover screen that could do more.

The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is a good flip phone. It has Samsung's best-ever cover screen hardware, a larger and wider main display, and a surprisingly thin design. But with a disappointing choice in its chipset and truly annoying cover screen software, the Flip 7 isn't an amazing flip phone. It's a great buy for Samsung fans, but it's also not the flip phone king it could have been.

The first Fan Edition foldable doesn’t make much sense when it sticks so closely to the old Z Flip 6, which can still easily be found for less cash. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE might have wider appeal once.

El Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 FE es un buen móvil que ve reducido el atractivo por su propio catálogo: el Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 del año pasado, con un hardware superior, está más barato que el modelo para fans de este año. Y no es que el Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 «normal» sea mucho más caro, y aquí la evolución sí es considerable. Por tanto, me resulta difícil recomendar el FE: es muy buen plegable, pero no tiene nada que lo distinga de sus hermanos. Ojalá lo hubiera sido el precio.

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