Overview

• Preorders for the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Flip7 hit 1.04 million units in South Korea by mid-July, eclipsing the 1.02 million record set by the Z Fold5/Flip5 series.
• Samsung Display’s new foldable OLED panel endured 500,000 folds in a Bureau Veritas–verified test, doubling its previous durability benchmark.
• Indian retailers slashed the Galaxy Z Flip6 price by over ₹37,000 on Flipkart with an extra ₹4,000 off for Axis Bank cardholders and cut the Z Fold6 to ₹1,38,999 on Amazon India with cashback and EMI options.
• Samsung reported 210,000 preorders for its ‘Made in India’ Z Fold7, Flip7 and Flip7 FE models within 48 hours, nearly matching Galaxy S25 series preorder levels.
• Industry reports suggest the Galaxy Z Fold8 could return to CFRP or stick with titanium backplates, use laser-drilled metal plates to reduce creasing, run on a 2 nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 “for Galaxy” chip and potentially reintroduce S Pen support.