Overview
- iFixit rated the Z Fold7’s repairability at 3 out of 10, pointing to its compact internals and heavy adhesive use
- Both the cover and inner foldable displays are glued into the chassis, forcing technicians to replace the entire screen assembly rather than swap panels
- Samsung’s dual-battery system uses strong adhesives and multi-layer disassembly steps, making battery removal time-consuming and error-prone
- Replacement parts remain hard to source outside of Samsung’s service network, and the company does not publicly share repair guides for foldables
- In a recent hands-on durability test, the device endured 200,000 manual folds but exhibited intermittent reboots, hinge creaks, fluid seepage and a speaker failure