Samsung’s latest foldable – the Galaxy Z Fold7 is finally here. It offers subtle but significant changes – especially the outer screen. Here are things you should know if you’re planning to get one in the Philippines. 

Price and availability

Philippine pricing are as follows: 

• 12GB+256GB – PhP 112,990
• 12GB+512GB – PhP 120,990
• 16GB+1TB – PhP 141,990

The Galaxy Z Fold7 will be available for pre-order starting July 9, with general availability beginning August 1. It comes in Blue Shadow, Silver Shadow, Jetblack and Mint (online exclusive) color options.

Pre-order the Galaxy Z Fold7 until July 31 and enjoy a free storage upgrade worth PhP 8,000. 

You can get up to 18% savings, plus 0% installment up to 36 months via UnionBank, BDO, BPI, Metrobank, and HSBC. 

You can also get up to 15% off, plus 0% installment up to 24 months via Eastwest, PNB, RCBC, and Security Bank at participating Samsung Authorized Stores nationwide. 

Online, you can get up to 13% savings via Samsung.com, Abenson.com, Lazada, and Shopee.

For those without a credit card, Samsung Finance+ offers up to PhP 14,000 off at zero processing fee for 24 months and up to PhP 10,000 via Home Credit. 

For your peace of mind, Samsung Care+ 25 offers comprehensive coverage for accidental damage, repairs, and replacements. 

Get expanded access to Google AI Pro  and 2TB of cloud storage for six (6) months at no cost with Galaxy Z Fold7.

Wider outer screen

L: Galaxy Z Fold6, R: Galaxy Z Fold7

Samsung has stubbornly stuck with the narrow-body-when-folded form factor. We’ve previously noted that this makes it relatively easy to hold and great for when you’re capturing content. But it mostly renders the outer screen unusable because it’s just too small. 

This is one of the bigger changes on the Galaxy Z Fold7. Now measuring at 6.5 inches and being significantly wider than its predecessor, the outer screen now has a significant amount of real estate – more akin to an actual regular smartphone when folded. 

It’s almost just as wide as a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra which is one of the phones we thoroughly enjoy holding and using in 2025. 

During our content capture session in New York, Samsung even showed that the Galaxy Z Fold7 is lighter than the Galaxy S25 Ultra. 

Similar but slightly larger outer screen

Unfolded, the screen of the Galaxy Z Fold7 measures 8 inches. It’s slightly larger than the previous version. But the overall experience is largely the same. 

The device has a really nice overall balance to it thanks in part to the improved hinge. It’s redundant to say at this point because it does get better year after year, but that statement rings true for this device. 

All that means is that, despite feeling marginal, Samsung has taken great care to make sure their prime foldable offers improvements from its previous iterations. 

Another thing that perhaps contributes to the overall balance are the cameras. 

Ultra camera 

The Galaxy Z Fold7 sports the exact same 200MP main camera lens as the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Although, the similarities end there. The telephoto lens that led to many choosing the Galaxy S25 Ultra still eludes the Fold. 

Multitasking maven 

On the multiwindow function side of things, the Galaxy Z Fold7 is as good as ever. A combination of the 8-inch display, ONE UI 8 animations, and Snapdragon 8 Elite tuned for Galaxy makes the device a master of multiwindow utilization. 

You can split the screen up to three and  have as many pop-up apps as you can display on the screen and the Galaxy Z Fold7 won’t break a sweat. 

It’s also a tad smarter too with Gemini. You can layout the screen however you like and have Gemini look at it and analyze the information for you. 

In the demo shown to us, the displayed information showed a person’s running stats alongside a web page of running shoes. Gemini was asked to recommend the best pair of shoes based on the running stats. It’s good for someone just getting started on a running hobby. 

More AI things

Some quick AI showcases included using Circle to Search in game and improvements to AI Erase and Audio Eraser. 

If you’re having a tough time dealing with a certain boss fight on Genshin Impact, you can simply use Circle to Search to pull up information and perhaps a guide on it while in game. This way, you can continue playing and maybe vanquish the thing without exiting the game to look up guides. 

AI Erase is much faster now. It quickly detects the crowd of people on the back of a photo that you’d likely want to erase. The few times we tried it, it was pretty darn accurate and the AI Erasure was squeaky clean. 

The same is true for the Audio Eraser. It now more easily and speedily isolates the background noise so you can up the volume of the subject speaking.

Galaxy Z Fold7 Specs: