Every year since 2019 – that being the birth of folding phones – there’s been a breakthrough for this format of device. But 2025 has seen a larger shift than we've ever seen before. That shift isn't in the tech that's stuffed into these phones, but in the physical nature of these devices.
That's seen a war of words between Samsung and Honor, trading blows over which brand has the thinnest folding phone. While Samsung will tell you the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is 8.9mm thick, the Honor Magic V5 is 8.8mm. I'm here to tell you that the difference doesn't matter – and trading blows over 0.1mm is a waste of bandwidth.
