This year has been super interesting for clamshell flip phones: following Oppo and Motorola upping the ante with their respective Find N2 Flip and Razr 40 Ultra (known as the Razr Plus in the States), all eyes focused on Samsung, which holds the biggest share of this market, and how it would respond to the theme of ever-increasing cover display sizes (I've previously written about three features the Z Flip could introduce to beat the competition).
Enter, then, the Galaxy Z Flip 5, Samsung's 2023 clamshell flip phone, which I've been using for a number of days in the run-up to Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked launch event, which I think is easily the series' biggest upgrade ever. I've already written about ways in which Samsung's latest Z Flip 5 bests the larger-screen Razr 40 Ultra, but having dug deeper into this Galaxy I think it feels like the best folding phone in this design format. Here's why it's flippin' great.
