It's been two full days since I got the Galaxy Z Fold 7 to review, and one thing is clear: this phone marks a turning point for Samsung's foldables. After years of iterating, it makes some tough choices, ditching the S Pen and Samsung's traditional smaller, narrower book-style form factor. It seems like Samsung is (finally) responding to competition coming out of China, and has arguably made its most impressive phone to date. But this rethinking isn’t just in relation to the phone’s thinness; its camera has also been overhauled.
As the main choice for US and Western customers, Samsung had the luxury of setting the foldable tone with its Z Fold series. While phones launching abroad like Honor Magic V3 and Vivo X Fold 3 Pro had skinny profiles, periscope cameras, and super-smart multi-tasking software, Samsung and Google were launching objectively less impressive foldables.
