The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four is right here, and it may effectively be the preferred foldable telephone of the following 12 months, if it is practically as well-liked as its predecessor.

Launched at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked August 2022, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Buds 2 Professional, this new clamshell foldable has a petite – dare we are saying cute? – design, nevertheless it’s housing some highly effective internals.

That is the successor to the Galaxy Z Flip 3, and that proved to be an immensely well-liked telephone, outselling the Z Fold Three by fairly a margin in keeping with Samsung’s stats.

You may learn our hands-on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four overview proper now, and whereas we put collectively our full overview you could find out every thing you might want to know concerning the new machine beneath.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four worth and availability

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four worth begins at £999 / $999.99 / AU$1,499, which is strictly how a lot the Z Flip Three value. That is welcome information given the value rises we’re seeing nearly all over the place else.

That is for 128GB storage, and you may also decide up a 256GB mannequin for $1,059.99 / £1,059 / AU$1,649, or a 512GB model for $1,179.99 / £1,199 / AU$1,849, if you would like more room on your snaps and apps.

Pre-orders opened on August 10 (August 11 in Australia), and the telephone goes on sale on August 26.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four design and show

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four is a ‘clamshell’ foldable telephone, so it has the shape issue of a daily handset till you fold it in half to turn into an easily-pocketable block.

When opened the telephone has a 6.7-inch 2640 x 1080 show, damaged up by a punch-hole cutout for the entrance digicam. There’s additionally a 1.9-inch 260 x 512 cowl show that reveals notifications presents a number of different features when the telephone is folded.

The handset has IPX8 resistance, which implies it may be immersed in over a meter of water for as much as half an hour and is immune to rain and splashes.

The telephone has an aluminum body, so it ought to be capable of stand up to a drop or two. It is out there in grey, pink-gold, purple, and blue shades, and there is additionally Bespoke Version, which helps you to combine and match totally different colours for various components of the telephone for a customized look.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four cameras and battery

Samsung’s flip telephones have by no means matched the pictures chops of the S-series gadgets, and there is no distinction right here.

There are two rear cameras, a 12MP foremost and 12MP ultra-wide snapper, and people match precisely those on the Z Flip 3. There is no distinction in the event you like taking selfies, with the 10MP snapper lifted straight out of final 12 months’s telephone.

Certain, Samsung has a 12 months of additional tweaks and digicam modes over the Z Flip 3, so footage may look a tad higher optimized, however you are not going to be shopping for this telephone for its pictures.

The battery is a unique story, as the three,700mAh energy pack is 400mAh larger than the one on the Z Flip 3. That is a sizeable improve by itself, however keep in mind that the duvet display screen stops you needing to show in your telephone to see each little notification – the Z Flip Four will very doubtless waltz by a mean day of use with no situation.

Charging is admittedly gradual, at 25W, however for the reason that battery is smaller than the one in your common cellular, truly filling the factor will take much less time than you’d anticipate.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four efficiency and software program

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Four could possibly be probably the most highly effective telephone which you can fold right into a tiny bundle. It has the Snapdragon eight Plus Gen 1 chip, which we have examined in a number of telephones now, and it supplies a great deal of processing energy for video games and video modifying.

Certain, it might probably get slightly scorching in a pinch, nevertheless it’s second to none for intensive duties.

That chip is joined by 8GB RAM, which is not as a lot as on some top-end telephones, however you are not precisely going to be utilizing the Z Flip Four for a lot multi-tasking (we presume) when the Z Fold Four is in the marketplace.

By way of software program, the telephone will get Android 12 with Samsung’s One UI laid excessive.

This implies it will get all of the options of Google’s Android 12, like its theme customization, but in addition the added advantages of Samsung’s gadgets, like the corporate’s numerous apps and the general design modifications of One UI.

One thing to level out within the software program division is Flex Mode, which helps you to depart the machine at a proper angle to energetic sure features. The most well-liked is FlexCam, so you may flip the telephone into its personal stand once you need to take images or movies hands-free.