As Samsung’s subsequent foldable telephone edges nearer to launch we’re beginning to get an ever-clearer image of it because of leaks, and the newest suggests it would look a lot the identical because the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.

The latest proof for that is leaked photographs of a case that is supposedly for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, shared by @UniverseIce (opens in new tab), who has a fairly stable monitor document.

It’s a easy, clear case, and in a follow-up tweet they present an equal case for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Four for comparability, with the one apparent distinction being that the Z Fold 5’s case has a separate cut-out for the flash to the facet of the digital camera block; the Z Fold 4’s case doesn’t want this, as that telephone’s flash sits throughout the digital camera block.

This is the Galaxy Z Fold4 case pic.twitter.com/S6dfq0lnoCMay 11, 2023

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After all, we’d take this with a pinch of salt, and a case picture gained’t present us all the small print of the telephone it’s for. However that is very a lot in keeping with some latest unofficial renders, which additionally confirmed the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 as trying practically an identical to the Z Fold 4, simply with the flash in a brand new place.

These renders got here with dimensions, suggesting that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 can be a couple of millimeters smaller than the Z Fold 4, so their sizes may very well be virtually an identical too. The one important design change we’d see, going by leaks, is a brand new waterdrop hinge, which might permit the 2 halves of the telephone to take a seat flatter towards one another when folded shut.

The Pixel downside

So if leaks are proper, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 doesn’t sound like probably the most inspiring of upgrades visually – and if there was any 12 months when it wanted to be, it’s this 12 months, because the Google Pixel Fold has simply launched.

That’s the slimmest foldable telephone available on the market, coming in at simply 5.8mm thick when unfolded. That additionally makes it slimmer than the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 if the leaked dimensions are correct, as that’s apparently 6.3mm thick.

It additionally has a wider cowl display than we’re anticipating on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, which, as we present in our hands-on Google Pixel Fold assessment, made it extra usable than the duvet display on the Z Fold 4. Actually, our US Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff declared it “the primary foldable that might masquerade as a standard smartphone.”

So it’s bought a design that’s positive to catch eyes – regardless of some disappointingly massive bezels across the foldable show. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 then again? It seems like that telephone may very well be extra of the identical, and in that case it would want some large modifications on the within to take the title of our greatest foldable telephone.