Flagship · 2024

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Apple iPhone 17e

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), 120Hz AMOLED

Extras Foldable display, Pen support

Watch out Plastic build

8″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8 Gen 3 16 / 512 GB

4400 mAh 25W charging

200 MP 3 rear · 4 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

8.0″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1968 × 2184 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

8.0"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1968 × 2184 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Adaptive refresh

LTPO · varies 1–120 Hz

Battery-smart

Brightness

2600 nits

HDR

HDR10+

HDR

Performance

Qualcomm SM8650-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.39 GHz · Adreno 750 (1 GHz)

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8650-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Flagship

AnTuTu

2,200,000

v10

CPU

8-core, 3.39 GHz

GPU

Adreno 750 (1 GHz)

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

1x3.4GHz Cortex X4 + 3x3.2 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x3.0 GHz Cortex A720 + 2x2.3 GHz Cortex A520

Software & updates

Android 14, up to 7 major Android upgrades, One UI 6.1.1 · 7-year support

Long support

How long the maker keeps shipping Android and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 14, up to 7 major Android upgrades, One UI 6.1.1

Software support

7 years of updates

Updates remaining

~5 years

Camera

200 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 4 MP selfie

Stabilised

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

200 MP f/1.8

OIS

Telephoto

10 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

12 MP f/2.2

Front camera

4 MP f/1.8

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, laser AF

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

4400 mAh · 25 W wired · 15 W wireless

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4400 mAh

Wired charging

25 W

Wireless charging

15 W

Wireless charging

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Bypass charging

Supported

Heat friendly

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Memory

16 GB RAM · 512 GB

Roomy

RAM

16 GB

Storage

512 GB

Storage type

UFS 4.0

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a)

USB

USB-C 3.2

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n26, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n66, n75, n77, n78

Build & Design

236 g · 4.9 mm · IP48

Height

157.9 mm

Width

142.6 mm

Thickness

4.9 mm

Weight

236 g

IP rating

IP48

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 16

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

Dynamic AMOLED vs OLED panel · 120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1968 × 2184 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution

Higher benchmark score

2.2M vs 1.9M AnTuTu

Better video capture

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 200 MP · f/1.8 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

24% larger battery capacity

4,400 mAh vs 3,561 mAh battery

Heavier in hand

236 g vs 170 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S24

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Sharper screen

1968 × 2184 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · 8″ vs 6.2″ screen

Higher benchmark score

2.2M vs 1.9M AnTuTu

Higher-res main camera

200 MP · f/1.8 vs 50 MP · f/1.8 main

Starts with more storage

512 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Heavier in hand

236 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

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