Galaxy Folder review: A modern Android flip phone with a physical keypad, popular in Korea.
Android in a flip phone.
Galaxy Folder put modern Android and 4G LTE inside a traditional clamshell body with a physical T9 keypad — a nostalgic Korean-market niche that sold steadily to buyers who refused to give up the flip.
01Display
48/10048/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2015 — 15 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
46/10046/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2015 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
42/10042/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2015 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2015 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
64/100At 64/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2015 — 6 points above the cohort average.
06Value
52/10052/100 is one of the weaker value results among budget phones of 2015 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Modern Android in a true flip-phone body.
- Physical T9 keypad — instant nostalgia.
- Removable battery + microSD.
- A genuine niche product.
- WVGA resolution.
- Snapdragon 410 was slow.
- Korea-focused availability.
- 5 MP camera.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 46-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .