Galaxy Z Flip review: The clamshell foldable that made folding glass practical.
Folding glass goes clamshell.
Z Flip introduced bendable Ultra Thin Glass and the nostalgic clamshell form, making foldables feel pocket-friendly rather than tablet-bulky. Its tiny cover display was the obvious limitation that later Flips would fix.
01Display
84/10084/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2020.
02Camera
76/10076/100 puts it above the 74-point average for foldable phones of 2020.
03Performance
84/10084/100 puts it above the 78-point average for foldable phones of 2020.
04Battery
68/10068/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for foldable phones of 2020.
05Build
78/10078/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2020.
- First foldable with bendable Ultra Thin Glass
- Flex Mode props the phone hands-free
- Pocketable clamshell shape
- Tiny 1.1" cover screen barely useful
- Small 3300 mAh battery
- No water resistance
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 16-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .