Galaxy Z Fold 5 review: The 2023 book-fold that finally closed flat with a gapless hinge.
The fold that fixed the gap — now a discounted entry into big-screen folding.
The Z Fold 5 closed the long-standing hinge gap and kept flagship performance. With the Fold 6 out, it is the cheaper way into Samsung’s book-style foldable line.
01Display
92/10092/100 puts it above the 88-point average for foldable phones of 2023.
02Camera
83/10083/100 puts it above the 81-point average for foldable phones of 2023.
03Performance
90/100At 90/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among foldable phones of 2023 — 6 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
79/10079/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2023.
05Build
88/10088/100 puts it above the 85-point average for foldable phones of 2023.
06Value
72/10072/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2023.
- Gapless hinge — folds completely flat.
- Big, smooth inner and cover displays.
- Flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 performance.
- Four years of OS updates.
- Heavy at 253 g.
- Cameras trail a true camera flagship.
- Only 25 W charging.
- Very expensive — superseded by the Fold 6.
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 35-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .