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Samsung has reportedly “radically improved” the camera performance of its Flip series foldables this year. Reports coming from the company’s homeland South Korea suggest that the Galaxy Z Flip 5 could offer Galaxy S23-like camera quality. The new foldable may also boast a much longer battery life.
Samsung’s foldable smartphones cost more than its conventional Galaxy S series flagships. But they have always packed worse cameras. That’s despite the company equipping both sets of devices with the same chipset in most markets, if not all. The Korean behemoth never bothered offering flagship-grade cameras on foldable. Moreover, space limitations mean it couldn’t include bigger batteries either, so the battery life has been poor too.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 will address these shortcomings
Samsung is addressing both of these issues with the Galaxy Z Flip 5 this year, at least according to an anonymous Samsung insider. They told the South Korean publication Chosun that the latest Flip model features “clear improvements in camera and battery life matching the level of the Galaxy S23”. Samsung is reportedly making these improvements “in response to customer complaints” that its foldables lag behind the Galaxy S series phones in functionality.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 seemingly won’t get a camera hardware upgrade, though. The Samsung insider said that it’s difficult for the company to “boost camera pixels and battery capacity” of the phone due to space limitations. So we should still get a 12MP+12MP dual-camera setup on the outside and a 10MP camera on the inside. The battery capacity should also remain at 3,700mAh, which is close to the base Galaxy S23’s 3,900mAh battery.
However, Samsung has worked on software optimizations to significantly improved the “photo clarity and battery issues” of its Flip series foldables. If the Galaxy Z Flip 5 performs at the Galaxy S23’s level in terms of camera quality and battery life, it would be huge. Coupled with a bigger cover display, this year’s Flip is shaping up to be a notable upgrade over its predecessor. The 3.4-inch cover display can efficiently run many apps.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 won’t bring many other notable upgrades, though. We are expecting a similar 6.7-inch foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X display on the inside with a 120Hz refresh rate. Samsung will equip it with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 “for Galaxy” processor that also powers the Galaxy S23 series. The chipset is paired with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. The device will debut alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 5 on July 27.