ZDNET’s key takeaways
- The $1,099 Galaxy Z Flip 6 is Samsung’s latest take on a modernized flip phone.
- It comes with a few upgrades, such as a tougher design, better performance, a new main camera, and a bigger battery.
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It’s far from exciting, however, given its similarities to the Z Flip 5, and it costs $200 more than Motorola’s Razr Plus.
Samsung is already on the sixth iteration of its Galaxy Z Flip, and by now, we’ve all grown familiar with folding phones, what they’re capable of, and what their unusual form factors bring to the table. The Z Flip 6 is the most polished clamshell we’ve seen thus far. Compared to the Z Flip 5, Samsung has changed very little, with only a handful of features to market the new model with.
Also: I replaced my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with the Z Fold 6 for a week – and can’t go back
The starting price has also gone up by $100 to $1,099. So, after using the Z Flip 6 for a little over a week, the big question for me is whether the new price tag is justified, especially when Motorola’s Razr Plus, the Z Flip’s closest competitor, didn’t go up in price. Here’s my answer.
Samsung doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel every time it ships a new folding phone, but there’s been room for improvement on the Z Flip’s design for a while. On the Z Flip 6, Samsung switched back to matte aluminum sides instead of glossy like on the Z Flip 5, which I appreciate.
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