Other than that, the rest of the Z Flip formula hasn’t changed much. There is still a small 1.1-inch LCD screen on top of the phone, or on the back, depending on how you look at it, and its dual battery capacity is still locked at 3,300 mAh. However, that does not mean that Samsung has simply changed the chipsets and called it one day. The biggest physical difference between the original versions and these new models are their colors: the Z Flip 5G comes in Mystic Gray and the same Mystic Bronze we’ve seen in all those Galaxy Note 20 leaks. And these new features in the Z Flips software update as a new multi-window panel that makes it easy to launch two applications on top of each other, and the ability to run YouTube in Flex mode. (Presumably these tweaks will land on the previous Z Flip via the software update soon enough.)
As usual, a group of pre-launch leaks means that the Z Flip 5G’s existence wasn’t a big secret. What’s most surprising is Samsung’s timing: It seems unusual for the company to be talking about its folding plans right now, with Unpacked set to deploy in a web browser near you in just a few weeks. On the other hand, however, today’s announcement may have made Samsung’s Unpacked agenda more obvious.
Tae-moon Roh, president and head of Samsung’s mobile communications business, wrote in a recent blog post that the company plans to announce “five new power devices” during the broadcast event. The current list of leaks confirms or strongly suggests that some Galaxy Notes, a Galaxy Watch, some bean-shaped headphones and a new Galaxy Tab to carry the iPad Pro will be among the devices that Samsung will reveal on August 5, now that the Z Flip 5G is official, it may be that Samsung’s latest big unpacked reveal is the next generation Galaxy Fold. Or not. There may not be a “last big reveal” if one of those five slots is technically occupied by something like a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, but we hope Samsung hasn’t finished talking about new foldable yet.
