Samsung has been chasing thinness, premium materials, and shiny AI features with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7, but accessibility has not really been on that list. That is starting to shift.
What Samsung just rolled out
The company has added the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 to its Certified Re-Newed program, available exclusively through Samsung.com. According to the announcement, Certified Re-Newed Fold 7 models start at $1,699 for the 256GB version, while the Flip 7 starts at $939 for the same storage tier.
Samsung is also offering up to $580 in trade-in savings when you swap a qualifying old phone for a Re-Newed Fold 7 or Flip 7. Every refurbished device is rebuilt by Samsung technicians using genuine parts, ships with a newly certified battery, and comes with a one-year manufacturer warranty (plus Samsung Care+ eligibility).
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 (and Z Flip 7) can now be purchased through the Certified Re-Newed program. | Image by Samsung
Why this is important
Context helps here. A few months ago, we covered how Samsung is quietly bumping the price of the Z Fold 7 up in the States. That made an already pricey phone even harder to justify for anyone still on the fence about foldables.
This refurb push softens the blow without Samsung having to admit anything. You are getting the thinnest, lightest Fold the company has ever built (lighter than a Galaxy S25 Ultra, even), with the same 200 MP main camera and Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy inside, just at a price that does not demand a second mortgage.
What would finally get you into a Samsung foldable?
A refurb deal under $1,000 with full warranty protection
42.86%
One more year of refinement, the hinge still scares me
14.29%
Nothing, slab phones do everything I need for less
0%
Trade-in savings big enough to wipe out half the price
42.86%
7 Votes
The Certified Re-Newed program is expanding
This move also picks up where Samsung left off last summer when it started offering its foldables as part of the Certified Re-Newed program, with the Fold 5 and Flip 5. The bigger deal is that the program now includes current-generation hardware. Most refurb lineups lag a generation or two behind.
A smart play, not a desperate one
This is Samsung doing foldables right. Foldable curiosity is real, but $2,000 phones are not how you build a user base.
A $939 Flip 7 with a genuine battery, Samsung parts, and a warranty is the kind of entry point that actually converts skeptics. It is the phone I would point a friend to if they have been eyeing clamshells but cannot stomach the new price.
The $1,699 Fold 7 is still not cheap, but roughly $300 off retail for Samsung's flagship foldable matters when you are deciding between a foldable and a traditional slab.
The only thing I want Samsung to do next is pull Fold 7 pricing closer to the Flip 7's discount ratio. Until then, this is the smartest foldable move Samsung has made in a while.
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Johanna Romero is a Senior News Writer at PhoneArena, covering mobile technology news across Android, iOS, wearables, and the Google ecosystem she knows best. Drawing on 15 years in IT and tech support from 2007 to 2022, she brings a user-friendly eye for the practical features and lesser-known tricks readers care about. Google named her an official #TeamPixel member in 2022, and she also reviews the latest devices on her YouTube channel, JoJo the Techie.
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