Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs Pixel 10 Pro Fold: Main differences to expect

Samsung has just announced its newest foldable phones, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7, which aim to reassert its spot as one of the global leaders in the foldable phone market. However, in ten days, we're about to witness Google's answer. 

And from the looks of it, this might prove to be a successful endeavor due to all the improvements scored on both devices. Vastly improved design with a thinner and much lighter body, the latest top hardware, and improved AI features are just a few of the major improvements that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has scored. 

However, the competition is not idling its engines of progress at all. One of Samsung's biggest rivals, Google, is preparing to unleash the third version of its foldable Pixel phone, which will likely carry the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold name. New with this one will be Google's official divorce from Samsung's semiconductor division, which will finally give us a truly custom TSMC-made Tensor G5 chipset. 

As usual, these two phones will be the main foldable competitors vying for their rightful place in consumers' pockets, but which one will come out on top?

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

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Samsung has introduced a ton of design changes with the Galaxy Z Fold 7. We get a significantly thinner book-style foldable with zero panel gap, fully clad in super-premium materials and styled after Samsung's latest Galaxies. 

The thickness, or the lack of it, is definitely the highlight here. While it's technically not the thinnest foldable in the world (it's tied with the Oppo Find N5), the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is exceptionally thin at just 8.9 mm folded and 4.2mm when unfolded. Easily the thinnest foldable phone you'll be able to get officially in the US in the foreseeable future. 

Meanwhile, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold is getting thicker at 10.8 mm folded and 5.2 mm unfolded, a bit thicker than the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Google's third foldable phone is also one gram heavier at 258 gr, a far cry from the super-light 215 gr Samsung phone. 

Tipping the scales at just 215gr, the phone is lighter than, say, a Galaxy S25 Ultra, making it the lightest foldable we've seen, an exceptional achievement. 

We get tougher materials all around: Gorilla Glass Victus 2 at the rear and Gorilla Glass Ceramic on the cover screen, while the frame is made of Advanced Armor Aluminum. The phone is IP48-rated, which gives it some protection against dust particles larger than 1 mm, but does not make it completely dust-proof. 

Oh, and Samsung has finally addressed the display crease seriously: there's a titanium lattice beneath the screen, with 50% tougher ultra-thin glass protecting the display, greatly reducing the crease and finally catching up with the competition. Oh, and the main screen is now adorned with a punch-hole, as the under-display selfie is finally gone.

On the other hand, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will mostly reiterate the design language of its predecessor but will score a number of super-awesome upgrades. As per the most recent rumors, Google will use a more compact hinge mechanism, which allows Google to stretch the outer screen from 6.3 to 6.4 inches.

Additionally, the new hinge mechanism has reportedly allowed Google to slap an IP68 water and dust resistance rating on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. No need to Google it, there's no other foldable with IP68 water and dust resistance available right now. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 didn't surprise us with the same rating, so the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will potentially get its flowers and be the first fully water- and dust-resistant foldable phone.

Having an IP68 rating is critical, as it means the phone is well-protected against water and dust. With foldables in particular, dust resistance is crucial, as it ensures, no dust will be able to enter the hinge mechanism and hurt it in any way. IP68 means the device is completely dust-tight, great news for any foldable.

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold will likely weigh more, probably in the ballpark of 250gr, so undoubtedly not as compact as its Samsung rival.

In terms of colors, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is available in Blue Shadow, Silver Shadow, Jet-black, and Mint, which will be exclusive to the Samsung.com store.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 arrives with a slightly larger 6.5-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X cover screen, which now boasts a more sensible 21:9 aspect ratio. That's a great move in comparison with the narrower 22.1:9 screen on most previous Folds. This makes the Galaxy Z Fold 7 more suited for regular everyday use.

As a result of the aspect ratio reshuffle, the inner screen has also grown to 8 inches in size, a pretty sizeable change in comparison with the 7.6-inch internal screens of most previous Fold phones.

Aside from that, the core specs of the Galaxy Z Fold displays are mostly similar. This means dual Dynamic AMOLED 2X panels with a smooth 1-120Hz refresh rate, excellent sharpness, and a peak brightness of 2,600 nits on both panels. 

In the other camp, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will score a 6.4-inch outer screen thanks to the slimmer and more compact hinge mechanism. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold will possibly remain similar to its predecessor, with a 6.3-inch cover screen and an 8-inch internal one. 

Both displays will be OLED ones, of course, with up to 120Hz refresh rate and peak brightness of at least 2,700 nits. So, pretty much a similar experience. 

What about the crux of both Samsung and Google that both companies seemingly can't handle, the display crease? Well, the rumor mill says Samsung might have cracked the code this time around, and we do hope that's true for both the Pixel Fold 10 Pro and the Z Fold 7, but we will know as soon as we have both in our hands. 

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 comes with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, the first Qualcomm chip built on a 3nm manufacturing node. As usual with Samsung, it's a slightly tuned-up version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which carries a higher clock speed along with the "for Galaxy" suffix. 

Samsung phones equipped with this chip are proper powerhouses that are among the better-performing ones on the market right now, so we are certain that from a pure performance perspective, the Z Fold 7 will be the superior device. 

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold will be equipped with the Tensor G5 chipset. While the general expectation is that it will be built by TSMC on a 3nm manufacturing node, so similar to the Snapdragon 8 Elite, there's speculation that the overall performance might not be drastically better than the already lacking one of the Tensor G4 inside the Pixel 9 generation. This could put the Pixel 10 Pro Fold behind most of its competitors in terms of performance.

In terms of memory, the Galaxy features 12GB of RAM with the 256 and 512GB versions and 16GB with the 1TB one, while the Pixel will surely pack 16GB of memory. The reason could be Google's emphasis on AI, which requires a lot of memory headroom. Given the more advanced Gemini AI features we expect to find on the Pixel, this would make perfect sense. 

The Galaxy Z Fold comes along with Android 16 and One UI 8 (the first Samsung device to do so), while the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will launch with Android 16 and will probably be used as the vessel for the new Material 3 Expressive design language for Android. 

In terms of new features, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 brings the best of Gemini, Circle to Search, as well as key improvements to Galaxy AI. The latter scores a so-called AI Results View, which displays results from AI searches in a separate split view tab or in a floating window, thus not obstructing your original content. 

In terms of software support, both devices will likely be supported for seven years. 

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 finally addresses one of the sore points with most previous Galaxy Z Fold devices and scores a higher-res 200MP main camera. In case you're wondering, yes, it appears to be the same one that graces the Galaxy S25 Ultra, judging by the specs alone. At long last, a camera upgrade on Samsung's most important foldable!

The rest of the cameras will be pretty familiar to anyone who has inspected a recent Galaxy Z Fold specs sheet: a 12MP ultrawide and a 10MP telephoto with 3X optical zoom. Not a particularly exciting camera setup, but then again, foldables aren't really about the camera prowess. Still, the latest foldables from Oppo, Vivo, and Honor put stronger emphasis on the camera performance. 

A surprising development is the under-display selfie camera on the inner screen, which is gone! It's been substituted for a standard 10MP camera, which is honestly the right way to go. Much more usable than the peculiar under-display one, that's for sure. 

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold is expected to feature a similar camera setup as its predecessor, led by a 48MP main camera with a Samsung GN8 sensor, a 10.5MP ultrawide, and a 10MP telephoto with longer 5X zoom. This setup sounds slightly more capable, and Google's software optimizations might squeeze out a better image quality out of the existing hardware. 

While foldable phones hailing from China are boasting nearly 6,000mAh silicon-carbon batteries, Samsung and Google are significantly more backwards in this regard, still relying on the standard lithium-ion batteries for their foldables. Nothing wrong with that, but these deliver inferior energy density and capacity, leading to more lackluster battery life.

Neither the Galaxy Z Fold 7 nor the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will change that. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 features a fairly lackluster 4,400mAh battery, and we expect a 5,015 mAh battery to make the rounds on the Pixel foldable. Imagine how much more battery capacity could we get if Samsung or Google utilized the newer battery technologies available…

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 comes with 25W wired and 15W wireless charging, which is apparently the best Samsung could do for its $2,000 foldable.

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold will reportedly score 23W wired and 15W wireless charging with Qi2 support.

Rumors say we might get actual Qi2 magnets inside the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, despite earlier rumors that Google isn't considering adding magnets to its new phones. Having the magnets embedded inside the phone will let you easily attach Qi2-compatible accessories, similar to Apple's MagSafe half-a-decade-old system.

Here's how the Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs Pixel 10 Pro Fold specs will likely compare. 

So far, only the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is official, and it's already making things hard for the upcoming Pixel. Samsung has addressed most of the issues that were running rampant with its previous foldables, giving us an improved design, better camera, ;arger and more sensible displays, and improved performance.

There's a lot of room for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold to grow if it wants to be the real alternative to a Galaxy Z Fold foldable, not to mention the exceptional foldable devices from the likes of Huawei, Vivo, Honor, and Oppo, which are all in a league of their own.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is the more expensive device starting at $2,000, while the Pixel 10 Pro XL will remain significantly more affordable at $1,800.