Should I upgrade my Galaxy Z Fold7?
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 went on sale on 25 July 2025, launched at £1,799 (Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy Z Fold7). It has an 8-inch display, a weight of 215 g, the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip, a 200 MP main camera and 256 GB of storage to start. Samsung claims up to 24 hours of video playback. Security updates are committed until 31 July 2032. Every figure in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 specifications below links the page it came from and the date it was read.
1.2 years oldPatched until 2032-07-31Read
Is it still supported?
Yes. Samsung has committed to security updates for the Galaxy Z Fold7 until 2032-07-31. A phone that is still patched is not a phone you have to replace.Samsung UK spec API — Galaxy Z Fold7, retrieved 2026-09-22
What the Galaxy Z Fold8 changes
The newest Samsung phone in this line is the Galaxy Z Fold8 at £1,699, released 7 August 2026. Judged row by row against our published thresholds; the full table is at Galaxy Z Fold8 vs Galaxy Z Fold7.
On the makers’ published figures, the Galaxy Z Fold8 wins on peak brightness (3,000 nits against 2,600 nits) and battery per charge (49.17 h against 40.47 h); the Galaxy Z Fold7 wins on battery lifespan (2,000 cycles against 1,200 cycles). 4 gaps are borderline, differences most people would not notice: display size (8 in against 7.6 in) for the Galaxy Z Fold7, battery capacity (4,800 mAh against 4,400 mAh) for the Galaxy Z Fold8, claimed video playback (26 h against 24 h) for the Galaxy Z Fold8 and fast charging (45 W against 25 W) for the Galaxy Z Fold8. The difference in weight is below the threshold you would notice. Both state the same refresh rate, storage (base) and RAM. The other 34 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
- Peak brightness: 2,600 nits → 3,000 nits
- Battery per charge: 40.47 h → 49.17 h
- Display size: 8 in → 7.6 in borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Battery capacity: 4,400 mAh → 4,800 mAh borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Claimed video playback: 24 h → 26 h borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
- Fast charging: 25 W → 45 W borderline; marginal — most people won’t notice.
Other makers at the price
Phones from other makers released within a year of the Galaxy Z Fold8 and priced within a quarter of its £1,699, nearest price first, each judged the same way against your Galaxy Z Fold7 — or, where that pair is not one this site indexes, against the Galaxy Z Fold8.
What yours is worth
No used or trade-in figures yet for the Galaxy Z Fold7; they appear once CeX lists it.
Our reading of the figures
The Galaxy Z Fold7 is committed to security updates until 31 July 2032, so nothing forces a move yet.
The Galaxy Z Fold8 clears our noticeable threshold on 2 rows: peak brightness, battery per charge. 4 more gaps are borderline, which most people would not notice. You would give up battery lifespan.
The Galaxy Z Fold8 is £1,699 new; we hold no trade-in figure for the Galaxy Z Fold7 yet.
Every sentence above is built from the figures on this page by a rule, not written for this phone: a support date, the rows that clear a published threshold, a price and a trade-in. There is no score and no recommendation. The methodology page has the thresholds and where they come from. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All upgrade questions.