The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 of 2023 focuses on much-needed camera upgrades and
throws in some subtle physical polishing, all the while maintaining the
core concept of the productivity-driven phone-turns-tablet form factor.

The
camera setup of the Z Fold3,  Z fold4 used some relatively ancient
hardware, and the new model changes most of it. Having in principle the
same wide-ultra wide-telephoto arrangement, the Z Fold5 gets more reach
on the long end and a larger sensor main camera, while the ultra-wide
remains untouched. Mind you, it's still not a cutting-edge configuration
- it's almost the same as the one on the Galaxy S22 (+) with some fine print in the autofocusing section.

In
the physical touches, we're seeing that the bezels have been trimmed
down, the outer screen has adopted a slightly less tall aspect (still
taller than virtually anything), and the whole thing now weighs ever so
slightly less - all evolutionary changes that may or may be spotted in
practice. It's certainly not the gapless foldable we've all been droning
on that Samsung should make, while Chinese manufacturers are, in fact,
making.

Speaking
of the display, the foldable inner panel maintains the numbers of the
old model the diagonal is 7.6 inches refresh rate mazes out at 120Hz,
and it's a granularly adaptive refresh rate, as befitting the Fold's
high-end status. The outer panel matches the big one for refresh rate
capability, and while the diagonal remains unchanged from the
predecessor at 6.2 inches, the new aspect should make it slightly more
convenient while also marginally increasing the usable area.

Other
things you won't be getting on this iteration either include properly
fast charging, Samsung instead keeping things at 25 watts of
PPS-enhanced USB Power Delivery. The battery capacity remains at
4,400mAh, but that hasn't really proven a pain point in the past, so we
won't be making a big deal of it now either.

If
anything, further advancements in the display tech (Samsung advertised a
more power-efficient panel for this generation Fold), coupled with the
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, itself not sourced from Samsung's chip
making division but TSMC, might actually mean improved battery life -
we'll get to that.