Samsung Scaling Down Production of Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Galaxy Z Fold 7: Report

Samsung's decision is believed to be a response to the poor performance of the current series.

Written by Nithya P Nair, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 24 December 2024 14:50 IST

Samsung Scaling Down Production of Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Galaxy Z Fold 7: Report

Samsung is reportedly planning to ship more Galaxy S25 series phones this year

Highlights

Samsung could cut its foldable phone production for 2025
Sale of the current foldables decreased by 16.3 percent year-on-year
Samsung eyeing to produce more Galaxy S series phones next year

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 was launched alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 6 in July during the Galaxy Unpacked event. Since the launch, there have been several rumours about next year's foldable lineup. Recently, a report coming out of Korea suggested that Samsung has significantly scaled down its production plans for next year's Galaxy foldable smartphones. Samsung is reportedly changing its 2025 foldable phone plans in response to the weak sales performance of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6.

As per a report by ETNews (via @Jukanlosreve), Samsung is planning to cut production plans for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 to a total of around 5 million units. This reportedly equates to 3 million for the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and 2 million for the Galaxy Z Fold 7. These numbers are significantly lower than the cumulative target of the current foldable phones. Samsung kept a target of 8.2 million for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6.

The weak sales performance of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 seem to be the reason behind Samsung's decision to scale down production target of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Galaxy Z Fold 7.

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Samsung reportedly received pre-orders for 9,10,000 units of Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Flip 6 in Korea. This is a decrease from the previous model (1.02 million units). Due to increased price tags, the sale of the current foldables said to have decreased by 16.3 percent year-on-year.

Samsung Plans to Boost Galaxy S25 Series Production

Meanwhile, Samsung is planning to produce more Galaxy S series phones next year compared to the Galaxy S24 series. The brand aims to ship roughly 37 million Galaxy S25 series phones next year, slightly more than the forecasted 35 million units of Galaxy S24 series handsets.

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The Galaxy S24 series of this year has shipped more units than the Galaxy S23 range.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Overall refinements
Offers a bunch of useful AI features
Excellent displays (main and cover)
IP48 protection
7 years of Android software updates

Bad
Very expensive
Cameras could have been better
Still stuck at 25W charging

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Display (Primary) 7.60-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Front Camera 10-megapixel + 4-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 12GB

Storage 256GB, 512GB, 1TB

Battery Capacity 4400mAh

OS Android 14

Resolution 1856x2160 pixels

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display (Primary) 6.50-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Front Camera 10-megapixel + 4-megapixel

Rear Camera 200-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 16GB

Storage 512GB

Battery Capacity 4400mAh

OS Android 14

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