- Samsung says he did not give Z FOLD 7 a larger battery because users wanted to prioritize other features
- Instead, the company prioritized to improve cameras, make the phone more thinned and give it a wider coverage screen
- However, with the silicon-carbon battery technology now available, it seems that the company could still have improved the battery
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is an update in the previous model in numerous ways, but a notable area where Samsung has not made any improvement is the ability of the battery, with both phones that have a unit of 4,400 mAh.
This is especially strange since the battery capacity was one of the main things that the company improved in the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, and now Samsung has explained its reasoning.
Speaking to Sammobile, the company has affirmed that in the case of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, a larger battery was the most won characteristic by users, but with the Galaxy Z Fold 7, there were other priorities of folding fans, including “better cameras, a thinner and lighter body and a broader cover screen.”
But we are not completely convinced by this explanation for some reasons. First, 4,400 mAh is really a very low capacity for a phone of this size, with the Samsung Galaxy S25 ultra much smaller, for example, having a much larger 5,000 mAh battery.
Therefore, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 could certainly have done it with a larger battery, and with the phone it is now longer and width (thanks to its largest screens), Samsung could surely have found space for a larger battery if I had not chosen much more to delegate the phone.
The best of both worlds
But Samsung did not even need to choose between a thinner phone and a larger battery. This is because some phones, including OnePlus 13 and the Magic V5 Foldable Honor, now use silicon-carbon batteries.
This type of battery technology allows you to increase battery capacity without increasing its size, and it is a technology that Samsung is considering using for the Galaxy S26 series, a telephone line that could be said less that this needs this, since the Samsung Galaxy S25 series already has decent battery capabilities for its screen media.
So why could Samsung not offer this technology at the Galaxy Z Fold 7? Perhaps it is a cost of cost, with a silicon-carbon battery possibly pushing the price. Or maybe Samsung exhibits a lot of caution by increasing capabilities, so as not to risk a repetition of generalized battery problems that face the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
The good news, at least, is that if Samsung is really considering silicon-carbon batteries for the Galaxy S25 line, then the same technology can be used for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, it is a shame that we have to wait another year so that it may obtain it.
