Best Foldable Phones

Foldable phones have matured into genuinely practical devices, with thinner profiles, more durable hinges, and displays that hold up to daily use. This list ranks the best options across both book-style and flip-style form factors, scored on performance, display quality, battery life, camera capability, and software support.

The Honor Magic V5 takes the top spot overall, combining a large inner display with a remarkably slim and lightweight build that makes it feel closer to a conventional slab phone than most foldables manage. For those who prefer the compact flip form factor, the Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) stands out with a generous cover screen and solid camera performance. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 earns its place as the best-performing foldable here, delivering top-tier processing power and a polished software experience tuned for multitasking on a large folding display.

Each device in this list is evaluated and ranked automatically as new models and updated specs become available, so the standings reflect current data rather than a static snapshot.

Best Foldable Phone Overall

Honor

Magic V5

Ranked #15 of 42 devices tested

592/ 727Overall

🔒#2Biometrics

Price (at release): €1,999.99

Score Overview

Display549/ 845

Performance680/ 948

Camera495/ 606

Battery559/ 799

Charging580/ 700

Speaker757/ 857

Biometrics900/ 945

Microphone539/ 949

Data Transfer604/ 877

One of the most interesting things about the Honor Magic V5 is how thin it is, but it also performs well.

The 5820mAh battery is the largest in the foldable category by a significant margin, and in gaming sessions it holds up well — draining at roughly the same rate as the Fold 7 despite powering a larger display. Charging reaches full via 66W wired, with 50W wireless available, giving it a clear advantage over the Fold 7's 25W wired charging.

Some things are average or below for a $1,999 phone. Camera output from the main sensor sits in the middle of our foldable rankings, and the Fold 7 resolves noticeably more detail in bright light. Performance scores are also middle-of-the-pack among foldables — the Snapdragon 8 Elite runs warm here compared to what we see in standard-slab flagships. Microphone quality is one of the weaker results in this price range.

What tips the balance is the combination of battery size, biometric speed, and charging headroom — areas where the Fold 7 falls short and the Magic V5 does not.

Best Flip Phone

Motorola

Razr Ultra (2025)

Ranked #23 of 42 devices tested

545/ 727Overall

Price (at release): $1,299.99

Score Overview

Display594/ 845

Performance697/ 948

Camera428/ 606

Battery532/ 799

Charging355/ 700

Speaker540/ 857

Biometrics635/ 945

Microphone683/ 949

Data Transfer101/ 877

Flip phones ask more of a battery than a slab phone does — the outer display runs almost constantly in standby use, and that's where most clamshells fall short. The Razr Ultra holds up though. The outer display runs for over 32 hours of continuous video playback in our tests, and a full day of mixed use leaves a meaningful charge in reserve. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 trails by several hours here, and its 25W wired charging gets to 53% at 30 minutes versus 75% for the Razr Ultra's 68W charging. If you're the type who charges at lunch rather than overnight, that gap is meaningful.

Performance is solid under light and moderate workloads, though sustained load causes more throttling than we'd like — stability under extended stress is below what the best Snapdragon 8 Elite devices achieve. Cameras are average for the price tier. Main camera sharpness is fine in good light but the overall camera system trails most flagship slabs at this price. Connectivity scores are toward the bottom of our database.

What the Razr Ultra does well is offer battery endurance, fast charging, a large inner display, and biometrics that are among the quicker we've measured in this form factor.

Best-Performing Foldable Phone

Samsung

Galaxy Z Fold 7

Ranked #20 of 42 devices tested

556/ 727Overall

🔒#1Biometrics

Price (at release): $1,999.99

Score Overview

Display528/ 845

Performance739/ 948

Camera458/ 606

Battery494/ 799

Charging233/ 700

Speaker745/ 857

Biometrics945/ 945

Microphone622/ 949

Data Transfer705/ 877

Touch response on the Z Fold 7 is noticeably snappier than any other foldable we've tested — the display registers input in under 9 milliseconds, compared to nearly 19 milliseconds on the Galaxy Z Flip 7. That's a gap users feel in fast typing and gesture navigation, not just in a lab. The Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers GeekBench 6 multi-core scores around 9,800, which is meaningfully ahead of the Exynos 2500 in the Z Flip 7 but falls short of the Honor Magic8 Pro and Galaxy S26 Ultra, both of which carry a newer-generation chip and score in the 11,000 range. Sustained performance under load is a limitation — graphics stability drops to around 48% under extended workloads, which is well below the Magic8 Pro's 64%. You'll see frame rate dips in demanding games over longer sessions. Battery life is average at best for a phone at this price — expect the 4,400mAh cell to cover roughly a day of mixed use, and charging is slow by flagship standards, reaching full charge in well over an hour on 25W wired. What keeps the Z Fold 7 here is the combination of raw CPU throughput and display responsiveness that no other foldable in our database currently matches.