Future Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip foldables tipped to launch with anti-reflective coating like Galaxy S25 Ultra
PandaFlashPro continues to offer insights into the state of Samsung's foldable division. To recap, the company is reputed to have created four foldables that will be released this year. As it stands, these four are as follows:
Based on recent rumours, the Galaxy Z Flip7 and Galaxy Z Fold7 will maintain their predecessor's high starting prices. In other words, they will be some of the most expensive smartphones that Samsung releases this year. The Galaxy G Fold will probably take this to extremes, given the €3,499 that Huawei charges for the comparable Mate XT. By contrast, the Galaxy Z Flip FE is anticipated to reduce the barrier to entry for Samsung's foldable series, although it remains to be seen by what margin at this stage.
Regardless, all of Samsung's foldables in recent years have missed out on features that it offers to its cheaper Galaxy S Ultra smartphones. For example, the Galaxy S25 Ultra contains faster charging technology and superior camera hardware than the Galaxy Z Fold6, despite the former being significantly cheaper than the latter. The Galaxy S25 Ultra (curr. $1,299.99 on Amazon) remains Samsung's only smartphone to ship with a coating applied that all but elimiates glare and reflections.
According to PandaFlashPro, Samsung is now testing an equivalent anti-reflective coating for foldables, too. The leaker adds that the company is prototyping this via new flexible glass. It is unclear whether this is Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) or Ultra Flexible Glass (UFG), though.
Unfortunately, there is no indication when this new glass type will reach a consumer device yet either. PandaFlashPro indicates that this anti-reflective coating could arrive this year, albeit without going into any further details. For reference, Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants summed up the differences between the two glass types last year:
UFG...is thicker UTG except in the seam area which will help with scratch resistance, durability and seam visibility.
UFG refers to UTG with uneven thickness, thinner in the seam where it folds, thicker elsewhere to enable a thicker chemical strengthening step resulting in improved scratch resistance, better durability, etc.
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