The Galaxy Z Fold7 passed, now it’s Galaxy Z Flip7’s turn to go through JerryRigEverything’s durability test. Last year, the Z Flip6 survived the dreaded bend test, can the 2025 model repeat that achievement despite being thinner?
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 goes through tough durability test
First things first, the scratch test. There are no surprises here – the Z Flip7 uses Gorilla Glass Victus 2 for the new and improved cover display and the back panel. That sees light scratches at a level 6 and deeper grooves at a level 7. As a reminder, we now list the Mohs hardness of display glass in our specs.
The inner display, alas, gets scratched easily, even by relatively soft things. Something can be hard enough to resist scratches or it can be soft enough to bend – if there’s another option, engineers haven’t found it yet.
Like last year, Samsung advertises an IP48 rating for the Galaxy Z Flip7 – this means it’s water resistant and it has protection against large particles (around 1mm in size). Dust and sand contain a mixture of differently sized particles and some do get into the hinge – but the phone seems to work fine, despite some concerning noises from the hinge.
Finally, the bend test. Samsung may have slimmed down the Z Flip7, but it survived Zach’s attempts to bend it the wrong way around. You have to be careful with the inner screen, but other than that, the Z foldables can live through some rough handling. Check out our Galaxy Z Flip7 review if you want to know more about the phone.