Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs Apple iPhone Duo

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on July 9, 2025, against the Apple iPhone Duo, which is powered by Apple A20 Pro and came out 1 year and 2 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 21.4 mm narrower
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 39 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone Duo
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5400 vs 4400 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
  • 17% higher pixel density (430 vs 368 PPI)
  • 49% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4731 and 3181 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Apple iPhone Duo crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
18.3
(Bad)
Value Index
19.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 8 inches 7.6 inches
Resolution 1968 x 2184 pixels 1878 x 2670 pixels
Aspect ratio - 1.4:1
PPI 368 ppi 430 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 90.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% -
PWM 240 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1421 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 158.4 mm (6.24 inches) 117.8 mm (4.64 inches)
Width 143.2 mm (5.64 inches) 164.6 mm (6.48 inches)
Thickness 4.2 mm (0.17 inches) 5.2 mm (0.2 inches)
Weight 215 g (7.58 oz) 254 g (8.96 oz)
Waterproof IP48 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Repairability Average (2.97/5) -
Drop resistance Very good (B) Β· 210 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Apple iPhone Duo
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple A20 Pro
Max clock 4470 MHz 4930 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 4 cores at 2.64 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.93 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 2 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 7 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2903 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Apple iPhone Duo
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iPhone Duo +49%
4731
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iPhone Duo +32%
13202
Compute Score (GPU)
iPhone Duo +163%
51029
Compute Score (GPU) 19371 51029
Single-core score 3181 4731
Multi-core score 10029 13202
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3065623
3061434
CPU 939230 904154
GPU 1190171 1139824
Memory 376287 259571
UX 559935 757885
Total score 3065623 3061434
Samples [5 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 15 FPS -
Graphics score 2053 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 35 FPS -
Section 1 43 FPS -
Section 2 34 FPS -
Section 3 28 FPS -
Graphics score 9285 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Graphics score 4885 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17835 -
Video editing 8623 -
Photo editing 33817 -
Data manipulation 13345 -
Writing score 25306 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#102nd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 -> SenzawaGeekbench 6 GPU19371
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 -> SenzawaGeekbench 6 CPU3056 / 9666
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 -> SenzawaAnTuTu 112995728
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-09 (RiF0706)Geekbench 6 CPU3181 / 10029
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-29 (SigmaPocoyo67)AnTuTu 113137252
Apple iPhone Duo
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4800 MHz
Channels 4 3
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 27
ROM One UI 8 -
OS size 32.4 GB -
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4400 mAh 5400 mAh
Max charge power 25 W -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (20 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (53% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 20 min)
Full charging time 1:27 hr -
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:57 hr -
Watching video 13:14 hr -
Gaming 05:48 hr -
Standby 114 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 -
Sensor size 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 67 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX374 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Additional lens 10 MP, Sony IMX374, f/23, 1/3.0" -
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2025 September 2026
Release date July 2025 October 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $1999 $1999
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone Duo is definitely a better buy.

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9 (81.8%)
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