SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Z Fold2 review: The fold that fixed the original — bigger screens, 120 Hz.

Item: Galaxy Z Fold2
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2020·$1,999

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#5 of 15

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

The fold that made the form factor usable.

Galaxy Z Fold2 fixed the original's tiny cover screen and added 120 Hz. The blueprint for every book-fold that followed.

01Display

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

Inner7.6″ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120 Hz

Cover6.2″ AMOLED (full-size, vs Fold's tiny strip)

02Camera

76/100

76/100 trails the 80-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.

Main12 MP, f/1.8, OIS

Ultrawide12 MP

Telephoto12 MP, 2× optical

Cover/Inner10 MP each

03Performance

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

ChipsetSnapdragon 865+ (7 nm+)

RAM12 GB

Storage256 / 512 GB

04Battery

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

Capacity4,500 mAh

Wired25 W

Wireless11 W

05Build

78/100

78/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.

06Value

64/100

64/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.

What works

Full-size cover screen (vs Fold strip).
120 Hz inner panel.
Improved hinge.
Flex-mode multitasking.

What doesn't

Very heavy 282 g.
No water resistance.
25 W charging.
Eye-watering $1,999.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 15-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .