Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Z Fold 4: First Camera Samples Compared

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Samsung says the new Galaxy Flip 4 and Galaxy Fold 4 have truly flagship-level cameras. In our first day of testing the new phones, we took both cameras out and compared them with the Galaxy S22+ to see if they measure up to Samsung's more conventional flagship.

It's not that the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3 cameras were bad; rather, I tagged them as "just okay," saying the Flip 3 had "uninspiring, desaturated colors." Still, it would be great if you couldn't tell the shots taken on Samsung's new $999 and $1,799 folding phones apart from the ones taken with the company's $999 standard flagship.

Before you ask, no, I don't have any iPhone 13 models on hand to compare at the moment. And I haven't had a Flip 3 or Fold 3 for months. But it makes more sense to compare the Flip and Fold with the S22+ since a Samsung buyer is, by and large, a Samsung buyer.

Before we get to the images, here are the comparative camera specs:

Any expensive phone will take good photos with its main camera in good light—that ship sailed at least five years ago. You can have opinions about color choice, especially between brands, but a shot like this one of the New York skyline will always turn out fine, and it does.

Could you have opinions about the subtle color choices that make the Flip's photo look a little more cheerful, while the S22+ is moodier and the Fold is in between? Sure, and I think that's all down to personal taste.

Here's a close-up of some flowers:

Optical zoom: You have it or you don't. The Galaxy Z Fold 4, like the Galaxy S22+, has 3x optical zoom, and the Flip doesn't. You can see the difference pretty clearly in this shot at 3x. The Flip is using digital zoom while the Fold and the S22+ are relying on their optics.

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