Best foldable phones in 2025

These days, foldable phones are more than just a one-trick pony, as their continued rise in popularity has given us some of the best Android flagship phones on the market. The variety of quality foldables isn't lacking either, as this year has already seen plenty of exciting launches — with more on the way.

With Samsung's annual Galaxy Z series releases, Motorola's impressive Razr lineup, and other big-time phone manufacturers showcasing their take on the iconic form factor, like Google's Pixel Fold and the OnePlus Open, we're spoiled for choice. Whether you're keen on the classic flip phone design or prefer a tablet foldable to give yourself the big-screen treatment, there's a foldable phone with your name on it.

Here are some of the best devices in many price ranges to help you choose your first or next best foldable smartphone.

Top foldable phones

The Razr+ (2024) doesn't revolutionize the Razr line, but it does introduce some significant enhancements. The larger 4-inch external screen is a notable upgrade, providing much more value and functionality than Samsung's cover screen on the Z Flip phones. The internal and external displays now reach 3,000 and 2,400 nits, respectively, ensuring optimal visibility in various lighting conditions.

The design enhancements continue with a sturdier hinge, eliminating the slight wobble present in previous models. Motorola has retained the curved corners, contrasting the blockier design of Samsung's Z Flip, making the Razr not only aesthetically pleasing, but also comfortable to hold. Additionally, the Razr+ features an IPX8 water resistance rating, offering robust protection, although it lacks a dust resistance rating.

Performance-wise, Motorola chose the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, which might lead some to consider Samsung’s alternative with true flagship chips, but the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is sufficient for most users. With 12GB of RAM, the Razr+ handles everyday tasks and gaming smoothly, and the phone delivered reliable battery performance during our review.

The camera setup is solid this year, too, offering a capable main camera that doubles as an excellent selfie shooter, along with a surprisingly good portrait lens. However, it lacks an ultrawide option, which might be a downside for some users.

Motorola’s Android 14 interface remains close to the stock experience, appealing to those who prefer a clean, uncluttered design. However, the Razr+ falls short in software support, offering only three major Android updates and four years of security patches, lagging behind Samsung and Google’s seven years of support.

Called the Oppo Find N3 in international markets (and sold with different software and colors), the OnePlus Open rightly receives praise for competing with, and in many ways besting, its Galaxy Z Fold-branded competition.

Not unlike the Razr+, OnePlus's very first foldable took notes on Samsung's design and implementation and made a great argument for doing it better. A far cry from early foldables, it looks and feels extremely premium, with a dependable hinge, quality materials, and barely noticeable crease.

It doesn't just feel or look great; it also packs some pretty impressive specs. Under the hood, the OnePlus Open has Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, which ensures excellent performance, and also contributes heavily to the impressive all-day battery life. Coupled with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, it's a blazing-fast device.

Speaking of performance, it's a multitasking powerhouse. We were pleasantly surprised at some of the novel software aspects geared toward getting things done from multiple angles. Letting multiple apps share the screen (and making that easy to configure and arrange) is one of a few big wins for OnePlus here, even with some quibbles we still have with OxygenOS. It's not bad, but it isn't as polished as the skins from Google or Samsung.

OnePlus's pairing with Hasselblad makes for a great camera experience, which isn't surprising considering Hasselblad's reputation. It's not quite perfect, as on OnePlus's side there's still the occasional image processing quirk. But in light of the uninspiring and oversaturated cameras on the Z Fold lineup, photography's one more arena where the Open scores a win.

The OnePlus Open still has its shortcomings. One of those aforementioned software quibbles is with the delayed notifications that apparently resulted from some aggressive optimizations. Also, its lack of wireless charging can be considered a deal-breaker for some, but it makes up for that with impressive battery life and support for 67W fast charging, which trumps what its rivals offer.

On top of that, there is a full-speed charger in the box, a rarity when it comes to premium smartphones, foldable or not. It even comes with a case, but there are plenty of great third-party Open cases, too.

Samsung's latest Galaxy Z Fold stays true to its legacy of delivering a premium foldable tablet experience, but the Galaxy Z Fold 6 sees this success plateau. That's not to say it's not without its merits, though; this is still the best Samsung foldable you can grab thanks to its refinements.

For one, its slight drop in width when folded and weight makes the Z Fold 6 more comfortable to hold, and it now comes with an IP48 rating for water and dust resistance. Opening its splendidly bright 7.6-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 2160 x 1856 resolution makes using this foldable phone a delight to use. Better yet, its One UI is still a brilliant way to navigate around multiple apps, both on the inside and outside display.

Its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor makes it a performance powerhouse, too, even though there were a few noticeable bugs we experienced when it first arrived. The good news is the Galaxy Z Fold 6 comes with seven years of software support that is sure to (hopefully) fix any bugs and deliver even more improvements.

While the cameras are solid and the battery is strong as with the previous generation, you won't find any major improvements over the Galaxy Z Fold 5. This is what makes the $100 price jump a head-scratcher, as its included Galaxy AI features aren't as useful as the company may think. Plus, it's not like the Z Fold 5 or Galaxy S24 series aren't getting these Galaxy AI tools, either. Despite a lack of groundbreaking improvements, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 is still a fantastic tablet foldable option — if you have the funds for it.

Arguably, the most important feature of a smartphone is its design, and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 nails it. From its lightweight and compact design with a smooth-felling bushed metal to its light accents of color around the edge and outline of its camera lenses, the Z Flip 6 deserves to be in the spotlight. Plus, it features the same IP48 rating as its Z Fold 6 sibling.

Design isn't its only highlight, as you'll find the battery lasts longer than its predecessors thanks to its 4,000mAh capacity, offering a full day's worth of juice. And that's with its much brighter 6.7-inch AMOLED inner display peaking at 2600 nits of brightness. With its smooth 120Hz refresh rate and clear 1080 x 2640 resolution, you're likely to open this flip phone more often than not.

As expected, the upgraded Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and 128GB of RAM in its base model give the Z Flip 6 a boost in performance, meaning apps and games are as smooth as ever. Of course, Galaxy AI is onboard, and these features (whether used or not) work just as well as on the Galaxy S24 series.

While all these improvements are welcome, other updates have been lacking. This includes an underwhelming 3.4-inch AMOLED cover display, which only allows for a handful of essential widgets that some are better utilized when the flip phone is open. Its 25W wired charging is falling behind the competition, too, and you won't find many big improvements over the Z Flip 5. This all makes the $100 increase in cost surprising.

At the end of the day, though, if style and power are what pique your interest, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 is sure to satisfy.

One standout feature on the more affordable Razr this year is the larger cover display with expanded functionality. It supports improved widgets (like weather and Spotify), it can act as a camera preview window, and it can run most apps on its own, making it a more useful tool even when the phone is folded.

The phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300X chipset. While not the most powerful chip on the market, it adequately handles daily tasks and some light gaming. Battery life is a strong suit thanks to increased capacity, and it offers both 30W wired and 15W wireless charging for faster replenishment.

However, the camera performance, particularly in low-light scenarios, remains a weakness. While the main sensor performs well in daylight, the ultrawide lens still has room for improvement. Motorola's software experience is decent, but the company's software update speeds leave a lot to be desired. Not to mention, the longevity of the software support itself is lagging behind competitors like Samsung.

Despite these issues, the Razr 2024 remains an attractive option for those looking for an affordable entry into the foldable phone market, offering a mix of style and functionality at a reasonable price. For $700, the phone makes some very fair compromises, ultimately delivering a very comparable experience to the more expensive flip phones.

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold isn’t the best name for Google's second-generation foldable, but it kind of makes sense as it makes it easy to fit in the new Pixel 9 lineup. The name aside, the new Fold features many updates that improve the ergonomics, features, and overall performance compared to its predecessor.

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold has a much more user-friendly design that’s easy to hold and use, and it doesn’t have the same flaws as its sibling. Apps work properly in all layouts, the camera takes decent photos, and it has one of the brightest and best screens on a foldable today. The phone can still last about a day on a single charge, and while benchmarks might have you believe the Fold is behind the competition, we found that it holds up just fine even while playing demanding games or multitasking using multiple apps simultaneously.

The new Fold is excellent, and one of the best foldables that users in North America can buy. It has all the usual Google features and many new AI additions that further enhance the experience, making the Pixel 9 Pro Fold a fairly easy recommendation. What’s more is that you’ll also get 7 years of OS and security updates, making the phone futureproof for years.

Samsung's Z Fold 5 is still one of the most practical tablet-style foldable for most people, even if some other options exceed that standard in a couple of ways.

We found the 6.2-inch outer display perfectly usable, if a bit cramped when typing. Meanwhile, the 7.6-inch inner display is still one of the best in the business, with impressive clarity and brightness that result in perfect visual fidelity in any lighting. And, of course, the performance is still there, with the overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 crunching numbers with the best of them.

But this standard-bearer really shines in the software. Samsung's mastery of Android for smartphones and tablets is on full display, with an intuitive layout that you can heavily alter to suit your needs. It is now updated with the same Galaxy AI features found on the Galaxy S24 series.

Even with the Z Fold 6 out, choosing the Fold 5 doesn't mean you'll miss out on much if you can find last year's model at a good price. Samsung has settled into making only minor incremental upgrades to its foldable devices, and the Fold 5 still offers 90% of the same experience as the Fold 6. The camera setup and battery capacity on Samsung's Folds, for instance, have remained largely the same over the past three generations.

This lack of significant improvement is one of the Fold 5's few drawbacks, however, resulting in camera performance and in-hand ergonomics that lag behind the competition in everyday use.

Now that the 2024 Razr series is out, last year's Moto Razr has brought flip phones into the affordable category, seeing regular discounts to just $500 from multiple retailers. This low price might lead you to expect some major trade-offs, but we remain pleasantly surprised at how this moderately priced phone performs in a lot of ways.

The build quality is, quite simply, fantastic. It's every bit as durable-feeling and comfortable to use as its more expensive Motorola alternative, including the hinge we loved so much on the Razr+. Our only major design quibble on either is the middling IP52 water resistance, while the 2024 series has finally received an IPX8 rating for proper water resistance.

In terms of performance, the relatively old Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 doesn't deliver the same kind of snappy experience you'll get from a true flagship. The other main trade-off is the tiny outer display, which isn't good for much outside of a clock and hard-to-see notifications. The inner display's fantastic, though, especially given the price. Even the cameras satisfy, but don't expect to get the same high-end experience you'd find on more expensive phones, whether they fold or not.

Overall, the 2023 Razr still makes a good buy for under $500, not because it's the best-spec'd $500 phone out there, but because it's a reliable foldable that a lot more people can afford. And despite its various drawbacks, it does look and feel like a high-end device.

Choosing the right foldable

Finally, we're at a stage where Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold aren't the only worthwhile options to choose from in the United States. Since the arrival of the Motorola Razr+ and Razr (2024), Samsung no longer dominates the market, and we're seeing more competition by the day. So, when choosing a foldable that suits your needs, you'll now have a larger pool of prices, specs, and form factors to wade through.

For a fantastic mix of all these key traits, the Moto Razr+ (2024) is your best choice. It's an excellent device and undoubtedly Motorola's best foldable yet. It has a stylish design, a 4-inch cover display, and great specifications that are more than capable of playing demanding games, thanks to the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC. And while the camera leaves a bit to be desired, it gets the job done for the most part. We just wish Motorola took the updates a bit more seriously, improving the releases and the time it takes to update its lineup.

OnePlus's spin on the tablet-style foldable turned out to be the best you can get. The OnePlus Open may be a first-gen device, but its premium-build quality, impressive multitasking performance thanks to its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, and always-reliable Hasselblad cameras did enough to gain an edge over its competition. If it's a sleek and slim book-style foldable you're after, set your eyes on the OnePlus Open.