Top 5 Best Foldable Phones of 2025

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These are the best foldable phones you can buy right now

Since I’ve been writing about phones for a while, I must admit that I’m constantly amazed by the advancements made in foldable phones in recent years. Although they may have begun as a bit of a novelty, foldables have become much better in recent years.

There are a growing number of models available, which makes this advancement more of a double-edged sword. Finding the ideal gadget for you and knowing what to look for in the first place may become more difficult as a result. However, after reviewing and testing each of these phones, the Tom’s Guide phones team and I have come to the conclusion that a great foldable phone is all about the little things.

There are many things to consider when choosing the finest foldable phone, but my top picks all have something in common that sets them apart. With its larger Flex Window display, stronger build, and support for Samsung DeX, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 finally makes it to the top of our list after many arduous attempts.

It’s an unexpected shift since the Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) briefly dominated the market, but its lengthy battery life still makes it an endurance champion.

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1. Motorola Razr Ultra 2025

The Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 is an amazing phone that delights in ways that other flat slabs just cannot. Using it as a small, capable smartphone with the cover display? I adore it. Is it my doom-scrolling session or the sheer joy of closing the phone to finish a call? A kiss from the chef. Every other phone seems like a dull rectangle when compared to the Razr Ultra. Although it’s not flawless, it’s still quite good.

Since testing and reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, I’ve been using the Razr Ultra a lot more. I gave the software a higher rating because, although I enjoyed Samsung’s Flip, the Galaxy made me value Motorola’s more straightforward software and useful gestures even more. I have also increased the performance score because the Snapdragon 8 Elite CPU has shown itself to be far more efficient and effective than rivals. The Moto Razr Ultra is now my top flip phone available and is rated a 9 out of 10.

a magnificent 7-inch primary screen. On a foldable device that isn’t a tablet, that is among the largest screens available. In addition to its size, our tests revealed that it is exceptionally bright and vivid, just as Moto advertises.

But there’s still more! You can use the Razr Ultra’s cover display for more than just checking your notifications. Every app I threw at it worked on this real second screen. It has a smooth 165Hz refresh rate and is also bright and sharp. Indeed, no iPhone display can match the speed of the Razr Ultra’s extra screen.

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2. OnePlus Open

G. added, “Although this may surprise you, we think this is the best course of action for us right now.” Oppo, OnePlus’ sibling business, is now “taking the lead in the foldable segment” with the Oppo Find N5.

A successor, presumably the OnePlus Open 2, was anticipated to arrive on store shelves over the next few months after the original OnePlus Open was released in October 2023. In August 2024, the OnePlus Open Apex Edition, a limited-edition variant of the Open, was also made available.

Vale G. adds that OnePlus’ “decision to pause on foldable[s] for this generation does not signify a departure from the category […]” in his remark about the Open 2’s delay, which, it should be noted, is not how OnePlus portrays the issue. This is a recalibration rather than a step back.

It was assumed that the OnePlus Open 2 will just be a OnePlus-branded variant of the Oppo Find N5, since the original OnePlus Open and the Oppo Find N3 are nearly identical devices. Although it now appears that US consumers won’t have an analogous OnePlus Open 2 to look forward to in 2025, the device is set for availability in the UK and Europe on February 20.

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3. Motorola Razr 2024

I thought foldable phones were gimmicky and expensive until two weeks ago. Apart from showing off next-generation display technology and appealing to nostalgia, what was the purpose of a clamshell-style device in 2024—and at such a high cost?

However, it was prior to me using the Motorola Razr for a week and a half. This year’s model, which debuted in July, is a cutting-edge device that costs $700 and demonstrates that foldables don’t have to be prohibitively expensive. It’s a really useful phone that also happens to be my new favorite party trick, thanks in large part to a larger external display than the previous year’s model, an amazing camera, and an amazing battery life.

With well-known models like the Google Pixel Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and Flip, foldables have been competing for our attention (and money) for years. However, these phones aren’t particularly affordable; the book-style Z Fold 6 and Pixel Fold cost $1,900 and $1,800, respectively, while the clamshell-style Z Flip 6 costs $1,100. Although Motorola has managed to lower the price of its base Razr to $700 and the Razr Plus to $1,000, the company’s 2019 resuscitation of the popular Razr brand also came with a high $1,500 price tag.

The fact that phones with foldable screens don’t necessarily have a clear use case is another barrier, in addition to price. Although the 2024 Motorola Razr helps to allay some of my own concerns, it’s still far from a flawless gadget; for example, not all apps can be fully accessed on the front display, and there’s still a rather apparent wrinkle on the inside. However, I’m amazed by how natural this foldable feels when it’s opened and how many features it has for the cover screen, such as texting or viewing a preview of selfies without opening the device. Additionally, the large internal display is excellent for functions like split screen mode, which allows you to view and operate two apps at once, and for watching videos on a large screen that folds up for easy portability.

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4. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6

Although details about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 have been surfacing for some time, they have only provided a fragmentary picture of the device thus far. However, practically every feature that Samsung’s upcoming foldable could have is revealed by the most recent specs leak, and it appears that it might carry over a feature from the iPhone 15 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

The leaker @chunvn8888 on X (via Phone Arena) claims that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 will include a “titanium build,” most likely referring to a titanium frame. Given that the iPhone 15 Pro Max, 15 Pro, and S24 Ultra all use it, this is a more expensive material than the aluminum used in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and appears to be the newest big thing in phones.

Additionally, according to the tipster, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 will have a 4,600mAh battery, which is somewhat larger than the 4,400mAh battery seen in the Z Fold 5. It will also be much thinner when folded, measuring only 11mm thick as opposed to its 13.4mm predecessor.

The under-display camera will be enhanced, it will include a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, which should allow it to match the finest Android phones in terms of power, and there will reportedly be three color possibilities, though these have not been stated.

The insider also claims that the Galaxy Z Fold 6 will have sharp edges similar to the Galaxy S24 Ultra and be somewhat broader than the Z Fold 5 without a S Pen slot.

Lastly, they state that three cameras will be included, most likely three back cameras. Although the specifications are not stated, Yogesh Brar, another leaker, asserts in a response that the cameras would have 50MP, 10MP, and 12MP resolutions.

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5. Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

I entered this experiment fully aware that foldables came with some tradeoffs, the same compromises that still beset the priciest smartphone market. The camera was the first source of one of the main issues; the preview photos just didn’t match the real output from the camera. The photos looked very different after postprocessing. The good news is that the final photos were superior to the previews; the bad news is that Google failed to address the fundamental, if not strange, issue of how to match the previews and final photos.

In addition, the phone’s camera specifications and user experience were inferior to those of the Pro or Pro XL variants, and the hinge placement of the camera bump on the phone’s casing deviated from the design of the rest of the Pixel range. Considering that the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is by far the priciest Pixel phone, this sounds absurd.

The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that Google employs on the rest of the Pixel 9 series was also removed from the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. That’s disappointing because I love these sensors for a lot of reasons, like speed, increased security, and resilience in challenging conditions.

Nevertheless, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold fixes the numerous issues with the original Pixel Fold and is a significant improvement over it in almost every aspect. Additionally, I appreciated that Google released the Pixel 9 Pro Fold alongside the rest of the Pixel line instead of releasing it separately and without integration with the rest of the lineup, as was regrettably the case with the original Pixel Fold. And one of the coolest features on the phone was Made You Look, which makes kids grin for pictures by using the primary camera and the outer screen.

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