Some exciting rumored Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 upgrades may in fact not be on their way to the new foldable, says respected leaker Ice Universe.
Firstly, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 won't be IP58 dust/water resistance rated according to IU's sources, going against previous rumors. Hopefully, this would still mean the new Z Fold would be IPX8 rated like the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and previous models, meaning it's as water resistant as other flagship smartphones. But having a guarantee of keeping dust away from the foldable's delicate mechanisms was something we were looking forward to as a big step in foldable phone durability.
Even fewer upgrades than we already thought
Ice Universe has provided quite a few unwelcome pieces of Galaxy Z Fold 5 info recently, including the claim that there will be no camera upgrades from the Z Fold 4. Other sources tell us we'll at least get a new chipset in the Z Fold 5, plus its hinge will apparently be tested to withstand more folds than before. But it won't be until the Galaxy Z Fold 6 that we see a full redesign of Samsung's larger foldable. This all gets pithily summed up in the alleged Samsung employee comment that the upgrades barely qualify the new phone to be described as a Galaxy Z Fold 4S.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 is getting a much larger upgrade, including a bigger cover display. It's still a very different type of foldable, designed for compactness rather than expansiveness, But even still, the Z Flip 5 may be Samsung's better foldable this year.
It likely won't be long until we learn for certain what's true and what's not about the Galaxy Z Fold 5 rumors. Samsung's already told us we'll be seeing new foldables at a Galaxy Unpacked at the end of July in Seoul, Korea. Samsung's not confirmed the date yet, but we have to assume it'll only be a couple of weeks until the big day.
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