5 Best Folding Phones (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Other Folding Phones to Consider

Motorola Razr+ (2025): There is technically a 3rd telephone successful Motorola's latest Razr lineup: the Razr+ 2025. However, it's astir identical to past year's Razr+ 2024, with caller colors and the improved IP48 standing and titanium-reinforced hinge. It sits successful an awkward mediate ground, though. It's not arsenic affordable arsenic the modular Razr, which offers a beauteous bully acquisition for the money. But it's besides not as flagship arsenic the Razr Ultra. It is besides the lone 1 of the lineup without the ultrawide camera. I usually emotion telephoto zoom lenses, but ultrawides are truthful useful connected flip phones for radical selfies. If you're considering this model, it's besides worthy considering the Razr+ from 2024, arsenic you'll spot immoderate bully discounts connected it passim the year.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 for $1,000: The 2023 fifth-generation Galaxy Z Flip5 (7/10, WIRED Recommends) is simply a polished flip-style handset with an IPX8 water-resistance rating and a soundless hinge. It closes wholly level without leaving a spread successful the middle, and this iteration has a larger screen surface connected the front, which lets you look astatine ample widgets similar the calendar, weather, measurement count, and timer—plus notifications with the quality to respond to them via a full-size keyboard—without opening the instrumentality up. The newer Flip6 doesn't adhd galore caller features—the upgrades are successful the software, and the Flip5 has received galore of them. Make definite you bash not wage anyplace adjacent to MSRP for this phone.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 for $1,250: The Galaxy Z Fold5 (7/10, WIRED Recommends) from 2023 inactive shares galore similarities with the newer Galaxy Z Fold6, though the beforehand surface is not arsenic wide and tin beryllium a small annoying to usage (apps tin consciousness a spot squished). It's inactive an excellent, well-built phone, but you should debar paying thing adjacent MSRP. Wait for a sale.

OnePlus Open for $1,700: I loved the OnePlus Open (7/10, WIRED Recommends) erstwhile it debuted successful 2023, truthful I was bittersweet to spot the institution denote earlier this twelvemonth that it scrapped plans for a successor. You can't bargain this telephone from OnePlus oregon Amazon anymore, but it's disposable astatine Best Buy, and you tin besides find it used. I don't deliberation it's worthy the MSRP today, truthful effort to find it astatine a discount. The Open has the champion multitasking strategy I've seen connected a booklike folding phone. I had Gmail and X unfastened successful split-screen, and past Slack hidden distant astatine the bottom—you tin easy scroll down to spot the full-size 3rd app oregon bring each 3 into presumption adjacent to each other. There's nary wireless charging support. It besides has lone an IPX4 water-resistance rating, truthful I'd beryllium truly cautious utilizing this adjacent a pool. Take into information entree to repairability and lawsuit service—Google and Samsung person a wider repair web (at slightest successful the US), and fixing a breached OnePlus mightiness beryllium much troublesome.

Xiaomi Mix Flip for $899: Xiaomi’s archetypal flip telephone has a beauteous plan with fantabulous displays wrong and out, agelong artillery beingness with accelerated charging, and flagship-level performance, which makes a bully alteration arsenic flip phones often person middling specs. It besides boasts a coagulated dual-lens camera, opting for telephoto alternatively of ultrawide alongside the susceptible main shooter, which is much utile for astir folks. The bundle lets the enactment down a little; there’s nary IP rating, and it is precise pricey, but I had amusive with this flip phone. —Simon Hill

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 for $1,399: Launched lone successful China similar its predecessors, Xiaomi has promised a wider merchandise for the Mix Fold 4 astatine immoderate constituent (though not successful the US). It’s not overmuch thicker than the Honor Magic V3 above, and the surface crease is much pronounced erstwhile you unfastened it. Performance and artillery beingness are impeccable, and it supports accelerated wired and wireless charging. There’s besides a versatile Leica-tuned camera. But it doesn’t consciousness similar a immense upgrade implicit past year’s Xiaomi Mix Fold 3. —Simon Hill

Oppo Find N5 Flip: You tin deliberation of this arsenic the spiritual successor to the OnePlus Open. (Both companies are owned by BBK Electronics.) Sadly, it isn't disposable successful the US, UK, oregon Europe. It's the world's slimmest booklike foldable astatine conscionable 3.6 millimeters heavy erstwhile open. The displays are excellent, it has top-end specs similar the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor astatine its heart, not to notation 80-watt wired charging for speedy top-ups. The cameras aren't arsenic great, though, and Oppo's bundle is inactive clunky and buggy.

Nubia Flip 5G for $499 (£500): This supercute flip foldable has a stylish circular surface connected the front. The Nubia Flip 5G (6/10 WIRED Review) is the astir affordable foldable we person seen, extracurricular of discounts for different models. Sadly, the beforehand surface is not precise practical, and this is simply a distinctly mean performer with constricted processing powerfulness and artillery life. The bundle is besides dated, and we person concerns astir Nubia’s update policy. But for folks keen to effort a foldable connected a constricted budget, the Flip 5G is simply a mode to bash it. —Simon Hill

Power up with unlimited entree to WIRED. Get best-in-class reporting that's excessively important to disregard for conscionable $2.50 $1 per period for 1 year. Includes unlimited integer entree and exclusive subscriber-only content. Subscribe Today.