Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 tipped to get a massive screen upgrade

When it comes to the best folding phones, my favourite clamshell-style device is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5. And while its Z Flip 6 replacement isn't expected imminently, there are already hot rumours coming in about the next-gen device. 

Specifically, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 is tipped to get a massive display cover upgrade – quite literally. The tip, sourced from 91Mobiles, quotes a reputed tipster from X (formerly Twitter), Ross Young (of DSCC), stating that it could be "approaching 3.9-inches". 

Given that the jump from the earlier Z Flip 4's 1.9-inch cover display to the Z Flip 5's 3.4-inch version was a gigantic step forward, the move from that to a 3.9-inch exterior panel may sound minor, but it's actually a huge change. Indeed, I'm wondering where it'll all go, as the current Z Flip 5 has seldom spare room to squeeze more in side-to-side.  

I suppose it was an inevitability though: after all, the Motorola Razr 40 already bests the Z Flip 5 in offering a larger cover display of 3.6-inches (albeit a less practical one), so Samsung had to come back firing on all cylinders to present something that's bigger and better than any of the competition right now. 

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I'm sure there will be loads more goodies to look forward to with the Z Flip 6, although I don't anticipate we'll actually get to see the device until the latter part of 2024. Before then we've got the Samsung Galaxy S24 launch to look forward to – the Unpacked event is expected to be in mid-January of the same year.

There are other big questions, too, such as whether the Z Flip 6 will go back to Samsung's own Exynos chip or continue the relationship with Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform. New on-trend colours will be a given, I'm sure. As for just how big the new cover display will actually be – as much as 3.9-inches or just the more doable 3.6-inch scale – we'll just have to wait and see...