Samsung Galaxy Z Flip: Photos, hands-on with the new flip phone - Business Insider

For Samsung, it's the second iteration of what it believes could be the next evolution of the smartphone, coming after it launched the larger, tablet-sized Galaxy Fold last year.The Z Flip's defining feature is its foldable display, which bends horizontally to give the phone a clamshell form factor. That's a major departure from the Galaxy Fold, the phone Samsung debuted roughly one year ago that opens and closes vertically like a book.Samsung's new take on the foldable smartphone — and the other improvements it's brought to the Flip such as a flexible glass display and a hinge that's better at keeping out debris — serves as further evidence that major device makers are still experimenting with what's next for the smartphone.