Daylight samples from the primary camera
The main camera on the Flip 6 is generally colour-accurate
During our extensive camera tests, I could relate that the Flip 6 is better in terms of the primary camera than its predecessor. Portrait shots on the Flip 6 come out great, with good exposure and depth estimation. Thanks to some AI play, you can now turn portraits into cartoon style in the phone’s gallery – a nice touch by Samsung.
Talking about the ultra-wide camera, the Flip 6 doesn’t disappoint either. The details are intact, and colour accuracy is fine. You can see the camera samples below.
10x zoom on the Flip 6
Main camera sample with people around
People removed using Samsung’s Object Eraser
Compared to Flip 5, Flip 6 looks way better, especially in terms of managing noise in images and videos. The selfies captured are great, too, and I liked the natural skin tones. Unlike Xiaomi, Oppo and other Android phones, Samsung doesn’t unnaturally smoothen skin. With the Flip 6, you can play with Flex Cam, which now comes with an auto zoom feature to frame you perfectly all by itself (or managed by AI) – again, a good addition.
Finally, in terms of low-light photography, Samsung’s marketing push nightography is part of the package here, too. The Flip 6 gets decent night shots, and I liked the way it tries to maintain details and keeps noise controlled. If you want to really see Samsung’s version of nightography, then probably find a spot with no lights, and then you will see how Flip 6 performs in extremely low-light situations. In one of the shots captured, look at how Flip 6 matches Thar’s true colour at night. We tried the same with an iPhone 15 Pro, and it showed the car as black.
Low-light sample from Galaxy Z Flip 6
Plenty of details are intact in low-light photos
Again, compared to Flip 5’slow-light samples, the Flip 6 does better in multiple categories, including dynamic range, better details and controlled noise. The ultrawide camera also does well in low light and mostly maintains colour accuracy as much as possible. The details are also intact, though not as much as during the day, but it does well.
The Flip 6 doesn’t get 8K recording support, but it comes with 4K recording at 30 and 60fps. The video quality is excellent and is social-ready for your audience. Overall, the camera department on the Galaxy Flip 6 seems to have a good update.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Battery: Still average
- Battery – 4000mAh battery
- Charging – 25W adapter support
- Supports fast wireless charging 2.0 along with wireless PowerShare feature
The battery department is another one that has seen a significant bump. Compared to the Flip 5’s 3700mAh battery, the Flip 6 gets a 4000mAh battery, which seems great on paper. The wired charging is capped at 25W, while wireless charging supports up to 15W. In real-world performance, I couldn’t see improved battery life during the review. My morning starts with plugging devices to charging with an expectation that these would last for a day at least. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the Galaxy Z Flip 6.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 packs a 4000mAh battery with 25W wired charging support
With heavy usage, where we had Outlook, WhatsApp, Telegram, YouTube, Chrome, Google Maps, Android Auto, and Samsung Browser – open in the background all day, along with two 20-minute sessions of gaming, about 15 minutes of calls, and 10-20 minutes of camera usage – we saw Flip 6 down at 15 percent at about 7 pm after being unplugged from the charger at about 7 am. We registered a screen on time of about 5 hours during the review period. With medium usage, the phone lasted for about 14-15 hours.
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 lasted about 18 hours and 20 minutes in our video loop test, slightly more than what we saw on the Flip 5. With a 25W charging adapter, the Flip 6 reaches 50 percent in 32 minutes, as marketed by Samsung; however, a full charge takes about 80-90 minutes.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Verdict
The Samsung Galaxy Flip 6 has plenty of things going in its favour – from in-built AI features, which are useful for daily use, to an improved primary camera. It also gets a vapour chamber – a first on a clamshell design, and the crease is hardly visible now. The package is solid now with a base 12GB RAM, but also costly. On paper, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 looks like an incremental upgrade over the Flip 5. Of course, for customers holding onto the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and older models – the Flip 6 is an excellent upgrade plus the AI features.
However, looking at the competition, the closest rival is the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra (Review), which gets the basics right and offers a decent cover screen experience. However, Samsung is aggressively pushing AI features on its premium devices, and there’s little on offer from any other OEM. If you like these AI features, you might as well go with Samsung as Galaxy Z Flip 6 offers the kind of features Motorola isn’t anywhere close to.
But, overall, in terms of value proposition, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 doesn’t outshine the competition. In fact, phones within the company give Flip 6 a run for the money, like the Galaxy S24+ (Review), which offers most of the features minus a foldable design.
