Best Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 Deals: EE, O2, Three and more have launched pre-order discounts (Image: SAMSUNG • EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS)
Hunting for the best Galaxy Z Fold 4 deals? You’re in luck, there are some stellar discounts and promotions available right now. The cutting-edge foldable phone landed on store shelves on August 26, 2022 alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 4, but there are already opportunities to drop the price of this all-new handset.
We’ve rounded up the latest price cuts and freebies available with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 in the below guide. Haven’t got time to read all of that? No worries, one of the best deals on the Galaxy Z Fold 4 comes from Samsung itself. For a limited time, Samsung will bundle a one-year subscription to Disney+ worth £79.90 and a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 smartwatch capable of tracking workouts with GPS, heart-rate, sleep, and bringing notifications to your wrist (worth £199).
As if that wasn’t enough, Samsung will slash up to £580 off the cost of the brand-new Galaxy Z Fold 4 when you trade-in an old handset during the checkout process. Better still, you won’t need to send off your current phone until after your shiny new Galaxy Z Fold 4 arrives on your doorstep. Broken phone? No problem, Samsung will still offer you money off the cost of its latest foldable at checkout. The deadline for this incredible trade-in discount is October 31, 2022.
For a limited time, use the code ZSAVE at checkout when opting for an upgraded Galaxy Z Fold 4 model with more storage to get a £250 discount too. For those who want to keep hundreds of photos, videos, games, apps and movies on the pocketable tablet, you’ll want to plump for the variant with 512GB or 1TB built-in.
Galaxy Z Fold 4: What’s new?
Don’t worry if you missed the Galaxy Unpacked event in August 2022, we’ve got everything you need to know about the latest foldable phone from Samsung.
As the name suggests, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 is a follow-up to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 from 2021. Don’t expect a monumental overhaul to the formula, Samsung has spent the last year making a number of incremental improvements and tweaks to the handset.
First up, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 arrives with an ever-so-slightly bigger 7.6-inch AMOLED display. Like last year, this is a 120Hz high refresh-rate that should ensure system animations like scrolling and fast-paced gameplay looks superb on the screen.
The selfie camera – hidden beneath the folding screen – is much better disguised this time around (solving a common complaint with the Galaxy Z Fold 3). While it’s pretty obvious where the camera is housed when the AMOLED touchscreen is switched off, as soon as it springs to life, it’s much harder to pinpoint the lens buried beneath the pixels. Samsung says this design should ensure the best experience on its expansive tablet-like screen.
For a limited time, you’ll get the redesigned S Pen for free with Galaxy Z Fold 4 orders (Image: SAMSUNG )
There are also new colour options and support for a redesigned S Pen stylus with a softer tip to annotate webpages and emails, sign PDFs, or doodle on the pliable glass screen. Unfortunately, unlike the Galaxy S22 Ultra, there’s nowhere to house the S Pen stylus inside the Galaxy Z Fold 4. Instead, you’ll need to buy a protective case with a stylus holster (Samsung sells one) or pocket the S Pen separately.
For the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Samsung has redesigned the hinge, so the handset is a little lighter. The stiffness of the hinge also means you’ll be able to prop-open the Galaxy Z Fold 4 like a small laptop. Samsung has tweaked the Android operating system to take advantage of this mode, with the crease becoming a dividing line for two apps running side-by-side.
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is also rated IPX8, which means it can be dunked in one metre of fresh water without any issues …so no need to nestle your foldable in a bag of rice overnight if you accidentally drop it into the pool or spill a drink over it.
See how the Galaxy Z Fold 4 compares to Samsung’s other flagship foldable phone from 2022 in our in-depth Galaxy Z Flip 4 review.
Best Galaxy Z Fold 4 deals
There are a number of reasons to buy the brand-new Galaxy Z Fold 4 direct from Samsung. As well as Samsung bolstering the trade-in discounts up to £580, one-year of Disney+ and Samsung Care+ for free …Samsung will also bundle a Galaxy Note pack (worth £89.99) that includes a protective case, charger for the Galaxy Z Fold 4, and an S Pen stylus.
Support for the S Pen – which lets you sign PDFs, make handwritten notes, and draw on the expansive 7.6-inch AMOLED screen – is one of the new features included with this fourth-generation foldable. Samsung has redesigned the productivity-focused accessory with a softer tip, so that it doesn’t damage the folding display.
The high-tech stylus for the Fold series alone costs around £44, so you’re making a serious saving on accessories with this deal! The protective case included for free comes with a dedicated slot to store the S Pen when travelling too.
Prices start from £1,649 for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 with 256GB storage built-in – although that drops down to £1,069 if you trade-in your current handset.
Samsung also sells Galaxy Z Fold 4 models with 512GB and 1TB storage. If you fancy these models with more storage, make sure to use the code ZSAVE at checkout to get a £250 discount too. This discount code only works when upgrading to a model with more built-in storage, with those opting for the entry-level phone unable to get the extra price cut. The ZSAVE discount code can be used alongside the other Samsung offers highlighted in this guide, including the £580 off when trading-in an older phone.
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is available in Greygreen, Beige, and Phantom Black.
Samsung has reserved one final colour – Burgundy – as an exclusive for its own online and high street stores. It’s available at no extra cost.
While that’s a superb deal, you might be tempted to order the Galaxy Z Fold 4 from other online and high street stores. For example, John Lewis & Partners offers an extra one-year hardware warranty on electronics compared to its closest competition (and Samsung itself).
Some retailers, like Very, allow you to spread out repayment with a repayment plan, so you won’t have to stump-up all of the cash upfront. Amazon Prime members can get next-day (and in some parts of the UK, same-day) delivery from Amazon at no extra cost. And if you live close to a branch of Argos, you might be able to arrange pick-up of your shiny new smartphone within a few hours – beating even Amazon for speediness!
We’ve rounded-up the latest SIM-free prices for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 below –
And finally, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 is also available on a pay monthly contract, with the biggest UK mobile carriers all revealing pre-order deals for the new foldable.
It’s worth noting that regardless of whether you buy the Galaxy Z Fold 4 direct from Samsung or with a pay monthly contract from EE, Three, O2, Vodafone, Sky Mobile, or others …you’ll still be able to claim the 12-months free subscription to Disney+.
Likewise, if you buy a new Galaxy Z Fold 4 and activate the new handset before September 30, you’ll be able to claim 12-months of Samsung Care+ for free too. That’s because these deals are handled by Samsung directly and will be redeemed from the manufacturer’s website – not the network that you’ll chosen for your mobile data, text messages and calls.
However, some mobile networks – such as O2 – will include free subscriptions of their own, so you’ll have even more freebies to test out on your new handset. We’ve put together the latest Galaxy Z Fold 4 deals below from the major networks…
Which is better Galaxy Z Flip 4 or Galaxy Z Fold 4?
Well, that depends. Both of these handsets, announced at the same Galaxy Unpacked event in August 2022, rely on the latest folding screen technology from Samsung – but for very different results. The Galaxy Z Flip 4 uses its pliable screen technology to fold like the flip-phones that were immensely popular in the late 90s or early 00s. This means the footprint of the handset is half of the size of the screen – perfect for those who want a good-sized screen but don’t have deep pockets (or any pockets) in their jeans or jacket.
In comparison, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 is a much bigger handset already and will require some thumb gymnastics …and that’s before you decide to unfold it. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 uses its flexible glass display to squeeze a tablet-sized screen into your pocket. Opening like a paperback novel, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 is designed to allow you to get some serious work done with a spreadsheet, play a game on an expansive screen, enjoy a Kindle eReader-like experience, or get lost in a movie or boxset from Netflix on your next flight, commute, or over lunch.
If you want the biggest screen that it’s possible to fit inside your pocket, pick the Galaxy Z Fold 4. If you’re sick of the palm-stretching size of modern phones, the folding screen on the Galaxy Z Flip 4 cuts the size of the phone in half, so it’s much more manageable.
If you want more details, read our in-depth Galaxy Z Flip 4 review.