The Galaxy Z Flip 4 leak shows a very familiar looking foldable device

Just hours after we got our first look at the potential design of Samsung’s Z Fold 4, unofficial renders of its smaller brother – the Z Flip 4 – have also been leaked 91mobile phones and OnLeaks. But while the next Fold might get a redesigned camera hump, the Z Flip 4’s design looks almost identical to its predecessor. On the outside it still has a two-tone color scheme with two cameras and a small notification display, while inside there’s still a 6.7-inch foldable display with a selfie-hole cutout at the top center.

That’s not necessarily a huge surprise, nor is it definitely a bad thing. Samsung followed up its first Z Flip just a few months later with the almost identical Z Flip 5G, so it’s already proven that it likes to update the internals of its foldable devices without changing their external appearance. And given that we were quite impressed by last year’s Z Flip 3 (‘the first flip phone for ordinary people’) an immediate design overhaul doesn’t seem necessary, although we wouldn’t say no to a slightly larger external display.

If Samsung plans for its next Z Flip to be a spec boost, let’s hope its specs actually get a decent boost. The rear cameras are the ones that need the most improvement, both of which were 12-megapixels last time around, at a time when Samsung’s comparatively priced flagship Galaxy S devices are getting 50-megapixel main sensors and up. Expect an official announcement in August if Samsung follows the same schedule as last year.