Foldables in the US: Galaxy Z Flip7 at $1,044.99 Clearance, and What the $55 Cut Does and Does Not Change
A $55 saving sounds small on a phone that costs more than $1,000. That is the point of the Galaxy Z Flip7 in the United States right now. It is $1,044.99 in clearance at Best Buy, for the 256GB unlocked model in Jet Black, checked on 3 November 2026. The US news story on the same price, published on 4 November 2026, records a comparable value of $1,099.99 and a saving of $55. The cut is real, and it is also only 5 percent of the comparable value. What it changes is the timing of a foldable purchase. What it does not change is the price of a foldable, or the compromises that come with folding a phone in half.
This post is grounded only in the verified US catalogue and the US product and news pages behind it. It does not claim any hands-on use. CompareIdea has not carried the Galaxy Z Flip7 for a week, and this verdict comes from the published specifications and the verified US prices, not from using the phone.
How the $1,044.99 price was checked
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 is listed at $1,044.99 as a Clearance price for the 256GB unlocked model in Jet Black, checked on 3 November 2026 at Best Buy. The US news story Galaxy Z Flip7 Drops to $1,044.99 in Best Buy’s US Clearance, published on 4 November 2026, records the same $1,044.99 price, a comparable value of $1,099.99 and a saving of $55. Both dates matter, because clearance stock can run out, and a clearance price can change. Check the Best Buy listing before you buy. The full verified list is on the US products page, and more US price changes are on US Latest News.
What the Flip7 is on the published figures
On the listed specification, the Flip7 is a foldable flagship, not a cut-down foldable. The inner display is a 6.9-inch Foldable Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X display at 120Hz and up to 2,600 nits. The cover display is a 4.1-inch Super AMOLED display. The chip is the Exynos 2500. The camera is a 50-megapixel main camera with optical image stabilisation and a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera, with a 10-megapixel front camera. The battery is 4,300mAh, with 25W wired charging and 15W wireless charging. It has 12GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of storage on the listed figures, and it runs Android 16 with One UI 8. It was announced on 9 July 2025, with sales from 25 July 2025.
Those figures put the Flip7 in a clear position: you are paying for a phone that folds, with a large inner screen and a usable cover screen, and for Samsung’s foldable software on Android 16. You are not paying for the best camera system in the Samsung range, or for the largest battery. The listed camera is a 50-megapixel main camera and a 12-megapixel ultrawide, with no telephoto camera listed. The battery is 4,300mAh, which is larger than the 3,900mAh battery in the Galaxy S25 Edge, but smaller than the 4,900mAh battery in the Galaxy S25 FE at $649.99, checked on 3 November 2026 at Best Buy.
What the $55 cut does change
The $55 cut changes the arithmetic, and it changes it in a way that matters if you were already close to buying a foldable. At $1,099.99, the Flip7 was $350 more than the Galaxy S25 Edge at $749.99, checked on 3 November 2026 at Best Buy. At $1,044.99, the gap is $295 on those figures, which is still a large gap, but a smaller one. More importantly, a clearance label changes the question you ask. You are no longer asking whether a foldable is worth $1,099.99 in the abstract. You are asking whether a foldable at $1,044.99, while clearance stock lasts, is worth buying now rather than waiting.
That is a different decision, and for a buyer who has already decided they want a Flip7, it is a useful one. A $55 saving is not a reason to buy a phone you do not want, but it is a reason to buy now rather than later if you do want it, because clearance stock is not guaranteed to be restocked. If you have been waiting for a small sign to buy a foldable, this is a small sign. It is not a large one, and this post will not pretend otherwise.
What the $55 cut does not change
First, it does not make the Flip7 cheap. At $1,044.99, it is still $344.99 more than the Galaxy S25 at $699.99 for the 128GB unlocked model in Navy at Best Buy, checked on 3 November 2026, and $445.99 more than the Google Pixel 10 at $599, checked on 4 November 2026 at Amazon.com. A $55 saving does not close that gap. If your budget is $700, the Flip7 is not in your budget at $1,044.99, and a $55 cut does not put it there.
Second, it does not change the foldable compromises on the published figures. The battery is still 4,300mAh, wired charging is still 25W, and the camera is still a 50-megapixel main camera with a 12-megapixel ultrawide and no telephoto camera listed. A price cut does not add a larger battery, a faster charger or a longer zoom. If those things mattered to you at $1,099.99, they still matter at $1,044.99.
Third, it does not make the Flip7 the best foldable in the catalogue. The Galaxy Z Fold7 is $1,999.99 for the 256GB unlocked model in Blue Shadow at Best Buy, checked on 3 November 2026. It has an 8.0-inch foldable display at 120Hz and up to 2,600 nits, a 6.5-inch cover display, a 200-megapixel main camera with a 10-megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and a 12-megapixel ultrawide, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a 4,400mAh battery with 25W wired charging and 15W wireless charging, 12GB or 16GB of RAM and Android 16 with One UI 8. It was announced on 9 July 2025, with pre-orders from 9 July, sales from 25 July and delivery from 27 July. It is almost twice the price of the Flip7, and it is a different kind of foldable: a phone that opens into a small tablet, rather than a phone that folds in half to fit in a small pocket. The Flip7’s $55 cut does not change that comparison. It makes the Flip7 cheaper, not the Fold7.
Foldables in the US: what the catalogue actually shows
Look at the verified US catalogue as a whole, and the foldable choice is narrow. There are two Samsung foldables at the centre of this post: the Flip7, which folds in half, and the Fold7, which opens into a larger screen. Both were announced on 9 July 2025, both went on sale from 25 July 2025, and both run Android 16 with One UI 8 on the listed figures. The difference between them is not the date, or the software, but the shape and the price. The Flip7 is the foldable you buy if you want a normal-sized phone that folds to half its height. The Fold7 is the foldable you buy if you want a phone that becomes a larger screen when you open it, and you are willing to pay $1,999.99 for it.
That narrow choice is useful, because it stops you from comparing a foldable with a slab phone on the wrong terms. A foldable is not a better version of a $699 phone. It is a different phone, bought for a folding screen, at a price that reflects that screen. The Flip7 at $1,044.99 is $345 more than a Galaxy S25, not because it has a better camera or a larger battery, but because it folds. If you do not care about folding, you should not pay for it.
Verdict: buy the Flip7 if you already wanted a foldable, not because it is $55 cheaper
Our pick is the Galaxy Z Flip7, but only for a buyer who already wanted a foldable. At $1,044.99 in clearance at Best Buy, checked on 3 November 2026, with a comparable value of $1,099.99 and a $55 saving, it is the cheapest way into a new Samsung foldable in the verified US catalogue, with a 6.9-inch 120Hz folding display, a 4.1-inch cover display, an Exynos 2500 chip and a 4,300mAh battery. The trade-off is that $55 does not make it cheap, and it does not change the battery, charging or camera on the published figures. If you want a foldable now, buy it while clearance stock lasts. If you want the best value in a Samsung phone, buy the Galaxy S25 at $699.99 instead. If you want a foldable that opens into a larger screen, the Fold7 at $1,999.99 is the other choice, at almost twice the price. That is the verdict from the published US specifications and the verified US prices, not from carrying any of these phones.
What to check before you buy
Check the variant first: the $1,044.99 price is for the 256GB unlocked model in Jet Black. A different storage size or colour can carry a different price. Check that the price is unlocked, not a carrier Activate Today price, and check the date: the product page price was checked on 3 November 2026 and the news story on 4 November 2026. Check whether the listing is still in clearance and in stock, because clearance stock can run out. Finally, check the return terms at Best Buy before you buy, because a foldable is a shape you need to live with, and a price is only a good deal if the phone suits you once it arrives.
Sources
Best Buy US product page for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 256GB (Unlocked) Jet Black. The $1,099.99 comparable value and $55 saving are as recorded in the US news story linked above.
Last updated: 5 November 2026