If there’s a single biggest enemy of high performance, it’s a cramped chassis from which heat can’t escape. The compact bodies of clamshell foldables are the harbingers of heat, meaning that you never quite get the very best performance from your flagship handset’s flagship chipset. Samsung is tackling this issue head-on with the Galaxy Z Flip 6, which boasts a dedicated vapor chamber.
The Flip 6 is the first Z Flip smartphone to incorporate a vapor chamber, usually reserved for larger power user handsets. In fact, the chamber is 150% larger than the one inside 2023’s Galaxy S23 Ultra, which bodes well.