2024's greatest flip phones

Unsurprisingly, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is an improvement on the Flip 4, with a bigger window on the back of the phone and no visible gaps for dust or debris to mess up your expensive device. It’s sleek and elegant, looking exactly like what you expect a flip phone to look like in the year 2024.

Better still, the cameras on the Flip 5 give you plenty of bang for your buck in terms of quality, with AI technology on board that makes even low-light photos worthy of your social media channels. There’s also more storage than the predecessor, with the choice between 256GB or 512GB on offer, giving you plenty of space for games, pictures, and whatever else.

Obviously, as a new flagship model, the Flip 5 is a bit on the pricey side, but you do get very worthwhile components for the price including a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, improving graphics and video performance. Plus, the color options are pleasing to the eye, like a nice cream, grey, and the classic lavender. Check out our Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 review for more of our thoughts on this device.

If it weren’t for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, the Oppo Find N3 Flip would be at the top of this list, but it’s a very close call. Thanks to its Mediatek Dimensity 9200 chipset, 120Hz 6.8-inch AMOLED screen, and an almost unnoticeable screen crease, this phone looks great and runs like a dream.

The 4300mAh battery is also the biggest on our list and features fast charging, but not wireless charging. This gives you over a day of moderate use, but this will obviously decline faster if you’re playing games or streaming TV shows and movies on the device.

It’s a little more expensive than the Flip4 and comes in cream gold, misty pink, and sleek black. We recommend this device if you’re not into Samsung devices or just want something a little different from the crowd. We have an Oppo Find N3 Flip review if you need a little more convincing.

Here’s an option that you might not have heard of; the Nubia Flip 5G. When we first picked up on rumors about this phone in early 2024, we couldn’t believe it – an Android flip phone for less than $500. Obviously, we had to try it out, and while it’s not perfect, our testing found a solid device that is a viable alternative to the more expensive Samsung, Oppo, and Motorola equivalents.

The best thing about the Flip 5G is the design. It looks and feels as premium as the more high-end flip phones. The hardware isn’t quite as impressive, with its Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset a little dated in 2024, but it’s still capable of running daily tasks and a bit of casual gaming. Just don’t expect more demanding titles like Honkai Star Rail or Diablo Immortal to run at anything better than the lowest possible graphics settings on this thing.

Unfortunately, there are a couple of more serious drawbacks to this affordable alternative form-factor device. The cameras just aren’t as good as the Z Flip 5, or even Z Flip 4 for that matter, and though the pictures we took while testing are social media worthy, they’re not of the quality you might expect from a $500 phone. The on-screen crease is also a little more noticeable than we’d like, which isn’t a problem exclusive to the Nubia Flip 5G, but it’s more pronounced than we’ve seen on other entries on this list. If you want the full details, see our Nubia Flip 5G review.

Sure, the Flip 5 is great, but it’s also still quite expensive, so the Flip 4 is worth looking at if you’re trying to get a flip phone on a budget. It features a 6.7-inch main screen with a small 1.9-inch screen on the front for notifications and fits nicely into your pocket in a way some bigger phones don’t.

The Flip4 has a 3700mAh battery which is relatively small compared to standard non-flip phones, but it will still give you about ten hours of juice before it needs another charge. As the device features decent fast charging, you only need to spend about an hour plugged in before you’re back to full capacity again.

Then there are the cameras. You can flip the phone slightly so that it sits at a 90-degree angle and use the front screen to see a preview of the picture you’re taking from the more powerful back camera, which is a neat gimmick. However, neither the front nor back cameras are all that impressive.

Most of the flip phones on our list are fairly closely matched, so your choice may simply come down to aesthetics and colorways. The Flip 4 comes in bora purple, graphite, pink gold, blue, yellow, white, navy, khaki, and red, which is a lovely large selection.

Check out our list of the best Samsung phones for more options.

The first thing you’ll notice about the Razr Plus is its large 3.6″ external screen that takes up almost the entire front of the device when folded. This screen is pretty impressive – it even wraps around the two camera lenses on the phone – with a 120Hz refresh rate that allows you to view notifications, take selfies, and run apps. We’ve not tried it ourselves, but apparently, you can play Pokémon Go from the front screen, and we’d be interested to see if Genshin Impact works as well.

Moving on from the exterior, the Razr Plus features a slightly older Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, this will run most games smoothly, but won’t stay competitive with the upcoming foldables announced at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023. Its main screen is 6.9” and has an impressive 165Hz refresh rate – a first for any current flip phone.

The cameras aren’t too much to write home about, you’re able to take some decent snaps with the 13Mp ultrawide lens on the main camera as long as you’re not in low light. Then there’s the front camera, it can take some nice selfies but won’t blow you away with its quality.

Finally, thinking about price and aesthetics, the Razr Plus is reasonably priced against its competitor’s RRP, however, you’ll probably find better deals on the other flip phones in this list due to their age. Meanwhile, it also comes in infinite black, glacier blue, and my personal favorite choice viva magenta.

Remember the old-school flip phones? The Alcatel Go Flip is an old-school flip phone. Can it play games? No. Can it take great pictures? No. Is it incredibly cheap and cheerful? Yes. It might be your grandma’s style of flip phone, but it’s a flip phone nonetheless.

This phone is obviously the cheapest on our list and comes in midnight blue. We recommend the Alcatel Go Flip 4 for slightly older folks who just want to keep in touch with their family and friends with ease.

If you’re after a basic device that will survive more than a few drops, the Kyocera DuraXV Extreme is the mobile phone for you. It may not feature the mod-cons of some of the other phones on our list, but if you’re after something sturdy that makes the calls you need and sends the texts you want, look no further.

The device is resistant to dust and water immersion and is advertised as holding strong to shocks, drops, vibration, and extreme weather conditions. It also features programmable buttons so you can make the phone work how you want it to.

This last entry is for all the girlbosses out there. If you want a sassy Hello Kitty phone that lets you slam the clam on your haters in the highest fashion, I think this is the phone for you. Surprisingly the K688 Hello Kitty phone has a camera, but it’s, unsurprisingly, particularly low-quality.

You won’t find any of your new-fangled apps here, but you can put an SD Card in and use it as an MP3 player, make calls, send text messages, and even calculate things on an adorable calculator.

It comes in white and pink and is definitely a bit of a silly gimmick that we don’t recommend for anyone serious about tech. However, if you want something cheap to take to a festival or perhaps give to your kid as their first phone, this nifty little kitty could do the trick.