Samsung Galaxy Z Flip: folding-screen flip-phone launches

Firm's second crack at folding screen reminiscent of mid-2000s clamshell devices

• Samsung launches Galaxy S20 range with up to 100x zoom camera

Samsung is launching its second phone with a folding display, called the Galaxy Z Flip, this time in the form of a classic clamshell from the mid-2000s and with a first-of-its-kind ultrathin glass covering in place of plastic.

Square when shut, the Galaxy Z Flip opens to reveal a single, large, glass-covered screen that folds in half. Its previous folding phone, the Galaxy Fold, which opened out like a book into a tablet was plagued with reliability problems.