3 Reasons to Pre-Order the Galaxy Z Fold 5 & 4 Reasons to Wait

Wait if You're Worried About Problems

If you're worried about potential Galaxy Z Fold 5 hardware and/or software problems, you might want to wait a few weeks before buying one.

The Galaxy Z Fold 5 will run Android 13 and One UI 5.1 out of the box. The software is plagued by a variety of issues and the Galaxy Z Fold 5's software will likely have problems of its own.

Samsung and its carrier partners will roll out bug fix updates to address some of these initial issues so it might be worth it to wait for bug fixes to arrive before buying one.

New Galaxy phones are sometimes plagued by hardware issues as well. In the past, we've seen production issues impact Galaxy Z models at launch.

If you're concerned, you might want to hang back and see what kind of problems early adopters are reporting in the weeks after its release.