The tech-it YouTube channel is currently running a stream in which one of the hosts aims to fold the Galaxy Z Fold 7 200,000 times to see how it holds up.

"Wow," he said as he turned the two-in-one device over in his hands. He marveled at the thinness (4.2mm) and weight, and then struggled a bit to open it. I think the magnets in this Z Fold 7, which help hold the foldable phone closed, are considerably stronger than on his Z Fold 4.

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